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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 |
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.
- This quest gives the Shattered Sigil, one half of the Sigil of Dal Quor.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
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 most 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
- Overlapping floors
- Re-spawning ogres (in central pit)
Known Traps
- 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
- Useful buffs:
- Acid for ogre magi
- Electricity for ogre magi
- Fire for ogre magi
- Sonic for traps
- The quest can no longer fail if too many Wildman Miners are killed. Instead, there is an optional to rescue at least 40 wildmen for more XP.
- 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.
- 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.
- There is also the Horrid Golden Figurine in Lord Ythrixid's chamber, in the "Glittering Cache" in the back of the room.
- When you finish the quest, you will be dropped back in the tunnels; there will probably be some few wildmen and ogres, so be prepared for a quick fight (or to just run past them). Bear right at the next intersection and use the Wildman Guide a bit further to get back to the quest-giver and reward.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣222 ♦390 ♥410 ♠430 )
- Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣333 ♦585 ♥615 ♠645 )
- Conquest bonus: 100 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: 3
- 1 locked with 3 ogres
- 1 in Lord Villixill's room
- 1 in Lord Ythrixid's room
- Collectables: 9
- Bookshelf — to the west in the north–south hallway
- Rubble — in Boss Tanka's chamber
- Rubble — in the shaft, to the north-east
- Adventurer's Pack — at the bottom of the ladder, in the north-west
- Bookshelf — in Lord Villixill's chamber
- Crude Altar — in Boss Uzaki's chamber
- Adventurer's Pack — west of Boss Ur-Fal
- Rubble — in the shaft, at the bottom, not on map
- Adventurer's Pack — on the way to Boss Gullo's chamber
- Bookshelf — to the west in the north–south hallway
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level, Mystical Vessel (used in Cannith Crafting) and a Shattered Sigil.
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Shrieking Star (edit) | Morningstar |
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8 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Locked chest |
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Resonant Guard Suit (edit) | Studded Leather |
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8 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Lord Villixill's chest |
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Ring of Resonance (edit) | Ring |
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9 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, locked chest |
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Ring of the Ancestors (edit) | Ring |
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11 | Unbound![]() |
Slavers of the Shrieking Mines, Lord Ythrixid's chest |
Based on [[Category:Slavers of the Shrieking Mines loot]] ( t • e • h )
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Beholder ( view • edit ) | ♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite | Aberration | Beholder |
Boss Durna ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Boss Gullo ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Boss Tanka ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Boss Ur-Fal ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Boss Uzaki ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Lord Imshysh ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite | Aberration | Mind Flayer |
Lord Villixill ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite | Aberration | Mind Flayer |
Lord Ythrixid ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite | Aberration | Mind Flayer |
Ogre Brute ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite | Giant | Ogre |
Wildman Miner ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Wildman |
Wildman Turncoat ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Wildman |