Harbinger's Cradle - T2 - Dock of the Bay
Zone & Instance Info| Gather Zone: | | Theater of Eternity |
| NPC Name: | | Alchemist Balino Frugrin |
| 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 OverviewPrevent transport reinforcements from docking.
Various adds come into play.
Various auras and emotes come into play.
StrategyStage OneImmature Transport invulnerable.
Kill first wave of 4x striker adds.
Splash Heal through Red Aura damage.
Keep Hoshkar alive. Failure resets event.
Prioritize altered mutations, four waves, 3x at 1m intervals.
Kill second wave of 4x striker adds.
Stage TwoImmature Transport vulnerable. Hoshkar is no longer in play.
Splash Heal through Blue Aura damage. Healers and Ranged DPS avoid aura damage.
Avoid rear damage from Immature Transport, Rudder Slap.
Players emoted with Embedded Energy, run into tunnels, distancing 150' apart.
Players emoted with Clinging Mites, touch Boulder Aura to remove.
Assigned players stop incoming transports by closing bay door. Failure results in 6x striker penalty adds.
Assigned players kill gunners as they spawn. Gunner aura will expand over time.
Stage ThreeKill Chief Mechanic.
Clinging Mites and Embedded Energy emotes are no longer in play.
Event Map:
Image by: Raiena
Tanks:
- Position Immature Transport's tail away from raid
Healers:
- Continuous Splash Healing throughout event
- Keep Hoshkar alive in stage one
MA Kill Order: Altered Mutations, Strikers, Immature Transport, Chief Mechanic, Gunners
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
Chief MechanicIndifferent in stages one and two.
| Embedded Energy | | Single Target (range 1000', duration 18s) |
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| | Warning Emote: Foreign energy enters your body and prepares to explode. |
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| | Casts Spell on Fade: Embedded Explosion - Target AE - 850k DD + 35k Mana Drain + Knockback (range 1000', AE range 150') |
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| | 1st Person Effect Emote: The invasive power building inside you explodes. |
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| Loaned Energy Discharge | | Caster AE - 800k HP DD + Stun (range 1000', AE range 900') |
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| | Effect Emote: The Chief Mechanic releases a huge amount of siphoned energy. |
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Immature Transport| Clinging Mites | | Single Target DoT - 400k HP + 20k Mana Drain + Decrease Spell Haste by 50% + Spell Casting Slow + Inhibit Combat (range 1000', duration 60s) |
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| | Warning Emote: The immature transport sends tiny mites to cling to Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso. |
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| | 1st Person: Mites cling to you and start to feed. |
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| | 1st Person Success: The mites are knocked off you. |
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- Touch Boulder Aura to remove
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| Rudder Slap | | Rear AE - 750k HP DD + Stun + Knockback (range 1000', AE range 300') |
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| | Warning Emote: The immature transport twitches its tail. |
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- Directional AE 120° to 240°
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Movers and Crushing SphereIndifferent.
Movers roll the crushing sphere back and forth down main corridor.
Movers are killable, but are replaced by another Mover.
| Crushing Boulder | | Single Target - 450k DD + Stun + Knockback (range 1000') |
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AddsVarious adds spawn throughout event.
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| an overseer gunner | | Mental Break - Single Target - Mana Drain + Stun (range 1000') |
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- Gunner aura expands over time when left alive
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| a striker | | -- |
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- Spawns 4x striker, two waves in stage one
- Spawn 6x striker penalty adds when transport successfully docks
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| an altered striker | | -- |
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- Randomized 3x spawn for four waves at 1m intervals
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| an altered overseer | | -- |
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- Randomized 3x spawn for four waves at 1m intervals
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| an altered artificer | | -- |
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- Randomized 3x spawn for four waves at 1m intervals
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| an altered skyguard | | -- |
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- Randomized 3x spawn for four waves at 1m intervals
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Start EventEvent is triggered by keyword, speaking with a Chief Mechanic and saying 'threatened'.
Chief Mechanic jumps up into the air several feet. It seems [threatened] by you or perhaps the fact that you are here where you should not be.
Chief Mechanic flees in terror. You hear it roaring as it runs down distant hallways. All the mechanics in the bay respond by following their leader's example.
Achievements:
- Blocked
-- Allow no transports to land.
- Always Watching
-- Kill no Overseer Gunners.
- Infestation
-- Remove no Clinging Mites.
Lore:
Event Reset:
Aurelian forces, left idle, seek reinforcements and overwhelm you.
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: harbingerscradle_1 (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).
Dock Bays:
P -564.6219, -121.2573, 5.8351, 240, 0, 0, 2, Eastern
P -686.7062, -141.5803, -33.8489, 240, 0, 0, 2, Inner_Eastern
P -805.0556, -142.2055, -33.8805, 240, 0, 0, 2, Central
P -840.2894, -141.5103, -33.8677, 240, 0, 0, 2, Inner_Western
P -1044.1786, -120.1742, 5.8381, 240, 0, 0, 2, Western
Labels submitted by: Wyen
Text & Audio Triggers - Mandatory| Everyone | | Main Package | | 2025-02-15 (04:00pm) | | - Add Spawn - Gunner
- Add Spawn - Mutated Monsters
- Add Spawn - Strikers
- Chief Mechanic - Embedded Energy - Run Away
- Immature Transport - Clinging Mites - Touch Boulder Aura
- Immature Transport - Protection Broken - Transport Vulnerable
- Event Start
- Event Reset
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Main Tanks
(addon) | | Main Tanks | | 2025-02-15 (04:00pm) | | - Immature Transport - Rudder Slap - Rear Damage Incoming
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Special Assignment
(addon) | | Dock Bays | | 2025-02-15 (04:00pm) | | - Troop Transport - Close Bay Door - Click Button
Triggers below are toggled OFF by default - Situational usage.
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