The Cloven-jaw Scourge: Blockade

The Cloven-jaw Scourge: Blockade is the 1st quest in The Seal of Shan-To-Kor story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
The Cloven-jaw Scourge: Blockade • The Cloven-jaw Scourge: The Caverns of Shaagh • Halls of Shan-To-Kor

Wayfinder Dael made it far into the Steam Tunnels before she was forced to retreat. Watch for the signs she left behind.

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The Cloven-jaw Scourge: Blockade
Heroic level:	3
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣632Solo/Casual ♦1,140Normal ♥1,226Hard ♠1,313Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	The Kobold's Blockade
Bestowed by:	Wayfinder Dael
NPC contact:	[[]]
Quest acquired in:	The Steam Tunnels
Patron:	The Coin Lords
Base favor:	4
Purchase:	The Seal of Shan-To-Kor or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Wayfinder Dael has asked you to retrieve the Seal of Shan-To-Kor. She believes the leader of the Cloven-Jaw Hobgoblins knows of its whereabouts. To reach the Cloven-Jaw Tribe, you must first enter the Steam Tunnels from The Marketplace. Somewhere in the depths of these tunnels is a Kobolds' Blockade. You must fight through it to reach the Cloven-Jaw Hobgoblins on the other side.

This is the first part of The Seal of Shan-To-Kor story arc.

Blockade puzzle

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Get past the kobolds' blockade
Slay Amrog, the Gatewarden
Find the entrance to the Hobgoblin stronghold
(Optional) Slay the captive wight priest — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣95 ♦171 ♥184 ♠197 )
(Optional) Defeat the kobold ambush - 12 total — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣63 ♦114 ♥123 ♠131 )
(Optional) Slay 50 Kobolds — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣126 ♦228 ♥245 ♠263 )
(Optional) Slay Human Necromancer — Bonus (35%): Heroic( ♣221 ♦399 ♥429 ♠460 )

What to Expect

Points of no return
Overlapping floors
Puzzle (mandatory: tile puzzle)
Spawning/respawning monsters
Ability checks (optional: 1 door, requires Strength check to break down; 2 runes, require Intelligence checks to activate)
Contains the entrance to another quest (to The Cloven-jaw Scourge: The Caverns of Shaagh)

Known Traps

Spot and Search DCs for Traps and Secret Door
Open Lock and Disable Device DCs

Skill DCs and pictures of all traps, control panel locations, locked doors, and secret doors can be found in the above links by hovering over the description text.
Spike and blade trap in the room to the north after the second drop, behind the locked gate
Sonic trap behind a secret door in the water, protecting a collectable. Fires once and no way to disable.
Spike traps behind the crystal-locked door. Two sets of them, and the control panels only disable half of the corresponding set.

Tips and Misc

The INT runes found by taking the first left need a DC 17 Intelligence check. If you can activate them, an optional wight priest will spawn in the newly opened door.
The kobold ambush optional which spawns by opening the chest after taking the first right will also count towards the slay 50 kobolds optional.
When you reach the group of three levers only the middle one needs to be pulled. The one of the left opens a redundant passage and the one of the right doesn't seem to do anything at all.
There are several points where you have to drop from one level to a lower one. After that point, there is no way to return to the previous higher level.
- The first of these is just past the first shrine, after you pass the blockade.
- The second is actually in the same spot, after you drop down into the Puzzle Room.
The Puzzle Room warns you not to power the four posts. Each post, once powered will spawn a spider, at least one of which will be a Black Widow. Spin the tiles away from posts to eliminate this threat.
Behind the locked gate to the north, after the second drop, will be a group of kobolds and a chest with a closed gate on one side and a wooden door on the other.
Killing the Kobolds will unlock the chest and open the gate to the left.
The wooden door to the right containing the human necromancer optional can be opened in one of four ways:
- The door can be smashed open with DC 16 Strength.
- The door can be burned down with any fire type AoE spell.
- Open Lock can be used to pick the lock on the door which has DC ♦25Normal ♥25Hard ♠25Elite.
- If you kill the kobold thrower right next to the door, his death explosive will burst the door open.
In the final chamber, there is a somewhat hidden chest on the northwestern ledge right after Amrog, the Gatewarden.

Bonus XP

Devious bonus: 10 or fewer monsters killed +7% Bonus.( ♣44 ♦80 ♥86 ♠92 )
Discreet bonus: 20 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣32 ♦57 ♥61 ♠66 )
Aggression bonus: 51 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣63 ♦114 ♥123 ♠131 )
Onslaught bonus: 66 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣95 ♦171 ♥184 ♠197 )
Conquest bonus: 81 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣158 ♦285 ♥307 ♠328 )
Neutralization bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣126 ♦228 ♥245 ♠263 )
Mischief bonus: 84 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣51 ♦91 ♥98 ♠105 )
Vandal bonus: 109 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣63 ♦114 ♥123 ♠131 )
Ransack bonus: 134 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣95 ♦171 ♥184 ♠197 )

Notes: The insidious cunning bonus is unobtainable due to the required kills of Amrog, the Gatewarden and the five kobolds needed to open a gate. The tamper bonus is unobtainable because disabling the second trap brings you right from tamper to neutralization. Even though there is a secret door, the perception bonus is unobtainable.

Loot

Chests: 5
- One down the western fork on the upper level, which spawns the kobold ambush
- One behind the locked gate to the north, after the second drop
- One behind the locked (requires the Iron Key) sewer tunnel to the west after the second drop, just before the long ladder down
- One in the room with the long bridge and the mushrooms, to the northwest
- One at the very end, past the entrance to the stronghold
Collectables:
- Moss down the western fork on the upper level, just before the kobold ambush chest
- Crude Altar just before the first big drop, after the first shrine
- Cabinet after the second drop, with the zombies
- Cabinet with the human necromancer
- Alchemy Table to the north after the long ladder down
- Rubble in the water before the crystal-locked door, by the third shrine
- Adventurer's Pack behind a secret door to the north of the watery tunnel, protected by a sonic trap
- Moss to the south on the mid-point level in the mushroom area
- Adventurer's Pack to the north on the mid-point level in the mushroom area
NPC rewards: None, until you finish quest chain.

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Amrog, the Gatewarden ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥9Hard ♠11Elite	Goblinoid	Hobgoblin
Arcane Skeleton ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♦27Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard	Undead	Skeleton
Baby Glass Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite OR From Egg: ♦1Normal ♥1Hard ♠1Elite;	Vermin	Spider
Black Widow ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Vermin	Spider
Brown Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite	Vermin	Spider
Dwarf Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Elf Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Ghoul ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard ●♠36Epic Elite	Undead	Ghoul
Glass Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Vermin	Spider
Gray Ooze ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Ooze	Gray Ooze
Halfling Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Hobgoblin Guard ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Goblinoid	Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin Infiltrator ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Goblinoid	Hobgoblin
Human Necromancer ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Humanoid	Human
Kobold Shaman ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Sneak ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Thrower ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Warrior ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite ●♦28Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard ●♠63Epic Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Skeleton Archer ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥29 - 31Epic Hard ●♠36Epic Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Skeleton Swordsman ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠45Epic Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Skeleton Veteran ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠3Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Skeleton ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Small Brown Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.25Normal ♥0.5Hard ♠2Elite	Vermin	Spider
Troglodyte ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte
Wight Priest ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard	Undead	Wight

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