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Thorn and Paw

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Thorn and Paw is the 3rd quest in The Druid's Deep 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 Druid's Curse.
Outbreak • Overgrowth • Thorn and Paw • The Druid's Curse

These rustic caverns in Thorngap are known for the Druids who live side by side with bears and other woodland life. Halsaime was the most famous Druid among them.

Requires access to adventure pack: The Druid's Deep
Thorn and Paw
Heroic level: 17
Epic level: 23
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣2,441Solo/Casual ♦4,227Normal ♥4,386Hard ♠4,544Elite
Epic XP:  ♣11,554Solo/Casual ♦19,868Normal ♥20,480Hard ♠21,092Elite
Takes place in: Thorn Hollow
Bestowed by: Kirinel Zay
NPC contact: Kirinel Zay
Quest acquired in: Eveningstar
Patron: The Harpers
Base favor: 6
Purchase: The Druid's Deep, individual purchase, or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

Help the Harpers find the Druid Halsaime, who is tied to mysterious primal corruption and to a missing Cormyrean noble. Take Garstrum Toom's ox-cart to Halsaime's home in Thorngap, deep in the King's Forest.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Find a way into the Druid's Den
  • Destroy the Corruption Nodes (2 total)
  • Stop the corruption of the forest
  • Search the end of the glen for survivors
  • (Optional) Defeat all the Druids (5) — Bonus (14.6%): Heroic( ♣356 ♦617 ♥640 ♠663 ) Epic( ♣1,687 ♦2,901 ♥2,990 ♠3,079 )
  • (Optional) Find and destroy the Corrupted Seeds (9 total) — Bonus (19.5%): Heroic( ♣476 ♦824 ♥855 ♠886 ) Epic( ♣2,253 ♦3,874 ♥3,994 ♠4,113 )

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • Dropping floors into spikes. No control panels, but you can search and disable the pits themselves, making the surface solid. Pit Covers have a high Spot: DC:61; on Heroic Elite. (Bug: the Epic version of the traps erroneously appear within the Heroic version hence those high DCs appearing within Heroic).

Tips and Misc

  • There are fewer plant monsters here, but more animals. Animal Bane would be useful.
  • You must go east first, then west, then finally north. Dimension Door is faster than running back.
  • Randomly either the east or the west shrine will be there, but not both.
  • One of the optional druids is in the first glen, one at each corrupted node, one by the shrine (depends on which side it spawns), and one in the final glen with the final corrupted node.
    • Be careful fighting the druids. They drop a small glowing ball that hits you with a snare with a long duration. These persist even when the druid is killed.
  • Locating and destroying the Corrupted Seeds can be very time consuming and they tend to be well-hidden with some placed within bear caves, which are initially blocked-off by root-barriers.
    • Hirelings can also be used to successfully retrieve and destroy Seeds; if you focus on the seed, command the Hireling to interact. The Hireling will usually try to reach the seed, which can be useful if you cannot clearly see the path to its location, but have it in focus.
  • If the final barrier won't break apart, check the pit traps for live mobs that may have fallen down there.
  • Speaking to the injured druid at the edge of the glen ends the quest.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣244 ♦423 ♥439 ♠454 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣366 ♦634 ♥658 ♠682 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣610 ♦1,057 ♥1,097 ♠1,136 )
  • Tamper bonus: 1 or more trap disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣244 ♦423 ♥439 ♠454 )
  • Neutralization bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣488 ♦845 ♥877 ♠909 )
  • Mischief bonus: 13 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣195 ♦338 ♥351 ♠364 )
  • Vandal bonus: 17 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣244 ♦423 ♥439 ♠454 )
  • Ransack bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣366 ♦634 ♥658 ♠682 )

