The Mines of Gloomingdeep

Quick Facts

Type:
Indoor

Expansion:
The Serpent's Spine

Instanced:
Yes

Keyed:
No

Level Range:
1 - 15

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This is the EverQuest tutorial zone. It is intended for characters levels 1-10, though it won't actually kick you out until level 15. In the zone-in area, you will find many helpful NPCs, several spell merchants, a banker, a corpse summoner, and some task starters.

On Progression servers, it's available when Gates of Discord unlocks.

A clan of kobolds has taken over control of the Mines of Gloomingdeep and have enslaved a number of goblins in the process. There is also a spider den in the south you should be wary of; enter at your own risk. And watch your step upon entering kobold territory. Don't fall into the pit!

This zone has no direct entrance. Once you have exited the zone, either by taking the exit to Crescent Reach or by telling Arias 'I want to leave' and being transported to the Plane of Knowledge, you may re-enter the Mines of Gloomingdeep a few different ways.

If you are level 10 or lower, you may re-enter by going to the character select screen and choosing "Enter Tutorial". Alternatively, you may tell Secalna Galnor 'send me back'. After reaching level 11, should you leave the zone, you can only get back into the Mines of Gloomingdeep if you are bound there, and then only by gating or dying.

Players are forcibly expelled from the zone upon reaching level 15. This occurs, somewhat unpleasantly, by being forced to log out. At that point, when you log back in you will zone in to the Plane of Knowledge. Attempts to gate to the Mines will instead take you to PoK.
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Spell VendorsSelling General GoodsCave Rats and BatsCreeping Into the Spider DenGrunts Alongside SelandoorThe Locksmith Makes His RoundsAbove the PitOutside the Gloomingdeep FortGuarding the Gloomdeep JailSlave Living QuartersAn Exhausted Goblin Slave
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kobold siege supplies
# Jan 17 2009 at 1:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Mob not listed named kobold siege supplies.

Edited, Jan 17th 2009 4:56pm by niftymat
New Mob - exhausted goblin
# Jan 07 2007 at 12:17 AM Rating: Decent
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Came across an "exhausted goblin" in the place of Slave Warden at the entrance of Rookfynn's cave ... no idea what he's for... the graphic is that of a dead gob

Hailed him no response....
Killed him easily enough... died on first swing of 20HP... no faction hits
New Mob - exhausted goblin
# Jan 27 2007 at 3:54 AM Rating: Decent
They count for the task "Goblin Treachery"
Guards
# Aug 29 2006 at 10:40 PM Rating: Decent
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Funny, I never noticed till tonite while running a baby necro through tutorial, that a bunch of the guards are named after the devs.
Chests
# Jul 10 2006 at 7:51 AM Rating: Default
Three Chests and One Bone pile are in the zone from major bosses:
Gnikan's war chest (behind Overlord Gnikan's throne)
Drops:
Gloomsilk Gloves: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=82946
Gloomsilk sleeves: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=82949
Rune of Al'Kabor: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=11746

spiderhandler lockbox (Spider Queen)
Drops:
a spider venom sac: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=14018

a locksmith's footlocker
Drops:
Gloomingdeep Master Key: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=86012

a pile of digested remains (Krenshin)
Drops:
Gloomsilk gloves: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=82946
Rusty Dagger: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=7007
More mobs to be added:
# May 04 2006 at 7:47 PM Rating: Decent
The Gloomingdeep Locksmith - level 7, might be 8, drops a key for the "Busted Locks" task given by one of the Revolt Scouts.

Guard of Gloomingdeep - Level 8, two of these spawn when Ruga is aggro'd, one on each side. VERY tough... I'd estimate a few hundred hp. Same loot table as Ruga, except they don't drop the Unhatched Siblings.
Unlisted mobs
# May 02 2006 at 9:49 PM Rating: Decent
Guards Hobart (The Battle of Gloomingdeep (4+) and Freedom's Stand (6+) tasks), Maddoc (Kobold Leadership (6+) and Pit Fiend (8+) tasks), Vyrinn (Gives a couple of spider quests, level 1+), and Rahtiz (Rat and bat quests, some others, level 1+). All I would assume are 25, same as the other mobs in the camp.

Revolt Scout Kaikachi and Revolt Scout Zajeer. Same level as the other guards. These two give out level 4+ tasks.

Flutterwing - Gives the task "Flutterwing's Dilemma" upon hailing and saying 'siblings'. The task is to recover (loot) one Flutterwing's Unhatched Sibling off of Slavemaster Ruga and turn it in to Flutterwing for experience.

