Veeshan's Peak

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Veeshan's Peak (VP) is found in Skyfire Mountains, inside of a large gate guarded by elder wyverns. Veeshan's Peak is the ancient fortress of the Ring of Scale, the dragons that rebelled against the Claws of Veeshan and left with Jaled'Dar to Kunark. The dragons were responsible for the death of the last Iksar Emperor Ganak over the Field of Bone. His spiteful spirit still retains the key to the ancient citadel of Veeshan's Peak. The dragons of Veeshan's Peak have warded the zone to prevent any exit by teleporting or gating. The only exits are deep in the lairs of VP's dragons. The Key of Veeshan is required to gain entrance to Veeshan's Peak and it can be obtained via the Rune of Scale Quest.

When this zone was released on live, it was accompanied by the statement below:

We recommend that only the most advanced and organized players in the game even attempt to enter this zone.
The customer service staff (GMs and Guides) will not assist players in any way in regards to this zone.
This includes help for issues such as unrecoverable corpses (see your local Necromancer),
or characters finding themselves stuck (see your local Magician), bugs, etc.
- Gordon

Consider yourself warned!

Level of Monsters: 60+
Types of Monsters: Racnar, Raptors, Lava Drake, Guardian Wurms
Notable NPC's: Druushk, Hoshkar, Nexona, Phara Dar, Silverwing, Xygoz
Adjacent Zones: The Skyfire Mountains
Name in /who: veeshan
ZEM Value: 1
Type Indoor
Expansion The Ruins of Kunark

Map

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Safe/Evac Spot

-5, 1783 (Zone-in) 

Dangers

Veeshan's Peak is one of the hardest zones in the Kunark expansion. It has since been superceded by much harder zones in future expansions, but is no joke in itself.

There are two main dangers in this zone. One is that there are several types of monsters that wander the outer regions of the zone. Killing these creatures cause ones to replace them almost immediately, so your best bet is to keep moving further into the zone.

The second danger is that the dragons that roam the zone are incredibly powerful. Given that the only escape is to fight them and make it out the other side alive, you'd better be capable of taking on level 65 dragons that fight the way dragons do in this zone. There are also a couple that are known to wander, so you run the risk of being "jumped" by a second dragon when engaging the first. Good luck to you, and have your clerics ready to camp fast...

Benefits

This zone contains raid-quality items for the Kunark expansion. Many items are made obsolete by loot available in Velious, but there are some notable exceptions: Robe of the Azure Sky, Shissar Apothic Staff, Blood Orchid Katana, Grey Suede Boots.

Traveling To and From

Veeshan's Peak is located in the heart of the Skyfire Mountains, at approximate /loc of +3400, +3000. The Key of Veeshan is required to gain entrance to Veeshan's Peak and it can be obtained via the Rune of Scale Quest.

Port spells do not work in Veeshan's Peak, therefore the only means of exit is through one of the zone out portals in Xygoz's lair (goes to Swamp of No Hope), Druushk's lair (East Freeport), Nexona (Skyfire), or Phara Dar (Plane of Sky Isle 1).

Note: Locked doors in Veeshan's Peak require a skill of 210 to pick.

Note: The zone is outdoors so SoW works, however Harmony does not work in this zone.

See Also

Foraged Items

Information needed.

Nazwadi's Glorious Adventures and Travel Guide

Drop Listing

Dragon Resist Drops
Phara Dar Magic Resist Claw of Phara Dar, Crown of Rile, Katana of Flowing Water, Robe of the Azure Sky, Shield of Elders, Shroud of Veeshan, Sword of Rile, Yunnb's Earring
Druushk Magic Resist Maelstrom, Blood Orchid Katana, Katana of Endurance, Sarnak Summoners Staff, Shissar Deathspeaker Staff, Shissar Focus Staff, Skullcrusher of Kragg, Veridix's Shortsword
Hoshkar Disease Resist Blade of Falling Stars, Feverblade - Bane of the Shissar, Grey Suede Boots, Katana of Endurance, Robe of Burning Rage, Shissar Apothic Staff, Shissar Elementalist's Staff, Sword of the Shissar, Veldrak's Shortblade
Nexona Fire Resist Bo Staff of Trorsmang, Blackstone Maul, Howling Cutlass, Nightfall, Pulsating Gem, Robe of Adversity, Sprinkler of Suffering, Star of the Guardian, Ykeshan Broad Axe
Xygoz Magic Resist Robe of the Spring, Frozen Zweihander, Left Eye of Xygoz, Malevolent Runeblade, Razor Fang of Xygoz, Razor Sharp Short Sword, Smoldering Cudgel, Solist's Robe of Invocation, Spear of Constriction, Staff of Null, Ykeshan Broad Axe
Silverwing Magic Resist Blued Flower Katana, Dragon Claw Main Gauche, Dragon Spine Staff, Executioner's Blade, Hammer of the Dragonborn, Lyran's Mystical Lute, Robe of Asphyxiation, Robe of Smothering , Runestone Maul, Sarnak Channeler Staff, The Scimitar of Lifestealing, Shissar Seance Staff

Bestiary

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