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 those guides refer to live during the PoP timeframe (or perhaps even the current progression servers). This guide is tailored specifically to TAKP. If you are so inclined, help make this guide as AKurate as possible by diving into the code!

Minimum level or Alternate Access quests can get you into a 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.

As of 24 July 2023, some Tier 2 and 3 zones 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

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 on TAKP 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 planned.

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

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 primarily arise for three 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).

• From exceeding the number of flags available for the raid, usually capped at 72 flags.

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 flagging issues you may have if they get out of order. I recommend doing these steps 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 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.

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 provides four required character flags. He cannot put your flags in order like the Seer can, so he is a common cause for flag issues. The four Maelin flags are "combined" flags granted after multiple kills:

1. "Cipher" flag for after both Saryrn and Marr
2. "Zebuxoruk" flag for after both Marr and Agnarr
3. "Zeks" flag for after both Vallon and Tallon Zek
4. One final flag for after receiving both "Zevuxoruk" flag and Rallos Zek flag

[ ] 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.

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.

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.

Tier 1 Planes

Plane of Justice

This is a one group event, with emphasis on high DPS. [ ] 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 generally regarded as the easiest: Trial of Execution is the Tribunal due East. To begin the trial say "ready to begin the trial of execution". Your group will be teleported to the event area where you will only get a few seconds before things start. When you start the trial, an untargetable Executioner will spawn at the far end of the room and walk towards the prisoner. If he reaches the prisoner, he will execute them after a few seconds and you fail the trial. Four waves of four Mobs will spawn. Each kill resets the timer on the Exeuctioner, so concentrate DPS and kill them quickly one at a time. After you have killed off the fourth wave, you need to then kill the Boss executioner who spawns on the platform. Killing him wins the trial and you must loot a Mark of Execution. There is a 30 min cooldown if you succeed, no wait if you fail. [ ] After completing a trial, say “Mavuin” to one of the “The Tribunal” in the trial room. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Go back and Hail Mavuin 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

72 Flag limit. Scheduled as "Grummus" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] Go to Alder Fuirstel in Plane of Tranquility - standing besides the poop shoot into Plane of Disease. Say “ward” to Adler Fuirstel. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Grummus and Hail A Planar Projection for CoD access and Fuirstel progression (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’ve received a character flag!) You can also gain access to the Crypt of Decay through this quest.

Plane of Innovation

72 Flag limit. Scheduled as "MB" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] Optional – Kill Xanamech Nezmirthafen to get factory door key. At least 1 person will need this to open the door for the everyone. Guide HERE. [ ] Say “test the machine” to Giwin Mirakon inside the factory door. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Manaetic Behemoth and Hail Giwin Mirakon (he spawns near boss room) to receive character flag. (You’ve received a character flag!) You can also gain access to the Plane of Tactics through this quest.

Plane of Nightmares

Hedge runs are for up to three groups per run, and not scheduled. 72 Flag limit for Terris Thule. Scheduled as "TT" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] 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 tell him you are "ready" to get your group ported up into the maze (note he will only port up to 3 groups). Once inside, tell Thelin "ready" again for him to start moving. 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.

Tier 2 Planes

Plane of Storms

Not centrally scheduled, guilds will frequently pull together groups to take down named for the medallions and call rotting ones in Alliance chat. [ ] 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 (from different regions) [ ] 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

72 Flag limit. Scheduled as "AD" on the Raid/Flag schedule. Note: You must complete a PoJ Trial or hailing the Planar Progression will not grant access to the flag. [ ] Optional – Obtain Crystalline Globe to open the door to the crystalline dragon named Aerin`Dar who resides in the back of the Plane of Valor wastelands. At least 1 person will need this. Guide HERE. [ ] Kill Aerin’Dar and Hail A Planar Projection who will respond: "The Planar Projection's thoughts enter your own. 'You have done well. You will now be able to enter the Halls of Honor.'" [ ] Zone into Halls of Honor via the Plane of Valor underground tunnel entrance. (You’ve received a character flag!) You can also gain access to the Halls of Honor through this quest.

Crypt of Decay

36 Flag limit for Carprin and 72 Flag limit for Bert. Scheduled as "Carprin" and "Bert" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] Hail Elder Fuirstel in Plane of Tranquility in the Sick Bay. Must have completed Grummus Flag to get a response. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Complete Carprin Event and Hail Tarkil Adan (a tiny pusling) in Crypt of Decay to gain Access to Lower Floor. (Key to the lower depths of the Ruins of Lxanvom Keyring) (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Complete Bertoxxulous Event in Crypt of Decay and Hail A Planar Projection. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Hail Elder Fuirstel again in Plane of Tranquility in the Sick Bay. (You’ve received a character flag!)

