Trials of Atlantis Database - Reprinted from Visions of Sages
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Shades of Mist Copyright © 2004 Vision of Sages
   
Used by those who move unseen and by those who stand at the front of battle.
Classes that can use:  INF, MINS, SCOU, ARMS, PAL, REAV, MERC, NS, RANG, HERO, BM, CHA, VW, SB, HUNT, WAR, THAN, SKLD, BER, SAV
Artifact XP:  ToA Outdoors
Cloak, Unactivated screen shot
Comments on Solo, Grouped, or Battlegrouped:    This has been done with 2 people (with a mentalist, see tips). 
Artifact Level Abilities Gained
Rogue classes
 Melee classes
0
 Stealth +3
 Parry +3
1
 Strength +15
 Strength +15
3
 Quickness +15
 Quickness +15
5
 Stealth Lore
 Stealth Lore
6
 Bonus to armor factor:  10
 Bonus to armor factor:  10
9
 Bonus to melee combat speed  5%
 Bonus to melee combat speed  5%
10
 Illusion and defensive proc
 Illusion and defensive proc

Stealth Lore:  Target has a greater chance of uncovering stealthed opponents.  If the target has the Stealth skill, their ability to use stealth is greater as well.
    Stealth bonus:  35
    Target:  Self
    Duration:  1 min
    Casting time:  instant
    This spell is cast when the item is used

Basic Stealth Lore, Stealth Lore, and Greater Stealth Lore have had their durations reduced to 30, 60, and 90 seconds respectively. The bonus to stealth detection granted by these abilities has also been moderately increased.
(1.68 patch, Feb 19, 2004)

Illusion
    Target:  Self
    Duration:  10:0 min
    Casting time:  2.0 sec
    Also casts:  defensive proc

defensive proc: Shade Skin
    Target:  Self
    Sub-spell:  Adds a shield to the recipient which will temporarily absorb some of the damage type specified.
    Absorption:  100%
    Value:  200
    Target:  Self
    Duration:  30 sec
    Casting time:  instant

The Shades of Mist and Traitor's Dagger now use new artwork to replace the necromancer shade form previously used for the shape change illusions. This change will no longer allow characters to be effectively invisible in some situations.  (1.69 patch, Apr 14 2004)

Credits: Jeryvn, Jekyyl, Aubrianna Chaotic, Lodogran

The level 10 abiltiy is a shapechange (shade form) that gives you a chance to proc a 200 point ablative. I was grouped with a Cleric while shapchanged and when he cast his Heal Proc buff, it poped me out of shade form. I did notice when I had the heal proc on first and changed to shade I get a message saying “you already have a defensive spell affect!”. And sure enough, when fighting the ablative never went off.  Dec 15
- Stiv

To use the Level 10 ability:
I had that problem at first and what I do is rt click the cloak and the /use2. Goes of every time. The first ability is used in normal fashion on the qbar.  Dec 24
- Rhombur Duskbringer

Strategy:

Location:  The cloak is loacted North of the entrance of Typhon's Reach   Nov 18  - Gaavsti
Respawn seems to be on 6 to 8 hour timer. 
However, A CSR confirmed today that it is possible for SOM to take 36 hours to spawn.  Mar 22 2004
- Rayyl

You can no longer kill the sphinxes outside of the circle.

Best way weve found since last patch to complete this step, is very similar to the old way. First off, have activater disband from group, start encounter, and let him die near edge of arena. Wait for all the aggro to cease, rez, and then proceed to step into arena and pull one of the mob. DO NOT let mob go outside arena or it will go into "godmode." (light shield around it, cant hit it, kills everyone in only a few hits) As soon as mob is dead, rest/rez/heal up for next sphinx. Have the activater leave the group again, and pick up cloak, and then get aggro. Rez, buff up, then kill another solo, INSIDE arena. Once that one is down, rest/rez up, have original activater grab cloak again, and just get aggro in arena from last mob. We did this with about 7 people with only an arsmen and no main healer. Necros can be highly wanted for this for grabbing aggro once in a while. (P.S., first time we beat all 3 mobs, wrong person picked up cloak and couldn't finish quest until a CSR helped, so make sure activater grabs cloak all 3 times.)  May 19 2004
 - Borlac

Shades of Mist - The aged statue will no longer despawn when the Long Black Cloak is accidentally left to decay on the ground.
When the Long Black Cloak is removed from the appropriate area, the criosphinxes will no longer cease combat, they will continue to pursue players normally. Additionally, if a criosphinx has stolen the cloak from a player and then chases a player outside of the appropriate area, the cloak will return to the aged statue.  (1.69 patch, Apr 14 2004)
Destroying the Long Black Cloak correctly returns the cloak to the Aged Statue.  (patch notes v1.70 Jun 22 2004)

Tips:

