EverQuest II · Ballads of Zimara

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A chronological field guide through the skies above Norrath - from a hooluk nest under siege to the Djinn Sovereign's throne in the Alcazar of Zimara.

Solo Level 130 Starts: The Barren Sky 15 quests

Before You Begin

An invitation on the wind, two zones of locked flight, and a metallic army standing between you and a captive virtuosa.

The Signature Chain

Splendor Sky Aerie → the breach into Zimara Breadth → the Isles of Wisdom → the Alcazar of Zimara → the Sovereign's Hold
01
Barren Sky → Splendor Sky Aerie

The Aerie Overture

Start: Baoko, The Whisperwind Isle in The Barren Sky  -544, -63, -426

  • Take the cloud near Enge  -463, -71, -439 up to Splendor Sky Aerie.
    • If you need it, Tishan's Lockbox <Sky Explorer's Gear>  -327, 114, 567 is here for gear upgrades.
  • Speak to Whoella  -326, 114, 570 and pick up the In Need of Reeds quest.
  • Speak to Coursequill  -344, 118, 602 and receive the Ethereal Hook.
  • Use the Ethereal Hook on 12 pairs of torn / severed wayfarer whisperers at Splendour Wellspring  -440, 63, 338 (clusters around  -407, 65, 337 and  -345, 75, 281).
  • Return to Coursequill and speak to him.

Reward: coin & quest XP · BoZ Flag: Splendor Sky Aerie Unlock.

02
Splendor Sky Aerie · Wishbone Beck

Neighborhoot Watch

Start: Coursequill  -344, 118, 602

  • Gather 8 splendorzite crystals at Wishbone Beck  -89, 43, 482 (nodes nearby, e.g.  -169, 40, 614 and  -117, 39, 543). A blade storm may attack while you harvest.
  • Return to Coursequill.
  • Carry out a couple of tasks along Wishbone Beck:
    • Erect 6 hoot totems along the river (e.g.  -181, 42, 602,  -92, 40, 403).
    • Kill 8 blade storms along the river.
  • Return to Coursequill.
  • Go to Smeltfield Vale  -594, 61, 478 and:
    • Slay 8 metalmorphic besiegers around  -723, 78, 601.
    • Obtain 6 greenwood pinecones from fire-ravaged greenwoods.
    • Destroy 6 metallic crystals (e.g.  -656, 63, 546,  -772, 58, 503).
  • Return to Coursequill.

Reward: coin · Metalmorphic Besieger Plushie (house item) · choice of Nestwatcher's Badge or Vultak Stud of Ammolite.

03
Splendor Sky Aerie · Sang'Huuu Parliament

Parliamentary Procedures

Start: Coursequill  -344, 118, 602  ·  requires In Need of Reeds done

  • Speak with "the Undercloud dweller", Miranna Ameema  -326, 119, 642.
  • Find the entrance to the Sang'Huuu Parliament Chambers in Sanctuary  315, 305, 998.
  • Earn access by completing three quests from Jabber Longwind  212, 275, 822:
    • Junior Hootie in the Making
    • Earning Your Talons
    • Screeching with Sang'Huuu Scouts
  • Enter the Sang'Huuu Parliament Chambers  313, 305, 997.
  • Speak to Kindellan the Elder  -835, 72, 542 and Fullplume the Elder.
  • Exit the chambers and return to Miranna Ameema.

Reward: coin · quest XP · Status Coin (75,000).

04
Splendor Sky Aerie · Felfeather Isle

Flight to Felfeather

Start: Miranna Ameema  -325, 118, 639

  • Speak to Ryarme in Sanctuary  335, 252, 729.
  • Encourage Halebeak to take flight again - complete A Real Whose Hoos from Viamme  211, 275, 815 (if you already did it, hail Viamme for the update).
  • Return to Ryarme, then take flight on Halebeak  347, 253, 730 to Felfeather Isle.
  • On the isle:
    • Kill 5 shards of steel.
    • Save 3 injured Felfeathers by clicking them (group-wide; e.g.  974, 167, 776,  1000, 169, 771).
  • Search out Crestcry  1069, 179, 753; wait by him while he kills the shards of steel to update, then speak to him.

