Help! Am I Raid Ready

This article summarizes the flags, weapons and gear necessary for raids and other quests requiring flagging.

When you join a raid, go with an open mind and listen real well. People may bark orders but they generally do this in order to get completion. A raid can be fun but failing is a huge waste of time, resources and is certainly not fun.

Before you read this article, you should read "What should I bring to a raid?." However good you may think your preparation is, you can always improve it.

The Chronoscope (Chrono)

 * Level: 6
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 30 to 60 minutes
 * Timer: 2 Days 18 Hours after receiving end reward
 * General weapons: Silver, Pure Good, Holy, Vorpal, DPS, Ranged
 * Bane weapons: evil outsider, chaotic outsider
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, resist electricity/fire/acid/sonic, remove curse, lesser restoration, death ward, freedom of movement, healing potions.

Tempest's Spine (TS)

 * Level: 10
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
 * Timer: None
 * General weapons: Smiting, Vorpal, DPS, Ranged
 * Bane weapons: elemental, evil outsider, chaotic outsider, elf, giant, aberration
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, underwater action, resist electricity/fire/acid/sonic,remove curse, lesser restoration, death ward, freedom of movement, healing potions.

Vault of Night (Dragon, VoN)

 * Level: 10
 * Flagging:
 * As of update 3, You are considered to be permanently flagged if you done all 4 of the following quests in any order: Tharashk Arena, The Prisoner, The Jungle of Khyber, Haywire Foundry
 * Duration: 60 to 90 minutes, consists of a pre-raid, Vault of Night, and the raid Plane of Night
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward.
 * General weapons: Smiting, Vorpal, DPS, Disruption, Ranged
 * Bane weapons: construct, dwarf, undead, dragon
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, underwater action, resist electricity/fire, lesser restoration, healing potions.

The Twilight Forge (Titan)

 * Level: 12
 * Flagging:
 * Hiding in Plain Sight, Bring Me the Head of Ghola-Fan!, Slavers of the Shrieking Mines
 * The Sigil of Dal Quor from combining Shattered Sigil and Broken Sigil pieces by talking to Oster
 * Sigil has to be re-repaired after each completion
 * Duration: 60 to 90 minutes, consists of a pre-raid, The Twilight Forge, and the raid The Titan Awakes
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Smiting, Vorpal, DPS, (Adamantine to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: construct, giant, aberration and monstrous humanoid
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, underwater action, resist electricity/fire/acid/sonic, lesser restoration, death ward, freedom of movement, healing potions.

Against the Demon Queen (ADQ or DQ1/DQ2)

 * Level: 12
 * Flagging:
 * The Chamber of Raiyum, Chains of Flame, An Offering of Blood followed by Against the Demon Queen
 * Against the Demon Queen is a pre-raid has to be done each time the primary raid is completed.
 * Duration: 15 to 30 minutes in the raid itself, Zawabi's Revenge
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Banishing, DPS (Cold Iron + Good/Holy to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: evil outsider, chaotic outsider, gnoll
 * Gear: resist fire/acid, lesser restoration, death ward, freedom of movement, shield (spell), remove blindness, healing potions.

The Reaver's Fate (Reaver)

 * Level: 14
 * Flagging:
 * The Crucible, The Prison of the Planes, Madstone Crater
 * 9 dragon, 9 elven and 9 giant relics turned in to Crag
 * Gianthold Tor (including killing the three optional dragons)
 * Duration: 15 to 20 minutes, consists of the raid, The Reaver's Fate.
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: DPS (Mithral to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: elemental, giant
 * Gear: resist electricity/sonic, shield (spell), tumble (spell)

Accursed Ascension (Abbot)

 * Level: 17
 * Flagging:
 * Inferno of the Damned, Flesh Maker's Laboratory, Ghosts of Perdition, Desecrated Temple of Vol
 * 8 sigil pieces to form a full sigil
 * Right Wing - Temple of Vol
 * Left Wing - Flesh Maker's Laboratory
 * Right Frame - Inferno of the Damned
 * Left Frame - Ghosts of Perdition
 * Left Pincer - Random
 * Center (or Bottom) Frame - Random
 * Eye of the Abbot - Random
 * Right Pincer - Random
 * complete Litany of the Dead four times:
 * kill High Priest of Vol. Take the door out and shatter the four crystals to get credit.
 * kill Cholthulzz. Take the door out and shatter the four crystals to get credit.
 * kill Cinnis. Take the door out and shatter the four crystals to get credit.
 * kill Mentau. Take the door out and shatter the four crystals to get credit.
 * Duration: 10 to 60 minutes, consist of the raid Ascension Chamber
 * This raid, due to some special circumstances, is not likely to be completed by a "pick-up" group
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Disruption, DPS (Bludgeon + Magic to bypass raid boss DR)
 * Bane weapons: undead
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, immunity to fear, deathblock, deathward and 5 free inventory spots

The Thirteenth Eclipse (a.k.a., "The Shroud")

 * Level: 17
 * Flagging:
 * Let Sleeping Dust Lie, Running with the Devils, Ritual Sacrifice, The Coalescence Chamber, Rainbow in the Dark
 * Claim your Twelve favor rank from Jeanselme Brucetius or Valairea Satnarine. You need 40 Twelve favor. Each of the above five quests gives 8 favor on Normal, so you can do them all on Normal, or some on Casual and others on Hard. The only other quest in this level range which gives Twelve favor is Acid Wit.
 * Complete the Eldritch Device Tutorial for Valairea Satnarine
 * Combine the five different Sharavath Stones which drop from the five quests into a Sharavath Signet Stone.
 * Duration: 30 to 90 minutes, consists of the raid, The Shroud
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Vorpal, DPS (Silver + Good/Holy to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: construct, giant, evil outsiders, lawful outsiders, orc, reptile, gnoll, elemental
 * Gear: proof against poison, disease immunity, resist fire/acid/sonic, lesser restoration, remove curse, death ward, freedom of movement

A Vision of Destruction (VoD)

 * Level: 18
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 15 to 30 minutes (takes 10 to 20 minutes to travel to raid)
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Vorpal, DPS (Silver + Good/Holy to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: evil outsider, lawful outsider, undead (to get there)
 * Gear: poison proof, disease immunity, feather falling (to get there), resist electricity/fire/acid/sonic, remove curse, lesser restoration, death ward (Remove Curse potions are mandatory for many groups)

Hound of Xoriat (Hound, HoX)

 * Level: 18
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 6 to 20 minutes (takes 10 to 20 minutes to travel to raid)
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Vorpal, DPS (Lawful to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: evil outsider, lawful outsider, chaotic outsider, aberration, undead (to get there)
 * Gear: poison proof, deathblock, feather falling (to get there), resist acid, lesser restoration, death ward, and Globe of Invulnerability can be useful vs. the "Bees"

Tower of Despair (ToD)

 * Level: 20
 * Flagging:
 * A New Invasion, Bastion of Power, Genesis Point, Sins of Attrition
 * To enter the raid, one must run through the Sharavath outdoor area and locate the tower cave. There is a Yugoloth NPC in the tower cave which will give you the ability to port you to and from Amrath and the tower for future visits
 * Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
 * This raid is not likely to be completed by a pug group
 * Timer: 2 days and 18 hours after collecting the end reward
 * General weapons: Vorpal, DPS (Silver + Good/Holy to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: evil outsider, lawful outsider
 * Gear: poison proof, disease immunity, resist cold/electricity/fire/acid/sonic, remove curse, lesser restore, deathward
 * Boots of Anchoring are required if you are going to melee the raid boss

Stealer of Souls (SoS)
Note: This is not actually a raid. But it is useful to know how to flag for this quest.


 * Level: 17
 * Flagging:
 * Duration: 30 to 75 minutes. (Has a 1 hour time limit, but the timer stops at the final endfight, which may take up to 15 minutes.)
 * Complete: Enter the Kobold, Monastery of the Scorpion, and Prey on the Hunter.
 * You must acquire the Khyber, Siberys, Eberron Dragonshard Essences from the end of these quests.
 * You must also acquire three different dragon gems from any of several wilderness areas:
 * Orchard of the Macabre
 * Sands of Menechtarun
 * Ruins of Gianthold
 * Aussircaex's Valley
 * Mount Reysalon
 * Soami Gardens
 * For more detail please see the Stealer of Souls page.
 * Re-Flagging: You must reacquire the Eberron(50), Khyber(25), Siberys(25) Dragonshard Essences. There are two ways to do this: Complete the 3 pre-quests again and obtain them from the final chest of these quests, or you may purchase them from Vorace using draconic runes*.
 * Timer: None, can be repeated once re-flagging is met.

The Tide Turns (Tide)
Note: Really the only thing raid-like about this quest, is that it features special named end rewards every 3 runs. (Most raids have this feature, tho at every 20 runs)


 * Level: 7
 * Flagging:
 * Complete: Bargain of Blood, The Black Loch, and Storm the Beaches. Note - Only 1 member of your party needs to be flagged for everyone to enter unlike all other quests listed above.
 * Gear: poison proof, disease immunity, resist cold/electricity/fire/acid/sonic, remove curse, lesser restore, death ward, Jump spells
 * Re-Flagging: None required
 * Timer: None, can be repeated indefinitely


 * Mod 8 for Dummies by DaveyCrockett: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=162744