Undertow

I believe his corpse is on a 7 min timer before it rots. I (stupidly) didn't have my mage in the zone. Was camping this guy for hours upon hours and nothing. Well, now I know why.

He spawned this morning, dropped the wand. I ported the mage to KK and it had poofed. It was seriously just a few minutes. So now I get to do this all over again. I guess the easier part is now I will know when he is going to respawn. =P

Been a little over 7 hours and no spawn, will wait till 8 until I skip this one and move to next, nap time =)

Location - not sure the direction I took to get there - just took any passage down I could find - found the room for Estrella and cleaned that out - looked on map for a connected room - found Undertow at LOC 256, -290, 78 - he was at the top a vaulted ceiling so look up.

Easy prey for a 70 mag who should have done her epic levels ago...

Took him out this morning with a lvl 62 water pet, equipped with Dagger of the Kedge (x2). Once the pirahna and the other trash had been cleared, he was an easy fight. The only buffs I had, besides self-cast, were conviction for me and my pet.

I pulled him from the top of the room with Mala, then let my pet go to work on him. (BTW, your pets at level 61-64 are level 60, and can get procs out of the next level of pet weapons). I used both dots on him to speed up the kill, then finished him with Bolt of Tallon. I never had to heal my pet. He did try to Immobilize me a couple of times, but I had Shield of the Arcane up and resisted easily.

The part that made this easy was Personal Tribute. Gift of the Bass gives you 10 minutes of EB for 10 points, and doesn't show as an effect (can't be dispelled). I've been dumping all sorts of trash loot into this, so I'll have plenty of EB for a 12-hour camp of Phinney (no way I'm paying 75-100k for a MQ of the staff). If you haven't been using this before, I highly recommend it. It can be a lifesaver if your inviz just happens to fail in the mermaid room, as I've had them dispel effects on me in the past.

Edited, Aug 10th 2006 at 4:44am EDT by Sauernote

Double post

Mystyre Malkaw`Esh


Edited, Thu Dec 30 13:22:31 2004

undertow is an easy solo with a 53 mage. my pet had only MY buffs and i was self buffed aside from kei and virtue. malosi, annul magic, send in vocarate air pet, followed by a few heals and blasts left me untouched with resists between 120 and 150. my pet was close to 100% life and i had between 50 and 60% mana left. the ph is more difficult if it gets off a ch and i haven't found a way to stop it because it resists malosi and doesn't seem to stun. i've killed undertow three times but the freak hasn't let go of my wand. anybody need three squallsurge shawls?

Erasimus Wrathe (53 mage) Terris Thule

8 hour spawn time with a place holder. Place holder spawns instead of Undertow, in the same spot, up near the ceiling.

Kill the place holder and return again in 8 hours to check for Undertow...

Edited, Thu Aug 5 20:05:43 2004

If you go the tunnel that leads to Estrella I found out that if you stick real close to ceiling and swim up and over she will not agro to you! I did this with a friend of mine and he wasn't seen either so it works.

Could someone please clarify one thing for us? People keep mentioning that this mob gates. Does he gate to his spawn spot, or somewhere else?

Thanks.

If the room with the pillars is a terrible place to pull to, whats a good place to pull to? No alternative was suggested.

Ok here my small report about killing Undertow.
First problem is to get there safe. If you take the wrong way through the lair of Estrella you might get there safe 2-3 times but when Estrella is up you'll die. She sees invis and nukes pretty well (was once hit for 600). When she casts on you try to swim out of reach of the other "ladies" swimming around and gate out.
After about gateing out for 3-4 times I brought a 40 cleric with me and all went perfectly smooth.
First you have to kill the fish in the small hall before the dome. Just go in LOS they are highest aggro I can remember. If they see you they come from zone in to you...
Then take out the 2 seahorses near Undertow coz they are Cleric and CH. But they hit only for 100ish and so 57 Earth blasts em away.
You can then just go on with killing Undertow he's not that hard and Earth pet does very well because of its high MR. Almost no spell hits it.

Another method I didn't test could be to swim right into the dome and kill the seahorses right there. Undertow doesn't aggro you when in room you have to pull him down. But you prolly don't wanna try and kill 2 seahorses that CH each other constantly. With 61+ this should all be piece of cake because 2k+ bolt kills em almost one shot.

Went to kill him 3 times this last month all th etimes I gain agro he hits me a few times, casts alot (thanks to MR its ok) then poof!

All three times he was up in the top of the done in the temple? going to try to fight him on his gound next time.

If you are having the same issue please file an ingame bug.

Soloed him other day on Zebuxoruk - 60 epic wiz.

Just swam up to him and stayed there, out of CH and aggro range of the other fishies. AE works ok there, too, nothing in aggro range.

Got me down to 1.5 bubs of health, and I was oom. Was one hell of a fun fight tho. ;) Hit me for 100 max.

