The Iksar

race logoThe Iksar starts off in Cabilis in the continent of Kunark. Iksar are killed on sight by every other race in Norrath. What is the best strategy for playing a Iksar? What zones and cities should you take him to and which ones should you avoid? Which factions should you work on improving, and which factions should you be wary of decreasing? How can you safely play your Iksar beyond Kunark? What are the best quests for the beginning Iksar? Where are the best shops? How should you role play your Iksar?

Post your strategies on how to best play a Iksar, and read, rate and comment on those posted by others.
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Iksar SUCK
# Aug 13 2001 at 7:35 PM Rating: Default
They take WAY more xps to Lvl i had one...but went to mage cus alot easier to lvl
RE: Iksar SUCK
# Aug 23 2001 at 8:53 PM Rating: Default
Dude shut up!!! you know whacha talkin bout?! you probably have played one race and class- your mage in the whole life! it is fun to have troubles while playing game! I wouldn't wanna be a monk that would never die would kill anything and have 100000000000000kpp it wont be fun!
RE: Iksar SUCK
# Aug 15 2001 at 9:18 AM Rating: Decent
Easy is for the lazy and unskilled. Bet you pick the easiest settings and use cheat codes when playing other games, eh?
RE: Iksar SUCK
# Aug 15 2001 at 9:04 AM Rating: Default
hehe and thats why they suck? go away noob!
tail attack?
# Aug 12 2001 at 3:25 AM Rating: Default
What about the tail attack? Does it exist? Is it trainable? Do warriors get it? Where is it?
RE: tail attack?
# Aug 16 2001 at 7:42 AM Rating: Excellent
The only tail attack is available to monks. It is called "Tail Rake" and you get it at level 25...It replaces the human monks' special attack "Dragon Punch" but dam/delay and use in disciplines is the same. Only graphics and the name changes.
#Anonymous, Posted: Aug 03 2001 at 3:19 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Iksars smell funny and look like they are takin a crap when they sit!
RE: Iksars
# Aug 16 2001 at 8:13 AM Rating: Excellent
What a brilliant thought...I think I'll bind something to my "sit"-key:

/sit
/em takes a dump on your shoe.
Dark Requiem
# Aug 03 2001 at 1:59 PM Rating: Default
If you are considering starting a Iskar charactor on the up-coming RP server go here:

www.darkrequiem.20fr.com

We are a gathering evil charactors to make a guild of all evil charactors the day the server opens is when all will first assemable and after about a month we will began events (we have some DE wizards that should be teleporting by then) just go check out the web site it will take 2 sec it uploads fast there not much to the page look under the goals section and and see how power full we well become we just need some help then e-mail one of the guild leaders if intesested BTW so far we have NO compition (we will be free to rule the server) there was going to be a all-gnome guild but they droped out of the race already.
Who to kill
# Jul 31 2001 at 2:15 PM Rating: Default
I'm a lvl 21 Iksar Warrior and I say ***** the Dark Elfs and kill'em. Kill so many of their guards and then just walk into Kelethin (wood elf city) or just kill anything you see and go to runnyeye and use their bank,yes they have a bank and a bar, its everything you could want. Just do not kill any of them and your free to use the bank.

