Ocean of Tears

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

The Ocean of Tears is a vast expanse of water that lies between the continents of Antonica and Faydwer. A boat makes frequent trips between the Butcherblock Mountains and Freeport, taking travelers of all types over the ocean.

The vast expanses of ocean are punctuated with many small, isolated islands (hence the name, Ocean of Tears, as if the islands were tear drops). Each of these islands is a world unto itself, and the intrepid explorer can travel between them by using canoes that are pulled up on the shores of
some of the more populated islands.

Level of Monsters: 9-30+ Types of Monsters: Aqua Goblins, an alluring siren, Isle Goblin Scouts, Isle Goblins Warriors, Isle Goblin Shamans, Isle Goblin Headhunters, Shark, Reef Shark, Pirates, Seafury Cyclops, A Spectre, Gargoyles, Aviak Starlings, Aviak Turacos, Aviak Tanagers, Aviak Quetzels, Sisters of Erollisi Notable NPCs: Capt Surestout, Nerbilik, Oracle of K`Arnon, Boog Mudtoe and Goob Mudtoe, Gornit, Sentry Xyrin, Gull Skytalon, Allizewsaur, Ancient Cyclops, Brawn, Quag Maelstrom, Seplawishinl Bladeblight, Soarin Brightfeather, tainted seafury cyclops, corrupted seafury cyclops, Wiltin Windwalker, A Goblin Headmaster Unique Items: A Locked Chest A Locked Chest LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.0 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE , Purity Belt Purity Belt Slot: WAIST AC: 3 STR: +2 STA: +2 WT: 1.2 Size: SMALL Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except DWF TRL OGR HFL GNM , Robe of the Oracle Robe of the Oracle MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 9 WIS: +5 INT: +5 MANA: +25 WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: MNK NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM IKS , Ebon War Spear Ebon War Spear MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: RANGE PRIMARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 31 DMG: 8 STR: +4 WIS: +3 SV MAGIC: +5 WT: 7.0 Range: 40 Size: LARGE Class: SHM Race: ALL , Ring of the Ancients Ring of the Ancients MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: WRIST AC: 6 INT: +5 WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Alluring Horn Alluring Horn MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: SECONDARY Brass Instrument: 18 WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL , Bracers of Erollisi Bracers of Erollisi MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: WRIST AC: 5 STR: +5 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL except SHD NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Robe of the Grove Robe of the Grove MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 10 WIS: +5 INT: +5 WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL Class: CLR DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: HIE DEF GNM Related Quests: Pirate Earrings, Sentry Xyrin Quest, Shaman Epic Quest, Tome of Ages, Journeyman's Boots Quest, Clay Bracelet Quest, Harvester Quest, Acumen Mask Quest Adjacent Zones: East Freeport, Butcherblock Mountains Name in /who: oot Zone Spawn Timer: 6:00 Succor/Evacuate: 390, -9200 (Sister Island pier) ZEM Value: 75 100 (133%)

Map

Ocean of Tears 1. Several dozen small rocky outcroppings inhabited by Aqua Goblins, Alluring Sirens, and Nerbilik. Brawn also spawns here. There is no boat on these islands. 2. Docking point for boats coming from Freeport. Inn sells food and other goods. Stone in southwestern corner of island. Two boats. Also docks coming from BB after Sisters (4.11.20). 3. Aviak Island. Three aviak towers and many roaming aviaks, as well as Gull Skytalon who drops Ingot of the Fervent and Soarin Brightfeather who drops Ebon War Spear. 4. Two rocky spires inhabited by Aqua Goblins and Alluring Sirens. There is no boat here. NOTE: On P99, the east-bound boat will pass just south of the pair of spires at location 4, not through the middle as shown on the map. 5. Island inhabited by Aqua Goblins. Temple on hill in middle of island. The Allizewsaur (spawns at -3060, -660 with an aqua goblin placeholder) roams this island, spending most of its time on the hill near the temple. Two boats. 6. Island inhabited by Seafury Cyclops (who are placeholders for Tainted/Corrupt Cyclops), a Buccaneer (who is place holder for Wiltin Windwalker), Gornit, Goob Mudtoe, Quag Maelstrom and a camp of less-than friendly pirates (Toko Binlittle and pet, Dixl Drool, Capt. Surestout). Two boats. Ruined stone ring in southeastern corner. 7. Haunted island inhabited by Spectres and Gargoyles who worship at the dark tower. Sentry Xyrin spawns on the north side. Gargoyles share spawns with lower-level skeletons, but kill skeletons when their paths intersect. The island will often be full of gargoyles when no one has been killing them, but skeletons spawn respawn quite frequently. 8. Island with Boog Mudtoe and Pirate. Also has Temple on north side of hill and old ruined tower on top of hill inhabited by Elesseryl Terussar who sells Mage spells, mostly summoning spells. Pirate is placeholder for Ancient Cyclops. 9. Island of Isle Goblins and A Goblin Headmaster and the Oracle of K`Arnon and his Guardian. North point by guardian. 10. Island of the Sisters of Erollisi. Dock for boats coming from Antonica. One boat. Stone in northeastern corner. Dwarven smiths on western shore. Inn that sells goods and Kiola Nuts.