Done with a 50 Mana Chanter, 50 Mana Ment, and 48 Druid Buffbot.  This is not very hard and can be done moderately easily, especially with FoP.  Buff up and make sure all 3 toons are inside the circle then have the ment run in and grab the cloak, once he has it run him back near to where the chanter and druid bot are.  This is simpler if u have an underhill ally out because if he heals once the sphinx will all run towards him but not attack.  Once the ment is dead, have your pet attack 2 of the sphinx and immediatly rez the ment with the bot.  Sometimes (we can not figure out why) the sphinx will aggro on rezzer, if this happens there is nothing to do but die and try again.  Once the ment is up, have him MCL and hot the pet right away, ur pet will probably have low health but he should be stable enough to add the third sphinx.  Once this is done it is an easy ride,  Just keep the ment hotting and heal with druid when needed.  Keep Focus up as much as you can with chanter and use ur power pots whenever u can, eventually they will die and u can get cloak, plain and simple.  The only problem we ran into was if on sphinx dies early, the first sphinx to die will always drop the cloak and u cannot pick it up without aggroing the other sphinx.  If it is left there too long it will go back to statue and u will be screwed.  If this happens and the cloak is about to go to statue try running in with ment and picking it up, the sphinx will kill him, but sometimes u can re aggro them on pet and rez with the bot.  Jun 13 2004                      
- Cattman

I did Shades of mist encounter with salamander pet on my Light ment and a druid buff bot. was pretty easy i just grabbed cloak with my ment died tehn rezzed  recharmed pet ( which keeps buffs) tehn took each mob one at a time inside arena. super easy...  Jun 8 2004
- Arewyns

Did Shade of Mist, normal method, With 2 warriors (50sheild/50axe) 2 shammy bots, 1 with FOHealing and NO Feild of Power!  May 20 2004
- Eowunyth

We did this last night with 2 shammy bots (power ward + heal ward), 50 skald, 50 aug healer and 50 savage. We set up the wards inside the circle and had the 50 skald run in and talk to the guy. We let the skald die then I (50 healer) used PR on him and buffed him up imediatly. The 1st one wasnt hard at all, barely had to heal. When we pulled the 2nd, 2 criosphinx's came. We stayed alive long enuff to kill 1 of them then we died. We imediatly released and came back to finish of the last one. We set up the wards again and talked to the statue, it seemed to do nothing. So we pulled the last criosphinx and found out he was still in godmode. Took us about 20 minutes but we eventually killed it with only 5 people. Picked up the loot, walked outside the circle and got the encounter + shades of mist.  May 10 2004
- Zetla

Drops:

The sphinxes drop TONS of 1H slashers/thrusters/maces. The thrusters have the whole polearm effect, and they're pretty neat since they're 4.4 speed (my guildmaster loves them on his thrust merc). They're ROG and only one or two of the ones that drop will be MP, but over 10 weapons WILL drop, and it's doable with one group.    Nov 18
- Drusain Lamorak

Silksteel Soot Stained Boots 51AF, 100 Qua
+18 Int
+18 Dex
+5% Power Pool
+6 Dex and Int cap
+7% Casting Speed
+8% Damage to magical & elementals
+150 Ablative Proc     Dec 23
- Sivlar Sylvannathas

arcanium Soot Smudged Boots   Jan 14
- Wriuss MowMow

Scroll pieces:  Regarding Shades

Piece 1 of 3
siam-he portal priest, Nebkare Siam-he priest, Kakhet Siam-he priest
  • off a Kahket Siam-He Priest
  • Portal Priests (tartaro's gift encounter area) and IIRC all siam-he Priests (might only be kahket, asur and nebkare, can't fully remember was late)   Jan 7  - Kubar
  • off a Kakhet Siam-he priest at 53k 48k Typhons Reach  Apr 3 2004  - Mura
Piece 2 of 3
siam-he devotee
  • Siam-he devotee's - I got this on the first pull at the Tartaro's Gift encounter camp - 8.5k 50k  Jan 7    - Kubar
  • off a siam-he devotee at loc 18k, 44k in Typhon's Reach  Jan 31  - Mura
  • 38k, 55k Typhon's Reach, off a siam-he devotee  Feb 26   - Mura
Piece 3 of 3
Nebkare Siam-he warrior, Ausar Siam-he warrior, Sahathor Siam-he warrior, Kakhet Siam-he warrior
  • from Kahket Siam-he warrior at the camp located at 44k 49k
  • Guildy got one off a Ausur Siam-he warrior   Dec 30   - Darkpride
  • Kahket, asur and nebkare warriors   Jan 7   - Kubar
  • from Nebkare Siam-he warrior.  Jan 25  -Runodon
  • off a Sahathor Siam-he warrior  Apr 27 2004  - Keru
All three scrolls for this artifact drop in ML7 dungeon, from the feuding MOBs.
Feuding Shaitans, Fauding, vologourgon, Feurding hepbastiens and the Feuding <snake people>.  Jun 10 2004
- Herjulf Hornbrytare
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