Greater Faydark

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

Greater Faydark is one of the largest and most confusing regions in all of the world of Norrath. It is quite large, and also has the added bonus of being dark at all times with few landmarks to tell where you are at any given time. It is the home of the wood elves, and is also the newbie area for the wood elves, high elves, and half elves that start out in Kelethin and Felwithe. It is also very near the homes of both the dwarves and the gnomes, so many members of those races are seen here as well.

Although Greater Faydark is a large zone, there are not too many areas of interest. Most of what can happen here is that one can get lost, so it's best to simply stick to the paths and not wander too far unless you know where you are going or have a good direction sense. The only area of note not on a path is Crushbone, and it is so close to Kelethin that you don't need to wander.

 

Level of Monsters: 1-12 Types of Monsters: A giant wasp drone, A bat, Decaying skeleton, Brownie Scouts, A Pixie Prankster, A Pixie Trickster, A Spiderling, Orc Pawn, Orc Centurion, A Fae Drake Hatchling, A Black Wolf, Orc Oracle, An Orc Shaman, Bandits, Faerie Courtiers, Faerie Maidens, Faerie Nobles, Faerie Guards, Will o' Wisps Notable NPCs: an orc arsonist Unique Items: Orcish Arsons Torch Related Quests: Call of Flame Quest, Kilij's Plans, Scout Blade, Scouts Cape, Scouts Leggings, Tarnished scimitar, Trueshot Longbow, Rain Caller, Emerald Warriors' Items, Orc Hatchets, Orc Runner (Kelethin), Orc Vest, Pixie Dust (Kelethin Ranger), Pixie Dust (Kelethin Rogue), Shark Meat Quest, Spiderling Silks Adjacent Zones: Felwithe, Butcherblock Mountains, Lesser Faydark, Crushbone, Kelethin (within the zone) Name in /who: gfaydark Succor/Evacuate: -20, 10 (Newbie lift) ZEM Value: 75 100 (133%)

Map

Greater Faydark 1. Orc Camps 2. Abandoned Druid Ring 3. Bandit Camp (-1260, -706) 4. Wizard Spires (-2035, -456) 5. PoD Lift 6. Newbie Lift 7. Orc Lift Butcherblock Mountains (-1564, 2609) See Kelethin for more

Dangers

Greater Faydark

Greater Faydark is a relatively safe place to travel and fight in, barring the area near Crushbone which I will discuss further down. The rest of the zone is relatively safe, and the only inherently aggressive creatures here are the orcs. They tend to wander all over the zone, and include orc pawns which are second level near the cities and orc centurions further out (which can be as high as 9th). These are the biggest danger travelling away from the path and also occasionally on the path. Of the other monsters, none are notable except that they will all group to attack you if you are fighting others of their kind. Also, you can make some serious enemies by attacking wolves and pixies, so I wouldn't unless you know what you are doing. Notably, however, I have to hunt pixies as part of a ranger quest and have killed many of them and they still leave me alone.

Nearer Crushbone, however, things take on a different feel. There are no reliable guards nearby that you can run to, and the environment in terms of the orcs that roam here and the other players changes considerably. The orcs that appear here are only rarely ones that stay in one spot, and you have to be prepared for others wandering by to join in any battle you find yourself in. Also, the orcs here are tougher, and there was still pretty good hunting for me at 7th level when I'm spending most of my time in Crushbone. A lot of adventurers at level 3 or 4 wander over here, and it's no surprise that the ground is littered with their corpses.

The other problem with Greater Faydark, more of an annoyance really, is that it is vastly overcrowded. A few nights ago I logged on and there were 145 people in Greater Faydark. If I had logged into Innothule there would have been maybe 45 people. This means that it sometimes is very difficult to find creatures to hunt, and the only place to meet a good number of creatures to kill is in front of Crushbone, which I already discussed above. On this island, as a newbie, I would travel to the area in front of Kaladim and hunt there instead, or the little newbie area tucked away in the back of Steamfont Mountains, where there are less people and less danger.

