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= Mines of Gloomingdeep =
= Mines of Gloomingdeep =
Mines of Gloomingdeep
Level Range: 1 - 15


Starter Pets:
'''Level Range: 1 - 15'''


Charmander: Heals group under 50% health, applies a damage shield to party (Healer)
Mines of Gloomingdeep is the Shadowed Eclipse tutorial path. It introduces starter pets, bots, collection quests, evolving gear, upgrade gems, warped hand-ins, and the first major Agent of Zarrin encounter.


Bulbasaur: Regen 50hp per tick, Roots with DoT dmg (Support)
== Starter Pets ==


Squirtle: HP/AC Buff, AE Taunts (Tank)
Speak with Sir Bard McQuaiden and the nearby starter pet NPCs to choose one custom starter pet.


Pikachu: DD and stun, buffs party with DD buff on melee hits (DPS)
'''Bulbasaur'''<br>
Support pet with regeneration and root/DoT utility.


Quests:
'''Charmander'''<br>
Healer-style pet that helps the group under pressure and can provide damage-shield support.


Notable NPC:
'''Pikachu'''<br>
Shadowsbane Armor Quartermaster - Cenallron
DPS pet with direct damage, stun, and melee-hit damage support.
You can turn in a stack of (5) of the below items to receive 1 armor piece
-5 Chunk of Bronze (Plate)
-5 Coarse Silk (Cloth)
-5 Silvril Ore (Chain)
-5 Raw Crude Hide (Leather)
Can turn in 1 armor item to receive 2 mats of the same type


Loot Pinata
'''Squirtle'''<br>
Be on the lookout! You can spawn a Loot Pinata with a 20% chance on chest kill
Tank pet with HP/AC support and AE taunt behavior.


Explore the Tutorial Revamp: ,
Pet rank-ups from early Pokeball items are learned once per client. After a rank is learned, it applies to your chosen poke pet even if you later delete that pet ball and choose another.
Complete the kill quest by locating the nameds and defeating them. (Spider Tamer, Spider Queen, Rookfynn, Overlord Gnikan, Krenshin, Insidious Spy, The Temporal Anomoly, Slavemaster Ruga, a lesser kirakuei, Agent of Zarrin (Spawned by turn in warped skull to warped kobold and hailing)).  
                Reward: Tier Upgrade Kit (This is going to be used often, to upgrade gear, do combines, etc)


Welcome to Shadowed Eclipse!:,
'''Pet Tank Mode'''<br>
Speak with Sir Bard McQuaiden, Choose your Starter Pet, Complete Explore the Tutorial Revamp, Deliver 1 Invasion plans to Sir Bard Mcquaden.
Squirtle is built for tanking, but any pet can use the pet tank commands:
                Reward: Kobold Skull Charm (Clicky to Commonlands)
* <code>#pettank on</code> - enables pet tank behavior
* <code>#pettank off</code> - returns the pet to normal behavior
* <code>#pettank status</code> - checks whether pet tanking is enabled


Tutorial Collectibles (Obtained through Guard Rahtiz):,
Use this when you want your active pet to help control incoming attention and hold the line for your group.
Collect the following items throughout the zone, Rotting Goblin Idol, Kobold Clan Heirloom, Web Stained Map, Decayed Stone Fragment, Master's Barbed Whip, then speak with Guard Rahtiz to combine the relics.
                Reward: Collectors Ring


Taking out the Trash (Obtained through Guard Vyrinn):,
== Important NPCs ==
Kill 10 Rats / 10 Bats / 10 Goblins / 10 Kobolds.
                  Reward: Large amount of Exp (Repeatable)


Flutterwing,
'''Sir Bard McQuaiden'''<br>
- Gem drops from Slavemaster Ruga
The main tutorial guide. Hail him for server basics, pet information, notable pursuits, missed spell help, and the path toward the Agent of Zarrin.


                              Rewards: Ring (Isnt great, but better than no ring!)
'''Cenallron'''<br>
Armor material exchange NPC. He can trade materials into Shadowsbane armor and return materials from unwanted armor pieces.


Nameds:
Useful materials include:
* Chunk of Bronze - plate
* Coarse Silk - cloth
* Silvril Ore - chain
* Raw Crude Hide - leather


Spider Tamer:
'''Guard Rahtiz'''<br>
                          Loot:  Bracer
Handles the tutorial collector quest.


Queen Gloomfang:
'''Guard Vyrinn'''<br>
                          Loot: Gloves
Offers the repeatable Taking out the Trash kill task.


Rookfynn:
'''Warped Kobold'''<br>
                          Loot: Boots
Hand this NPC a Warped Skull from the temporal anomaly to summon the Agent of Zarrin. After the first successful hand-in, the warped kobold can be hailed to summon the Agent again.


