For this guide I have broken the Monk Epic up into 4 sections:

  Robe of the Whistling Fists
Demon Fangs
Celestial Fists (book graphic)
Celestial Fists – Final Turn-in!

Pre-farmable Items:

[   ] Headband and Sash Items and sub-items (if choosing this path)
[   ] Robe of the Lost Circle – Drops from Brother Zephyl (Rathe Mountains) or Brother Qwinn (South Karana)
[   ] Metal Pipe (Fi)– Drops from an iksar betrayer in Chardok
[   ] Metal Pipe (Zan) – Drops from a drolvarg pawbuster in Karnor’s Castle
[   ] Charred Scale – Drops from Eejag in Lavastorm Mountains
[   ] Immortals – Drops from named in Skyfire

Part 1
Robe of the Whistling Fists

To get  Robe of the Whistling Fists you must first get 3 items:
Robe of the Lost Circle
Metal Pipe (Zan)
and Metal Pipe (Fi)

You can obtain these items in any order.

As of 2/17/21 Patch:
–  Increased the chance for Targin the Rock from 5 percent to 15 percent and Raster of Guk from 2 percent to 10 percent.
– Brother Zephyl, Brother Qwinn, Ran’un, Brother Velan Torresk, and Thena Lonnes have grown in strength. They are much more dangerous. Also, persons killing these folks will be greatly disliked by monk factions. 

NPC Fight Info:

Brother Zephyl and Brother Qwinn
– Level 61
– Hits for in the 300s
– Approx. 32K HP
– Casts Vigorous Strike (1,000 unresistable ranged DD, 30 sec cooldown)
– Summon
– High Resists

Ran’un and Thena Lonnes
– Approx. 32K HP
– Level 55

Brother Velan Torresk
– This NPC is not attackable. Patch Notes should not have this guy in there.

Robe of the Lost Circle – Option 1

The first option to get  Robe of the Lost Circle involves completing several sub-quests. It also involves a little bit of Tailoring, farming multiple rare named, and lots of running around. I generally prefer avoiding this path on servers where epic NPC’s are not contested. However, it may still be better to do this option if the two “Brothers” in Option 2 are over-camped, such as on a new TLP server. Keep in mind Option 1 NPC’s may be over camped as well. You’ll have to decide what’s best for you and it may depend on your server population. You’ll also still need to find both of the Brothers up at least once using Option 1 to do the turn ins (although they don’t have to be wearing the robe in this case).

In Option 1, you’ll have to do a quest for both Brother Qwinn and Brother Zephyl. I recommend reading ALL of Option 1 before beginning the quest!

Brother Qwinn – Quest 1 for Robe of the Lost Circle

Give Brother Qwinn (South Karana): Code of Zan Fi (NO TRADE) and Purple Headband (TRADABLE) to receive Needle of the Void (NO TRADE).

Code of Zan Fi drops off of Targin the Rock in Nagafen’s Lair. 15% spawn chance. Always drops. Mid to high 30’s level. His PH is next to a kobald king spawn point.

Purple Headband can be obtained by doing a series of “colored” headband quests. The headbands are tradable as well.

White Headband
Yellow Headband
Orange Headband
Red Headband
Purple Headband

You can find a full guide to all of the Headband Quests >>HERE<<

Once you have  Code of Zan Fi (NO TRADE)  and Purple Headband (TRADABLE), give them to Brother Qwinn (South Karana) to receive Needle of the Void (NO TRADE). See the section further below (Option 2) for how to spawn Brother Qwinn.

Brother Zephyl – Quest 2 for Robe of the Lost Circle

Give Brother Zephyl (Rathe Mountains): The Idol (NO TRADE)  and Red Sash of Order (TRADABLE) to receive  Rare Robe Pattern (NO TRADE).

The Idol drops off of Raster of Guk in Lower Guk. 10% spawn chance. Always drops. Mid to high 30’s level. Approx 22 minute respawn. There are some theories that you can leave some of the PH’s up and they will despawn on their own after a while, re-spawning soon after. Using this method could potentially provide you with a few extra PH’s over a long period of time. I do know this used to be the case back 20 years ago, but I did not test it on TLP’s. a greater minotaur is the PH.

Red Sash of Order can be obtained by either:

1) By killing specific NPC’s (Ran`Un or Thena Lonnes) in West Freeport.
2) A series of subquests to get different colored “sashes”,

*Also note that it is Tradable (as are the sashes leading up to this one), so you can potentially get this from other players as well.*

1) If you choose to kill Ran`Un or Thena Lonnes for the Red Sash of Order note that they will give your monk a faction hit. Your best bet will be to have someone else who does not care about faction kill them for you, or you can FD to avoid the faction hit. They will both aggro upon attacking one. They are both level 55 and have roughly 30K HP, hit for approx. 100, and are likely resistant to spells. They respawn approx. every 5 minutes. Always drops?

 

2) If you choose the questing route for Red Sash of Order, you’ll need to quest for the following Sashes in order. Remember that all of these are tradable.

