2 × Skt-Zo LegDungeon Frigost Island
Royal Pingwin's Excavation
Level 140 dungeon at Frigost's Frozen Lake, at [-64,-55]: five rooms of Pingwins that swap places, and an invulnerable boss that a simple heal makes vulnerable, the Royal Pingwin. Quests to start, strategy, monsters, achievements and loot.
![Royal Pingwin's Excavation: the dungeon entrance, at [-64,-55] (Frozen Lake)](/wp-content/uploads/dofus/donjon-excavation-du-mansot-royal-entree-grand.webp)
Quests linked to Royal Pingwin's Excavation
The dungeon quest, The Crown Jewels, starts right at the excavation entrance; Parliamentary Monarchy follows it and is also completed on the Royal Pingwin. Accept them before entering: a fight won without the quest in progress does not count.
The dungeon quest, started in front of the entrance. Waldos FieldChester Potcobble wants to cook a royal icefish for his dinner with Aurora Borealis: discover the cave, beat the Royal Pingwin in a single fight and bring him back the Royal Icefish.
- Start
- Waldos FieldChester Potcobble, Frozen Lake
- Prerequisites
- Level 50
Royal Icefishto hand over to Waldos, 15,048,000 XP
The monarchy is in peril. Michele Seyroth sends you to beat the Royal Pingwin in a single fight, discover the end of the dungeon, then report to your city's agent.
- Start
- Michele Seyroth, Frigost Village
- Prerequisites
- Level 110 and The Crown Jewels
Ice Kama2 ice kamas and 12,540,000 XP
For later
Retrieve Damar's Ring from the Royal Pingwin. To repair the lake fishermen's equipment, Damar sends you to Valy Domidat, the handywoman, who needs that ring.
- Start
- Damar, Frozen Lake
- Prerequisites
- Level 110
Shaman Pingwin Giant Fishbonewith Pingwin resources, Ice Kamas and 19,016,000 XP
The Royal Pingwin is one of the three guardians to beat. The Disciple of Vini asks you to defeat Founoroshi, the Perfidious Tynril and the Royal Pingwin in their lairs, under the influence of certain idols.
- Start
- Disciple of Vini, Pandala
Fire Pandawushu Artefact10 artefacts and 19,748,400 XP
The excavation is part of the Frigost tour. Lou Bricante asks you to brave the dangers of eight dungeons on the island, including this one.
- Start
- Lou Bricante, Frigost Village
- Prerequisites
- Level 100 and The Frozen Lake
Icefish Fricassee10 fricassees, 3 Ice Kamas and 165,253,200 XP
During events
- Merry Kwismas
The stolen gift crates are recovered by beating the Royal Pingwin in a single fight. Harry Kwismas, . - Tiwotokar Simulation
Tiwotokar may designate the Royal Pingwin as the guardian to defeat. Astrub, .
Other Frigost quests go through the excavation: A Royal Pingwin Hack and Slash asks you to reach its last room, and The Hunters to search it for the hunter Gérard.
The 5 rooms of Royal Pingwin's Excavation
Five fights against Pingwins that constantly swap places with you. In each room, some ice blocks are sometimes clickable: they give an Apewicube. For each room: the scenery, then the tactical view with the starting cells (blue: you, red: the monsters). Tap an image to enlarge it.
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5 — the Royal Pingwin
Beat the Royal Pingwin
The healed character must survive
Healing a character in contact with the Royal Pingwin makes him vulnerable for 6 turns. If that character dies, the boss immediately becomes invulnerable again. Protect them until the boss dies, or until the next heal.
Level 140
6,500 HP
15 AP
4 MP
- Resistances (%)
Earth 25%
Fire 24%
Water 34%
Air 22%
Neutral 29%
He starts invulnerable, for the whole fight, until a character is healed in contact with him. He steals life and swaps places with you up to 2 RNG, and grows stronger with each dead monster. Weak point: Air, at 22%; Water is what he withstands best.
Pingwoxygen2 AP · on self ·2 MP · 30 Flight · Shield: 200% of level
Invulnerable, he gains 2 MP and 30 flight; vulnerable, a shield equal to 200% of his level. 2 turns, cannot be dispelled, recast after 4 turns.
Pingwindscreen5 AP · melee ·Fire Damage: 10% erosion of the caster's missing HP
In contact, only when he is vulnerable: Fire damage based on his missing HP. The more you have worn him down, the harder he hits.
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Pingwind5 AP · 2 RNG ·46 to 55 Water steal · Switches positions
Water life steal and place swap, up to 2 RNG without line of sight, twice per turn: he can end up in the middle of the team.
The four-step strategy against the Royal Pingwin
Choose your order. Each dead monster gives the Royal Pingwin 1,000 vitality, 10% final damage and 1 MP, with no limit. A small team is better off killing it first; a large team can clean up first, starting with the Mama Pingwin.
