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A Miner Sacrifice

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You've been told that the Overseer of the Pulstein Mine knows how to locate the Unbreakable Heart. Yet no one has heard from the mine in days. You cautiously enter the mine, unsure what you'll find inside.

Requires access to adventure pack: The Chill of Ravenloft
A Miner Sacrifice
Heroic level: 8
Epic level: 36
(considered Legendary)
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣1,557Solo/Casual ♦2,752Normal ♥2,908Hard ♠3,064Elite
Epic XP:  ♣14,090Solo/Casual ♦24,011Normal ♥24,538Hard ♠25,065Elite
Takes place in: Pulstein Mine
Bestowed by: Meinolf Draxsinger
NPC contact: Meinolf Draxsinger
Quest acquired in: Ludendorf City Hall
Patron: Keepers of Lamordia
Base favor: 4
Purchase: The Chill of Ravenloft
Extreme Challenge: No

Overview

No one has heard from the nearby mine for some time. Go to Pulstein Mine and try to make contact with the mine's Overseer.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Discover the Location of the Unbreakable Heart
  • Gain Access to the Mine
  • Talk to the Overseer
  • Use the Speaking Device to open the barrier
  • Recover Eliseium Ore
  • Recover Viktranium Ore
  • Speak to the scientist
  • Defeat the Mutated Crusher
  • Find the Overseer in the Lower Lab
  • Defeat the Overseer and his minions
  • Install the ores in the device
  • (Optional) Save any surviving lab workers. — Bonus (30%): Heroic( ♣467 ♦826 ♥872 ♠919 ) Legendary( ♣4,227 ♦7,203 ♥7,361 ♠7,520 )

Tips and Misc

  • Pulstein Mine, you've been told, holds the secret to the Unbreakable Heart, the miraculous device that managed to truly reanimate Elise – and which Viktra Mordenheim has since been totally unable to reproduce. As Elise is your best shot at defeating the Doctor, you've come to the mine to learn more – but it's immediately apparent from the pools of ooze and human bones that something terrible has happened here.
  • The mine's Overseer has perfected a device to track the energy signature of the unique ores Mordenheim used in the creation of the Heart – indeed, he boasts, the device can pinpoint the Heart's location on a map! Unfortunately, the mine has been overrun by a tide of toxic ooze and hostile creatures, and while the Overseer can safely reach his personal laboratory, he has been forced to seal off the mine itself – and by extension, the ores he needs to operate the device.
  • The Overseer dispatches you to seek out samples of Viktranium and Eliseium, warning you to wait for him to fully disengage any static barriers you encounter by using the nearby Speaking Device before attempting to pass through or risk electrocution.
  • You are assaulted by several waves of mutated creatures and Green Slimes as you descend into the mine – and a conversation with the scientist Raina Ulbricht quickly makes it clear that you have been mislead. The creatures infesting the mine are in fact the mine workers, corrupted into their current forms by the very ores the Overseer sent them down to collect – and he has knowingly abandoned any survivors of the attack to their fates. The Overseer sweepingly denies your accusations before you have any chance to make them. It is too late to save poor Raina – she is quickly impaled by her mutated husband – but you may be able to rescue some of the other scientists on your way down.
  • The next tunnel opens into a three-way intersection. The Viktranium deposit is to the East, in a highly unstable room – you will need to carefully platform over a pit of acid to reach it safely.
    • Another tunnel to the South in this area leads to an optional fight against a Mutated Crusher, which grants an optional chest and allows you to free the two surviving lab workers. A third nearby worker, Dieter, refuses to leave – his work as a field geologist has exposed him to the mine's ores, and although thankfully he's been able to seal himself away, he mutates into another monster before your very eyes.
  • Another Mutated Crusher guards the door to the western tunnels, where you can find a deposit of Eliseium (you're going to have to try not to think about exactly how long the exposure takes to set in...) Heading further west leads you to the Lower Lab, where you're ambushed by several more waves of mutated mine workers.
  • The treacherous Overseer wastes almost no time in attempting to silence you – after all, you stand in the way of both his reopening the mine and his sole claim to the reward, and Doctor Mordenheim is unlikely to react well to any discovery that he ever lost control in the first place. You must face down both him and his Flesh Golem assistants before you can reach his device.
  • Insane the Overseer might have been, but it's hard to deny his inventing skill – once the two ores are implanted, his Heart Locator pins down Elise's location exactly. Your next destination is clear – you must set course for the frozen north of Lamordia, and explore the ominously-named Isles of Agony...

