Extraplanar Palace: Buying Time

{{Quest
 * name= Extraplanar Mining: Buying Time
 * level= 12-20
 * duration= Variable duration
 * xp= Special, See Tips
 * loc= Extraplanar Palace
 * npc= None
 * zone= House Cannith
 * patron= House Cannith
 * favor= Up to 6
 * free=No
 * epic= No
 * extreme= No
 * mappic=M_extraplanar_mining_buying_time.png
 * maplegend=yes


 * overview= {{PAGENAME}} is one of the new challenges added in Update 12.

The Spectral Dragon Auraxyllon created this magical palace between the planes to store his vast crystal hoard.
 * obj=

Star Objectives
Can you complete these objectives? For each blue star you earn you'll receive House Cannith favor and a 1 time xp bonus!
 * Reach crystal collection quota 100 Crystals
 * 10,000 Crystals
 * Defeat the Dragon Auraxyllon
 * Do not buy any Teleporters
 * Buy less than 9 minutes of time

Note: You must complete the first star objective (Reach crystal collection quota) to receive experience & rewards from the Challenge.

None Known
 * traps=
 * misc=

Quick Start Guide

 * 1) Use the Kobold Miners to collect crystals from the Dragon's hoard before time runs out!
 * 2) Protect your kobold workers from monster attacks and help your kobolds reach the Foreman with their crystal payloads!
 * 3) Barter crystals with the Time Foreman to extend your time and achieve even better results!

The Dragon's Hoard

 * The Spectral Dragon, Auraxyllon, lurks somewhere inside his extraplanar palace, protecting his vast collection of crystals.
 * Raid the palace with the Kobold Miners Union and extract as many crystals as possible before the time runs out.
 * The deeper into the palace you delve, the more crystals you can find - but watch out! Auraxyllon is somewhere in the palace lying in wait for intruders.

Kobold Miners

 * Lead the Kobold Miners to crystals by laying down Incense Torches to form a path.
 * Tip: Healing Torches work like regular torches, plus they also heal Kobold Miners who are near them.
 * The kobolds will collect crystals and take them back to the Foreman near the entrance.
 * Tip: Barrels increase how many crystals one Kobold can carry. Place Barrels in the torch path and Kobolds will pick them up and equip them. A Kobold with multiple barrels will make his best effort to fill the barrels before returning to the Foreman.
 * Monsters may attack the Kobolds while they’re working, causing the Kobolds to panic and run in circles.
 * Tip: You can earn extra treasure for killing red named bosses!
 * Help the Kobolds return to the Foreman to unload their crystals so they can go back to collect more!
 * Tip: Place Teleporters near Kobolds who are loaded with crystals. Kobolds will use Teleporters to instantly travel back to the Foreman.
 * Kobolds drop soulstones when they die, which you can return to the Foreman to resurrect. But note that hiring more Kobolds is cheap, while resurrecting Kobolds is expensive!

The Time Foreman

 * The Foreman in this Challenge is a Time Foreman. He will sell you more time in exchange for crystals.
 * Help the Kobolds return to the Time Foreman to unload their crystals so they can go back to collect more!
 * The Time Foreman can also sell you additional Kobold Miners, Incense Torches, Healing Torches, Barrels, and Teleporters, as well as various useful items from the DDO Store.
 * Monsters may also attack and kill the Time Foreman. A dead Time Foreman can’t sell you more time, and who knows what other paradoxes could arise!
 * Tourist Tonic can be purchased from the DDO Store. It will return you to the Time Foreman instantly.

Challenge Duration

 * This challenge beings with just 5 minutes on the clock, but you may purchase time in 3 minute increments. Up to 9 times, for a total maximum duration of 32 minutes, or 35 minutes if you use a time requisition form.

Crystals

 * Green crystals are turned in by Kobolds to meet the quota, and increase your score!
 * Purple Crystals are worth 10 of the Green Crystals. But be careful – Purple Crystals tend to explode if left alone for too long.
 * You can use crystals to buy supplies from the Foreman. Remember that this subtracts from your quota.
 * Rooms deeper in the palace tend to have more crystals, but at the risk of encountering the Dragon!

Score
You will earn points for the following:
 * Collected crystals

Player Notes

 * This one is quite similar to Crystal Cove, except instead of leading kobolds through a cavern, you're mining a spectral dragon's palace.
 * The position of Kobolds (and their soul stones WHEN they die) are marked on the map.
 * Watch the kobolds... they'll run WAY away from the line, possibly activating monsters you haven't cleared yet.
 * The Time Foreman - who fills the same function as the Kobold Foreman in CC, except he can sell you more time as well - is right in the center of everything, rather than tucked away up an easily-defensible ramp.
 * You can always buy more time. However, the more time you buy the more expensive it becomes.
 * The red named mobs that attack the base will spawn after certain intervals of time, just like in CC.
 * It appears the Kobold Teleporter drops the Kobolds off at the area where you entered the map. They head to home base from there.
 * The Spectral Dragon, Auraxyllon is waiting in one of his alcoves around the map.
 * The three alcoves he can appear in have a good supply of crystals
 * The two alcoves the dragon is not in are instead filled with one to two dozen mobs.
 * Auraxyllon's position will be marked on the map when you find him. Its unnecessary since it should be pretty clear to any player when you spot a dragon of any type...
 * As a reward, you get Mephit Wings, used to craft L8-L16 Calomel weapons, Frozen Tunics, Blasting Chimes, Bracers of Winds, and Cloaks of Flame, as well as L20 Tunics, Bracers, & Cloaks (see: Cannith Challenge Rewards for descriptions).
 * chest= One per red name killed. There are three total: Lich (semi rare), Marilith (semi rare), Dragon (always spawns).

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 * npcreward= None
 * unique= No
 * monsters=
 * Animated Armors
 * Mephits of various types
 * Succubi
 * Ice Reaver
 * Fire Reaver
 * Jarilith
 * Auraxyllon (a spectral dragon)
 * Various Rakash casters
 * A red named Green Hag, Rakasha, and Marilith will spawn to attack your base camp.