Removing the invulnerability. Place a character in contact with the boss, with no ally next to them, then heal them: Pingwindbreak removes the invulnerability. Healing a summon does not work; a Cawwot's glyph works, but requires more precise placement.
Six turns to strike. The window lasts 6 turns from the heal. Hit with everything you have as soon as it opens: when vulnerable, the boss protects himself with a shield thanks to Pingwoxygen, and hits in contact with Pingwindscreen. Keep the healed character alive.
Heal without getting hurt. All fight long, Pingwindbreak hits allies in contact with a healed character, and much harder if you heal an ally who is touching you. Step away before each heal. Pushing or pulling the boss also lets you heal yourself from your damage to him for one turn.
The Royal Pingwin's effects
Pingwindjammer makes him invulnerable from the very start of the fight, before you even play. Pingwindbreak, active all fight, hits allies in contact with the healed character with Water: it is that same heal, received in contact with the boss, that removes the invulnerability for 6 turns.
Pingwince gives him 1,000 vitality, 10% final damage and 1 MP for each dead ally, not counting monsters resurrected by the Mama Pingwin. Mansomnanbule activates when you push or pull him: for one turn, you heal for 100% of the damage you deal to him, a heal that also triggers Pingwindbreak if an ally is next to you.
The monsters of Royal Pingwin's Excavation
Five level 132 Pingwins with 2,800 HP, each very weak (-25% or more) in a different element. Almost all of them swap places with you: always keep a fallback cell. Resistances in red are their weaknesses.
In which order to kill the monsters
- Mama Pingwin — she resurrects the last dead monster, which drops again as soon as she dies.
- Shaman Pingwin — he makes you Weakened and places area maluses around him.
Level 132
- 2,800 HP
- 10 AP
- 4 MP
- Resistances (%)
- Earth 10%
- Fire -25%
- Water 5%
- Air 31%
- Neutral 15%
Pingwinnerisyou resurrects the last dead monster with 10% of its HP, every 3 turns; killing the Mama Pingwin also kills this zombie. In contact, Pingwingman steals 2 MP, and Pingwhine boosts its allies within a radius of 4. Weak to Fire.
Pingwingman5 AP · melee ·41 to 50 Fire damage · Steals 2 MP
Pingwhine5 AP · on self ·2 MP · 20% Critical · 50 Damage · 100 Heals
PingwinnerisyouResurrects the last dead monster at 10% of its HP, as a zombie. Kill the Mama Pingwin to make the resurrected one drop with her.
Level 132
- 2,800 HP
- 10 AP
- 4 MP
- Resistances (%)
- Earth 10%
- Fire 32%
- Water 12%
- Air -32%
- Neutral 16%
Pingwingdings inflicts a random malus (AP, MP, power, range…) on everyone within 2 cells of him. Pingwindbag swaps places with you and makes you Weakened, Pingwindsurf steals 2 RNG in a cross. Very weak to Air.
Pingwindbag5 AP · 3 RNG ·36 to 45 Air damage · Weakened State · Switches positions
Swaps places from 2 to 3 RNG and Weakened state for one turn.
Pingwindsurf5 AP · 6 RNG ·36 to 45 Air damage · Steals 2 Range
Pingwingdings5 AP · on self ·-2 AP · -2 MP · -200 Power · -10% Critical · -100 Heals · -100 Damage · -3 Range
A randomly drawn malus for one turn, on all characters within 2 cells of the Shaman Pingwin. Do not stay stuck to him.
Level 132
- 2,800 HP
- 10 AP
- 5 MP
- Resistances (%)
- Earth 14%
- Fire 16%
- Water -25%
- Air 12%
- Neutral 36%
Pingwinterkill teleports him up to 5 RNG and hits around his arrival cell; Pingwinch swaps places with you in contact and puts you in Gravity. Pingwinsome boosts his neighbors, which can then be healed or take twice as much damage with each hit. Weak to Water.
Pingwinch5 AP · melee ·36 to 45 Neutral damage · Switches positions · Gravity State-
Pingwinterkill5 AP · 5 RNG · Teleports to the targeted cell ·31 to 35 Fire damage
Teleportation up to 5 RNG, then a Fire hit on the cells around the arrival point.
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Pingwinsome
For one turn, each hit received by his neighbors has a one-in-two chance of either healing them or doubling the damage they take.
Level 132
- 2,800 HP
- 10 AP
- 3 MP
- Resistances (%)
- Earth 31%
- Fire 10%
- Water -29%
- Air 7%
- Neutral 5%
Pingwindburn pulls you one cell in a line up to 2 RNG, Pingwindsock steals life all around him and Pingwindspread swaps with an ally up to 5 RNG, giving them a shield. Only 3 MP; very weak to Water.
