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Rats in a Cage
Rats in a Cage is the 1st quest in the Fall of the Night Brigade story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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Rats in a Cage • The Wizard's Labyrinth • The Knife's Edge • The Darkness and the Light |
The Night Brigade stages savage battles in arenas beneath Wheloon Prison - both as entertainment, and to train their fighters.
Requires access to adventure pack
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Rats in a Cage | |
Heroic level: | 4 |
Epic level: | 34 (considered Legendary) |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣1,053Solo/Casual ♦1,894Normal ♥2,032Hard ♠2,170Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣10,082Solo/Casual ♦17,196Normal ♥17,590Hard ♠17,983Elite |
Takes place in: | The Battlemaster's Arenas |
Bestowed by: | Ryndalla Cuttail |
NPC contact: | Ryndalla Cuttail |
Quest acquired in: | Wheloon Docks |
Patron: | The Harpers |
Base favor: | 3 |
Purchase: | Fall of the Night Brigade or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Use the Wererats' Entrance to go to the Battlemaster's Arenas inside Wheloon and kill Agarta the Battlemaster of the Night Brigade.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Speak with Martildae the Wererat
- Find the First Arena
- Defeat the Night Brigade Crocodiles
- Find the Second Arena
- Defeat the Orc Warband
- Go to your Resting Room
- Find the Final Arena
- Defeat the Cloud Giant
- Defeat Agarta the Breaker
- (Optional) Read all the notes (find 4) — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣105 ♦189 ♥203 ♠217 ) Legendary( ♣1,008 ♦1,720 ♥1,759 ♠1,798 )
- (Optional) Free Wererat Gladiators (free 5) — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣158 ♦284 ♥305 ♠326 ) Legendary( ♣1,512 ♦2,579 ♥2,639 ♠2,697 )
- (Optional) Lay the Forgotten Warrior and its allies to rest (3 waves of zombies) — Bonus (50%): Heroic( ♣527 ♦947 ♥1,016 ♠1,085 ) Legendary( ♣5,041 ♦8,598 ♥8,795 ♠8,992 )
What to Expect
Short forced stealth area
Tips and Misc
- The Night Brigade have taken several Riverside Rats as prisoners for their arenas. You've come to the headquarters of Agarta the Breaker, the Brigade's Battlemaster, to replace the wererats in the area – and draw one of the Brigade's strongest fighters into a direct confrontation.
- Your contact Martildae has an unorthodox plan to get you inside the area – a magical amulet that transforms you into a rat so you can fit into tight spaces. This amulet will trigger automatically when you enter certain areas (the boundaries of these areas are marked by knee-high stone archways. Importantly, while the amulet is active you are unable to attack, although damage auras will continue to function.
- To reach the first set of captive wererats, you must sneak past two powerful red-named Panthers in a corridor. Taking cover in nearby crowds of spectators (marked by blue rectangles) will allow you to avoid attention as long as you remain still and turn off any automatic offensive auras. (If everything goes wrong, it is also just possible to make a run for it.)
- On Reaper difficulty it is possible, that Reaper(s) spawn in this area. Your only option is to dash for the exit. The Reaper may not follow you through the doorway, and you might be stuck with its effects.
- Once you've made it through the rat burrow, you return to normal size. From here, fight off the Night Brigade warriors through the gate to the north, then enter the arena to confront three orange-named Crocodiles.
- For your second fight, you must head east and enter the ramshackle wooden structure, where you are ambushed by a small mob of Orcs. Once these are dead, head north to your Resting Room.
- Optionally, you can choose to head east from this room, through a tunnel with several packs of Zombies, to confront optional boss Ser Gregori the Broken. To complete this objective, you must defeat Gregori and three waves of Zombies.
- Once you've finished resting, head north through several groups of Night Brigadiers, then wend west towards the final arena. (You'll need to drop into the small room on the south wall to pull a signal crystal lever.)
- A mighty foe awaits you in the third and final arena: the reluctant Cloud Giant gladiator Durvastra. However, when Durvastra is reduced to half health, your target Agarta also drops into the arena to attack. Slaying both Durvastra and Agarta concludes the quest. (Tragically, you will still be forced to kill Durvastra even if Agarta predeceases him.)
