EverQuest II · Terrors of Thalumbra

The Underdepths
Saga

A chronological, waypoint-by-waypoint field guide down into Thalumbra, the Ever Deep and the forge-city of Maldura.

Solo / Advanced Solo Level 100 Starts: Kelethin / Neriak 8 quests ~47 steps

Before You Begin

A short, linear chain - but two gates can stall you, so prep them up front.

Crafting gate at quest 3. Zaphardt's Defenders needs Artisan level 2 and 8 Thaumic Coal, and it crafts on a workbench inside the instance. Level a little tradeskill and stock the coal early so it doesn't halt the whole line.

The Signature Chain

Home city → Thalumbra, the Ever Deep → Maldura → the Advanced-Solo instances
01
Kelethin / Neriak → Thalumbra

Into Darkness

Start: Dangle Springbolt, Kelethin 323, 109, 158 (good)  ·  Virun D'Xyafin, Neriak -284, 29, 184 (evil)

A band of gnomes mistake the clockworks and elementals calling for aid as a displaced gnomish civilization - perhaps refugees of Ak'Anon. You agree to answer the call and descend.

  • Good: speak with Zeen Corblecog near Gearheart's Forge in Kelethin  294, 127, 309. Evil: speak with Viti Bipklang in Neriak  26, 4, 311.
  • Click the tinkered portal-gate  299, 128, 311 to travel to Thalumbra, the Ever Deep.
  • Investigate the nearby city.
    • Speak to Gwynnura in Stoneheart Yards  616, 87, 75.
  • Help the harvest at the Ironblood Fungus Farm.
    • Speak to Grygrim the Tender  777, 56, -213 and finish his quest Not So Tender Touch (good can instead do Ironblood and Guts).
  • Return to Zeen Corblecog by the portal  462, 96, 43 (evil: Virun  470, 95, 66).

Reward: coin & quest XP - opens the saga and the city of Maldura.

02
Maldura

Mysteries of Maldura

Start: Zeen Corblecog 462, 96, 43 (evil: Virun D'Xyafin 470, 95, 66)

  • Enter the city of Maldura  261, 151, 484.
  • Speak to 3 citizens to learn the city and its enemies:
    • Gulmar - Metal Mercantile District, by the healers  -127, -3, -80
    • Brulsael - Deep Quarry  -34, 17, -195
    • Frith Clatterstein - Stone Mercantile District, near the banker  -176, -2, 137
  • Speak to Dirvy Boomfield in the Alcove of Reason  -55, 10, 131.
  • Speak with Graldek the Ironshadow at the Mushroom Bar and Grill  -54, -8, -1.
  • Leave the city and kill 12 undead (disturbed dhalgars, awoken gnemlins, wandering skeletons) at Tranquil Halls, SW of the city  429, 168, 536.
  • Return to Graldek in Maldura.
  • Speak to Eccles Zaphardt near the entrance to Maldura  -200, -4, -28.

Reward: coin · +1000 Shields of Maldura · +1000 Citizens of Maldura · AA xp.

03
Maldura · Crafting gate

Zaphardt's Defenders

Start: Eccles Zaphardt near the Maldura exit  -200, -4, -28  ·  needs Artisan L2 + 8 Thaumic Coal

The Alcove of Reason and Waterworks are locked down by an immolated invasion. To trace the link between the city's threat and the Primordial Malice, you head into the Algorithm For Destruction yourself.

  • Enter Maldura: Algorithm For Destruction (Advanced Solo)  -109, 2, 49.
  • Complete the subquest Defensive Measures - and loot the spider bodies.
  • Harvest the upgrade components:
    • 12 Undertok Sentry Upgrade Plans - sheets on the floor in the Waterworks: Treatment & Reclamation
    • 8 Undertok Sentry Upgrade Parts - from spidermech defenders (click the crystal  -87, 13, 178 to spawn them)
    • 1 Cabalbox Access Pin - from X-O Arachmech
    • 8 Coil Conductors - copper springs throughout the zone (harvestable after using the Voice Box)
  • Use the Voice Box near the zone-in  -83, 9, 132: examine the Plans for a recipe, scribe it, then craft 8 Sentry Shock Box XII at the Alcove of Reason workbench  -70, 12, 173 (uses your 8 Thaumic Coal as fuel).
  • Upgrade 8 undertok sentries: kill the Dark Gears Conscripts & Vassals, slay Black Bolt, then use a Shock Box on each disabled sentry.
  • Return to Eccles Zaphardt in Maldura.

Reward: Evoker's Gearific Chain or Zaphardt's Invocation Circle · +1000 Shields of Maldura · AA xp.

04
Maldura · Alcove of Reason

Gears of the City

Start: Eccles Zaphardt  -200, -4, -28

Tobon Blingden, the Grand Artificer and half of Maldura's ruling seat, summons you to the Alcove of Reason - now that Black Bolt is tied to the immolated.

  • Click the Crystallized Proximity Translocator  -53, 15, 204 to port to Tobon Blingden in the Infinite Caverns  -52, 5, 249.
  • Speak to Queen Alwenielle in the Palace of Unity  376, 86, 0.
  • Slay the linked Primordial Malice trio (shadowknight, cursespinner, cultist) in Stoneheart Yards  621, 106, 342.
  • Report to Zeen Corblecog  462, 96, 43 (evil: Virun  470, 95, 66).