Reward: coin · Status Coin (75,000).

05
Splendor Sky Aerie · Marshlands Miasma

Mystics in Miasma

Start: Archmystic Crestcry, Felfeather Isle  1065, 180, 754

The side-quest Fear the Cleaner shares this instance and can be run at the same time. You needn't kill the names that appear (Droseraceae, Nerjehl Klaneh, Miasmasula).

  • Enter Splendor Sky Aerie: Marshlands Miasma [Solo]  601, 86, 327.
  • Speak to Miranna Ameema just inside  669, 76, 320; she gives you a Blinding Conviction Gem.
  • Work through the marsh:
    • Defeat 8 fear-affected marshland creatures.
    • Destroy 7 metallic shards (e.g.  687, 75, 367,  887, 64, 203).
    • Save 4 Felfeather apprentices (e.g.  775, 72, 414,  841, 44, 132).
  • Locate and save Sqokri  933, 32, 226 (from  862, 58, 153 follow the path southwest):
    • Kill the fearful miasma.
    • Target Sqokri and use the green Blinding Conviction Gem - do not attack him.
    • Lead Sqokri back to the zone-in near Miranna Ameema  669, 76, 320.
  • Return to Archmystic Crestcry.

Reward: coin · Shards of Steel Plushie · Reflective Conveyance Flux Riddlestone · Status Coin · choice of an Aether/Trickery/Balance cloak.

06
Splendor Sky Aerie · Rootland Rise

Riddlestone Remediation Services

Start: Archmystic Crestcry, Felfeather Isle  1065, 180, 754

  • Speak to Oolchimedes in a nearby hut and complete his quests Roots in Corruption and Good for Firewood, then speak to him again.
  • Obtain components:
    • 10 aeraquis ticks from wild aeraquis (bluish sky-horses) around Rootland Rise  14, 126, 456 and Burrower's Timber  642, 105, 500.
    • Click 8 Noxious Swarm Larvae (green blobs) in the Tellurav Marshlands ponds (group-wide; e.g.  707, 55, 178,  812, 61, 251).
  • Return to Portal Scholar Miranna Ameema on Felfeather Isle  1065, 179, 752.
  • Destroy 7 Felfeather Shield Totems in The Roost Warrens  322, 238, -117 with the Potion of Vigorous Unmaking (group-wide; village perimeter, e.g.  -21, 257, 3,  84, 240, -266).
  • Go to Miranna at the Wizard Spires  -333, 118, 617 - she won't be there.
  • Search for her on Preening Island - take the cloud  151, 281, 865. Save Miranna from a metal-tainted nilborien attacker  -487, 228, 1072, then speak to her.
  • Take the cloud  -303, 192, 1104 back to the main island and the banks of Wishbone Beck. Destroy Coursequill's 6 hoot totems with the Potion of Vigorous Unmaking (group-wide; e.g.  -179, 41, 607,  2, 41, 346).
  • Meet Miranna Ameema at the Wizard Spires  -333, 118, 617.

Reward: coin · Status Coin (75,000) · Metal-tainted Nilborien Plushie (house item).

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Splendor Sky Aerie · Raptor's LandingFlight: Splendor

Facing the Heat

Start: Miranna Ameema, Wizard Spires  -333, 118, 617

Starting this quest restores a mount's ability to fly in Splendor Sky Aerie. Djinn may drop a Glass Orb (begins/advances the language quest Words of Air); loot metallic djinn to progress Lore and Legend: Djinn.

