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The Wizard's Labyrinth

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The Wizard's Labyrinth is the 2nd quest in the Fall of the Night Brigade story arcIcon tooltip.pngStory 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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Rats in a Cage • The Wizard's Labyrinth • The Knife's Edge • The Darkness and the Light


Grand Arcanist Darstil Vurusk conducts strange experiments in his tower on behalf of the Night Brigade.

Fall of the Night Brigade adpack icon.jpg
DDO Point icon.png Requires access to adventure pack: Fall of the Night Brigade
The Wizard's Labyrinth
Heroic level: 4
Epic level: 34
(considered Legendary)
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣924Solo/Casual ♦1,660Normal ♥1,780Hard ♠1,900Elite
Epic XP:  ♣8,789Solo/Casual ♦14,990Normal ♥15,332Hard ♠15,674Elite
Takes place in: Darstil's Tower
Bestowed by: Wyshbryn Saldar
NPC contact: Wyshbryn Saldar
Quest acquired in: Wheloon Docks
Patron: The Harpers
Base favor: 3
Purchase: Fall of the Night Brigade, individual purchase, or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
With zoomed labyrinth
Loading screen

Overview

Take the Wererats' Entrance to go to Darstil's Tower inside Wheloon Prison and kill the Grand Arcanist of the Night Brigade.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Assassinate the Grand Arcanist
  • Find a way out of the maze
  • (Optional) Save the other inhabitants of the maze (find 6) — Bonus (5%): Heroic( ♣46 ♦83 ♥89 ♠95 ) Legendary( ♣439 ♦750 ♥767 ♠784 )
  • (Optional) Find the wizard's notes (find 7) — Bonus (5%): Heroic( ♣46 ♦83 ♥89 ♠95 ) Legendary( ♣439 ♦750 ♥767 ♠784 )

What to Expect

Points of no return

Tips and Misc

  • The mad Wizard Darstil Vurusk fancies himself a Grand Arcanist, and has taken up residence in a fortified tower where he conducts strange and disturbing research. His allegiance to the Night Brigade has placed him on your hit list.
  • After fending off a few groups of Night Brigade thugs as you ascend to the door of his tower, you discover Darstil has barricaded himself inside his private library. Using Martildae's amulet allows you to transform into a rat and slip through a gap in the door – but Darstil spots you making your entrance, and teleports you into the labyrinth under his tower as a test subject!
  • To escape the maze, you must look for buttons on the floor to open metal gates and allow you to reach tunnels that you can pass through in Rat form. First, run around the red loop until you reach the West wall, then head through the rat hole and fight your way through the Worgs and Nothics.
    • In this area, you'll encounter a Scared Test Subject, a Cranium Rat trapped in the labyrinth. This will trigger an optional to find all six Cranium Rats and speak with them to free them – the locations are detailed below.
  • Now head to the eastern edge of this tunnel and head to the South wall. A collapsing floor will drop you into another tunnel which connects to the maze's blue loop – this will lead to a third tunnel, also on the West wall.
  • Check on the easily missed note here.
  • This tunnel lead up and around into a room filled with cells, which contains an orange-named Razor Cat. The cat must be killed to unlock the nearby cells. Afterwards, head to the end of the tunnel to enter the yellow loop of the maze.
  • At the end of this loop, you'll find a Teleportation Circle which allows you to enter Darstil's private library. With no further tricks to pull, the Grand Arcanist is forced to face you in combat – though even as you kill him he's mostly just annoyed that you've ruined his experiments.
  • Darstil will teleport to his safe room at the top of the tower and summon Mephits at three points during the fight. You must kill the mephits in order to progress. If the quest is not progressing, it's likely one of the mephits is stuck near his safe room.
  • The optional to save the other inhabitants requires you to find six Scared Test Subjects:
    • One just past the door in the red loop
    • One behind a secret door at the end of that same tunnel
    • One behind some crates under the collapsing floor
    • One behind the shrine in the third tunnel
    • One in the prison area with the Angry Subject
    • One at the end of the third tunnel
  • There are seven notes:
    • One on a table right at the start
    • One in the cell in the first tunnel
    • At the start of the blue loop
    • At the start of the second tunnel
    • In the cell in the second tunnel
    • At the end of the second tunnel
    • In Darstil's sanctum