Alternate Map

Dangers

The Ocean of Tears is quite a high level area, with some monsters of level 30 or 40 and higher roaming the islands. Of all the creatures around, the only ones listed that aren't aggressive are the Aviaks, Allizewsaur , and the alluring sirens, who will generally leave you alone if you leave them alone. All of the other monsters will attack on sight.

Also, fighting in the Ocean of Tears is very different than fighting anywhere else. There are no guards to train monsters to if you get over your head. There is no handy zone edge to cross in order to escape. The only escape for most is to Gate if they can, and I've heard that running far enough into the water will deter monsters from chasing you, but this is at best an unreliable method of escape. Therefore, choosing battles carefully becomes very important.

The area is also dangerous because of the vast expanses of water and the difficulty in traveling across it, whether by swimming or by canoe. Taking canoes is a relatively safe, if slow, method of traveling around, but one must be careful to not right-click anywhere on the screen, because doing so will "uncaptain" you from the boat and you'll run straight off the end into the water. It is possible to get back into the boat, but requires quite a bit of timing and coordination, and sometimes you just can't do it. Swimming from the middle of nowhere to an island is also not fun, and dangerous as sharks will attack you.

The canoes here are also not very reliable. Pay special attention to islands that do not have boats on them. The boats reset about every hour of real time or so, and if you're not in your boat or used it recently, it will vanish back to its starting point. This means two things. One is that if you are hunting on an island with no canoes, and you don't use the canoe every now and again, it will vanish and you will be stuck swimming off of the island. It also means that sometimes canoes aren't where you expect them to be, as someone took them a while ago or the canoe you thought spawned in that spot was actually just left there. Be aware of these problems and plan accordingly.

The only other problem with this area, which isn't a danger just an annoyance, is that there are few shops around. Although you can make good money and loot in this area at lower levels, hunting critters like aqua goblins who always drop a bow and arrows, as well as occasionally a rusty weapon, you will rapidly become encumbered and wind up throwing out stuff. Lighten your load coming in or you will be losing a lot of money...

Benefits

This area has become one of my favorite areas of the game. It is usually completely unpopulated with players and has the feel that the game was supposed to have, that of being out in the middle of uncharted territory, adventuring. This is probably the least frequently traveled areas of the game (other than the boats), and there are probably a hundred players who have ever seen the Allizewsaur, I'd guess. There is little competition for hunting here, very little camping and lots of good loot. EverQuest the way I remember from the beta...

Several areas are especially good for hunting. Hunting aqua goblins and alluring sirens on their two groups of islands can be lucrative for a solo player of level 12-14 or so, or groups a little bit lower. Just be careful that there are no boats on them. They are also good for archers, because the aqua goblins carry arrows with them, ensuring a constant supply for hunting with. The Aviak island is good for 13th level and higher solo players because the starlings all /con blue to a 13th level character. There are also a good range of even through tombstone other Aviaks, which begin to appear more as the starling population strangely dwindles. The plus of the Aviaks is that they never catch on that you are killing their young, and I've butchered probably 50 starlings without them becoming aggressive. Other areas of the islands are good hunting for people of the appropriate levels, probably nearer to 30th to hunt gargoyles, Seafury Cyclops, and Spectres.

