Dungeon Survey Plate 09 · Paineel, Odus

The Warrens

Clan Kolbok — levels 4 to 25 in one zone, and it counts as outdoors

/who name: warrens
Mob levels: 4–25
ZEM: 128171% — was 150
Respawn: ≤6:40max lowered 28 Jul
Succor: 748, −930
Adjacent: Paineel+ Stonebrunt Mtns

Floor plan

Where the walkable floor ends, computed from the zone’s own geometry in the game files, with the 19 named mobs whose positions are on record plotted on it. This zone is a single level, so there is nothing to separate.

A line marks the edge of the floor — a wall or a drop. Doors, locks and one-way drops are not marked, and a gap is as likely to be a ledge as a doorway. 19 of these 19 positions land on the drawn floor, which is worth stating because the coordinates and the geometry come from different sources and both have to be right for that to happen. This drawing is derived from the game’s mesh and is not a copy of any published map.

01Revamp status, and a source warning

This zone's wiki page is thinner than it looks. It was created on 12 February 2024 as an import from the Project 1999 wiki and has been edited exactly three times since — most recently 16 May 2026, ten weeks before launch. The only substantive Legends edit was a note that the zone is available from the start. As with The Hole, the page's infobox and its NPC and item tables carry live Legends data because they are generated from the wiki's structured records rather than typed by hand; the ZEM shows the June rebalance and the item entries carry EQL stats and focus effects. The narrative sections are classic EverQuest prose and are used below only for layout and mechanics unlikely to have changed.

Treated on launch day, 28 July 2026 — placeholders removed and maximum respawn times lowered, alongside The Hole, Nagafen's Lair, Lower Guk, Lair of the Splitpaw and Castle Mistmoore. Because the wiki page predates that patch by ten weeks, every spawn percentage and respawn timer in section 04 is a pre-patch figure and should now be better. Several named here were on percentage placeholders, so this is the zone in the launch pass with the most to gain.

The two numbers that matter

ZEM 128 (171%) — but it came down from 150. The Warrens is the only zone in this series whose modifier was reduced by the 23 June rebalance rather than raised, and it still lands tied with The Hole at the top of the table. A 4–25 zone sharing the highest experience modifier in the game with a 39–56 zone is an unusual piece of tuning and the single strongest argument for levelling here.
A 6 minute 40 second zone spawn timer. Faster than Crushbone's 9:00 and roughly three times faster than Blackburrow's 22:00, though still slower than Befallen's 4:27. Combined with the ZEM, a named-clearing loop here pays unusually well for the bracket.

The zone is flagged as outdoors. The wiki calls this odd, and it is, but it means Spirit of Wolf, Harmony and other outdoor-only spells work inside the dungeon. Movement speed and pacification in a cave network is a real structural advantage no other dungeon in this series offers.

Faction runs both ways here. Killing kobolds raises standing with both the Heretics and the Erudites — the two factions that are otherwise opposed on Odus. For a character making Odus a long-term home that is a rare double, and it is why evil Erudites can stay near their home city for the first twenty levels.

02The plate

Plotted from surveyed /loc data in the wiki's NPC table. Grid squares are 200 game units. The gold circle is the zone line and succor point; accent dots are true named positions, with numbered labels on leader lines. The zone runs east to west, entrance on the right.

INZone line & succor748, −930
1The MuglwumpL25
2King GragnarL24
3The Mighty Bear PawL24
4High Shaman DrogikL22–23
5Cave Bat LordL22
6Grodl RipclawL21–22
7Warlord DrrigL21
8Huntmaster FurgrlL20
9Prince BragnarL18
10Packmaster DledshL18
11Krode the DivinerL18
12Lorekeeper RoggikL18
13Jailer MkrarrgL15
14Trainer DaxgrrL15
15Smithy RrarrginL14
16Foodmaster RargnarL13
17Aderius RhenarL10
18An Erudite PrisonerL6
19KoajinL15

The plot validates itself. Six pairs of named land within twenty pixels of each other, and every one of those pairs is documented as sharing a room — Smithy Rrarrgin with Foodmaster Rargnar in the Kitchen, King Gragnar with High Shaman Drogik in the Throne Room, Grodl Ripclaw beside the Muglwump, Aderius Rhenar with Koajin among the prisoners, Warlord Drrig next door to Lorekeeper Roggik, and Packmaster Dledsh beside the Prison Area. Coordinates and room list agree independently, which is the best evidence available that both are sound.

