Solusek's Eye

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

Solusek's Eye (informally called Sol A) is the cavernous home of both the fire goblins and their allied clans, and the Solusek Mining Company, an intrepid group of gnomes here for the mineral wealth this area has to offer. Both live in an unsteady alliance with one another in the lava-filled caverns, united by the close presence of their enemies, the Solusek kobolds and Lord Nagafen himself.

Note: You are unable to enter this zone as a level 1 character (Verified on Green server (02-05-23).

Level of Monsters: 20-40 Types of Monsters: Young, Cinder, Flame, Fire, Inferno, and Solusek Goblins, Wizards, and Shamans; Solusek Champions, Priests, and Mages; Goblin Merchant; Gnome Miners, Curators, and Conjurers; CWG Models CA, CB, CC, MA, MB, MC, XA, XB, and XC; CWG Spider, Blazing Elemental Notable NPCs: Captain Bipnubble, CWG Model CX, CWG Model EXG, Fire Goblin Bartender, Inferno Goblin Captain, Fire Goblin Drunkard, Goblin High Shaman, Solusek Goblin King, Gabbie Mardoddle, flame goblin foreman, Inferno Goblin Torturer, Kindle, Kobold predator, lava elemental, Lord Gimblox, Lynada the Exiled, Marfen Binkdirple, Reckless Efreeti, Singe Unique Items: Brick of Blue Ore Brick of Blue Ore WT: 22.5 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Charred Boots Charred Boots MAGIC ITEM Slot: FEET AC: 6 AGI: +3 SV FIRE: +5 SV POISON: +5 WT: 5.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL except IKS , Charred Guardian Shield Charred Guardian Shield MAGIC ITEM Slot: SECONDARY AC: 10 WIS: +9 WT: 8.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD ROG SHM Race: ALL , Charred Guardian Breastplate Charred Guardian Breastplate MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 16 STR: +3 STA: +6 WT: 9.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL except IKS , Charred Gauntlets Charred Gauntlets MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: HANDS AC: 7 DEX: +3 INT: +5 WT: 4.5 Size: SMALL Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL except IKS , Drake-hide Leggings Drake-hide Leggings MAGIC ITEM Slot: LEGS AC: 5 DEX: +5 CHA: +5 WT: 0.1 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL , Drake-hide Sleeves Drake-hide Sleeves MAGIC ITEM Slot: ARMS AC: 4 STA: +3 HP: +10 WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Drakescale Belt Drakescale Belt Slot: WAIST AC: 5 DEX: +3 SV FIRE: +10 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Fire Crystal Staff Fire Crystal Staff MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 28 DMG: 5 Effect: Shock of Fire (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) WT: 6.5 Size: LARGE Class: BRD NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Foreman's Tunic Foreman's Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 10 STR: +3 WIS: +3 WT: 0.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Frothy Goblin Tonic Frothy Goblin Tonic MAGIC ITEM EXPENDABLE Charges: 1 Effect: Aura of Marr (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 25 WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Glowing Stone Band Glowing Stone Band MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FINGER AC: 2 Effect: Serpent Sight (Worn) WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Gnomish Environment Suit Gnomish Environment Suit MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 9 SV FIRE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV POISON: +10 WT: 3.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Goblin Fire Totem Goblin Fire Totem MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY MANA: +5 SV FIRE: +10 WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL Class: CLR DRU BRD SHM Race: ALL , Impskin Gloves Impskin Gloves MAGIC ITEM Slot: HANDS AC: 2 INT: +5 MANA: +10 WT: 1.5 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Kobold-Hide Boots Kobold-hide Boots MAGIC ITEM Slot: FEET AC: 5 AGI: +3 HP: +10 WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Lava Potion Lava Potion MAGIC ITEM EXPENDABLE Charges: 1 Effect: Inferno Shield (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 50 WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Lord Gimblox's Signet Ring Lord Gimblox's Signet Ring MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: FINGER SV FIRE: +4 WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Mithril Quill Mithril Quill MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 19 DMG: 4 HP: +20 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: BRD NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Molten Cloak Molten Cloak Slot: BACK AC: 4 WIS: +4 INT: +4 WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL , Memento Box Memento Box LORE ITEM WT: 2.0 Weight Reduction: 75% Capacity: 6 Size Capacity: SMALL , Obsidian Bead Hoop Obsidian Bead Hoop MAGIC ITEM Slot: EAR AC: 2 INT: +3 AGI: +3 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Obsidian Flamberge Obsidian Flamberge MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 50 DMG: 20 Effect: Obsidian Shatter (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 17 WT: 9.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL SHD Race: ALL , Obsidian Ring Obsidian Ring MAGIC ITEM Slot: FINGER AC: 3 DEX: +3 HP: +10 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Obsidian Scimitar Obsidian Scimitar MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 27 DMG: 7 AGI: +6 WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD ROG Race: ALL , Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 25 DMG: 6 Effect: Obsidian Shatter (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 16 WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except CLR PAL DRU MNK SHM Race: ALL , Platinum Armband Platinum Armband MAGIC ITEM Slot: ARMS STR: +3 WIS: +3 WT: 0.3 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Platinum Dragon Totem Platinum Dragon Totem MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY HP: +30 MANA: +50 WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL Class: CLR DRU BRD SHM Race: ALL , Ring of Goblin Lords Ring of Goblin Lords LORE ITEM Slot: FINGER AC: 4 STR: +3 INT: +3 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Runed Lava Pendant Runed Lava Pendant MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: NECK AC: 5 STR: +6 SV FIRE: +5 WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Scepter of Flame Scepter of Flame MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 29 DMG: 7 MANA: +15 SV FIRE: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 WT: 4.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , A 'Sparkle' Purse A 'Sparkle' Purse LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.2 Weight Reduction: 0% Capacity: 4 Size Capacity: SMALL , Bag of the Tinkerers Bag of the Tinkerers WT: 1.0 Weight Reduction: 100% Capacity: 10 Size Capacity: GIANT , Turquoise Eyepatch Turquoise Eyepatch MAGIC ITEM Slot: FACE AC: 2 STA: +2 CHA: +2 INT: +2 WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Pouch of Red Dust Pouch of Red Dust LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.3 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL Related Quests: Tunare Initiate Adjacent Zones: Nagafen's Lair (Sol B), Lavastorm Mountains Name in /who: soldunga Player Guides: Skarlorns-leveling-sol-a-leveling-guide Zone Spawn Timer: 18:00 Succor/Evacuate: -476, -486 (Zone line to Lavastorm) ZEM Value: 130 (173%) Reduced to 125 (167%) [1]