What else can I say? I can go on and on about how awesome this area is to adventure in, but I would be restating what I've said above. All of the problems in Everquest seem to vanish when I'm hunting here, and I'm not looking forward to when I reach a higher level and have to move on to different areas.

Traveling To and From

Travelers entering the Ocean of Tears by boat from East Freeport will briefly moor at Zachariah Reigh Isle, so named for the NPC that stands vigilant on this island's dock, before continuing eastward. A merchant can be found in the inn. Prior to landfall in Faydwer, travelers will make a final stop at the eponymous Sister Isle. Named after the divine sisterhood of Erollisi Marr worshipers that call this island home, Sister Isle's inn is renowned for selling the Kiola Nut, a key ingredient in the armors of Master Wu.

NOTE: Veteran EverQuest players are not only likely to recall two boats, but Sister Isle being the first stop out of East Freeport. Though the second boat was not added until the Kunark era, the latter recollection is entirely correct: even though Antonica lies west of Faydwer, boats departing Butcherblock Mountains mysteriously traveled east to reach Freeport--the wrong direction. Project 1999 has corrected the direction of the boat so that it travels eastward to reach Faydwer from Antonica, and vice versa; this explains why Zach Reigh isle is the first stop out of Freeport, rather than Sister Isle as most remember. Travel, dock to dock, Butcherblock to Freeport, takes 15 minutes, 35 seconds (6/21/20.) Slightly faster, Freeport to Butcherblock: 15 minutes, 20 seconds (3/12/23.)

What's in this zone?