First and formost there are two ways to get to Undertow. One way where you must kill Estrella to get to Undertow (the way most people know) and a way where you can simply invis and run all the way to the room containing Undertow and check if he or his PH is up.
Take a look at a map to KK and make sure you understand the layout. I'll try to describe the path to you here though.
1) INVIS, then go down the tube the main tube in the first room.
2) Look for the off chute room with a hole in the floor, but not the ceiling. Go down this hole half-way and you'll see an off chute tunnel. Take this tunnel.
3) You'll enter into a room where you'll have three options for directions. Left, straight, and right. Take the right path... this is where the pathes differ between heading to Estrella and heading to Undertow.
4) Facing down the right path you'll have two options... slightly down and straight or up and left... take the up and left tunnel.
5) You'll go through a couple twists and be facing into another room. Once again take the right path... as you enter this path you'll swim over a grate lying on the ground.
6) The right path will immediately turn into a chute that goes down. Follow it all the way down until you are looking into a room with a mermaid and a path that goes left.
7) Enter the room and hug the left wall. Taking the left path continue to hug the left wall and swim over the plant in the room. Hugging the left wall enter the room that you come to.
8) In the room there is a hole to the left. Go in and up and you're in the room with the pillars right outside of the dome room with Undertow in it.
You can swim into the domed room as only Undertow sees through invis and inch your way up the wall clicking where the center of the room would be until you target Undertow or his PH.
His PH is around lvl 50 and can Complete Heal itself. PH is much harder than Undertow.
It's a good idea to bring a cleric that can complete heal with you.
Go back into the room with the pillars and hang out on the left side (left of room when you first entered, right side when coming out of Undertow's room, for all other orientation purposes think of the orientation as if you'd just entered the room from below).
Get a pet up and buff it with the cleric. Between the pillars are five holes in the ceiling each hole can a pirahna or fish of some sorts... pull the center and up and left one (It's an X formation of holes). After you do this make sure cleric has mana and pet is healthy. Then pull one of the two seahorses from the domed room. Pull it as far back as you can to keep other mobs from healing it. After you kill it rush the room and kill the other mob.
Med and heal as necessary. If you need to kill the seahorses one more time (20 minute spawn). Then take out Undertow or his PH. Have cleric stun the mob or simply keep having the cleric complete heal until mob runs out of mana.

Hope this helps.

Heinlien lvl 60 Mage on Bertoxxulous

Undertow is easy. Roommate did him with 52 mage and 49 cleric, invis down to lair, single pull seahorses, ch pet while he beats on undertow. Did him tonight, 51 cleric, 52 mage, 46 tank. Complete pie....and blazing wand down. =)

The area in front of undertow with the pillars and the fish in the ceiling is a terrible place to pull to. You pet can magically poof with no warning...AND SO CAN UNDERTOW.

This blows when you have him down to 10% health and suddenly he is gone from the dungeon (no, he didn't gate...he was GONE)

on an 8 hour spawn with PHs...well. it sucks.

What is the max damage he hits for and can a 53 mage solo him and how?

The mobs in Everquest really don't make a lot of sense....

You have this horrendous Sand/Hill/Frost giants that, for all intents and purposes, could kill you instantly in one hit FLAT (and I do emphasize FLAT). They're around level 35-40...

You then have in Kerra Ridge this wharf rat that is level 15, as well as the small spikefish there, which are also level 15... You can kill wharf rats simply by stepping on one.

Now, using the spikefish and the wharf rats as a base, then anyone ALMOST getting killed by a wharf would have the fighting ability of my quadrapleigic grandmother.

So now that we've established SOME sort of range (I'm not even going to mention the level 51 killer sharks in Erud's crossing), WHAT THE HELL IS A GIANT SEAHORSE GOING TO DO TO A LEVEL 45 CHARACTER WHO SLAYS GIANTS FOR BREAKFAST? SUCK HIS DICK TO DEATH???

In other words, when faced against a killer shark, a giant seahorse could end up winning the fight.

I'd say "Oh, look, a giant seahorse. BAM, there's my harpoon, you stupid excuse for a mob!" and have enough seafood to open my own flea-ridden Red-Lobster.

Oh, yes, and just so I don't forget, that giant with the humongous steel club only hurts me for 40 damage when he pounds me into the ground so hard I can now enter a mailbox slot... But when that seahorse "Bumps" into me, OH GOSH, I'd better call the paramedics, because I'm BLEEDING ALL OVER!!!

undertow is 8 hour spawn if u have kill his ph. he may spawn in 8 hours p)
or u can even go check every time! u can at zone in hear undertow cast ! so if mag waht epic item , u must camp at zone in till u hear it CAST ! then u go kill it )
u can finish it with a cleric war enc MAGG )

Anyone ever have an issue with Undertow going poof/de-spawning in mid fight? Had it happen twice now.

Yet another incredably pain of a mob for the mage epic.. if its a mob that cant be solo'd by us mages because its to hard.. it should not be a rare spawn, or even rare drop. Countless mobs for our epic will take at leasta full group of 50+'s to camp for hours and maybe not even get the piece. Epic should not be this incredably hard. anyways now that i have vented my anger..

Can i get some info on this mob to plan how i will get the wand please..
How hard it hits?
How fast it hits?
does it gate? and where?
about how many hps?
about how far in the dungeon does it spawn?

thanks sincerely,
Klaness 53mage Torv

How could u make a weapon with hardly any stats so valuable??

ok.. so what's his spawn time?

How hard was it to take him down? Can a single group handle this thing?

everything in kedge is Kos, everything in sebilis, the plains. all lvl 50+ dungeons

do seahorses and undertow kos you?

Killed him last night and he dropped a blazing rod, dmg6 delay30 effect Blaze, Mage only, LORE, MAGIC, NO DROP. He was pretty easy to take out to, he's a wizard but didn't cast much.

Rare drop is Squallsurge Shall, AC5 +5 STA +50 mana, shoulder slot, all 4 caster classes.