Planes of Power progression

This is a guide to flagging to enable you to enter The Planes of Power zones. There are a number of Planes of Power progression guides and walkthroughs, some are linked at the bottom of this page. There may be differences of course since these refer to live during the PoP timeframe (or perhaps even the current progression servers).

As of 24 July 2023, some Tier 2 and 3 can be accessed by level:

• Level 55:
  • Plane of Valor
  • Plane of Storms
  • Plane of Torment
  • Ruins of Lxanvom (a.k.a. Crypt of Decay)

• Level 60
  • Drunder, Fortress of Zek (a.k.a. Plane of Tactics)

• Level 62
  • Bastion of Thunder
  • Halls of Honor

Alternate access quests for the zones they exist for is per character. Alt access/min level gets you into the zone, but you still need to complete all previous flags normally to move on. You can however typically get the flags for that zone and then backtrack/fix your flags and continue on.

Planes of Power Flagging Overview

So you want to see the Elemental Planes? It's not going to be easy. You're going to need a solid raiding force and a lot of dedication to get there. The major guilds all conduct back flagging, and generally open them up for guests to claim any left over flags. Be polite and follow instructions. Check the Raid/Flag schedule for what is coming up.

The chart below gives a quick overview of the progression (but is not entirely Akurate). Here is a simplified flow chart version.

Checking Flags

As you work your way through the various flag steps, you should check your flag progress often on Planes of Power Flag Checklist site. To use it, copy and paste the text from your log file into the page.

Log files are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony\EverQuest\Logs\ on a PC, or your user's ~/Library/Application Support/EverQuest/Logs directory on a Mac. On a Mac, the Library directory is hidden by default, and is most easily accessed by having Finder active, hold OPTION and click on the 'Go' menu item, then down to Library.

You can toggle /log on and /log off to start and stop writing to the log file. Or you can edit the eqclient.ini file to reflect Log=TRUE if you wish to enable it permanently. The eqclient.ini file will be located in the EverQuest folder noted in the section above according to your OS.

Guide Overview

1) The format for this guide is:

[ ] Green Steps are NPC dialogue or zoning related

[ ] Red Steps are boss kills/fights

[ ] Purple Italic Steps are not “required” flags. Only enough people need to do these to keep your raid moving forward.

2) Flagging issues arise for two reasons:

• From not talking to the right NPC before or after killing a boss.

• From not zoning into a zone from another when you first get a flag (i.e. you must zone into Halls of Honor from Plane of Valor after killing Aerin’Dar for the first time).

3) There are two key NPC’s in Plane of Knowledge: Seer Mal Nae`Shi and Grand Librarian Maelin. Seer Mal Nae`Shi is located in the building next to the Plane of Tranquility zone. She can fix any flagging issues you may have if they get out of order.

Grand Librarian Maelin is located at the top of of library elevator and is part of the flagging process. Mostly towards the later stages. He should at least be done before and after killing the Zek’s , and also after killing Saryrn. Possibly other times as well if you begin to run into flagging issues at any point. He cannot put your flags in order like the Seer can, but he is a common cause for flag issues.

If you are having a flagging issue you may have to go back and forth between Grand Librarian Maelin and Seer Mal Nae`Shi a couple times to fix your flags.

I recommend doing the steps below more than once throughout the flagging process. Especially if you begin to see “You’ve received a new checklist flag!” rather than “You’ve received a character flag!”:

[ ] Locate Seer Mal Nae`Shi in the Plane of Knowledge. Be sure to sit down. Say “guided meditation” to see the status of your current flags. Say “unlock my memories” to get your flags in order. You may have to say this a few times and may get more than 1 flag. Repeat the phrases until you get no more flags.

[ ] Say “Hail”, “what lore”, and “what information” to Grand Librarian Maelin at the top of the Plane of Knowledge Library elevator. You may have to say this a few times and may get more than 1 flag. Repeat the 3 phrases until you get all flags.