The other thing to be aware of is that the guards in Greater Faydark are some of the densest guards around. They stand right next to you and watch you get pounded on before they consider responding, so I would run to them sooner than usual because you're going to need some life to last while they figure out that that centurion is indeed not a wood elf.

Benefits

Starting in Greater Faydark has it's problems, they are few and far between. There are several benefits to starting out in Greater Faydark. First of all, selling and buying items in Kelethin is very easy because it is the only starting city where you don't have to zone to reach it. Also, for other merchants the surrounding area is wonderful as Kelethin has most of the goods necessary to make items (with the occasional short jaunt to Steamfont for smithing supplies). This also works on the other end, because with 145 people logged on, there is a huge market for just about any good you can sell.

This area, like the other areas on the island, is excellent because you have ready access to all of the other zones of the island. This may not sound like much, but a lot of good work went into designing this island to be self-sufficient, and if you know the island well, there are places for you to go to hunt that are perfectly suited to your level, and are at most 2 short zones away.

Inherently, Greater Faydark also has the benefit of having easy access within itself to good hunting sites. As you can tell from the above example, my wood elf spent a great deal of time travelling here, and the zone is excellent for anyone up to and including about 6th level. After that you really need to move on to Crushbone or one of the other zones on the island. I knew it was time to move on when I took out an orc centurion, an oracle, and a shaman all at the same time.

Travelling To and From

To the North of Greater Faydark lies Crushbone, although there is no exit on the other side of Crushbone. Felwithe lies to the east of Crushbone in the southeastern corner of Greater Faydark. Approximately two-thirds of the way across the southern edge of the zone is the entrance to Lesser Faydark, which is how you get to Steamfont Mountains (take a left once you pass into Lesser Faydark at about 45 degrees and run for about 2 minutes, you'll hit the edge and the zone).

Following the path across the southern edge of Greater Faydark to the western wall you'll reach Butcherblock Mountains. You can reach this by following the path past Lesser Faydark to its completion.

Last, but not least, there is a set of portal towers located directly on the path between the zone edge to Lesser Faydark and the zone edge to Butcherblock. Follow the path east from them to head towards Felwithe, Kelethin, or Lesser Faydark, and west to Butcherblock Mountains.

What's in this zone?

