Fear Factory

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Reporters for the Stormreach Chronicle believe that Morley Blode, proprietor of this shop, is the one responsible for creating the Taken.

Fear Factory
Heroic level:	15
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	♣2,130 Solo/Casual  ♦3,700 Normal  ♥3,850 Hard  ♠3,999 Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Blode's Curio Shop
NPC contact:	Felicity Mallow
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Free Agents
Base favor:	5
Free to Play:	No
Extreme Challenge:	No
Fear Factory map (legend )

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Overview

Felicity Mallow, a reporter for the Stormreach Chronicle, has a tip on where the Taken creatures come from. According to her sources, a man named Morley Blode is connected with creating the Taken.

Enter Blode's Curio Shop. in the Harbor and try to learn how the Taken are made.

• This is Part Three of Harbinger of Madness

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Objectives

• Confront Morley Blode
• Fight off Morley's followers - 6 total
• Open the storeroom and deal with Morely Blode
• Hunt down Morley Blode
• Destroy the Xorian cocoons - 10 total
• Find Morley's other lab and destroy the Xorian cocoons within - 10 total
• Activate the controls to lower the drawbridges
• Spy on Morley's conversation
• Fight off the deranged followers - 6 total
• Survive the Taken swarm - 6 total
• Destroy Neihoden
• (Optional) Put the undead adventurers to rest - 4 total (10% of base XP, plus a bonus chest)
• (Optional) Destroy any other Xorian cocoons found - 8 total (10% of base XP, plus a bonus chest)

What to Expect

• Trap (fixed)
• Point of no return
• Spawning/respawning monsters
• Randomly placed quest items (mandatory: 20 Cocoons and optional: 10 Cocoons)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

• Spike trap on the sides of a door frame in the north-south passage; control box location apparently varies. Easily timed.

Tips and Misc

• Recommended buffs at all times:
  • Acid Resistance
  • Blur or Displacement
  • Greater Heroism
  • Deathward
• Most of this quest involves mass numbers of Taken and Crazed/Deranged Followers being thrown at you in melee fights with few surprises.
• Freedom of Movement does NOT block the Sticky effect.
• The long drop after the first shrine isn't a point of no return; you can turn a valve to lower a ladder so you can climb back up.
• The second drop (by the third shrine) IS a point of no return; additionally, despite looking like water at the bottom, it's shallow - use FF.
• Neihoden periodically activates some kind of breath ability after taking enough damage. He cannot be targeted while using it. It sometimes causes an AoE knockdown.
• The undead optional requires knock or lockpicking to complete, and can be found in the east wing past the first dropdown.
  • Trivia: The undead adventurers optional is a reference to the '80s D&D Cartoon, which starred a Cavalier, Ranger, Magician, Acrobat, Barbarian, and Thief. The (deceased) Acrobat can be found elsewhere, while the Thief... must've stolen their lives and then fled.

Bonus XP

• Aggression bonus: 84 monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣213 ♦370 ♥385 ♠400 )
• Onslaught bonus: 109 monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣320 ♦555 ♥578 ♠600 )
• Mischief bonus: 31 breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣170 ♦296 ♥308 ♠320 )
• Vandal bonus: 51 breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣213 ♦370 ♥385 ♠400 )
• Rusted pipes don't count as breakables; Xoriat Cocoons, however, do.

Loot

• Chests: 3
  • 1 optional behind a locked door for killing the undead adventurers (found in the eastern corridor past the first drop-down)
  • 1 optional for destroying all the cocoons (found just past the second cocoon wing)
  • 1 at the end for killing Neihoden (Taken)
• Collectables: Seven
  • Mold in the water below the first drawbridgelever
  • Mold behind a gate after the first drop-down
  • Mold down the western corridor, near the deceased acrobat
  • Mold on the wall down the eastern corridor, before the room with the other deceased adventurers
  • Mold before the second water area
  • Mold just before the second set of shrines, behind some rusted pipes
  • Mold at the bottom of the water past the second set of shrines
• NPC rewards: Random ML 12-14 items; choose from 6

Named Loot

• Infused Chaosrobe - Robe: Spell Turmoil, Lesser Evocation Augmentation IX, Trace of Madness, Power Drain [ML:14, BtA]

Monsters

Monster Information

• Arcane Oozes
• Clan Tunnelworm Warriors - Kobold fighters
• Clan Tunnelworm Witch Doctors - Kobold wizards
• Crazed Followers - Humans
• Deranged Followers - Humans; may spawn out of Xoriat cocoons
• Greater Thaarak Hounds
• Mind Flayer Mages
• Taken

Named Monsters:

• Neihoden - Red-named taken; end boss
• Undead Barbarian - Optional named zombie
• Undead Cavalier - Optional named zombie
• Undead Magician - Optional named zombie
• Undead Ranger - Optional named zombie

The Stormreach Chronicle of Sar 2 - This is the same edition, as found in the quest Missing