Task: Beware the Hive (Slipgear's Gem stat increase)Follow

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Go to mapfiend.com. Download the 'all maps' package to your desktop. Unziip to your EQ/maps folder. Say 'Yes to ALL' when it asks about overwriting existing maps.

Log in to EQ. Go to the Hive. Hit Backspace to bring up your map. Go to each location.

I wish it was that simple. Did you do the task, Whitman? Or are you just talking bull$h!t? Did you actually read my post?

I got all the maps from mapfiend. The problem is not to find out where the locations are (on a two-dimensional map), but how to reach them (in a three-dimensional gameworld). I think my questions are quite clear.

Thanks for your post alwayslost, at least I know now that I'm not alone...

It is.

Three times so far. Best time start to finish: 48 minutes.

You tell me. I can complete the task and use the maps I told you about. What do YOU do?

Aye, and in that post is would seem you can't find the waypoints. I told you how to find them. If you don't want advice, don't ask for it.

Bonus spoiler for those who come her for info, and not for stupid arrogance: You must have Levi+SoW+invis on when you do this, of course. For some reason, it seems slow computer = fast 'drop' when you use levitate. This means that floating from the cliff near zonein is not an option, since you can't help dropping down to the zoneline. What you want is to climb the tower as high as you can, turn towards the corner of the cliff closest to you, look a little bit upwards and run/float around the cliff to land on the Living Bridges. Look at the map, the route should be obvious to you. Beware the see invis spiders deep inside the Hive, and also: there are spiderwebs across the tunnels that are in fact traps. Don't sneak through when there's a spider near, even when you are invis.

I have to agree Whitman.



There is no info here, just attitude, hehe actually this was just a post count increase for you.

That's the Warren of the Conscripts, already got that one... but thanks for the description concerning the living bridges, gonna try it (as soon as I got an hour or two to play...)

I do this quest frequently with my alts once they hit lvl 10 - and i seem to go through alts on a monthly basis. And for the record, doing it at lvl 10 gets u dingx2 once u unshroud =)

Shroud to level 5 rogue. This way you get no xp loss if you die and you respawn in pok with all the potions still on you so you won't have to corpse hunt or summon. If you do this shrouded at higher levels, the only difference is hide/sneak is successful first try and you might die in 2 hits instead of 1 in the hive - and if you die u need to summon and u lose some xp. Don't use invis pots, they wear off at bad times. SoW and levi pots are handy.

For the ramps, walk into the entrance of the nearest bldg to the zonein and walk around towards the right around past the wall in the middle of the room. Against the righthand wall looking towards the lefthand wall you should be able to see ramps going both up and down.

The only places I have encountered mobs that see invis in the hive are on the outdoor grounds and in the deep orc slaves room, so /con everything in these areas. If you use levi to get onto and off of the living bridges, and enter the first bldg going down the ramp only, you will not encounter any traps. If you try to go up the tower to access the bridges you will, and these traps will uninvis you. Once you have all the underground ones completed you can come up and out the end northwest bldg w/o any problems from traps or see invis - at least until u leave and are outside again.

BTW I noticed they changed illsalin, now the underwater murk mobs past the arena see invis and there is no way to get past them. New route, using levi get up onto the bridge area that leads to ritesmaster veroks room and follow that around instead. Don't go near him though if he is up.

Hope this helps

Goodluck =)