Aug

Farming Inside the Temple of Droga

admin on August 4th, 2008

The Temple of Droga (Off Frontier Mountains) offers a lucrative opportunity for Magicians; a nice, quiet zone with many, many named to slaughter for their loot, many of whom are solo pulls and laughably easy for the loot they drop. On Rodcet Nife, at least, most of the drops sell for well over 5kpp each in the bazaar.

How to get to this wonderful zone is the first step; Start in the Plane of Knowledgeand after gathering what buffs you feel you need (Virtue/KEI for you and maybe Virtue/Focus for your now zoning pet, if you have suspend, that is), head to the Overthere stone in the evil side of the plane.

Once in Overthere, head due south to the Frontier Mountains zone, minding to avoid auto-running there as you might end up falling to your doom in the Howling Stones pit. Once in FM, head SW to the Temple of Droga. (Click any of the zone links for maps). Once inside, suspend your pet if you have it, and invis up. Nothing sees invis here, it’s wonderful!

Before you even get started though, you’ll want to add this to your droga_1.txt file in your EQ Directory, it will put the locations of all the named on your map if you use maps:

P 296, -224, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Bone_Knight_Runri
P -1790, 33, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Bone_Caster_Fizzik
P -567, -49, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Bone_Trooper_Grolin
P 106, -380, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Dirt_Criminal_Vakov
P -2118, 571, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Dust_Hoodlum_Heaprit
P 199, 105, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Earth_Mystic_Gedak
P -1944, -629, 50, 255, 255, 255, 2, Earth_Seer_Gamolk
P -1609, -137, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Flame_Master_Japal
P -215, 488, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Ice_Adept_Amozik
P -2012, 456, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Ice_Master_Cialin
P -1063, -3, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Jailor_Maufan
P -1900, -700, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, King_Dronan
P -526, -319, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Magic_Adept_Xabok
P -191, -94, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Stone_Crook_Piklo
P 177, -4, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Whip_Cracker_Krazzim
P 877, -237, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Moss_Knight_Yortal
P 1062, -190, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Slinker_Ukul
P -145, 582, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Cave_Guardian_Prehtil
P -385, 246, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Rock_Sneak_Nrillip
P -225, -366, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Bone_Caller_Nathid
P 1405, 276, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Dirt_Defender_Gropp
P 835, 339, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Blood_Ritualist_Taprom
P 640, 498, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Stalag_Trooper_Biamas
P 953, 361, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Flame_Adept_Verdalix
P -1012, 648, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Death_Ritualist_Stromik
P 524, 886, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, Stone_Seer_Kaigek
P -111, -1153, 0, 255, 255, 255, 2, a_savage_drogan_spider

If you are a 61-64 Mage with Ward of Xegony, you’ll want to stick to the stuff on the eastern side of the zone, as they will be easier for you to kill. I’d recommend Moss Knight, Slinker, and Bone Knight Runri. If you are a 65 Mage, I’d recommend Flame Master Japal or Earth Seer Gamolk, they have highly lucrative drops that sell well across servers. If you have Rathe’s Son, you can, albeit carefully, solo King Dronan.

Pulling in Droga can be done single if you are careful; MOBs have a low assist range and most can be pulled right by another if you are careful. Some named are even solo spawns (Earth Seer and Bone Knight for example). To solo King, you must send Rathe’s Son from the entryway right at King or his PH and keep him here. Pulling agro from your pet will result in your untimely death as the whole room adds. Be sure not to exhaust all your mana and not have enough to finish off runners, as the MOBs here DO run around 10-15% health. Rathe’s Son is great for negating this, and Ward of Xegony can do a good job if it lands a stun at the right time. Simply move from camp to camp if you have suspend minion, and farm away. This camp, however, requires a bazaar mule to sell all the loot you’ll be getting. If you can’t leave your computer on overnight or during the day while at work, this camp probably isn’t for you unless you know a reseller in the bazaar who will buy your stuff for cheap to resell later.