Great Divide

Velious Era (added 2000-2001 March)

The Great Divide is a heavily mountainous area, cutting the continent of Velious into two halves, east and west. The harsh environment is home to all nature of powerful creatures.

Level of Monsters: 30-45 Types of Monsters: Tizmak Warrior, Tizmak Champion, Furious Tizmak Warrior, Tizmak Shaman, Tizmak Auger, Feral Cave Kodiak, Savage Cave Kodiak, Ferocious Cave Kodiak, Frost Giant Scout, Frost Giant Berserker, Frost Giant Elite, Drakkel Dire Wolf, Expedition Guard, Velium Miner, Coldain Miner, Coldain Wolfmaster, Coldain Tracking Wolf, Tower Guard, Gnomish Deserter, Young Shardwurm, Elder Shardwurm, Ancient Shardwurm, Guardian Shardwurms, Crystalline Shardwurm Notable NPCs: Bekerak Coldbones, Blizzent, Bloodmaw, Captain Stonefist, Drakkel Blood Wolf, Fergul Frostsky, Gralk Dwarfkiller, Icetooth, Korf Brokenhammer, Relik, Shardtooth, Shardwurm Broodmother, Shardwurm Matriarch, a Tizmak Spiritcaller, Vluudeen, Vores the Hunter, Yaka Razorhoof Unique Items: Black Steel Wrap Black Steel Wrap LORE ITEM Slot: WAIST AC: 6 HP: +10 WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Blood Wolf Harness Blood Wolf Harness MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: WAIST AC: 5 MANA: +20 WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: CLR DRU SHM Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Braided Beard of the Coldain Braided Beard of the Coldain MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FACE Charges: 5 AC: 5 AGI: +3 SV MAGIC: +3 Effect: Berserker Strength (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 40 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL , Cured Tizmak Armor, Crystalline Eye Crystalline Eye MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: SECONDARY HP: +30 MANA: +30 SV FIRE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: CLR DRU SHM Race: ALL , Drakkel Forged Sledgehammer Drakkel Forged Sledgehammer MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 50 DMG: 22 WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD MNK SHM Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Drakkel Icegrinder Drakkel Icegrinder MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 45 DMG: 27 Effect: Ice Rend (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) WT: 15.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD MNK SHM Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Drakkel Icereaver Drakkel Icereaver MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 40 DMG: 24 Effect: Ice Rend (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 30 WT: 15.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Gauntlets of Power Gauntlets of Power MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: HANDS AC: 11 STR: +5 HP: +20 WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL , Hardened Kodiak Leather Bracer Hardened Kodiak Leather Bracer MAGIC ITEM Slot: WRIST AC: 6 STR: +3 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK BRD ROG Race: ALL , Icetooth's Claws Icetooth's Claws MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 29 DMG: 11 WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR RNG BRD ROG Race: ALL , Icetooth's Pelt Icetooth's Pelt MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: BACK AC: 5 STR: +4 HP: +15 WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Kodiak Claws Kodiak Claws MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 30 DMG: 7 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG Race: ALL , Runebranded Stone Buckler Runebranded Stone Buckler MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: SECONDARY AC: 15 STR: +5 SV DISEASE: +10 SV MAGIC: +10 SV POISON: +10 WT: 5.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD ROG SHM Race: BAR TRL OGR , Shardwurm Eye Shardwurm Eye MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: RANGE SECONDARY DEX: +3 INT: +5 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Shardwurm Skin Shardwurm Skin MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 13 INT: +4 MANA: +1 WT: 4.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Shardwurm Stinger Shardwurm Stinger MAGIC ITEM Slot: SECONDARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 40 DMG: 10 WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR RNG BRD ROG Race: ALL , Shardtooth's Flayed Skin Shardtooth's Flayed Skin MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 14 HP: +35 MANA: +35 WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Spiked Steel Wrap Spiked Steel Wrap MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: WAIST AC: 8 HP: +20 WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Tizmak Armor, Velium Etched Stone Mace Velium Etched Stone Mace MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 22 DMG: 7 STR: +3 WIS: +3 WT: 6.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: CLR PAL RNG DRU SHM Race: ALL , War Wolf Choker War Wolf Choker MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: NECK AC: 5 STR: +4 WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ELF HIE DEF DWF HFL GNM , White Scaled Leggings White Scaled Leggings MAGIC ITEM Slot: LEGS AC: 5 INT: +2 WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , White Scaled Tunic White Scaled Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 8 INT: +3 SV COLD: +5 WT: 4.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL Related Quests: Mining Picks Adjacent Zones: Eastern Wastes, Thurgadin, Velketor's Labyrinth Name in /who: greatdivide Zone Spawn Timer: 10:40 Succor/Evacuate: -7720, -965 (South central part of zone) ZEM Value: 75 82.5 (110%)

