Flesh Maker's Laboratory

Flesh Maker's Laboratory is the 2nd quest in the Litany of The Dead Part 4 (heroic) story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
The first four quests can be completed in any order to unlock Litany of the Dead.
Flagging occurs by collecting dedicated items rather than completing these quests.
Desecrated Temple of Vol • Flesh Maker's Laboratory • Ghosts of Perdition • Inferno of the Damned • Litany of the Dead • Ascension Chamber

Mentau has operated this laboratory for years, making an army of flesh golems prepared to serve the Black Abbot's needs.

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: The Necropolis, Part 4

Flesh Maker's Laboratory
Heroic level:	14
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣3,069Solo/Casual ♦5,344Normal ♥5,572Hard ♠5,800Elite
Epic XP:	See Flesh Maker's Laboratory (epic)
Takes place in:	Flesh Maker's Laboratory
Bestowed by:	Lowan Nilmani
NPC contact:	Lowan Nilmani
Quest acquired in:	The Necropolis
Patron:	The Silver Flame
Base favor:	6
Purchase:	The Necropolis, Part 4 or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Lowan Nilmani has received word that one of the Black Abbot's key allies is prepared to turn against him. Mentau operates a laboratory in the North West corner of the Orchard of the Macabre. In this laboratory, the former artificer has been constructing an army of flesh golems to serve the lich's evil intentions. Sensing Mentau's impending betrayal, the Abbot turned the air elemental powering the laboratory against its operator. Lowan wants you to find the laboratory, sneak in, and do whatever is necessary to get Mentau to join your forces.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Find and speak to Mentau
(Secret Passage) Gain entrance to the Garbage Pits
(Garbage Pits) Sneak into the treatment room
(Treatment Room) Access the Chopping Room
(Chopping Room) Locate the Assembly Area
(Assembly Area) Locate the Room of Life
(Assembly Area) Defeat the Flesh Maker's Apprentices
(Conduit Passages) Open the Lightning Machine
(Lightning Machine) Capture the Air Elementals
(Lightning Chamber) Defeat Chained Lightning
(Optional) (Warehouse) Destroy the Abbot's flesh golem army — Bonus (50%): Heroic( ♣1,535 ♦2,672 ♥2,786 ♠2,900 )

What to Expect

Overlapping floors
Points of no return
Spawning/respawning monsters
Requires extra player(s)/hireling(s) (mandatory: 5 runes have to be used almost simultaneously)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

Acid/Poison spray; no control panel, but easy to time
Two sets of blade traps; 3 control panels for the traps. There's also a lever above that will turn them off briefly, and they can be timed.
Lightning trap in the Warehouse; four trap control panels, one on each corner pillar.

Tips and Misc

A fairly straight-forward quest, although you have to drop down into the bowels of the laboratory a couple of times to proceed.
The gate to the Assembly Area can be picked (its [DC:60] on Heroic Elite is quite high) so you can avoid fighting your way to the Iron Key if you have someone who can pick the lock in your party.
The five runes to summon the air elemental boss must all be unlit within a very short amount of time (~20 seconds). The Air Elementals in the room respawn, so it can be useful to have somebody get all their aggravation and stand in a corner (to avoid being thrown off the ledge) while the rest do the runes. It's easily possible for one person to do 2–3 runes; more than that can be difficult, however. See below for a guide to soloing the runes.
Once Chained Lightning is destroyed, return to Mentau, who will open the trap door in the control room; at the bottom will be a large central pillar with a rune, and four corner pillars. Disable the traps on the corner pillars, hit the rune, and destroy several waves of flesh golems! The Magical Portal beyond the chest will bring you outside.
Trivia: Mentau the Flesh Maker is a reference to the mint Mentos, and its slogan – "Mentos... the Freshmaker"

Soloing the runes

Runes

With a hireling it is possible to hit all 5 runes. The plan is for you to hit 1, 3, 5 while your hireling gets 2 4. You will need to be fast on all these steps, don't bother trying this if you are lagging at all. An alternative is you hit 3, 4, 5 and your hireling does 1 and 2. See here at 6:40 min.

Lock your hireling in place near Rune 2. (Attack mode should be okay)
Drag all Air Elementals near Rune 2
Kill all the Air Elementals
- It is possible to leave 1 or 2 since you can avoid them, but it is better if they are dead.
- They respawn quickly so go fast.
Select Rune 2, and head over to Rune 1 (If you have auto target on you might have to turn it off)
Just before (1–2 seconds) before you get to Rune 1 Order your hireling to activate Rune 2.
Activate Rune 1.
While your animation is playing rotate around so you can target Rune 4, and order your Hireling to hit it.
Run for Rune 3 and activate it. (While you are heading there, look and see that your hireling is actually moving!)
Jump across to Rune 5 and hit it. (Not sure what the minimum Jump skill you need for this is)

This is very hard to get right, the respawn is fast and hirelings really don't like to do what you say. It normally takes me 4–5 tries at least, but it is possible.

