Foundation of Discord

The aurum consist of four concords -- copper, silver, gold, and platinum. Rumor is they have sent their best to fight for the Stormreaver.

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Foundation of Discord
Heroic level:	13
Epic level:	24
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣2,344Solo/Casual ♦4,089Normal ♥4,270Hard ♠4,452Elite
Epic XP:	♣10,093Solo/Casual ♦17,339Normal ♥17,856Hard ♠18,373Elite
Takes place in:	Aurum Lair
Bestowed by:	Walk-up
NPC contact:	Neemef Bakto
Quest acquired in:	Ruins of Gianthold
Patron:	Agents of Argonnessen
Base favor:	6
Purchase:	Ruins of Gianthold or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No
Map to mission entrance

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Overview

Exploring Gianthold, you came across an area guarded by the aurum. Explore this encampment, if in fact they are here to help aid the Stormreaver, eliminate them.

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Objectives

• Explore the aurum encampment
• Slay Duncan the Wayfarer
• Slay Mars the Dynamo
• Slay Tinius the White
• Extinguish the magic runes (total 3)
• Slay Patrick the Maniacal
• (Optional) Slay Lirange the Oracle — Bonus (18%): Heroic( ♣422 ♦736 ♥769 ♠801 ) Epic( ♣1,817 ♦3,121 ♥3,214 ♠3,307 )
• (Optional) Jonesy the Round — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣352 ♦613 ♥641 ♠668 ) Epic( ♣1,514 ♦2,601 ♥2,678 ♠2,756 )

What to Expect

• Collapsible floor
• Spawning/respawning monsters

Known Traps

Trap DCs

• Blade, Sonic, Electric

Tips and Misc

This quest is a bit tougher than other Gianthold quests. Running this quest below level 12 is dangerous and likely to result in many deaths.

Useful elemental buffs:

• Normal: acid, fire, sonic
• Elite: cold (final fight)

Walkthrough

Clear down through the hallway until you reach the central shrine chamber. Unable to continue forward, you will have to clear out the side halls. These each split into two, so you will have a total of four hallways.

Three of the halls (all but the optional southwest) are required to advance. Many of the guards in these passages are hiding, making them hard to see until you are upon them. Each end room contains an orange-named apprentice caster of Patrick the Maniacal, a half-dozen miscellaneous guards, and a rune which automatically extinguishes upon defeating the apprentice. Once all three runes are extinguished, you can advance south from the central shrine room to the end fight.

• The hidden door in the North-east rune passage is a trap, plain and simple. Two sets of spikes are launched from the trap, usually killing whoever is standing in front of it. Fight the urge, don't open that door. (Once triggered, the menacing spikes do no damage to anyone moving through them.)

• (Optional) The southwest hall leads to a locked door. Through here is a library with a secret door on the upper level. That room has a larger group of casters, archers and melee guarding a chest.

End fight

The next room south is the entry hall for Patrick the Maniacal's chamber, another fight against some trash and casters. When you enter Patrick's chamber, you will find him encased in an impenetrable force cube, and surrounded by more guards and four gongs. You must ring all four gongs to destroy the floor under the cube to get to Patrick. The gongs turn on undisarmable sonic traps.

Patrick summons earth, air and fire elementals to defend him.

On Epic Elite, Patrick has over 118,000 HP. A ranged option against him, away from the direct reach of his elementals, may be a stronger kill option. Before you reach him, you'll need to eliminate the powerful Bards and Rogues that cause stuns and devastating sneak attacks, respectively. Each of the orange-named Concords deliver massive piercing damage. Charm and dominate effects help greatly here.

The end chest contains at least one Ancient Dragon Relic in Heroic difficulty, and at least one Restored Dragon Relics in Epic.