  • Destroy the hoot totem at the western end of Raptor's Landing  -754, 186, 165 and the eastern end  -855, 175, 210 (group-wide).
  • Kill a metal-skinned djinn attacker, then speak with Vofres  -849, 176, 192.
  • Enter Splendor Sky Aerie: Vale Invasion [Solo] near  -795, 175, 195 and speak to Miranna Ameema just inside  -802, 84, 270.
  • Stop the metallic djinn incursion:
    • Talk to Kusala'Din  -744, 63, 407 to spawn Magmalatorr, and to Kusala'Din  -566, 79, 667 to spawn Tkesh'Tura. Kill both for the first update.
    • Kill 3 Zakir Rish Conduits to receive a Glass Orb (e.g.  -527, 81, 692,  -776, 84, 610).
  • Use the crystal  -793, 85, 622 to teleport up to Molted Island, then kill Grand Conjurer Kusala'Din (wedge a rock behind you, e.g.  -1034, 175, 650, to avoid being tossed).
  • Speak with Miranna Ameema at the Aether Breach  -1083, 182, 753, then enter the breach into Zimara Breadth (portal there  -1089, 181, 736).
  • Speak with Miranna Ameema nearby  -688, 229, -752.

Reward: coin · BoZ Flag: Splendor Sky Aerie Dungeons Unlock · Status Coin (75,000).

08
Zimara Breadth · Auric Palisades → Isles of Wisdom

Hard Act to Follow

Start: Miranna Ameema & Ahkaa  -688, 229, -752

  • Gather 6 Bags of Evidence between Ahkaa and the summoned cloud (group-wide; e.g.  -667, 218, -720,  -622, 182, -610).
  • Ride the Take to the Skies cloud at the southern Auric Palisades  -713, 145, -364 to the Isles of Wisdom; speak with Ruhk  -916, 190, 332.
  • Offer hope to the Isles by completing three quests for Ecihoolo  -777, 192, 224:
    • Components to Freedom
    • Wind Beneath Their Wings
    • The Hands of Fate
  • Learn of a stolen aviak relic: complete the Sacred to the Aurai collection (pages spawn around the Yazdani platforms in Zenith Helionae, e.g.  59, 146, -32; page 12 drops from a Page Turner), turn it in to Seengo in Sanctuary  210, 286, 947, then read the book.
  • Return to Ruhk on the Isles of Wisdom (you must have read the book to turn in).
  • Search for the Windmaid's Lance on Columnar Highgarden  766, 228, -791: click the Lance, kill the adds, and collect it.
  • Seek out the Swirling Sphere of Color on Strungstone Peaks  345, 402, 599.
  • Place the Windmaid's Lance behind enemy lines in the Auric Palisades  -483, 95, -548 (look for sparkles in a small cul-de-sac).
  • Return to Ruhk on the Isles of Wisdom  -916, 190, 332.

Reward: coin · Status Coin · Swirling Sphere of Color Replica · BoZ Flag: Zimara Breadth Unlock · choice of a Reflected Charm of Skyward/Malleability.

09
Zimara Breadth · Razing the Razelands

Razeland Rousing Ditty

Start: Ruhk, Isles of Wisdom  -916, 190, 332

The side-quest Forced Reduction in Force shares this instance but isn't offered until this quest is done - avoid killing 12 undead aviak slaves and 3 controlled downtroddens so you can reuse the instance.

  • Enter Zimara Breadth: Razing the Razelands [Solo] on the Isles of Wisdom  -591, 149, 137.
  • Click the Windmaid's Lance  -484, 95, -546 (just below the zone-in; hug the edge to reach it past the invisible wall).
  • Kill 11 undead aviaks and 12 maedjinn controllers (more spawn in the Helionae Razelands area), then kill the instruments of battle.
  • Defeat the unidentified caster behind the instrumental entity:
    • Kill Eaglovok  -388, 124, -648 (beware knockbacks) to gain access, then teleport to Helionae Razelands via the crystals  -336, 124, -648.
    • Kill a risen warbler  -184, 114, -177 - this updates the quest and gives you the Aviak Flageolet.
  • Seek Miranna Ameema in Zenith Helionae  11, 156, 77 (near the marble gazebos); she gives you the playable Aviak Flageolet.
  • Play the Aviak Flageolet against 10 maedjinn (group-wide; also updates in the overland on the Auric Palisades).
  • Return to Ruhk on the Isles of Wisdom via the portal  -484, 162, -613, then  -916, 190, 332.

