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    Draupnir Cave

    I made this from a korean map I found ( hence it's a bit more untidy than it needs to be as I had to overlay placements over korean placements+text ).


    Also Lazy Drag/Shadowmaster may be random but have been up 100% for my group so far.

    Hope it helps some people out.

    Main Map:


    Route Map:



    Glide Shortcut after Instructor Afrane

    ( Taking this shortcut skips Greatscholar Jaadis and the bioweapon segment ).




    Anyone have a solid plan for the last boss? My group got to him and the tactic we'd seen/heard about ( run off and reset the adds that spawn ) failed badly because their runspeed has been greatly increased, I guess we just need more DPS

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    What lvl is this place? I'm bored of Steel Rake and Alq sucks @_@

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    You can probably start and clear most of the bosses from 43, with the exception of the last boss which requires much better levels.

    ( My group is clearing all except Commander Burkama and Deputy Brigade General )
    ( Although Brigade general is a piece of piss to kill, it's not worth going to him if you cant kill Commander Burkama ).


    The attunement quest starts with [Spy/Group] Meeting the Mau Spy - started by Atalante in Heiron.

    I have no idea what the Asmo chain is or if there is one.

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    Middle of doing the attunement quest atm, you sir are a life saver.

    Any spiffy drops yet? I can't wait to start doing this, so far noone on Vaizel has access that I know of yet (Minus my group when we finish)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veyron View Post
    Middle of doing the attunement quest atm, you sir are a life saver.

    Any spiffy drops yet? I can't wait to start doing this, so far noone on Vaizel has access that I know of yet (Minus my group when we finish)
    Shadowmaster Takrins drops 6% blue attack speed gloves,
    Lakshmi drops gold 8% attack speed.

    Gold shoulders/legs/boots ( 22% run speed ) are all there as well, and the final boss drops gold 19% attack speed weapons.


    The mobs loot tables are mostly on aionarmory and you can look them up.

    Just follow the green line and go to Afrane first, and then continue along the path, and kill all the other permanent bosses.

    Ooze drops a nice leather belt as well that I have that isn't listed anywhere.

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    I mean have you guys seen any drops personally!

    As Elyos, do we really need to go to Beluslan every time we want to do this? FML if so :< (This needs to be answered )

    Edit: logging outside of the gate to re-enter tomorrow <.< lol

    Killed Lazy Dragushum, got ring. Wanted to try it out before bed, was a good easy run, tomorrow will bring moar dorps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veyron View Post
    I mean have you guys seen any drops personally!

    As Elyos, do we really need to go to Beluslan every time we want to do this? FML if so :< (This needs to be answered )

    Edit: logging outside of the gate to re-enter tomorrow <.< lol

    Killed Lazy Dragushum, got ring. Wanted to try it out before bed, was a good easy run, tomorrow will bring moar dorps.
    I have the gold shoulders, we've seen attack speed gloves once, and some blue chain healing body that's nice as well.


    And yes, you have to go through Beluslan everytime

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    Bawwwwww lol, is there a way to get past Red Mane Cavern? Or around? We tried to rambo our way through, 3/6 members made it but the other 3 died in un-rezable spots

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veyron View Post
    Bawwwwww lol, is there a way to get past Red Mane Cavern? Or around? We tried to rambo our way through, 3/6 members made it but the other 3 died in un-rezable spots
    There isn't any way around if you rift in on the left side of it, we take whatever rift is up and just rambo.

    Hot the tank and make sure he has runspeed scroll+greater healing pots/etc.

    The two rifts that take you to the correct side are the one outside aethogenetics and the one in the indratu area. ( indratu area one is the best ).

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    Yeah we've been using Indratu one lately, Lepharist one isn't too bad, but the ramboing can go nasty. Will tell tank to bring moar consumables for next attempt!

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    That is why you invite me to party for summon members.

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    Master climber Syntex is on duty and I will find a way, against my better judgement to somehow carve a path that Elyos can use to get around Red Mane Cavern to that side.

    I like to think of it as a challenge :D

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    Nah, you just kill all the guards while 10 Asmos stand there watching.

    http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5642/aion0128.jpg

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    Just an update, 4 manned all the bosses except the last two tonight with a 47-48 group in ~5hrs vs 4hrs with a 45-46 group w/ 6 people.
    ( 4 man setup was templar ranger ranger cleric ).

    Also you can drop down after Afrane and land on Nimbarkas area, thus skipping a ton of trash, I'll try and grab a screenshot showing where to jump and where to land tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iku View Post
    That is why you invite me to party for summon members.
    Touche~ In your legion inviting you to instances!

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    has anyone ever gotten lucky golden saam to spawn? we've done about 20 draupnir runs and never seen him

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    Yes, killed him tonight.

    He looks like a little golden bouncing ufo alien lol.

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    He's a Rooty.

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    ah thanks. We've run the place so many times we started wondering if there was a special way to spawn him or something lol. 0/20

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    Tried jumping off by the Dragonpriest spawn area to glide down to lower area. Started to glide then got an error saying "Oh you cant glide here" and it dropped me straight to my death...