Iksar Warrior of the 21st season Terew Marr
what class
# Jul 30 2001 at 2:20 PM Rating: Default
i would like to know what is the best class for iksars?
RE: what class
# Aug 13 2001 at 10:56 PM Rating: Decent
I personally belive iksar are geared to be monks
RE: what class
# Aug 14 2001 at 8:31 PM Rating: Default
and if you do become a monk, put a 1hb weapon in your first hand slot and not your second, then when its maxed out, switch it to secondary, this will help you keep both 1hb and hand to hand up, because both will become useful in the futer
Iksar
# Jul 29 2001 at 3:48 PM Rating: Default
Iksar rock, especially Necromancers! =P I love how the the sleeves on their robes hang down! It looks so cool! I like my iksar necro because it's a pretty rare class/race combination because of the low INT but who cares? It's easy to get up )
Monk a dunk
# Jul 29 2001 at 2:27 PM Rating: Default
Monks kick ***!
lag
# Jul 28 2001 at 11:50 PM Rating: Default
At the moment i have a lvl 5 iskar monk who is currently fighting in the field of bone. Now I love the field of bone dont get me wrong but its just that this damn lag is killing me all the time. I die a lot because of lag, thats how bad it is. So i was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where to fight out of kunark where it isnt so laggy. I was thinking about raising my faction with freeport because there is a monk guild there so i could use that instead of going back to kunark. So any information on where i should hunt and how would i go about raising faction with freeport would be great thanks
RE: lag
# Jul 29 2001 at 11:02 AM Rating: Default
Lag is a HUGE problem all over Kunark.You can try to turn your clip planes down,that may help,although it does shorten how far out you can see.But over all lag suxxors in Kunark.
RE: lag
# Aug 14 2001 at 8:34 PM Rating: Default
pluss its more fun to just kill the guards at level 30+ >:)
RE: lag
# Aug 14 2001 at 8:33 PM Rating: Default
and by the time you kill enough orcs to have good faction with fp, you will be to high for the zone anyway
Jump
# Jul 28 2001 at 12:02 PM Rating: Default
I have been trying to play an Iksar SK,I only have one problem...I cannot seem for the life of me to make that damn jump to turn in my newbie note.Is there a tip anyone can give me??Maybe there is a trick to it that I do not know,and noone has posted on it.Did any of you other SKs have this problem???
RE: Jump
# Jul 30 2001 at 12:31 PM Rating: Default
when jumping when you hit the jump button when you squat down during the jump hit the forward arrow key
Iksar 's ROCK
# Jul 27 2001 at 11:56 AM Rating: Good
The Iksar starting town is the best!
Its so easy to learn and u never have any problems finding anything u have a great place for /Auc-ing (ill Omen) its not as good as Freeport but i think its good enuf!
All the other iksar char's have so much broherly love and u can always get help!

The quests also rock too!

The xp and money rox i made lvls 1-6 in a hour with my mnk iwe played my mnk 2 weeks now and iam 23 and i have eqip for 16k and 4k in the bank i love my iksar and all u that havent played an iksar jet plz do u ull love it!

Zlaghter Manzlayer
Level 23 Monk
Saryrn Server

Ps. if u make a iksar mnk (on saryrn) and u need any help u can just send me a tell and il do what i can!
PvP
# Jul 26 2001 at 8:01 PM Rating: Default
On Pvp servers you want to watch your back iv been on one and there were a whole bunch of trolls on everybodies ***. And also there are many Iksar who try to kill you when they could be killing some little halflings or gnomes. Also warriors suck on PvP cause if you try to kill someone the guards will kill you. By useing attack spells the guardds wont do anything and you will die.
crafty halfling
# Jul 24 2001 at 10:22 AM Rating: Default
one day an iksar warrior was walking along in the lake of ill omen when he noticed this halfling warrior picking on the noob iksar there.

this mighty iksar warrior with all his top armor stepped in and challenged this halfling to a duel.

the female halfing accepted and they dueled.
the iksar was laughing at how light the halfling was hitting, almost as if the halfling was mierly tugging at the iksars armor.

but then the mighty iksar warrior felt an odd sensation and looked down. he had noticed that one off his boots had come off, the strapps has been slashed by the halfling. the iksar had a bad feeling as his other boot also feel off. in a matter of seconds he was feeling loose, to his horror he had realised that the halflinf had done.
she had slashed all the straps and bluckles on this iksars armor. with every movement the iksar made another part of armor would fall off.

Before long the iksar warrior was standing there in only underpants and chest straps. whiles shocked the halfling was also able to disarm his wepons. with the iksar being totaly defenceless the halfling proceeded to humiliate him by cutting his chest straps making the straps and underwear fall to the ground leaving one completly naked iksar.

standing there for all to see the halfling taken a dagger and cut the iksars throat and let him bleed to death defenceless.

motive of this story? a warrior is his equipment.
crafty halfling
# Jul 24 2001 at 10:22 AM Rating: Default
one day an iksar warrior was walking along in the lake of ill omen when he noticed this halfling warrior picking on the noob iksar there.

this mighty iksar warrior with all his top armor stepped in and challenged this halfling to a duel.

the female halfing accepted and they dueled.
the iksar was laughing at how light the halfling was hitting, almost as if the halfling was mierly tugging at the iksars armor.

but then the mighty iksar warrior felt an odd sensation and looked down. he had noticed that one off his boots had come off, the strapps has been slashed by the halfling. the iksar had a bad feeling as his other boot also feel off. in a matter of seconds he was feeling loose, to his horror he had realised that the halflinf had done.
she had slashed all the straps and bluckles on this iksars armor. with every movement the iksar made another part of armor would fall off.

