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Graveyard Shift
This long-abandoned mineshaft has recently become greatly desired by the dwarves.
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Graveyard Shift | |
Heroic level: | 15 |
Epic level: | 31 (considered Legendary) |
Duration: | medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣2,731Solo/Casual ♦4,746Normal ♥4,940Hard ♠5,133Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣13,082Solo/Casual ♦22,355Normal ♥22,907Hard ♠23,458Elite |
Takes place in: | Tethyamar Mineshaft 214S |
Bestowed by: | Hagen Silverthumb |
NPC contact: | Hagen Silverthumb |
Quest acquired in: | Tethyamar Mining Outpost |
Patron: | The Harpers |
Base favor: | 5 |
Free to Play: | No |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
For some reason, Egil Hakon went mad, murdering all the miners except Hagen. Go into Mineshaft 214S, find Egil Hakon, and get justice for Hagen and his friends.
- This is the second of five quests. The quests can be run in any order; however, the first four are required to flag for the final quest.
Spoiler Warning: Information below this point can be considered spoiler material!
Objectives
- Find Egil Hakon
- Unlock the Gate
- Explore the Upper Mine Chamber
- Find a Way Past the Wall of Stone
- Explore the Mineshaft Hub
- Find a Way Through the Second Wall of Stone
- Explorer the Lower Mine Chamber
- Slay Egil Hakon
- (Optional) Defeat the Jewel-encrusted Earth Elemental — Bonus (3%): Heroic( ♣82 ♦142 ♥148 ♠154 ) Epic( ♣392 ♦671 ♥687 ♠704 )
Tips and Misc
- The Golem Control Rune by the first shrine will awaken the golems inside the quest.
- If you return to the first golem, you will find it attacking spawned earth elementals. However, when they're all gone, it will turn on you.
- In a couple of spots, you'll find your way blocked by a Wall of Stone; to get past them, you need to order a Damaged Iron Golem to smash it.
- The Jewel-encrusted Earth Elemental (Optional) only spawns after the end fight is complete, if you head back to near the entrance.
- This quest is generally quick, and is a quick and easy source of XP. A hack and slash quest.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 100-101 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣273 ♦475 ♥494 ♠513 )
- Onslaught bonus: 130-131 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣410 ♦712 ♥741 ♠770 )
- Notes:
- Mischief wasn't obtained by breaking all 7 breakables.
- Onslaught/Conquest may require killing some respawned miners in the endfight before killing Egil.
Loot
- Chests: Three
- 1 after killing the golem near the quest entrance (after activating at shrine)
- 1 end chest
- 1 after killing Jewel-encrusted Earth Elemental (in 1st side-cave down passage west of entrance)
- Collectables: None
- NPC rewards: Standard level-appropriate items; no renown on Legendary.
Named Chest Drop
Monsters
Name(picture) | CR | Type | Race |
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Damaged Mining Golem (view) | ♦17Normal ♥19Hard ♠22Elite ●♥37Epic Hard | Construct | Golem |
Decaying Battlerager (view) | ♦17Normal ♥19Hard ♠22Elite ●♥37Epic Hard ●♠59Epic Elite | Undead | Skeleton |
Decaying Miner (view) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♥35Epic Hard | Undead | Skeleton |
Egil Hakon (view) | ♦18Normal ●♠61Epic Elite | Dwarf | Dwarf |
Large Black Pudding Fragment (view) | ♦13Normal ♥13Hard ♠13Elite | Ooze | Black Pudding |
Large Black Pudding (view) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♦29Epic Normal | Ooze | Black Pudding |
Lost Miner (view) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♥35Epic Hard | Undead | Zombie |
Ravenous Umber Hulk (view) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard ●♠55Epic Elite | Aberration | Umber Hulk |
Unbound Mining Elemental (view) | ♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠57Epic Elite | Elemental | Earth Elemental |
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