TOB - The Gilded Spire - T3 - The Control Room

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The Gilded Spire - T3 - The Control Room

Zone & Instance Info

Gather Zone:		Aureate Covert
NPC Name:		Lokta Geroth
NPC Location:		Find path (CTRL-F)

Keyword to Enter:

ready

Flag & Key Requirements

Zone Flag:		None
Event Key:		None
Group Mission:		None
Event Flags:		None

 
* Minimum to be Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: No requirement


Brief Event Overview

Timed Event: 45 minutes.

General Usira is boss.

Avoid getting thrown from the leviathan.

Figure out how the dragons of Norrath can assist.

Emotes and ground auras come into play throughout event.

Various adds spawn throughout the event.


Strategy

Kill 2x a spire soldier.

Kill 2x a gilded mystic.

Avoid frontal and rear AE damage from General Usira.

Avoid frontal AE damage from gilded guardians.

Kill gilded guardians starting at 90 percent boss health.

Players emoted by gilded guardians, move to guardian.  Use levitate to reduce knockback.

Assigned player will call for assistance from the dragons of Norrath based on event emotes.

Kill grand manipulators when spawned.  Venesh dragon assist will keep grand manipulator from casting.

Many venomous thrall will spawn when emoted.  Deflect and offtank until Harla Dar dragon assist scares them away.

Burn General Usira from 65 percent to 40 percent health to avoid floor tilt.

Stack on boss to avoid Neural Explosion beginning at 40 percent health.


Darta Krotek - Dragon Assistance

Darta Krotek says, 'She sent you in here too, huh? I can help you [leave] if you wish. Please know that the great dragons of Norrath are waiting to assist you should you need them. [Keikolin] the Enlightened, [Venesh] the Greenblood, [Harla Dar], and [Silverwing] brave the enemy fire and remain in the air nearby. I am told there is a barrier that they cannot breach at the moment. And, sadly, you should keep in mind that these massive dragons seem to mostly be immune to the power of our draconic allies. You will need to find ways that they can be helpful.'


Keikolin the Enlightened

Warning Emote: General Usira surrounds himself with an impenetrable barrier.
Success Emote: Keikolin the Enlightened roars and expends most of her magical power to break the general's defenses. The effort drains her and she is forced to flee the battle for now.
Benefit: Removes buff - The General's Shield

Venesh the Greenblood 

Warning Emote: A grand manipulator teleports into the room and begins accessing its power.
Success Emote: Venesh fills the room with gaseous breath. This seems to interfere with the ability to cast spells by some of the lesser scalewrought.
Benefit: Silences the grand manipulator

Harla Dar 

Warning Emote: The general summons a horde of venomous beasts.
Success Emote: Harla Dar breathes, expending all of her magical power to terrify the lesser scalewrought. Afterwards the great black dragon retreats.
Benefit: Despawns Venomous Thralls

Silverwing 

Warning Emote: The general activates one of the secondary control crystals, bringing the leviathan's magic and pain to bear on his enemies.
Success Emote: Silverwing breathes magic and power at a crystal, turning its energy upon itself and shattering it. The backlash drives him from the room seeking healing and a bit of rest.
Benefit: Counters - Suffering of the Leviathan

Tanks:
- Face boss and gilded guardians away from raid


Healers:
- Continuous splashing throughout event


MA Kill Order: 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

General Usira

Massive Claw		Frontal AE - 700k HP DD + Stun (range 200', AE range 200')
		Warning Emote: General Usira flexes his claws and twitches his tail.
		1st Person Effect Message: A huge, sharp claw slashes into you.
		Note: - Directional AE 330° to 30° - Casts at 35s intervals
Thagomizer		Rear AE - 750k HP DD + Knockback (range 1000', AE range 200')
		Warning Emote: General Usira flexes his claws and twitches his tail.
		1st Person Effect Message: A massive clump of spikes and hard scales smashes into you.
		Note: - Directional AE 150° to 210° - Casts at 35s intervals
Usira's Overwhelming Presence		Caster AE - 250k HP DD + Mana Drain (range 1000', AE range 600')
		1st Person Effect Message: Even glancing at Usira causes you to suffer from his power.
		Note: - Casts at the same 35s intervals as frontal and rear AE - Healers and Casters look away from boss
The General's Shield		Self Buff - Decrease Spell Damage Taken by 99% to 100% (duration 12m)
		Warning Emote: General Usira surrounds himself with an impenetrable barrier.
		Note: - Buff removed by Keikolin

Pitching Floor

Example Emotes:
The floor starts to tilt to the north.
The floor starts to tilt to the east.
The floor starts to tilt slightly to the south west.