Pre-Elemental Planes

Plane of Justice

[ ] Speak to Mavuin in basement of the Plane of Justice. Say “information” to receive flag (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Complete 1 of the 6 Trials in Plane of Justice, Loot Mark of XXX from trial boss. Trial of Execution is the easiest. [ ] Say “mavuin sent me” to one of the “The Tribunal” in the trial room. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Go back and Hail Mauvin to receive a flag. (You’ve received a character flag!) Completion of all the trials allows access to the 7th Hammer - this is not needed to progress to elemental planes.

Plane of Disease

[ ] Go to Alder Fuirstel in Plane of Tranquility - standing besides the poop shoot into Plane of Disease. Say “what ward” to Adler Fuirstel. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Grummus and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Jump into pit that leads into Crypt of Decay from Plane of Disease. [ ] Return to sick bay and Hail Elder Fuirstel.

You can also gain access to the Crypt of Decay through this quest.

Plane of Innovation

Obtain a key for entrance to the factory via this quest. Only one character per raid technically needs this. They can open the door for everyone else. Enter the zone and hail the gnome at the start. Say "I will test the machine" - this will get you a preflag. Then kill the Manaetic Behemoth deeper inside the factory and hail the gnome again. You are now flagged for Plane of Tactics Alternatively you can do this quest to gain entrance to Plane of Tactics. [ ]

Plane of Nightmares

[ ] First you must Hail Elder Poxbourne in Plane of Tranquility in the Sick Bay (the area of PoTranq near beach with sick elders in it). Then say “tortured by nightmares” to Adroha Jezith. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Now find the hedge inside of Plane of Nightmares - it is across the river along the left zone wall. Hail Thelin Poxbourne and get ported up into the maze (note he will only port up to 3 groups in a raid). Complete Hedge Maze event. Hail Thelin Poxbourne at the end of the event to zone out. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Terris Thule in Plane of Nightmare B and Hail A Planar Projection. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Go back to Plane of Tranquility and Hail Elder Poxbourne. (You’ve received a character flag!)

You can also gain access to the Plane of Torment through this quest.

Plane of Storms

[ ] Complete Askr the Lost’s Giant Collect Quest (Talisman of Thunderous Foyer Keyring). Guide HERE. (You’ve received a character flag!) Collect 1x Storm Giant Head, 1x Storm Volaas Beard, 1x Storm Satuur Sash, 1x Storm Taarid Bone, 2x Esoteric Medallion [ ] Zone into Bastion of Thunder via stone in the middle of the zone from Plane of Storms. (You’ve received a character flag!) Note: You cannot zone into BoT through the PoS portal to complete your flag until you've completed a trial in Plane of Justice.

Plane of Valor

Kill the crystalline dragon named Aerin`Dar which resides in the back of the wastelands to gain entrance to Halls of Honor. Alternatively you can do this quest to gain entrance to Halls of Honor. [ ]

Crypt of Decay

Get through the Carprin -> High Priest Ultor Szanvon event (you will need a raid) and hail the tiny pusling to gain access to Bertoxxolous' area. Kill Bertoxxolous and hail the planar projection. Then zone out, go hail Alder and Elder again to complete flag. [ ]

Plane of Torment

To be able to speak to the NPCs in Plane of Tranquility to start the Torment flagging process you need to have completed PoDisease/Crypt of Decay/PoNightmare flags correctly. You can still kill Keeper of Sorrows and Saryrn ahead of time if you are minimum level 55 to enter Plane of Torment, but you’ll need to fix your flags afterwards. This is where a lot of people get their flags messed up. [ ] Say “I will go” to Fahlia Shadyglade in Plane of Tranquility. She is in the sick bay. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Optional – Quest for A Screaming Sphere (Key) to open the door to Saryrn’s Tower in Plane of Torment. Only 1 person needs this. Guide HERE. [ ] Complete the Keeper of Sorrows Event: Kill Mareeq to spawn Tylis Newleaf. Go through his dream event to kill the Keeper of Sorrows and Hail Tylis Newleaf who spawns at the end of the event. Tylis ports you back down to the room before Saryn. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Saryrn in Plane of Torment and Hail A Planar Projection. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Go to Plane of Tranquility and Hail both Fahlia Shadyglade and Tylis Newleaf in the Sick Bay.

Bastion of Thunder

[ ] Optional – At least 1 person in the raid must be able to activate the stone to Agnarr’s Chamber using the Symbol of Torden Key. [ ] Complete Agnarr the Storm Lord event. [ ] Go up the spiral stair case and say “I will follow the path of the Fallen.” to Karana (You’ve received a character flag!) Note: To zone out say “Send me on my path.” to Karana

Halls of Honor

Complete the three trials (Crazed Norrathians, Village people, Rydda`Dar) to obtain entrance go Halls of Honor B. In Halls of Honor B, kill Mithaniel Marr and hail the planar projection. [ ]

Plane of Tactics

[ ] Kill Vallon Zek and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Tallon Zek and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Rallos Zek and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] In Plane of Knowledge, go to Grand Librarian Maelin at the top of of library elevator. Hail him and say "I have new lore." Note: You can access Plane of Tactics at level 60 and receive checklist flags for all three kills without any pre-flagging. You will just have to spend time fixing your flags later.

Mid-point Flag Check/Flag Fixing

At this point you should have killed Mithaniel Marr, Saryn, Tallon, and Vallon Zek. Now find the seer in Plane of Knowledge - she's in the building right at zone in from Plane of Tranquility.

Sit down and say "unlock my memories" She won't necessarily have anything to say - this is for fixing flags if you do them out of order.

Now go to Maelin. He is a gnome in the Plane of Knowledge library. To get to him go to the bottom floor of the library and find the elevator (it has a button in the wall). Ride the elevator up to the top and he's behind the table in front of a bookshelf.

Hail him and say 'I have new information' and 'I have new lore'. You may need to do this a few times. Eventually he will tell you that you need to go find Rallos Zek. If you don't get this go back to the seer, sit, then say "guided meditation" you should see this:

If you don't see this, go back through the guide and Planes_of_Power_progression#Checking_Flags and see what you're missing. Otherwise, you are ready for Solusek Ro's Tower.

Solusek Ro's Tower

Kill the five mini-bosses in this zone - Riziona, Arlyxir, Jiva, Xuzl, and Dresolisk. These five flags along with the Rallos Zek flag allow you to enter Solusek Ro's room. Kill him to gain access to the Doomfire, The Burning Lands, a/k/a The Plane of Fire. [ ]

Elemental Planes

In addition to Solusek Ro's chamber, killing Rallos Zek also unlocks the way to the other three elemental planes. Once you have killed Rallos along with the other listed flag mobs (Agnarr, etc.) Go to Maelin, and you should see this:

Eryslai, the Kingdom of Wind

Eryslai, otherwise known as Plane of Air is the home of Xegony. Kill the avatars to gain access to Xegony. Kill Xegony for part of the key needed for Plane of Time.

Vegarlson, the Earthen Badland

Vegarlson is the Plane of Earth, and home of the Rathe. Complete all the rings to spawn the Mystical Arbitor and kill him in order to gain access to Plane of Earth B. Once there, kill the Rathe counsel and the Avatar of Earth.

Reef of Coirnav

This is the elemental Plane of Water and home of Coirnav. Kill Coirnav to obtain one of the pieces needed for entrance to the Plane of Time.

Doomfire, The Burning Lands

Doomfire is the Plane of Fire. Kill Fennin Ro to gain a part of the key needed for entrance to the Plane of Time.

The Plane of Time

At this point you should have four elemental shields, one drops from each of the elemental gods.

• From Coirnav: Sphere of Coalesced Water
• From Fennin: Globe of Dancing Flame
• From Rathe: Mound of Living Stone
• From Xegony: Amorphous Cloud of Air.

Now you need to combine them. There is a book found on a slave in Plane of Tactics which contains this vital information.

I, Frana Shimi, have speculated for the Lords of War an answer for a new type of container. The problem that you had presented to me was the ability to seal off the very power of the elements. No material has the ability to hold all of the powers of the elements at one time.

I believe though if you were to create an unfired medium container and then fire it with two high quality firing sheets covered in Multielemental glaze it would create an invulnerable container. To make the multielement glaze, you will need to mix together the four base element glazes: windy glaze, aqua glaze, earthen glaze, and magma glaze in a glaze mortar.

I dare not imagine why you would need to combine the quintessence of the elements, or what you would do with it. Please consider my time here spent well, and set my soul at rest. I have toiled here for long.

What this means is that you must combine your four elemental shields and combine them inside an odylic vial. To create the odylic vial, follow the instructions from the book:

• Step 1: Create the multi-elemental glaze

Combine windy glaze, aqua glaze, earthen glaze, and magma glaze in a glaze mortar. (These glazes are made from components found inside each of the elemental planes)

• Step 2: Create an unfired medium container

Combine 1 block of clay, 1 medium jar sketch, and 1 flask of water on a pottery wheel.

• Step 3: Create the odylic vial

Combine the unfired medium container with 2 high quality firing sheets and the multi-elemental glaze in a Tanaan kiln (e.g. the one in Plane of Knowledge). **NOTE:** This item is not no-drop so your guild will only need one.

If you did all this correctly, you now have a 4-slot container called an odylic vial. If you're having problems creating the vial, I refer you to EQTraders for the recipes. Place the 4 elemental shields you have (globe, sphere, cloud, and mound) inside, and combine. The result should be the Quintessence of Elements:

Now take your nice flashy new quintessence (which for some odd reason has the same graphic as the scepter of Al`kabor) and hail Maelin in the library of Plane of Knowledge.

Almost done now, head to the Plane of Innovation and bring along someone who has a key to the Factory. Open the door to the factory and immediately turn left inside the first room, open the door there and you will find Chronographer Muon, a robot, in the back left corner. Hail him...

At this point you get transported to an otherwise unreachable section of the zone. At the end of the walkway you will find your good friend Maelin along with a time machine.

Well, you've done it. What are you waiting for? Click the time machine in the middle and you will be transported to the Plane of Time.

Summary

• Plane of Innovation
  • Kill Manaetic Behemoth (flag for Plane of Tactics)

• Plane of Valor
  • Kill Aerin`Dar (flag for Halls of Honor)

• Plane of Storms
  • Do Askr's quest for access to Bastion of Thunder

• Crypt of Decay
  • Kill High Priest - get flag to Bertoxxolous area
  • Kill Bertoxxolous

• Plane of Tactics
  • Kill Tallon and Vallon Zek (partial flags for Solusek)
  • Kill Rallos Zek (partial flag for Elemental)

• Halls of Honor
  • Complete the three trials to gain access to Halls of Honor B
  • Kill Mithaniel Marr (partial flag for Solusek/Elemental)

• Bastion of Thunder
  • Kill Agnarr and hail Karana (partial flag for Elemental)

• Plane of Torment
  • Kill Mareeq and free Tylis in his event
  • Kill Saryn (partial flag for Solusek/Elemental)

• Solusek Ro's Tower (requires Marr, Saryn, Tallon, Vallon, Bertox)
  • Kill 5 mini-bosses
  • Kill Solusek Ro (requires Rallos Zek flag)

(All Elementals require Marr, Saryrn, Rallos, and Bertox. Sol Ro will unlock PoFire and Agnarr will unlock the other three)

• Plane of Earth
  • Kill Mystical Arbitor to gain access to PoEarthB
  • Kill the Rathe

• Plane of Air
  • Kill Avatars to gain access to Xegony
  • Kill Xegony

• Plane of Water
  • Kill Coirnav

• Plane of Fire
  • Kill Fennin Ro

• Plane of Time
  • Create (or obtain) odylic vial
  • Combine four elemental parts to create the Quintessence of Elements
  • Hail Maelin in the Library
  • Enter Plane of Time via Plane of Innovation

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by Gemdiver of Fennin Ro

Gemdiver

Arcanist of Fennin Ro

©2003-2004 Christopher French

References

Planes of Power flagging guide (Fanra)

Planar Progression (Allakhazam)

Planar Progression (Rasper's Realm)

Planar Progression (The Spirit Realm)

PoP Seer Guide

Planes of Power Flag Checker