Zen Daijun mission is near impossible!

Has anyone got any tips for it, im lvl 12, which is weird because everyone else doing it is lvl 14-15 but i have no more quests to do.

Im really finding it hard, i get to the bridge then after that its just too hard, i keep dying and eventually i die about 6 times and have about 90 health.

Ah come on now, Never say impossible!!

Yes, I always found the end to be the hardest, sometimes the bosses can be a little bit harsh.

If you still haven't dont it by tonight, I'll probably be online around 7PM GMT, add me (Hitomi Kyoko) to friends and I'll give you a hand. By the by, I'm feeling so helpful because so many people helped me get "Protector of Cantha" last night - people should be more helpful like last night!!

Edit: As for tips, I can't really suggest anything other than just to find a group to steamroller through everything. I always go the top way, past the waterfall, I don't know what the caves are like. Maybe a good idea to take a ritualist with protection spirits to cast them at the end of the bridge to help protect people fighting the bosses.

ok thanks, ill add you, i dont know about tonight but for any other time it should be ok.

You proabably have the same armor set that you bought at the monastary. That mission expects you to have the set of armor found in seitung harbor. So unless you're a defensive caster, you need to either get outside help, or get that set of armor. Otherwise the mission will keep thrashing you.

As for questing, check wiki, because you've missed a few quests. Odds are you didn't do every secondary quest, so it dosn't matter, because you can't go back in do them at this point.

Quote: Originally Posted by tomanders91 ok thanks, ill add you, i dont know about tonight but for any other time it should be ok. I'm on every night anyway!!

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Originally Posted by Katari You proabably have the same armor set that you bought at the monastary. That mission expects you to have the set of armor found in seitung harbor. So unless you're a defensive caster, you need to either get outside help, or get that set of armor. Otherwise the mission will keep thrashing you. Yeah, good point - you should get the best armor you can, or you will just drop to the floor in a crumpled heap!!

i have knights armor i got at the monstry. But how much is it for everything for a set of armor at the harbor? I only have about 600g, after i was scammed out of a 25k green item.

the reason everyone else is ahead is that there is a trick in shing jea... basically you get ur primary profession thing done then when you go to talk to togo about secondary take all the quests... and talk to all 7 masters... do all 7 quests (1000xp each) then later on choose a secondary...

This is what I recommend for Zen Daijun:

Find a lvl 20 warrior to go with you - friends, guildies, whatever... Preferably a W/Mo, running Mending and then follow the shortest path to the bosses at the end.

I think I took a screenshot of my shortest run so far with my Warrior - but the fastest time I've had was 12:46.

What I do is hang to the right, kill the afflicted and summon the Zunra. Then I follow that right wall to the area where you have the 2 rangers and ele at the bridge. I kill them go over the bridge and kill the necro and ranger groups that show up at the top of the hill after the bridge. After those groups you come up on the first boss of the area in that little shrine area. Kill the bosses and then hang another right and kill the group that is wandering in the little bottleneck area. I generally cut a quick left and go through the valley skipping the group that patrols just after the bottleneck. In the valley I head to the right and kill a wandering group of Assasins and and then hang a left and go through the water. After the water there is a group of Afflicted Bulls that drop no problem. I stick on the left wall and kill everything... I don't go over the bridges until I get to the dragon bridge...

On the dragon bridge you run into two bosses - my tactic is to rush the bosses and get my team far enough on the bridge they don't aggro anything else in the area. Once you kill the two bosses on the bridge you can move into the last part of the Mission and kill the bosses. I always start with Rangers, Monks, Ritualists, Ele's, Assasins, and then Warriors as the order of importance.

If I made any sense this should allow you to beat the quest with henchies and decent armor in at least the expert and possibly masters time(even without the lvl 20 W/Mo)...

Good luck... its a fun Mission.

Demon

I soloed the mission (without henchmen) with my level 12 ritualist. It can be done...

just lure and take as much time you want in the mission since there isnt a specific time you have to complete it in - unless your going for masters at once

If you aren't going for masters but just trying to complete it then be sure to ring the bell and take the kirin with you. He will help with some of the degen. If he dies you can get him back by ringing another bell. I henched this on the 2nd try with a lvl 13 a/mo as I hadn't found some of the extra quests yet.

I've been running people through this mission with my lvl 20 E/N running with Earth spells. PBAoE spells rip these lower lvl enemies to peices in seconds and the added armour from earth enchantments prevents much dmg from getting through, and what does get through is healed by Aura of Restoration.

For the ememies/bosses i've just been enchanting with Earth Attunement, Aura of Restoration and Armour of Earth (armour up to 135) and then just storming in and hit them with Crystal Wave, Teinai's Crystals, Shockwave and Aftershock (for a total of ~450 dmg), let them hit me a bit while my skills recharge and use Unholy Feast/Vamp Gaze if my health gets a bit low for a quick heal. Then hit em again. Dead. Same procedure for the end boss and you'll find you'll kill all his companions at the same time with the AoE damage. A monk helps of course, just in case I make a hash of it, hehe.

you have a couple of choices.....When I did it I did so with a full henchie group and completed it in masters time. You can join a pug (probably a good idea so you get the lay of the land) or like has been said take henchies and go slow....you can always redo the missions when you get to a higher level for the masters title.

also to level up you can try killing off the yeti (farming) too.....my hubby's 'sin did that to get to level 18 before we did zen. I was a rit level 16 when we did it.

good luck either way!

did you do the quests in ran musuu, tsumei, seitung harbor? The first attribute points quest? Did you meet wulf cragfist in the sunqua mountains? or gull hookbeak/yorrt strongjaw in jaya bluffs? baasong, miller quang, paoumu in haijuun lagoon?

I've got my lvl 20 mm that still needs to go back and do this mission. Faran Bloodbane. Give me a shout sometime and we'll do it together.

be lvl 15

I thoght I was the olny one who did that 8 profession trick in Shing Jea Monastery... =( lol Zen dajun isn't that hard wait until u get to the mainlands and have to deal with mayhem in the market ( a primary quest) now that was a pain.

Zen Daijun's actually pretty easy. The trick is, unless you've got a guildie helping you, take the henchies. They have the max armor at that point, while most players you run into don't. They survive rather better.

Give me a holler if you still need help. I can bring one of any of the core professions. If nothing else, I can get my Tyrian monk there and he can help you.

Quote: Originally Posted by tomanders91