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The Covered Culvert

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City workers have uncovered a previously unexplored section of the Sunken Sewer. Yet this new area is overrun with deadly vermin.

Requires access to quest bundle: Tavern Tales
May also be purchased individually for 175 DP
The Covered Culvert
Heroic level: 4
Epic level: 35
(considered Legendary)
Duration: medium
Heroic XP:  ♣1,140Solo/Casual ♦2,050Normal ♥2,200Hard ♠2,530Elite
Epic XP:  ♣11,200Solo/Casual ♦19,095Normal ♥19,522Hard ♠19,950Elite
Takes place in: The Covered Culvert
Bestowed by: Burton Furst
NPC contact: Burton Furst
Quest acquired in: The Marketplace
Patron: The Free Agents
Base favor: 3
Purchase: Tavern Tales, individual purchase, or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
Map of the new discovered sewer.

Overview

Workers have uncovered a new section of the Sunken Sewer - but it's infested with all sorts of nasty vermin. Travel to the Covered Culvert and start exterminating.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak with Arcanist Kiton
  • Explore the new section of the Sunken Sewer
  • Open the green door
  • Continue to explore
  • Open the purple door
  • Defeat the Verminkeeper Druid.
  • (Optional) Find and read the mad scrawlings (5) — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣228 ♦410 ♥440 ♠506 ) Legendary( ♣2,240 ♦3,819 ♥3,904 ♠3,990 )
  • (Optional) Find and loot the treasure chest — Bonus (12%): Heroic( ♣137 ♦246 ♥264 ♠304 ) Legendary( ♣1,344 ♦2,291 ♥2,343 ♠2,394 )

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • A field of spikes north of the green locked door (box in the middle)
  • 2 fire jets behind a secret door each a bit further north (box in the middle)
  • A field of spikes in the west of the northeast tunnels (box in the middle)
  • 2 fire jets flanking each of the 2 levers in the west section (optional area, box in the middle)
  • Spike trap when using the second lever (optional area, box)

Tips and Misc

  • It's been some years at this point since you dealt with the Troglodyte Hissahr in the Sunken Sewer, but Stormreach sewage workers clearing the ruins have stumbled across a secret wing of the sewer that you, Hissahr and Hazadill all missed in your previous adventures. Of course, as part of the Stormreach sewer network it's naturally infested with territorial vermin. Back to work...
  • Almost immediately, your path is blocked by a door locked with a green signal crystal. To unlock this you must head south, climb up a web of platforms connected by bridges, and pull a lever at the top; be aware approaching the lever spawns a red-named Black Widow. Afterwards, head back down to the area's floor and pull the green lever.
    • The Web Mistress is not actually a required kill and can be evaded rather easily.
  • Past the green door the path branches to the north and west. The west branch heads to the optional chest. The north branch heads to the Verminkeeper.
  • Now head north and follow the tunnel all the way north. Avoid the secret doors unless you want the observation bonus, they only reveal some fire traps that cannot be disarmed. Go round to the east until you find a pair of gates leading north and east. Each leads to a short tunnel – the purple lever is randomly located at the end of one of these two tunnels.
  • Inside the purple door, the mad Verminkeeper awaits you. This red-named Druid is a fairly potent caster and will also set his spider minions upon you.
  • The Verminkeeper's plan to drown Stormreach under a tide of invertebrates was honestly probably doomed from the beginning, but by taking him out of the equation at least you've probably saved the lives of a few sewage workers.
  • There are five mad scrawlings:
    • Two on the north and south walls (respectively) of the area with many platforms
    • One by the shrine west of the green door
    • One through the north gate in the north tunnel.
    • One through the east gate in the north tunnel
  • To open the optional chest you must head west just past the green door. Follow the path into the nearby room, use the nearby boxes to jump over the metal fence, and pull two valves in the water and one lever at the top of a staircase. The lever lowers a bridge to a door and the valves opens that door which goes into a room containing several levers. The lever with the white drops triggers the room's fire traps while the lever with nothing triggers a nasty spike trap, only pull the lever with skulls at the base to open the door to the chest. You can then turn the valve to get back into the main quest without going back around.

