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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.
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| 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 |
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
- 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 door

















































- Fungus — at the end of the tunnel with the fourth mad scrawling













- Cabinet — in the room with the optional chest

























- Adventurer's Pack — in the water at the bottom of the room southwest of the green door
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.
Named Chest Drop
| Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bugkickers |
Boots |
|
4 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Helm of Workplace Safety |
Helm |
|
4 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Sewersight |
Goggles |
|
4 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Verminkeeper's Bangle |
Bracers |
|
4 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Hands of Waste |
Gloves |
|
4 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest (rare) |
|
Trapmaker's Mark |
Ring |
|
13 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, optional chest |
|
Legendary Sewersight |
Goggles |
|
33 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Legendary Bugkickers |
Boots |
|
33 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Legendary Trapmaker's Mark |
Ring |
|
33 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, optional chest |
|
Legendary Verminkeeper's Bangle |
Bracers |
|
33 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Legendary Helm of Workplace Safety |
Helm |
|
33 | Bound to Account on Acquire | The Covered Culvert, end chest |
|
Legendary Hands of Waste |
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:
Monsters
| Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
|---|---|---|---|
Sewer Swarm ( view![]() |
♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Vermin | Insect |
Spitting Recluse ( view![]() |
♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Territorial Fire Beetle ( view![]() |
♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Vermin | Insect |
The Verminkeeper ( view![]() |
♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦38Epic Normal ●♥42Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Web Mistress ( view![]() |
♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦38Epic Normal ●♥42Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Well-fed Carrion Crawler ( view![]() |
♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠8Elite ●♦37Epic Normal ●♥41Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Aberration | Carrion Crawler |



















