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The Unquiet Graves
The Unquiet Graves is the 2nd quest in the Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. 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 Battle for Eveningstar. |
Impossible Demands • The Unquiet Graves • The Lost Thread • The Battle for Eveningstar |
The ruthless Drow necromancers of House Szind transform the dead into new armies. To them a graveyard is a source of raw materials, not a sacred site.
Requires access to adventure pack
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The Unquiet Graves | |
Heroic level: | None |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | N/A |
Epic XP: | ♣6,650Solo/Casual ♦11,457Normal ♥11,829Hard ♠12,201Elite |
Takes place in: | Deep Glen Graveyard |
Bestowed by: | Barana Talmere |
NPC contact: | Barana Talmere |
Quest acquired in: | Eveningstar |
Patron: | Purple Dragon Knights |
Base favor: | 7 |
Purchase: | Menace of the Underdark |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Drow necromancers have infiltrated a nearby cemetery and are using as a base for making their vile creations. Go to the Deep Glen Graveyard in the King's Forest and destroy the necromancers.
- To reach the graveyard, either:
- take the left fork out of Eveningstar and follow the road. Turn west if you come to a river.
- or, if you have access to the Forward Outpost, it can be a little faster to teleport there and then follow the road leading west out of the camp, right at the first fork, then west after you cross the river, following the next road west to the village and the quest.
- or, again from the Forward Outpost, if you know the lay of the land you can go cross-country west and a little north.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Investigate the Abandoned Village
- Find and defeat the Dark Incanters (3 Total)
Tips and Misc
The quest and map are simple; kill the 3 red-named mini-boss "Incanters" (technically one, plus two more undead versions of himself), one each in the northwest, north, and northeast. They will be supported by other casters, and some melee and ranged trash.
- Death Ward is critical in this quest, as the Incanters and other necromancers will level drain or zap you dead even on Normal difficulty.
- There are a variety of drow: warriors, archers, and necromancers. Kill the necromancers first because they can raise the others. If there are two or more necromancers, get one down to about 5%, move to the next, and repeat. Then circle back around and knock them off as quick as possible. This way you can minimize the amount of time that they can be raised by another, living, necromancer. Fear not if you miss one or two or all of them, for once they're raised and destroyed, they cannot be raised again.
- Be warned; The Incanter is also a necromancer, and can also be raised by the other necromancers. However, killing the undead version does not count towards the total you need to kill.
- There are several areas of respawning drow, including standard necromancers. The standard necromancers can still raise the red named incanters, creating a red named undead. If you cannot kill them as fast as they respawn, then you may be overwhelmed. Try pulling back to an area (such as the town area near the shrine where you met the first incanter) that has no respawns to deal with the mobs. The red incanters have a limited range, and will snap back to their main locations if you take them too far.
- After the graveyard fight, you can move deeper into the graveyard and leap the fence to get to the only shrine there for recharging for the final fight. Killing the final incanter completes the quest, so slay all others if you're going for Conquest before ending the last incanter.
Trivia
The quest's title might be a reference to the very last sentence from the novel "Wuthering Heights" written by Emily Brontë.
Bonus XP
- Discreet bonus: (normal) 8 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
- Aggression bonus: (normal) 28 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
Loot
- Chests: 1 End Chest. Can drop commendations.
- Collectables: 3
- Adventurer's Pack — north-west gate
- Bones — north of the chest
- Adventurer's Pack — north-east gate
NPC end rewards
ML~20 items
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Pale Rod (edit) | Club |
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20 | Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip or Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire | The Unquiet Graves, End Chest ; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, Quest chain end reward |
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Grave Wrappings (edit) | Handwrap |
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20 | Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip or Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire | The Unquiet Graves, End chest ; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, Quest chain end reward |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Dark Incanter ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Archer ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Necromancer (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Warrior (Forgotten Realms) ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠25Epic Elite | Elf | Drow Elf |
Drow Zombie ( view • edit ) | ●♦17/18Epic Normal ●♥20/22Epic Hard ●♠20/22Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Raised Dragon Knight ( view • edit ) | ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠27Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Skeletal Puppet ( view • edit ) | ●♦18Epic Normal ●♥22Epic Hard ●♠22Epic Elite | Undead | Skeleton |
Slain Villager ( view • edit ) | ●♦17Epic Normal ●♥20Epic Hard ●♠20Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
Undead Necromancer ( view • edit ) | ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠27Epic Elite | Undead | Zombie |
- Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening chain quests
- Epic quests
- Medium quests
- Deep Glen Graveyard quests
- Eveningstar quests
- Purple Dragon Knights patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Quests by name
- Quests with maps
- Compendium:Level 21 quests
- Level 21 quests
- Quests with 7 base favor reward
- Menace of the Underdark quests
- Quests with no traps
- Quests with collectables/3