141 NPCs that spawn in Greater Faydark:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
a bandit lookout	9	Warrior	Human	?	?
a black wolf	1	Warrior	Wolf	Various	?
a brownie scout	3	Druid	Brownie	(-185, 1784)	39
a decaying skeleton	1 Except in SF level 7-10	Warrior	''Undead''	Various	~20
a drunkard	9	Warrior	High Elf	(431, 390)	171
a fae drake hatchling	2	Warrior	Drixie	(155, 1357)	24
a faerie courtier	11	Ranger	Fairy	(-888, 1072)	231
a faerie duchess	19	Ranger	Fairy	See Discussion	551
a faerie guard	24 - 26	Ranger	Fairy	(-1308, -1795)	416
a faerie guard	24 - 26	Ranger	Fairy	(1150, 3610)	416
a faerie maiden	8	Ranger	Fairy	100% @ 1274, -1455; 100% @ 1718; -978, 100% @ -77, 2079 (Roamer); 100% @ 1141, 3645 (Roamer), 100% @ 1217, 3444 (2 roamer spawns).	144
a faerie noble	13	Ranger	Fairy	(-1308, -1795)	299
a faerie royal guard	21	Ranger	Fairy	(-1308, -1795)	651
a pixie trickster	2	Rogue	Pixie	See Dicussion	24
a widow hatchling	2	Warrior	Giant Spider	(1800, 280)	24
a willowisp	9-11	Warrior	Will O' Wisp	Various	200
a bandit	5-7	Warrior	Various	(-1266, -700)	75-100
a bat	1	''Monster''	Animal	Various	18
a giant wasp drone	1	Warrior	Wasp	Various	11
a giant wasp warrior	7	Warrior	Wasp	(1559, -1556)	119
a giant wasp worker	5	Warrior	Wasp	Various	75
a young coyote	4	Warrior	Wolf	(-1103, 1965)	56
Alania Peaceheart	45	Druid	Wood Elf	(1042, 1175)	16732
Aleena Lightleaf	??	Unknown	Wood Elf	-400, 490	????
a orc footman	8	''Need Info''	Orc	''Need Info''	???
an orc seer	8	''Need Info''	Orc	''Need Info''	???
an orc shaman	7 - 10	Shaman	Orc	Need Info	???
an orc witchdoctor	6	''Need Info''	Orc	''Need Info''	???
an orc arsonist	12	Warrior	Orc	(1958, 2271)	264
Astar Leafsinger	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-253, 294)	2000
Banker Willaen	40	Banker	Fayguard	(-195, 718)	2000
Barkeep Aanlawen	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(601, 690)	2000
Barkeep Lysslan	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(123, 805)	2000
Barkeep Manlawen	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(322, 542)	2000
Barkeep Myrisa	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(394, 677)	2000
Barkeep Sissya	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-564, -558)	2000
Barkeep Syntan	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(881, 93)	2000
Barkeep Tuviena	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(132, 822)	2000
Barkeep Tvanla	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-515, -550)	2000
Barkeep Uulianu	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(286, 520)	2000
Beleth Streamfoot	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-241, 231)	2000
Bidl Frugrin	15	Warrior	Gnome	(-540, -570)	600
Bilrio Surecut	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-649, 386)	2000
Centurion Relgle	10	Warrior	Orc	(-2212, 2319)	200
Cerila Windrider	??	Unknown	Wood Elf	(-430, 476, 117)	????
Devin Ashwood	10	Ranger	Wood Elf	(-2, 395)	200
Dill Fireshine	61	GM Ranger	Wood Elf	(-434, 524)	20000
Expin	45	GM Rogue	Wood Elf	(-553, -157)	5000
Faelin Bloodbriar	55	Druid	Wood Elf	Spawn point: 1515, 558	19750
Gallin Woodwind	61	GM Warrior	Wood Elf	(326, 274)	20000
Geeda	61	GM Rogue	Wood Elf	(-566, -145)	32000
Guard Briarstorm	40	Warrior	Fayguard	(-240, -245)	3456
Guard Brookrock	50	Warrior	Fayguard	(37, -121)	15120
Guard Crystalwind	50	Warrior	Felguard	(-1990, -2351)	15120
Guard Dayblaze	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(80, 620)	3774
Guard Eaglesong	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-480, -134)	3152
Guard Fayfear	50	Warrior	Fayguard	(988, 204)	15120
Guard Fayfield	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(899, 516)	3774
Guard Fireblight	50	Warrior	Fayguard	(155, 223)	15120
Guard Frostfallen	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-21, -114)	3302
Guard Marshmoor	40	Warrior	Fayguard	(-473, 260)	3456
Guard Moonwind	41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-175, 635)	3152
Guard Nitegazer	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(534, 358)	3456
Guard Noonshadow	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-87, -76)	3456
Guard Oakwillow	41-42	Warrior	Fayguard	(-429, 65)	3774
Guard Orcflayer	39	Warrior	Fayguard	(942, 198)	3302
Guard Pinebramble	38	Warrior	Fayguard	(-190, 697)	3152
Guard Pineshade	50	Warrior	Fayguard	(987, 238)	15120
Guard Rainstrider	50	Warrior	Fayguard	(117, 225)	15120
Guard Starstrike	39	Warrior	Fayguard	(409, 396)	3302
Guard Streamtree	41	Warrior	Fayguard	(411, 228)	3613
Guard Sunblaze	41	Warrior	Fayguard	(201, 348)	3613
Guard Sunweaver	41	Warrior	Fayguard	(167, 286)	3613
Guard Tangleroot	41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-290, -403)	3613