- Optionals:
- The optional to release the wererats requires an Open Lock, Spellcraft or Use Magic Device skill check. Although there is no immediate penalty for failure, failing three skill checks on the same wererat will cause the rat to keel over and make the optional incompletable. Three of the rats are in the room before the first arena; the other two are in the area surrounding the second fight with the Orcs.
- There are four notes:
- One on a table by the panthers
- One on a table in the area surrounding the Orc fight
- One by a shrine in the Forgotten Warrior's room
- One by the green signal crystal lever
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 17 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣105 ♦189 ♥203 ♠217 )
- Onslaught bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣158 ♦284 ♥305 ♠326 )
- Conquest bonus: 51 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣263 ♦474 ♥508 ♠543 )
- Mischief bonus: 25 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣84 ♦152 ♥163 ♠174 )
- Vandal bonus: 33 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣105 ♦189 ♥203 ♠217 )
- Ransack bonus: 40 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣158 ♦284 ♥305 ♠326 )
Loot
- Chests: 2
- end chest
- chest for defeating Ser Gregori
- Collectables: 3 out of
- Adventurer's Pack — at the dead end near the first note
- Fungus — in the room the Crocodiles enter from
- Fungus — in the tunnel towards the Forgotten Warrior
- Rubble — near the Forgotten Warrior
- Crude Altar — near the note with the Forgotten Warrior
- Adventurer's Pack — near the Restroom shrine
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Boots of the Battlemaster (edit) | Boots |
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4 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Agarta's Belt (edit) | Belt |
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4 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Night Brigade Necklace (edit) | Necklace |
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4 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Breaker's Bauble (edit) | Trinket |
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4 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Nightbringer's Wake (edit) | Great Sword |
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4 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest (rare) |
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Legendary Agarta's Belt (edit) | Belt |
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33 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Legendary Boots of the Battlemaster (edit) | Boots |
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33 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Legendary Night Brigade Necklace (edit) | Necklace |
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33 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Legendary Breaker's Bauble (edit) | Trinket |
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33 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest |
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Legendary Nightbringer's Wake (edit) | Great Sword |
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33 | Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire | Rats in a Cage, end chest (rare) |
This quest may also drop the following Lunar and Solar Gems:
Item | Type | Enchantments | ML | Bind | Location |
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Lunar Gem of Accuracy (Heroic) | Moon augments |
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1 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | The Safehold, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Accuracy (Legendary) | Moon augments |
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30 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | The Safehold, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Solar Gem of Doublestrike (Heroic) | Sun augments |
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1 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Ettercap Incursion, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Solar Gem of Doublestrike (Legendary) | Sun augments |
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30 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Ettercap Incursion, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Constitution (Legendary) | Moon augments |
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30 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Oghma's Song, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Constitution (Heroic) | Moon augments |
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1 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Oghma's Song, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Strength (Legendary) | Moon augments |
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30 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Seeds of Decay, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Strength (Heroic) | Moon augments |
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1 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Seeds of Decay, end chest, and Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Lunar Gem of Intelligence (Heroic) | Moon augments |
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1 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | The House of Gems, end chest, and The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest, and/or Rats in a Cage, end chest |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Agarta the Breaker ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦37Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Awakened Corpse ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Bonegnasher the Cursed ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite ●♦36Epic Normal ●♥40Epic Hard ●♠45Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Captive Crocodile ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite ●♦36Epic Normal ●♥40Epic Hard ●♠45Epic Elite | Animal | Crocodile |
Durvastra ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦37Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Giant | Giant |
Night Brigade Archer ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Night Brigade Cleric ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Night Brigade Fighter ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Night Brigade Panther ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦38Epic Normal ●♥42Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Animal | Panther |
Night Brigade Wizard ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ●♦37Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Orc Gladiator ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Rat Catcher ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦37Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Animal | Panther |
Ser Gregori the Broken ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite ●♦36Epic Normal ●♥40Epic Hard ●♠45Epic Elite | Undead | Skeleton |
- Fall of the Night Brigade chain quests
- Epic quests
- Medium quests
- The Battlemaster's Arenas quests
- Wheloon Docks quests
- The Harpers patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Quests by name
- Quests with maps
- Level 34 quests
- Compendium:Level 4 (34 epic) quests
- Level 4 quests
- Quests with 3 base favor reward
- Fall of the Night Brigade quests
- Quests with no traps
- Quests with collectables/3