Three coordinates in the wiki's NPC table are out of range. A greater shaman is listed at 33% each at (−642, −2732), (−4205, 3319) and (−4313, 3336). Every other position in the zone falls inside roughly ±1200 on both axes, so these three are either mis-entered or belong to a different zone. They are not plotted. Treat the greater shaman as unlocated and expect to find it among the deeper shaman population.

03Structure — fourteen mapped rooms

The kobolds get steadily stronger the deeper you go, so the room list doubles as a levelling order. Entrance and prison sit east; the throne room and the Muglwump sit centre-west.

#	Room	Who is there	What drops
1	Diseased Room	The Muglwump · Grodl Ripclaw	Seven items, all equal chance — see section 05
2	Kitchen	Foodmaster Rargnar · Smithy Rrarrgin	Barbequed Erudite (common) · Large Empty Crate (uncommon) · Ye Auld Ball Peen Hammer (rare)
3	Batling Caves	Krode the Diviner	Krode's Shawl (rare)
4	Lorekeeper's room	Lorekeeper Roggik	Globe of the Everburning Flame (uncommon)
5	Warlord's room	Warlord Drrig	Blood Crusted Two-Handed Sword (common). Secret one-way pit down to the Batling Caves.
6	Prince's Room	Prince Bragnar	Bracer, Shield and Cloak of the Forlorn, plus the Bamboo Splint Coat — all rare
7	Training Room	Trainer Daxgrr	—
8	Hallway	Jailer Mkrarrg	Bronze Shackle Key (common)
9	Rat Room	Packmaster Dledsh	Packmaster's Lash (uncommon) · Filth Covered Boots (rare)
10	Prison Area	Erudite prisoners · Aderius Rhenar · Koajin	Cold Iron Shackle; quest turn-ins
11	Throne Room	King Gragnar · High Shaman Drogik	The full Cold Iron set, the Forlorn weapons, Runed Bokken, Odd Cold Iron Necklace
12	Huntmaster's room	Huntmaster Furgrl	Forlorn Arrow (common) · Forlorn Bow (rare)
13	Bat Room	Cave Bat Lord	Azzar's Dreadful Hat (uncommon)
14	Bear Paw's room	The Mighty Bear Paw	Bear Paw's Pelt (rare) · Ice of Velious

Rooms 2, 7–10 · 6–15

Entrance & prison

The east end. Heavy kobold density, which is the best low-level hunting in the zone and also its worst train risk. Lower-level players pull to the entrance from two directions.

The prison holds captured Erudites, a Kejekan and Koajin, a Kerran craftsman. Two of the zone's three quests start here.

Rooms 1, 3–6, 11 · 18–25

City & throne room

Where the gear is. King Gragnar and High Shaman Drogik share the throne room; Prince Bragnar, Warlord Drrig, Krode and Roggik ring it.

The batlings are the real hazard — their group is entirely wizards and shamans.

Rooms 12–14 · 14–24

Bat caves & the west end

Giant cave bats, the Cave Bat Lord, Huntmaster Furgrl and The Mighty Bear Paw — a Walrus Man, oddly, this far from ice.

Beyond here the kobolds have broken through into the Stonebrunt Mountains, the zone's only other exit.

The bats do not play by kobold rules. Giant cave bats are not social with kobolds or with each other, and they flee at low health. The Cave Bat Lord is stranger still: he is classed as a kobold, not a bat, and none of the nearby bats will come to his aid. That makes him a clean single pull at level 22 in a zone otherwise full of assists.

