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Down You Go
You climb down the hole, eager to explore its contents. But then your legs thrash in empty air, and you find yourself falling ...
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Down You Go | |
Heroic level: | 3 |
Epic level: | 32 (considered Legendary) |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣508Solo/Casual ♦916Normal ♥983Hard ♠1,052Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣8,036Solo/Casual ♦13,722Normal ♥14,050Hard ♠14,378Elite |
Takes place in: | Hole in the Ground |
Bestowed by: | Walk-up |
NPC contact: | Hole in the Ground |
Quest acquired in: | Saltmarsh |
Patron: | The Gatekeepers |
Base favor: | 3 |
Purchase: | Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
You find a hole in the ground. Judging from the statue and the pennants, the hole is used by Bullywugs. Maybe you should go investigate...maybe there is treasure
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Escape the cavern
- Explore the eastern passageway
- Open the sealed passageway
- Activate both runes
- Explore the northern cavern
- Traverse the forest of columns
- Defeat Psele and his minions
- (Optional) Defeat Mnelet the Ritualist — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣76 ♦137 ♥147 ♠158 ) Epic( ♣1,205 ♦2,058 ♥2,108 ♠2,157 )
What to Expect
Pillar jumping (can be bypassed)
Known Traps
- Fire traps on the pillars in the water/pillar room (they look like oil gushers spouting from the tops of the pillars)
- Disabled by turning the wheels in the same room to the symbols that can be found earlier.
- The wheels give an audible gong when they lock into the correct symbol
- You can take damage even in the water below, if you are close to the pillars
- Disabled by turning the wheels in the same room to the symbols that can be found earlier.
- Blades around Lever, after underwater passage swim: cannot be disarmed
- Secret door DC
Tips and Misc
- Column Jumping Bypass
- Beneath the columns (north wall) is an underwater passageway that leads to a hidden cavern.
- Here is a trapped lever (guarded) that drops a ladder in the column cavern; this allows the column jumping to be bypassed.
Secret Doors:
- After taking north passage from the entrance, secret door on north wall at the hairpin corner
- Mnelet can be found just beyond this secret door
Wheels:
- Red: blue diamond
- Yellow: red star
- Blue: white triangle
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 46 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣51 ♦92 ♥98 ♠105 )
- Onslaught bonus: 60 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣76 ♦137 ♥147 ♠158 )
- Conquest bonus: 72 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣127 ♦229 ♥246 ♠263 )
- Mischief bonus: 18 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣41 ♦73 ♥79 ♠84 )
- Vandal bonus: 24 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣51 ♦92 ♥98 ♠105 )
- Ransack bonus: 30 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣76 ♦137 ♥147 ♠158 )
Loot
- Chests: 2
- Collectables: 2 randomly located out of:
- Crude Altar in the room with the chieftain Psele
- Fungus in the pillar room
- Fungus near one of the runes
- NPC rewards:
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Sparksoles (edit) | Boots |
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3 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest |
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Immaculate Globe (edit) | Orb |
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3 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest |
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Silver Pocketwatch (edit) | Trinket |
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3 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest |
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Legendary Silver Pocketwatch (edit) | Trinket |
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30 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest, or Legendary version of Epic Silver Pocketwatch |
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Legendary Immaculate Globe (edit) | Orb |
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30 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest, or Legendary version of Epic Immaculate Globe |
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Legendary Sparksoles (edit) | Boots |
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30 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Down You Go, end chest, or Legendary version of Epic Sparksoles |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Bullywug Bruiser ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Bullywug Croaker ( view • edit ) | ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Bullywug Shaman ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♠8Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Bullywug Skirmisher ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Bullywug Spearman ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Eleme ( view • edit ) | ♠9Elite ●♦34Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Mnelet ( view • edit ) | ♠9Elite ●♦34Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Psele ( view • edit ) | ♠10Elite ●♦34Epic Normal | Monstrous Humanoid | Bullywug |
Saltmarsh Crayfish ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Vermin | Crayfish |
Saltmarsh Water Elemental ( view • edit ) | ♠8Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Elemental | Water Elemental |
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