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The Druid's Curse
The Druid's Curse is the 4th quest in The Druid's Deep 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 Druid's Curse. |
Outbreak • Overgrowth • Thorn and Paw • The Druid's Curse |
Druid's Deep has been a location kept secret by Druids of King's Forest for centuries. Now you must find it, guided only by the dying words, 'be a wolf, then a fish, then a bear.
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The Druid's Curse | |
Heroic level: | 17 |
Epic level: | 23 |
Duration: | long |
Heroic XP: | ♣2,810Solo/Casual ♦4,866Normal ♥5,050Hard ♠5,233Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣12,331Solo/Casual ♦21,206Normal ♥21,859Hard ♠22,513Elite |
Takes place in: | Druid's Deep |
Bestowed by: | Tarim Inavule |
NPC contact: | Tarim Inavule |
Quest acquired in: | Eveningstar |
Patron: | The Harpers |
Base favor: | 7 |
Purchase: | The Druid's Deep or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
You have learned the whereabouts of the druid Halsaime. Take Garstrom Toom's ox-cart to Thorngap and search for an entrance to the hidden place known as Druid's Deep.
- Garstrom's oxcart is located with the group of quest-givers, on the northeast edge of Eveningstar village, at the west end of the bridge there.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Find the way into the Druids Deep
- Defeat the druid Juhni
- Find Halsaime
- Defeat Ranger Kuldail Ukien
- Defeat Halsaime
- (Optional) Defeat the Drow Expatriates (6 total) — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣422 ♦730 ♥758 ♠785 ) Epic( ♣1,850 ♦3,181 ♥3,279 ♠3,377 )
- (Optional) Slay Aghilde the Bog Hag — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣422 ♦730 ♥758 ♠785 ) Epic( ♣1,850 ♦3,181 ♥3,279 ♠3,377 )
Known Traps
- 11 bear traps
Tips and Misc
- Buffs: As before, acid and electricity. Also fire for the end fight.
- The Wood Woads are orange named, but still love to spam Earthquake.
- There are many "root walls" that cannot be broken until all enemies are dispatched – no zerging/sneaking past mobs here.
- The transformation of Juhni starts after getting next to the "root wall" nearby.
- Also make sure to get close to her to activate the related objective before killing her, or the quest may not complete after defeating Halsaime!
- Bring an Underwater Action item if you can, for the mandatory swim west (which starts near the first shrine) and the optional southeast section. It's barely possible for an unskilled swimmer to swim up to pockets of air, but it's far slower to have to use them.
- The entire section of the underwater tunnel leading east is optional – 2 chests and the Drow optional
- There is a chest lying underwater in the far eastern tunnel – no fighting necessary.
- You may want to dump heavy armor, a negative swim score probably won't work. You'll have a chance to put it back on when you hit dry land again.
- Most of the pockets of air are marked on your map when you find them (which makes the swim back from the east faster).
- For the swim west, there is a pocket of air in the southern dead-end passage; you'll probably need it.
- The entire section of the underwater tunnel leading east is optional – 2 chests and the Drow optional
- From the 2nd shrine (right after the swim section), the path leads south. When that path splits, south-west leads to the Bog Hag optional (and her chest that may drop the Ivy Wraps).
- North eventually leads to Ranger Kuldail Ukien.
- The only breakables are on top of the cliff near the Ranger Kuldail Ukien; go up the stone stairs to the right of the corridor beyond him.
- The last shrine (northwest) is guarded by several earth elementals.
- The final fight is against the Druid Halsaime.
- He is a very powerful druid, and is human in the first part of the fight.
- Like any druid, he can cast healing spells on himself.
- He will rapidly cast spells like Earthquake, Call Lightning, and Firestorm many times in a row in human form.
- At 50% health he transforms into a black wolf form, and at 25% he transforms into a Black Bear. Both times he summons mobs.
- He is quickly regenerating at wild form. To make him human again, kill all spawned mobs. If you run around, sometimes mobs will get stuck behind trees/rocks. Halsaime will NOT take further damage until the mobs are dead!
