Slavers of the Shrieking Mines

The Shrieking Mines are named for the winds that howl through its narrow tunnels, sounding like the cries of some tormented soul.

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Slavers of the Shrieking Mines
Heroic level:	10
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Very long
Heroic XP:	♣2,220Solo/Casual ♦3,900Normal ♥4,100Hard ♠4,299Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	The Shrieking Mines
Bestowed by:	Opu the Elder
NPC contact:	Opu the Elder
Quest acquired in:	Restless Isles
Patron:	The Free Agents
Base favor:	6
Purchase:	The Restless Isles or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Opu the Elder reports that many of his warriors are now enslaved by a horrific race of creatures he calls 'the Shapeless Ones.' You must enter the Shrieking Mines and rescue the wildman captives, now forced to work for the Shapeless Ones and their ogre mage slavers.

• Before you can run this quest, your character must gain access to the Restless Isles.
• This quest is given by visiting Opu the Elder on his island in the Restless Isles. Those who have not been bestowed the quest will have to fight their way to the quest giver, while those who have (either by making the journey or by having the quest shared with them) can get to Opu (and very near the quest itself) by speaking to the Wildman guide to be found in the first passage.
• Part of the end-reward for this quest is the Shattered Sigil, one half of the Sigil of Dal Quor. The other is gained from Bring Me the Head of Ghola-Fan!.

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Objectives

• Slay the Ogre Magi to free their slaves (Kill 5)
• Kill Boss Durna
• Kill Boss Ur-Fal
• Kill Boss Tanka
• Kill Boss Gullo
• Kill Boss Uzaki
• Slay the mines' Overlords (Kill 3)
• Kill Overlord Imshysh
• Kill Overlord Ythrixid
• Kill Overlord Villixill
• (Optional) Save some of the miners (8 total) — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣155 ♦273 ♥287 ♠301 )
• (Optional) Save almost all of the miners (~40?) — Bonus (22%): Heroic( ♣488 ♦858 ♥902 ♠946 )
• (Optional) Defeat the Beholders (Kill 2) — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣555 ♦975 ♥1,025 ♠1,075 )
• (Optional) Kill the Turncoats (Kill 40) — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣555 ♦975 ♥1,025 ♠1,075 )
• (Optional) Retrieve the artifact from the cache — Bonus (5%): Heroic( ♣111 ♦195 ♥205 ♠215 )

What to Expect

• Traps (fixed and random)
• Overlapping floors
• Re-spawning ogres (in central pit)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

• Note – the non-sonic traps are random, and may be missing, even on Elite.
• Spike trap after the first key-locked iron gate, control panel after trap (can be jumped).
• Blade trap just past the larger area north of that.
• Five Sonic-filled corridors. No control panels, they are controlled by a Wildman Miner banging a gong; hit the gong operator once, to stop the gong
• Blade trap leading to the central/west chest room with Lord Villixill ("-135") (can be timed).
• Blade trap leading to the room south of the shine with Slavedriver Uzaki (can be timed).
• Blade trap before Lord Villixill (in far eastern room)

Tips and Misc

Path to mission entrance

• Useful buffs:
  • Acid for ogre magi
  • Electricity for ogre magi
  • Fire for ogre magi
  • Sonic for traps
• Follow the dungeon. Going downwards is easiest – unless, of course, you fall off. At the central pit, going west first might be easiest, and will lead you back a bit lower where you can continue down.
• The requirement to kill no more than 10 wildmen as a failure is now removed. Instead, there is a minimum number of wildmen you must rescue with an optional to rescue more (40) for more XP.
  • There is one ledge with 2 ladders leading up, close by each other, on the same level that leads west to the tunnel to Lord Ythrixid – going up the taller (the one you didn't come down) will lead to the northern dead-end tunnel with a sonic trap (and a quest objective).
  • Some means of crowd control can be handy here, and area of effect weapons (such as 2-handed weapons) and spells (such as Wall of Fire or Electric Loop) are a bad plan, as are any inaccurate ranged attacks.
  • Concentrate on killing the ogres controlling a group of Wildman Miners. Once all nearby ogres are dead, a group of Wildman Miners will turn to "friends" and you will no longer be able to kill them. That group will disappear quickly after becoming friendly.
  • In many places, it is simple to lure the ogres away from the miners. The miners are usually only alerted when party members come close to them, and they are not alerted when the ogre brutes notice the party. There may be some exceptions where the ogre magi explicitly call the miners to fight for them, and there are some places where you cannot see all of the ogre brutes without walking close to some of the miners.
• There are sonic traps that are operated by a Wildman Miner banging a gong. If you have a caster in your group, you can cast Flesh to Stone on them and they'll stop banging the gong; however, they usually eventually save even if you cast Enervation or Energy Drain. They also stop if you inflict any damage on them, but then become hostile – although they are easily outrun. You might find it easier just to kill them – there are 5 sonic traps.
• When you get to the central caverns, there are ogres all over the place, who really like their ranged weapons.
• There are two beholders (in separate locations) near the one and only shrine.
• When you finish the quest, you will be dropped back in the tunnels; there will probably be some few wildmen and/or ogres, so be prepared for a quick fight (or to just run past them). Bear left at every intersection to get back to the quest-giver and reward, or recall, re-enter the wilderness area/tunnels, and use the Wildman Guide.

