The Court of Al'Afaz walktrough

Shadow Wind, Runnyeye Server House of Lammas, Arnalix and Genagen Original Walkthrough can be found at: EQ2 Shadow Wind Guild Webpage

Your faction with Al'Afaz Court will drop only by kills of named mobs in towers. There are no mobs in the open areas that would become aggro based on that faction at the moment. Currently not known what improves that faction. Revive inside zone possible, by zone-in. Re-entry is 6 days. Every kill of named gives decent amount of guild level exp. Majority of drops is no-trade, class specific, bring shamans and bards since lots drops for them here.

Dungeon on the way to the lift

After first jump by zone-in there is NPC The Keeper of the City Keys djinn like mob on right-hand side. To turn him aggro pull close by froglok gardeners. After encounter resets, he stays attackable. Best seems to disband one person from raid, get him naked, turn djinn aggro, let player die. Pull then can be done as with regular mob no need to bother with 5x froglok.

DUN1

The Keeper of the City Keys HP550k ATT: Crush, Cold, Divine RES: Cold, Poison, Piercing AOE Chilling Mist, cold, ~3k+, min delay 45 sec AOE Winds of Ancient, cold, ~3k+, min delay 30 sec Kicks, so fight back to wall he is facing. Single specs are divine type. Known drops: \aITEM -826028395 Menacing Razor:Menacing Razor\/a

Proceed to the left lift, all mobs are non-aggro, no need to kill them. Way to lift from zone-in roughly; go over jumps until path goes no forward, jump down, go left past tent on left side, stick to right wall, climb down, follow path go right on junction,…

Lift-up (left)

Lift is guarded by The Prismatic Captain and several adds. If you try to step on lift they become aggro, so better to kill them first in following order. Pull adds first through Wiseman on left hand side, kill encounter. Pull The Prismatic Captain, kill him.

LFT1	Wiseman HP250k (heals) ATT: Crush RES: Slash (Crush) +4x Prophet of Truth (heals) HP45k ATT: Divine, Crush, Mental RES: Divine
LFT2	The Prismatic Captain HP550k (heals) ATT: Slash RES: Slash (Crush) Wrath of Fury, slash barrage 2k Known drops: \aITEM 1572052555 1613140151:Sacred Prismatic Gauntlets\/a \aITEM 2130054825 1130561621:Sacred Prismatic Legplates\/a \aITEM 1205188680 Captain's Ever-Shifting Vouge:Captain's Ever-Shifting Vouge\/a

Use lift up, you get to East Tower. Upstairs 5 mobs around lift, currently non-aggro.

Gardens Area

Lift arrives in East Tower 1st Floor

North-Eeast area

NE1	Brius Lakado HP600k ATT: Slash, (Crush) RES: Crush Walks between North and East towers. Drops also Epitaph, that is used later on with The Pattern Juggler in South tower 3rd floor. Known drops: \aITEM -114319803 335850181:Cuirass of the Djinn\/a

North-West area

Nothing, interesting.

South-East area

SE1

The Great Gardener HP420k ATT: Slash, Poison (Heat) RES: Divine, Crush AOE Venemous Cloud, poison, ~3k+, min recast 50secs, short range single target Fire and Ice, heat, ~4k +3x a green gardener HP40k ATT: Crush, (slash) RES: none (mental) Known drops: \aITEM -526112740 1791024821:Gem Encrusted Gussets\/a

South-West area

SW1	Wolan Lakado HP560k ATT: Slash, (Crush) RES: Pierce Walks between South and West towers. Known drops: \aITEM 1494147420 -1328360629:Necklace of Forgotten Wishes\/a \aITEM 1452881468 Hoop of Endless Time:Hoop of Endless Time\/a \aITEM -2100413730 877630266:Vestments of the Archmagus\/a
SW2	Moonchild HP500k ATT: Crush, Cold RES: none (crush) AOE Chilling Mist, cold, ~3k, min recast 50secs, short range Static encounter, stands in middle of water fountain. Once fight initiated he summons 3x Ghost of Pawn, they go to south tower to call Sunchild for help. With first pull Sunchild spawns in South Tower and stays there afterwards. Once any of ghosts reaches south tower, Sunchild comes. +3x Ghost of Pawn HP25k ATT: Crush ~700 on tank RES: none Is summoned by Moonchild to call for help Sunchild. Known drops: \aITEM 1690003572 -674241575:Wish-Forged Pauldrons\/a \aITEM -166070405 -1609313269:Leggings of Silvershadow\/a Ghosts spawn at the very moment of pull by fountain on south side. They are 3 and very fast moving, weak to fight, each separate encounter. If you manage to attack them they will not proceed to South Tower. If single person attacks them and they kill that player, they will still stop on the spot, no need to kill them, they will not proceed to South Tower. If another pull is needed, new set of 3 will be summoned no matter whatever the previously summoned ghosts are still alive or not. It is absolute priority to stop those ghosts, they run generally on the path, but cut some corners and get to green, so might generate -target not visible- message at some points. Aproach we used is to synchronize pull with finish of casting some cross-encounter AOE spell at ghost spawn point, catches them well. Still have back-up players on the way to South Tower to stop those that will escape. If you dedicate three groups that will catch ghosts and one group to pull, it is worth it. The other groups can join pull group half a minute later once ghosts are secured. You do not want Sunchild to mess with you while fighting Moonchild, trust us.
	Sunchild HP-k (we did not kill him yet) ATT: Slash, Heat RES: not measured ST, Soul Burn, 1 target, heat, ~8k AOE Enthralling Flames, heat, ~5k+, recast not measured, perhaps 30 secs Stands in South Tower 1st floor. He is not spawned before first pull of Moonchild.

