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The Newcomers
A pair of Dragons have disappeared while protecting a group of Dragonborn newly arrived from Argonnessen.
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Heroic level: | 10 |
Epic level: | 31 (considered Legendary) |
Duration: | long |
Heroic XP: | ♣3,516Solo/Casual ♦6,180Normal ♥6,500Hard ♠6,819Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣21,511Solo/Casual ♦36,765Normal ♥37,677Hard ♠38,588Elite |
Takes place in: | Dragonborn Settlement |
Bestowed by: | Yoldorim |
NPC contact: | Yoldorim |
Quest acquired in: | The Marketplace |
Patron: | Agents of Argonnessen |
Base favor: | 5 |
Purchase: | Dragonblood Prophecy or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
An Argonnenssen Dragon named Dunalenthea was supposed to be helping some Dragonborn build a settlement in the wilds of Xen'drik, but nothing has been heard from her in some time.
Speak with Yoldorim in the Marketplace and he'll send you to investigate Dunalenthea's disappearance.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Locate Elainethyrs, Emissary of the Argonessen
- Locate Dunalenthea
- Enter the nearby cavern
- Explore the cavern
- Gain entrance to the cavern
- Find the village
- Traverse the cavern
- Clear the patrols surrounding the Village
- Speak to Elainethrys
- Explore the temple
- Power the control panel
- Unlock the gate using the control panel
- Defeat Orlanthe, Cultist of the Dragon Below
- (Optional) Explore the opened cavern — Bonus (1%): Heroic( ♣35 ♦62 ♥65 ♠68 ) Epic( ♣215 ♦368 ♥377 ♠386 )
- (Optional) Defeat the Lizardfolk fanatic — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣352 ♦618 ♥650 ♠682 ) Epic( ♣2,151 ♦3,677 ♥3,768 ♠3,859 )
What to Expect
- Platforming on moving stones.
- Point of No Return – dropdown past the village
Known Traps
- Air jets in the room with the floating platforms; can be toggled by hitting target levers.
- Bear traps and pressure plates in the temple hallways. Traps are semi-random in the wider area (including western shrine area, not shown on map!) thus the numbers for bonuses also change.
Tips and Misc
- The end fight has a white dragon, so bring cold resist. (You do not have to kill her, so fire attacks are not particularly necessary or helpful.)
- As you travel the passages of this quest, you'll encounter many small but intense fights with about a half dozen enemies. Be careful about using up your boosts when they are not really needed – you'll recognize the "big" fights when they come.
- In the first large area, go left first (to the northern area) to a dead-end with a lever (and collectable and locked chest); then, double back to the right/southern passage and another lever (and collectable). The shrine is at the end of that passage.
- (Optional) When you first swing north, that 4-way intersection can be ignored to continue on. Or, go left for a lever that opens the right-hand passage, and fight the mini-boss for a chest.
- The puzzle cavern: This consists of floating platforms that carry adventurers either vertically or horizontally to the next ledge, where they throw the next lever to activate the next lift, and so on. Just follow the flow of the lifts up (twice) toward the elevated door out to the west.
- There is no combat here, so no fear of ambush. Good place to go AFK for a couple minutes while the puzzle is being solved.
- The two target levers activate air jets that can blow anyone off the platforms.
- The first can be avoided if you stand all the way to the right side of the platform.
- The second is the challenge here; it alternately activates the left or right of two more air jets. The last platform goes past both, so you have to shoot after that platform has gone past the first but before the second. If in a party, you may wish to station someone on the ground (who is not moving), to shoot it at the right moment.
- Once you successfully navigate all the moving platforms and get to ledge with the door out, to the left of the door there's a lever that activates a single platform from the ground to this ledge. This platform allows other party members to bypass the multiple jumps and air jets, etc.
- In the second large, open area, after you fight a couple groups, talk to the NPC. The Dungeon Master narration will instruct you to do this. Then continue through that area to the second shrine just before the drop-down point of no return (without dimension door and such) – so use it or lose it.
- In the penultimate temple complex, the far northern and southern levers must be pulled. The two levers closer to the center merely open the nearby gates there.
- The puzzle to unlock the last gate is a simple Simon Says mechanic – pull the lever and pay attention to which runes light up, and then repeat those lit rune sequences. The random pattern will present three times, requiring you to remember 3, then 4, and then 5 runes. If you fail, no penalty; re-pulling the lever will start the process again.
- In the first ice room, pull the lever to activate a lift up for the final fight.
- In the end fight, kill the cultist to break the dragon's trance.
- The dragon does not need to be killed for completion of quest; in fact, if you want to kill it, you will have to do it before Orlanthe is dead, or she becomes passive and untargetable.
- The opened cavern and Lizardfolk fanatic can be found on the way to the village.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: <170 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣352 ♦618 ♥650 ♠682 )
- Onslaught bonus: <200 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣527 ♦927 ♥975 ♠1,023 )
- Conquest bonus: 206 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣879 ♦1,545 ♥1,625 ♠1,705 )
- Tamper bonus: 4+ or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣352 ♦618 ♥650 ♠682 )
- Neutralization bonus: 8+ or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣703 ♦1,236 ♥1,300 ♠1,364 )
- Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 12+ or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣1,055 ♦1,854 ♥1,950 ♠2,046 )
- Mischief bonus: 22 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣281 ♦494 ♥520 ♠546 )
- Vandal bonus: 29 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣352 ♦618 ♥650 ♠682 )
- Ransack bonus: 36 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣527 ♦927 ♥975 ♠1,023 )
Loot
- Chests: 3
- 1 locked in the giant camp
- 1 for killing the Cult Fanatic
- 1 end chest
- Collectables: 5
- Fungus by a lever in the south-east of the jungle
- Rubble (north-west) and Adventurer's Pack (south-east) in the water with the platforms
- Crude Altar just north of Elainethrys
- Adventurer's Pack in the water north-west of that
- minor bug: Water doesn't extend all the way to the edge of its area and looks odd.[1]
- Rubble in the north room in the temple
- NPC rewards:
Named Chest Drop
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
---|---|---|---|
Cult Adherent ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Cult Canonist ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Cult Disciple ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Cult Fanatic (miniboss) ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ●♦32Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Fanatic ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ●♦31Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Guardian ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Invoker ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Cult Patrol ( view • edit ) | ♦10Normal ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Seeker ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Cult Shaman ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Vindicator ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♠16Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Reptilian | Lizardfolk |
Cult Warden ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite ●♦32Epic Normal | Humanoid | Human |
Dunalenthea ( view • edit ) | ♦13Normal ♠18Elite ●♦34Epic Normal | Dragon | White Dragon |
Hill Giant Scavenger ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♠16Elite | Giant | Giant |
Jungle Stalker ( view • edit ) | ♦11Normal ♠15Elite ●♦31Epic Normal | Animal | Panther |
Orlanthe ( view • edit ) | ♦13Normal ♠18Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♠43Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Stone Giant Scavenger ( view • edit ) | ♦12Normal ♠17Elite | Giant | Giant |
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- Agents of Argonnessen patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Minor game bugs
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- Level 31 quests
- Level 10 quests
- Quests with 5 base favor reward
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