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Secure the Area is the 3rd quest in The Western Excavation, the 1st chain in the Ruins of Threnal story arc ![]() Completing all the quests in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. | |
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The Western Excavation | In Need of Supplies |
The Eastern Excavation | The Library of Threnal |
The Abandoned Excavation | The Missing Expedition |
Dark creatures lurk in the shadows of these ruins, preying on the workers of Kundarak. You must defend this place against attack.
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Secure the Area | |
Heroic level: | 10 |
Epic level: | None |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣1,226Solo/Casual ♦2,152Normal ♥2,260Hard ♠2,368Elite |
Epic XP: | N/A |
Takes place in: | The Western Excavation |
Bestowed by: | Jan Falner |
NPC contact: | Jan Falner |
Quest acquired in: | Ruins of Threnal |
Patron: | House Phiarlan |
Base favor: | 4 |
Purchase: | Ruins of Threnal or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Go back to the western excavation and defeat all demons.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Defeat all flesh renders inside the Western Excavation – 35 total
- Defeat Zelnath, the Ice Flenser
What to Expect
Known Traps
- Same fire grates as before, although now there are more of them; one control panel on the eastern wall before the southernmost grate, but, again, only for those nearest two. Just don't walk on the others.
- Spinning blades in the northernmost room, activated by a lever on the southeast wall
Tips and Misc
- Useful buffs:
- Cold resistance
- Fire resistance
- Poison resistance/immunity
- You'll need to kill all the Flesh Renders in the quest, so you'll want to explore and clear any side-passages you skipped earlier.
- A balanced group may split up in an effort to speed up the quest.
- In the large north-central room, your next path will lead east – the lever outside the northeast shrine opens the path west. That lever (to the west) will then open the path north.
- You may choose to encounter Zelnath, the Ice Flenser, up the stairs in the northeast room (with a chest), before completing the "Defeat all flesh renders..." objective. This is a required objective, but it alone will not complete the quest.
- You will see/hear the DM Text: (Dungeon Master): An unnaturally icy draft swirls up from the stairs.
- After defeating him, two Flesh Renders will spawn at the bottom of the stairs.
- For the western chest and shrine, the outer lever requires a STR check of 16 (on Elite), which will access the chest, and the inner rune requires an INT check of 17 (on Elite), to access that shrine.
- There are no Flesh Renders in that chest room (only gargoyles), so the Strength/Intelligence requirements are not critical to quest completion.
- Once again, watch out for the Glass Spiders ratcheting up the alert level.
- The lever on the southeast wall of the northernmost room will activate several spinning blade traps. A Flesh Render will be standing on each one. This means a stealthy character can activate the traps and easily clear out the room.
- The chest behind the central alter contains only the Threnal Ceremonial Blade, required for the The Threnal Arena mini-quest. If you do not intend to run that quest, you can ignore that chest.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 55 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣123 ♦215 ♥226 ♠237 )
- Onslaught bonus: 72 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣184 ♦323 ♥339 ♠355 )
- Conquest bonus: 88 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣307 ♦538 ♥565 ♠592 )
- Mischief bonus: 57 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣98 ♦172 ♥181 ♠189 )
- Vandal bonus: 74 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣123 ♦215 ♥226 ♠237 )
- Ransack bonus: 91 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣184 ♦323 ♥339 ♠355 )
Loot
- Chests: Five, and one with no "loot" (see below)
- One in the southernmost room after the caves
- One in the room north of the second shrine, behind a locked door (southwest corner)
- One in the room north of the second shrine, on top of boxes near a lever (southeast corner)
- One in the room to the northeast, with Zelnath
- One in the northwest room with the rune and shrine (STR 16 required to open the door; INT rune not required)
- (and one more in the northernmost room; only contains the Threnal Ceremonial Blade, required for the The Threnal Arena mini-quest)
- Collectables: Four
- Alchemy Table near the secret door
- Alchemy Table in the room where Derward was in the previous quest, opened by the lever behind the secret door
- Alchemy Table in the corner east of the large central room
- Alchemy Table in the room to the north off the western corridor
- NPC rewards: Random +4/+5 items (choose from ten, plus Mystical Goblet and renown)
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Baby Glass Spider ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite OR From Egg: ♦1Normal ♥1Hard ♠1Elite; | Vermin | Spider |
Fire Mephit ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite OR Summoned by another mephit: ♦3Normal ♥3Hard ♠3Elite | Fire Outsider | Mephit |
Flesh Render ( view • edit ) | ♦12/14Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Gargoyle (Eberron) ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Gargoyle |
Glass Spider Queen ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠14Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Glass Spider ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Granite Gargoyle (Eberron) ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♠45Epic Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Gargoyle |
Greater Fire Mephit ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard OR Summoned by another mephit: ♠6Elite | Fire Outsider | Mephit |
Large Earth Elemental ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite | Elemental | Earth Elemental |
Ochre Jelly ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite ●♦22Epic Normal | Ooze | Ochre Jelly |
Zelnath ( view • edit ) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
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