Map

Great Divide 1. Tizmak Caverns 2. Inactive Wizard Spires (NOT Wizard port-in; see Dragon Portal #4) 3. Frost Giant Fort with Gralk Dwarfkiller and Fergul Frostsky 4. Dragon Portal / Druid & Wizard port-in (-3822, 3655) 5. Shardwurm Caverns, Guardian Shardwurms and Shardwurm Broodmother in one room, Crystalline Wurms and Shardwurm Matriarch in the largest cavern 6. Caverns with Coldain Smuggler 7. Kodiak Bear Caves with Bloodmaw 8. Kodiak Bear Caves with Icetooth 9. Captain's Camp 10. Coldain Velium Mines with Relik and Korf Brokenhammer 11. Camp of Vores the Hunter

Dangers

The Great Divide is dangerous mostly because of the powerful creatures that roam the area, but also because the broken mountainous terrain hides them until the last minute. The only thing that makes this slightly less dangerous is that there are relatively few wandering monsters in the open areas of the Divide. The exceptions to this are near the shardwurm caverns and just south of them, in the northeast where there are lots of wandering wolves, frost giants, and Coldain, and in front of the Tizmak caverns, which are heavily patrolled by the Tizmak.

The other thing for good races to worry about is that the Coldain, despite being very familiar with wolves, apparently do not recognize wolf forms as something that is not dangerous and will attack you on sight if you approach the city of Thurgadin in wolf form.

The other thing an adventurer must be careful of is faction. The two separate groups of Coldain and frost giants are heavily represented here, and hunting wolves will adversely affect your faction with one side or the other, drakkel wolves with the frost giants and all others with the Coldain. Also, the Tizmak have their own faction. Although you start out indifferent to them, you rapidly become their enemy and since they control the northwestern portion of the zone, it's a dangerous thing to do.

Benefits

There are several discrete areas in the Great Divide to hunt, which provides for some good hunting here. Depending on which factions you care or don't care about, you can pick out a spot and hunt there in relative safety from other wandering creatures.

There are also easy to get to and evenly spaced exits to other zones for escaping, if you need to. The Coldain will also function as guards if you need for them to against the giants and their wolves.

The Tizmak caves, followed by the Kodiak caves, are hands down the best EXP in the game from lvl 33 - 40. You can charm a quad damage level 35 a coldain wolfmaster and go to town.

Traveling To and From Great Divide

The Great Divide can be reached through several fashions. The most common entrance is from the Eastern Wastes through a small pass, at loc -1850, 6660. This opens into the Great Divide at -1785, -5080.

The entrance to Thurgadin is located in a secret door behind the waterfall located at -100, -100.

The Druid Portal/Dragon Circle is located at -3860, +3200.

The Wizard spires located at -1910, -2710 are not used by the wizard teleportation spells. Wizards port to the Dragon Circle just like druids.

Velketor's Labyrinth is located at -6770, +3130, in a tunnel above the Kodiak bear cave entrance.

Safe Spot/Succor/Evac/Egress spot is located at -7720, -965, -555 in the south part of the zone.

What's in this zone?