Reward: coin · +2,000 Isles of Wisdom · Windmaid's Lance Replica · choice of a Reflected Mantle/Shawl/Pauldrons.

10
Zimara Breadth · Isles of Wisdom

Song of the Maedjinn

Start: Ruhk & Miranna Ameema, Isles of Wisdom  -916, 190, 332

  • Speak to Priest Kafri, a hooluk priest  -822, 191, 224.
  • Gather and kill for the potpourri:
    • Gather 10 Stratos Marjoram plants (group-wide; e.g.  -771, 192, 249,  -884, 166, 247).
    • Defeat 6 skylight spren for flickering flames near  -858, 150, 60.
  • Return to Priest Kafri, then to Miranna Ameema  -911, 190, 331.
  • Hunt venom:
    • Winged vipers in Zenith Helionae for 8 rotten fangs near  24, 151, -5.
    • Columnar crawlers in Columnar Highgarden for 10 venom glands near  670, 209, -517.
  • Return to Miranna Ameema for the Ophthalmic Dilation Wand, then use it on a metalbound behemoth in the Auric Palisades around  -566, 205, -669.
  • Return to Miranna Ameema, then perform three side-quests for Hooatio  -860, 190, 372:
    • Sticky Sweet Vengeance
    • Destruction of Amassed Weapons
    • Zakir Rish Removal
  • Obtain crafting matter:
    • 4 Life-Sparked Clay on Claved Fate Islets after killing constructs/harrying subduers (group-wide, not guaranteed; sparkling mounds of dirt).
    • 8 Arcana Spirit Jewels from arcaneframe razorfangs (white tigers) and 10 Arcana Flesh Plates from arcaneframe hammerhooves on Columnar Highgarden (around  584, 217, -814,  621, 206, -573).
  • Return to Miranna Ameema, then speak with Vahravi the Allyrian  -906, 188, 323 to receive the Aviak Flageolet.
  • Charm local fauna into dancing (group-wide) - play the flageolet on a Zimara cottontail  -916, 175, 231, a skylight spren  -871, 165, 225, a stratos fawn  -833, 143, -2, and a russet hootie  -827, 149, -25.
  • Return to Vahravi the Allyrian.

Reward: coin · Metalbound Behemoth Plushie (house item) · Status Coin (75,000).

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Zimara Breadth · Strungstone PeaksFlight: Breadth

Lunatic's Lament

Start: Miranna Ameema, Isles of Wisdom  -911, 190, 331

Completing this quest unlocks flight in Zimara Breadth.

  • Ride the Take to the Skies cloud  -683, 145, -5 to Strungstone Peaks and find Sirran's Memorial  107, 379, 663. Mouseover, right-click and Examine the three notes on the burial mound.
  • Obtain the collection items:
    • Buy a Bird Whistle from Rannaahk on the Isles of Wisdom  -838, 189, 338 for 12c.
    • Gather 10 miniature Swords on the Isles of Wisdom (group-wide; near the cloud portal, e.g.  -691, 144, 20,  -858, 143, 3).
    • Kill Yazdani Aurai on Zenith Helionae for iridescent scales (around  170, 158, 24).
  • Place the collection of items on Sirran's Memorial  107, 379, 663, then speak with Sirran the Lunatic's ghost.
  • Gather his comforts:
    • Take a Damask Coat from Zakir Rish Chests in the Auric Palisades (group-wide; e.g.  -671, 131, -417,  -481, 96, -551).
    • Buy and scribe the Candied Fairy-Leaf Cake recipe from Rannaahk  -834, 188, 339 (needs Artisan level 10), gather 12 Fairy-Leaf (e.g.  -516, 151, 308) plus common roots/crops and Celestial Coal, then craft 4 Candied Fairy-Leaf Cakes at the oven in Ecihoolo's hut  -765, 192, 227 (mass-crafting gives only 1 update per combine).
  • Return to Sirran the Lunatic's ghost on Strungstone Peaks  107, 378, 666.

