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: Moss Snakes, Tree Snakes, Spiderlings, Fire Beetles, 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: 6:00 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?

Quests - Found 1 quests that start in Nektulos Forest:

Quest Name	Reward	Quest Giver	Minimum Level	Classes	Related Zones	Related NPCs
Necromancer Epic Quest	?

NPCs - Found 84 NPCs that spawn in Nektulos Forest:

NPC Name	Race	Class	Level	Location	Known Loot	Description
A Black Bear
A Black Wolf
A Deathfist Legionnaire
A Decaying Skeleton
A Fire Beetle
A Greater Skeleton
A Rotting Citizen
A Rotting Initiate
A Spiderling
A Stone Guardian
A Willowisp
A Young Kodiak
A Zombie
A black mamba
A darkwater piranha
A garter snake
A giant widow
A large arachneidae
A large spider
A pyre beetle
A shadow wolf
A shadowed man (Nektulos Forest)
A skeleton
An Iron Guardian
An Undead Annalkeeper
An Undead Steward
An araneidae spiderling
Bink
Cannix
Captain N`Farre
Corporal D`Abth
Corporal J`Rais
Corporal X`Horn
Corporal X`Tis
Dragoon J`Len
Dragoon Tsanne
Dragoon V`tai
Foley
Forley
Gammer
Gollee
Guard D`Zel
Guard E`Brona
Guard E`Tru
Guard F`Losta
Guard G`Varr
Guard N`Lan
Guard T`Aba
Guard T`Quetal
Guard V`Ehn
Guard V`Lex
Guard X`Onnu
Guard Z`Den
Hamer
Himmel
Initiate Abber
Initiate Guanin
Initiate Hart
Initiate Pool
Initiate Rambel
Initiate Umbra
Jossle
Kirak Vil
Klimmer
Leatherfoot Captain
Leatherfoot Corporal
Leatherfoot Deputy
Leatherfoot Medic
Leatherfoot Scout
Leatherfoot Sergeant
Master Whoopal
Neophyte Edel
Neophyte Halle
Neophyte Hazel
Orc runner
Quester Dunden
Quester Hannil
Quester Hannin
Rollis
Sergeant C`orm
Sergeant J`Narus
Snitch
Travis Two Tone
Venenzi Oberzendi

Items - Found 29 items that drop in Nektulos Forest:

Item Name	Drops From	Slot	Stats
Basilisk Egg Basilisk Egg QUEST ITEM WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Basilisk Eye Stalk Basilisk Eye Stalk QUEST ITEM WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Eye of Shadow Eye of Shadow MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY EXPENDABLE Charges: 1 Effect: Deadeye (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 10 WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
First Riddle for the Troll First Riddle for the Troll WT: 0.1 Size: TINY	None?	(None)
Halfling Druid Master's Head Halfling Druid Master's Head LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.7 Size: SMALL Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Halfling Toe Halfling Toe MAGIC ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Hand of Shadow Hand of Shadow MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY EXPENDABLE Charges: 1 Effect: Grim Aura (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 10 WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Leathered Zombie Flesh Leathered Zombie Flesh WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Leatherfoot Short Bow Leatherfoot Short Bow Slot: RANGE Skill: Archery Atk Delay: 41 DMG: 4 WT: 3.5 Range: 50 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Lock of Zombie Hair Lock of Zombie Hair MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.5 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Piranha Tooth Piranha Tooth NO DROP WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Raw Darkwater Piranha Raw Darkwater Piranha LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Robe of Discord Robe of Discord MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 8 STA: +5 INT: +3 WT: 3.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Runner Pouch Runner Pouch LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Sealed Letter Sealed Letter MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.0 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Shadow Wolf Paw Shadow Wolf Paw WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Shadow Wolf Pelt Shadow Wolf Pelt WT: 3.5 Size: LARGE Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Shadowed Ball Shadowed Ball MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY AC: 5 WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL Class: NONE Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Shadowed Battle Axe Shadowed Battle Axe MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 35 DMG: 7 WT: 8.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Shadowed Scimitar Shadowed Scimitar MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 25 DMG: 5 WT: 7.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Shadowed Two Handed Hammer Shadowed Two Handed Hammer MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP TEMPORARY Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 51 DMG: 13 WT: 13.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Shadowed Two Handed Sword Shadowed Two Handed Sword MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM TEMPORARY Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 45 DMG: 12 WT: 12.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Staff of Discord Staff of Discord MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 40 DMG: 10 WT: 2.0 Size: LARGE Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Tainted Darksteel Shield Tainted Darksteel Shield MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: SECONDARY AC: 5 WT: 7.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL	None?	(None)
Tattered Journal Page 1 Tattered Journal Page 1 MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.3 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Tattered Journal Page 2 Tattered Journal Page 2 MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.3 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Tattered Journal Page 3 Tattered Journal Page 3 MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.3 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Vial of Halfling Blood Vial of Halfling Blood MAGIC ITEM NO DROP WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: NONE Race: NONE	None?	(None)
Woven Grass Amulet Woven Grass Amulet NO DROP Slot: NECK WT: 0.0 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL	None?	(None)