04Named roster

Spawn percentages and respawn timers are the wiki's figures as of 16 May 2026 and predate the 28 July placeholder removal. Treat every rate here as a floor.

Named	Loc (Y, X)	Lvl	Race / class	Spawn & notes
The Muglwump	584, 279	25	OLD FROGLOK TADPOLE WAR	100%, 35-minute respawn. Rampages, and functions as a low-level raid boss — the deepest fight in the zone and the widest loot table.rampage
King Gragnar	184, 335	24	KOBOLD SHD	100%, 48-minute respawn. Harm Touches for around 240 and lifetaps for 13. Carries the entire Cold Iron set.240 HT
The Mighty Bear Paw	−282, 947	24	WALRUS MAN WAR	50%. The far west end, past the bat caves. Drops Bear Paw's Pelt, Ice of Velious and Words of Discernment.
High Shaman Drogik	213, 310	22–23	KOBOLD SHM	100%, 48-minute respawn. Shares the Throne Room with King Gragnar — expect to fight both.
Cave Bat Lord	−107, 801	22	KOBOLD WAR	100%, 48-minute respawn. Does not always drop the hat. No nearby bat will assist him.
Grodl Ripclaw	620, 300	21–22	KOBOLD WAR	50%. Spawns next to the Muglwump; placeholder is a filthy rat. May carry more than one piece of loot.
Warlord Drrig	345, 100	21	KOBOLD WAR	25%. Placeholder is a Kobold Brawler, confirmed. The best weapon spread of any single named here.
Huntmaster Furgrl	53, 981	20	KOBOLD RNG	48-minute respawn. The only source of the Forlorn Bow and Forlorn Arrow.
Prince Bragnar	337, −159	18	KOBOLD SHD	100%, 57-minute respawn — the longest in the zone. Harm Touches for 181. Three Forlorn pieces plus the Bamboo Splint Coat.181 HT
Packmaster Dledsh	317, −954	18	KOBOLD WAR	100% on a 16-minute timer, but the placeholder is a frenzied rat and the observed rate was two spawns in eighty-five kills. The wiki flags it as a rare NPC — the hardest named here to see.very rare
Krode the Diviner	425, 233	18	KOBOLD SHM	50%. Bottom of a pit among mischievous batlings — reachable via the one-way drop from Warlord Drrig's room.
Lorekeeper Roggik	327, 163	18	KOBOLD SHM	17% on a 48-minute respawn — the lowest percentage in the zone.
Jailer Mkrarrg	219, −720	15	KOBOLD WAR	100%. Observed dropping three Bronze Shackle Keys at once. Cons green but still gave experience at level 24. Guards an Erudite male, an Erudite female and a Kerran.
Trainer Daxgrr	305, −763	15	KOBOLD WAR	100%, 20-minute respawn. Loot table not itemised on the wiki.
Koajin	286, −1124	15	KERRA WAR	A Kerran craftsman captured by the Erudites of Paineel and imprisoned with the kobolds. Drops nothing.
Smithy Rrarrgin	659, −856	14	KOBOLD WAR	10%, 20-minute respawn. Kitchen. Large Empty Crate, Ye Auld Ball Peen Hammer, Bronze Wakizashi.
Foodmaster Rargnar	674, −823	13	KOBOLD WAR	7%, 20-minute respawn — lowest rate paired with the shortest timer. Kitchen.
Aderius Rhenar	272, −1110	10	ERUDITE CLR	100%. Quest giver for Catman Alliance. Field note: conned green and ready to attack a level 30 troll shadow knight holding indifferent Paineel faction — approach carefully.
An Erudite Prisoner	303, −1009	6	ERUDITE WIZ	100%. Starts the Erudite Prisoners quest at minimum level 10.

