High Lords will host epic Vault of Night teaching raid on Saturday, June 11 at 1pm ET

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Last week we had a nice turnout for our second visit of DDO’s newest raid Hunt or Be Hunted, with 5 signups who were new to or still learning the raid. This week we hope to see even more newcomers for our final teaching raid of 2022, one of DDO’s greatest classics.

Next in our series of teaching raids will be epic Vault of Night and Plane of Night (aka EV5-6) on Saturday, June 11 at 1pm ET!

All events in this series are for players new(er) to raiding or players who are looking to learn raids better. First timers welcome! Please have sound and be willing and able to follow instructions.

The goal is to welcome newer players into the raiding scene, to teach people how raids work, to get players more comfortable with raids and to enhance the Sarlona community. There is no level cap for any of our teaching raids, but you must be at least level 20 to enter epic content.

If you are new to EV5-6, you will need to flag by running the first 4 quests in the Vault of Night story arc (VON1-4) in House Kundarak: Tharashk Arena, The Prisoner, Jungle of Khyber and Haywire Foundry. You will need to have access to the Vault of Night adventure pack. You can run the flagging quests on heroic or epic to flag just the same.

EV6 contains some remarkable loot, including one of the most sought after 2-handed weapons in the game (the Sword of Shadow) and Kundarak Delving Boots, which is the lowest level item that provides a continuous Freedom of Movement effect. It also contains the Disciplinator rune arm and the epic Helm of the Red Dragon, which is prized for its unique cosmetic. Additionally, all heroic and epic loot was recently revamped and new legendary versions are available! Despite being DDO's oldest raid, VON5-6 is a very important raid in DDO's lineup because it gives huge xp so it remains very popular in both heroic and epics.

While not a difficult raid, the Vault of Night is very intricate, with many puzzles and tasks to perform, so can be particularly challenging to learn it all in a pug. We will break down the entire raid and show and explain how to succeed every step of the way.

Space is limited so reserve your spot ahead of time! If you would like to reserve a space in this Saturday's event, please send in-game mail or tell to me on Vooduspyce.

This event will be live streamed on DDO’s Twitch channel DDOstream so even if you're not on Sarlona, you can watch, learn and ask questions live. This year we are simulcasting our teaching raids on multiple Twitch channels so that viewers can see moments when the part splits or from tank point of view, etc. This week's event will be simulcasted by my guildie Gijo on his Twitch channel twitch.tv/highlordpudding. You can watch both streams at the same time at multitwitch.tv/ddostream/highlordpudding.

Thank you to the community for all the support and we hope to see you in raids soon!

Much love,
Voodu and The High Lords of Malkier

[Vooduspyce]

We had a great run with 3 folks who were still learning Vault of Night. You can watch the replay of the livestream on DDO's Twitch channel DDOstream here.

This concludes our 2022 teaching raid season. This was our 9th year hosting these events and we saw the best attendance ever! We made new friends along the way and showed folks from across the realms that raids can be smooth, understandable and most importantly fun!

If you missed the events, you can check out our collection of teaching raid videos linked from the Guides & Strategies forum here. You can also join us for our weekly public heroic Abbot raids and you can find details about the event at Raid Nights with the High Lords of Malkier.

Thank you to the DDO community for all the support and big thanks to my guildies who volunteered to help make these events successful and smooth! We hope to bring back teaching raids again in 2023 after New Years! See you soon in Isle of Dread!!

Much love,
Voodu and the High Lords of Malkier