Before long the iksar warrior was standing there in only underpants and chest straps. whiles shocked the halfling was also able to disarm his wepons. with the iksar being totaly defenceless the halfling proceeded to humiliate him by cutting his chest straps making the straps and underwear fall to the ground leaving one completly naked iksar.

standing there for all to see the halfling taken a dagger and cut the iksars throat and let him bleed to death defenceless.

motive of this story? a warrior is his equipment.
#Anonymous, Posted: Jul 24 2001 at 10:21 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) one day an iksar warrior was walking along in the lake of ill omen when he noticed this halfling warrior picking on the noob iksar there.
crafty halfling!
# Jul 24 2001 at 10:16 AM Rating: Default
one day an iksar warrior was walking along in the lake of ill omen when he noticed this halfling warrior picking on the noob iksar there.

this mighty iksar warrior with all his top armor stepped in and challenged this halfling to a duel.

the female halfing accepted and they dueled.
the iksar was laughing at how light the halfling was hitting, almost as if the halfling was mierly tugging at the iksars armor.

but then the mighty iksar warrior felt an odd sensation and looked down. he had noticed that one off his boots had come off, the strapps has been slashed by the halfling. the iksar had a bad feeling as his other boot also feel off. in a matter of seconds he was feeling loose, to his horror he had realised that the halflinf had done.
she had slashed all the straps and bluckles on this iksars armor. with every movement the iksar made another part of armor would fall off.

Before long the iksar warrior was standing there in only underpants and chest straps. whiles shocked the halfling was also able to disarm his wepons. with the iksar being totaly defenceless the halfling proceeded to humiliate him by cutting his chest straps making the straps and underwear fall to the ground leaving one completly naked iksar.

standing there for all to see the halfling taken a dagger and cut the iksars throat and let him bleed to death defenceless.

motive of this story? a warrior is his equipment.
RE: crafty halfling!
# Jul 27 2001 at 11:09 PM Rating: Decent
Jeez man, you think you posted this enough times?
Iks Sks are FUN!!!
# Jul 24 2001 at 5:43 AM Rating: Default
Today was my 1st Iksar Exp, i found it WAY WAY WAY more funner then my Barbs and Gnomes. With my iks SK i can regen faster then the stuff hits me.

There are some GREAT newbie quests, and it's eay to make $ there. I made levl 1-4 in 1 hour (non twinked) i made great $ for a lower levl (apx 1p per levl) it is a great City i was always scared it was gonna be like Free port all confusing, but i did great there and i hope anyone else will too.

Faaddedd
levl 4 Iks SK
Mithaniel-Marr server
Iksar
# Jul 23 2001 at 6:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok, Not saying this is best, but here is what I did with my Iksar SK.

To begin with, Hunt in the Field of Bone. Do the Curscale Armor quest (mentioned elsewhere on this site) as it will give good exp and free newbie armor. By level 4, the newbie area should be getting pretty easyand you should have close to a full suit of armor. I recommend finding a partner and trading for the pieces you don't have already because the exp is going to be insignificant by now.

Next, hunt the pit. This should be good until level 15, just move from the newbie ramp towards Kurns Tower, the mobs get tougher the closer to the tower you get.

From 14 to 17 or 18 (I know i jumped back a level), you can get good exp hunting in Kurns Tower. Plus, plenty of bone chips. Don't waste your time trying to camp for the IBC, it is not a good weapon for SK's, too fast for your stamina na dthe neg 2 int (not something you want).

At level 18, I would recommend you hunt around the Mill in the lake of ill omen. Group here
(lots of people in this zone) and pull and kill. This should hold you till 22 or 23.

Now you can hit the Sarnak Fort (in a group still). You should be able to gain decient exp until 28 here. Some will say to go to Frontieer Mountains, but I personally found little there that could keep my SK happy.