Loot

  • Chests: 3
    • One end chest by Carm Woodrusk
    • One possible for killing all the druids
    • One possible for destroying all the Corruption Seeds
      • The first optional chest will be near the third Corruption Node, and the second will be near Carm Woodrusk.0
  • Collectables: 4
    • Adventurer's Pack — behind the southernmost root wall in the western sectionBlessed CandleRuddy FungusChipped Bone TalismanSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusTome: Alchemist's ChapbookAcademic TreatiseTear of VulkoorIvory Scorpion IconSilver BowlRitual AthameCryptic MessageSwaying Mushroom ClusterSwaying Mushroom Spore PodPolished OreVial of Heavy WaterRitual CandleZygomycota FungusStone FetishWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueMystical FormulaSlime MoldGlowmoss SporesBlister BeetleScarlet CryptmossGlowmoss ClumpOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustSmoldering Ember
    • Bones — behind the southernmost root wall in the eastern sectionGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSwaying Mushroom ClusterZygomycota FungusRuddy FungusSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusSwaying Mushroom Spore PodGlowmoss Clump
    • Adventurer's Pack — behind the root wall south of the central shrineBlessed CandleRuddy FungusChipped Bone TalismanSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusTome: Alchemist's ChapbookAcademic TreatiseTear of VulkoorIvory Scorpion IconSilver BowlRitual AthameCryptic MessageSwaying Mushroom ClusterSwaying Mushroom Spore PodPolished OreVial of Heavy WaterRitual CandleZygomycota FungusStone FetishWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueMystical FormulaSlime MoldGlowmoss SporesBlister BeetleScarlet CryptmossGlowmoss ClumpOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustSmoldering Ember
    • Bones — behind the western root wall in the northern sectionGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSwaying Mushroom ClusterZygomycota FungusRuddy FungusSanguine MothBloodfeast FungusSwaying Mushroom Spore PodGlowmoss Clump

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Leaves of the Forest (Level 15)
(edit)
Scalemail 15 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Heroic Normal)
Livewood Core (Level 15)
(edit)
Docent 15 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Heroic Normal)
Leaves of the Forest (Level 16)
(edit)
Scalemail 16 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Heroic Hard)
Livewood Core (Level 16)
(edit)
Docent 16 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Heroic Hard)
Leaves of the Forest (Level 17)
(edit)
Scalemail 17 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Heroic Elite)
Livewood Core (Level 17)
(edit)
Docent 17 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Heroic Elite)
Leaves of the Forest (Level 22)
(edit)
Scalemail 22 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Epic Normal)
Livewood Core (Level 22)
(edit)
Docent 22 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Epic Normal)
Leaves of the Forest (Level 23)
(edit)
Scalemail 23 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Epic Hard)
Livewood Core (Level 23)
(edit)
Docent 23 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Epic Hard)
Leaves of the Forest (Level 24)
(edit)
Scalemail 24 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, End chest (Epic Elite)
Livewood Core (Level 24)
(edit)
Docent 24 Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip Thorn and Paw, Corrupted Seeds optional chest (Epic Elite)
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Based on Thorn and Paw loot ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Corruption Nodule( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ♦16Epic Normal ♥20Epic Hard ♠22Epic Elite Plant Inanimate Object
Den Mother( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥23Hard ♠28Elite ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠37Epic Elite Animal Bear
Dire Bear( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥21Hard ♠26Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Animal Bear
Drien( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Flinbeck( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Frenzied Wolf( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ♦16Epic Normal ♥20Epic Hard ♠22Epic Elite Animal Wolf
Garick( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Larres( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Maddened Bear( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ♦16Epic Normal ♥20Epic Hard ♠22Epic Elite Animal Bear
Red Musk Zombie( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥17Hard ♠22Elite ♦16Epic Normal ♥20Epic Hard ♠22Epic Elite Plant Plant Creature
Thomren( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥22Hard ♠27Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Vine Horror( view
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 ♦17Normal ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ♦23Epic Normal ♥27Epic Hard ♠33Epic Elite Plant Vine Stalker