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An Offering of Blood
An Offering of Blood is the 1st quest in the Against the Demon Queen story arc![]() Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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The first three quests can be completed in any order to unlock Against the Demon Queen (quest). |
Flagging occurs by collecting dedicated items rather than completing these quests. |
An Offering of Blood • Chains of Flame • The Chamber of Raiyum • Against the Demon Queen • Zawabi's Revenge |
The ritual pilgrimage to the Vulkoor Spiral is practiced by many drow and scorrow. Its winding tunnels were supposedly formed where Vulkoor rested from the desert heat.
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An Offering of Blood | |
Heroic level: | 11 |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | Very Long |
Heroic XP: | ♣3,024Solo/Casual ♦5,300Normal ♥5,559Hard ♠5,820Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣13,064Solo/Casual ♦22,515Normal ♥23,256Hard ♠23,997Elite |
Takes place in: | The Vulkoorim Spiral |
Bestowed by: | Calyx Shattermoon |
NPC contact: | Calyx Shattermoon |
Quest acquired in: | Zawabi's Refuge |
Patron: | The Free Agents |
Base favor: | 8 |
Purchase: | Demon Sands or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Calyx Shattermoon, an outcast drow priestess, told you about the Vulkoorim Spiral, hidden in the southeast of the Demon Sands. This shrine is sacred to the Vulkoorim, a scorrow tribe that believes it was chosen by the god Vulkoor to rule over scorrow and drow alike. By stealing the blood of a sacrificed gnoll, you can strike a blow against the Vulkoorim and their wrathful god. The shrine should also be rich with the gifts of Vulkoor's worshippers...
Returning to Calyx Shattermoon after finishing this quest provides you with the Blessed Blood Offering, one of the three items required for the Demon Queen raid.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Descend into the ritual chamber
- Steal the Blood Offering to Vulkoor
- Slay the Aspect of Wrath
- Slay the Aspect of the Hunter
- Slay the Aspect of Cunning
- Seek out Calyx in the upper levels
- Give the Blood Offering to Calyx
- (Optional) Kill the High Priest of Vulkoor — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣605 ♦1,060 ♥1,112 ♠1,164 ) Epic( ♣2,613 ♦4,503 ♥4,651 ♠4,799 )
- (Optional) Kill Darkstinger — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣454 ♦795 ♥834 ♠873 ) Epic( ♣1,960 ♦3,377 ♥3,488 ♠3,600 )
What to Expect
- Point of no return
- Spawning/respawning monsters
Known Traps
- Fire, Lightning
Tips and Misc
Useful buffs:
- Acid resist
- Electricity resist
- Fire resist
- Sonic resist
Stepping into the quest, you are at the top of a long drop. This is a good place to buff up. Head down once everyone is in. You'll be greeted by a bunch of scorpions.
When you are ready for a fight, grab the bowl from the altar. This triggers a scorpion. Fight him at the north door. As soon as he dies, the door will open and the race will begin.
This quest has constant respawns behind you at different points, starting with the entry area, making late entries especially challenging if they want to try to follow the main group. Most respawns will run up the spiral trying to catch up to the lead group, targeting anyone they can catch. The best way to deal with this is to move quickly and leave crowd control as you go. The doors to the left contain optionals and sometimes chests; many groups will ignore these doors and go for the speed route, so make the plan before you take off.
The first bridge you reach is trapped with fire, so be careful. You can close bridges behind you, but if you do so you cannot get back through later, if you should need a re-entry. It does block the respawns behind you, though.
When you get to the firewall blocking the door further, kill the named to open the route up. There is a chest in the side passage there, if you are feeling up to it. Heading further up the spiral, you will eventually get to another bridge room. There is a pit under the bridges that leads to a safe, submerged tunnel, and another shrine.