77 NPCs that spawn in Ocean of Tears:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
A Boat	50	''NPC Non-quest''	Boat	Butcherblock Mountains, East Freeport, Ocean of Tears, Lake Rathetear, Qeynos Hills, Toxxulia Forest, Oasis of Marr	| HP_regen =
a cyclops	29 - 32 (40-42 only the ones that spawn in OOT)	Warrior	Cyclops	Various. -6500 +1700 in South Karana.	1271 - ~5160
a gargoyle	19	Warrior	Gargoyle	See Discussion	551
a goblin headmaster	25 - 26	Warrior	Goblin	(-1206, -8574)	875
a greater skeleton	7-20	Warrior	Skeleton	Various	142
a seafury cyclops	38-42	Warrior	Giant/Cyclops	See Discussion	4700
a shark	3-17	Warrior	Shark	See Below	?
a shark	17	Warrior	Shark	(780,-250,-80)	?
a spectre	33 - 37	Warrior	Spectre	Various	1526
a buccaneer	27	Warrior	Barbarian	(831, -5445)	999
a pirate	22	Rogue	Half-Elf	(1008, -8022)	501 - 653
a reef shark	4	Warrior	Shark	(241, -8397)	56
Allizewsaur	50	Warrior	Lizard Man	(-3007, -698)	15000 {{p1999}}
an aqua goblin	10	Warrior	Goblin	See Discussion	200
an alluring siren	13	Bard	Mermaid	(200, 9400)	299
an aviak quetzel	21 - 23	Warrior	Aviak	(1726, 3959)	759
an aviak starling	9 - 11	Warrior	Aviak	(1726, 3959)	231
an aviak tanager	17 - 18	Warrior	Aviak	(1726, 3959)	504
an aviak turaco	13 - 15	Warrior	Aviak	(1726, 3959)	375
an island goblin headhunter	23	Warrior	Goblin	(-1206, -8574)	759
an isle goblin	16-19	Warrior	Goblin	(1372, -5595)	416
an isle goblin chieftan	26	Warrior	| class = Warrior	(-850, -8550)	936
an isle goblin headhunter	22	Warrior	Goblin	(-855, -8572)	704
an isle goblin shaman	11	Shaman	Goblin	?	231
an isle goblin warrior	22	Warrior	Goblin	(-1171, -8801)	704
an isle goblin wizard	16	Wizard	Goblin	(-847, -8551)	416
Antinime	22-24	Unknown	Half Elf	362, -9377	| HP_regen =
aqua goblin sacrifice	9	Warrior	Goblin	(-3496, -1200)	171
Ascania Halvbin	23 - 25	Unknown	Wood Elf	(642.80, -9160.85)	816
Boog Mudtoe	18	Warrior	Ogre	(1008, -8022)	504
Brawn	22	Warrior	Ogre	(209, 9413)	704
Capt Surestout	21	Rogue	Halfling	(779, -5387)	651
Cleonae Kalen	26	Shopkeeper	Wood Elf	(503, -9253, 12)	936
corrupted seafury cyclops	52	Warrior	Giant/Cyclops	?	10750
Craven Jonsbrow	25	Shopkeeper	Qeynos Citizen	(-2255, 7595)	875
Dayle Jornin	14	Rogue	Human	(1280, -9857)	336
Denken Strongpick	55	Warrior	Dwarf	(1589, 4035)	13750
Dixl Drool	20	Rogue	Dark Elf	(752, -5397)	600
Donoven Blurr	25	Warrior	Qeynos Citizen	(-2199, 7769)	875
Doran Vargnus	45	Shopkeeper	Dwarf	(1287, -9244)	2475
Dragoon Artellin	21	Shadow Knight	Dark Elf	(185, 9533)	651
Dragoon Darl	20	Shadow Knight	Dark Elf	(215, 9435)	600
Dunvan Mercwinn	25	Paladin	Qeynos Citizen	(-2054, 7735)	875
Elesseryl Terussar	40	Shopkeeper	High Elf	(1309, -7875)	2000
Elona Tunbrin	24	Warrior	Dwarf	(1371, -10004)	816
Endan Halson	14	Shopkeeper	Qeynos Citizen	(-2211, 7721)	336
Euboea Delewyn	25	Unknown	Wood Elf	''Need Info''	????
Fendlemend Figlefop	55	Warrior	Gnome	(2214, 3607)	30000
Glendl Vargnus	25	Warrior	Dwarf	(1255, -9215)	810
Goob Mudtoe	22	Shaman	Ogre	(900, -6573)	704
Gornit	34-36?	Warrior	Giant/Cyclops	(613, -5602)	2496
Guardian of K`Arnon	42	Paladin	High Elf	(-492, -8854)	2091
Gull Skytalon	35	Warrior	Aviak	(1785, 4071)	1790
Hugan Tunbrin	25	Warrior	Dwarf	(1394, -10174)	810
Larisa Gelrith	25	Unknown	Wood Elf	(642.80, -9160.85)	875
Lorna Shearsin	25	Warrior	Qeynos Citizen	(-2113, 7803)	875
Naya Driftwood	15	Ranger	Wood Elf	(887, -9530)	375
Nerbilik	20	Warrior	Troll	(116, 9317)	600
Oracle of K`Arnon	36	Wizard	High Elf	(-529, -8843)	1656
Paeonia Purnn	25	Warrior	Wood Elf	(2253, -8334)	875
Phocaea Hapspenn	25	Warrior	Wood Elf	(543, -9263)	875
Quag Maelstrom	45	Bard	Giant/Cyclops	(1183, -5978)	9000
Ran Aldorne	25	Warrior	Qeynos Citizen	(-2203, 7677)	875
Raotin Teawel	15	Rogue	Halfling	(2196, 4243)	375
Sanian Shearsin	25	Shopkeeper	Qeynos Citizen	(-2102, 7798)	875
Sentry Xyrin	19	Paladin	Human	(156, -4773)	551
Seplawishinl Bladeblight	60	Druid	Gnome	(-2906, 8576)	24k
Sister of Erollisi	7-13	Ranger	Wood Elf	600, -9560	299
Soarin Brightfeather	33-37	Warrior	Aviak	(1942, 3332)	1254
Styria Fearnon	61	Warrior	Wood Elf	(578, -9357)	20000
tainted seafury cyclops	46	Warrior	Giant/Cyclops	?	6000
Tegea Prendyn	25	Warrior	Wood Elf	(268, -9197)	875
Toko Binlittle	17	Magician	Gnome	(735, -5453)	459
Valaryn Elben	25	Unknown	Fayguard	(-2190, 7767)	875
Wiltin Windwalker	32	Rogue	Wood Elf	(831, -5445)	1344
Zachariah Reigh	25	Paladin	Qeynos Citizen	(-2095, 7612)	875
Zyle Bensmill	14	Rogue	Half-Elf	(1280, -9857)	336