Tomb of the Ancients (Rev. 77)

The Tomb of the Ancients is an high-level dungeon whose portal has a guaranteed (as of X.31.9.3) chance of dropping from Grand Sphinx event boss, which spawns once per realm. The portal stays open for 30 seconds.

The Tomb is a source of the rare Potions of Life, powerful untiered rings, the Tome of Holy Protection, the Pharaoh’s Requiem, and the entire Priest of Geb ST Set. The dungeon has several hazards, including indestructible turrets that cause various status effects, quicksand that slows movement the longer players are in it, powerful enemies, and a highly strategic boss fight.

Key

The Tomb of the Ancients Key is available in the Nexus for 200 .

Guide

See the Tomb of the Ancients Guide for a complete walkthrough on the dungeon and all its enemies.

Contents

• Layout
• Hazards
• Enemies
• Bosses
• Drops of Interest
• Tips and Strategies
• History
• Trivia

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Example Layout:

Full map here

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The Dungeon

You enter the Tomb in the boss room. However, the bosses are inactive until you complete the dungeon quests; killing all the Sarcophagi. The Sarcophagi are scattered throughout the Tomb. To reach them, you must deal with quick-sand, indestructible traps, and a host of unique (and deadly) minions - all with significant health, damage, and crowd-controlling abilities. Each tomb has 5 “event” rooms where there will be either sarcophagi or treasure with a minimum of 1 sarcophagus in each tomb. IE, if there were 3 sarcophagi destroyed and the tomb bosses have activated, there must be 2 treasure rooms left somewhere. Once all Sarcophagi are destroyed, the Bosses will become active.

Interestingly, every dead end will either be Sarcophagi or treasure.

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Hazards

Frequently found between Sarcophagi chambers, along with the turrets.

Various elemental turrets are found in most rooms. These cannot be destroyed but can still be temporarily disabled by stuns and stasising. Their projectiles cause moderate damage but inflict dangerous status effects.

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Enemies

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Bosses

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Drops of Interest

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Tips and Strategies

Fast Clear - the fastest way to clear the Tomb is to have a Rogue run-and-cloak to bypass all the intermediate rooms between the Sarcophagi. This allows the remainder of the group to teleport to the quests. This strategy will also involve leaving at least one person near the dungeon entrance, allowing the group to quickly engage the bosses after the last Sarcophagus is killed. The beauty of this strategy is it can be accomplished with very small groups, avoiding in otherwise epic amount of time wasted on lesser minions.

Most often, people call for a style of Tombing collectively referred to as Clean; Its opposite is often called FFA (Free-For-All. As its name suggests, bullets fly, people die, and the Mad God smiles upon thee). The fundamental principle of Clean is to preserve the lives of the players. To proceed in the Tomb safely, one boss is often attacked at a time, as the bosses only begin to attack upon receiving a set amount of damage. In other words, unless provoked, they will simply stand around. The most popular method (for fighting bosses is) Bes, Nut, and Geb, in that order. When Tombs were new, Nut was the primary target, due to her status as the healer. Geb is seldom attacked first, except in FFA.



Tips to keep in mind when first attempting a tomb in a large group or in a small group:

(20+ players) Large Group preliminary:

The easiest way to complete this dungeon, with a large group, is to sit back until a designated rusher reaches the sarcophagus rooms. When they reach the rooms, the kind thing to do is to help them clear the sarcophagi and teleport back to the main room and wait for the next room. Repeat this until all rooms are cleared.

Large Group Boss Fight:

The chances of the all bosses being activated is large, but if possible try and keep the tomb “clean” (staying in the designated attack order).

(-10 players) Small Group preliminary:

A small group is general preferred by more experienced players, but this can be quite a challenge for beginning players. The best way is to let a rushing player do their job, but in smaller groups this isn’t always possible. If there is still a chance that the bosses can be cleared, clear the dungeon of monsters as you go sarcophagi to sarcophagi.

Small Group Boss notes:

In a tomb, with a small group, it is critical to not fight all bosses at once. In a smaller group this is multiplied. Fighting the bosses out of order can result death.

Notes for any group:

Remember, these bosses can do serious damage and take all precautions possible! (especially on melee classes). The first thing to think about is risk over gain.

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History

• Released in November 28 of 2011.

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Trivia

• This dungeon was intended to be the most challenging one in the game upon its release. Its status was first supplanted by the release of The Shatters in 2013 and additional endgame dungeons since then.