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Contents
Table of Contents
Shaun “Ranorian”
Bennett
Doug “Simms”
Blakeslee
About This Guide • • • • • • • 7
MOB Keys • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7
What’s New in Catacombs
INSTANCING
MIDGARD
Jamtland Mountains ..................................................78
Odin's Gate ..................................................................80
Uppland ........................................................................82
Yggdra Forest ..............................................................84
HIBERNIA
Breifine ..........................................................................86
Cruachan Gorge ..........................................................88
Emain Macha ..............................................................90
Mount Collory ..............................................................92
SEAS
Irish Sea ........................................................................94
North Sea ......................................................................95
DUNGEONS
Passage of Conflict......................................................96
Summoner's Hall ........................................................97
NEW FRONTIERS UPDATE
8
AURULITE
9
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
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Debra “Saphineea”
Carver
Larian LeQuella of
Armyn ab Treanid
Catacombs Main Dungeons
ALBION
The Abandoned Mines ..............................................10
Deadlands of Annwn ..................................................12
The Frontlines................................................................14
Glashtin Forges ............................................................16
Inconnu Crypt................................................................18
Lower Crypt ..................................................................20
The Otherworld ............................................................22
Roman Aqueducts ......................................................24
Underground Forest....................................................26
The Darkspire ..............................................................28
MIDGARD
The Abandoned Mines ..............................................30
Burial Grounds ............................................................32
Deadlands of Annwn..................................................34
The Frontlines ..............................................................36
Glashtin Forge ..............................................................38
Kobold Undercity ........................................................40
Nyttheim ........................................................................42
The Otherworld ............................................................44
Underground Forest....................................................46
The Darkspire ..............................................................48
HIBERNIA
The Abandoned Mines ..............................................50
Deadlands of Annwn..................................................52
The Frontlines ..............................................................54
Glashtin Forge ..............................................................56
The Otherworld ............................................................58
The Queen's Labyrinth ..............................................60
Shar Labyrinth ..............................................................62
Underground Forest....................................................64
Veil Rift............................................................................66
The Darkspire ..............................................................68
New Frontiers Zones
ALBION
Forest Sauvage ............................................................70
Hadrian's Wall..............................................................72
Pennine Mountains ....................................................74
Snowdonia ....................................................................76
98
RvR Notes
PASSAGE OF CONFLICT
99
Brena “Rellm”
MacDowell
Allen “Gwuldan”
McMillan
DARKNESS FALLS
100
DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE
THEY DO UNTO YOU!
101
Chris “Schnellore”
Schneller
Christina “Mirialde”
Townsend
Zone Notes
ALBION
The Abandoned Mines ............................................104
Deadlands of Annwn, The Frontlines ..................105
Glashtin Forge, Inconnu Crypt ..............................105
Lower Crypt ................................................................106
Roman Aqueducts ....................................................107
Underground Forest, The Otherworld..................108
The Darkspire, Instanced Adventure Wings........109
MIDGARD
Abandoned Mines, The Burial Grounds ..............111
The Frontlines, Kobold Undercity ..........................112
Nyttheim, Underground ..........................................113
Instanced Adventure Wings ....................................114
HIBERNIA
The Abandoned Mines, The Glashtin Forge ......115
Shar Labyrinth, Underground Forest ....................116
The Veil Rift ..................................................................117
Instanced Adventure Wings ....................................118
Darkspire Loot Lists
ALBION
Shawn “Kwip”
Williams
OUR CARTOGRAPHERS
119
MIDGARD
124
HIBERNIA
128
Andrew “Kallisti
CollidesWithTrees”
Prentis
Linda “Brasse”
Carlson
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Instanced Adventure Wings
ALBION
The Arena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Catacombs of Corvoda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The Beastmaster's Den . . . . . . . . (from Tepok's Mine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The Betrayer's Den . . . . . . . . . . . (from Keltoi Fogou) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Deliah's Sanctuary. . . . . . . . . . . . (from Stonehenge Barrows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Depths of Despair . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Possessed Inconnu). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Forges of Flame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Glashtin Forge ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Goblin's Cookery . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Tepok's Mine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Hall of Reawakening . . . . . . (from Tomb of Mithra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Hidden Crypt . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Tomb of Mithra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lair of Doom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Catacombs of Corvoda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lair of the Exiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
The Lost Wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Stonehenge Barrows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Maze of Tribulation . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Otherworld: The Queen’s Labyrinth area). . . 140
The Plutonian Shore . . . . . . . . . . (from Roman Aqueducts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
The Realm of the Damned . . . . . (from Lower Crypt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The Ritual Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Keltoi Fogou) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Shafts of the Tenebrae . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