Map

Solusek's Eye 1. Room with Inferno Goblin Captain who drops Charred Boots (Common) and Charred Gauntlets (Rare) 2. Room with Kindle who drops Obsidian Ring (Common) and Impskin Gloves (Rare) 3. Efreeti Pits with Blazing Elementals and Reckless Efreeti who drops Platinum Armband (Common) and Obsidian Flamberge (Rare) 4. Lava Elemental Room with lava elemental who drops Lava Potion (Common) and Runed Lava Pendant (Rare) 5. Doorway to upper level of the gnome fort (not shown) with Captain Bipnubble who drops Brick of Blue Ore (Common) and Gnomish Environment Suit (Rare) 6. Room with Singe who drops Obsidian Bead Hoop (Common) and Drakescale Belt (Rare) 7. Gnome Merchant named Marfen who sells Bag of the Tinkerers 8. "Gabbie's Room" with Gabbie Mardoddle who drops Mithril Quill (Common) and Molten Cloak (Rare) and CWG Model CX that drops Clockwork Oil Stout 9. Courtyard where spawns the wandering CWG Model EXG who drops Charred Guardian Shield (Common) and Charred Guardian Breastplate (Rare) 10. Hallway with Kobold predator who drops Kobold-Hide Boots (Common) and Obsidian Shard (Rare) 11. "Foreman's Room" with flame goblin foreman who drops Foreman's Tunic (Common) and Obsidian Scimitar (Rare) 12. "Window Room" 13. "The Pit" 14. Room with Goblin Merchant 15. "Bar" with Fire Goblin Bartender who drops Drake-Hide Leggings (Common) and Drake-Hide Sleeves (Rare) 16. "Drunkard Room" with Fire Goblin Drunkard who drops Frothy Goblin Tonic (Common) and Fire Crystal Staff (Rare) 17. Room behind Throne Room with Solusek Goblin King who drops Ring of Goblin Lords (Common) and Scepter of Flame (Rare) 18. Hallway leading to Jail, end of hall has Inferno Goblin Torturer who drops Turquoise Eyepatch (Common) and Memento Box (Rare) 19. Solusek Mage room with bed 20. Room with Lynada the Exiled who drops Sparkle Purse and Goblin High Shaman who drops Glowing Stone Band (Common) and Platinum Dragon Totem (Rare) Note: the lettered areas above are zone points to the corresponding lettered areas in Nagafen's Lair (Sol B).