From here on, you can go one of two routes, Either hunt the giants in Warsliks Woods, or hunt in the Overthere. The giants will hold you till 30, and the Overthere till 38.

Finally, your last leg before you hit the High Levels. I recommend getting a group in Dreadlands (hard fights, but good exp and loot), however, at this poiint, you may wish to see more of Norrath through you lizzy's eyes, so I will not provide and definate answers to this.

However, Do make sure you DO NOT go in to the planes till 50. Even then, it's a hard fight. To go from 47 to 50, I suggest Karnors Castle. Good Exp, Good Loot, and by now, few bad gamers (they tend to get a new character by the hell levels, 30 - 40).

While this is far from the definate guide on Iksar, it has served me well. Still remember, I played a Shadowknight. All I can say is do whatever quests you class has available from Cabilis, as they will help alot. And above all, remember, it is a game. I think most people will agree with me up till around level 25, and after that, it really is up to you. Kaesora is near to your bind point, Dalnir is as well.

Though Verant has claimed Iksar are the hardest race in game to play, I disagree. The most any of these zones are from your bind point is all of 4, making Corpse runs easy, and you only have to worry about other races in FV, and OT, and by the time you get there, you can take a few hits, so it's not a problem.


Lizalfos
The best part of being evil: When I do bad things, I have a good reason for doing them.
Getting +faction with DE
# Jul 22 2001 at 5:41 AM Rating: Default
Heya, this is a guide to getting +faction with Dark elfs AS AN IKSAR,

STEP1. Okay, you need some Dark elf friend who can invis, and get you to the third gate, into the library, and youl see this Necro guy dressed in a Gray robe, Lokar t'bath or somthing, well, anyways, get your DE friend to go and buy ya 3 bags of Red wine, mmmmm wine, and give them 4 at a time to T'bath. What???? your less than indiff on his faction? well, when your in trade, have your friend invis you and then click trade, which will work, do that untill indiff and keep going till your wine bottles are used up.

You will have- <<Indiff faction with Outer guards>> ( guards in neriak Forieghn Quarter and Outside including those golem thingys) Indiff faction with the <<Inner guards>> ( guards in neriak commons, NOT INCLUDING OGRE/TROLLs) and Ally faction with merchants

Okie donkey, now that youve done step 1, you can move onto improving GUILD factions



STEP2-improving guild factions, okay, here are a list of things you can kill to raise faction with guilds in neriak!

Warrior guild ( ingigou brotherh00d)

In Timerous Deep, on the island the shuttles come in, are a HELL OF A LOT of those stupid Elven rangers, WAIST THEM they are like, from 19-25, an elven war scout being the highest. OR, if your too low, you can do the incredebly slow way, By going into Crushbone, and killing all the elven slaves.

Necro guild ( the Dead)

Okay, theres only 1 way I know how to do this, but it shouldnt take more than 5 hours, =P, in crushbone, where you kill elven slaves,theres a 1 in 5 chance a high elven slave will spawn! kill these to recieve faction.

okay, the rest of the guilds for + faction need you to be 44, and to have that enchanter spell BOON, it SHOULD work.

Rogue guild faction

Go and get about 10 stacks of snake fangs and snake skin, from those looser level 1 snakes in Eeast commonlands or whatever, and then get that horribly titled spell, BOON and get one of the quest guys in there to give you a bag, fill it with 3 of each snake thingys, and hand it back for More rogue guild faction, NOTE: this quest lowers faction with antonica bards and Qeynos Freaks.

Cleric guild faction-


Same method as the rogue guild, Just find one of the quests, one of the better ones is to go into Nek, and KILL THE DAMN MIDGITS till you get a bunch of those woven grass beads, and hand 4 into some guild member at the top of the guild for + faction, NOTE: Killing midgits gets you+ faction with outer Guard!!!