69 NPCs that spawn in Great Divide:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
A Drakkel Blood Wolf	31 - 36	Warrior	Dire Wolf	Various	~1500
a furious tizmak warrior	31	Warrior	Yak Man	See Discussion	1271
a tizmak augur	28	Shaman	Yak Man	''Need Info''	1064
a tizmak champion	29	Warrior	Yak Man	See Discussion	1131
a tizmak shaman	27	Shaman	Yak Man	(-1604, 3160)	999
a tizmak spiritcaller	31	Shaman	Yak Man	See Discussion	1271
a tizmak warrior	25	Warrior	Yak Man	See Discussion	875
a coldain miner	35	Warrior	Coldain	(-4953, -3276)	2800
a coldain tracking wolf	29	Warrior	Wolf	(-2103, 1176)	1131
a coldain wolfmaster	30-35	Warrior	Coldain	(-1038, -289)	1200
a crystaline shardwurm	40	Warrior	Wurm	(-4265, -1264)	7000
an ancient shardwurm	?	Warrior	Wurm	Various	1739
a drakkel dire wolf	31	Warrior	Dire Wolf	Various	1271
a feral cave kodiak	30 - 32	Warrior	Walrus Man	(-5218, 3790)	1200 - 1344
a ferocious cave kodiak	34 - 36	Warrior	Walrus Man	(-6207, 3180)	1496 - 1656
a guardian shardwurm	38	Warrior	Wurm	(-3519, -1162)	7100
a savage cave kodiak	32 - 34	Warrior	Walrus Man	(-6096, 3229)	1344 - 1496
a tower guard	55	?	Coldain	?	?
a velium miner	35	Warrior	Coldain	(-5676, -3321)	2800
a young shardwurm	28 - 33	Warrior, Cleric	Wurm	(-6798, 1111)	1419-2800
an ancient shardwurm	36 - 40	Warrior	Wurm	Various	5500
an elder shardwurm	33 - 36	Warrior	Wurm	Various	3540
an expedition guard	50	Warrior	Coldain	(-5034, -3240)	8750
Bekerak Coldbones	35	Warrior	Frost Giant	(-3011, -2776)	3000
Blizzent	45	Warrior	Wurm	Roams	~15,000
Bloodmaw	20	Warrior	Walrus Man	(-5940, 3202, -105)	50,000
bloody gnome captive	1	Rogue	Gnome	(-5929, 3172, -103)	11
Captain Stonefist	65	Warrior	Coldain	(-1093, -176)	28500
Cleric of Zek	45	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	27000
Davin Fatfist	50	Warrior	Coldain	(-5598, 3644)	12241
Drakkel Blood Wolf	37?	Warrior	Wolf	Various	4000
Fergul Frostsky	40	Warrior	Frost Giant	(-2922, -2590)	~5200
Fomgrut Borkel	50	Warrior	Coldain	(-5862, 3595)	8750
Gerton Dumkin	50	Warrior	Coldain	(-5880, 3710)	12241
gnomish deserter	60	Rogue	Gnome	(-3918, -563)	19000
gnomish captive	1	Rogue	Gnome	(-5929, 3172, -103)	11
Gorul Longshanks	47	Warrior	Frost Giant	( -4157, -2197 )	11115
Gralk Dwarfkiller	40	Warrior	Frost Giant	(-2924, -2633)	~4600
Guard Korik	55	Warrior	Coldain	(5, -93)	13750
Guard Krag	55	Warrior	Coldain	(6, -129)	13750
Herga Ratgur	50	Warrior	Coldain	(-5940, 3670)	12241
High Priest of Zek	58	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	30000
Icetooth	38	Warrior	Walrus Man	(-6320, 3246)	~5500
Kardakor	60	Warrior	Wurm	(-3939, -1298)	19000
Korf Brokenhammer	55	Warrior	Coldain	(-5079, -3504)	13750
Kromrif Captain	52	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	20000
Kromrif General	56	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	26000
Kromrif Recruit	48	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	14000
Kromrif Spearman	52	Warrior	Frost Giant	Around the river near the Coldain	27000
Kromrif Veteran	58	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	85000
Kromrif Warlord	60	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	40000
Kromrif Warrior	53	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	22000
Laima Ratgur	50	Cleric	Coldain	(-5960, 3605)	12241
Lapker Geynion	50	Cleric	Coldain	(-5900, 3670)	12241
Murdrick Tardok	50	Rogue	Coldain	(-5920, 3715)	8000
Narandi the Wretched	65	Shadow Knight	Frost Giant	(-19, -74)	285000
Priest of Zek	53	Warrior	Frost Giant	Various	11750
Relik	40	Warrior	Coldain	(-4899, -3510)	2000
Royal Archer	36 or 50	Warrior	Dwarf	?	?
Sentry Badain	55	Warrior	Coldain	Various	15000
Shardtooth	42	Warrior	Wurm	(-3944, -1219)	10000
shardwurm broodmother	50	Warrior	Wurm	(-3302, -1165)	8750
Shardwurm Matriarch	45	Cleric	Wurm	-4341,-1293,-333	8400
Taskmaster Abyott	62	Warrior	Storm Giant	(-4913, 792)	72000
Vluudeen	49	Warrior	Wurm	Approx: -4796, -659 (South entrance of ice caves: 1st cave pod on right) 3 Day spawn.	20k
Vores the Hunter	60	Warrior	Coldain	(-6908, 513)	19000
Wolfmaster Berglind	38	Warrior	Coldain	(-493, 88)	3000
Wolfmaster Gunnar	37	Warrior	Coldain	(-490, -135)	3000
Yaka Razorhoof	36	Warrior	Yak Man	(-2264, 3124)	3000+