Guard Treestrider	39	Warrior	Fayguard	(-434, -331)	3302
Guard Valewatcher	40-41	Warrior	Fayguard	(-162, -580)	3152
Heartwood Master	61	GM Druid	Wood Elf	(-631 217)	32000
Hendricks	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-537, -550)	2000
Idia	25	Bard	Wood Elf	(-219, 262)	875
Innkeep Anisyla	??	Unknown	Fayguard	''-247, -435''	????
Innkeep Larya	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(940, 306)	2000
Innkeep Linen	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(726, 459)	2000
Innkeep Wuleran	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-337, 141)	2000
Jakum Webdancer	25	Bard	Wood Elf	(-230, 265)	875
Kindl Lundsight	20	Ranger	Wood Elf	(420, 670)	600
Laren	40	GM Rogue	Wood Elf	| AC =	| HP_regen =
Lily Ashwood	15	Bard	Wood Elf	(-5, 411)	375
Linadian	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(56, -299)	2000
Maesyn Trueshot	??	Unknown	Wood Elf	-461.35, 523.15, 117.53	????
Merchant Aianya	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(251, 614)	2000
Merchant Aildien	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-496, -133)	2000
Merchant Ainaiana	??	Unknown	Fayguard	-480, 50, 161	????
Merchant Aluuvila	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-94, 224)	2000
Merchant Aluwenae	??	Unknown	Fayguard	(-335, -115)	????
Merchant Gaeadin	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-114, -131)	2000
Merchant Gerienae	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-643, 364)	2000
Merchant Gililya	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-481, -211)	2000
Merchant Iludarae	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-29, -149)	2000
Merchant Kaeluase	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-272, 51)	2000
Merchant Kanoldar	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(750, 357)	2000
Merchant Kweili	??	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(410, 253)	????
Merchant Kwein	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(155, 334)	2000
Merchant Laedar	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(617, 542)	2000
Merchant Lanin	40	Unknown	Fayguard	413.69, 329.14, 77.41	????
Merchant Legweien	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	420, 373	3250
Merchant Linolyen	??	Unknown	Fayguard	''110, 345''	????
Merchant Milania	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-623, 206)	2000
Merchant Minamas	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-676, 387)	2000
Merchant Muvien	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(311, 241)	2000
Merchant Neaien	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(414, 464)	2000
Merchant Nildar	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(867, 205)	2000
Merchant Niwiny	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-188, 136)	2000
Merchant Nluolian	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-107, -565)	3250
Merchant Sylnis	??	Unknown	Fayguard	-400, -525	????
Merchant Tananie	??	Unknown	Fayguard	(390. 630)	????
Merchant Tegdian	??	Unknown	Fayguard	''Need Info''	????
Merchant Tenra	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-215, 255)	2000
Merchant Tiladinya	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-360, -611)	2000
Merchant Tilluen	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-85, 271)	2000
Merchant Tinolwenya	??	Unknown	Fayguard	''Need Info''	????
Merchant Tuluvdar	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-427, 466)	2000
Merchant Uaylain	??	Unknown	Fayguard	-23.61, 118.08, 77.72	????
Merchant Ueaas	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-85, 601)	2000
Merchant Weaolanae	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(428, 338)	2000
Merchant Winerasea	40	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(-270, 89)	2000
Nylianne the True	61	Ranger	Wood Elf	(745, 480)	20000
orc centurion	3-10	Warrior	Orc	Various	200
orc hatchetman	1	Warrior	Orc	(-1347, 1524)	11
orc oracle	9	Shaman	Orc	Various	171
orc pawn	1 - 2	Warrior	Orc	Various	11
Priest of Discord	50	Cleric	Human	Various	31000
Ran Sunfire	??	Unknown	Wood Elf	-459.29, 497.02, 117.53	????
Regren	61	GM Warrior	Wood Elf	(352, 269)	20000
Salani Tunfar	30 (?)	?	Wood Elf	? (tavern in Kelethin)	?
Serilia Whistlewind	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-276, 268)	2000
Sindl Talonstrike	61	GM Warrior	Wood Elf	(325, 232)	20000
Srendon Gladetender	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-629, 210)	2000
Sylia Windlehands	61	GM Bard	Wood Elf	(-253, 242)	20000
Tylfon	70	GM Rogue	Wood Elf	(-508, -219)	?
Verth Mistwielder	??	Unknown	Wood Elf	-412, 496, 117	????
Zelli Starsfire	40	Shopkeeper	Fayguard	(-622, 245)	2000