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 17 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣92 ♦166 ♥178 ♠190 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣139 ♦249 ♥267 ♠285 )
  • Conquest bonus: 49 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣231 ♦415 ♥445 ♠475 )
  • Mischief bonus: 29 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣74 ♦133 ♥142 ♠152 )
  • Vandal bonus: 38 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣92 ♦166 ♥178 ♠190 )
  • Ransack bonus: 47 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣139 ♦249 ♥267 ♠285 )

Loot

  • Chests: 3
  • end chest
  • one at end for saving the Cranium Rats
  • locked behind the secret door in the second loop
  • Collectables: 1 out of
    • Fungus — across the collapsing floor in the first tunnel (requires a decent Jump to reach)Icon tooltip.pngSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale Creeper

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Bracers of Method and Magic
Bracers of Method and Magic.png
(edit)
Bracers  4 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Cranium Sphere
Cranium Sphere.png
(edit)
Necklace  4 Bound to Account on Acquire, ExclusiveIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire
This is an Exclusive item. You may only carry one at a time.
The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Darstil's Gloves
Darstil's Gloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  4 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Lesser Oblivion
Lesser Oblivion.png
(edit)
Club  4 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest (rare)
The Cold of Night
The Cold of Night.png
(edit)
Orb  4 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Legendary Bracers of Method and Magic
Legendary Bracers of Method and Magic.png
(edit)
Bracers  33 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Legendary Cranium Sphere
Legendary Cranium Sphere.png
(edit)
Necklace  33 Bound to Account on Acquire, ExclusiveIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire
This is an Exclusive item. You may only carry one at a time.
The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Legendary Darstil's Gloves
Legendary Darstil's Gloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  33 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
Legendary Lesser Oblivion
Legendary Lesser Oblivion.png
(edit)
Club  33 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest (rare)
Legendary The Cold of Night
Legendary The Cold of Night.png
(edit)
Orb  33 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Wizard's Labyrinth, end chest
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Based on [[Category:The Wizard's Labyrinth loot]] ( t • e • h )

This quest may also drop the following Lunar and Solar Gems:

Item Type Enchantments ML Bind Location
Lunar Gem of Charisma (Heroic) Moon augments 1 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Intelligence (Heroic) Moon augments 1 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Spell Difficulty (Heroic) Moon augments 1 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spell Critical Chance (Heroic) Sun augments 1 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Heroic) Sun augments 1 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Charisma (Legendary) Moon augments 30 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Intelligence (Legendary) Moon augments 30 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Lunar Gem of Spell Difficulty (Legendary) Moon augments 30 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spell Critical Chance (Legendary) Sun augments 30 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Solar Gem of Spellpower (Legendary) Sun augments 30 UnboundIcon tooltip.pngUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage.

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Aggressive Test Subject( view
Aggressive Test Subject.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Magical Beast Wolf
Angry Subject( view
Angry Subject.png
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Magical Beast Razor Cat
Crazed Nothic( view
Crazed Nothic.png
 • edit )
 ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Aberration Nothic
Darstil Vurusk( view
Darstil Vurusk.png
 • edit )
 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Explosive Fire Mephit( view
Explosive Fire Mephit.png
 • edit )
 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Fire Outsider Mephit
Night Brigade Archer( view
Night Brigade Archer.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Night Brigade Cleric( view
Night Brigade Cleric.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Night Brigade Fighter( view
Night Brigade Fighter.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Night Brigade Rogue( view
Night Brigade Rogue.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Night Brigade Wizard( view
Night Brigade Wizard.png
 • edit )
 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Summoned Fire Mephit( view
Summoned Fire Mephit.png
 • edit )
 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Fire Outsider Mephit