The Smelting Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Glashtin Forge ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Snarg's Grotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Frontlines: Nyttheim area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Snyblem's Lair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Roman Aqueducts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
MIDGARD
Arachnid's Labyrinth . . . . . . . . . (from Spindelhalla) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Burrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Varulvhamn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Caverns of Madness . . . . . . . . . . (from Nyttheim) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
The Cursed Lair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Varulvhamn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Den of Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Vendo Cave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
The Haunted Halls. . . . . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Jarlsberg's Hideout . . . . . . . . . . . (from Burial Grounds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Liche's Unrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cursed Tomb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lios's Eternal Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cursed Tomb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The Lost Burrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Vendo Cave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lost Passages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Otherworld: The Queen’s Labyrinth area). . . 149
Marik's Workroom . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Glashtin Forge ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
The Master's Lair . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Spindelhalla) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Nisse's Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Nisse's Lair) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Passage of Echoes. . . . . . . . . . . . (from Nyttheim) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Rebel Half Orc Lair . . . . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Thieves Den . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Burial Grounds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Tomte Prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Nisse's Lair) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Unrestful Tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Deadlands of Annwn: Lower Crypt area) . . . . . . 153
Wolak's Crucible . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Glashtin Forge ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
HIBERNIA
The Ancient's Retreat. . . . . . . . . . (from Treibh Caillte). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Blathnait's Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Veil Rift). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
The Brawler's Den . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Koalinth Tribal Caverns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Broken Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Veil Rift). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
The Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Frontlines: Nyttheim area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Felena's Sorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Koalinth Tribal Caverns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
The Forgotten Vein . . . . . . . . . . . (from Coruscating Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
The Goblin Workshop . . . . . . . . . (from Glashtin Forge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Hammerer Hugak's Smithy . . . . (from Glashtin Forge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Inner Sanctum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Deadlands of Annwn: Lower Crypt area) . . . . . . 158
Maze of Madness . . . . . . . . . . . . (from The Queen’s Labyrinth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
The Pit of Despair . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Coruscating Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Rise of the Spraggons . . . . . . . . . (from Spraggon Den) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rugnog's Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Serf's Folly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Muire Tomb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
The Shaman's Inner Sanctum . . (from Treibh Caillte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
The Shattered Lands . . . . . . . . . . (from The Queen’s Labyrinth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
The Steward's Crypt . . . . . . . . . . (from Muire Tomb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
The Warrens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Spraggon Den) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
The Wolves Den. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Abandoned Mines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Dungeon Task Dungeons
ALBION TASK DUNGEONS
Burial Tomb (1-10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
The Lost Lair (11-20), Desecrated Grounds (21-30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Unhallow Grounds (31-40), The Sundered Tombs (41-50) . . . . . . . 166
MIDGARD TASK DUNGEONS
Damp Cavern (1-10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Stone Confinement (11-20), Concealed Guardhouse (21-30) . . . . . 168
Hidden Lair (31-40), Underground Tunnel (41-50). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
HIBERNIA TASK DUNGEONS
The Cursed Burrow (1-10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dusty Tomb (11-20), Dark Cavern (21-30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Enclosed Tunnel (31-40), Unused Mine (41-50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
New Classes
HIBERNIA: VAMPIIR & BAINSHEE
Bainshee Designer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Player’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Vampiir Designer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Player’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
ALBION: HERETIC
Heretic Designer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Player’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
MIDGARD: VALKYRIE & WARLOCK
Valkyrie Designer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Player’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Warlock Designer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Player’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Player Housing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 219
What Has Gone Before
LEGENDS OF ALBION
Roman Aqueducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
History of the Inconnu Crypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Deadlands of Annwn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Underground Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
SAGAS OF MIDGARD
Burial Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
The History of the Kobold Undercity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Nyttheim, Possessed Kobold City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
The Frontlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
LAYS OF HIBERNIA
History of the Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Otherworld, and How the Labyrinth Came to Be . . . . . . . . . . . 234
The History of the Shar Labyrinth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
The Queen’s Labyrinth (Possessed Shar City) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glashtin Forges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Kwip’s Humor: New Faces • • • • • • • • 238
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