Fear Factory

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Reporters for the Stormreach Chronicle believe that Morley Blode, proprietor of this shop, is the one responsible for creating the Taken.

Requires access to adventure pack Definition: adventure pack A list of all adventure packs : Harbinger of Madness

Fear Factory
Heroic level:	15
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	♣2,524Solo/Casual ♦4,386Normal ♥4,565Hard ♠4,744Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Blode's Curio Shop
Bestowed by:	Felicity Mallow
NPC contact:	Felicity Mallow
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Free Agents
Base favor:	5
Free to Play:	No
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Felicity Mallow, a reporter for the Stormreach Chronicle, has a tip on where the Taken creatures come from. According to her sources, a man named Morley Blode is connected with creating the Taken.

Enter Blode's Curio Shop. in the Harbor and try to learn how the Taken are made.

• This is Part Three of Harbinger of Madness
• The quest itself is located due south of Felicity Mallow, down the same alley that leads to the Bonebite Hideout

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Objectives

• Confront Morley Blode
• Fight off Morley's followers - 6 total
• Open the storeroom and deal with Morely Blode
• Hunt down Morley Blode
• Destroy the Xorian cocoons - 10 total
• Find Morley's other lab and destroy the Xorian cocoons within - 10 total
• Activate the two controls to lower the drawbridges. One is on a pillar to the west. The other is on the bottom level beneath the grating in the southeast. Access to that level is underwater next to the west pillar.
• Spy on Morley's conversation
• Fight off the deranged followers - 6 total
• Survive the Taken swarm - 6 total
• Destroy Neihoden
• (Optional) Put the undead adventurers to rest - 4 total +10% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦439 ♥457 ♠474 ) (bonus chest)
• (Optional) Destroy any other Xorian cocoons found - 8 total +10% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦439 ♥457 ♠474 ) (bonus chest)

What to Expect

• Trap (fixed)
• Point of no return
• Spawning/respawning monsters
• Randomly placed quest items (mandatory: 20 Cocoons and optional: 10 Cocoons)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

• Spike trap on the sides of a door frame in the north-south passage; control box location apparently varies. Easily timed.

Tips and Misc

• Recommended buffs at all times:
  • Acid Resistance
  • Blur or Displacement
  • Greater Heroism
  • Deathward
• Most of this quest involves mass numbers of Taken and Crazed/Deranged Followers being thrown at you in melee fights with few surprises.
• Freedom of Movement does NOT block the Sticky effect.
• The long drop after the first shrine isn't a point of no return; you can turn a valve to lower a ladder so you can climb back up.
• The second drop (by the third shrine) IS a point of no return; additionally, despite looking like water at the bottom, it's shallow - use FF.
• Neihoden periodically activates some kind of breath ability after taking enough damage. He cannot be targeted while using it. It sometimes causes an AoE knockdown.
• The undead optional requires knock or lockpicking to complete, and can be found in the east wing past the first dropdown.
  • Trivia: The undead adventurers optional is a reference to the '80s D&D Cartoon, which starred a Cavalier, Ranger, Magician, Acrobat, Barbarian, and Thief. The (deceased) Acrobat can be found elsewhere
    
    , while the Thief... well, the acrobat got backstabbed by someone.

Bonus XP

• Aggression bonus: 84 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦439 ♥457 ♠474 )
• Onslaught bonus: 109 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣379 ♦658 ♥685 ♠712 )
• Mischief bonus: 31 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣202 ♦351 ♥365 ♠380 )
• Vandal bonus: 51 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦439 ♥457 ♠474 )

Notes: Rusted pipes don't count as breakables; Xoriat Cocoons, however, do.

Loot

• Chests: 3
  • 1 optional behind a locked door for killing the undead adventurers (found in the eastern corridor past the first drop-down)
  • 1 optional for destroying all the cocoons (found just past the second cocoon wing)
  • 1 at the end for killing Neihoden (Taken)
• Collectables: Seven
  • Mold in the water below the first drawbridgelever
  • Mold behind a gate after the first drop-down
  • Mold down the western corridor, near the deceased acrobat
  • Mold on the wall down the eastern corridor, before the room with the other deceased adventurers
  • Mold before the second water area
  • Mold just before the second set of shrines, behind some rusted pipes
  • Mold at the bottom of the water past the second set of shrines
• NPC rewards: Random ML 12-14 items; choose from 6

Named Chest Drop

• Infused Chaosrobe - Robe: Spell Turmoil, Lesser Evocation Augmentation IX, Trace of Madness, Power Drain [ML:14, BtA]

Monsters

Name(picture)	CR	Type	Race
Neihoden (view)	♦18Normal ♥21Hard ♠26Elite	Aberration	Taken
Arcane Ooze (view)	♦9Normal ♠21Elite ●♦22Epic Normal	Ooze	Arcane Ooze
Clan Tunnelworm Thrower (NoPic)	♠21Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Clan Tunnelworm Warrior (NoPic)	♠21Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Clan Tunnelworm Witch Doctor (NoPic)	♠21Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Crazed Follower (NoPic)	♦NormalNormal ♥HardHard ♠18Elite	Humanoid	Human
Deranged Follower (view)	♦NormalNormal ♥HardHard ♠18Elite)	Humanoid	Human
Greater Thaarak Hound (view)	♦NormalNormal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite	Evil Outsider	Hellhound
Mind Flayer Mage (view)	♦NormalNormal ♥19Hard ♠23Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Taken (view)	CRs missing!	Aberration	Taken
Undead Barbarian (view)	♠21Elite	Undead	Zombie
Undead Cavalier (view)	♠21Elite	Undead	Zombie
Undead Magician (view)	♠21Elite	Undead	Zombie
Undead Ranger (view)	♠25Elite	Undead	Zombie

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The Stormreach Chronicle of Sar 2 - This is the same edition, as found in the quest Missing