Let Sleeping Dust Lie

The Crimson Foot live beneath Meridia, their existence helps maintain a natural balance creating environmental harmony in the Vale of Twilight. {{Quest Reaching Crimson Foot Hive entrance automatically bestows quest.
 * name=Let Sleeping Dust Lie
 * level=16
 * duration=Very Long
 * xp={{xpcolors|normal=6,766|hard=7,033|elite=7,299}}
 * loc=Crimson Foot Hive
 * npc=Taaniel Badhri
 * zone=The Vale of Twilight
 * patron=The Twelve
 * favor=8
 * mappic=M_let_sleeping_dust_lie.png
 * maplegend=yes
 * overview=
 * obj=
 * Negotiate the submerged ruins
 * Speak with Ketriel Ephon
 * Read the first journal entry
 * Once complete, a new important required objective appears:

Useful buffs:
 * Don't kill more than 5 Crimson Foot
 * Slay Kasi Nokhba
 * Pick up the key
 * Read the second journal entry
 * Slay Yre Kubuts
 * Pick up Yre's Key
 * Protect the Crimson Foot Queen
 * Slay Kkomglol
 * Gain entry to the mausoleum
 * Slay Phaosth
 * Drop the magical barrier (3 Wheels)
 * Slay Thazgol
 * expect=
 * Traps (fixed, disarmable)
 * Protect an NPC (mandatory)
 * Spawning/respawning monsters
 * Puzzle (mandatory: puzzle wheels)
 * Quest failure (if the Spider Queen dies)
 * Quest failure (if more than 4 spiders are killed after the first journal is picked up)
 * traps=
 * Spikes. Upon dropping down hole in the ground. Control panel is next to pillars.
 * Spikes. Before entering the first room after entering the hole. Panel behind pillar.
 * Spikes. In room next to Phaosth. Panel is in the main hall entryway by pillar.
 * misc=
 * NE path leads to North path
 * NW path leads to SW path via shrine
 * SE path leads to South path
 * There are no respawns in this quest. There are a limited amount of spawning ogres encountered during the "Protect the Crimson Foot Queen" objective.
 * Acid resist (for rakshasas down the hole)
 * Cold resist
 * Electricity resist
 * Fire resist
 * The objective "Don't kill more than 5 crimson foot" does not appear until you read the first journal. Simply bypass the first journal and you can kill any spiders you run across without putting this option in jeopardy. Clear the main areas then come back and read the first journal. In the boss room, have someone lure off the spiders while the rest kill the bosses in order to keep them safe. Doing this will kill your chances at a bonus chest however (one you get for zero spider kills, they count immediately)
 * If you want to try and keep all the spiders alive, you will need precise targeting. Fingers of death, no area spells, no auto targeting, no 2 handed weapons with glancing blows, etc.
 * The spiders are immune to acid damage, so using acid area spells like Acid Blast are safe.
 * Spiders lack a dance animation, so if you throw up a Otto's sphere of dancing, it will stop the rakshasa, but not the spiders.. This can be useful if you need to lure the spiders away to use AOE effects on the rakshasa.
 * The safest/fastest strategy for the end fight if you have some casters in the party: Hit each of the four spiders with flesh to stone, and the rakshasa with finger of death/PK. Pull Thazgol far down the corridor away from the spiders in case they break. Now you can safely use strong AOE spells to slay him quickly.

Bonus XP

 * Aggression Bonus: ~193 monsters killed.
 * Mischief Bonus: 56 breakables smashed.
 * Vandal Bonus: 77 breakables smashed.
 * Ransack Bonus: ~93 breakables smashed.
 * Tamper Bonus: 2 traps disabled.
 * Neutralization Bonus: 3 traps disabled.

Trivia

 * Several of the vale quest names are references to song names from ~80s hard rock/heavy metal bands:
 * "Running with the Devils" is the first track from Van Halen's 1978 "Van Halen" album.
 * "Rainbow in the Dark" is a track and a singlecut from Ronnie James Dio's 1982 "Holy Diver" album.
 * "Let Sleeping Dust Lie" is a bit more obscure but most likely a reference to a track from Michael Schenker Group's 1981 album "MSG". The track is titled ""Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"
 * One of the mini bosses names is "Kkomglol", When you first hear the DM announce his name it doesn't sound unusual.. But break it up and it reads: kk-omg-lol - common netspeak meaning "Okay oh my god I'm laughing out loud".


 * chest=Two minimum, four possible
 * One guaranteed at "protect the named spider" shrine
 * One guaranteed at the end
 * One possible for 0 spider kills (disappears with a single spider kill)
 * One possible for killing all the ogre magi. This chest appears even after quest is completed, so the easiest way to do this is to complete the necessary parts to end the quest, then run around and kill ogre magi (no need to worry about not killing spiders) until the chest pops.


 * Ingredients: Locust Husk, Chipmunk Funk, Shavarath Stone of Strategy

Monster Information }}
 * npcreward=Random item (up to 15th level accessories, up to 14th level weapons and armor)
 * unique=no
 * monsters=
 * Crimson Foot Spiders
 * Kar-Thuul Ogres
 * Kar-Thuul Ogre Magi
 * Rakshasa Thaumaturge
 * Kkomglol - orange named Rakshasa caster
 * Phaosth - orange named Rakshasa caster
 * Thazgol - red named end boss Rakshasa caster