If I remember any, I'll just edit this post.
RE: Unlisted mobs
# May 03 2006 at 4:45 PM Rating: Good
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Mobs added up through here, thanks. To help us track revisions/additions, please list them in a different message rather than editing the original.
Frizzlyn - Tradeskills - Baking to Lvl15 FREE
# Apr 06 2006 at 3:23 PM Rating: Decent
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Hello All:
Just figured out that you can level your baking for free to lvl15 by making Gloomingdeep Rat Steaks by talking to Frizzlyn over and over again until you had enough of eating or stacking Rat Steaks.
Maybe this is not the place to post this, but couldn't find any other place to put it. And it might already be a well known fact.
Anyways, in case it wasn't, I just asked him about 'Rat Steaks' as per the tutorial tips, making the rat steak, then starting over again and asking him about 'Rat Steaks' again until I reached my max of lvl15 for Baking Skills. The Gloomingdeep Rat Steaks are a Trivial 15.
You can keep making them past that point, and make as many stacks of rat steaks as you want.
They are considered a Hearty Meal with a bonus Health +5.

Edited, Thu Apr 6 15:20:01 2006
RE: Frizzlyn - Tradeskills - Baking to Lvl15 FREE
# Apr 06 2006 at 7:26 PM Rating: Good
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What's the exact name of this NPC?
RE: Frizzlyn - Tradeskills - Baking to Lvl15 FREE
# May 01 2006 at 7:50 PM Rating: Decent
Ever since they nuked the surnames of every mob in the zone, the mob is now called 'Frizznik'.

Also, just so I don't make another entry, I don't believe Kreek pops in 2.0, although I could be incorrect.
RE: Frizzlyn - Tradeskills - Baking to Lvl15 FREE
# May 01 2006 at 8:47 PM Rating: Good
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Added, thanks.

Can anyone confirm whether or not Kreek pops in 2.0?
RE: Frizzlyn - Tradeskills - Baking to Lvl15 FREE
# May 02 2006 at 10:34 PM Rating: Decent
Yeah, he doesn't. The only named kobolds that pop are Sliver, Ruga, Gnikan, Pox, Brokenclaw, Gugan, and Selandoor.
unlisted... and not new... mob..
# Feb 05 2006 at 10:06 PM Rating: Decent
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Clockwork War Machine, lvl 1, when hailed says 'Clockwork War Machine says 'Click *Click *Whhhiiirrr. . . Initializing automation sequence. . . *Clunk *Drrroooo. . . Error type 1.1. Abort, Retry, Fail?'
Goblins
# Jan 29 2006 at 2:41 PM Rating: Decent
I dont see and "a goblin slave" or "a trampled kobold" or "a garroted kobold" listed here. They are on the FV server in the mines.
Gloomingdeep Spiritweaver
# Dec 06 2005 at 10:39 PM Rating: Decent
I need this guy for the final thing on my task that I am doing, Gloomingdeep Spiritweaver. Does anyone know where to find him? So far I can't. Unless he is near the fort where i can't go yet. I am a lvl 8 Wizard. Please, if you know...pass on the info. Thanks much.

Paksa
8 Lvl HE Wizard
RE: Gloomingdeep Spiritweaver
# Feb 02 2006 at 1:54 PM Rating: Decent
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They definately are a common spawn in the fort area.
RE: Gloomingdeep Spiritweaver
# Dec 28 2005 at 12:35 AM Rating: Decent
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This guy pops where the miners pop(i think the gob miners) he will pop in the middle of them, if not kill the thing that pops there and see if he pops then
Update
# Nov 16 2005 at 7:31 PM Rating: Decent
Hey there. With the newest version of The Mines of Gloomingdeep, a small rat no longer exists. Instead, there is now a cave rat, as well as a cave bat.

I have screenshots if desired. Not a difficult thing to come by of course, it's just nice to have a complete listing, or so I think.
think about it
# Oct 04 2005 at 1:57 PM Rating: Decent
it is kinda funny these mobs are soo easy but there impossible to kill at a newbs level :D
popped
# Sep 06 2005 at 8:55 PM Rating: Decent
Hi there popped on 9-6-05 for 30 minutes there was rufus blue as iced death,he smelled my berry cake and preceded to chew on my leg.I took offense{8-30 magical hammer gloom one] and smacked his skull ,when out should pop,the kobold steel thing 10% haste .holy christy i thought:)so goes to prove that the good stuff here is on any vermin or named
Brokenclaw
# Aug 27 2005 at 9:29 AM Rating: Decent
This Kobold Spawns just in the mine enterance, the first one down the ramp instead of a Slave Warden.

