Help! Am I Raid Ready

The primary aim of this guide is not to introduce the quest or to state the strategies used. Rather, this will be about flagging as well as getting the weapons and other necessary gear to do it. However good is the preparation, it is still not sufficient. 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.

Tempest's Spine (TS)

 * Level: 10
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 20 to 90 minute
 * Timer: None
 * General weapons: Smiter, 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, deathward, freedom of movement

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: 1 to 2 hours, 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: Smiter, Vorpal, Disruption, DPS, Ranged
 * Bane weapons: construct, dwarf, undead, dragon
 * Gear: poison proof, disease immunity, resist fire/electricity, lesser restoration

The Twilight Forge (Titan)

 * Level: 12
 * Flagging:
 * Hiding in Plain Sight, Bring Me the Head of Ghola-Fan!, Slavers of the Shrieking Mines
 * Sigil of Dal Quor from combining shatter and broken sigil pieces by talking to Oster
 * Sigil has to be repair after each completion
 * Duration: 1 to 2.5 hours, 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: Smiter, Vorpal, DPS (Adamantine to bypass raid boss DR), Ranged
 * Bane weapons: construct, giant, abberation and monstrous humanoid
 * Gear: poison proof, resist fire/electricity/cold/acid, lesser restoration, deathward, freedom of movement

Against the Demon Queen (DQ)

 * Level: 12
 * Flagging:
 * The Chamber of Raiyum, Chains of Flame, An Offering of Blood followed by Against the Demon Queen
 * Against the Demon Queen has to be done each time raid is completed.
 * Duration: 15 to 30 minutes, consist of the raid 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, shield (spell), deathward, freedom of movement, remove blindness

The Reaver's Fate (Reaver)

 * Level: 14
 * Flagging:
 * 9 dragon, 9 elven and 9 giant relics turned in to Crag
 * The Crucible, The Prison of the Planes, Madstone Crater followed by Gianthold Tor (including killing the three optional dragons)
 * Duration: 10 to 15 minutes, consist 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 fire/acid/cold/electricity/sonic, shield (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 - Fleshmaker's Laboratory
 * Right Frame - Inferno of the Damned
 * Left Frame - Ghosts of Perdition
 * Random - Left Pincer, Center Frame, Eye of the Abbot, Right Pincer
 * complete Litany of the Dead 4 times, each time killing a different end boss
 * Duration: 10 minutes to 2.5 hours, consist of the raid Ascension Chamber
 * This raid due to some special circumstances is not likely to be completed by a regular 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: poison proof, disease immunity, fear immunity, deathblock, deathward and 5 free inventory spots

The Thirteenth Eclipse (Shroud)

 * Level: 17
 * Flagging:
 * Let Sleeping Dust Lie, Running with the Devils, Ritual Sacrifice, The Coalescence Chamber, Rainbow in the Dark
 * 5 different Sharavath Stones which drop from the 5 quests combined into a Sharavath Signet Stone
 * Duration: 15 minutes to 50 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: poison proof, disease immunity, resist fire/sonic/acid, lesser restoration, remove curse, deathward

A Vision of Destruction (VoD)

 * Level: 18
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 10 minutes to 30 minutes (10 to 20 minutes to get 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 restore, deathward (Remove Curse Pots Are Mandatory for many groups)

Hound of Xoriat (Hound, HoX)

 * Level: 18
 * Flagging: None
 * Duration: 6 to 15 minutes (10 to 20 minutes to get 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, abberation, undead (to get there)
 * Gear: poison proof, deathblock, feather falling (to get there), resist acid, lesser restore, deathward

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: 20 minutes to 1 hour
 * 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 is needed if you are going to melee the raid boss

Stealer of Souls (SoS)

 * Level: 17
 * Flagging:
 * 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 3 different dragon gems from several wilderness areas (Orchard of the Macabre, Sands of Menechtarun, Ruins of Gianthold, Aussircaex's Valley, Mount Reysalon, and 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.


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