Pingwindburn5 AP · 2 RNG ·51 to 60 Earth damage · Pulls 1 cell
Pingwindsock5 AP · on himself ·46 to 55 Water steal-
Pingwindspread
Swaps with an ally up to 5 RNG; both gain a shield for 2 turns. Do not waste your big spells on it.
Level 132
- 2,800 HP
- 10 AP
- 4 MP
- Resistances (%)
- Earth -26%
- Fire 10%
- Water 32%
- Air 8%
- Neutral 14%
In contact, Pingwinnow pushes back 2 cells and Pingwinker reduces your damage across a whole line. Pingwino swaps with an ally up to 10 RNG and heals it: cut its lines. Weak to Earth.
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Pingwinnow5 AP · melee ·31 to 40 Water damage · Pushes away 2 cells
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Pingwinker5 AP · melee ·26 to 35 Fire damage · -31 to -40 Damage
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Pingwino5 AP · 10 RNG ·31 to 40 Fire heals · Switches positions
Swaps with an ally up to 10 RNG and heals them. Kill first the monsters he could save.
Preparing your run through Royal Pingwin's Excavation
A dungeon for levels 130 to 140, rated easy, ideal for learning to handle an invulnerable boss. People come here for the Frozen Lake quests, the achievements and the Royal Pingwin capture, with a Soul Stone for Big Souls (captures up to level 150).
How to enter Royal Pingwin's Excavation
The entrance is at the Frozen Lake, on Frigost Island, at ; the nearest zaap is the one at Sakai Plain . A pair of disposable dark skis, bought at , leads you straight there, once the quest Star Ski and Dutch is completed. There are three ways to open it: a Pingwin Key (consumed), the key ring if it is registered there, or the automatic group finder.
Crafting the Pingwin Key
It is crafted at a handyman's workshop. Five ingredients drop from the dungeon's Pingwins, at over 25%: Pingwinkle Feather, Shaman Pingwin Beard Hair, Pingwobble Skin, Mama Pingwin Down and Kung-Fu Pingwin Tail. Monkfish, Ginseng and Hemp complete the recipe.
| Ingredient | Quantity | Level |
|---|---|---|
 Pingwinkle Feather |
2 | 132 |
 Shaman Pingwin Beard Hair |
2 | 132 |
 Pingwobble Skin |
2 | 132 |
 Mama Pingwin Down |
2 | 132 |
 Kung-Fu Pingwin Tail |
2 | 132 |
 Monkfish |
2 | 140 |
 Ginseng |
2 | 140 |
 Hemp |
2 | 140 |
Which team to bring against the Royal Pingwin
A healer, or a Cawwot. It is healing that removes the boss's invulnerability. A character able to heal is very useful; otherwise, a Cawwot's glyph works, with more precise placement.
Several elements. Each Pingwin has a marked weakness in a different element: Water for the Kung-Fu Pingwin and the Pingwobble, Fire for the Mama Pingwin, Air for the Shaman Pingwin, Earth for the Pingwinkle. Vary your elements, and hit the boss with Air.
The six achievements of Royal Pingwin's Excavation
Each achievement gives 12,540,000 XP and 2 Royal Pingwin Feather, Duo doubles the XP; Sidekick gives 18,810,000 XP. Each challenge is played around the heal that makes the boss vulnerable.
| Achievements | Condition | Points | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
 Royal Pingwin (Last) |
Defeat the Royal Pingwin in his dungeon while completing the “Last” challenge. | 10 | 12 540 000 |
| Royal Pingwin (Tight) |
Defeat the Royal Pingwin as a team in his dungeon while completing the “Tight” challenge. | 10 | 12 540 000 |
| Royal Pingwin (Sidekick) |
Defeat Royal Pingwin in his dungeon while completing the “Mini Inuits” challenge | 5 | 18 810 000 |
| Royal Pingwin (Duo) |
Defeat the Royal Pingwin in his dungeon while completing the “Duo” challenge. | 20 | 25 080 000 |
| Royal Pingwin's Excavation |
Defeat the Royal Pingwin in this boss's dungeon. | 10 | 12 540 000 |
| Royal Pingwin (Special) |
Defeat Royal Pingwin in his dungeon while completing the “Royal Privilege” challenge. | 10 | 12 540 000 |
Special: Royal Privilege
At the start of each turn, the Royal Pingwin designates a fighter: only that one can be healed. The designated fighter carries a heart icon above them. That one is therefore the only one who can stick to the Royal Pingwin to remove its invulnerability: wait until they are designated to position and heal them.
Last
The Royal Pingwin must be finished off last. Killing the monsters first strengthens it, with 1,000 vitality, 10% final damage and 1 MP per dead monster. Plan for a lot of damage at the end and keep a heal ready to reopen the vulnerability window.