Plane of Torment

72 Flag limit. Scheduled as "Saryrn" on the Raid/Flag schedule. 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 “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 Keeper of Sorrows and Hail Tylis Newleaf who spawns at the end of the event. Tylis ports you back down to the room before Saryrn. (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.

Tier 3 Planes

Halls of Honor

Scheduled as "HoH trials" and "LMM" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] Complete Trial 1 (Northeast Trial – Dragon) then Hail Trydan Faye to receive flag emote: An ethereal mist descends from the air and surrounds your very being. Your body begins to emanate with the power of Trydan Faye. [ ] Complete Trial 2 (Northwest Trial – Save Villagers) then Hail Rhaliq Trell to receive flag emote: An ethereal mist descends from the air and surrounds your very being. Your body begins to emanate with the power of Rhaliq Trell. [ ] Complete Trial 3 (Southeast Trial – Save Single Villager) then Hail Alekson Garn to receive flag emote: An ethereal mist descends from the air and surrounds your very being. Your body begins to emanate with the power of Alekson Garn. Temple of Marr (HoHB) [ ] Kill Lord Mithaniel Marr in Halls of Honor B and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) Visit Grand Librarian Maelin [ ] Go to Grand Librarian Maelin in the top of the library in the Plane of Knowledge (up the elevator). With both Saryrn and Marr character flags, "Hail" Maelin to receive a "Cipher" character flag. (You’ve received a character flag!) This gives you the clue about asking for "information" or "lore".

Bastion of Thunder

72 Flag limit. Scheduled as "Agnarr" on the Raid/Flag schedule. [ ] 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 “follow the path of the Fallen” to Karana (You’ve received a character flag!) Note: To zone out say “send me” to Karana Visit Grand Librarian Maelin [ ] Go to Grand Librarian Maelin in the top of the library in the Plane of Knowledge (up the elevator). With both Marr and Agnarr character flags, say "what lore" to Maelin to receive a "Zebuxoruk" character flag. (You’ve received a character flag!)

Plane of Tactics

Scheduled as "TZ/VZ" and "RZ" on the Raid/Flag schedule. Many (ok, most) players will get their flags out of order here by killing all three Zeks before receiving the proper flags from Maelin. This is easily fixable. You can also 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. [ ] 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!) Visit Grand Librarian Maelin [ ] Go to Grand Librarian Maelin in the top of the library in the Plane of Knowledge (up the elevator). With the "Cipher" flag and character flags for killing both Vallon and Tallon Zek, say "what lore" to Maelin for the combined "Zeks" character flag. (You’ve received a character flag!) Note: If you kill all three Zeks in a single raid, you will need to run to Maelin and say "what lore" before going to the Seer as you will only receive a checklist flag for the RZtW kill. Maelin will give you the combined "Zeks" flag, and the Seer will then be able to fix your RZtW checklist flag. [ ] Kill Rallos Zek and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) Visit Grand Librarian Maelin Again [ ] With Maelin's "Zebuxoruk" flag (Marr and Agnarr) and final RZtW character flag, say "what information" to Maelin to receive the final character flag from Maelin. (You’ve received a character flag!)

Mid-point Flag Check/Flag Fixing

At this point you must have completed all the Tier 2 flags and killed Saryn, Mithaniel Marr, Agnarr, Tallon Zek, Vallon Zek and Rallos Zek. You should have visited Grand Librarian Maelin several times and received his four character flags. But lets be honest, you probably didn't...so you now need to fix all your checklist and missing Maelin flags before you can proceed to the Tower of Solusek Ro.

Go visit the Seer in PoK. Sit down and say "unlock my memories". She won't necessarily grant you any flags - this is for fixing flags if you do them out of order.

Now go to Grand Librarian 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 Maelin and say "new information" and "new lore" a few times. Keep track of how many character flags you receive from him, you need four. If you don't get all the flags, go back to the seer, sit, then say "guided meditation" again to get them in order.

As you work your way through this, 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. Go back and forth between the Seer and Maelin repeating these steps until the flag checker shows you are good.

You are now ready for the Tower of Solusek Ro!

Solusek Ro's Tower

Scheduled as "ToSR" on the Raid/Flag schedule. You will need all of your flags in correct order up through Rallos Zek, and flags from all 5 Mini bosses to be able to zone into Solusek Ro’s chamber. [ ] Kill Xuzl and click stone. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Arlyxir and click stone. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Jiva and click stone. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Rizlona and click stone. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill The Protector of Dresolik and click stone. (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Kill Solusek Ro and Hail A Planar Projection (You’ve received a character flag!) [ ] Drop down into Lava Pit in Solusek Ro’s chamber to zone into Doomfire, The Burning Lands, a.k.a The Plane of Fire.

Tier 4 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.

References

EQMacEmu Quest code on GitHub

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