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: ≤ 44 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣156 ♦275 ♥291 ♠306 )
  • Onslaught bonus: ≤ 68 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣234 ♦413 ♥436 ♠460 )
  • Mischief bonus: ≤ 24 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣125 ♦220 ♥233 ♠245 )
  • Vandal bonus: ≤ 27 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣156 ♦275 ♥291 ♠306 )
  • Ransack bonus: ≤ 41 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣234 ♦413 ♥436 ♠460 )

Loot

  • Chests: 2
    • One for completing the optional fight against the Mutated Crusher
    • End chest
  • Collectables: 4
    • Fungus — by the first lever in the mineCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss Queen
    • Alchemy Table — behind the imprisoned lab workersBrass CenserPouch of Bone FragmentsVial of Dragon's Blood InkLuminescent DustGlittering DustSkull FragmentPowdered BloodIntact FingerboneSparkling Dust
    • Rubble — by the Mutated Crusher guarding the door to the western tunnelsResearch DiaryNecromantic GemWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss QueenTome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YKTome: Myths of Old Xen'drikPhoenix Tavern Purchase OrderCaravan LogbookBlade of the Dark SixFunerary TokenSignet of the DevourerMark of the KeeperShamanic TotemLuminescent DustGlittering DustSkull FragmentPowdered BloodIntact FingerboneSparkling Dust'Wavecrasher' Cargo ManifestOrnate CharmShimmering Spore PodAdventuring OratorioToken of the SpiderVial of Dragon's Blood InkHairy Trumpet MushroomArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsCrypt MothAncient TextFlint KnifeBrass Censer
    • Adventurer's Pack — in the last tunnel outside the Overseer's officeResearch DiaryNecromantic GemWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss QueenTome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YKTome: Myths of Old Xen'drikPhoenix Tavern Purchase OrderCaravan LogbookBlade of the Dark SixFunerary TokenSignet of the DevourerMark of the KeeperShamanic TotemLuminescent DustGlittering DustSkull FragmentPowdered BloodIntact FingerboneSparkling Dust'Wavecrasher' Cargo ManifestOrnate CharmShimmering Spore PodAdventuring OratorioToken of the SpiderVial of Dragon's Blood InkHairy Trumpet MushroomArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsCrypt MothAncient TextFlint KnifeBrass Censer

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Downcast Cap
(edit)
Helm 8 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, optional chest
Frostforged Tower Shield
(edit)
Tower shield 8 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Lamordian Elegant Cloak
(edit)
Cloak 8 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Downcast Robe
(edit)
Cloth 8 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest (rare)
The Baron's Bandolier
(edit)
Belt 8 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Mining Lenses
(edit)
Goggles 8 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Legendary Downcast Cap
(edit)
Helm 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, optional chest
Legendary Frostforged Tower Shield
(edit)
Tower shield 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Legendary Lamordian Elegant Cloak
(edit)
Cloak 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
  • Update 75
  • 2 months and 14 days
  • Nirrudn
Legendary Mining Lenses
(edit)
Goggles 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
  • Update 75.1
  • 2 months and 12 days
  • Cru121
Legendary The Baron's Bandolier
(edit)
Belt 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest
Legendary Downcast Robe
(edit)
Cloth 34 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Miner Sacrifice, end chest (rare)

Based on A Miner Sacrifice loot ( t • e • h )

This quest may also drop the following Lunar and Solar Gems:

     
Item Type Enchantments ML Bind Location
Lunar Gem of Natural Armor (Heroic) Moon augments 1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Physical Protection (Heroic) Moon augments 1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Cruelty (Heroic) Sun augments
  • +5% Artifact Bonus to Damage to helpless enemies
1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Melee Power (Heroic) Sun augments 1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Sneak Attack Damage (Heroic) Sun augments
  • +1 Artifact Bonus to Sneak Attack Damage
1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Heroic) Sun augments 1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Wisdom (Heroic) Sun augments 1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Natural Armor (Legendary) Moon augments 30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Physical Protection (Legendary) Moon augments 30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Cruelty (Legendary) Sun augments
  • +15% Artifact Bonus to Damage to helpless enemies
30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Melee Power (Legendary) Sun augments 30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Sneak Attack Damage (Legendary) Sun augments
  • +3 Artifact Bonus to Sneak Attack Damage
30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Legendary) Sun augments 30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Wisdom (Legendary) Sun augments 30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Arcane Endurance (Heroic) Sun augments
  • +3% Legendary Bonus to Maximum Spell Points.
1 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Arcane Endurance (Legendary) Sun augments
  • +10% Legendary Bonus to Maximum Spell Points.
30 UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Assistant( view
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 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦38Epic Normal ♥42Epic Hard ♠48Epic Elite Living Construct Golem
Mutated Bruiser( view
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Aberration Taken
Mutated Crusher( view
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 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦38Epic Normal ♥42Epic Hard ♠48Epic Elite Aberration Taken
Mutated Spitter( view
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Aberration Taken
Overseer Blumhardt( view
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 ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite ♦39Epic Normal ♥43Epic Hard ♠49Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Radioactive Ooze( view
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Ooze Green Slime