Vloxen Excavations

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Vloxen Excavations
Campaign Eye of the North
Region Depths of Tyria
Type Dungeon
Levels 3
Reward chest Zoldark's chest
Required quest Dredging the Depths
Party size 8
Exit(s) Umbral Grotto
Vlox's Falls
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Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Vloxen Excavations is a three-floor dungeon. Home to many beasts as well as the Stone Summit, who enslave the Dredge to continuously excavate against their will. What mysteries lie in this dungeon that the Stone Summit are so willing to find?

If you manage to escape past the deathly traps, fierce and vigorous monsters, and Drakes, you may find why the Stone Summit are here. Treasure? Power? Who knows. But it is certain that whatever is down there, was meant to stay down there...

Contents

[edit] NPCs

[edit] Allies

[edit] Blessings

[edit] Collectors

[edit] Other allies

Charmable animals

[edit] Corpses

[edit] Foes

Arachnids

Dragons

Dwarves (Stone Summit)

DWARVES BELOW IN HARD MODE ONLY

Jellies

Plants

Skelk

Undead

[edit] Bosses

Arachnids

Stone Summit

Undead

[edit] Boss-like foes

[edit] Light of Deldrimor Rewards

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

[edit] Notes

  • To get to level two by the quickest method:
    • 1. Take the quest from Molenin in Umbral Grotto
    • 2. Map to Vlox's Falls
    • 3. Enter the dungeon via the exit to the northeast. As you enter the dungeon, you should see the door open to the chamber with the Stone Summit.
  • 1500 Deldrimor reputation points are awarded for completing this dungeon for the first time in normal mode, and 200 points are awarded for subsequent completions. 2250 Deldrimor reputation points are awarded for completing this dungeon in hard mode for the first time, and 300 points are awarded for subsequent completions.
  • Interactive objects
  • There are two routes to the first portal. Each route has a boulder trap tucked away.
  • Dying from being rolled over by a boulder does not cause Death Penalty.
  • There have been reports of rock slides. Be prepared for damage at any given time.
  • Watch out for Poison Dart turrets.
  • When you kill an "ancient" mummy or elemental, it will revive in two minutes. Killing the foe again does not count towards Dwarven Raider and does not yield loot or experience, however the ancient mummies will leave exploitable corpses whenever they are killed.
  • Bring counters to minion masters, as Stone Summit Gnashers can raise a massive army, and Jagged Bones allows them to maintain it quite effectively, posing a big threat to an unprepared party. Verata's Aura, Verata's Gaze, Banishing Strike and Unnatural Signet are good counters.
  • Sometimes the Dredge Slaves will help fight back.
  • Fungal Spores turn into Parasitic Growths. It is possible to use this for a quick way to gain Dwarven points.
  • You can disable certain Poison Dart traps by activating levers.
  • Beginning from Vlox's Falls will cut out a large chunk of level 1.
  • When you have to face a large amount of Stone Summit it is possible for you to re activate the first resurrection shrine making you have to travel back through the entire length of level 2 to get back to where you were.
  • On second level when you enter the area with Zalnax from northwest entrance, three Panicked Stone Summit Dwarf will run past you.
  • Zoldark the Unholy won't heal himself too often. However, he will revive his minions.
  • In Hard Mode the Stone Summit parties are structured the same way as in Slavers' Exile with resurrection skills. Counter them the same way as in Slavers' Exile with Frozen Soil.
  • The Area Map is down The Slope where 4-5 Drakes Are.

[edit] Trivia

  • This dungeon holds multiple references to the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark:
    • There are two tunnels through which a giant rock will come rolling from behind, which will crush players and foes who do not move out of the way quickly. A similar trap is shown in the movie.
    • When approaching the Area Map in level 2 of the dungeon, which is guarded by drakes, the player character will say "Drakes. Why'd it have to be drakes?", which is a (slightly altered) quote from the movie.
    • See also Dredging the Depths.
  • The second level of this dungeon is the same map as Bloodstone Caves Level 1 with minor changes.
  • The third level of this dungeon is the same map as Slaver's Exile - Justiciar Thommis's level with a few changes.
Dungeons
One-level: Ooze Pit • Fronis Irontoe's Lair • Secret Lair of the Snowmen
Two-level: Arachni's Haunt • Bogroot Growths • Sepulchre of Dragrimmar
Three-level: Bloodstone Caves • Catacombs of Kathandrax • Cathedral of Flames • Darkrime Delves • Heart of the Shiverpeaks • Oola's Lab • Raven's Point • Rragar's Menagerie • Shards of Orr • Vloxen Excavations
Five-level: Frostmaw's Burrows • Slavers' Exile
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