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The Hobgoblin Horde
The Hobgoblin Horde is the 7th quest in The Keep on the Borderlands story arc![]() Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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These quests can be completed in any order. |
Watch Your Step • The Bugbear Bandits • Violent Delights • Treasure Hunt • Obstructing the Orcs • Caged Beast • The Hobgoblin Horde • Total Chaos |
The disciplined Hobgoblins are the cult's most loyal followers. In turn, the martial creatures act as unforgiving taskmasters for their smaller Goblin cousins.
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The Hobgoblin Horde | |
Heroic level: | 1 |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣396Solo/Casual ♦660Normal ♥716Hard ♠772Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣5,625Solo/Casual ♦9,690Normal ♥10,003Hard ♠10,317Elite |
Takes place in: | Hobgoblin Caves |
Bestowed by: | Ranbolt Satherwild |
NPC contact: | Ranbolt Satherwild |
Quest acquired in: | The Keep on the Borderlands |
Patron: | The Gatekeepers |
Base favor: | 3 |
Purchase: | Keep on the Borderlands or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Enter the Goblin Caves in the Caves of Chaos and reduce the ranks of the Hobgoblins.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Slay Hobgoblin Chieftain
- Find the Iron Key
- Find the Guardroom Door Key
- Open the Iron-barred Door
- (Optional) Figure out where the levers lead. — Bonus (1%): Heroic( ♣4 ♦7 ♥7 ♠8 ) Epic( ♣56 ♦97 ♥100 ♠103 )
- (Optional) Slay Engorged Umber Hulk — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣40 ♦66 ♥72 ♠77 ) Epic( ♣563 ♦969 ♥1,000 ♠1,032 )
- (Optional) Slay Mok-Gar the Smasher — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣40 ♦66 ♥72 ♠77 ) Epic( ♣563 ♦969 ♥1,000 ♠1,032 )
What to Expect
- Demons (Dretches and Hezrou) may spawn when a bugbear is killed.
- Related to the other Borderland quests this is somewhat more challenging
Known Traps
- Vertical blade traps (passage running south from southern tunnels) operated via a lever, no control panel.
Tips and Misc
You enter the quest in a small alcove in the northern half of the eastern loop of tunnels.
- Go west first.
- In the dead-end tunnel leading west from the second large area, kill the "new chief" and grab the iron key.
- Optional: In the shrine room, pull the lever to an orange crystal.
- In the passage leading back between the second and first areas, an alcove has now opened with a red-crystal lever – pull that.
- Back in the first area, the "goblins' common area", a passage has now opened leading north to an ogre mini-boss and a chest.
- There is a red crystal on the ground – this is the "Find out where the levers lead" optional.
- Go back east and use the iron key to open that door, and loop around to the southern passages.
- Puzzle: Pull the lever below the rune panel once to start the test. All the runes will light (ignore that), then several will light in sequence – remember that sequence. After they have lit, repeat that sequence to light the first gem; the puzzle will then automatically progress to the next sequence. Repeat 3, then 4, then 5 runes to light all 3 gems, and the puzzle is solved.
- After a sequence is shown to you, there may appear one rune that is high-lighted – ignore that (unless it's part of the sequence).
- If you make a mistake, you must pull the lever again to start over from 3 runes.
- Continue west.
- Optional: Take the windy side-passage south to an umber hulk and chest.
- At the 4-way intersection, south leads to a shrine (but there is another just ahead).
- The vertical blade traps are visible to all and can be easily timed.
- Pull the lever at the T-intersection at the end of the passage to stop the traps.
- West is a fight for more kills, east is the shrine.
- In the third-from-last room, the lever to continue is behind some crates in the south-east corner.
- The chieftain, and a chest, will be found in the second-to-last room.
- The last room is locked (Lock DCs); the chest there is also locked. Lock DCs: Heroic and Epic
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 22 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣40 ♦66 ♥72 ♠77 )
- Onslaught bonus: 44 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣59 ♦99 ♥107 ♠116 )
- Conquest bonus: 66 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣99 ♦165 ♥179 ♠193 )
- Mischief bonus: 13 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣32 ♦53 ♥57 ♠62 )
- Vandal bonus: 17 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣40 ♦66 ♥72 ♠77 )
- Ransack bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣59 ♦99 ♥107 ♠116 )
- Notes: Kill bonus limits will raise with the number of demons spawning
Loot
- Chests: 4
- Chest for killing Mok-Gar the Smasher
- Chest for killing Engorged Umber Hulk
- Locked chest behind a locked door at the very end
- End chest
- Collectables: 3
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.
Named Chest Drop
Based on [[Category:The Hobgoblin Horde loot]] ( t • e • h )
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Cave Rat ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Animal | Rat |
Dretch Spawn ( view • edit ) | ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Engorged Umber Hulk ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠4Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠34Epic Elite | Aberration | Umber Hulk |
Goblin Hunter ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Goblin |
Goblin Raider ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Goblin |
Goblin Shaman ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Goblin |
Goblin Sneak ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Goblin |
Hezrou Chaos Spawn ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠31Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Hobgoblin Bowman ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥2Hard ♠3Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Chanter ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥2Hard ♠4Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠31Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Chieftain ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠34Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Pikeman ( view • edit ) | ♦1.00Normal ♥2Hard ♠3Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Mok-Gar the Smasher ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠4Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠34Epic Elite | Giant | Ogre |
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