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ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple

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ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple is the 1st quest in the Temple of Elemental Evil: Part One 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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ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple • ToEE: Lower Temple Complex


There is no doubt; you have come to a place of ineffable Evil. Still, it is a place for high adventure and untold treasures.

The Temple of Elemental Evil adpack icon.jpg
DDO Point icon.png Requires access to adventure pack: The Temple of Elemental Evil
ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple
Heroic level: 8
Epic level: 34
(considered Legendary)
Duration: long
Heroic XP:  ♣2,287Solo/Casual ♦4,044Normal ♥4,276Hard ♠4,508Elite
Epic XP:  ♣16,833Solo/Casual ♦28,716Normal ♥29,377Hard ♠30,038Elite
Takes place in: Temple of Elemental Evil's Upper Level
Bestowed by: Ostler Gundigoot
NPC contact: Ostler Gundigoot
Quest acquired in: Temple Grounds
Patron: The Gatekeepers
Base favor: 5
Purchase: The Temple of Elemental Evil or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
M ToEE First Level and Earth Temple.jpg
Loading screen

Overview

The Upper Level of the Temple's doors are open, but the Lower Levels remain warded. Go to the Temple of Elemental Evil's Upper Level to dispel the Earth Ward.

You may gain access to the Temple of Elemental Evil's Upper Level from the Temple Grounds reached from the Gatekeepers' Grove (in the far northeast corner of the Grove).


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Gain Entrance to the Earth Temple
  • Activate the Eastern Rune
  • Activate the Northern Rune
  • Enter the Earth Temple
  • Explore the Earth Temple
  • Find the Earth Temple Key
  • Confront Romag
  • Gain Entrance to the Lower Temple Complex
  • (Optional) Find all of the Part One Audio Commentaries (8) — Bonus (50%): Heroic( ♣1,144 ♦2,022 ♥2,138 ♠2,254 ) Epic( ♣8,417 ♦14,358 ♥14,689 ♠15,019 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 10 enemies in the Temple — Bonus (2%): Heroic( ♣46 ♦81 ♥86 ♠90 ) Epic( ♣337 ♦574 ♥588 ♠601 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 25 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (6%): Heroic( ♣137 ♦243 ♥257 ♠270 ) Epic( ♣1,010 ♦1,723 ♥1,763 ♠1,802 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 50 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (13%): Heroic( ♣297 ♦526 ♥556 ♠586 ) Epic( ♣2,188 ♦3,733 ♥3,819 ♠3,905 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 100 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (30%): Heroic( ♣686 ♦1,213 ♥1,283 ♠1,352 ) Epic( ♣5,050 ♦8,615 ♥8,813 ♠9,011 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 200 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (50%): Heroic( ♣1,144 ♦2,022 ♥2,138 ♠2,254 ) Epic( ♣8,417 ♦14,358 ♥14,689 ♠15,019 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 400 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (100%): Heroic( ♣2,287 ♦4,044 ♥4,276 ♠4,508 ) Epic( ♣16,833 ♦28,716 ♥29,377 ♠30,038 )
  • (Optional) Defeat 750 total enemies in the Temple — Bonus (200%): Heroic( ♣4,574 ♦8,088 ♥8,552 ♠9,016 ) Epic( ♣33,666 ♦57,432 ♥58,754 ♠60,076 )
  • (Optional) Slay Nar'Azmath the Ogre Mage — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 ) Epic( ♣3,367 ♦5,743 ♥5,875 ♠6,008 )
  • (Optional) Slay Kirmudy the Bleak — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 ) Epic( ♣3,367 ♦5,743 ♥5,875 ♠6,008 )
  • (Optional) Slay Spiritrunner the Minotaur — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 ) Epic( ♣3,367 ♦5,743 ♥5,875 ♠6,008 )
  • (Optional) Slay Rasskar the Bandit Scourge — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 ) Epic( ♣3,367 ♦5,743 ♥5,875 ♠6,008 )
  • (Optional) Slay Garkoth the Wiley — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 ) Epic( ♣3,367 ♦5,743 ♥5,875 ♠6,008 )
  • (Optional) Find Spider Eggs for the Frogkeeper — Bonus (5%): Heroic( ♣114 ♦202 ♥214 ♠225 ) Epic( ♣842 ♦1,436 ♥1,469 ♠1,502 )
  • (Optional) Return to the Frogkeeper — Bonus (30%): Heroic( ♣686 ♦1,213 ♥1,283 ♠1,352 ) Epic( ♣5,050 ♦8,615 ♥8,813 ♠9,011 )

What to Expect

  • Random traps (bear traps, spell wards)
  • Ballista firing poison bolts that damage (you can use them too)
  • Random spawns of enemy groups also in visited areas
  • Randomly spawning optional bosses
  • Lockboxes and chests randomly spawn and respawn also in visited areas too
  • Same goes for breakables
  • Randomly localized mystic altars and magical fountains may spawn, usually with a lockbox nearby

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • Bear traps
  • Pressure plates
  • Spell Wards

Tips and Misc

Death Ward is strongly advised as enemies will cast Enervation and level drain on higher difficulties.

You need to disable the eastern and north/central runes in order to unlock the gate to the Earth Temple. It's probably more efficient to do them in that order, and then proceed to the Earth Temple from the center of the map.