Dangers

This dungeon is a vast series of underground tunnels with several separate areas. Overall, though, there are some general dangers with the zone. First of all, it's very confusing to get around in. There are a lot of small winding tunnels, regular and secret doors, traps, drawbridges, and lava rivers. Do not expect that you will be able to make fast time in order to evade an enemy through this zone, at best you'll get lost, at worst you'll wind up dead at the bottom of a river of lava, not a nice place to be.

Second is that it is difficult to move around while invisible or hidden here. Pretty much all of the spellcasting goblins can see through even high level invis, as well as the champions and elementals. This can sometimes make corpse recovery difficult, and require you to find an alternate route to where you need to be.

Third is that this is a place for short people. Goblins and gnomes live here. That makes it very difficult for many larger races to get around, and being trapped in a doorway can mean not only your own death, but the deaths of your entire party as they pile up behind you trying to get past. Come here with an ability to shrink, or I would go somewhere else.

Now for specific dangers. The goblins are the first thing you'll encounter as you enter the zone, regardless of which entrance (from Lavastorm or Nagafen's Lair) you use. These are, in order of strength, the young, cinder, flame, fire, inferno, and Solusek goblins, and they all have wizards and shamans in their ranks. They can be pretty tough in groups, especially with a couple of wizards in them, but the usual tactics apply for taking them on. Just watch the lava.

The gnomes present a more difficult problem. They are slightly more powerful than the goblins, and have clerics and magicians among them. They, and their Clockwork guardians, will all assist one another in a fight. The biggest problem with fighting them is the faction problem. They share the same factions as in Ak'Anon, and although you can move safely within their domain if you've never killed one (mostly), fighting there a lot will make you many enemies. Consider this before camping out the Mining Company.

The last real danger is the elementals and the pit traps. If you fall in a pit trap, you will be fighting an elemental that can see through invis, so be ready, or avoid the traps. These elementals also appear in other regions, and are the most powerful enemies in the zone (nearly 40th level) and aggressive, so be prepared

Benefits

Solusek's Eye has quite a few benefits for the adventurous. First of all, it's a huge zone. You will never not be able to find anything to fight in here. In fact, most areas go untouched for days because nobody goes deeply enough in. This means good hunting regardless of the level of your group. Camping the exact spawn you want might be a little more difficult, but you'll be able to get exp without a problem.

For leveling in your late 20s and early 30s, the Solusek Bar Room offers some of the best experience in the game. A single group can easily hold the entire bar and king room with a good puller (just be wary of the bad pathing in the first room on the right when heading to the bar). Drops from the goblins in this area are an excellent source of income as well. Approximately every third goblin will drop ore (ranging from bricks to blocks) and every fifth to sixth goblin will carry fine steel weapons. If your character possesses the ability to sneak there is a goblin merchant (located at 14 on the map, he is dubious to all, gives no xp or loot when killed) who you can sell all this loot to; he also sells bandages, food and water.

There is also a variety of creatures to fight. You want to fight goblins? Fight goblins. You want gnomes? Fight gnomes. Fighting each requires different tactics and an entirely different set of loot. And when you're done, you can take the loot to the other's merchant.

Last, but not least, some of the greatest items in the game come from here. While this is good, they are also frequently camped out for a long period of time. I have not once found an uncamped kobold predator, for instance, in my journeys. It has to happen, but it's not common.

Traveling To and From Solusek's Eye

There are multiple entrances into Solusek's Eye. The main one that people take is from the Lavastorm Mountains. Within the mountains, travel to the large lava pit at the north end, known as Solusek's Eye (not to be confused with this zone). There are two paths to caves on the southern edge of the lava pit, the one you want is the eastern one, which will take you to Solusek's Eye.

There are multiple zones from Nagafen's Lair (Sol B) into Solusek's Eye. These are frequently used as escapes from Solusek's Eye to Sol B, but be aware that they are also used for the same purpose on the other side, which has much tougher monsters, and you may be going from the frying pan into the fire when you appear on the other side