Swamp of No Hope

Kunark Era (added 2000-2001)

The Swamp of No Hope is a vast marsh, extending from the southeast corner of Cabilis far to the east. After the fall of the Iksar empire, the frogloks, ancient enemies of the Iksar, retook the swamp and made it their home, building a massive town deep within the swamp and near to the spring that feeds it all. From there they, to this day, retain control over the swamp, despite frequent conflicts with the Iksar of Cabilis, who occasionally take them as slaves.

Level of Monsters: 1-25+ Types of Monsters: Decaying Skeleton, Skeleton, Scalebone Skeleton, Lesser Charbone Skeleton, Lesser Icebone Skeleton, Icebone Skeleton, War Boned Skeleton, Frogloks of all Types, including: Tad, Skipper, Escort, Bounder, Fisher, Berserker, Raider, Ton Shaman, Tuk Warrior, Tuk Knight, Tuk Warder, Gaz Warrior, Gaz Knight, Gaz Shaman, Vis Shaman, Shin Shaman, Mosquito, Large Mosquito, Giant Mosquito, Scourgewing Mosquito, Bloodvein Mosquito, Large Bloodvein Mosquito, Giant Bloodvein Mosquito, Swamp Leech, Giant Swamp Leech, Marsh Leech, Morass Leech, Giant Morass Leech, Mire Leech, Giant Mire Leech, Venomous Lamprey, Iksar Footpad, Iksar Brigand, Iksar Manslayer, Iksar Marauder, Iksar Exile, Iksar Pariah, Heartblood Plant, Man Eating Shrub, Man Eating Fern, Man Eating Creeper, Man Eating Plant, Man Eating Vine, Insatiable Nibbler, Insatiable Gnawer, Insatiable Devourer, Black Avengers Notable NPCs: Bloodgorge, an escaped froglok, Deadeye, Dreesix Ghoultongue, Dugroz, Fakraa the Forsaken, Fangor, Frayk, Froglok Repairer, Froszik the Impaler, Grik the Exiled, Grimewurm, Grizshnok, Soblohg, Two Tails, Ulump Pujluk, Venomwing Unique Items: Busted Froglok Slave Shackles, Piece of Medallion Related Quests: Apprentice Skullcap - 3rd Rank, Squire's Khukri, Dark Binder Skullcap, Illusion: Iksar Quest, Iron Cudgel of the Clairvoyant, Key to Charasis Quest, Medallion of the Jarsath Quest, Occultist Skullcap, Shackle of Clay Adjacent Zones: East Cabilis, Field of Bone, Firiona Vie, Trakanon's Teeth Name in /who: swampofnohope Succor/Evacuate: 2761, 2945 (Outside Cabilis gates) ZEM Value: 75 82.5 (110%)

Map

Swamp of No Hope 1. Ruined Tower - Contains Ssessthrass for Necromancer epic 2. Cabilis Outpost Ruins - Merchants selling Patch Hide Armor, Newbie Weapons, Survival Gear, and Food Items 3. Outcast Iksar Camp 4. Outcast Iksar Hideout 5. Froglok Temple (Dugroz spawns nearby) 6. "Frogtown" - Froglok Village 7. "The Ramp" - only entrance to Froglok Village 8. Haunted Ruins

Dangers

Overall, the swamp is not very dangerous to travel through if you are careful and keep your eyes open. The only aggressive creatures are banished Iksar and skeletons, both of which stick out like a sore thumb in the green swamp, and the frogloks, which you can usually hear coming from quite a ways away. The problem comes when traveling through the swamp quickly, where it is easy to come over the crest of a hill or through the dense underbrush and run directly into one of these creatures. This is especially dangerous anywhere outside of the safer area near Cabilis, as many of the frogloks and banished Iksar are at least in their teens in levels.

That being said, fighting in the swamp is actually quite dangerous. There are a lot of wandering monsters, especially in the area near Frogtown where the frogloks are constantly wandering, but the same problem exists in all places. It is very difficult to find a place to fight monsters where others will not walk by and join in the fight, and any group hunting here has to be prepared for that.