Mind the artisan gate. Sirran’s cakes need Artisan level 10 to scribe the recipe and craft at Ecihoolo’s oven - and mass-crafting yields only one update per combine.

Reward: coin · Status Coin (75,000) · Flight in Zimara Breadth.

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Zimara Breadth · Strungstone Ascent

Ascending Collection

Start: Sirran the Lunatic, Strungstone Peaks  110, 378, 666

No bonus XP is awarded for this one - but it hands you the Argent Key of Vaashkaani that opens the palace.

  • Enter Zimara Breadth: Strungstone Ascent [Solo] in Zenith Helionae (cloud  215, 379, 652; portal  289, 165, -126).
  • Gather 12 Keepsake Globes by destroying Odd Stones scattered zone-wide (group-wide; collect the spheres under the rocks - only 12 exist, so don't miss any or you must repeat the zone). Locations span Columnar Highgarden (e.g.  776, 235, -434), Claved Fate Islets  564, 276, 573, and Strungstone Peaks (e.g.  166, 362, 695).
  • Return to Sirran the Lunatic's ghost on Strungstone Peaks.

Reward: coin · Gildedback Sentinel Plushie · Argent Key of Vaashkaani · Zimara Breadth Dungeons Unlock · choice of a Reflected Locket/Medallion.

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Vaashkaani, Alcazar of ZimaraBoss

Vaashkaani Crescendo

Start: Sirran the Lunatic  110, 378, 666

All Vaashkaani instances are entered via the portal in the Auric Palisades  -486, 161, -604. Stock Tier-0 Fear / Mesmerize / Stifle / Stun runes (e.g. Tishan's Zimaran Rune: Adamant Defiance) from Tishan's Lockbox in Splendor Sky Aerie  -328, 114, 567 - different bosses demand different immunities.

  • From the Auric Palisades enter Vaashkaani: Argent Sanctuary [Solo] and search for the imprisoned virtuosa:
    • Begin with a Stun rune in your waist. Clear the first room of metalbound behemoths (Unwell wishers at  -38, 3, 52 can be saved or attacked).
    • Kill Tazir Tanziri  111, 3, 3 - he goes invulnerable at 50% until you destroy the silver shards in the corridor (each gives him 25% damage reduction). Push on to the room  212, 3, 38.
    • Kill Sansobog then Akharys (use the Stun-immunity rune); kill Uah'Lu the Unhallowed at  266, 3, -60; click the portal to the Aviary  297, 4, 0.
    • In the Aviary, kill Xuxuquaxul  90, 11, -182 (casts Fear), then hail and kill General Ra'Zaal  96, 8, -312 - use H.O.s on his adds (a sixth stack instakills). You receive the Golden Key of Vaashkaani; portal back to Zimara Breadth  105, 8, -320.
  • Enter Vaashkaani: Golden Rule [Solo] and venture toward the throne:
    • Clear the ground floor (two magic carpets), the platform up the ramp (third carpet), then kill Nezri En'Sallef down the back hallway - use H.O.s to dispel her gold shield (it stifles).
    • Remove the orbs from the side rooms (Orb of Gales  148, 20, 0, plus Cyclones, Rains, Hail). Kill Isos  262, 31, 58 (stifles; kill his adds with H.O.s) and remove the Orb of Thunder.
    • Kill The Storm Mistress  262, 31, -25 before her three Indestructible Lightning Balls complete their circuit; remove the Orb of Lightning.
    • Click the portal To the Forum  281, 32, 0, engage Hezodhan (too many adds instakill), then take his magic carpet up and the glass portal into the Djinn Hoard.
  • Reach the Sovereign's Reflection (mirror room)  604, 71, -44 - a Fear rune is needed. Click the mirror to summon Zakir-Sar-Ussur, the Sovereign.
  • Survive the confrontation: keep the Sovereign in line of sight of the mirror and use a Heroic Opportunity to trap him; DPS the Hand, re-trapping the Sovereign with H.O.s as he struggles, until the Hand is dead.
  • Use the portal  591, 71, -55 to return to Miranna Ameema on the Isles of Wisdom.