Towers

East Tower - perhaps 1st weakest

1st floor	5x 62x4+++ lateman
2nd floor	empty
3rd floor	The Purple Piper HP550k (E64+++x4) ATT: Pierce, Mental RES: Mental, Magic + 2x Lateman HP40k ATT: Slash RES: Mental Known drops: \aITEM -1444044578 -489260855:Patternspinner\/a \aITEM -1670214044 Bangle of Melodic Speed:Bangle of Melodic Speed\/a

1st floor	5x Orchestral Minion HP40k ATT: Crushing (Mental, Magic) RES: none (Mental) Aggro, do not walk inside too far. Not impressive attack ~1k, but there is 5 of them, can be messed.
2nd floor	empty
3rd floor	Maestra of Dissonance HP 550k ATT: Crushing, Mental (Magic, Heat) RES: Magic, Crush (Mental) +orcheastral vibratto HP40k ATT: Crushing, Magic RES: Mental, Pierce +orchestral contralto HP40k ATT: Crushing, Magic RES: Mental, Slash Known drops: \aITEM -1895917991 -1195374169:Fetid Chainmail Shoulder Pads\/a \aITEM -1897912710 1230262480:Fetid Chainmail Wristguards\/a

1st floor	nothing/Sunchild Spawns with Moonchild encounter, runs to help Moonchild that sends Ghost of Pawns to reach him, once they do.
2nd floor	empty
3rd floor	The Pattern Juggler HP550k (NPC, E64+++x4) ATT: Crush, Heat (Mental) RES: Crush ST Piercing Shriek, 1 target, mental 3,500 ~60 secs AOE DOT Course of Insanity, heat, ~100 ticks every 1 second Right-click-show him epitaph from Brius Lakado and he gets aggro immediately. Once epitaph given if more tries needed, he becomes aggro on proximity/after some time so better to buff downstairs and initiate fight fast. Attention: In case you do not give him epitaph, he spawns T6 epic encounters versions of old T5 nameds after while in following order: Pkwrzr, Udalan, K'Dal,... Known drops: \aITEM 1639249370 2101765384:Flared Royal Bracers\/a \aITEM 1789809274 2029202215:Totemic Mithril Helm\/a

1st floor	empty
2nd floor	empty
3rd floor	Hailing The Black Queen spawns The Fire Witch. The Fire Witch HP 550k (drain-heals, Soul Burn) ATT: Heat, Pierce (Magic) RES: Fire, Pierce (Crush) AOE Enthralling Flames, heat, ~3k+, min recast 30 secs AOE Soul Burn, heat, ~2k+, min recast 30 secs Known drops: \aITEM 1066632239 -2034122335:Necklace of Inner Fire\/a \aITEM -815420033 -610000095:Flame Etched Gloves\/a Once killing The Fire Witch, The Black Queen encounter becomes aggro. Might be good idea to pull witch right before she dies far from queen so you are able to loot chest without getting aggro from queen.
	The Black Queen (we did not kill her yet) ATT: Magic, Pierce (Magic) RES: not measured AOE Dark Visage, magic, ~6k, recast not measured : + 2x Staunch Pilgrim HP-k ATT: Crush RES: not measured

Other information

Faction hits: The Purple Piper, The Pattern Juggler, Meastra of Dissonance
-Your faction standing with The Court of Al'Afaz got worse.-

Valid as of 20/12/2005

Sourced by Shadow Wind, Runnyeye Server House of Lammas, Arnalix and Genagen

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