Reward: coin · +1000 Shields of Maldura · +1000 Citizens of Maldura · AA xp.

05
Maldura → District of Ash

Eyes of the Ironshadow

Start: Zeen Corblecog / Virun by the portal in Stoneheart Yards  470, 96, 68

  • Talk to Graldek Ironshadow at the Mushroom Bar and Grill  -54, -8, -1.
  • Zone into Maldura: District of Ash (Advanced Solo)  -108, 5, -49.
    • Gather 12 Thalumbra cave maps (sheets on the ground; they respawn).
    • Clear the named: The Quarry Behemoth, Tothrak, The Fire Gazer (a lava ring-event below the Forge of Brell), Gavitzle, Gavitzle the Charbroiled (drops a Folded Parchment) and Cugdava the Changer.
  • Return to Graldek Ironshadow.
  • Confront Queen Alwenielle in the Palace of Unity  376, 86, 0.
  • Exit to Thalumbra, the Ever Deep.
  • Return to Zeen Corblecog  462, 96, 43.
    • Good: speak to Queen Amree via teleprojector. Evil: your contact is missing - speak with Zintra De'Oziana instead.

Reward: Polished Astral Umbrite Necklace · +1000 Shields of Maldura · AA xp.

06
Zou'Lidelas · Luminous Peaks

Luminous Quest

Start: Queen Amree (good) / Queen Cristanos (evil)  469, 95, 51

Find Queen Alwenielle's lost sister, Lafenielle, and you may give the grieving dhalgar queen something to keep fighting for.

  • Search the Luminous Peaks for any sign of Lafenielle  -542, 208, 287.
  • Talk to Lamari up in the trees  -547, 210, 321.
  • Speak with Atalya  -565, 214, 305.
  • Travel to Maldura and speak to Queen Alwenielle in the Palace of Unity  376, 86, 0.
  • Return to Lamari in Zou'Lidelas.
  • Gather spell components:
    • Kill rancid poxfiends for 10 toxin glands (high in the leaves)  -637, 236, -23
    • Collect 8 glow toad egg clutches (rock-piles under the streams)  -301, 129, 71
  • Find Lamari at the southernmost point of Zou'Lidelas  -439, 240, 457; kill 2 growling thrashclaws.
  • Speak with Lamari again.

Forced flight. The poxfiend area forces you airborne - clear your mount/leaper hotbar first, and expect per-player loot updates on the glands.

Reward: your choice of a Luminous Ever Deep / Illumine Umbrite armor piece (cloth, leather, chain or plate) · +1000 Zou'Lidelas.

07
Stygian Threshold

Unveiled Dangers

Start: Lamari, southern Zou'Lidelas  -439, 240, 457

Dispel the magic binding Queen Alwenielle, and you may finally reveal who is truly behind the death stalking Maldura.

  • Enter Stygian Threshold: The Howling Gateway (Advanced Solo)  -749, 172, 168.
    • Clear the Barkgut hunters & gatherers, then slay Gagrash and Hagrash.
    • Right-click to dissolve the two barriers  53, 80, 186 - quickly, one right after the other.
    • Gather the Illusion Trituration Crystal  53, 82, 181.
  • Return to Lamari  -439, 240, 457.
  • Travel to Queen Alwenielle  376, 86, 0 and smash the crystal - then kill 4 Primordial Malice and speak to her.
  • Seek Tobon Blingden  -52, 5, 249 - he's gone!
  • Rouse Barry Krangswell nearby  -60, 5, 242 and speak to him.
  • Return to Queen Alwenielle.

Reward: Umbrite Adornment of Prismatic Resilience (Lesser) · +1000 Shields of Maldura · AA xp.

08
Maldura · Unveiled PalaceFinale

Chaos and Malice

Start: Queen Alwenielle, Palace of Unity  376, 86, 0

Restored to her true glaufaye form, Alwenielle reveals she shattered a gem of guarded knowledge into three Chaos Rebirth Stone shards. The Aberrant siege was only a diversion while the Primordial Malice hunted those shards.

  • Speak to your queen near the portal in Stoneheart Yards: good → Queen Amree  468, 96, 51; evil → Queen Cristanos  472, 96, 67.
  • Recover the Grand Artificer's Exceptional Screwdriver from Xoth, the Ever Rending  -63, -13, 255 in Kralet Penumbra: Temple of the Ill-Seen (Advanced Solo) - enter via the red portal  456, 6, -760. (Xoth spawns only after every other named is dead.)
  • Approach Queen Alwenielle in Maldura: Unveiled Palace (Advanced Solo)  203, 66, -2:
    • Slay Dragoon T'Xilkrin and Dragoon Vizarn (each drops a charged Malduran crystal).
    • Insert the crystals into the power cells  279, 69, 111 and  280, 69, -113.
    • Use the switches  352, 69, -1 until you are ported, then kill The Butcher of Hate.
  • Speak with Queen Alwenielle again.
  • Report to your faction representative in Stoneheart Yards near the portal.

Reward: your choice of an 872-potency ring (University of Andelfoof / Klick'Anon / Moradhim Signet / Doomwalker's) · the Underdepths Saga achievement → Scytalis, of the Ever Deep + Thalumbra Equipment Infuser.

Up next: this is the first modern signature line - it feeds into Kunark Ascending, which recommends finishing it (plus the Greenmist Heritage Quest) first.