Wiz/mage/enc guild

Im not exactly sure how I did it =P But, I think they may have their faction raised by killing those Stupid elven slaves in Crushbone, im not sure, because I just was wandering around and I conned master and I was indiff (not invis I checked)


Okay, Hope this helps, If you have any negative comments, then, YOO SUCK! =)

From, Slytherine of the Innruuk serever,
SEE YOU IN HELL!
Thurgadin
# Jul 19 2001 at 9:33 AM Rating: Decent
The only place besides Caballis where Iksars aren't KoS, is Thurgadin. It's a long and dangerous hike to get there, but its a great city )
iksars and the way they are
# Jul 18 2001 at 1:33 PM Rating: Decent
any one that pisses an iksar off better run.all of my friends get dam angry if they hear that another race helped me so what ever you do just don't get them pissed off especially me.
RE: iksars and the way they are
# Aug 13 2001 at 2:10 AM Rating: Default
I am not sure what you mean. If I help you when you need it your buddies get mad at me, and then you get mad at me. Is that what you are trying to say? So basically you don't want help when you need it or ask for it?

Xiangtao, monk of the 17th season
Pupil of the Whistling Fist
quick post to clear thigns up...
# Jul 14 2001 at 3:57 AM Rating: Decent
Some people are asking some very redundant questions and aren't reading the other posts. Hopefully some will read this and learn something.

Iksars are kos to every race but iksars from day 1. That means you can't leave kunark without a port. Overthere will kill you and so will Firiona Vie. Get used to the field of bone! You can get some good exp up to lvl 17 there, if you choose you can continue in Kurns Tower or move on to Lake of Ill Omen. By lvl 28 you should move on to Frontier Mountains, then Overthere at 32, and then Dreadlands at 39. Working on factions to travel to the other continents is pointless because it will take you many hours of pointless faction work to even get dubious in most places. Iksars are better off in Kunark then most any other continent.

In my opinion if you're going to go with a side, pick evil. You already worship Cazic Thule, so you have a better chance of raising faction with evil races then good. And try and level some before you leave kunark with whatever adjenda you have, remember all the hazards out there like animals and npc's of different races.

Good luck!
RE: quick post to clear thigns up...
# Aug 06 2001 at 10:35 AM Rating: Decent
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Actually, I use OT to go to Oasis and haven't done a thing with faction for that area. I just make use of my amazing swim ability and move my scaly butt to the boat from the far side of the OT outpoast. When I get to the boat, I climb on furthest from the dock, and I'm set. The moral, You don't need a port to get off Kunark as an Iksar. Thought I have never tried, I am sure FV is similar.
RE: quick post to clear thigns up...
# Aug 06 2001 at 3:49 PM Rating: Default
I cat say for sure about FV, as I havent tried to get on the boat there, but I'm pretty sure it isnt a good idea. I would suggest to any iksar tryiny to get off Kunark, take the boat out of Overthere like in the above post. However, be careful doing this at night, as there is a dragoon patrolling the shore who will KOS you.
penalty
# Jul 12 2001 at 10:57 AM Rating: Default
What is the exp penalty for iskar.
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# Jul 27 2001 at 11:12 PM Rating: Decent
20%, so it takes 20% more kills than say a Dark Elf or a Gnome for example.
Factions & KOS
# Jul 09 2001 at 11:37 AM Rating: Decent
Are other races (specifically High Elves) KOS by the guards in Cabilis?

RE: Factions & KOS
# Jul 11 2001 at 4:46 PM Rating: Excellent
As far as I know, all the soft skinned races (meaning everyone) is KOS in Cabilis. Dark Elf Necro's to Dwarvish Paladins are not well recieved without some serious faction work. Killing Goblins and Sarnaks (lots and lots) will help with Trooper (Warrior) faction, however city guards are a combination of Warriors and Shadowknights. The Shadowknigh faction is a lot harder to raise not to mention the resident faction.

My suggestion...ignore Cabilis. Bind in OT or at the ruins of Kaerosa in Field of Bone or FM or FV. Stay away and leave the city to those of us with scaled skin.

Good hunting...

Shrikke - Iksar Knight of Fear
Bristlebane
RE: Factions & KOS
# Jul 22 2001 at 9:40 PM Rating: Default
If your faction with the troopers is high enough, in order to raise faction with the Crusader guards (shadowknight guards), go to Field of Bone and do the bone chip quest. Give Trooper Mozo (one of the guards at entrance, on the right hand side as you face entrance) four bone chips at a time and your faction with the Crusaders of Greenmist will go up.
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