Tight
Each ally must end their turn next to another ally. The catch is Pingwindbreak: every heal hits the allies stuck to the healed character, including the heal that makes the boss vulnerable, while this challenge forces you to stay grouped. Take that into account before each heal, and prefer to stick to allies who do not need healing.
Drops and loot of Royal Pingwin's Excavation
Base rate from the game, before Prospecting bonus. The five Mister Penguin map fragments each drop from a different Pingwin, at 1%.
On the Royal Pingwin
Royal Pingwin FeatherFeather27 %
Still WaterLiquid27 %
The SarapoxCurse12 %
Nougat Rabmarac BarTreat6 %
Royal Pingwin EggEgg4,44 %
Barrel of Drinking WaterContainer3 %
Macerated CarrionMeat1,33 %
Vibrating Pingwin FeatherUsable item1,2 %
Queen Odasouth CrownCeremonial hat0,66 %
Queen Odasouth ShieldCeremonial shield0,66 %
Queen Odasouth WandCeremonial weapon0,66 %
Al Howin GobtubbyCeremonial pet0,66 %
Wa Odanowth ShieldCeremonial shield0,66 %
Wa Odanowth's CloakCeremonial cape0,66 %
Wa Odanowth's CwownCeremonial hat0,66 %
Queen Odasouth CloakCeremonial cape0,66 %
Wa Odanowth's SwordCeremonial weapon0,66 %
On the henchmen of the Royal Pingwin
Macerated MeatMeat · Pingwinkle32 %- Pingwinkle FeatherFeather · Pingwinkle32 %
- Pingwobble SkinSkin · Pingwobble30 %
- Mama Pingwin DownHair · Mama Pingwin28 %
- Shaman Pingwin Beard HairHair · Shaman Pingwin27 %
- Kung-Fu Pingwin TailTail · Kung-Fu Pingwin26 %
Fresh MeatFrigost Island · Kung-Fu Pingwin24 %
The LurgiCurse · Kung-Fu Pingwin12 %- Still WaterLiquid · Pingwinkle5,28 %
Pingwinkle BeakBone · Pingwinkle5,28 %
Pingwobble WingWing · Pingwobble4,92 %
Mama Pingwin OilOil · Mama Pingwin4,68 %- Shaman Pingwin Giant FishboneBone · Shaman Pingwin4,56 %
Kung-Fu Pingwin EarEar · Kung-Fu Pingwin4,32 %- Barrel of Drinking WaterContainer · Kung-Fu Pingwin1 %
Mister Penguin Map fragment 1/5Map fragment · Kung-Fu Pingwin1 %
Mister Penguin Map fragment 2/5Map fragment · Mama Pingwin1 %
Mister Penguin Map fragment 3/5Map fragment · Pingwobble1 %
Mister Penguin Map fragment 4/5Map fragment · Shaman Pingwin1 %
Mister Penguin Map fragment 5/5Map fragment · Pingwinkle1 %- Vibrating Pingwin FeatherUsable item · Kung-Fu Pingwin0,24 %
Soul capture and Apewicube
Capturing the soul of the Royal Pingwin
A Soul Stone for Big Souls (captures up to level 150) suits the Royal Pingwin, who is level 140.
| Stone ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
 Superior Soul Splinter |
10 |
 Mineral Potion |
1 |
The ice blocks
Each room contains ice blocks with a creature inside. Some are clickable and give an Apewicube. It is rare: a block that has already been clicked only comes back at random, roughly every 4 hours.
Where is Royal Pingwin's Excavation?
At the Frozen Lake, on Frigost Island, at . The nearest zaap is the one at Sakai Plain ; disposable dark skis, bought at , and lead straight to it.
What level should you be to do Royal Pingwin's Excavation?
From level 130, comfortably at 140. The dungeon is rated easy, once the invulnerability mechanic is understood.
How do you make the Royal Pingwin vulnerable?
Heal a character placed in contact with him, with no other ally next to them. The boss becomes vulnerable for 6 turns, as long as that character survives.
Should you kill the Royal Pingwin first?
It is often preferable with a small team. Each dead monster gives him 1,000 vitality, 10% final damage and 1 MP.
Which monster should you target first in Royal Pingwin's Excavation?
The Mama Pingwin, who resurrects the last dead monster; her death makes the resurrected one drop. The Shaman Pingwin and his area maluses come next.
Which quest should you do at Royal Pingwin's Excavation?
The Crown Jewels, at Waldos FieldChester Potcobble's, in front of the entrance . Parliamentary Monarchy, with Michele Seyroth in Frigost Village, follows it.
Which stone should you use to capture the Royal Pingwin?
A Soul Stone for Big Souls (captures up to level 150). The Royal Pingwin is level 140.
Why do my allies take damage when I heal?
It is Pingwindbreak, active all fight. It hits allies in contact with the healed character, and much harder the healer if they heal an ally stuck to them.
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