Area Designer:[]
- Cogitasne
Directions:[]
- To pier: s*e*s*e*e*e*e*s*e*e*e*n*n*n (from south end of Empire Wharf, Sanctuary)
- To Cliffisde Fortress: n*n*n*w*nw*nw*w*sw*w*nw*nw*n*ne*e*ne*se (from pier)
- To Holn Switchblade: s*s*s*s*d*d (from Cliffside Fortress gate)
- To Sandy Cave: nw*sw*w*sw*s*se*se*e*ne*e*se*se*ne*n*ne*nw*nw*ne*nw*nw*sw*sw*sw (from Cliffside Fortress gate)
- Temple of the Dragon: s*se*ne*se*se*s*se*ne*ne*se*se*sw*s*e (from cave entrance)
- Enraged Drake: ne*sw*s*se*e*se*nw*nw*n*nw*ne*w*ne*w*sw*sw*se*e*se*nw*n*nw*e (from Temple of the Dragon)
- Vulcan: w*n*nw*se*nw*s*s (pick s) (from Enraged Drake)
- To Marcus: nw*sw*s*se*e*se*ne*ne*n*ne*nw*w*nw*w*sw*sw*se*e*se*ne*n*ne*n*nw*sw*nw*sw*nw*nw*e*ne*se*s*e*e*s*sw (from Temple of the Dragon)
Reset:[]
35 minutes, empty
Story/History:[]
- A large volcanic island in the eastern reaches of the Dragon Sea, Drake Isle is the home of a powerful magician from New Thalos. He moved to this remote location in order to conduct his experiments in peace and seclusion, the city was much too crowded for his secretive personality to tolerate. Little did the mage know, the island was not as barren as it had appeared. Now his retainers must be constantly vigilant for hunting drakes... or worse. A powerful warrior of the Thalosian Church has recently launched an expedition into the lair of the drakes, but he has not been seen or heard from since.
- There is a latin inscription from Carus' poem De Rerum Natura in the rough-hewn stairs leading down into the room below the Dragon Golem:
This terror and darkness of mind necessary the weapons of the day not by the rays of the sun, by the bright a part in examining, but by Nature and her law. A principle belongs to fundamental axiom is this: Nothing comes out of nothing by divine aid. -T. Lucretius Carus
- The original area featured a huge storage room connected to Vulcan's Workshop and a platinum banded chest that loaded the following items:
Q 0 16742 1 16740 1 King's Ransom (100k coins) Q 0 16743 1 16740 1 Neural Whip Q 0 16744 1 16740 1 Legendary Sword of the Avenger Q 0 16745 1 16740 1 Miasma, the Blade of Plagues Q 0 16746 1 16740 1 Quarterstaff of the Elementalists Q 0 16747 1 16740 1 Hydra-tooth Bracelet Q 0 16748 1 16740 1 Summoner's Charm Q 0 16749 1 16740 1 Diabolist's Pendant Q 0 16700 1 16740 1 Roman Signet Ring
- These items have been removed in the current version of the area, but it's interesting to note that some have been converted into assembly quest items featured in other zones.
Mobs of Note:[]
- Holn Swiftblade - (pebble key to sandy cave, white leather belt, blue linen robe, Greaves of Valour) the enraged drake - (golden hilt of a shattered sword) Antitheton - (dragon claws, dragon wings, red dragonscale shirt, glistening dragonstone), Celfivl Prantroc - (scarlet cape, ornate flask, gleaming silver helm, Medal of Honor, gleaming silver platemail, Thalosian War Axe), Marcus Nonhilor - (serrated bastard sword, burnished steel boots, plate gauntlets, plate leggings, banded mail, tower shield), battered cleric - (crimson potion, crystal vial, tattered clerical robes, ebony cross), insane thief - (poisoner's ring, padded armor, broken dagger), Captain of the Watch - (key to fortress) Vulcan - (white leather apron, Vulcan's Hammer of Forging), hatchling - (Tove's Armlets), obsidian drolem - (obsidian vial), skeleton - (flake of dragon bone, faded scroll), cyclops - (leather apron, heavy tongs, smith's hammer)
General Zone Strategies:[]
- Get the pebble from Holn Swiftblade in the Cliffside Fortress. Use the pebble to enter the Sandy Cave. Use a Bard runner with mirrors to get to the Temple of the Dragon, the enraged drake and ultimately Celfivl Prantroc. Alternatively, a mana/regen Ranger does well here, as the drakes are calmable (the enraged drake is not, nor is Celfivl).
- There, immediately down from the Temple of the Dragon, is an easter egg room with a symbolic Latin warning. It's not a DT but you'll need a summon / recall out
- Vulcan's Forge can be found in the second Volcanic Vent, near the enraged drake. If you drop down onto the vent ledge to get to Vulcan's Workshop, you'll have to recall out, as there is no way back into the tunnel complex. (Except the DT down.) Vulcan tosses and entropies. Old school, Vulcan can be wodded down with two naked mages. Today, you can 25 INT implode him or petrify/strike summon him down, too.
- In Celfivl's room, take out the aggro wounded drakes first, (Marcus will assist good/neutral aligned tanks or attack evil tanks), then Marcus. Celfivl is not aggro so you can debuff him if you like. Celfivl is strike capped (400/strike) and will area so plan accordingly. Orb/Glow a 25 INT Jedi and implode him down. 25 CHA bardic petrify is great, too.
- Mobs will reset in this zone occupied, so beware wounded drake re-pops while you're working on Celfivl.