The population

Mob	Lvl	Class	Locations & behaviour
A pack leader	16	KOBOLD · WAR	33% at five points: (−22, 1049), (−128, 1029), (35, 1027), (286, 274), (248, 35). The wiki suspects it can see through invisibility.
A diseased kobold	15–16	KOBOLD · WAR	(710, 299). Disease proc that lasts a very long time. Bring Cure Disease.
A mischievious batling	15	WEREBAT · SHM	Ten fixed 100% points clustered around (270–569, 7–246). Wizards and shamans only — the most dangerous group in the zone.
A frothing kobold	15	KOBOLD · WAR	20% at (56, 127) and (327, 0).
A huge kobold	15	KOBOLD · WAR	34% at (73, 276), (286, 274) and (304, −180).
An elite kobold	15	KOBOLD · WAR	Location unrecorded.
A cave bat	15	GIANT BAT · WAR	100% at (−31, 432), (−108, 382), (35, 365) and (−164, 801). Drops research words and bat parts.
A giant cave bat	14–16	GIANT BAT · WAR	Same four points. Not social with kobolds or with each other; flees at low health.
A pack elder	14	KOBOLD · WAR	100% at (−173, 956) and (400, −376).
A kobold outcast	14	KOBOLD · WAR	Various.
A kobold pit fighter	13–15	KOBOLD · MNK	20% at (357, −789), (349, −839) and (851, −47). The only source of the Pit Fighter monk pieces.
A large kobold	13	KOBOLD · WAR	34% at (89, 64).
A kobold sentinel	11–12	KOBOLD · WAR	Various. Drops the Bronze Naginata.
A howler	11	KOBOLD · WAR	100% at (−27, 325), (695, −465), (598, −439) and (403, −817).
A training kobold	11	KOBOLD · WAR	34% at (298, −714) and (299, −735) — the Training Room.
A kobold protector	10	KOBOLD · WAR	Drops Kobold Hide.
A frenzied rat	8–10	GIANT RAT · WAR	(317, −954). Placeholder for Packmaster Dledsh.
A kobold	7–9	KOBOLD · WAR	The bread and butter of the entrance area.
A kobold archer	7	KOBOLD · WAR	Location unrecorded.
A fierce kobold · A rabid kobold	5–7	KOBOLD · WAR	Rabid kobolds drop the Bronze Jutte and Bronze Yari.
A kobold guard	4–6	KOBOLD · WAR	100% at (−538, −270).
A kobold fisherman	4	KOBOLD · WAR	Drops a Fishing Pole and Fishing Bait — the zone's level floor.

05Loot table

The wiki lists 75 items dropping here. Weapon lines read damage / delay. The zone has a signature look: the armour is bamboo splint, soft wicker and cold iron, and almost every weapon is a bokken, naginata, tachi, wakizashi, katana, yari or jutte.

Cold Iron — the plate set, King Gragnar

Piece	Slot	Stats	Dropped by
Cold Iron Breastplate	Chest	AC 17 · SV Magic +3	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Helm	Head	AC 10 · SV Magic +2 HUM BAR ERU ELF HIE DEF HEF only	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Gauntlets	Hands	AC 9 · SV Magic +1	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Vambraces	Arms	AC 8 · SV Magic +2	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Boots	Feet	AC 8 · SV Magic +1	Warlord Drrig — not Gragnar
Cold Iron Girdle	Waist	AC 7 · SV Magic +1	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Bracers	Wrist	AC 7 · SV Magic +1 · magic item	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Collar	Head	AC 6 · SV Magic +1	King Gragnar
Cold Iron Mask	Face	AC 5 · SV Magic +1	King Gragnar · Warlord Drrig
Cold Iron Shackle	Wrist	AC 4 wider list: adds RNG ROG SHM	Aderius Rhenar

Cold Iron is WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD, all races except DWF TRL OGR HFL GNM and IKS. Two oddities: the Collar occupies the Head slot rather than the neck, so it competes with the Helm rather than complementing it, and the Helm has a narrower race list than the rest of the set. Eight of the ten pieces come off a single 100% named on a 48-minute timer, which makes King Gragnar the most efficient armour camp in the bracket — and the Cold Iron quest takes the set's components further.

