Dreadlands

Kunark Era (added 2000)

The Dreadlands is the name given to the harsh lands surrounding the ancient Karnor's Castle. The area includes an area of forest inhabited by the Drachnids, as well as the edge of a massive glacier extending down from the mountains. Buried within a secluded valley is an ancient outpost of the Combine Empire.

Level of Monsters: 35-50+ Types of Monsters: Tundra Yeti, Glacier Yeti, Mountain Giant Craigs, Steeps, and Braes, Voracious Brute, Plaguebone Skeleton, Greater Spurbone, Petrifier, Stonegazer, and Stoneleer Cockatrices, Drolvarg Growlers, Ragers, Gnashers, and Snarlers, Ravishing Drolvarg, Drachnid Webmasters, Webstranders, Recluses, Silkmistresses, and Widows Notable NPCs: Gorenaire, A dread widow, a mountain giant patriarch, a wulfware lonewolf, wraithbone champion Unique Items: Axe of the Iron Back Axe of the Iron Back MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 37 DMG: 16 WT: 12.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL , Yellow Whip A Yellow Whip LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 33 DMG: 7 WT: 6.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG Race: ALL , Drachnid Thyxl Drachnid Thyxl MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: SECONDARY AC: 5 INT: +5 MANA: +40 SV MAGIC: +10 WT: 3.0 Size: SMALL Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Forest Loop Forest Loop MAGIC ITEM Slot: EAR AC: 2 DEX: +3 WIS: +3 AGI: +3 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Gem Encrusted Ring Gem Encrusted Ring MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FINGER AC: 10 STR: +7 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Giant Foreman's Tunic Giant Foreman's Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 13 CHA: -5 SV COLD: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD SHM Race: BAR TRL OGR , Giant Grub Digger Giant Grub Digger MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 49 DMG: 12 HP: +20 SV DISEASE: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL , Giant Lord's Tunic Giant Lord's Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 18 CHA: -5 SV COLD: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD SHM Race: BAR TRL OGR , Giant Sized Monocle Giant Sized Monocle MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: HEAD AC: 1 INT: +1 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: BAR TRL OGR IKS , Giant Tree Flayer Giant Tree Flayer MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 41 DMG: 10 WT: 8.5 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL , Hammer of Flattening Hammer of Flattening MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 50 DMG: 13 WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD Race: BAR TRL OGR , Lumberjack's Cap Lumberjack's Cap MAGIC ITEM Slot: HEAD AC: 10 STA: +3 WT: 1.5 Size: TINY Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Straw Spun Belt Straw Spun Belt Slot: WAIST AC: 10 WT: 6.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL , Treeflayer Treeflayer Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 31 DMG: 6 WT: 6.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM Race: ALL , Tree Weave Tree Weave MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 25 STR: +10 WT: 12.0 Size: LARGE Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , A Weighted Axe A Weighted Axe MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 150 DMG: 45 WT: 9.4 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD Race: BAR TRL OGR , Wraith Bone Hammer Wraith Bone Hammer MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 26 DMG: 8 STR: +5 WIS: +2 INT: +2 WT: 7.3 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL Related Quests: Bard Epic Quest, Necromancer Skullcap, The Lost Circle Adjacent Zones: Burning Wood, Frontier Mountains, Firiona Vie, Karnor's Castle Name in /who: dreadlands Zone Spawn Timer: 6:40 Succor/Evacuate: 2806, 9565 (Wizard spires) ZEM Value: 75 82.5 (110%)

Map

The Dreadlands 1. Tundra Yeti Caves (2098, 5050) 2. Mountain Giant Hut 3. Mountain Giant Hut 4. Drachnid Widow Web 5. Haunted Ruins 6. Empty Ruins 7. Glacier Yeti Caves 8. Mountain Giant Outpost with a mountain giant patriarch who drops Giant Sized Monocle (Warrior Epic) 9. Tundra Yeti Caves (-2346, 3502) 10. Mountain Giant Hut 11. Drachnid Widow Web 12. Drachnid Widow Web Entry to tunnel to FV: 376, -5912. Entry tunnel to Lost Valley: 175, 5700

The Dreadlands - Lost Valley 1. Wizard Portal Spires 2. Druid Portal Ring 3. Ancient Combine Outpost Entry tunnel to Dreadlands: 660, 6600. This is up on a ledge, and not at ground level.

Safe/Evac Spot

Dreadlands - Just south of wizard spires (2806, 9565)

Dangers

This vast area is inhabited by a large number of aggressive creatures, and these comprise the major danger in travelling through the area. Every creature you see will attack you, and monsters like the drolvargs and giants can see through any invisibility spell or effect, so be prepared. Some of the drachnids are capable of seeing through invisibility as well while others are not. Most mobs are capable of running faster than default character speed, so SoW is essential for your survival.

The glacier area is dangerous because the mountainous terrain makes it difficult to see creatures as you move through the area, so it is possible to come over the crest of a hill directly on top of something not very happy to run into you.

The wooded area further to the east is inhabited by the drachnids, a group of fast-moving, spellcasting, aggressive spiderlike creatures that continually roam the area. The decreased range of vision in this area from the trees and frequent snowstorms make it easy to stumble across them while travelling, and since most of them cast spells, it is advised to not stumble across them.

There is also a powerful dragon that can be found in this area, a frost dragon named Gorenaire. Keep your eyes peeled, because if you stumble across this one unprepared, you will more than likely be killed quicker than you've ever been before.

Benefits

Hunting in this area is actually much safer than in other areas of the continent of Kunark for several reasons. First and foremost is that throughout most of the zone, you have a large area of visibility surrounding you while you hunt. This allows you to see creatures that might interrupt you most rudely during a battle and move out of the way ahead of time. The glacier has good vision, and the blasted area surrounding Karnor's Castle has even better visibility. This is cut down significantly during the frequent snowstorms, but is still quite good, and tends to cheer up the barbarians in the group.

It is also relatively safe because there seem to be fewer monsters walking around to avoid, possibly because of the vastness of the zone, or it may just be an illusion caused by the large amount of visibility.

The Lost Valley bears special mention. This area is an isolated area off of the western edge of the main area of the zone, and contains within it the ancient ruins of an outpost of the Combine Empire. Nearby lie Wizard and Druid portals, and this is where these classes gate into when using spells to arrive in Kunark. The rest of the Lost Valley is not normally inhabited by wandering monsters, although a traveller must be careful because occasionally large creatures from the main area either get trained or disoriented and wind up here. The outpost itself has some relatively strong skeletons that don't wander around, and a skeletal monk of some importance.

Travelling To and From The Dreadlands

The Druid and Wizard Teleportation spots are located at 2500, 7725 and 3050, 9650 respectively.

There are many ways to get into the Dreadlands. The zone to Burning Wood is at approximately 3400, -800. This places you at approximately -3500, -800 in the Burning Wood.

The zone to Firiona Vie is at 370, -5920. The tunnel in Firiona Vie opens up at -200, 3590 after following a long passage through the mountains.

Frontier Mountains can be entered through a tunnel located at 2100, -3410 and zones into Frontier Mountains at location -3675, -3330 (at the end of the tunnel).

Karnor's Castle is located at approximately 650, -1845.