There are several small outposts of banished Iksar and some haunted ruins scattered throughout the swamp, but the area of major importance is Frogtown, the home of the frogloks. This area has high concentrations of frogloks all living closely together. They also have roaming patrols around the area at all times. These factors make it dangerous for anything other than a well-orchestrated attack by a good group when attacking the town itself. There is only one ramp, although you can flee readily off of the platforms of the town itself. Just be sure to save some extra hit points for the fall...

Benefits

This area is a vast area that at most times seems to be underpopulated, both by monsters and by adventurers seeking a fortune. However, this is mostly due to difficulties in finding out what to do in the swamp, and not for lack of something to do.

There are many isolated camps throughout the swamp that make good hunting for people of the appropriate levels. Also, it is relatively safe to hunt along the edges, and there are many creatures in the swamp, between the everpresent leeches and mosquitos and the other wandering monsters.

"Frogtown" itself provides a good opportunity for groups. There are many places on the platform that provide relatively safe spots to pull from, with a little bit of difficulty in getting to them. Once established, a group could pull a whole section of platform quite well, and escape off of the edge if need be to the swamp below.

Traveling To and From Swamp Of No Hope

The city of Cabilis has a small outpost in the northwestern section of the swamp, with a small area of relative safety surrounding this. Slightly to the east of this safe area is a small pass that leads to the Field of Bone. The southern edge of the swamp has many small passes into the forest near the elven fortress of Firiona Vie. To the east, the spring that feeds the swamp lies in a small tunnel that leads into the hills. The intrepid explorer could sneak past the Iksar outcasts that call this cave home and into the ancient mountains of Trakanon's Teeth, home of Sebilis itself.

The cave to Trackanon's Teeth is located at 1200, -3500.

What's in this zone?