Possible warrior base White to an 8th. Commonly holding one of the ironing board style swords.
Clockwork War Machine
# Aug 14 2005 at 4:29 PM Rating: Decent
On the far side of camp, there is a Clockwork War Machine with a tage under his name that reads (Model MXXXCCCVII) and he responds to hails with teh same messages of NPCs that would /consider dubious. One of the nearby gnomes, a spell mechant says something about making less efficient than he could have been because he only built him with 3 legs. Does anyone know what this thing is for? A quest that is not listed yet?
Some of the mobs
# Aug 08 2005 at 1:15 PM Rating: Decent
Just to name a few.
A Gloomingdeep Warrior lvl 3-7
A Gloomingdeep Grunt lvl 3-4
A Gloomingdeep Slave Warden lvl 5-7
A Gloomingdeep Plaguebearer lvl 6-7
Slavemaster Ruga lvl 9?
Pox lvl 9
Gloomingdeep Captain lvl 7
Ratasaurus lvl 7 (spawns at the bottom of the pit, not in a cave.just jump and fall all the way down then your there ;) It took a while for him to spawn just keep killin the rats. dont know if he drops anything, didnt for me :( )
Sliver? lvl 4
No more gloomingdeep shamen
Hard to con them i was lvl 11 at the time just based on what i got exp from or light or drk blue cons.

Edited, Tue Aug 9 01:52:39 2005
RE: Some of the mobs
# Sep 02 2005 at 12:11 AM Rating: Decent
Venomfang Level 5 Spider also spawns
RE: Some of the mobs
# Aug 08 2005 at 7:34 PM Rating: Decent
where ratasouus pop?or is it random?
RE: Some of the mobs
# Aug 27 2005 at 9:06 AM Rating: Decent
Ratasouus spawns in one of the mines down the mone shaft. Last time I found him was the first one you come too on the way down.
soloing kresin
# Aug 06 2005 at 12:11 AM Rating: Decent
just so you all know kresin is soloable my 11 enchanter solos him all the time he just has to get temp for pet
More mobs
# Aug 05 2005 at 6:45 AM Rating: Decent
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a gloomingdeep grunt
Silva (named kobold)
Rufus (named rat)
Ratasaurus (giant named rat lol. spawns in bottom of the pit)
RE: More mobs
# Aug 05 2005 at 6:11 PM Rating: Decent
uuu rufis isnt new he has been a named for wile (before revamp) the grunt are abot lvl 3 or somethin near that and ill have to cheak out the giant rat this weekend...so giant rat is at the very bottom of pit or in bottom tunnle or what?
RE: More mobs
# Aug 05 2005 at 11:38 AM Rating: Good
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Do you have approximate levels for any of these?
Pox
# Aug 04 2005 at 3:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Pox is another named Kobald i've slayed in Ruga's room by the chest. He was yellow to me a level 7 SK. He dropped Enchanter mes spell, Glooming Silk bracer, staff, and sheild. The latter two I gave to my pet.

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How sad...
# Aug 02 2005 at 6:30 PM Rating: Decent
I've run through the tutorial so many times... =( and my comp won't show it... so whatever you guys send in is the only view I get of the scenery and everything... I can see mobs, torches, PCs, barrels, etc... but no floors, ceilings, or walls... but I can still get through the tutorial! lol... Overlord Gnikan is level 13, dual wields kobold swords, and hits a max of 32. Gloomingdeep Spiritweavers are low-level shaman, they will heal ANYTHING near them... spiders, kobolds, Krenshin, gobbies... anything you don't like. They also have a 27dd cast (shaman ice spell..), can drowsy, and DoT. Gloomingdeep warriors can range from level 2 to about level 8, the higher level ones being near the jail. These have warhammers and shattered kobold shields. Near the Fort, Gloomingdeep Captains also dual wield, and hit a max of low-20's. Krenshin hits hard... but not so hard that a good healer can't keep up. He's really a chump once you get it done once. Gloomingdeep slave wardens wield Kobold Whips, a 4/28 1hs lore, nodrop, magic item. Once I decide to actually stop being lazy and /con everything, and get the levels down pat, I'll send them in... sorry <.<
RE: How sad...
# Nov 26 2005 at 9:51 PM Rating: Default
i had the same problem. I increased my internal memory from 300 to 512, that improved my zone speed, but not really do much for my graphics. I now have new video card. i can now run almost as well, as those other people in there. i'm running at half speed, but i don't lag as much, and it is actually a place with walls, and floors. :)