- Antitheton is beyond Celfivl (who blocks in that direction.) Antitheton is aggro!, is !pet (causes them to wander) and calls for a 25 INT imploding Jedi or a 25 CHA petting Bard. Antitheton is also strike damage capped at 400. The room below Antitheton requires a fly.
Equipment:[]
ITEM | TYPE | MOB | LOAD % | DISPLAY |
---|---|---|---|---|
necklace, amber beads | neck | amber drake | 75.0% | mL 4 !rests 1 ac 2 mov 9 mana |
dragon claws | hand | Antitheton | 65.0% | mL 15 !mctrb !e 6 ac 2 dam -1 dex |
dragon wings | about | Antitheton | 15.0% | mL 24 !mctns !n 1 dam 2 str |
glistening dragonstone | hold | Antitheton | 11.0% | mL 20 !rests 15 hp 15 mana |
red dragonscale shirt | body | Antitheton | 100.0% | mL 15 !rests 27 ac 2 str 2 con |
crimson | potion | battered cleric | mL 0 !rests 1 x armor
1 x bless | |
cross, ebony | hold | battered cleric | 95.0% | mL 0 !rests 4 x dispel evil |
crystal vial | potion | battered cleric | mL 0 !rests 1 x sanctuary
1 x word of death | |
robes, tattered clerical | about | battered cleric | mL 3 !rests 3 ac ench! | |
key, iron | key | Captain of the Watch | mL 0 !rests | |
sword, short wire-bound | weapon | Captain of the Watch | mL 7 !mc 3D6 10.5 avg 2 hit -1 dam | |
the medal of honor | neck | Celfivl Prantroc | mL 15 wp! g! 4 ac 1 dam 1 str | |
leather apron | about | cyclops | mL 3 !rests 3 ac 3 hit -3 cha | |
tongs, heavy iron forge | weapon | cyclops | mL 0 !mctns 7D2 10.5 avg 2 hit | |
golden hilt, shattered | component | enraged drake | mL 0 !rests !rent | |
leggings, drake | leg | enraged drake | 4.0% | mL 16 !mcpasr 1 str 10 hp not in .zon file
(item moved to arden as: lightning scorched drake leggings) |
spear, war | weapon | fortress guard | mL 6 !mct 3D5 9.0 avg 3 hit | |
Tove's Armlets | arm | hatchling
giant lizard |
mL 20 b! 6 ac 1 cha 10 mana | |
banded mail | body | Holn Swiftblade | mL 0 !mtnrb 21 ac | |
greaves of valour | leg | Holn Swiftblade | mL 16 !mcrb !n 14 ac 1 dam -3 int | |
pebble | key | Holn Swiftblade | mL 15 !rests 1 x earthquake | |
robe, blue linen | about | Holn Swiftblade | mL 6 !twpanr -1 ss 7 mana | |
white leather belt | waist | Holn Swiftblade | mL 10 !ctwpanrb 4 ac 2 con 10 mana | |
armor, padded | body | insane thief | mL 3 !rests 9 ac ench! | |
dagger, broken | weapon | insane thief | 95.0% | mL 5 !c !g 2D4 5.0 avg 3 hit |
poisoner's ring | ring | insane thief | mL 0 tn! 1 ac 1 dam 1 dex | |
bastard sword, serrated | weapon | Marcus Nonhilor | 75.0% | mL 13 !mctns 4D5 12.0 avg -1 hit 3 dam |
flask, ornate | potion | Marcus Nonihlor | 100.0% | mL 0 !rests harm, heal, heal |
leggings, plate | leg | Marcus Nonihlor | 100.0% | mL 0 !mtnrb 12 ac ench! |
mail, banded | body | Marcus Nonihlor | 100.0% | mL 0 !mtnrb 21 ac ench! |
tower shield | shield | Marcus Nonihlor | 30.0% | mL 16 !mctrb 8 ac 1 dam 1 str |
vial, obsidian | potion | obsidian drolem | 100.0% | mL 0 !rests 1 x cure critic
1 x sanctuary |
boots, burnished steel | foot | Sir Celfivl Prantroc | 80.0% | mL 0 !mtnb 4 ac 1 con 10 mov |
cape, scarlet | about | Sir Celfivl Prantroc | 50.0% | mL 10 !tn 5 ac 11 hp 8% hpR |
helm, gleaming silver | head | Sir Celfivl Prantroc | 75.0% | mL 10 !mctanjsrb !e 10 ac 1 str 1 dex |
suit of gleaming silver platemail | body | Sir Celfivl Prantroc | 32.0% | mL 15 wp! g! 30 ac 1 dam 15 hp |
thalosian war axe | weapon | Sir Celfivl Prantroc | 20.0% | mL 16 !mctnb !n 4D7 16.0 avg 2 hit 2 dam |
gauntlets, plate | hand | Sir Celfivl Prantroc
Marcus Nonihlor |
100.0% | mL 0 !mtnrb 6 ac ench! |
sleeves, plate | arm | Sir Celfivl Prantroc
Marcus Nonihlor |
100.0% | mL 0 !mtnrb 6 ac ench! |
dragon bone, flake | other | skeleton | 35.0% | mL 0 !rests |
faded | scroll | skeleton | mL 0 !rests 1 x enchant armor
1 x group invis !rent | |
Hammer, Vulcan's | weapon | Vulcan | 3.0% | mL 15 njsr! n! 7D4 17.5 avg 2 hit 2 dam |
white leather apron | about | Vulcan | 80.0% | mL 4 !mc 4 ac 5% hpR |
knife, thief's | weapon | mL 0 !c 6D1 6.0 avg 3 hit 2 dex |