The Vault of Night

''House Kundarak built the Vault to store secret treasures. But for whom...and for what purpose?'' {{Quest
 * adpack  = Vault of Night
 * name     = The Vault of Night
 * level    = 10
 * epic     = 22
 * duration = Very Long
 * raid     = yes
 * normal   = 11500
 * hard     = 12100
 * elite    = 12699
 * enormal  = 53295
 * ehard    = 55005
 * eelite   = 56715
 * loc      = Vault of Night
 * npc      = Barrow d'Kundarak
 * zone     = House Kundarak
 * patron   = House Kundarak
 * favor    = 9
 * mappic   = M vault of night.png
 * maplegend = yes
 * loadingpic= L Vault of Night.jpg
 * flagging = Vault of Night (story arc): Tharashk Arena (VoN1), The Prisoner (VoN2), Gateway to Khyber/The Jungle of Khyber (VoN3), and Haywire Foundry (VoN4).
 * overview = An unknown enemy has breached House Kundarak's defenses in the Vault of Night and taken complete control of it. Their own forces have had no success in taking it back, so they've asked for help from you and the Laughing Knives.

When you're ready, enter the Vault of Night in House Kundarak Enclave, and destroy whoever is responsible for this attack.
 * This raid section sees you getting the fruits of your labor in recruiting Marek Malcanus's party of adventurers to help regain the Vault.
 * To complete this section of the raid, you need to gain entry to the Plane of Night where House Kundarak have carefully hidden their most valued treasure. The Vault is in a state of anarchy, overrun with undead and agents of the Aurum. You have to power the Vault back up to recover the master key.

Flagging

 * Complete the Vault of Night (story arc) quests (Four quests in total).
 * Order is no longer important. Just be sure to pick up each individual quest before proceeding.
 * Once the 4-quest arc is completed and this quest The Vault of Night is available from Barrow d'Kundarak, this pre-raid along with the Plane of Night raid can be repeated without repeating the initial 4-quest arc.
 * Note: Talking to Marek won't always break your quest flags, it depends what step of the chain you're on, but to be safe, do not talk to him at all. If you want to read his flavor text, do so after you're correctly flagged. It's safe to do so at that point.
 * To use the new flagging system, simply complete the 4 quests, and pick up their end rewards. Then talk to Barrow d'Kundarak to be permanently flagged.
 * Workaround for if your quest gets broken: Manually Abandon "The Vault of the Night" story arc. Then talk to Barrow. He should bestow it and you can then enter; if you cannot, you are not flagged and need to redo some or all of the quests.
 * Workaround for if your quest gets broken: Manually Abandon "The Vault of the Night" story arc. Then talk to Barrow. He should bestow it and you can then enter; if you cannot, you are not flagged and need to redo some or all of the quests.

Do West wing, then North wing, then East wing, then South wing. Or to speed things up if running above level:
 * objective_1     = Make contact with the Laughing Knives
 * objective_2     = Destroy the tormented banker Otto Knucklebones
 * objective_3     = Destroy the Aurum commander Malachi the Breaker
 * objective_4     = Repair the Distribution Grid in Maintenance
 * objective_5     = Restore the North Portal Conduit
 * objective_6     = Reset both breaker levers to repair the North Portal Conduit
 * objective_7     = Restore the West Portal Conduit
 * objective_8     = Lower the emergency barriers in Accounting
 * objective_9     = Restore the East Portal Conduit
 * objective_10    = Find a way to open the Adamantine-Bound Coffer
 * objective_11    = Find a way to open the Adamantine-Bound Coffer
 * objective_12    = Destroy the Rust Emperor in the Disposal Shaft
 * objective_13    = Recover the Crystal Master Key
 * objective_14    = Destroy Arach's Knight to disable Arach's defenses
 * objective_15    = Force the traitor Arach d'Kundarak to open the Gate of Night
 * optional_1      = Stop the production of golems in the Distribution Grid room
 * opt_percent_1   = 10
 * expect=
 * Traps (fixed, some undisarmable)
 * Point of no return
 * Overlapping floors
 * Spawning/respawning monsters
 * Puzzles (mandatory: puzzle wheels and tile puzzle)
 * Runes (mandatory: requires WIS check of 20 )
 * Contains the entrance to another quest (to Plane of Night)
 * Stat checks (mandatory: 2 levers that require STR checks of 25 )
 * Requires extra player(s) (mandatory: a total of 6 runes and levers have to be used simultaneously)
 * traps=Trap DCs
 * Lightning Walls and Blade Spinners (North Side)
 * Horizontal Triple Blades (West Side)
 * Several lightning bolt traps triggered by opening a chest (West Side)
 * Blade Spinners (Up the first ladder on the south side)
 * Blade Spinners (Locked triple Entrance to the Final Encounter)
 * misc=
 * Most head west and 1 person head east simultaneously (east puzzle can be done immediately by 1 person)
 * Have most players do north, left and right simultaneously (Both can be cleared quickly with smart use of jumping)
 * Have one person head west to get the coffer while this is done (He can the moment power is restored)
 * Everyone head for the key once breakers are reset
 * Everyone head south to the end
 * opens forcefields with color wheels. Turn each wheel exactly 4 notches.
 * Levers need to be pulled in sync (3 sec) to unlock doors

Preparation
There are many nasty traps and locked doors in this quest, so a Rogue or Artificer is essential (except for exceptional parties). You will also need at least two persons with a strength of 25 for some levers and two persons with at least a wisdom of 20. Without these required stats, you will not be able to complete this raid. An Iron Defender can pull the levers.