Overlord Gnikan
== Main Tutorial Quests ==
                          Loot:  Arms


Krenshin
'''Welcome to Shadowed Eclipse'''<br>
                          Loot: Pants
Speak with Sir Bard, choose a starter pet, complete the tutorial path, and deliver the Invasion Plans.


Temporal Anomoly
'''Reward:''' Kobold Skull Charm, used to travel onward to Befallen.
                          Loot: Warped Skull (Turn in at the end to hail me npc for final boss)


Insidious Spy
'''Explore the Tutorial Revamp'''<br>
                          Loot: Shoulders (Note these can evolve, place in slot, evolution tab of inventory activate!)
Locate and defeat the major named targets in the tutorial.


Left Eclipsed Guardian
Targets include:
                          Loot: Belt
* Spider Tamer Gugan
* Queen Gloomfang
* Rookfynn
* Overlord Gnikan
* Krenshin
* Insidious Spy
* The Temporal Anomaly
* Slavemaster Ruga
* a lesser kirakuei
* Agent of Zarrin


Right Eclipsed Guardian
'''Reward:''' Tier Upgrade Kit. This kit is used often for gear upgrades and special combines.
                          Loot: Ear


Slavemaster Ruga
'''Tutorial Collectibles'''<br>
                          Loot: Helm + Marble Statuette (Summons Pet)
Collect the relic pieces throughout the zone and speak with Guard Rahtiz.


A Lesser Kirakuei
'''Reward:''' Collector's Ring.
                          Loot: Neck + Dagger


Agent of Zarrin
'''Taking out the Trash'''<br>
                          Loot: Chest + Weapons + Pokeball (Right click this to upgrade your pokepet!)
Repeatable kill task from Guard Vyrinn.


'''Reward:''' Experience.


Notable Loot:
== Named Loot Highlights ==
Stone of Tutoring: drops from Kobold Captain ,
Teleports you to Gloomingdeep
Moon Shard of the Tutor:,
First aug to aug visible gear for you and bots
A Tier 1 Armor Upgrade Gem: ,
Use with a piece of armor in the Tier Upgrade Kit to increase visible piece of armor to +1, +2, and +3
A Tier 1 Weapon Upgrade Gem:,
Use with a Weapon in the Tier Upgrade Kit to increase Weapon to +1, +2, and +3
Veruca's Smoked Brisket/Iced Coffee Jitter Juice: ,
Stat Food/Drink item, loot these!


Tip:
Most tutorial named can drop Shadowsbane armor pieces, upgrade gems, and armor materials. Shadowsbane armor is an early evolving gear line.
1. To augment your bots armor, head to a HUB and locate the Augment Pool, place gear and aug in the pool and /say #aug


Once you & your bots are geared, its time to move to our next location: Befallen  
{| class="wikitable"
Starting Chapter 1:
! Named !! Main drops
|-
| Spider Tamer Gugan || Shadowsbane bracers
|-
| Queen Gloomfang || Shadowsbane gloves
|-
| Rookfynn || Shadowsbane boots
|-
| Ratasaurus || Random Shadowsbane boots: plate, chain, leather, or cloth
|-
| Venomfang || Random Shadowsbane sleeves/vambraces: plate, chain, leather, or cloth
|-
| Overlord Gnikan || Shadowsbane arms
|-
| Krenshin || Shadowsbane legs
|-
| Insidious Spy || Shadowsbane shoulders
|-
| Left Eclipsed Guardian || Belt
|-
| Right Eclipsed Guardian || Earring
|-
| Slavemaster Ruga || Shadowsbane helm, Flutterwing's Unhatched Sibling, Marble Statuette
|-
| a lesser kirakuei || Neck item and dagger
|-
| The Temporal Anomaly || Warped Skull
|}
 
== Agent of Zarrin ==
 
The Agent is summoned by handing a Warped Skull to the warped kobold near Slavemaster Ruga. Once that hand-in is completed, the warped kobold can be hailed to summon the Agent again.
 