Bonus XP

  • Insidious Cunning bonus: 0 or fewer monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦205 ♥220 ♠253 )
  • Devious bonus: 7 or fewer monsters killed +7% Bonus.( ♣80 ♦144 ♥154 ♠177 )
  • Discreet bonus: 14 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣57 ♦103 ♥110 ♠127 )
  • Aggression bonus: ≤20 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦205 ♥220 ♠253 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 35 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣171 ♦308 ♥330 ♠380 )
  • Tamper bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦205 ♥220 ♠253 )
  • Neutralization bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣228 ♦410 ♥440 ♠506 )
  • Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 5 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣342 ♦615 ♥660 ♠759 )
  • Observance bonus: 1 or more secret door discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣91 ♦164 ♥176 ♠202 )
  • Mischief bonus: 24 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣91 ♦164 ♥176 ♠202 )
  • Vandal bonus: 32 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦205 ♥220 ♠253 )
  • Ransack bonus: 39 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣171 ♦308 ♥330 ♠380 )

Loot

  • Chests: 2
  • 1 end chest
  • 1 for completing the western section optional (can drop Lunar & Solar Gems, as well as named items)
  • Collectables: 3
    • Adventurer's Pack — in the water at the bottom of the room southwest of the green doorAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionString of Prayer BeadsSmall Wooden IdolIcon of KhyberPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperResearch DiaryNecromantic GemWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss QueenTome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YKTome: Myths of Old Xen'drikPhoenix Tavern Purchase OrderCaravan LogbookBlade of the Dark SixFunerary TokenSignet of the DevourerMark of the KeeperShamanic TotemLuminescent DustGlittering DustSkull FragmentPowdered BloodIntact FingerboneSparkling Dust'Wavecrasher' Cargo ManifestOrnate CharmShimmering Spore PodAdventuring OratorioToken of the SpiderVial of Dragon's Blood InkHairy Trumpet MushroomArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsCrypt MothAncient TextFlint KnifeBrass Censer
    • Fungus — at the end of the tunnel with the fourth mad scrawlingCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss Queen
    • Cabinet — in the room with the optional chestBrass CenserPouch of Bone FragmentsVial of Dragon's Blood InkAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionLuminescent DustGlittering DustSkull FragmentPowdered BloodIntact FingerboneSparkling DustAdventuring OratorioArchaic LogbookAncient TextPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberCaravan LogbookResearch DiaryTome: Myths of Old Xen'drikPhoenix Tavern Purchase OrderTome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YK'Wavecrasher' Cargo Manifest

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
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  • 10 months and 9 days
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Bugkickers
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Boots 4 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
  • Update 73.2
  • 10 months and 9 days
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Helm of Workplace Safety
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Helm 4 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
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  • 10 months and 9 days
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Sewersight
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Goggles 4 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
  • Update 73.3
  • 9 months and 7 days
  • Ulfo
Verminkeeper's Bangle
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Bracers 4 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
Hands of Waste
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Gloves 4 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest (rare)
Trapmaker's Mark
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Ring 13 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, optional chest
Legendary Sewersight
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Goggles 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
  • Update 73.2
  • 10 months and 9 days
  • Cru121
Legendary Bugkickers
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Boots 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
  • Update 73.2
  • 10 months and 9 days
  • Cru121
Legendary Trapmaker's Mark
(edit)
Ring 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, optional chest
  • Update 73.3
  • 9 months and 7 days
  • Ulfo
Legendary Verminkeeper's Bangle
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Bracers 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
  • Update 73.3
  • 9 months and 7 days
  • Ulfo
Legendary Helm of Workplace Safety
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Helm 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest
Legendary Hands of Waste
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Gloves 33 Bound to Account on Acquire The Covered Culvert, end chest (rare)

Based on The Covered Culvert loot ( t • e • h )

This quest may also drop the following Lunar and Solar Gems:

     
Item Type Enchantments ML Bind Location
Lunar Gem of Accuracy (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Natural Armor (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Physical Protection (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of MRR Cap (Heroic) Sun augments
  • +10 Artifact Bonus to Magical Resistance Rating Cap
1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Magical Resistance Rating (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Physical Resistance Rating (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Sneak Attack Dice (Heroic) Sun augments
  • +1 Artifact Bonus to Sneak Attack Dice
1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Swift Charging (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Natural Armor (Legendary) Moon augments 30 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Physical Protection (Legendary) Moon augments 30 Unbound

Solar Gem of MRR Cap (Legendary) Sun augments
  • +30 Artifact Bonus to Magical Resistance Rating Cap
30 Unbound

Solar Gem of Magical Resistance Rating (Legendary) Sun augments 30 Unbound

Solar Gem of Physical Resistance Rating (Legendary) Sun augments 30 Unbound

Solar Gem of Sneak Attack Dice (Legendary) Sun augments
  • +3 Artifact Bonus to Sneak Attack Dice
30 Unbound

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Legendary) Sun augments 30 Unbound

Solar Gem of Swift Charging (Legendary) Sun augments 30 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Accuracy (Legendary) Moon augments 30 Unbound

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Sewer Swarm( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Vermin Insect
Spitting Recluse( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Vermin Spider
Territorial Fire Beetle( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Vermin Insect
The Verminkeeper( view
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 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦38Epic Normal ♥42Epic Hard ♠48Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Web Mistress( view
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 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦38Epic Normal ♥42Epic Hard ♠48Epic Elite Vermin Spider
Well-fed Carrion Crawler( view
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 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠8Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Aberration Carrion Crawler