The best way to kill a dreadnaught is to have a Paladin with max Cold Resist. If you have this option to you dreads are level 55 and nuetral, thus will not agro you and are light blue to anyone above level 58.

(A Paladin at this level with a Grundleskin Breastplate/Max CR can solo a dread easily. Remember dreads are undead so use your Exhonerating Ward spell.)

The deal with a dreadnuaght is that they cast an AoE spell that drops your Hit Point total to 750-800. Then they cast a DoT spell that ticks on your at no more than 150 with max CR. They do little or no dmg to a 58+ tank. Therefore there is no reason for a healer to go crazy and cast a 600+ heal on the tank.

You will either need to have a Paladin with a Grundleskin Breastplate and all their heal abilities, any other tank(max CR) and a healer with at least the level 12 heal or a necromancer backup with a decent amount of AR.

If you have this kind of group you can knock out a dread easily and reletively quickly. All melees should be using bows staying out of AoE range (they can use swords if you have a good melee leader that can watch the AoE and run in/run out, using a rock or tree to block all AoE spells). Casters do what they do best, send pets and just chill.

Upon the dreads death he will drop one IoD "key", called the Medallion of the Faceless. You take this to Cazic-Thule where the main temple is (the big one in center zone) and swim not far south. Off the shore there is a very small island with a neutral ghoul named Norach. Give this strange guy your "key" and he sends you off to IoD.

When you want to go back to IoD you can return to Norach and he will need 10,000 tunar to port you off.

In IoD there are plenty of named mobs that spawn pretty often. If you are inexperienced be prepared for plenty of debt. If you know what you are doing a 60 Necromancer can roam freely here and never die. Toons charm some of the undead creatures on this isle, they will become very useful.

If you want to run around IoD and have some serious fun I recommend you go with one group of four people.
1. A good tank.
2. A resist cleric.
3. A battery, nice if they double as a charmer.
4. A serious damage dealer.
You have these four ingredients you can play on IoD for days and have alot of fun!

Yahdaree // Marr's Fist

i have never been to IoD and wanted to know if you can return back when ever you want or do you have to go and hasle for a key again?

oh and you need 10k as well..

<a>Dreadnaught Walkthrough</a>

no talk to Norach in Cazic-Thule (N) and go kill a dreadnaught n go back to him..dont go into iod unless you really like debt and you cant get quest unless yer lvl 40+ or get Cothd into iod

ok i feel like a newb and a moron for asking this question but is there a coach at IoD??

-Kenuden 37 Barbarian Warrior (plans to venture to IoD in 3 lvls)

-Calon 25 Elf Ranger

i went at lvl 43 by myself, and didnt die, it really is pointless to go their unless u plan on raiding, oh FYI the fish in the water (devourers) will follow you out of the water.

I was level 16 when i got the meddalion of faceless , my guild was warriors of might and magic on marrs fist .. bu ti can tfind out where the hell the waysender is in Ct ..........@#%^ u!

Best Methiod I have seen and Done, is for a seeperat running grp , root him taunt him up sow , tunt and run.
HE is and UNDEAD MOB Necros (super necro Defiler/Litch) can fry it fast, and any undead nukes on pal etc are usefull too,
This Avoid The DoT AoE spells he offten use (2 spells wide AoE 450 DoT a fast Tick u got 4 secounds to live with no heal wise to have healers in nuking grps)
Run hime in a good size ring other grps follow along and just nuke to it death , druids can typical hold argo with nuke and sowing back up to run him, but tank sow'd and taunting work a tad better. not nessasry to root and taunt, some feal this is better--- one raid grp got confused and i got owned for this too much, my guild raid we were able to waste alot of Dread-N's , we just stra8 ran it , if u aint got drinks to refresh the mana dont come , rooting to rest will cause ppl to get confused. and or still trying to blindly nuke it.
BEST TO KILL IT FAST AS POSIBLE.

Once u have key and 10k tunar u can goto CT, dinky
Island SE section and undead waysender(named) will port u thier,
I went Long enough to use up the key since 10k will Return U , if U alone RH Back unless u wana Die Fast. Dont get off the boat unless u ready to Raid with large grps, Mobs in the watter are 50's
and or about conned red at 45. even though I'm supéd up on Classmastery to 460 worth of skills and buffs with enough xp to be a 55 u cant solo till 60 somethings , caster mobs own u ez.


Taminye 49 Mini-Defiler clw , Full Defiler Real soon :-> as i hit 55

I read most of the posts on how to get to the IOD but I'm still confused, kill a dreadnaught, go north, can someone clarify this for me lol. I feel slow, thank you.

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Must be lvl 40.

Also must have Key.

If you dont know what a dred is go run up north and watch it take out a group of 50s
Get close enough and youll get the pleasure of death too. I highly doubt that anyone who does not make a contribution to a dred raid would ever get a key, He drops 1 and grps roll for the key, then go back and do it again.

Also If you Nuke to much youll piss off the dred and he has a nasty AoE DoT spell that can wipe out all the grps.

To all of you who have sent mail to Barabrela, STOP all the questions you ask are answered in depth in this forum.

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW 2 GET 2 ISLE OF DREAD!!! PLEASE! REPLY 2 THIS! OR SEND A TELL 2

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well things can be rooted to let u guys know and contagion can be tanked very easily.

Laorn-50 rang

Yeah so I got a key today and went to IoD and dang its crazy, I didn't get to kill anything though because of some distractions but everythings red to 50's, everything sees through invis, they can't be rooted, and they're super sowed mofos. I dont' recommend coming here until you're 50 so the debt wont' matter. Its a waste of time for low levels if they have the medallion from the dread somehow

btw norach is on an island south of the Main building in cazic thule..

For those who dont know, you must first venture to Anu Village (South) And kill a dreadnaught, loot its No trade Medallion, return To Norach with it, And then you can go, Dreadnaughts can be taken with 3 people, my recommend group is Shaman, Wizard, and any tank, i wont reveal how its done(most know) cause its long enough to explain and im sure someone will tell/shwo you in game, or Ask me, Tempesta on CLW. This place is no easy grindin session, once you know its secrets its a breeze, but those take a few deaths to figure out. Peace.

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