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Map of Upper Guk

Upper Guk is the upper level of one of the largest dungeons to be found in the entire realm of Norrath. It is a vast and twisting place, filled with the frogloks and laden with their unique treasures.

Map Location Key

1 To Lower Guk, Dead Side

2 Croc Room with Ancient Crocodile who drops Gatorscale Leggings and Gatorscale Sleeves

3 Room with Nokta Shaman who drops Globe of Shadow, placeholder Vis Shaman

4 To Lower Guk, Live Side

5 To Lower Guk, Dead Side

6 Room with Froglok Summoner, Froglok Priest, drops Golden Rod used for Enchanter quest, and Shin Knight

7 To Lower Guk, Dead Side

8 Stairs down Pit

9 The Pits with Heart Spiders, Secret Room in Water to Dark Elf named Tempus and Skeletal Monk who drops Glowing Mask

10 Ramp Room with Froglok Squire who drops Collar of Undead Protection (common) and Runed Bone Fork (rare)

11 Mushroom Farm with Fungus Men, also Fungus Mutant who drops Guk Bracket Mildew (common) and Decayed Guk Weed (rare)

12 Room with Froglok Idealist, who drops Vial of Egg Whites (common) and Moss Mask (rare), and Tonta Knight, who drops Soiled Boots (common)

13 Room with Froglok Warden who drops Elf-Hide Gloves (common) and Troll-Hide Belt (rare), room to north is safe underwater cove

14 Room with Froglok Realist who drops Pouch of Ghoul Ashes (common) and Reed Ring (rare)

15 Temple with Froglok Scryer who drops Bracelet of Woven Grass (common) and Shimmering Orb (rare), also Glowing Mask

16 Room with Froglok Necromancer

17 Barracks with Froglok Shin Lord who drops Silver-Plated Bracer (common) and Ghoulbane (rare)

18 Heart Spider Room with Giant Heart Spider who drops Chitin Shell Shield (common) and Chitin Shell Armor (rare)

A&B connect to room 13

Dangers

The primary danger in Upper Guk is the sheer number of monsters located within close proximity to each other. It is not uncommon for some rooms to have 5 or more static mobs with several more pathing in and out on patrol routes. There are also a large number of shamans mixed in with the melee classes so expect to deal with heals, nukes and annoying DOT's. Some of the camps are deep within the dungeon and so if something goes wrong (and it almost always does eventually) the zone line is a long way away.

Benefits

Despite the above mentioned dangerousness of the zone, this has to be one of the most popular dungeons in the game, the only problem with this is that it is so far away from the majority of players, and the difficulty at getting bound nearby for any of the good races. There are several reasons for this, but the largest is that the frogloks are just plain rich. Even the lowliest froglok possesses woven armor, which is about the equivalent of banded armor for mage classes.

There is also a large amount of good equipment to be had in Upper Guk. Many of the items are on characters wish lists, and the added benefit of making some great experience while waiting for the critter who carries it to spawn is worthwhile.

Popular Camps

AC

"Ancient Crocodile" is a mob commonly camped for his sought-after +wis pants.

Scryer

A common strategy when holding this room is to sit in the hallway just beyond at the top of the ramp. There is only one froglok which spawns here and you are then free to pull from both the scryer room and the room below.

Lower Guk Zone Line

This is a great spot to sit if you have decent group as there are a ton of higher level frogloks in the area to pull. Though maybe not a camp in the traditional sense since there is no specific loot, I've found it to be the best exp I've gotten in upper guk so far.

Travelling To and From Upper Guk

There is one entrance into Upper Guk from the Innothule Swamp. The entrance is guarded on the outside by two froglok guards, and on the inside has a narrow corridor guarded by at least one higher level froglok guard.

The entrances to Lower Guk are apparently many in number, but I have never personally found any of them, despite traveling far into the zone.