Forlorn — the prince and king's regalia

Item	Slot / type	Stats	Classes	Dropped by
Forlorn Naginata	Primary · 2H Slash 15 / 46 · lore	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD	King Gragnar (rare)
Crown of the Forlorn	Head · lore	AC 5 · STR +5 · HP +20 SV Magic +5	ALL except DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC	King Gragnar (rare)
Scepter of the Forlorn	Primary / Secondary 1H Blunt 8 / 40 · lore 10 charges	SV Magic +2 Clinging Darkness	WAR SHD NEC	King Gragnar (rare)
Shield of the Forlorn	Secondary · lore	AC 8 · WIS +1 · INT +2	WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM	Prince Bragnar (rare)
Bracer of the Forlorn	Wrist · lore	AC 6 · WIS +3 · INT −1 · MANA +5	WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD not IKS	Prince Bragnar (rare)
Cloak of the Forlorn	Back · lore	AC 2 · INT +3 · MANA +5 · WIS −3 SV Magic +1	SHD BRD NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Prince Bragnar (rare)
Forlorn Bow	Range · Archery 10 / 54 · range 125	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG	Huntmaster Furgrl (rare)
Forlorn Arrow	Ammo	DMG 4 · range 60	WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG	Huntmaster Furgrl (common)

The Crown of the Forlorn is the standout. AC 5 with STR +5, HP +20 and SV Magic +5 on a head slot, open to every class except the pure casters and druids, off a 100% named on a 48-minute timer. HP +20 at this level is well out of band. The Forlorn Naginata at 15 / 46 is likewise the best two-hander in the zone by a clear margin over the Blood Crusted sword's 10 / 47.

The Muglwump — seven items, equal chance

Item	Slot / type	Stats	Restriction
Midnight Sea Mail Coat	Chest · lore · no drop	AC 15 · STR +3 · WIS +3 · SV Cold +10	CLR PAL · ERU only
Etched Chitin Shield	Secondary · lore · no drop 2 charges	AC 11 · HP +10 · SV Fire +7 · SV Poison +2 Rune I — requires a Cat's Eye Agate	WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU SHM
Helm of Ridossan	Head · lore · no drop	AC 7 · STR +3 · DEX +1 · INT +2 · SV Fire +3 Reclaim Energy at level 20	SHD · ERU only
Cast Iron Stein	Primary · 1H Blunt 5 / 31 · lore · no drop	AC 3 · STA +2 · WIS +3	CLR PAL DRU SHM
Violet Flame Lantern	Primary / Secondary lore · no drop	CHA +3 · INT +2 · MANA +15 · SV Cold +5	ENC · not BAR TRL OGR IKS
Soiled Evoker's Robe	Chest · no drop	AC 7 · INT +2 · HP +10 · CHA −5 SV Disease +10 · SV Poison +5	NEC WIZ
Uliorn's Fishing Pole	Primary / Secondary no drop	DEX +3 · STA +2 · INT +3 Fishing +2% (4 max)	MAG · not BAR TRL OGR IKS

Every Muglwump drop is no-drop and every one is narrowly gated. Two are Erudite-only, one is enchanter-only, one magician-only, one necromancer and wizard. The wiki states all seven roll at equal chance, so a given group has roughly a one-in-seven shot at the piece it actually wants — and the Etched Chitin Shield's Rune I effect needs a Cat's Eye Agate brought along to fire at all. Budget several 35-minute cycles.