cost me about 200 to upgrade with a low end xtasy card (186?) graphics, makes the game much more fun.
Overlord Gnikan
# Jul 15 2005 at 6:44 AM Rating: Decent
Since the revamp SOE has also added a new Overlord in this zone. Killed him the other day, about as strong as Kreshin. Dropped 4 items: Kobold Sword 1hs 4dmg 28 delay (lore so I only got one of them), Gloomsteel Axe: 2hs 14dmg 42 delay, and Gloomiron Gauntlets: 7 ac +2 agi. He also has a chest behind him called "Gnikan's War Chest", couldn't get it to open. It's immune to spells, melee and all the object line of spells. If anybody figures it out let me know.
RE: Overlord Gnikan
# Jul 24 2005 at 1:48 AM Rating: Decent
Open the chest by typing "/open" as with any other item in the tutorial or LDoN...but with the LDoN, there are traps (but not all the time =D)

I sent in a crap load of pics, and some info, but nooo, it's been a long time since then and nothing has changed to this outdated set of pages...
RE: Overlord Gnikan
# Jul 16 2005 at 9:54 PM Rating: Decent
this thing has to be updated along with the game... cuz the whole tutroial has changed and overlord gnika is lvl 10 not 12 i know that cuz i had a lvl 10 cleric and he was white to me
RE: Overlord Gnikan
# Jul 15 2005 at 7:06 AM Rating: Decent
Killed him again. Dropped the same 2 kobold swords but this time dropped Gloomiron Bracer: 4ac +1 dex +2 sv cold and Gloomsteel Staff: 2hb 15dmg 44 delay.
Krenshin
# Jul 05 2005 at 12:31 AM Rating: Decent
What Raglokk was saying about the big, big thing.
Name of the mob is Krenshin, takes a group to kill, nasty fellow and looks like a bazu in WoS.

Avoid him if you don't have a group, because you have pretty much no where to run up the bridge, there will be adds chasing you throughout the zone
RE: Krenshin
# Aug 02 2005 at 2:38 PM Rating: Decent
can this guy be soloed? by like a lvl 10-12 enchanter?
RE: Krenshin
# Jul 05 2005 at 12:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Seems to be level 12.

Also rarely drops Fossilized Spider Eye Gem.

Fossilized Spider Eye Gem
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: RANGE
SV POISON: +10
Recommended level of 5.
WT: 0.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
RE: Krenshin
# Jul 05 2005 at 11:44 AM Rating: Decent
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Also rarely drops Kobold Quicksteel Orb.

Kobold Quicksteel Orb
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: RANGE
Haste: +10%
Recommended level of 5.
WT: 0.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
RE: Krenshin
# Jul 05 2005 at 11:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Rarely drops Spiritweaver Nexus.

Spiritweaver Nexus
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: RANGE
Recommended level of 5.
Focus: Minor Mana Preservation I
WT: 0.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
Rookfynn
# Jul 02 2005 at 7:06 AM Rating: Decent
Im doing the Goblin Treachery task and can't find Rookfynn, the Gobby shaman. Any one have a LOC???
RE: Rookfynn
# Jul 02 2005 at 5:30 PM Rating: Decent
I haven't been able to find Rookyfnn either for some reason.

Edited, Sat Jul 2 18:30:32 2005
RE: Rookfynn
# Jul 07 2005 at 10:02 AM Rating: Decent
Rookfynn is a cute and cuddly goblin found in the pit second level. Basically to find him, go down the ramp take a right then take the tunnel to the left. He spawns in the room with all the goblin slaves.

Cronnk (8) Warrior - Stromm
Ghangren (12) Shamen - Stromm
Beeviz (30) Rogue - Fennin Ro
Zone Revamped
# Jun 30 2005 at 8:13 PM Rating: Decent
Zone has been revamped. Lots of new mobs and tasks.
Big Big Big Demon
# Jun 30 2005 at 12:47 PM Rating: Default
Well I guess ppl know this by now, but there's the 'big final task' that tells you to kill this demon that the Kobolds awoke in the mines. If you walk down the wood bridges awhile as you come to first mine hole, there'll come a big cave in, where he dwells. The guy was around lvl 12, hit for 38max on me, had plenties of hps, didnt cast or anything. He wanders around in his area. Looks like, a thing. Big thing. Really big, even for ogre like me! =)

I send screenie tomorrow if I aint too late then.

Edit: Only time he dropped something was Chunk of Iron, and during the same time he dropped range no drop item giving +10 sv poison. Might be able to drop rest of the sassy ranged items, including the 10% haste one(<--- woot!!) ^_^

Edited, Thu Jun 30 13:50:56 2005
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