Alternately: Use multiple hirelings (the level 3 gold cleric from the steam pack, any expansion pack hirelings, any other gold hirelings). This puzzle rapidly becomes trivial if you can handle two or three hirelings.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣307 ♦534 ♥557 ♠580 )
Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣460 ♦802 ♥836 ♠870 )
Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣767 ♦1,336 ♥1,393 ♠1,450 )

Notes: Trap bonus not possible

Loot

Chests: 2

1 at Lightning Chamber (drops sigil pieces)
1 at Warehouse (drops shield pieces)

Collectables: 7
- Fungus Patch at the base of the ladder leading up from the Garbage Pits
- Two Fungus Patches in the water by the Acid and Poison spray
- Alchemy Table and Adventurer's Pack near the Iron Key
- Two Alchemy Tables in the Control Room
NPC rewards:

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 48.2 3 years, 4 months, and 1 day BugTime	Docent of Corpsecraft ^(edit)	Docent	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to Armor Class. Devotion +60Devotion +60: Passive: +60 Equipment bonus to Positive (Healing) Spell Power. Nullification +60Nullification +60: Passive: +60 Equipment bonus to Negative (Necrotic) and Poison Spell Power. Green Augment Slot: EmptyGreen Augments Named: Category:Green augments Blue Augments Named: Category:Blue augments AC: Natural Armor Bonus (+1 to +14) or Protection (Deflection bonus) (+1 to +11) ASF reduction: -5% to -15% Fortification: +25% to +100% Good Luck: +1 or +2 Hit points: +4 to +54 Max Dex Bonus (Armor): +1 or +2 Defense (PRR and MRR): +3 to +36 Saves (Resistance bonus): +1 to +11 Dodge: +1% to +14% Tactics DCs (Stunning, Sunder, Trip): +2 to +16 Accuracy: +2 to +22 Positive/Negative/Repair Healing Amplification: +3 to +57 Yellow Augments Named: Category:Yellow augments Deathblock Elemental Resistance: +5 to +45 Immunity: Fear, Blindness Movement: Feather Falling, Striding: +10% to +30%, Swiftness +5% to +15%, Underwater Action Proof Against Disease, Poison: +2 to +10 Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus (Enhancement bonus) Spell points (Enhancement bonus): +19 to +294 Damage: +1 to +11 Spell penetration: +1 to +9 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	12	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End Chest
Update 62 6 months and 14 days PurpleSerpent	Runed Ogre Femur ^(edit)	Club	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Anti-Magic RunesAnti-Magic Runes: The runes inscribed on this weapon activate on a critical hit and attempt to suppress the spell casting abilities of the target. The target must make a DC 20 Fortitude save or be unable to cast spells for 18 seconds. Purple Augment Slot: EmptyPurple Augments Named: Category:Purple augments Red Augments Named: Category:Red augments DR bypass: Alignment, Material Elemental damage: +1d6 to +9d6 Spell Power (Enhancement bonus): +38 to +153 Blue Augments Named: Category:Blue augments AC: Natural Armor Bonus (+1 to +14) or Protection (Deflection bonus) (+1 to +11) ASF reduction: -5% to -15% Fortification: +25% to +100% Good Luck: +1 or +2 Hit points: +4 to +54 Max Dex Bonus (Armor): +1 or +2 Defense (PRR and MRR): +3 to +36 Saves (Resistance bonus): +1 to +11 Dodge: +1% to +14% Tactics DCs (Stunning, Sunder, Trip): +2 to +16 Accuracy: +2 to +22 Positive/Negative/Repair Healing Amplification: +3 to +57 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	12	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End chest
Update 62 6 months and 14 days PurpleSerpent	Carved Bone Shield ^(edit)	Large shield	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to Armor Class. Negative Energy SpikeNegative Energy Spike: This weapon is pulsating with negative energy. It deals an extra 2 to 12 points of negative energy damage on a successful hit. Negative Energy Absorption +20%Negative Energy Absorption +20%: This effect absorbs 20% of all negative damage the character would have taken, after all other protections have been penetrated. Purple Augment Slot: EmptyPurple Augments Named: Category:Purple augments Red Augments Named: Category:Red augments DR bypass: Alignment, Material Elemental damage: +1d6 to +9d6 Spell Power (Enhancement bonus): +38 to +153 Blue Augments Named: Category:Blue augments AC: Natural Armor Bonus (+1 to +14) or Protection (Deflection bonus) (+1 to +11) ASF reduction: -5% to -15% Fortification: +25% to +100% Good Luck: +1 or +2 Hit points: +4 to +54 Max Dex Bonus (Armor): +1 or +2 Defense (PRR and MRR): +3 to +36 Saves (Resistance bonus): +1 to +11 Dodge: +1% to +14% Tactics DCs (Stunning, Sunder, Trip): +2 to +16 Accuracy: +2 to +22 Positive/Negative/Repair Healing Amplification: +3 to +57 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	12	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End Chest
