Ritual Sacrifice

Ritual Sacrifice is the 3rd quest in The Thirteenth Eclipse 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 five quests can be completed in any order to unlock The Shroud.
Flagging occurs by collecting dedicated items rather than completing these quests.
Running with the Devils • Rainbow in the Dark • Ritual Sacrifice • Let Sleeping Dust Lie • The Coalescence Chamber • The Shroud

The Windlasher gnolls settled into the Twilight Canyons and signed a pact to assist the invading devils.

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: The Vale of Twilight

Ritual Sacrifice
Heroic level:	16
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Very Long
Heroic XP:	♣4,284Solo/Casual ♦7,433Normal ♥7,726Hard ♠8,020Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Twilight Canyon
Bestowed by:	Walk-up
NPC contact:	Lahnden Nacien
Quest acquired in:	The Vale of Twilight
Patron:	The Twelve
Base favor:	8
Purchase:	The Vale of Twilight or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Venture in to the Twilight Valleys, new home of the Windlasher Gnolls, and seek out any missing members of the Twelve.

This is a walk-up quest and the reward NPC (Lahnden Nacien) is located in Meridia.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Locate the Twilight Valleys
Defeat Killerog
Search for any members of The Twelve
Open the deeper passages
Locate the Second Valley
Open the deepest passages
Defeat the Devil assault
Defeat the Orthon, Crean
Speak to Paetus
Find the upper levels
Defeat the Windlasher Mystics
Find the Infernal Pact
Meet Paetus at the Mystic's gateway
Slay the mystics to open the way
(Failure) Keep Paetus Alive
Defeat Ramak Orenah

What to Expect

Trap rooms (fixed)
Overlapping floors
Protect an NPC (mandatory)
Quest failure (if Paetus dies)
Spawning/respawning monsters

Tips and Misc

The shrine in the southern (first) valley is on the upper floor. You won't be able to reach it the first time you enter the valley.
The shrine in the northeast (second) valley is below the ground floor. To reach it, jump down into the water.
Useful buffs:
- Acid
- Cold
- Electric
- Fire
- Death Ward
Paetus is a spellcaster with little in the way of defenses that generates about as much aggro as Coyle Lovell, patron saint of escort mission haters. Before entering the last door for the end-fight, you'll need to buff and babysit him with your healer at all times. Keeping your party's kill team eliminating foes well ahead of him will also limit his ability to kill himself.
When opening the door where Paetus reappears for the end-fight, have your party enter immediately. Don't linger too close to the door as air elementals appear and may blow you off the floor to land on the first floor, where it will be a long, long run back to the end.
On subsequent stone and ingredient farming runs, quest failure from letting Paetus die doesn't matter, you can continue to the final fight and get the chest as the quest doesn't automatically recall you on failure.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 161 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣428 ♦743 ♥773 ♠802 )
Onslaught bonus: 210 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣643 ♦1,115 ♥1,159 ♠1,203 )
Conquest bonus: 257 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣1,071 ♦1,858 ♥1,932 ♠2,005 )

Loot

Chests: 2
- 1 after defeating the Devil assault
- 1 end chest. Ingredients: Lammanian Lily Petals, Bitterscrub Fungus, Shavarath Stone of Might
NPC rewards: standard

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Ancient Air Elemental ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Ancient Element of Air ^{( view • edit )}	♠21Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Bearded Devil ^{( view • edit )}	♦15Normal ♠20Elite ●♦32Epic Normal	Evil Outsider	Devil
Bezekira ^{( view • edit )}		Evil Outsider	Devil
Crean ^{( view • edit )}	♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠28Elite	Evil Outsider	Devil
Dense Stone Earth Elemental ^{( view • edit )}	♠23Elite	Elemental	Earth Elemental
Elder Air Elemental ^{( view • edit )}	♦11Normal ♥13Hard ●♦22Epic Normal ●♠45Epic Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Fiend-Blood Bat ^{( view • edit )}	♦11Normal ♠16Elite	Magical Beast	Bat
Fiend-Blood Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦18Normal	Magical Beast	Spider
Fiend-Blood Troglodyte Theurge ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♠23Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte
Fiend-Blood Troglodyte Warmaster ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♠23Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte
Greater Dust Mephit ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♥27Epic Hard	Air Outsider	Mephit
Killerog ^{( view • edit )}	♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Orthon ^{( view • edit )}	♦15Normal ♥12Hard ♠20/29Elite	Evil Outsider	Devil
Pure Air Mephit ^{( view • edit )}		Air Outsider	Mephit
Ramak Orenah ^{( view • edit )}	♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠28Elite	Native Outsider	Tiefling
Striped Twilight Hyena ^{( view • edit )}	♠19Elite	Animal	Hyena
Windlasher Austere ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♠23Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Conjurer ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♠23Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Evincer ^{( view • edit )}	♦12Normal ♠17Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Harbinger ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♠23Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Mystic ^{( view • edit )}	♠25Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Recluse ^{( view • edit )}	♦12Normal ♠17Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Savage ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♠19Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Typhoon ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♠23Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll
Windlasher Veteran ^{( view • edit )}	♦12Normal ♠17Elite	Gnoll	Gnoll