Nektulos Forest

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

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In the southern region of Nektulos Forest approaching a bridge guarded by dark elven guards

Nektulos Forest is a dark forest that lies north of the Commonlands on the eastern half of Antonica. It is home to a clan of halflings, and is also patrolled by the dark elves from nearby Neriak. It also represents the newbie zone for the dark elves from Neriak.

Level of Monsters: 1-20, 25-30 Types of Monsters: Tree Snake, Garter Snake, Black Mamba, Pyre Beetle, Snakes of all types, Spiderlings, Fire Beetles, Basilisk Hatchling, Shadow Wolves, Decaying Skeleton, Skeletons, Lesser Mummies, Black Bears, Young Kodiaks, Large Piranhas, Halflings of various types, Dark Elf Dragoons and Guards, Stone Guardians, Iron Guardians, Shadow Men Notable NPCs: Leatherfoot Deputy, Leatherfoot Medic, Kirak Vil Related Quests: Moss Snakes, Fire Beetle Eyes, Going Postal, Innoruuk Symbol Quests, Necromancer Epic Quest, Paladin Epic Quest, Letter to Master Whoopal, Words of Darkness Quest Adjacent Zones: Neriak, East Commonlands, Lavastorm Mountains Name in /who: nektulos Zone Spawn Timer: 6:40 Succor/Evacuate: 2055, -701 (Neriak Newbie Area) ZEM Value: 75 100 (133%)

Map

Nektulos Forest 1. Newbie Area 2. Halfling Ruins 3. Wizard Teleport with Undead 4. Halfling Druid Temple 5. Ruined Obelisk with Shadow Men 6. Halfling Camp 7. Obelisk with Undead

Dangers

This area represents the newbie area for the dark elves, although the area is very small. The largest danger with the newbie area is that most of the monsters there will group with others of their kind, and because it is so small, one has to be careful to let the others get far enough away from their spawn spot so that they don't join in and send you running for the guards.

The other large problem is that the wandering monsters (pretty much only skeletons and wolves) are aggressive and will attack you. This can be fairly annoying as guards are only present at the bridge and the entrances to Neriak and Lavastorm. The Guardians will also attack good races, although they leave the evil races alone. On top of this, the orc runner occasionally makes a dash for the Neriak entrance. He is approximately 9th level, and his presence will make the normally benevolent dark elf guards attack ogres and trolls in the area, which is something to be careful of.

The last problem with this area, which isn't really a danger, is that this is, in my opinion, one of the worst designed areas in the game. I've started a character in every newbie area of the game and got to 5th level or so everywhere, and this area is by far the worst. The reasons are plenty, but basically the newbie area is very small, and wandering outside of it is very dangerous as 4th level wolves will attack and kill you. Therefore, if there are a large number of newbies there is very little to kill in this area. Also, once you reach 4th or 5th and start wandering a little bit further, Guardians are around you all the time. It's very frustrating to almost die in a battle with a skeleton, feel that you're going to win, and then have some stupid Guardian come up and kill it. Tada, no experience, no loot, 5 minutes of resting to recover. Another problem is that the creatures in this area don't give any significant loot. Unlike many other areas, it is difficult to find bags or boxes, rusty weapons, cash, bits of armor, etc on any of the monsters that you can hunt. Instead you get spiderling silks, ruined pelts, and fire beetle eyes.

Benefits

As I mentioned above, I don't see much in the way of benefits in adventuring in this zone. There are a few places that are campable with a small group, most notably the halfling ruins (if you are evil) and the undead spawn spots, but other than those, random hunting is not very profitable in this area.

The only exception to this is if you belong to one of the good races. You can make a good amount of experience and money by coming here and hunting the guards. Typically this is done at either of the zone exits and with people pulling the guards to there, which is safer because the zone is nearby. The guards are good experience and typically drop a bronze weapon every time.

Nice alternative at level 5 is the Nektulos zone-in from East Commonlands. Large amount of black bears, shadow wolves, spiderlings are right at the zone line. The mobs here tend to be all level 4-6. This is great alternative to the East Commonlands where the higher level griffins, lions, orc centurions mix in with the low level mobs.

The Neriak guards at the bridge con dubious to Human Necro.

Traveling To and From

From the south there is a pass that leads into the East Commonlands near Freeport. Through here dark elves can access the vast world beyond. The entrance to Neriak Foreign Quarter lies in the northeastern corner on the east wall, and has a path leading nearby. The entrance to Lavastorm Mountains lies in the northwestern corner on the north wall.

What's in this zone?