The Agent is an important progression target. Notable drops include:
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Drop chance !! Notes
|-
| Invasion Plans || 100% || Used with Sir Bard progression
|-
| Chronomancer's Manifesto || 100% || Agent lore/progression item
|-
| The Power of the Eclipse || 50% || Evolving power source that continues through later early-progression zones
|-
| Shadowsbane Guiding Light || 35% || Weapon / notable Agent drop
|-
| Shadowsbane Hope || 35% || Weapon / notable Agent drop
|-
| Shadowsbane Sentinel || 30% || Weapon / notable Agent drop
|-
| Jewel of Discord || 25% || Notable Agent trinket
|-
| Aegis of the Eclipse || 25% || Notable Agent item
|-
| Jewel of the Planes || 25% || Notable Agent trinket
|-
| Drum of the Crushbone Clan || 25% || Optional Crushbone-themed drop
|-
| Shadowsbane chest armor || 25% each || Plate, chain, leather, or cloth chest piece
|-
| Tier 1 armor / weapon upgrade gems || 10% each || Used with the Tier Upgrade Kit
|}
 
== Optional Crushbone Branch ==
 
During the Agent of Zarrin fight, when the Agent reaches 25% health, he rolls once for a chance to send the fighting players to Crushbone.
 
* Chance: '''25%'''
* Requirement: the clients on the Agent's hate list must be under level 60
* Destination: Crushbone
 
This is an optional branch, not the normal next step. If it happens, treat it as a dangerous side path tied to the Agent's dealings with Clan Crushbone.
 
== Hidden Shadowsbane Cache ==
 
Hidden Shadowsbane Caches can contain extra Shadowsbane gear, upgrade gems, and materials. Some cache kills can also reveal a mimic-style surprise.
 
== Notable Loot ==
 
'''Warped Skull'''<br>
Drops from the Temporal Anomaly. Hand it to the warped kobold near Slavemaster Ruga to unlock and summon the Agent of Zarrin.
 
'''The Power of the Eclipse'''<br>
Drops from Agent of Zarrin. This evolving power source continues growing through Befallen, Unrest, Najena, and Plane of Hate.
 
'''Shadowsbane Armor'''<br>
Early evolving armor found across tutorial named and caches.
 
'''Moon Shard of the Tutor'''<br>
Early augment for visible gear.
 
'''Tier 1 Armor Upgrade Gem'''<br>
Combine with compatible armor in the Tier Upgrade Kit to upgrade early armor.
 
'''Tier 1 Weapon Upgrade Gem'''<br>
Combine with compatible weapons in the Tier Upgrade Kit to upgrade early weapons.
 
'''Marble Statuette'''<br>
Drops from Slavemaster Ruga and summons a pet.
 
'''Flutterwing's Unhatched Sibling'''<br>
Drops from Slavemaster Ruga and ties into Flutterwing's reward path.
 
== Next Zone ==
 
The normal next zone is [[Befallen]]. Use the Kobold Skull Charm from Sir Bard's tutorial progression to travel there.
 
Optional branch: [[Crushbone]] may occur during the Agent of Zarrin fight if his 25% health teleport roll succeeds.

Latest revision as of 21:20, 26 June 2026

Mines of Gloomingdeep

Level Range: 1 - 15

Mines of Gloomingdeep is the Shadowed Eclipse tutorial path. It introduces starter pets, bots, collection quests, evolving gear, upgrade gems, warped hand-ins, and the first major Agent of Zarrin encounter.

Starter Pets

Speak with Sir Bard McQuaiden and the nearby starter pet NPCs to choose one custom starter pet.

Bulbasaur
Support pet with regeneration and root/DoT utility.

Charmander
Healer-style pet that helps the group under pressure and can provide damage-shield support.

Pikachu
DPS pet with direct damage, stun, and melee-hit damage support.

Squirtle
Tank pet with HP/AC support and AE taunt behavior.

Pet rank-ups from early Pokeball items are learned once per client. After a rank is learned, it applies to your chosen poke pet even if you later delete that pet ball and choose another.

Pet Tank Mode
Squirtle is built for tanking, but any pet can use the pet tank commands:

  • #pettank on - enables pet tank behavior
  • #pettank off - returns the pet to normal behavior
  • #pettank status - checks whether pet tanking is enabled

Use this when you want your active pet to help control incoming attention and hold the line for your group.

Important NPCs

Sir Bard McQuaiden
The main tutorial guide. Hail him for server basics, pet information, notable pursuits, missed spell help, and the path toward the Agent of Zarrin.

Cenallron
Armor material exchange NPC. He can trade materials into Shadowsbane armor and return materials from unwanted armor pieces.

Useful materials include:

  • Chunk of Bronze - plate
  • Coarse Silk - cloth
  • Silvril Ore - chain
  • Raw Crude Hide - leather

Guard Rahtiz
Handles the tutorial collector quest.

Guard Vyrinn
Offers the repeatable Taking out the Trash kill task.

Warped Kobold
Hand this NPC a Warped Skull from the temporal anomaly to summon the Agent of Zarrin. After the first successful hand-in, the warped kobold can be hailed to summon the Agent again.