White Training Sash
Yellow Sash of Order
Orange Sash of Order
Red Sash of Order

You can find a full guide to all of the Sash Quests >>HERE<<.

Once you have The Idol (NO TRADE)  and Red Sash of Order (TRADABLE), give them to Brother Zephyl (Rathe Mountains) to receive  Rare Robe Pattern (NO TRADE). See the section below (Option 2) for how to spawn Brother Zephyl.

Creating Robe of the Lost Circle

Once you have Needle of the Void (NO TRADE) from Brother Qwinn and Rare Robe Pattern (NO TRADE) from Brother Zephyl you are almost ready to create your Robe of the Lost Circle!

1) Find a merchant that sells Bard Songs and purchase Song: Jonthan’s Whistling Warsong

2) Find a merchant that sells Necromancer (or possibly Shadow Knight) Spells and purchase Spell: Gather Shadows

3) Level up Tailoring a bit (or get a Shadow Silk from another player). We will soon do combine with a Trivial of 36. Tailoring Guide >> HERE <<

4) If you didn’t buy one, then create a Shadow Silk with Tailoring (Trivial 36)
1x Shadow Wolf Pelt – Drops from a shadow wolf in Commonlands/Nekulos Forest/South or West Karana/The Feerrott
1x Silk Swatch – Crafted with 2x Spider Silk. No-Fail
1x Spell: Gather Shadows – Purchased from a spell vendor (Necromancers/Shadow Knights)

5) Do your final NO-FAIL combine in a Sewing Kit or Loom to create Robe of the Lost Circle
Rare Robe Pattern
Needle of the Void
1x  Shadow Silk
1x Song: Jonthan’s Whistling Warsong

 

Robe of the Lost Circle – Option 2

Robe of the Lost Circle is a major bottleneck for the Epic, and drops off of two separate rare named: Brother Qwinn and Brother Zephyl – Both are Human Monks. You can farm either one, but most people choose to go after Brother Zephyl because tracking is much less needed, and there is less running around. Both Brother Zephyl and Brother Qwinn require some effort to kill. 

– Level 61
– Hits for in the 300s
– Approx. 32K HP
– Casts Vigorous Strike (1,000 unresistable ranged DD, 30 sec cooldown)
– Summon
– High Resists

They on the similar difficulty level as the old-school Guild Masters. You will need melee to kill them as they resist almost all spells. In Plane of Time gear, a tank/healer combo should be able to kill them with ease. More people will be required to kill them in earlier expansions.

Update 1/17/21 Patch:

You will also get a faction hit -500 Ashen Order when killing one of the Brothers. You also can have other players kill them for you to avoid the faction hit. Or you can just FD right before he dies and have someone else finish it off.

You can kill orcs in any of the zones below to raise faction (1 point each). There are a few orc camps in each of the zones. I am not sure what faction level you need but its not higher than Amiably (100), which is where you start as a level 1.

Nektulos Forest
North Ro
South Ro
Commonlands
Misty Thicket

You should be able to get your faction back in a few hours or less. However, if you took multiple faction hits then it will take much longer. These are all noob orcs so the respawn is pretty quick (less than 5 minutes typically). There may be faction quests you can do but orc slaughtering is probably the fastest method here.

**Another potential option to get around the faction hit is to use sneak for the rest of the quest for turn-ins. Although I have not tested this personally. Do so at your own risk. **

Spawning the Brothers:

Brother Zephyl’s PH spawns in the Hill Giant area of Rathe Mountains. He will then roam on a specific path.

Brother Zephyl has 4 PH’s:
a drake
a grizzly bear
Hasten Bootsrunner
Maldyn the Unkempt

The PH respawn timer is 5 minutes. After the PH spawns, it will immediately begin pathing out of the Hill Giant area. This is the best indicator that you have found the correct PH. Brother Zephyl is a rare spawn, and the robe does not drop every time, so it can be a long camp. It seems to be somewhere between a 20% and 40% drop rate. He will be wearing a red robe when he has it. Otherwise he will have a Wu’s Tunic graphic.

Brother Zephyl’s PH will spawn in the circle and follow the red solid line.

You can also get the robe from Brother Qwinn, who spawns in South Karana. He can spawn anywhere on the West side of the zone. He mostly spawns near the Splitpaw area somewhere. A tracker is not mandatory, but makes things substantially easier. He may have a specific PH, but nothing that I have seen is proven. I have farmed the robe 7 or 8 times, and find its best to just kill everything in the red box, specifically mobs that run north to south. He is a Rare Spawn, and just as Brother Zephyl, the robe does not always drop. He will be wearing a red robe when he has it. Otherwise he will have a Wu’s Tunic graphic. Expect to spend some time getting this robe regardless of which Brother you choose to camp.

Whether you choose Option 1 or 2 above, you’ll still need to get both of the Pipes below:

 Metal Pipe (Identifies as Zan)

This drops in Karnor’s Castle from a drolvarg pawbuster, who spawns in the Warlord’s room. PH is a drolvarg bodyguard and a Drolvarg warlord. Rare spawn. Always drops.

