Najena

1 Entry Room with Tentacle Terrors 2 Najena's Room with Najena who drops Flowing Black Robe (Common), Clawed Knuckle Ring (Rare), and Black Tome with Silver Runes (Rare) 3 Torture Rooms 4 Crystal Room 5 Drelzna's Room with Drelzna who drops Earring of Disease Reflection (Common) and Ashenwood Short Spear (Rare) and Golden Crescent Key to #2 6 Pit Traps (marked with *) to room 10 below 7 Magician's Lair, Trazdon's Room with Trazdon who drops Dark Circlet 8 Bonecracker's Room with Bonecracker who drops Band of Flesh (Common), Barbed Leather Whip (Rare) and Leering Mask (Rare) and Dull Bone Key to #11 9 Ogre Captain's Room with Ogre Captain who drops Ogre War Maul and Shiny Metal Key to cell outside of #11 and nearby Officer Grush who drops Dull Wooden Spear, and Visiting Priestess 10 Prison with Linara Parlone and injured Halfling in cell, Moosh wanders here 11 Rathyl's Room with Rathyl who drops Traveller's Pouch (Common), Traveller's Pack (Rare) and Bloodstained Key to #5 and Rathyl reincarnate who drops Hollowed Bone Bracers, outside appears Ekeros who drops Blackened Sapphire Note that the Widowmistress spawns in the donut-shaped room just north of Area 2 on the map above, she drops Stiletto of the Bloodclaw (Common).

General Zone info

Level of Monsters:	12-30
Types of Monsters:	Large Skeletons, Greater Skeletons, Darkbone Skeletons, Ogre Guards, Magicians, Magician Pets, Necromancers, Necromancer Pets, Fire, Earth, and Mist Elementals, Guard Officers, Guard Captain, Undead Knight, Goblin Warriors, Giant Black Widows, Froglok Ghouls, Tentacle Terrors
Notable NPC's:	Akksstaff, Bonecracker, Drelzna, Ekeros, Linare Parlone, Moosh, Najena, Officer Grush, Rathyl, Rathyl reincarnate, Trazdon, Visiting Priestess, Widow Mistress
ZEM:	130 (173%)
Zone spawn timer:	18:00
Indoor/Outdoor:	Indoor
Dungeon:	Yes
Bindability (Self/Others) :	No/No
Succor point :	X (858) Y (-76) Z (4) - Lavastorm Mountains zoneline
COTH possible :	Yes
Can summon corpses :	Yes
Ground Spawns:
Foraged items:	Berries, Fishing Grubs, Fruit, Pod of Water, Rabbit Meat, Roots, Vegetables
Allaclone links:	Bestiary, Drops/Equipment

Description

Najena is the ancient home of a twisted dark elf magician named Najena, who carved out this hole in the hidden areas of the Lavastorm Mountains in which to carry out her experiments, as well as those of her allies. The undead walk the halls as if it is home.

Dangers

Najena is a place filled with undead of various types. The rooms are packed with them, with typically four skeletons of various types lying on the floor of any given room. Added to this are aggressive earth elementals and ogre guards, all of whom will attack on sight. For adventurers in the lower level ranges listed above (below 17th level or so), travelling in a group should be the rule, as simply walking in a room can result in four creatures jumping you at once. Once you've hit 17th, only the occasional Darkbone Skeleton will attack. For lower level adventurers, hunting in the front rooms and attacking the creatures that are there should provide enough excitement.

Benefits

For higher level adventurers or groups, the zone is much more interesting than trying to fight off swarms of skeletons. There are several areas of interest. First of all, there is a whole key system to the lair of Najena. Various creatures and NPC's carry the keys to access other areas within the lair. I will use the keys to describe how to move through the zone. The ogre guards and Moosh carry a key ring, which will give you access to the prison cells. One note on Moosh, attacking him in the prison itself will make the injured halfling join in against you, although when you kill him you take hits with all the Rivervale factions. This is especially a pain because Moosh will stupidly attack people way above his level, so even hanging out in there is a bad idea for reasons of faction. The first monster in the key sequence is Bonecracker. Bonecracker is an approximately level 25 undead froglok who lives in a room with two lovely dark elf necromancers. He also spawns the Barbed Leather Whip and Leering Mask occasionally, and he himself spawns every 20 minutes. He gives you the dull bone key. The ogre captain must then be killed to get the shiny metal key. These first two keys are the only keys that aren't No Rent (i.e. they won't disappear when you log) so hang onto them.

The shiny metal key is then used to open the cell outside of Rathyl's room. The dull bone key is then used to access Rathyl's area, where you can fight Rathyl. Note you need both keys to get to Rathyl. Killing him will give you access to the bloodstained key for Drelzna's room, as well as possibly the Traveller's Pouch or Pack. He then reincarnates (as Rathyl reincarnate) and sometimes has the Hollowed Bone Bracers as loot. Then you can access Drelzna's room, who is slightly higher level, and used to spawn the Journeyman Boots (but not any more)... Now you can get the Ashenwood Short Spear there. Getting the golden crescent key from Drelzna will allow you to access the room with Najena herself, who is about 29th level or so and has several high level protectors. She spawns the Flowing Black Robe and the Black Tome with Silver Runes. Also new to the area is a Widow Mistress, who drops the Stiletto of the Blood Claw, and appears near the spiders in the caves beyond the underwater tunnel to Najena's room..

There is also a prison area, which the intrepid explorer can find himself trapped in by falling through one of two pit traps located in the upper level. There is a damsel in distress here, as well as an injured halfling who won't talk to anyone, but, as mentioned above, will rush to the aid of his ogre guard for no apparent reason.

Travelling To and From Najena

The entrance to Najena lies in the southeastern corner of the Lavastorm Mountains. It is impossible to miss, as it consists of a huge set of double doors, with one blown off its hinges from some unknown force within.

External References: EQAtlas