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The Bark and the Blade

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The Bark and the Blade is the 1st quest in the Vecna Unleashed Part Two story arcIcon tooltip.pngStory arcs  are chains of quests that make up a story line.
Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.
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These quests can be completed in any order.
The Bark and the Blade • Enemy of My Enemy • The Evil We Know • Law and Order • Taken in Hand • Vecna Denied


Enter the Glass Plateau of the Mournlands: a desolate wasteland full of Undead, suffering from the effects of the greatest disaster of the Last War. The Lord of Blades' army operates in the ruins. You head to one of his training camps, seeking assistance in the fight against Vecna.

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The Bark and the Blade
Heroic level: 18
Epic level: 34
(considered Legendary)
Duration: long
Heroic XP:  ♣4,428Solo/Casual ♦7,660Normal ♥7,940Hard ♠8,220Elite
Epic XP:  ♣20,280Solo/Casual ♦34,599Normal ♥35,397Hard ♠36,195Elite
Takes place in: Mournlands Training Camp
Bestowed by: Kion
NPC contact: Kion
Quest acquired in: Morgrave University - Upper Commons
Patron: Morgrave University
Base favor: 7
Purchase: Vecna Unleashed
Extreme Challenge: No
Entrance area and manufactory
Glass Plateau
Loading screen

Overview

Use the portal in upper Morgrave University to travel to the Mournlands Training Camp and try to arrange a meeting with the Lord of Blades.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak with Dorris
  • Speak to Model 8912-F
  • Take Model 8912-F on a walk on the Glass Plateau
  • Bring Model 8912-F to Checkpoint One
  • Clear the enemies in each canyon (total 6)
  • Bring Model 8912-F to Checkpoint Two
  • Defeat the Specter Army
  • Follow the new passage in the North West
  • Bring Model 8912-F to Checkpoint Three
  • Balance the stones
  • Defeat the Molten Glass Golem
  • Return Model 8912-F to Dorris
  • Speak with the Lord of Blades
  • Clear out the old manufactory in the West
  • Find the passcode
  • Earn a favor from the Lord of Blades
  • (Optional) Defeat the Wight — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣443 ♦766 ♥794 ♠822 ) Epic( ♣2,028 ♦3,460 ♥3,540 ♠3,620 )
  • (Optional) Help the Lord of Blades soldiers with their training. — Bonus (35%): Heroic( ♣1,550 ♦2,681 ♥2,779 ♠2,877 ) Epic( ♣7,098 ♦12,110 ♥12,389 ♠12,668 )

Tips and Misc

  • The Traveler has a plan to take down Vecna, but for it to work, you're going to need some powerful allies. You've been sent to call in a favor with the Lord of Blades, who by now owes you his life twice over, not that he'd ever be caught admitting it.
  • Unfortunately, the Lord of Blades is in no mood to take time out of his busy schedule to discuss the matter, so you're going to need to find him yourself – with a little help from old friend Dorris.
  • Before Dorris will open a portal to the Lord of Blades' training camp, she wants you to take an experimental design of Iron Defender around the Mournlands for a walk.
    • A nearby room in the fortress contains an optional fight against waves of Lord of Blades soldiers. Note that this optional is more difficult than usual, and contains several red-named monsters.
  • Model 8912-F can be commanded to follow a player, or stop where it is. Don't worry about taking it into combat – it can't be killed.
  • To finish 8912-F's walkies, you'll need to walk it through three gates. Note that to progress out of an area, you need to kill all the monsters there first.
  • After clearing the second canyon, a breakable glass wall to the north leads to the optional Wight fight.
  • Behind the glass wall east of the first shrine, you'll find a small army of Specters. Killing these unlocks the path to the fourth canyon.
  • Another glass wall south of the fifth canyon contains a floating stones puzzle. A solution can be found on an Abandoned Message (L -> R, 3 1 2 4), but the standard solution 1234 also works.
  • After this, take down the Molten Glass Golem and head back to Dorris through a Dimension Door. Afterwards, you can head through a second portal to speak with the Lord of Blades.
  • The Lord of Blades, of course, also wants something done in return for his allegiance. Fortunately, some Hidden Hand cultists are currently ransacking a nearby Cannith ruin, and clearing them out is considered suitable repayment.
  • After a few rounds of combat against Hidden Hand patrols, you come across a door, locked with a passcode. You'll need to head South and unlock the four rune wheels to read the passcode, 61953 (note you have to discover this before it will actually work.) Afterwards, go back and use /say to open the door.
  • The symbols for the wheels are:
Two rune wheels are labeled (when targeted) as Blue and Red which does not match the visual color key above the wheel (yellow and purple).
The references below reflect the color of the wheel, not the label when targeted.
  • Blue Rune Wheel: Red Star
  • Red Rune Wheel: Blue Diamond
  • Yellow Rune Wheel: Orange Cross
  • Purple Rune Wheel: Yellow Square
  • Finally, head into the final room of the Cannith ruin and take down the Iron Golem. You can now return to the Lord of Blades and make your first ally for the fight against Vecna!

