Howling Stones (Charasis)

If I understand this correctly, each 'exit' in each wing will just teleport you back to the begining of the zone. Does anyone know if there is a true zone out in this dungeon? ... or if once your in, your in for good until you can get a teleport?

Do all of the mobs here give a negative Venthil Sathir Faction or just the mob bosses?

Chielanthas B'Nderaaz

Im sorry but these uberguilds have lost their perspective, they are so used to farm work they cant remember a real adventure. Yes you can go to charasis even if your level 45, but balance is key make sure you have some 50+s and not 6 45 fools, Ill even state you dont need an enchanter or a rouge for this zone a decent 50+ bard who hasnt PLed his levels should be adept at charming, mezzing, Haste, sense/disarm traps not to mention keeping your clerics mana up.
Dont let these spoiled brats talk you out of a real raid, with actual danger(cmon you remember danger) when you know you cant call in an instant corpse summoning and 98%rez, where you all may die but are gaurunteed to have a blast. You wont get to the end but youll have character the others will never have.
Tankenstein(venting)
IH-Povar
P.S. id take Bard Cleric Shaman Pal/Sk me{war}and a wizzie(dont forget your evac)

I'm very interested in this glove container. I've been told it may be a way to make a rentable master key for the dungeon. Has anyone experimented yet on things to put into this thing? I'm thinking the lore keys from the 4 cardinal directions may go into the glove and combine to form another key.

Like Sebilis, Charasis is a dungeon you need to quest to enter. Unlike Sebilis, the quest for Charasis is somewhat time consuming. You must acquire a Jade Chokidai Prod from the Chancellor Di`Zok in the Lake of Ill Omen, and a Xalgozian Fang from Xalgoz in Kaesora. When you get both items, go to the Swamp of No Hope, and find a secret tunnel high on the wall of the river-cave leading to Trakanon's Teeth. Make sure your faction is high enough with Drugoz the froglok there, if necessary have a druid give you wolf-form, then give him the two items to obtain your Key to Charasis. Like Sebilis, everyone in your party needs a key before they can go there, one key will not provide access for multiple people.

The entrance to Charasis is in the Overthere, in a temple down the gorge guarded by Scorpikis. The Scorpikis at the zone point respawn very quickly, so it's difficult to clear them to properly buff in before entering.. fortunately, that's largely unnecessary. On zoning in, you appear on a platform with 4 passages each leading away a different direction, and two roamers will wander by and likely attack you. The roamers are not strong monsters, though, so even a group zoning in haphazardly should be able to manage against them.. the biggest danger is if both roamers are Sepulcher Skeletons, as those are shadowknights that lead with harm touches. That can cause some pain to the first victim. Once both roamers are slain, you're safe at the entrance until they respawn.

Charasis is a linear zone, it's meant to be cleared in order. By fighting through it and exploring, you'll find various no-rent key items, those can be used to open doors and progress through the zone. The zone is meant to be done in order from north counter-clockwise to east. If you have a rogue with you, you can toss the order to the wind and go wherever you want as they can pick any lock in the zone, even before level 51. Just be sure you can handle the area you enter, as they get progressively harder from north to east. Oh, and don't try to start by going straight east, as that's a trap.. you'll fall down the pit through the false stairs should you try to start at the end. The proper way to reach the east is through the south. There are other similar traps scattered through the zone, pit traps usually detectable by the carpets on the ground. Falling in a trap will drop you to the bottom level, which has several of the weakest creatures in the zone, but more importantly it takes time to return from the very basement to get back to where you were before, not to mention that the fall is very long and damaging.

The North Wing is where you'll try your hand at the zone first, in all likelihood. It's a straightforward area, moreso than the other Wings. First kill one of the bottomless gnawers (you might need to levitate down the pit right at the entrance, if one of the two roamers wasn't a gnawer), and take the Tallow Marked Candle it drops. While it looks like a plain item, it's the no-rent key to the North Wing, use it on the door to proceed. In the North Wing, there is another key item lying on the ground in one room, there's a pit trap laying to claim the unwary, and 3 named spawns just itching to give up their goodies to the brave adventurers coming in. The chief among them is the Crypt Spectre, who guards the end of the North Wing.. in addition to a couple of items, he always drops the key to the West Wing. The teleporter behind his room will take you back to the zone entrance, to allow you to continue into the West Wing should you desire. As a rule of thumb, if you find a teleporter in a Wing, then you've passed the boss enemy in that wing, perhaps a placeholder in it's stead. Wait around to kill the big enemy, and get your key item.

The rest can be learned on your own, the zone is pretty straightforward.. be on the lookout for a hidden wall at the end of the South Wing to progress to the East Wing, if you're confident in being able to defeat the strongest monsters there. Should you persist to the very end of the dungeon, you may just find the vengeful spirit of Venril Sathir's wife awaiting your arrival.. and she will be none to happy to find her city-turned-crypt invaded.

One final note though.. concerning evil races and classes. As you've likely discovered, the faction hits you take against Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle and Kaesora are exceedingly minor. You can likely fight many days in those zones before becoming KoS in the Danak Shipyards in the Overthere. Charasis is a different story though, setting foot inside and killing the creatures within will very quickly destroy your faction beyond repair.. Venril Sathir doesn't take too kindly to people disturbing the rest of his wife. You have been warned.

Valdayana D'Varr