85 NPCs that spawn in Nektulos Forest:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
a black bear	4-5	Warrior	Bear	Various	75
a black wolf	1	Warrior	Wolf	Various	?
a deathfist legionnaire	7	Warrior	Orc	See Discussion	119
a deathfist scout	6	Warrior	Orc	(-2069, 707)	96
a decaying skeleton	1 Except in SF level 7-10	Warrior	''Undead''	Various	~20
a fire beetle	2	Warrior	Beetle	Various	24 - 40
a greater skeleton	7-20	Warrior	Skeleton	Various	142
a rotting citizen	7	Warrior	| class = Warrior	See Discussion	139
a rotting initiate	7	Warrior	| class = Warrior	See Discussion	143
a spiderling	1-4	Warrior	Giant Spider	Various	56
A Stone Guardian	13-15ish	''Need Info''	Neriak Citizen	''Need Info''	?????
a willowisp	9-11	Warrior	Will O' Wisp	Various	200
a young kodiak	10	Warrior	Bear	Various	200
a zombie	6 (Red Con at Nek spire at lvl 7 has also spawned)	Warrior	Zombie	Various	96 (a lvl 6 in Nek Forest had 160 hp)
a basilisk hatchling	8	Warrior	| class = Warrior	Various	144
a black mamba	7	Warrior	| class = Warrior	| AC = 25	119
a darkwater piranha	14	Warrior	Piranha	Various	336
a garter snake	1	Warrior	| class = Warrior	| AC = 8	11
a giant widow	10-14	Warrior	| class = Warrior	Various	336
a large arachneidae	?	?	?	?	?
a large spider	2-4	Warrior	Spider	Various	39
A pyre beetle	2	Warrior	Beetle	Various	24
a shadow wolf	3 - 5	Warrior	Animal	Various	39
a shadowed man	24-26	Various	Invisible Man	Various	1370
a skeleton	4 - 18	Warrior	Undead	Various	75
an iron guardian	20 ~ 22	Warrior	Golem	''Need Info''	9615
An Undead Annalkeeper	10	Warrior	Skeleton New	See Discussion	200
An Undead Steward	10	Warrior	Skeleton New	See Discussion	220
an araneidae spiderling	1	Warrior	| class = Warrior	Many	11
Bink	6	Warrior	Halfling	See Discussion	96
Cannix	7	Druid	Halfling	(-1055, 1231)	171
Captain N`Farre	50	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(2289, -992)	22267
Corporal D`Abth	21	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-379, 39)	1124
Corporal J`Rais	21	''Need Info''	Neriak Citizen	''Need Info''	?????
Corporal X`Horn	22	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-818, -21)	1217
Corporal X`Tis	19	''Need Info''	Dark Elf	''Need Info''	??
Dragoon J`Len	50	Warrior	Dark Elf	Need Loc	???
Dragoon Tsanne	50	Warrior	Dark Elf	(2324, -990)	???
Dragoon V'tai	36	Warrior	Dark Elf	(-1085,-15)	???
Foley	7 - 9	Warrior	Halfling	(-886, 1130)	171
Forley	7	Druid	Halfling	(-1045, 1264)	171
Gollee	7	Warrior	Halfling	See Discussion	119
Guard D`Zel	14	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	| AC = 46	581
Guard E`Brona	17	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-1047, 7)	459
Guard E`tru	50	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(2324, -990)	6480
Guard F`Losta	17	''Need Info''	Neriak Citizen	''Need Info''	?????
Guard G`Varr	14	''Need Info''	Dark Elf	2640, 655	??
Guard N`Lan	15	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-1047, 7)	375
Guard T`Aba	14	Warrior	Dark Elf	(-818, -22)	581
Guard T`Quetal	13	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-1086, -66)	517
Guard T`Aba	17	Warrior	Dark Elf	2640, 655	??
Guard V`Lex	14	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-1086, -16)	581
Guard X`Onnu	15	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(-1047, 7)	375
Guard Z`Den	13	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(2235, 700)	299
Hamer	7	Warrior	Halfling	See Discussion	171
Himmel	7	Warrior	Halfling	See Discussion	119
Initiate Abber	5	Druid	Halfling	(1, 944)	75
Initiate Guanin	8	Druid	Halfling	(25, 809)	144
Initiate Hart	5	Druid	Halfling	(564, 1183)	75
Initiate Pool	7	Druid	Halfling	(-897, 1226)	119
Initiate Rambel	5	Druid	Halfling	(569, 1156)	75
Initiate Umbra	9	Druid	Halfling	(-928, 1207)	171
Jossle	8	Warrior	Halfling	(-955, 1134)	144
Kirak Vil	56	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(2045, -791)	29000
Klimmer	11	Cleric	Halfling	(-1046, 1265)	231
Leatherfoot Captain	10	Rogue	Halfling	(1016, 560)	200
Leatherfoot Corporal	3	Druid	Halfling	(1000, 500)	39
Leatherfoot Deputy	20 - 25+	Warrior	Halfling	(1026, 611)	600
Leatherfoot medic	20	Cleric	Halfling	(58, 1141)	600
Leatherfoot Scout	1	Druid	Halfling	(1127, 137)	11
Leatherfoot Sergeant	8	Druid	Halfling	(1047, 522)	144
Master Whoopal	13	Druid	Halfling	(-929, 1238)	299
Neophyte Edel	4	Druid	Halfling	(564, 1183)	56
Neophyte Halle	4	Druid	Halfling	(564, 1183)	56
Neophyte Hazel	4	Druid	Halfling	(569, 1156)	56
orc runner	7	Warrior	Orc	(-303, 877)	123
Quester Dunden	9-12	Druid	Halfling	(-929, 1238)	171
Quester Hannil	10	Druid	Halfling	(-897, 1226)	200
Quester Hannin	9	Druid	Halfling	(-958, 1216)	171
Rollis	8	Warrior	Halfling	(-998, 1004)	231
Sergeant C`Orm	60-62	Warrior	Neriak Citizen	(2324, -990)	6480
Sergeant J`Narus	25	Warrior	Dark Elf	(-818, -75)	1410
Snitch	9	Rogue	Halfling	See Discussion	96
Travis Two Tone	25	Bard	Human	(-2231, -307)	875
Venenzi Oberzendi	??	Necromancer	Dark Elf	(-1073.54, -685.43)	??