The map for Karnor’s Castle is a huge mess, so I took a screenshot of the Warlord’s room only. I have only seen a drolvarg pawbuster spawn from the left mob along the back wall, but you’ll end up clearing the whole room anyway since everything assists.

 

Metal Pipe (Identifies as Fi)

This drops in Chardok from an iksar betrayer, who has a specific PH along the outside wall of the bridge in The Bridge Keeper area. PH’s will include various chardok-themed mobs (sarnak, chokidai, etc). Rare spawn. Always drops.

 

 

After all 3 items are obtained, head to Dreadlands and find Brother Balatin on the west side of the zone. His PH is a skeleton on top of a small wizard spire. 5 minute respawn. He spawns fairly frequently. He is KoS so you either need to sneak behind him and turn in the items while he’s indifferent con, or have someone charm him. Charming is recommended. Give him Robe of the Lost Circle, Metal Pipe (Zan), Metal Pipe (Fi) to receive  Robe of the Whistling Fists.

Part 2

Demon Fangs

A. Go to Lavastorm Mountains and find any a fire sprite mob. Say “I challenge eejag” to spawn Eejag (Level 55 Iksar) at the bottom of the lava lake. He is easily soloable at level 65. Resists Magic Spells. He should not take more than 1 group at lower levels. Loot Charred Scale.

B. Go to Plane of Sky and find a presence (the model is transparent, but is is targetable). It is located on island 1.5 which needs Key of Swords to access. You can buy Key of Swords from the Key Master on Island 1.

– Give a presence your Charred Scale to spawn Gwan. He has a knockback, so you will want to kill him inside the hut. This trivial fight should take 1 group or less. Other mobs on the island do not assist. Loot Breath of Gwan.

C. Go to Nurga and find a sleeping ogre. Give him Breath of Gwan to spawn Trunt. Make sure a sleeping ogre cons indifferent when you turn it in (you can use sneak). This is a trivial fight and should take 1 group or less. Loot Trunt’s Head.

D. Go to Overthere and find Astral Projection. Give him Trunt’s Head to receive Eye of Kaiaren.

E. Go to Lake of Ill Omen and find Astral Projection on the platform in the middle of the Lake. Make sure you have levitate so you can get up on the platform. Give Astral Projection Eye of Kaiaren to spawn Vorash and Deep (KOS). Drag them to the shore (they will jump in the water and swim away at low HP if you kill them on the island). Once one of them dies Xenevorash will then spawn. Finish off the remaining mob then kill Xenevorash. Drag him to the shore also. He is level 65 and casts a stun on the tank. In PoP gear, you should be able to handle this with a just few players. It can take up to a couple of groups if you are in era. Loot Demon Fangs.

 

Part 3

Celestial Fists (book graphic)

Go to Skyfire and kill named mobs until you get Immortals. Having a tracker to hunt the named spawns down is helpful. All of the named are PH’s for the other ones. Usually only 2 or 3 are up at a time and they spawn all over the zone. Respawn is a few minutes or less.   Immortals i s an uncommon drop off of any of them. This usually takes less than an hour with a tracker.

a lava walker (Wyvern Version)
a shadow drake
a soul devourer
a wandering wurm
a wurm spirit
Black Scar
Faerie of Dismay
Guardian of Felia

– Go to Erudin and find Tomekeeper Danl. He is on the second floor of the library. Give him   Immortals to receive Danl’s Reference.

– Go to Timorous Deep and locate Lheao (-11,600, -2,200). Give Lheao Danl’s Reference and  Robe of the Whistling Fists to receive Celestial Fists (book graphic).

*Note: Only do this turn-in when you’re done using Robe of the Whistling Fists or are ready to complete the Epic. Once you turn in the robe you’ll no longer have its clicky.

Part 4
Celestial Fists – Final Turn-in!

Head to Trakanon’s Teeth and find Kaiaren. There are two versions of Kaiaren, “crazy” and “sane”. You are first looking for the “crazy” version, who hangs out on the southeast side of the zone near Old Sebilis. You may need a tracker as sometimes he will get stuck in a wall or on a ceiling you can’t reach.

Give Kaiaren your Celestial Fists (book graphic). He returns the book and attacks. Either kill him or run him off. I’d advise just running him off. The reason we turned in the book is that doing so spawns the “real” Kaiaren elsewhere in the zone. This is who you need to find next.

The “real” Kaiaren spawns at +300, +2450 in a small hut.

 

Warning: Read the next section fully before doing the turn-in to “real” Kaiaren. There are two books with very similar names, and if you do the turn-in’s in the wrong order, then you will not receive your epic. I have personally seen this happen to people.

Give “real” Kaiaren Celestial Fists by itself . He will return a book to you called  Book of Celestial Fists. It has an identical graphic as  Celestial Fists, but a longer name.

Then turn in   Book of Celestial Fists along with  Demon Fangs to receive Celestial Fists!