Match the rune to the boss. Each Vaashkaani named demands a different Tier-0 immunity - a Stun rune for Akharys, a Fear rune for the Sovereign’s mirror. Swap them in as you go.

Reward: coin · Status Coin · choice of a Reflected Hauberk/Robe/Breastplate/Cuirass of Pride.

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Vaashkaani · Alcazar CrescendoBoss

Vaashkaani Crescendo (Reprise)

Start: Miranna Ameema, Isles of Wisdom  -911, 190, 331

You receive the Glorious Maestra's Cithara when you start the quest.

  • Enter Vaashkaani: Alcazar Crescendo and make your way to the Djinn Sovereign's throne:
    • Kill Khazinehdar Zuhraasa  621, 71, -1 - use H.O.s to debuff.
    • Take the portal to the Sovereign's Hold  622, 70, 0, clear the trash, then ride the carpet  888, 70, 0 to the center platform.
  • Stop the Djinn Sovereign to reach the Virtuosa's Prison: kill Zakir-Sar-Ussur using the Glorious Maestra's Cithara to make him vulnerable. (He does not attack - this is an unfailable scripted event. Attack until he speaks of "Nostrolo's song", then use the Cithara and DPS him down.)
  • Enter the Virtuosa's Prison via the portal  848, 70, -14 to the Vaashkaani Bastille.
  • Speak to Lyrissa Nostrolo  375, 23, -356 (group update), set the arca down  383, 23, -355, and speak to her again.
  • Defend her: defeat the attacking djinn, then Kapuji-bashi Haakhaz when he spawns. Speak to Lyrissa Nostrolo again.
  • Speak to the Allyrians - Helalli, Chandrima, and Vahravi spawn; speak to Vahravi, after which everyone disappears.
  • Take the portal  367, 20, -335 to leave and return to Miranna Ameema on the Isles of Wisdom.

Reward: coin · Royal Djinn Mirror · BoZ Flag: Vaashkaani Unlock · Status Coin (75,000).

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Aether WroughtlandsFinale

Fractal Chorus Finale

Start: Miranna Ameema, Isles of Wisdom  -911, 190, 331

The maedjinn forge - and the curtain call. Finishing here unlocks the POI and Dropped quest layers across all three overland zones.

  • From the Auric Palisades, use the portal  -711, 229, -755 to the Aether Wroughtlands. You must use this portal - any other route won't update the quest.
  • Make your way to the outpost  715, -44, -447.
  • Speak to the three NPCs to finish:
    • Oolfonso  715, -43, -462
    • Tehes  701, -43, -459 (gives the optional follow-up Clearing the Campsite)
    • Riccaww  -30, 87, 483

Only one portal updates the finale. The Fractal Chorus Finale advances only if you reach the Aether Wroughtlands through the Auric Palisades portal - no shortcuts.

Reward: coin · Status Coin (75,000) · Precious Amulet of the Fractal Chorus · BoZ Flags: Aether Wroughtlands Unlock & Dungeons Unlock.

Up next: Scars of Destruction follows this saga - and finishing here opens the POI & Dropped quest layers across all three overland zones.