89 NPCs that spawn in Swamp of No Hope:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
a froglok bounder	8	Warrior	Old Froglok	''Need Info''	144
a marsh leech	6	Warrior	Leech	''Need Info''	96
a mosquito	1	Warrior	Mosquito	''Need Info''	11
a swamp leech	1	Warrior	Leech	See Discussion	11
a bloodvein mosquito	13	Warrior	Mosquito	Various	299
a decaying skeleton	1	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	Various	11
a froglok fisher	5	Warrior	Froglok	(2948, 1745)	75
a froglok outlander	18	Warrior	Old Froglok	(836, -2879)	504
a froglok repairer	20	Warrior	Old Froglok	(-1034, -1587)	600
a froglok skipper	4	Warrior	Froglok	| AC = 45	56
a froglok tad	1	Warrior	Old Froglok Tadpole	Various	42
a giant marsh leech	9	Warrior	Leech	(1028, 1004)	171
a giant morass leech	22	Warrior	Leech	Various	704
a giant mosquito	7	Warrior	Mosquito	Various	119
a giant swamp leech	3	Warrior	Leech	Various	39
a large mosquito	3	Warrior	Mosquito	(2793, 2345)	39
a lesser icebone skeleton	17	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	(2560, -1031)	?
a morass leech	18	Warrior	Leech	Various	504
a scourgewing mosquito	22	Warrior	Mosquito	(-2685, 1046)	704
an Iksar pariah	21	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	(1646, 3003)	651
An escaped froglok	5	?	?	?	?
an iksar footpad	5	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	Various	75
an insatiable devourer	25	Warrior	Devourer	(-472, 1255)	875
an insatiable nibbler	?	?	?	?	?
Blackbone	25	Warrior	Skeleton	(2510, -1031)	875
Bloodgorge	23	Warrior	Leech	(-1132, -2783)	780
Bloodskull	?	?	Iksar Skeleton	(2573, -132)	?
Bloodvein	25	Warrior	Mosquito	(137, 1068)	875
Bulsgor	26	Warrior	Leech	(2573, -132)	936
Captain Nedar	50	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	(2645, 3031)	8750
charbone skeleton	24	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	(-2496, 705)	816
Crusader Litia	50	Shadow Knight	Iksar Citizen	(2695, 3154)	8750
Crusader Savot	50	Shadow Knight	Iksar Citizen	(2549, 2591)	8750
Deadeye	29	Monk	Iksar	?	?
decaying skeleton	1	Warrior	Skeleton	Various	11
Dreesix Ghoultongue	25	Wizard	Old Froglok	(-3003, 569)	875
Dugroz	30	Necromancer	Old Froglok	(411, -4023)	1200
Ebon Bloodrose	25	Warrior	Man-Eating Plant	''Random''	759
escaped froglok slave	4	Warrior	Froglok	Various	56
Fakraa the Forsaken	25	Shadow Knight	Iksar Citizen	(-887, 1438)	875
Fangor	31 ~ 33	''Need Info''	???	''Need Info	Less than 800
Farik the Vile	25	Necromancer	Iksar	| description = Part of the Froglok Berserker Cycle.
Footman Moglok	12	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	(2810, 2884)	264
Frayk	25	Shaman	Old Froglok	(836, -2879)	875
Froglok Berserker	25	Ranger	Froglok	(Random)	875
Froglok Escort	5	Warrior	Old Froglok	(2670, 2521)	75
froglok gaz knight	20-22	Warrior	Froglok	See Discussion	600
froglok gaz warrior	17	Warrior	Froglok	See Discussion	459
Froglok Impaler	25	Warrior	Froglok	?	?
froglok krup guard	22	Warrior	Froglok	(-483, -1881)	704
froglok raider	11	Rogue	Old Froglok	(2443, -496)	231
froglok shin shaman	21	Shaman	Old Froglok	(-1312, -1556)	651
froglok ton warrior	24	Warrior	Froglok	Various	816
a froglok tuk knight	15	Warrior	Old Froglok	(249, -123)	375
a froglok tuk shaman	13	Shaman	Old Froglok	(505, -63)	299
froglok tuk warder	15	Warrior	Old Froglok Ghoul	(-1171, -1989)	375
a froglok tuk warrior	11	Warrior	Old Froglok	(459, 179)	231
Froszik the Impaler	?	?	Froglok	?	?
Gorge	24-26	Warrior	Leech	?	780
Grik the Exile	45	Warrior	Iksar	(1404, -1362)	2475
Grimewurm	23	Warrior	Leech	(-696, 1036)	780
Grimewurm	22	Warrior	Leech	(-429, 3255)	704
Grizshnok	22	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	(1242, 598)	704
Heartblood Fern	25	Warrior	Man-Eating Plant	| description = Part of the Froglok Berserker Cycle.
icebone skeleton	22-24	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	(-382, 823)	816
Iksar exile	22-26	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	(537, 2431)	875
Klok Bygle	30	Shopkeeper	Iksar Citizen	(2714, 2816)	1200
Klok Gokrok	30	Shopkeeper	Iksar Citizen	(2648, 2727)	1150
Klok Migo	30	Shopkeeper	Iksar Citizen	(2467, 2911)	1200
Klok Roshin	30	Shopkeeper	Iksar Citizen	(2428, 2951)	1200
lesser icebone skeleton	17 - 18	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	Tunnels, Basement, 3rd/4th Floors	504
man eating plant	20	Warrior	Man Eating Plant	(1579, -1420)	600
man eating shrub	6	Warrior	Man Eating Plant	(2240, 725)	96
man eating vine	25	Warrior	Man Eating Plant	''Need Info''	875
man eating creeper	14	Warrior	Man Eating Plant	(410, -975)	336
man eating fern	10	Warrior	Man Eating Plant	(438, 2003)	200
Mystic Dovan	35	Shaman	Iksar	(2645, 3031)	1575
skeleton	4	Warrior	Iksar Skeleton	(2620, 1242)	56
Soblohg	25	Warrior	Froglok	(2039, 266)	875
Ssessthrass	55	Necromancer	Iksar	(3796, 1596)	13750
Trooper Inkin	50	Warrior	Iksar Citizen	(2996, 3055)	8750
Two Tails	25	Warrior	Devourer	(-472, 1255)	875
Ulump Pujluk	55	Warrior	Old Froglok	(-111, -1760)	37 000
venomous lamprey	22-26	Warrior	| class = Warrior	(2271, -85)	?
Venomwing	25	Warrior	Mosquito	(-2831, 1858)	875
war boned skeleton	20-22	Monk	Iksar Skeleton	Various	651
Warlord Hikyg	51	Warrior	Iksar	(2632, 2989)	32000
Weeping Mantrap	25-27	''Need Info''	Mantrap	''Need Info''	~850
Zagran the Mad	?25?	Monk	Iksar	| AC = ?	?