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The Battle for Eveningstar
The Battle for Eveningstar is the 4th quest in the Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening story arc![]() Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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The first three quests can be completed in any order to unlock The Battle for Eveningstar. |
Impossible Demands • The Unquiet Graves • The Lost Thread • The Battle for Eveningstar |
The villages work feverishly to prepare for the Drow attack. Then night falls and there is nothing left to do but wait .....
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The Battle for Eveningstar | |
Heroic level: | None |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | Long |
Heroic XP: | N/A |
Epic XP: | ♣10,717Solo/Casual ♦18,468Normal ♥19,074Hard ♠19,680Elite |
Takes place in: | Eveningstar |
Bestowed by: | Garwyn Thane |
NPC contact: | Garwyn Thane |
Quest acquired in: | Eveningstar |
Patron: | Purple Dragon Knights |
Base favor: | 8 |
Purchase: | Menace of the Underdark |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Swordcaptain Garwyn Thane has recruited you to help defend Eveningstar against an imminent Drow attack. Help defend the village against the coming onslaught.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Speak with Ana
- Secure the Temple Neighborhood
- Secure the Granary
- Secure Tummarlin's Farmstead
- Destroy the Drow Field Headquarters
- (Optional) Light additional bonfires (8 total) — Bonus (10%): Epic( ♣1,072 ♦1,847 ♥1,907 ♠1,968 )
Known Traps
- (12) Bear Traps
Tips and Misc
- The map may seem scattered, but it's not. Start by heading west, clear one area at a time (you'll be notified when it is), and proceed roughly clockwise – there's only one path around.
- Lighting the bonfires "discourages drow patrols from entering the area." Basically it ends the respawns nearby. There are ten bonfires to be lit, counting the one by Ana.
- Be prepared to fight many of the same enemies you have encountered thus far, all on one map. They tend to be localized to the area around their similar orange named boss.
- Drow Slaves can be freed and join your side when the slaver is killed. You do not get a bonus this time, and it can take away from your kills. A new slaver entering the area makes the un-freed slaves hostile again, and you must successfully remove the collar to free them. (Slave Collar DC‡)
- ‡ Shared with (The Lost Thread) Collar unlock skills, DC results table.
- Necromancers can raise any dead one time, though they are not as frequently included in the respawns on this map.
- Drow Slaves can be freed and join your side when the slaver is killed. You do not get a bonus this time, and it can take away from your kills. A new slaver entering the area makes the un-freed slaves hostile again, and you must successfully remove the collar to free them. (Slave Collar DC‡)
- Each of the three areas you need to secure is guarded by an orange named boss similar to the boss of the flagging quests. Drow of similar types are in the same area as their boss.
- Temple area – Necromancer (Dark Incanter from The Unquiet Graves)
- Granary – Slave Master (The Lost Thread)
- Farmstead – Priestess (Priestess Vicala from Impossible Demands)
- She will drain the life force from the slaves and other NPC creatures alive around her, including mobs, which restores her to full hit points. Unless you can kill her very quickly, it may be faster and easier to ignore her at first and concentrate on the others.
- If any collared slaves spawn near the Priestess, it may be best to immediately kill them by intentionally botching the collar removal. It's not very heroic, but it stops them from being drained by the Priestess.
- Final Fight:
- The final fight takes place in a large, wide-open area at the most southern portion of the map outside of town, just past a shrine.
- The field commander is a drow archer riding a red named Bebilith (Red Weaver). You must slay the Bebilith, then you can confront the Commander.
- At 50% and 25% the commander will summon reinforcements. On Epic Hard, the first wave consisted of a pair of Drow Warriors; the second wave was a pair of Driders
- Throughout the fight, Swarm Spiders will constantly spawn to attack you. They are a minor nuisance, but if there are many around they can trigger a Dungeon Alert when reinforcements arrive.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Tamper bonus: 6 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Neutralization bonus: 8 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 10 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
Loot
- Chests: 2
- 1 for securing the granary
- 1 End chest
- Collectables: 3
- Bones — north-east of Tummarlin's Farmstead, in a ruined building next to a pyramid of rubble
- Bones — at the Drow field headquarters
- Adventurer's Pack — in the Temple area
- Bones — north-east of Tummarlin's Farmstead, in a ruined building next to a pyramid of rubble
NPC end rewards
ML~20 items
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Drow Piwafwi (edit) | Cloak |
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20 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() ![]() |
The Battle for Eveningstar, End chest; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, quest chain end reward |
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Drow Smoke Goggles (edit) | Goggles |
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20 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() ![]() |
The Battle for Eveningstar, end chest; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, quest chain end reward |
Based on [[Category:The Battle for Eveningstar loot]] ( t • e • h )
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Collared Purple Dragon Knight ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Collared Slave ( view • edit ) | ●♦19Epic Normal ●♥23Epic Hard ●♠23Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Collared Villager ( view • edit ) | ●♦15Epic Normal ●♥17Epic Hard ●♠16Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Draya Dun'Robar ( view • edit ) | ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠28Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drider ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Aberration | Drider |
Drow Archer ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Necromancer (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Priestess (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Slaver ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Warrior (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠25Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Zombie ( view • edit ) | ●♦17/18/23Epic Normal ●♥20/22/27Epic Hard ●♠20/22/26Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Jevan ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Kal'anoth ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Raised Dragon Knight ( view • edit ) | ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠27Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Raised War Wizard ( view • edit ) | ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠27Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Red Weaver ( view • edit ) | ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥29Epic Hard ●♠28Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Skeletal Puppet ( view • edit ) | ●♦18Epic Normal ●♥22Epic Hard ●♠22Epic Elite | Undead | Skeleton |
Slain Villager ( view • edit ) | ●♦17Epic Normal ●♥20Epic Hard ●♠20Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Swarmhorde Spider ( view • edit ) | ●♦14Epic Normal ●♥16Epic Hard ●♠15Epic Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Undead Necromancer ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Xyra Dun'Robar ( view • edit ) | ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
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