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣443 ♦766 ♥794 ♠822 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣664 ♦1,149 ♥1,191 ♠1,233 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣1,107 ♦1,915 ♥1,985 ♠2,055 )
  • Mischief bonus: 34 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣354 ♦613 ♥635 ♠658 )
  • Vandal bonus: 45 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣443 ♦766 ♥794 ♠822 )
  • Ransack bonus: 55 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣664 ♦1,149 ♥1,191 ♠1,233 )
Notes: * The enemies in the "Help the Lord of Blades soldiers with their training" optional do not count towards conquest bonus.
  • Some of the glass walls count towards ransack bonus with a value of 3.

Loot

  • Chests: 3
    • One for killing the Wight
    • One for helping with the training
    • One end chest near the Lord of Blades
  • Collectables:
    • Mushroom — near the Lord of BladesIcon tooltip.pngCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSwaying Mushroom ClusterRuddy FungusSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusSwaying Mushroom Spore Pod
    • Mushroom — manufactory, in the alley after the 1st roomIcon tooltip.pngCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSwaying Mushroom ClusterRuddy FungusSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusSwaying Mushroom Spore Pod
    • Fungus — manufactory, near the passcodeIcon tooltip.pngCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSwaying Mushroom ClusterRuddy FungusSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusSwaying Mushroom Spore Pod
  • NPC rewards: standard

Named Chest Drop

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Bladesworn Bandolier
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Belt  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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Blademark Amulet
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Necklace  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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University Bulwark's Docent
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Docent  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
Core of a War Machine
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Orb  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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Legendary Bladesworn Bandolier
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Belt  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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Legendary Blademark Amulet
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Necklace  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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Legendary University Bulwark's Docent
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Docent  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
Legendary Core of a War Machine
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Orb  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Bark and the Blade, End chest
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Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Advanced Blades Trainee( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Living Construct Warforged
Awakened Specter( view
Awakened Specter.png
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Undead Spectre
Controlled Skeleton( view
Controlled Skeleton.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Skeleton
Expert Blades Trainee( view
Expert Blades Trainee.png
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Living Construct Warforged
Hidden Hand Cleric( view
Hidden Hand Cleric.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Hidden Hand Fighter( view
Hidden Hand Fighter.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Hidden Hand Skullguard( view
Hidden Hand Skullguard.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Skeleton
Hidden Hand Sniper( view
Hidden Hand Sniper.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Model 7851-C( view
Model 7851-C.png
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Construct Iron Defender
Model 8347-G( view
Model 8347-G.png
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Construct Golem
Molten Glass Golem( view
Molten Glass Golem.png
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Construct Golem
Mournland Glass Spider( view
Mournland Glass Spider.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Vermin Spider
Mournland Greater Wight( view
Mournland Greater Wight.png
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Undead Wight
Mournland Meteor Swarm( view
Mournland Meteor Swarm.png
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Ooze Spell
Mournland Quell( view
Mournland Quell.png
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Quell
Mournland Shadow( view
Mournland Shadow.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Mournland Skeleton( view
Mournland Skeleton.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Skeleton
Mournland Specter( view
Mournland Specter.png
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Undead Spectre
Mournland Wisp( view
Mournland Wisp.png
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Aberration Will o' Wisp
Novice Blades Apprentice( view
Novice Blades Apprentice.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Living Construct Warforged
Novice Blades Trainee( view
Novice Blades Trainee.png
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Living Construct Warforged