With a sufficiently high jump skill (26 works, possibly lower) you can jump over the lightning fields in the north hallway.

Arcane casters should have Dimension Door and Knock as they will greatly speed things up. Casters (divine or arcane) should hand out acid and lightning resistance – preferably extended as this is a very long raid. Melee should have adamantine weapons for the end boss, as he has significant DR when running on epic, or even at-level on elite, as well as strong weapons for the foe you will inevitably face after this raid – the red dragon, Velah.

The party should do the north hallway first to ensure they can get past the traps, if the party cannot do so, there is no point in clearing the other hallways.

Strategy
VON 5 – The FAST guide
 * Pre-requisites: You can lead via voice and the party has the right stats.


 * 1) Gather for buffs, remember electric/acid resists and protects
 * 2) There are 4 people in the first room that give out items:
 * 3) * Haywire gives 'VOICE' for speaking stones – unlocker should take this
 * 4) * Orphne gives wand 'Orphnes Blessing' – removes a specific disease that drops CON – not curable by normal remove disease or greater/lesser restoration
 * 5) * Ignore Dirge and Veil
 * 6) All head west to corridor with blade trap. Trap control panel, on right at end, carry on, kill Otto – someone takes, preferably the same person as took the VOICE
 * 7) Rogue/Artificer back to do traps north – (8 trap Control panels) on pillars
 * 8) All go back to the entrance – head north – need 25 STR / 20 WIS each side – only 3 people needed on right
 * 9) Allocate people to jump to pillars as lever pullers
 * 10) People on left side head to wheels – VOICE turns wheels 4 times each – talk to head 2 times
 * 11) VOICE talks to head in West (must drop down) – drops barriers – kill golems – get coffer
 * 12) Pull STR lever on way back
 * 13) East – do puzzle – talk to head
 * 14) East – use coffer – opens North gate, kill rusty – get key – all head back to the entrance
 * 15) Head South – 4 drop down below vent (pull simultaneously) – vent shoots rogue/artificer up, disable traps and pull levers – all go to the end
 * 16) Kill dogs and boss

Most importantly: When you begin, designate one person – preferably one who is very knowledgeable about the raid – to get the Voice and the Ring, and complete the main 4 objectives (Restore the power).

Other important objectives that can be done mostly simultaneously are the puzzle, coffer and crystal master key, so ideally also assigning players to each of these objectives for a fast completion (or groups of players if you're running high difficulties).

List of items NPCs will hand out (One time only, for one player only) – the important one here is the Voice:
 * Dirge of Karrnath: – +2 Heavy shield:  (Destroyed on Exiting Adventure, Binds on Acquire)
 * Mistress Orphne: – Wand: Remove Necrotic Touch (20 charges, caster level 5) (Destroyed on Exiting Adventure, Binds on Acquire)
 * Veil: 100 s – +2 Arrow: (Destroyed on Exiting Adventure)
 * Haywire: Haywire's Voice – Drops on Leaving Adventure, Drops on Death

Other key items required for quest completion – be absolutely sure about who picks these up:
 * – Drops on Leaving Adventure, Drops on Death
 * Crystal Master Key

Once complete, you gain entry to the final part of the Vault of Night raid quest series from an exit at the end of this quest. Do not recall from this quest on completion for you will not be able to proceed to the following quest.

Boss Strategy

 * Don't underestimate Arach's Knight. He can very quickly take down an unprepared raid group, so be sure to buff appropriately (Sonic resistance, haste, etc) and take down his hounds first. For more in-depth detail on him, check his article.

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 * aggression      = ~168
 * onslaught       = 216
 * conquest        = 264
 * mischief        = 60
 * vandal          = ~80
 * ransack         = 93
 * bonus_xp_notes  = Conquest requires you to kill the re-spawning Warforged in the puzzle area a few times to get over 240 monsters killed; generally one or two people are assigned this duty while the rest of the party continues.
 * npcreward=None until you complete the final follow-up raid, Plane of Night
 * chest=4 on regular difficulties, 5 on epic
 * One heavily trapped by several lightning traps beyond a door on the west side
 * Another on the west side near the shrine, but not accessible until power has been restored to accounting
 * One on the north end past the breaker lever, locked with a very high DC. Epic (Lock DC).
 * One hidden on a small platform by the lava in the eastern section – get this one after you get the crystal master key, then dimension door back as it's not easy to return.
 * Epic Difficulty spawns an epic chest right on top of the portal entrance to the plane of night (be careful not to click the portal by mistake).
 * monsters= Monster Information