Update 48.2 3 years, 4 months, and 1 day BugTime	Gloves of Gnoll Hide ^(edit)	Gloves	Open Lock +13Open Lock +13: Passive: +13 Competence bonus to the Open Lock skill. Disable Device +13Disable Device +13: Passive: +13 Competence bonus to the Disable Device skill. Yellow Augment Slot: EmptyYellow Augments Named: Category:Yellow augments Deathblock Elemental Resistance: +5 to +45 Immunity: Fear, Blindness Movement: Feather Falling, Striding: +10% to +30%, Swiftness +5% to +15%, Underwater Action Proof Against Disease, Poison: +2 to +10 Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus (Enhancement bonus) Spell points (Enhancement bonus): +19 to +294 Damage: +1 to +11 Spell penetration: +1 to +9 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20 Colorless Augment Slot: EmptyColorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	13	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End chest
Update 48.2 3 years, 4 months, and 1 day BugTime	Ring of Unknown Origins ^(edit)	Ring	Proof Against Disease +6 Proof Against Disease +6: This item grants its wearer immunity to natural diseases. This item also grants a +6 Enhancement bonus to saving throws against magical diseases, and the wearer does not fail saving throws against them on a roll of a natural 1 (this renders the wearer immune to magical diseases with a DC of less than 7 + their Fortitude save). Proof Against Poison +6 Proof Against Poison +6: This item grants its wearer immunity to natural poisons. This item also grants a +6 Enhancement bonus to saving throws against magical poisons, and the wearer does not fail saving throws against them on a roll of a natural 1 (this renders the wearer immune to magical poisons with a DC of less than 7 + their Fortitude save). Intelligence +5 Intelligence +5: This item focuses the power of the wearer's mind, granting a +5 enhancement bonus to Intelligence. Charisma +5 Charisma +5: This item makes the wearer have more flair, granting a +5 enhancement bonus to Charisma. Yellow Augment Slot: EmptyYellow Augments Named: Category:Yellow augments Deathblock Elemental Resistance: +5 to +45 Immunity: Fear, Blindness Movement: Feather Falling, Striding: +10% to +30%, Swiftness +5% to +15%, Underwater Action Proof Against Disease, Poison: +2 to +10 Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus (Enhancement bonus) Spell points (Enhancement bonus): +19 to +294 Damage: +1 to +11 Spell penetration: +1 to +9 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	13	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End Chest
Update 54.0.2 1 year, 11 months, and 1 day PurpleSerpent	Belt of Thoughtful Rememberance ^(edit)	Belt	Constitution +5 Constitution +5: This item gives the wearer improved health, granting a +5 enhancement bonus to Constitution. Concentration +13Concentration +13: Passive: +13 Competence bonus to the Concentration skill. Negative Energy Absorption +20%Negative Energy Absorption +20%: This effect absorbs 20% of all negative damage the character would have taken, after all other protections have been penetrated. Yellow Augment Slot: EmptyYellow Augments Named: Category:Yellow augments Deathblock Elemental Resistance: +5 to +45 Immunity: Fear, Blindness Movement: Feather Falling, Striding: +10% to +30%, Swiftness +5% to +15%, Underwater Action Proof Against Disease, Poison: +2 to +10 Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus (Enhancement bonus) Spell points (Enhancement bonus): +19 to +294 Damage: +1 to +11 Spell penetration: +1 to +9 Colorless Augments Named: Category:Colorless augments Ability (Enhancement bonus): +1 to +14 Ability (Exceptional bonus): +1 Ability (Insight bonus): +5 Skills, except UMD (Competence bonus): +5 to +20	13	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Flesh Maker's Laboratory, End Chest

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Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Ancient Air Elemental ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Carcass Eater ^{( view • edit )}	♦7Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Animal	Rat
Chained Lightning ^{( view • edit )}	♦17Normal ♥19Hard ♠22Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Cultist Sentry ^{( view • edit )}	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite	Elf	Elf
Edgar ^{( view • edit )}	♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite	Construct	Golem
Golem Assembler ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite	Humanoid	Human
Golem Enchanter ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite	Humanoid	Human
Half-elf Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard	Undead	Zombie
Masterwork Flesh Golem ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite	Construct	Golem
Unholy Friar ^{( view • edit )}	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite	Humanoid	Human
Warrior Cultist ^{( view • edit )}	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite	Humanoid	Human
Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite	Undead	Zombie