Bonus XP

• Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣234 ♦409 ♥427 ♠445 )
• Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣352 ♦613 ♥641 ♠668 )
• Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣586 ♦1,022 ♥1,068 ♠1,113 )
• Neutralization bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣469 ♦818 ♥854 ♠890 )
• Perception bonus: 2 or more secret doors discovered +10% Bonus.( ♣234 ♦409 ♥427 ♠445 )
• Mischief bonus: 42 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣188 ♦327 ♥342 ♠356 )
• Vandal bonus: 54 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣234 ♦409 ♥427 ♠445 )
• Ransack bonus: 67 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣352 ♦613 ♥641 ♠668 )

External Links

This bases partitially on the post by Lost Leader

Loot

• Chests: 3
  • 1 behind a secret door in the South-east wing
  • 1 behind a locked door for killing Lirange the Oracle (Dwarf, found in the South-west wing)
  • 1 at the end for killing Patrick the Maniacal (Dwarf)
• Collectables: 5
  • Bookshelf — in southwest secret room
  • Alchemy Table — in southeast room
  • Crude Altar — in northeast room
  • Bookshelf — in room with final chest
  • Alchemy Table — in room with final chest

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 12)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d2Venomed Ammunition - 1d2: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 2 Poison Damage	12	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (heroic normal)
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 12)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die. Vitality +20Vitality +20: Passive: +20 Vitality bonus to Hit Points. (only from chain end reward)	12	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (heroic normal); The Ruins of Gianthold chain end reward
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 13)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d3Venomed Ammunition - 1d3: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 3 Poison Damage	13	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (heroic hard)
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 13)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die.	13	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, End chest (Heroic Hard)
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 14)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d4Venomed Ammunition - 1d4: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 4 Poison Damage	14	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (heroic elite)
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 14)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die.	14	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (heroic elite)
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 23)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d6Venomed Ammunition - 1d6: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 6 Poison Damage	23	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (epic normal); Return to Gianthold, quest chain end reward
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 23)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die. Vitality +20Vitality +20: Passive: +20 Vitality bonus to Hit Points. Colorless Augment SlotColorless 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 Yellow Augment SlotYellow 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	23	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (epic normal); Return to Gianthold chain end reward
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 24)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d8Venomed Ammunition - 1d8: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 8 Poison Damage	24	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (epic hard)
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 24)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die. Vitality +20Vitality +20: Passive: +20 Vitality bonus to Hit Points. Colorless Augment SlotColorless 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 Green Augment SlotGreen 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	24	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, End chest (Epic Hard)
Update 68 30 days BugTime	Quiver of Poison (Level 25)  (edit)	Thin Quiver	Venomed Ammunition - 1d10Venomed Ammunition - 1d10: On Ranged Attack: 1 to 10 Poison Damage	25	Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (epic elite)
Update 68 29 days BugTime	Arkat's Cord (Level 25)  (edit)	Belt	Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die. Vitality +20Vitality +20: Passive: +20 Vitality bonus to Hit Points. Yellow Augment SlotYellow 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 Green Augment SlotGreen 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	25	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	A Cry for Help, and Foundation of Discord, end chest (epic elite)

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Monsters

Name ( picture )	CR	Type	Race
Copper Concord Bard ( view  • edit )	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite	Humanoid	Human
Copper Concord Rogue ( view  • edit )	♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♥27Epic Hard	Halfling	Halfling
Duncan the Wayfarer ( view  • edit )	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦27Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf
Elder Air Elemental ( view  • edit )	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ●♦22Epic Normal ●♠45Epic Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Elder Earth Elemental ( view  • edit )	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♥28Epic Hard	Elemental	Earth Elemental
Elder Fire Elemental ( view  • edit )	♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite ●♥31Epic Hard	Elemental	Fire Elemental
Gold Concord Cleric ( view  • edit )	♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♥29Epic Hard	Dwarf	Dwarf
Gold Concord Fighter ( view  • edit )	♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite	Dwarf	Dwarf
Gold Concord Wizard ( view  • edit )	♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♥29Epic Hard	Dwarf	Dwarf
Jonesy the Round ( view  • edit )	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦27Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf
Lirange the Oracle ( view  • edit )	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦27Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf
Mars the Dynamo ( view  • edit )	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦27Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf
Patrick the Maniacal ( view  • edit )	♥19Hard ♠22Elite ●♦28Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf
Shrieking Defender ( view  • edit )	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite	Construct	Iron Defender
Silver Concord Fighter ( view  • edit )	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♥29Epic Hard	Humanoid	Human
Silver Concord Ranger ( view  • edit )	♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite ●♥28Epic Hard	Elf	Elf
Tinius the White ( view  • edit )	♦16Normal ♠21Elite ●♦27Epic Normal	Dwarf	Dwarf