Bamboo splint, and everything else

Item	Slot / type	Stats	Classes	Dropped by
Bamboo Splint Coat	Chest	AC 12	WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM not DWF TRL OGR HFL GNM	High Shaman Drogik · Prince Bragnar
Bamboo Splint Neckguard	Neck	AC 5	WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM not DWF TRL OGR HFL GNM	High Shaman Drogik
Filth Covered Boots	Feet · lore	AC 7 · STA +4 · HP +15 · CHA −9 SV Disease +3 · SV Poison +3	WAR RNG SHD DRU SHM not ERU HIE	Packmaster Dledsh (rare)
Packmaster's Lash	Primary / Secondary 1H Slash 4 / 24 · lore	AC 2 · CHA −4 · SV Disease −3 Choke proc at level 20	WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG	Packmaster Dledsh
Brawler's Belt	Waist · lore	AC 5 · STR +2 · STA +2	WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK BRD ROG	Grodl Ripclaw
Blood Cured Wraps	Hands · lore	AC 4 · DEX +2 · HP +11	MNK · HUM BAR TRL OGR IKS	Grodl Ripclaw
Krode's Shawl	Shoulders · lore	AC 3 · WIS +2 · INT −2 · HP +15	CLR DRU SHM	Krode the Diviner (rare)
Diviner's Bowl	Primary / Secondary lore · no drop	WIS +2 · INT +2	SHM · BAR TRL OGR IKS	Krode the Diviner
Runed Bokken	Primary · 2H Blunt 9 / 37 · lore	+3 to all five resists	CLR DRU SHM NEC WIZ MAG ENC	High Shaman Drogik (common)
Bathide Wristband	Wrist	AC 1 · INT +2 · MANA +2 · SV Disease −1	NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Mischievious batlings · batling spiritchannelers
Batling Eye	Range · 1 charge expendable	INT +2 Eye of Zomm	ALL	Batlings
Azzar's Dreadful Hat	Head · lore · no drop	AC 2 · Deity: Cazic-Thule	ALL	Cave Bat Lord (uncommon)
Globe of the Everburning Flame	Range / Primary / Secondary	SV Cold +2	ALL	Grodl Ripclaw · Drogik · Drrig · Roggik
Ye Auld Ball Peen Hammer	Primary / Secondary / Range 1H Blunt 4 / 27 · lore	AC 1 · STR +2 · HP +4	ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Smithy Rrarrgin (rare)
Pit Fighter Handwraps	Hands	AC 2 · STR +1	MNK · HUM IKS	Kobold pit fighters
Pit Fighter Anklewraps	Feet	AC 2 · DEX +1	MNK · HUM IKS	Kobold pit fighters
Blood Crusted Two-Handed Sword	Primary · 2H Slash 10 / 47	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD	Warlord Drrig (common)
Bronze Naginata	Primary · 2H Slash 10 / 52	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD	Drogik · kobold sentinels · sentries
Bronze Tachi	Primary / Secondary 1H Slash 5 / 32	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD ROG	Warlord Drrig
Bronze Katana	Primary / Secondary 1H Slash 5 / 32	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG	King Gragnar
Bronze Wakizashi	Primary / Secondary 1H Slash 4 / 27	—	WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG	King Gragnar · Smithy Rrarrgin
Bamboo Bokken	Primary · 2H Blunt 8 / 45	—	ALL except BRD ROG NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Foodmaster Rargnar · Lorekeeper Roggik
Bamboo Wakizashi Bo	Primary / Secondary 1H Blunt 6 / 38	—	ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Various
Bamboo Tanto Bo	Primary / Secondary 1H Blunt 5 / 33	—	ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC	Various
Bronze Yari	Primary · Pierce 5 / 32 quest item	—	WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM	Rabid kobolds · others
Bronze Jutte	Primary / Secondary Pierce 3 / 23 · quest item	—	ALL except CLR PAL DRU MNK	Rabid kobolds
Barbequed Erudite	Food — banquet sized	INT +3	ALL	Foodmaster Rargnar (common)