Main Tutorial Quests

Welcome to Shadowed Eclipse
Speak with Sir Bard, choose a starter pet, complete the tutorial path, and deliver the Invasion Plans.

Reward: Kobold Skull Charm, used to travel onward to Befallen.

Explore the Tutorial Revamp
Locate and defeat the major named targets in the tutorial.

Targets include:

  • Spider Tamer Gugan
  • Queen Gloomfang
  • Rookfynn
  • Overlord Gnikan
  • Krenshin
  • Insidious Spy
  • The Temporal Anomaly
  • Slavemaster Ruga
  • a lesser kirakuei
  • Agent of Zarrin

Reward: Tier Upgrade Kit. This kit is used often for gear upgrades and special combines.

Tutorial Collectibles
Collect the relic pieces throughout the zone and speak with Guard Rahtiz.

Reward: Collector's Ring.

Taking out the Trash
Repeatable kill task from Guard Vyrinn.

Reward: Experience.

Named Loot Highlights

Most tutorial named can drop Shadowsbane armor pieces, upgrade gems, and armor materials. Shadowsbane armor is an early evolving gear line.

Named Main drops
Spider Tamer Gugan Shadowsbane bracers
Queen Gloomfang Shadowsbane gloves
Rookfynn Shadowsbane boots
Ratasaurus Random Shadowsbane boots: plate, chain, leather, or cloth
Venomfang Random Shadowsbane sleeves/vambraces: plate, chain, leather, or cloth
Overlord Gnikan Shadowsbane arms
Krenshin Shadowsbane legs
Insidious Spy Shadowsbane shoulders
Left Eclipsed Guardian Belt
Right Eclipsed Guardian Earring
Slavemaster Ruga Shadowsbane helm, Flutterwing's Unhatched Sibling, Marble Statuette
a lesser kirakuei Neck item and dagger
The Temporal Anomaly Warped Skull

Agent of Zarrin

The Agent is summoned by handing a Warped Skull to the warped kobold near Slavemaster Ruga. Once that hand-in is completed, the warped kobold can be hailed to summon the Agent again.

The Agent is an important progression target. Notable drops include:

Item Drop chance Notes
Invasion Plans 100% Used with Sir Bard progression
Chronomancer's Manifesto 100% Agent lore/progression item
The Power of the Eclipse 50% Evolving power source that continues through later early-progression zones
Shadowsbane Guiding Light 35% Weapon / notable Agent drop
Shadowsbane Hope 35% Weapon / notable Agent drop
Shadowsbane Sentinel 30% Weapon / notable Agent drop
Jewel of Discord 25% Notable Agent trinket
Aegis of the Eclipse 25% Notable Agent item
Jewel of the Planes 25% Notable Agent trinket
Drum of the Crushbone Clan 25% Optional Crushbone-themed drop
Shadowsbane chest armor 25% each Plate, chain, leather, or cloth chest piece
Tier 1 armor / weapon upgrade gems 10% each Used with the Tier Upgrade Kit

Optional Crushbone Branch

During the Agent of Zarrin fight, when the Agent reaches 25% health, he rolls once for a chance to send the fighting players to Crushbone.

  • Chance: 25%
  • Requirement: the clients on the Agent's hate list must be under level 60
  • Destination: Crushbone

This is an optional branch, not the normal next step. If it happens, treat it as a dangerous side path tied to the Agent's dealings with Clan Crushbone.

Hidden Shadowsbane Cache

Hidden Shadowsbane Caches can contain extra Shadowsbane gear, upgrade gems, and materials. Some cache kills can also reveal a mimic-style surprise.

Notable Loot

Warped Skull
Drops from the Temporal Anomaly. Hand it to the warped kobold near Slavemaster Ruga to unlock and summon the Agent of Zarrin.

The Power of the Eclipse
Drops from Agent of Zarrin. This evolving power source continues growing through Befallen, Unrest, Najena, and Plane of Hate.

Shadowsbane Armor
Early evolving armor found across tutorial named and caches.

Moon Shard of the Tutor
Early augment for visible gear.

Tier 1 Armor Upgrade Gem
Combine with compatible armor in the Tier Upgrade Kit to upgrade early armor.

Tier 1 Weapon Upgrade Gem
Combine with compatible weapons in the Tier Upgrade Kit to upgrade early weapons.

Marble Statuette
Drops from Slavemaster Ruga and summons a pet.

Flutterwing's Unhatched Sibling
Drops from Slavemaster Ruga and ties into Flutterwing's reward path.

Next Zone

The normal next zone is Befallen. Use the Kobold Skull Charm from Sir Bard's tutorial progression to travel there.

Optional branch: Crushbone may occur during the Agent of Zarrin fight if his 25% health teleport roll succeeds.