Frontier Mountains

Frontier Mountains Guide

Frontier Mountains is the bridge from early Kunark into Temple of Droga. The zone has two things going on:

• A main Droga access task from Gilthanas Norrathis.
• A custom named-cycle system with item-grab named spread across the goblin, giant, burynai, brute, and sarnak camps.

Most of the zone has been retuned around Shadowed Eclipse Kunark progression. Regular trash is meant to be manageable progression trash, while the custom `#` named cycle mobs are tougher named-style targets with upgraded loot.

Main Progression: Temple of Droga Access

Hail Gilthanas Norrathis to receive Temple of Droga Access.

The task sends you through the main progression targets in the zone:

• Kill Mountain Giant Braes.
• Kill Mountain Giant Craigs.
• Kill Mountain Giant Hillocks.
• Kill Mountain Giant Tumps.
• Kill Time Displaced Shissars.

You also need three key pieces:

Piece	Drops from	Notes
Part of a Key (1/3)	Eldak Howlingbear	Key-piece named drop.
Part of a Key (2/3)	Mentrax Mountainbone	Key-piece named drop.
Part of a Key (3/3)	The Greenmist Beast	Key-piece named drop.

Combine the three key pieces with the key mold in your tier kit to create Key to The Temple of Droga. Right-click the finished key to receive the Temple of Droga access flag.

The Greenmist Beast

The Greenmist Beast is the custom named tied to the third key piece. It is one of the harder access targets in the zone and uses timed spell pressure during the fight.

Notable drop:

• Part of a Key (3/3)

Named Cycle Overview

Frontier Mountains now uses two independent named cycles. Each cycle has one active spawn at a time and moves through three camp areas:

• Southeast camp.
• Southwest camp.
• Northwest camp.
• Then back to Southeast.

When the current cycle spawn dies or disappears, the controller rolls the next camp stage after a short delay. The two cycles run separately, so you can have one cycle in goblins while the other is in brutes or sarnaks.

Not every cycle spawn has a special item. Some are placeholders. The real money is checking the named drops below and keeping the cycles moving.

Cycle One: Goblin, Giant, Burynai

Cycle One moves through the Southeast Goblin Camp, Southwest Giant Camp, and Northwest Burynai Camp.

Southeast Goblin Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
a goblin chieftain	Chieftain's Headress
a Goblin Dustscryer	Dustscryer's Crystal Ball
Goblin Headhunter	Goblin Head-Spear
a goblin herbcollector	Goblin Juntah Harvester
a goblin seer	Potion of Insight
a Goblin Trailblazer	Goblin Trail Blazer's Knife
wandering stonehealer	Goblin Soul Caller
Blugtigin	Medicine Totem
goblin iksar slayer	Goblin Two-Handed Sword

Southwest Giant Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
Goblinstomper	Sarnak-hide Leggings
Gromlok	Gromlok's Basher
Krenlek	Skullhelm of Krenlek
mountain giant prospector	Scorched Pauldrons
Overseer Miklek	Gem Encrusted Circlet

Northwest Burynai Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
Bonedigger	Stone Thunder
Burynai grand cenobite	Belt of the Cenobite
Dustback	Dusty Breastplate
Eboneyes	Ebon Razor
Gemeye	Gem Finder
Stonegrinder	Stone Thunder

Cycle Two: Brute, Mixed, Sarnak

Cycle Two moves through the Southeast Brute Camp, Southwest Mixed Camp, and Northwest Sarnak Camp.

Southeast Brute Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
a berserk brute	Glowing Club
a diseased brute	Rotwood Club
a rabid brute	Helm of Brute Strength or Muck Covered Boots
Boogoog	Mosscovered Twig or Mosscovered Branch

Southwest Mixed Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
a Sarnak bloodbinder	Slime filled potion
a Sarnak rebel	Necklace of Defiance
burynai squad leader	Rusty Mining Pick or Shovel
Joojooga	Gauntlets of Brute Strength
Miner Bordakn	Skullchip Bracelet

Northwest Sarnak Camp

Notable drops:

Named	Drop
a Sarnak Assassin	Windruned Dagger
a sarnak mystic	Crystal of Seeing
a sarnak scavenger	Skull-topped Runestaff
a sarnak warlord	Ring of Dominance
Bloodscale the Vicious	Blood Splattered Veil
Clazxiss	Windetched Staff
Draketamer	Barbed Scale Whip or Scale Hide Whip
Slithinis	Slithinis's Shield
Varithyx	Sleeves of the Ancients

Optional Ruins Encounter: Vazaelle

The ruins encounter still exists as optional content. The pile of ruin rubble accepts two paradoxical ruin pieces:

• A paradoxical piece from a ruin
• A paradoxical piece from a ruin

After the hand-in, hail the rubble to spawn Vazaelle Kaleine. She transforms during the fight, and the second form adds skeleton pressure and timed spell mechanics.

Notable drops from the final form:

• Evil Glare of The Mad
• Vazaelle's Shawl of Insanity

Practical Route

1. Hail Gilthanas Norrathis and take Temple of Droga Access.
2. Work the task kills first: giants and Time Displaced Shissars.
3. Hunt Eldak Howlingbear, Mentrax Mountainbone, and The Greenmist Beast for the three key pieces.
4. Combine the three key pieces with the key mold in your tier kit to create Key to The Temple of Droga, then right-click the finished key for access.
5. While you are in the zone, keep the two named cycles moving for item grabs. The cycles are separate, so check Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest camps.
6. Treat the Vazaelle ruins event as optional side loot.

Access Forward

After Droga progression, Key to The Mines of Nurga is also a right-click access key. Right-click the key to earn Mines of Nurga access; it can also flag same-IP group or raid members who are with you.

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