After shrining, someone, or everyone, is going to need to climb up the lightning trapped path, or across the ledges around the back of the room, and drop down and lower the second bridge from the other side. To get across the ledges, turn to the right (east) after you have come in the door. Climb the ledges in front of you (to the right of the entrance, i.e. east of the bridge), at South-east corner of the room there's a large rocky structure you can climb up. Keep climbing and turning right, jumping onto small ledges going clockwise, moving back across and above the (south) entrance to the room. The ledges now continue around the left (west) side of the room; once you reach the end of them, jump with feather-fall as far as you can on to the up-ramp rising up from the floor which should take you past the lightning traps, keep going right (east) and drop down behind the raised bridge. Once everyone is across, lift the bridge back up and clear the area.
The next room is the last fight. Take out the support scorrows before dropping the drow caster. This caster has super-stoneskin, but it will drop eventually. When he falls, ignore all the scorpions that appear, head further in and into the next cave, talk to the drow and complete the quest.
Now head back to Calyx in the Refuge to get your blood bowl and an end reward. (With many thanks to the Lost Leader for most of this walkthrough.)
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 60 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣302 ♦530 ♥556 ♠582 )
- Onslaught bonus: 77 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣454 ♦795 ♥834 ♠873 )
- Conquest bonus: 95 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣756 ♦1,325 ♥1,390 ♠1,455 )
- Mischief bonus: 18 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣242 ♦424 ♥445 ♠466 )
- Vandal bonus: 24 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣302 ♦530 ♥556 ♠582 )
- Ransack bonus: 29 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣454 ♦795 ♥834 ♠873 )
Loot
- Chests: 4 + one Epic chest
- 1 Near entrance behind locked door
- 1 For optional Darksting (Spawns after second aspect behind opened door in the same room)
- 2 After the second Aspect behind side doors
- 1 End chest on Epic
- Collectables: 10
- Crude Altar in the south alcove of the starting room
- Mushroom behind the first locked door (with chest)
- 2 Mushrooms behind the second locked door (with shrines)
- 2 Mushrooms behind the third locked door
- 2 Mushrooms and 2 Adventurer's Packs in the side path with the second shrines
Mushrooms, chance for Fragrant Drowshood, spore pods and beetles (Heroic N/H/E only)
- NPC rewards: Standard
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Vulkoorim Fighting Leathers (edit) | Leather |
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10 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
An Offering of Blood, any chest after 2nd Aspect |
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Ward of Undeath (edit) | Large shield |
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10 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
An Offering of Blood, chest in any of the three rooms after the 2nd Aspect. |
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Ancient Vulkoorim Dagger (edit) | Dagger |
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10 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
An Offering of Blood, any chest after 2nd Aspect |
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Spectral Gloves (edit) | Gloves |
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11 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
An Offering of Blood, in any of the three rooms after the 2nd Aspect |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Aspect of Cunning ( view • edit ) | ♦14Normal ♠19Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Aspect of Wrath ( view • edit ) | ♦14Normal ♠19Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠49Epic Elite | Vermin | Scorpion |
Aspect of the Hunter ( view • edit ) | ♦14Normal ♠19Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠49Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Darkstinger ( view • edit ) | ♠17Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Desert Scorpion ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠8Elite ●♦16Epic Normal ●♥22Epic Hard ●♠33Epic Elite | Vermin | Scorpion |
Drow Fanatic ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♠15Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Missionary ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Scholar ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♠15Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Seeker ( view • edit ) | ♦7Normal ●♦18Epic Normal ●♠38Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Stalker ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♠15Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Zealot ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♠15Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
High Priest of Vulkoor ( view • edit ) | ♠18Elite ●♥32Epic Hard | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Menechtarun Cleaver ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ●♦20Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠41Epic Elite | Vermin | Scorpion |
Menechtarun Crusher ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Vermin | Scorpion |
Scorrow Pilgrim ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ●♦18Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Scorrow Raider ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Scorrow Seeker ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ♠15Elite ●♦20Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Spawn of Vulkoor ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Scorpion |
Vulkoor Rattler ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Construct | Golem |
Vulkoorim Adept ( view • edit ) | ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Vulkoorim Dervish ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Vulkoorim Priest ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠13Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Vulkoorim Prophet ( view • edit ) | ♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Vulkoorim Savant ( view • edit ) | ♦13Normal ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Vulkoorim Scholar ( view • edit ) | ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
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