Quest items and components

Item	Used for	Dropped by
Kobold Molar	Kobold Molars, good and evil versions	Various kobolds
Bronze Shackle Key	Frees the prisoners	Jailer Mkrarrg (three at once, observed)
Cold Iron Shackle	The Cold Iron quest	Aderius Rhenar
Tiny Pouch of Bone Dice	Miranda's Dice — reward is a Ball of Burlap Yarn, 4 charges of Snare	Prince Bragnar
Odd Bone Necklace	Quellious Symbol Quests	A lesser shaman
Odd Bronze Necklace	Quellious Symbol Quests	A greater shaman
Odd Cold Iron Necklace	Quellious Symbol Quests	High Shaman Drogik (uncommon)
Kobold Shaman's Pouch	6-slot bag, 10% weight reduction	A greater kobold shaman
Bear Paw's Pelt	Quest component · lore · no drop	The Mighty Bear Paw (rare)
Dusty Kobold Scroll	Quest component	Lorekeeper Roggik
Large Empty Crate	Quest component · lore · no drop	Smithy Rrarrgin (uncommon)
Kobold Hide · Kobold Meat Kobold Foot Bones · Intact Kobold Pelt	Tradeskill and quest components	Kobolds throughout
Giant Bat Fur · Giant Bat Wing Words of Reviviscence · Words of the Element	Components and caster research	Cave bats · giant cave bats
Rat Ears · Rat Whiskers · Rat Meat	Quest components	Frenzied rats
Ice of Velious · Words of Discernment	Components	The Mighty Bear Paw

Three quests start in this zone. Catman Alliance from Aderius Rhenar at level 1, which pays coin and faction and links to Erudin; Erudite Prisoners from a prisoner at level 10; and Miranda's Dice at level 18, which sends you to Prince Bragnar for the bone dice and pays a Ball of Burlap Yarn carrying four charges of Snare. The Quellious Symbol chain and the Cold Iron quest both draw components from here as well.

06Dangers

The entrance area is the whole problem. The kobold density that makes it good hunting also makes it the worst train risk in the zone, and wandering kobolds add to fights on a regular basis. Crowd control or a real group is required, not optional.

The batlings are wizards and shamans, with no melee at all. Ten fixed 100% spawn points cluster them tightly in the middle of the zone. A pull that brings two is a pull against two casters at once, and Krode the Diviner sits at the bottom of their pit.

Diseased kobolds proc a disease that lasts a very long time. The wiki singles out the duration rather than the damage. Bring Cure Disease or plan to fight the rest of the room debuffed.

Two harm touches in the throne room bracket. King Gragnar hits for around 240 at level 24 and Prince Bragnar for 181 at level 18. Both are shadow knights, and Gragnar also lifetaps. At these levels a 240-point opener can remove a tank's cushion before the first heal lands.

A pack leader may see through invisibility. The wiki records this as an open question rather than a fact, with five spawn points at 33% each. Invisibility is the usual way past the entrance crush, so treat it as unreliable until confirmed.

Warlord Drrig's room has a one-way pit. The drop to the Batling Caves cannot be climbed back up. It is the intended route to Krode, but it puts you among the casters with no retreat.

07Getting there

The entrance sits in a small pool-filled room near the Paineel newbie area, on the way to the Hole entrance. The two dungeons share an approach.
Good characters can reach it. The obstacles are the skeletons in Toxxulia Forest near the Paineel entrance, and the Paineel newbie-area guards — which the wiki describes as very unaggressive and unlikely to act unless you walk close to them.
One documented hazard on the approach: a relatively high-level necromancer is sometimes found in the passageway and will attack any good character who passes in front of him. Be invisible if he is up.
You can bind right outside the entrance, which combined with the 6:40 spawn timer makes this a strong long-session zone.
The only other exit is west, where the kobolds have broken through into the Stonebrunt Mountains. That is also the sole route into Stonebrunt, so traffic passes through.
Succor and evacuate drop you at 748, −930, the zone line to Paineel.