Vloxen Excavations

General Description
This dungeon consists of 3 levels and is accessed from Umbral Grotto. The first level features groups of various plants, oozes, and Stone Summits. This level is passed through during the primary quest The Knowledgeable Asura. The second level begins with Stone Summit members and ends with various groups of Undead. These undeads revive after a short time so do not linger after defeating a group. The final level is very small containing only undead and the boss Zoldark the Unholy and his group of 6 Minions of Zoldark. Zoldark himself does attack, but the main threat comes from his several monster specific skills to buff his minions. He doesn't heal and takes very little damage even from degen. The key to defeating him is to continually kill his minions (AoE damage is ideal for this), as once they are dead, he uses a skill that allows him to resurrect each of his minions at a cost of a 5% health sacrifice. Eventually he will sacrifice himself to near death, at which point he will stop animating his minions. When this happens, concentrate on Zoldark and finish him.

Getting There
Umbral Grotto

Quests
Dredging the Depths from Molenin in Umbral Grotto

NPCs

 * Collectors:
 * 24 Kilgor Rageheart
 * 24 Snap Flamekrak
 * Various:
 * 24 Dredge Slave
 * 20 Doff

Allies
Revealed by Light of Deldrimor:

Level 1
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, near the Area Map
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, near the Shrine on east side
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, near the Shrine by exit to Vlox's Falls
 * Hidden Treasure, near Stone Summit Emblem Collector
 * Hidden Treasure, near the Shrine in the south
 * Hidden Treasure, near the boss with the key

Level 2
 * Hidden Treasure at the bottom of the stairs when you first walk in.
 * Hidden Treasure near the area map.
 * Hidden Treasure, on path between southern gear box and Area Map
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, at the Shrine near above mentioned gear box
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, far south-west up metal pathway
 * 24 Dwarven Ghost ally, just south of Dungeon gate
 * Hidden Treasure Same spot as above Dwarven Ghost
 * Hidden Treasure In powder keg room

Level 3
 * Hidden Treasure near the starting point.
 * two hidden treasures in compass distance from starting zone.
 * Hidden Treasure center-east of the corridor with the boss key.
 * 2 Hidden Treasures near the final chest, in the nearest alcoves.

Monsters

 * Jellies
 * 20 Aggressive Ooze
 * 20 Ominous Ooze
 * 20 Shimmering Ooze
 * 20 Earthbound Ooze
 * Plants
 * 20 Cave Ayahuasca
 * 15 Parasitic Growth
 * 20 Cave Aloe
 * 20 Corrupted Aloe
 * 20 Fungal Bloom
 * 10 Fungal Spore
 * Skelks
 * 24 Skelk Rampager
 * 24 Skelk Corrupter
 * 24 Skelk Slasher
 * Spiders
 * 24 Venomweaver
 * 24 Lifeweaver
 * 24 Bloodweaver
 * Stone Summit
 * 24 Panicked Stone Summit Dwarf
 * 24 Stone Summit Carver
 * 24 Stone Summit Crusher
 * 24 Stone Summit Taskmaster
 * 24 Stone Summit Ranger
 * 24 Stone Summit Healer
 * 24 Stone Summit Gnasher
 * 24 Stone Summit Sage
 * Undead
 * 28 Ancient Blademaster
 * 28 Ancient Effigy
 * 28 Ancient Cavalier
 * 28 Ancient Tomb Carver
 * 24 Crypt Keeper
 * 26 Minion of Zoldark
 * Other
 * 28 Ancient Statue
 * Hard Mode
 * Stone Summit
 * 26 Stone Summit Marksman
 * 26 Stone Summit Warder
 * 26 Stone Summit Priest
 * 26 Stone Summit Defender
 * 26 Stone Summit Dreamer
 * 26 Stone Summit Summoner
 * 26 Stone Summit Contaminator
 * 26 Stone Summit Demolisher

Bosses

 * Spider
 * 28 Zalnax (Poison Arrow)
 * Undead
 * 28 Taskmaster Durgon (Dwarven Battle Stance)
 * 28 Taskmaster Bellok (Jagged Bones)
 * 28 Taskmaster Kurg (Crippling Anguish)
 * 28 Sotanaht the Tomb Guardian (Soldier's Fury)

Boss-like foes

 * Undead
 * 29 Zoldark the Unholy

Rewards

 * Rewards obtainable from Zoldark's Chest - one item per completion:
 * a Diamond
 * an Onyx Gemstone
 * a gold item
 * a Unique Item:
 * Zoldark's Rod
 * Zoldark's Focus
 * Zoldark's Staff
 * Gold Mantis Dreamweaver Polymock Piece
 * 1500 Deldrimor promotion points for dungeon completion (2250 in Hard Mode)