- The mobs are the same yellow named mobs seen in this chain: Dryads, Druids, Bears, and Wisps.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 73 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣281 ♦487 ♥505 ♠523 )
- Onslaught bonus: 95 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣422 ♦730 ♥758 ♠785 )
- Conquest bonus: 117 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣703 ♦1,217 ♥1,263 ♠1,308 )
- Tamper bonus: 6 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣281 ♦487 ♥505 ♠523 )
- Neutralization bonus: 8 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣562 ♦973 ♥1,010 ♠1,047 )
- Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 9 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣843 ♦1,460 ♥1,515 ♠1,570 )
- Mischief bonus: 19 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣225 ♦389 ♥404 ♠419 )
- Vandal bonus: 25 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣281 ♦487 ♥505 ♠523 )
- Ransack bonus: 31 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣422 ♦730 ♥758 ♠785 )
Loot
- Chests: 5
- One for defeating the red named Bog Hag Aghilde
- One for defeating the Drow Expatriates
- One at the end of the underwater tunnel near the Drow
- One for slaying Kuldail Ukien
- One end chest for slaying Halsaime
- Collectables: 6
- Adventurer's Pack behind a tree to the south after the second root wall
- Adventurer's Pack in the water, at the curve just south of the split
- Adventurer's Pack in the roots of the tree near the hag
- Bones at the end of the earth elemental section
- Adventurer's Pack in the first corner of the tunnel to Halsaime
- Bones in the pool at the western end of Halsaime's Grove
- NPC rewards: standard
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Swailing Blade (Level 15) (edit) | Scimitar |
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15 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Heroic Normal) |
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Firebreak (level 15) (edit) | Half Plate |
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15 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Heroic Normal) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 15) (edit) | Handwrap |
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15 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Heroic Normal) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 16) (edit) | Handwrap |
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16 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Heroic Hard) |
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Firebreak (level 16) (edit) | Half Plate |
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16 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Heroic Hard) |
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Swailing Blade (Level 16) (edit) | Scimitar |
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16 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Heroic Hard) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 17) (edit) | Handwrap |
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17 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Heroic Elite) |
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Firebreak (level 17) (edit) | Half Plate |
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17 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Heroic Elite) |
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Swailing Blade (Level 17) (edit) | Scimitar |
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17 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Heroic Elite) |
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Firebreak (level 22) (edit) | Half Plate |
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22 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Epic Normal) |
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Swailing Blade (Level 22) (edit) | Scimitar |
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22 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Epic Normal) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 22) (edit) | Handwrap |
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22 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Epic Normal) |
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Swailing Blade (Level 23) (edit) | Scimitar |
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23 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Epic Hard) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 23) (edit) | Handwrap |
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23 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Epic Hard) |
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Firebreak (level 23) (edit) | Half Plate |
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23 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Epic Hard) |
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Swailing Blade (Level 24) (edit) | Scimitar |
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24 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, End chest (Epic Elite) |
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Ivy Wraps (Level 24) (edit) | Handwrap |
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24 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Aghilde the Bog Hag chest (Epic Elite) |
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Firebreak (level 24) (edit) | Half Plate |
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24 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
The Druid's Curse, Drow chest (Epic Elite) |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Aghilde ( view • edit ) | ●♥30Epic Hard | Monstrous Humanoid | Hag |
Bandit Archer ( view • edit ) | Humanoid | Human | |
Bear ( view • edit ) | ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ●♥21Epic Hard | Animal | Bear |
Corrupted Druid ( view • edit ) | ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Humanoid | Human |
Corrupted Dryad ( view • edit ) | ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Fey | Dryad |
Drow Ranger (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ♥22Hard ♠25Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Warrior (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ♥19Hard ♠25Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard ●♠25Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Earth Elemental ( view • edit ) | ♦15-16Normal ♠25Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Elemental | Earth Elemental |
Frenzied Wolf ( view • edit ) | ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ●♥21Epic Hard | Animal | Wolf |
Halsaime ( view • edit ) | ♦20Normal ♥25Hard ♠28Elite ●♦26Epic Normal ●♥31Epic Hard | Humanoid | Human |
Juhni ( view • edit ) | ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard | Animal | Bear |
Kuldail Ukien ( view • edit ) | ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ●♥30Epic Hard | Humanoid | Human |
Primal Wisp ( view • edit ) | ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠53Epic Elite | Aberration | Will o' Wisp |
Skitter ( view • edit ) | ♦20Normal ♥23Hard ♠28Elite ●♥31Epic Hard | Vermin | Spider |
Vine Horror ( view • edit ) | ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠53Epic Elite | Plant | Vine Stalker |
Wood Woad ( view • edit ) | ♥21Hard ♠26Elite ●♦29Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard | Plant | Wood Woad |
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