Oil Peak

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Oil Peak
Oil Peak
Zone Num	298
Location	The Highlands
Unlocks	After bridging The Orc Chasm
Recom Stat	85
Combat %	100
Quests	Orc Chasm Quest
ML	85
Terrain	outdoor
Special Adventures
Lucky	Up From the Ground...
Turtle	The Real Victims
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The Oil Peak is found in The Highlands, and is part of the Orc Chasm Quest.

A primary stat of 85 is suggested. If your main stat isn't high enough, you'll see the following message:

If you go in here, there will be blood. Oh, yes. There will be blood. And it'll be blood for oil. Are you ready to make that trade?

(It is recommended that you have at least 85 <mainstat> to adventure here.)

Combat Adventures

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oil slick -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: bubblin' crude Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 85 • Substat Gain: 21.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 95 Monster Defense: 77 Hit Points: 60 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: sleaze, weak against cold and spooky Note: Occurs at 0-19 ML

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oil tycoon -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: bubblin' crude, bubblin' crude Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 85 • Substat Gain: 21.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: ∞ Monster Defense: 77 Hit Points: 60 Initiative: 65 Elemental Alignment: sleaze, weak against cold and spooky Damage Resistance: 25% elemental Note: Occurs at 20-49 ML

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oil baron -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: bubblin' crude, bubblin' crude Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 85 • Substat Gain: 21.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: ∞ Monster Defense: 77 Hit Points: 60 Initiative: 80 Elemental Alignment: sleaze, weak against cold and spooky Damage Resistance: 50% elemental Note: Occurs at 50-99 ML

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oil cartel -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: bubblin' crude, bubblin' crude, bubblin' crude Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 85 • Substat Gain: 21.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: ∞ Monster Defense: 77 Hit Points: 60 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: sleaze, weak against cold and spooky Damage Resistance: 75% elemental Note: Occurs at 100+ ML

Non-combat Adventures

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Pushin' Down on Me, Pushin' Down on You
	Note: Occurs on first visit to the zone. Note: A one time adventure. Note: Does not consume a turn.

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Unimpressed with Pressure
	Note: Occurs when the zone's pressure has been reduced to zero.

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Up From the Ground...
	Item Drops: 3 bubblin' crudes Note: This adventure is triggered whenever you adventure here with a ten-leaf clover in your inventory.

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It's a Gas Gas Gas
	Item Drops: unnatural gas

Notes

• The monsters you encounter here are solely determined by your total Monster Level increasers.
• To finish the quest on this peak, you must reduce oil pressure by defeating the monsters. The pressure starts at 310.66 µB/Hg (microbowies per Mercury).
• Wearing dress pants increases the pressure reduction of each kill by 6.34 µB/Hg.

+ML	Monster	Pressure reduction per kill	Number to kill to finish quest (without dress pants)	Number to kill to finish quest (with dress pants)
0-19	oil slick	6.34	49	25
20-49	oil tycoon	19.02	17	13
50-99	oil baron	31.7	10	9
100+	oil cartel	63.4	5	5

History

• The revamped level 9 council quest, which includes this zone, was introduced on November 14, 2012.
• Prior to January 12, 2013, Monster Aggravation Devices did not affect the types of monsters encountered.
• Initially, the Rabid Dogwood from the Florist Friar did not affect which monster was encountered. This was fixed during May 2013.

References

• The name of this adventure location refers to peak oil.
• The unit of oil pressure, µB/Hg (microbowies per Mercury), refers to the song "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen.