The Chamber of Insanity

The Chamber of Insanity is haunted by powerful wraiths whose gibbering voices have driven strong warriors to madness.

The Chamber of Insanity
Heroic level:	5
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	♣496Solo/Casual ♦884Normal ♥940Hard ♠996Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Chamber of Insanity
Bestowed by:	Kranig Stoneshield
NPC contact:	Kranig Stoneshield
Quest acquired in:	Ever Full Flagon
Patron:	House Kundarak
Base favor:	3
Purchase:	Free to Play
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Explore the Chamber of Insanity in the Kundarak Ward.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Locate and destroy the Shade of Madness
Locate and destroy the Shade of Despair
Locate and destroy the Shade of Hatred
Locate and destroy the Shade of Agony
Kill the Soulless One

What to Expect

Traps (fixed)
Spawning/respawning monsters
Runes (optional: require INT and WIS checks)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

The levers in the four corner rooms are each protected by a poison trap; the control panels are to the left of the lever (as faced from the center of the room).
The chest in the alcove is protected by a blade trap and also a spinner trap

Tips and Misc

Be prepared for incorporeal undead enemies – there are 4 wraith minibosses, plus the end fight – bring ghost touch/ghostbane weapons, or casters who can affect incorporeal undead.
- The Soulless One is a spectre, so if he kills someone, a new spectre will arise.
- Shades are wraiths, if they slay someone while under the effect of Wraith's Lingering Touch, a new wraith may rise.
- If you are not careful, you can get overrun with incorporeal undead.

When you pull the levers in the corner rooms, three things happen: the door behind you closes, the poison trap in the center of the room activates, and a Shade appears. If you stand around the edges of the room and pull the lever from the back, you can easily avoid the poison, which continues to burst until the shade is defeated. Slaying the shade also opens both doors, not just the one you opened to enter – and there are wights just beyond the new door.
If you kill the necromancers quickly enough, they don't get a chance to raise the zombies.
The runes to get to the southeast alcove chest are Intelligence and Wisdom (17 required on Elite); you need to use both of them to open the door. And then it's trapped... twice.
For the end fight, if you fight from the ramp nearest the shrine, you can easily run back there to resurrect yourself.
- The chest in the central room is warded; you need to kill the three guards as well as the Soulless One to open it.
This quest is actually difficult to solo, despite being listed as average difficulty. The shades are difficult to hit, and their phases of fading and reappearing just make it harder.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 7 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣50 ♦88 ♥94 ♠100 )
Onslaught bonus: 23 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣74 ♦133 ♥141 ♠149 )
Conquest bonus: 28 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣124 ♦221 ♥235 ♠249 )
Tamper bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣50 ♦88 ♥94 ♠100 )
Neutralization bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣99 ♦177 ♥188 ♠199 )
Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 5 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣149 ♦265 ♥282 ♠299 )
Mischief bonus: 14 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣40 ♦71 ♥75 ♠80 )
Vandal bonus: 19 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣50 ♦88 ♥94 ♠100 )
Ransack bonus: 23 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣74 ♦133 ♥141 ♠149 )

Loot

Chests: 2
- 1 trapped in a rune sealed alcove in the southeast corner
- 1 at the end for killing the Soulless One (Spectre)
Collectables: Five
- Cabinet in the north corridor, just outside the northwest room
- Adventurer's Pack in the eastern corridor, across from the shrine
- Adventurer's Pack in the northeast corner of the southeast room
- Alchemy Table in the south corridor, along the southern wall in the central area
- Mushroom in the south corridor, in the southwest corner of the central area
NPC rewards: Random

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Arcane Skeleton ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♦27Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard	Undead	Skeleton
Armored Wight ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite ●♦27Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard	Undead	Wight
Dwarf Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	QL?: ♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite QL3: ♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Elf Necromancer ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Elf	Elf
Elf Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	QL:1 ♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite; QL:2/3: ♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Halfling Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie
Human Necromancer ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Humanoid	Human
Shade of Agony ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Undead	Wraith
Shade of Despair ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Undead	Wraith
Shade of Hatred ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Undead	Wraith
Shade of Madness ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Undead	Wraith
Soulless One ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite	Undead	Spectre
Wight Priest ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard	Undead	Wight
Wight ^{( view • edit )}	QL2: ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite; QL3: ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠7Elite ●♦25Epic Normal	Undead	Wight
Zombie ^{( view • edit )}	QL1: ♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite; QL2/QL3: ♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Undead	Zombie

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