The Gilded Spire - T3 - The High Priest
Zone & Instance Info| Gather Zone: | | Aureate Covert |
| NPC Name: | | Lokta Geroth |
| NPC Location: | | Find path (CTRL-F) |
Flag & Key Requirements| Zone Flag: | | None |
| Event Key: | | None |
| Group Mission: | | None |
| Event Flags: | | None |
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* Minimum to be
Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: No requirement
Brief Event OverviewDO NOT HAIL.High Priest Yaran is boss.
Prevent penalty adds from spawning.
Various emotes come into play during event.
Various ground auras come into play during event.
Prevent messengers from aiding boss.
StrategyKill Animated Statue.
Engage High Priest Yaran. High Priest has both frontal and rear AE damage. MT will move boss to avoid damage to raid.
Rector of the Spire and 2x acolytes spawn at 100 and 80 percent. Kill Rector and its acolytes will despawn.
Players emoted with Purification or Penance run to appropriate corner and touch aura to remove debuff.
Penalty adds result if players fail emotes by not moving, going into wrong aura, or standing in auras too long.
Kill 4x acolytes that spawn at 60, 50, 45, 35, and 25 percent.
MEZ Faith, Vengence and Health messengers to prevent them from reaching High Priest.
Tanks:
- MT position High Priest Yaran away from raid for front and rear AE damage
- Face acolate flyers away from raid
- Keep acolyte ground 100' apart
Healers:
- Continous splashing throughout event
MA Kill Order: Rector of the Spire, acolyte flyers, acolyte ground, penance and purification adds, Boss
That's it for now!
This is a preliminary write up, which will be amended accordingly based on our experiences and feedback provided by our raiders.
* Friendly reminder:
Freelance Raid Suggestion Policy regarding New Content - Don't kill the messenger -- Pie Management.
Details of NPCs/Mechanics
High Priest Yaran| Radiating Presence | | Caster AE - 550k HP DD + Mana Drain (range 1000', AE range 500') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: Power washes over you, tearing at your mind and skin. |
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- Casts at 35s intervals
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| Glowing Breath | | Frontal AE - 700k HP DoT + 10k Mana Drain (range 1000', AE range 200', duration 24s) |
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| | Warning Emote: The High Priest tenses and takes a deep breath. |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: Glowing heat ravages your body. |
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- Directional AE 270° to 90°
- Casts at 55s intervals
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| Tail Strike | | Rear AE - 900k HP DD + Knockback + Stun (range 1000', AE range 200') |
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| | 1st Person: A massive tail slams into you. |
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- Directional AE 90° to 270°
- Casts at 55s intervals, 10s after Glowing Breath
- Stuns for 10s
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| Purification of Veeshan | | Single Target - Debuff (range 1000', duration 24s) |
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| | 1st Person Warning Emote: You have been commanded to purify yourself. |
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| | 3rd Person Warning Emote: And he sets the Purification of Veeshan upon Soandso, Soandso, ..., and Soandso. |
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| | Casts Spell on Fade: Purification - Single Target - 800k HP DD + Mana Drain + Penalty Add (range 1000') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You are purified, and it is painful. |
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- Emotes 11 players
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| Penance for Disobedience | | Single Target - Debuff (range 1000', duration 24s) |
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| | 1st Person Warning Emote: You need to do penance for your disobedience. |
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| | 3rd Person Warning Emote: The High Priest demands the Penance from Soandso, Soandso, ..., and Soandso. |
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| | Casts Spell on Fade: Penance - Single Target - 750k HP DD + Stun + Penalty Add (range 1000') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You suffer your penance. |
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- Emotes 11 players
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Rector and AcolytesRector and 2x acolytes spawn together.
Spawn Emote:
Creatures fly in through the openings above.Spawn Emote:
Creatures stride in from the stairwell.When Rector dies, the acolytes despawn.
Emote:
When the rector of the skies falls to the ground, its acolytes flee.Acolytes spawn 4x at 60, 50, 45, 35, and 25 percent.
Spawn Emote:
The High Priest of the Outer Brood gathers power from its servants to prevent its own death.| Rector of the Spire | | Crippling Slash - Single Target - 770k HP DoT + Decrease Movement Speed by 80% (range 1000', duration 18s) |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: Claws cut into muscles and tendons. |
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| an acolyte | | Smoldering Breath - Frontal AE - 750k HP DoT (range 1000', AE range 1500', duration 24s) |
| (Flyer) | | 1st Person Effect Message: Your skin burns. |
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- Directional AE 300° to 60°
- Casts at 35s intervals
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| an acolyte | | Shower of Spines - Caster AE - 600k HP DD + Knockback + Stun (range 1000', AE range 100') |
| (Ground) | | 1st Person Effect Message: Spines slam into you. |
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- Casts at 40s intervals
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AddsVarious adds spawn throughout event.
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| Animated Statue | | -- |
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| Penance | | Penance Aura - Caster AE - 550k HP DD + Stun (range 1000', AE range 300') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You suffer your penance. |
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| Purification | | Purification Aura - Caster AE - 750k HP DD + Mana Drain (range 1000', AE range 300') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You are purified, and it is painful. |
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| Messenger of Faith | | Faith - Single Target - Decrease Spell Damage Taken by 25% to 30% (range 1000', duration 120h) |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You have faith. |
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- Casts buff on Boss when reached
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| Messenger of Health | | -- |
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- Heals Boss for 10% when reached
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| Messenger of Vengeance | | Vengeance - Single Target - Increase Damage Shield by 1200 (range 1000', duration 120h) |
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| | 1st Person Effect Message: You will exact vengeance. |
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- Casts buff on Boss when reached
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Start EventEvent is triggered by
hailing High Priest Yaran
The high priest roars and shouts, 'I need not deal with you, when I have a proxy to smash you in my stead!'
Achievements:
- Undelivered
-- Allow no messengers to reach the High Priest.
- Kill the Body
-- Defeat the acolytes and only kill the Rectors when no acolytes are alive.
- Unrepentant and Impure
-- Allow no purification or penance to spawn.
Lore:
Event Reset:
A servant of the High Priest, left idle, flees and returns with overwhelming force. Your mission fails.
AurasThe following are the absolute minimum graphic settings to see auras. Zoning is required for the changes to take effect.
To make the changes, in game go to Options (ALT-O), Display tab. On that page there's a
Particles area with three little tabs: Spells, Env and Player.
Map LocationsMap file: N/A (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).
Corner Locations:
Labels submitted by: Soandso
Other labels for group zone:
| Everyone | | Main Package | | 2025-04-01 (09:27am) | | - Add Spawn - Acolytes
- Add Spawn - Messenger
- Add Spawn - Rector and Acolytes
- High Priest Yaran - Boss Vulnerable
- High Priest Yaran - Radiating Presence - Splash
- Penance - Debuff Removed - Success (1st Person)
- Penance - Remove Debuff - Touch NW Corner (1st Person)
- Purification - Debuff Removed - Success (1st Person)
- Purification - Remove Debuff - Touch SE Corner (1st Person)
- Event Start
- Event Reset
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Main Tanks
(addon) | | Main Tanks | | 2025-04-01 (09:28am) | | - High Priest Yaran - Glowing Breath - Tail Strike - Front|Rear Damage
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