Pitching Floor		Caster AE - Gradual Pull to 0' away (range 1000', AE range 1000', force=125)
		Warning Emote: General Usira forces the leviathan to pitch and roll by causing it terrible pain.
		1st Person Effect Message: The floor pitches wildly beneath you.
		Note: -

Neural Core

Neural Explosion		Caster AE - 650k HP DD + 10k Mana Drain + Stun (range 1000', AE range 320')
		1st Person Effect Message: A massive electrical shock surges through you.
		Note: - Avoid red ground aura

Control Tendon

Grasping Tendons		Single Target - 350k HP DOT + Gradual Pull to 0' away (range 1000', duration 12s, force=300)
		Warning Emote: The command console explodes, revealing great writhing tendons beneath.
		The tendons flail about in pain, grasping anything they touch.
		1st Person Effect Message: A tendon grabs you and squeezes you as it contracts.
		Note: -

Secondary Control Crystal

Suffering of the Leviathan		Caster AE - Increase Spell Damage Taken by 350% to 360% (range 1000', AE range 1000', duration 60s)
		Warning Emote: The general activates one of the secondary control crystals, bringing the leviathan's magic and pain to bear on his enemies.
		1st Person Effect Message: Your energy wanes, your strength drains.
		Limit Spell: Usira's Overwhelming Presence
		Note: - Countered by Silverwing

Adds

Various adds spawn throughout event.

a spire soldier		--
		Note: - 2x at start of event
a gilded mystic		--
		Note: - 2x at start of event - indifferent
a gilded guardian		Guardian Charge - Frontal AE - 550k HP DD + Knockback (range 1000', AE range 40')
		Warning Emote: A gilded guardian growls, looking away from its target towards Soandso.
		1st Person Effect Message: A gilded guardian charges you.
		Note: - Enrage Messages: -- As the battle continues to rage, additional reinforcements arrive. -- As the battle continues, the gilded guardians become more furious and attack a little faster.
a grand manipulator		Deadly Manipulation - Single Target - 1.5m HP DOT (range 1000', duration 12s)
		Warning Emote: A grand manipulator twists magic and sends it at Soandso.
		1st Person Effect Message: Deadly magic courses through you.
		Note: - Silenced by Venesh
a venomous thrall		Venomous Nibbles - Single Target - 125k HP DOT + Decrease Melee Haste by 20% + Decrease Movement
		Speed by 20% (range 1000', duration 12s)
		Note: - Despawned by Harla Dar

Start Event

Event is triggered by keyword, speaking with a spire soldier and saying 'dead'.

A spire soldier looks down at you. From what you understand of their odd version of the language of elder dragons, it tells you to leave or be [dead].

A spire soldier swipes at you in response.



Achievements:

- Overboard
-- Nobody gets thrown off the leviathan during the battle.

- Neural Neutral
-- Nobody gets zapped by a neural spark.

- Unmanipulated
-- Nobody dies with Deadly Manipulation on them.



Lore:

Event Reset:

One of the servants of the spire, left idle, summons overwhelming enemies and your mission fails.



Auras

The 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 Locations

Map file: N/A (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).

Corner Locations:

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Text & Audio Triggers - Mandatory

Everyone		Main Package		2025-03-05 (05:05pm)		- Add Spawn - Grand Manipulator - Add Spawn - Venomous Thrall - General Usira - Massive Claw - Thagomizer - Frontal and Rear AE - Gilded Guardian - Guardian Charge - Stack - Pitching Floor - Tilt Incoming - Event Start - Event Reset
Failures (addon)		Failures		2025-03-05 (05:05pm)		- Achievement Failure - Neural Neural
Special (addon)		Dragon Assist		2025-03-05 (05:05pm)		- Harla Dar - Despawn Venomous Thralls - Keikolin the Enlightened - Remove Shield - Silverwing - Counter Suffering of the Leviathan - Venesh the Greenblood - Silence Grand Manipulator Triggers below are toggled OFF by default - Situational usage.

GINA Issues?  Help Below:

If you're new to GINA and/or having issues with importing/enabling our trigger files, please read Ssark's GINA Manual.  If you're still having issues after following Ssark's guide, reply to the Audio and Text Triggers Alternative - GINA thread located in the Raiders Essentials section of our forums, and we'll work to resolve the issue(s).

[Raiena]

Trigger overlap warning!

Add Spawn triggers may use the same warning message as the Dragon Assist triggers.

In addition, group and raid Dragon Assist triggers are the same.

Only toggle on what you need based on your role in raid.