Bonus XP

• Aggression bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣222 ♦390 ♥410 ♠430 )
• Onslaught bonus: 124 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣333 ♦585 ♥615 ♠645 )
• Conquest bonus: 152 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣555 ♦975 ♥1,025 ♠1,075 )
• Tamper bonus: 1 or more trap disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣222 ♦390 ♥410 ♠430 )
• Mischief bonus: 90 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣178 ♦312 ♥328 ♠344 )
• Vandal bonus: 117 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣222 ♦390 ♥410 ♠430 )
• Ransack bonus: 144 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣333 ♦585 ♥615 ♠645 )

Loot

• Chests: Three
  • 1 locked with 3 ogres
  • 1 in Lord Villixill's room
  • 1 in Lord Ythrixid's room
• Collectables: Eight
  • Bookshelf to the west in the north–south hallway
  • Rubble in Boss Tanka's chamber
  • Rubble in the shaft, to the northeast
  • Adventurer's Pack at the bottom of the ladder, in the northwest
  • Bookshelf in Lord Villixill's chamber
  • Crude Altar in Boss Uzaki's chamber
  • Adventurer's Pack west of Boss Ur-Fal
  • Adventurer's Pack on the way to Boss Gullo's chamber
  • There is also the Horrid Golden Figurine in Lord Ythrixid's chamber, in the "Glittering Cache" in the back of the room.
• NPC rewards: A Shattered Sigil and your choice from 8–10 items (around level 10–12) or Mystical Vessel (used in Cannith Crafting for the Warded prefix)

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 48.4.3 2 years, 6 months, and 7 days BugTime	Shrieking Star  (edit)	Morningstar	+4 Enhancement Bonus+4 Enhancement Bonus: +4 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. ShriekingShrieking: Shrieking weapons emit a piercing screech whenever they are used to make a successful attack. This screech deals an additional 2 to 12 sonic damage. RoaringRoaring: This weapon causes targets to become shaken (DC 25 Will save negates) and, on a critical hit, does 2 to 12 sonic damage to the target. Red Augment Slot: EmptyRed Augments Named: Category:Red augments DR bypass: Alignment, Material Elemental damage: +1d6 to +9d6 Spell Power (Enhancement bonus): +38 to +153 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	8	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Locked chest
Update 58.0.1 6 months and 20 days Jaysyn	Resonant Guard Suit  (edit)	Studded Leather	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to Armor Class. Sonic GuardSonic Guard: This item blasts those that attack the wearer, causing 1d6 sonic damage on a successful melee attack. Improved Sonic ResistanceImproved Sonic Resistance: This property absorbs the first 20 points of sonic damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. Move Silently -10Move Silently -10: Passive: -10 penalty to the Move Silently skill. Blue Augment Slot: EmptyBlue 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 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	8	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Lord Villixill's chest
Update 48.2 2 years, 9 months, and 9 days BugTime	Ring of Resonance  (edit)	Ring	Protection +4Protection +4: Passive: +4 Deflection bonus to Armor Class. Sonic GuardSonic Guard: This item blasts those that attack the wearer, causing 1d6 sonic damage on a successful melee attack. Yellow Augment Slot: EmptyYellow 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	9	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip	Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Locked chest
Update 48.2 2 years, 9 months, and 9 days BugTime	Ring of the Ancestors  (edit)	Ring	Required Trait: Good (UMD: 0) Raise Dead Raise Dead Caster level: 9 Charges: 1 (1/day) — 1 Charges (Recharged/Day:1)	11	UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.	Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Lord Ythrixid's chest

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Monsters

Name ( picture )	CR	Type	Race
Beholder ( view  • edit )	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite ●♦20Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠66Epic Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Boss Durna ( view  • edit )	♠16Elite	Giant	Ogre
Boss Gullo ( view  • edit )	♠16Elite	Giant	Ogre
Boss Tanka ( view  • edit )	♠16Elite	Giant	Ogre
Boss Ur-Fal ( view  • edit )	♠16Elite	Giant	Ogre
Boss Uzaki ( view  • edit )	♠16Elite	Giant	Ogre
Lord Imshysh ( view  • edit )	♠17Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Lord Villixill ( view  • edit )	♠17Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Lord Ythrixid ( view  • edit )	♠17Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Ogre Brute ( view  • edit )	♥12Hard ♠15Elite	Giant	Ogre
Wildman Miner ( view  • edit )	♠10Elite	Monstrous Humanoid	Wildman
Wildman Turncoat ( view  • edit )	♠14Elite	Monstrous Humanoid	Wildman