Remains of Castle Landsview

General Information

Name: Remains of Castle Landsview Level Range: 20-25 Chunk: Coastal Graveyard Continent: Thestra Theme: Undead Overall Rating: B+ Spoilers: General | Maps | Screenshots Added by: Nethervoid "It was late that night when the orcs invaded. I remember it clearly. Stinky flesh and battle shouts storming the castle. I was waking up from a dream into a nightmare." - Jeremy Williams, Former Groundskeeper of Castle Landsview

Location

Remains of Castle Landsview

Location of entrance to Remains of Castle Landsview in Coastal Graveyard chunk

Editor's Notes

As you can see from the high scores I gave this place, I really liked this dungeon even though it was a bit short. It has great atmosphere. One of the greatest parts of the atmosphere is how from the road it looks like nothing's there. You go to inspect and BAM a whole dungeon unfolds! Green slimy smoke rising from the opening and all!

Mob placement was great. The mobs are packed pretty tight, with a good sprinkle of pathing mobs to really keep you on your toes. The speed of the spawns is pretty fast if you aren't killing quickly or efficiently. You should probably be moving around, unless you park yourself where there are no spawn points (because you will die if you pull a group and get another group spawning on you). We found a great place to camp while we waited for names to pop, go afk, just a great grind spot. If you would like to read more about it, check out the spoiler section.

There were a good amount of named mobs for such a small dungeon, and you campers will love how most of them are packed almost all in the same wing of the dungeon. There was one pack of named orc undead we wanted to bust up, but they were bugged, so no dice. In fact, they TPKed us, so just be warned. If you want to read up more about this bug, read the bug report I made below in the 'Known Issues' section.

Atmosphere is just amazing. If you know anything about the lore of this place (hint: read below) you will see right away the dev who made this had the lore in mind. The whole place looks like a battle took place there: tables turned to act as barriers, debris everywhere, ghost soldiers haunting the place. It's really awesome. =D

If you get a chance, and I advise you to make that chance happen, you need to do the Crux event quest from below. It's a really fun quest with a great scripted event and some fun mobs to kill. Be warned though, you will have to allocate about 45 minutes per person that needs to get the quest items. Unfortunately only one set of quest items drop per scripted event, so you have to repeat the event for each person on the quest. The actual reason behind the time requirement is explained in the spoiler section of the quest page linked below.

If I were revamping this dungeon, probably the only thing I would do would be add a few more quests. This place really deserves it.

Dungeon Ratings

Overall Rating: B+
Layout: B-
Mob Placement: A
Mob Itemization: B+
Quest Quality: A
Quest Rewards: N/A
Atmosphere: A
For more info on our dungeon rating system, please see this page.

Lore

"Three score years past, the Gulgrethor twins, Ashiji and Razranu, swept over Landsview Castle."

The Orc invasion of Thestra swept over the three castles: Cairnworth Hall, Castle Landsview, and Trengal Keep like a firestorm. Karujin Gulgrethor and his sons stormed the defenses of the area. Joris took Cairnhelm Hall. His twin sons, Ashiji and Razranu, raided Castle Landsview.

Sir Garonth of Landsview tried with all his might and glory to hold back the twin sons of Gulgrethor, but he just couldn't withstand the force of the invasion. Garonth tried to send word to Trengal to warn them of the invasion, but the message never made it. Trengal was unaware of the invasion when it finally slammed against its walls.

Since the war, all three strongholds have had the dead walking the hallways. Even in death they haven't given up.

Quests

Acquired at Adyinn's Watch

[23]

The Crux of Castle Landsview

(Group)

Acquired at Remains of Castle Landsview

[18]

Glimpse of the Past

(Group)

Named Mobs

[22]	Kanju the Unheard

[22]	Vicar Jananth

[24]	SIR GARONTH

Known Issues

Bug:Remains of Castle Landsview

Source

Silky Venom wiki — http://www.whitetalon.com/dungeons/dungeonfinder.asp