  • The eastern rune is guarded by Harpies that can disable you with Soothing Song; you will receive a pop up message when you enter the room.
  • The northern rune is guarded by a rapid fire Ballista that does extremely high damage, and hitting the guard using it is difficult as the ballista blocks projectiles.
    • There is a secret door near the shrine due west of the ballista, allowing you to bypass the ballista's arc of fire.
    • Approaching from the south will also allow you to avoid the ballista and you may be able to kill the guard from range, but there is a spiked pit and you will need a way to leap across it to enter the room.

After disabling both runes, head north from the ballista room to enter the temple. There is an outer path around the earth temple itself; enter the earth temple from the north.

Go to the central temple area and kill the four red named Earth Elementals to drop the barrier to Romag, and kill him. Loot the named chest and earth temple key, then exit the earth temple room to the north, head south, and disable the earth barrier to complete the quest.

Vorka the Frogkeeper can spawn at different locations. Unfortunately that doesn't grant that a Spider Nest spawns too.

(† including the smaller of the pair of rooms north of the southern shrine, not shown on map, above)

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: variable or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣229 ♦404 ♥428 ♠451 )
  • Onslaught bonus: variable or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣343 ♦607 ♥641 ♠676 )
  • Conquest bonus: variable or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣572 ♦1,011 ♥1,069 ♠1,127 )
  • Tamper bonus: variable or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣229 ♦404 ♥428 ♠451 )
  • Neutralization bonus: variable or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣457 ♦809 ♥855 ♠902 )
  • Observance bonus: 3 or more secret doors discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣183 ♦324 ♥342 ♠361 )
  • Vigilant Sight bonus: 4 or more secret doors discovered +15% Bonus.( ♣343 ♦607 ♥641 ♠676 )
  • Mischief bonus: variable or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣183 ♦324 ♥342 ♠361 )
  • Vandal bonus: variable or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣229 ♦404 ♥428 ♠451 )
  • Ransack bonus: variable or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣343 ♦607 ♥641 ♠676 )
Notes: The numbers of enemies, breakables and traps are highly volatile, so the bonus limits are volatile too.
Ransack is usually reachable, Onslaught is rarely achievable (unless a Spider Nest spawns)

Loot

  • Chests: 5 plus lots of random
    • One for killing Harpy Matriarch
    • One for killing Gargoyle Colossus
    • One for killing Hartsch
    • One for killing Turnkey
    • One for killing Romag (named loot)
  • Collectables:
  • NPC rewards: standard

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Sapphire Sting
Sapphire Sting.png
(edit)
Long Bow  7 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest and ToEE: Air Node, dragon's hoard chests
  • Update 56.0.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 18 days
  • GMTrojan
Hurricane Insignia
Hurricane Insignia.jpg
(edit)
Trinket  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 5 days
  • Cranjis
Eternal Flameguard's Lenses
Eternal Flameguard's Lenses.jpg
(edit)
Goggles  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days
  • Jinx
Black Earth Guardian's Lenses
Black Earth Guardian's Lenses.jpg
(edit)
Goggles  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days
  • Jinx
Crystal-Lined Magegloves
Crystal-Lined Magegloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
Intricate Magegloves
Intricate Magegloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 65.1
  • 4 months and 7 days
  • Cru121
Epic Sapphire Sting
Epic Sapphire Sting.png
(edit)
Long Bow  26 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest and ToEE: Air Node, dragon's hoard chests
  • Update 56.0.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 18 days
  • GMTrojan
Legendary Hurricane Insignia
Legendary Hurricane Insignia.png
(edit)
Trinket  31 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days
  • Jinx
Legendary Eternal Flameguard's Lenses
Legendary Eternal Flameguard's Lenses.png
(edit)
Goggles  31 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days
  • Jinx
Legendary Black Earth Guardian's Lenses
Legendary Black Earth Guardian's Lenses.png
(edit)
Goggles  31 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
  • Update 56.1
  • 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days
  • Jinx
Legendary Crystal-Lined Magegloves
Legendary Crystal-Lined Magegloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  31 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
Legendary Intricate Magegloves
Legendary Intricate Magegloves.png
(edit)
Gloves  31 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire ToEE: First Level and Earth Temple, end chest
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This quest may also drop the following named augments:

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Anscolm the Fervid( view
Anscolm the Fervid.jpg
 • edit )
 ♥41Hard Humanoid Human
Bandit Arcane Trickster( view
Bandit Arcane Trickster.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard Humanoid Human
Bandit Trapper( view
Bandit Trapper.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite ♦34Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Bladebreaker( view
Bladebreaker.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard Aberration Rust Monster
Bonegnawer Ghoul( view
Bonegnawer Ghoul.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite ♦30Epic Normal Undead Ghoul
Creeping Spiderlings( view
Creeping Spiderling.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠9Elite ♦32Epic Normal Vermin Spider
Earth Temple Elemental( view
Earth Temple Elemental.png
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠16Elite ♦33Epic Normal ♥37Epic Hard ♠59Epic Elite Elemental Earth Elemental
Gargoyle Colossus( view
Gargoyle Colossus.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ♥36Epic Hard Monstrous Humanoid Gargoyle
Garkoth the Wiley( view
Garkoth the Wiley.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ♥37Epic Hard ♠57Epic Elite Reptilian Troglodyte
Harpy Matriarch( view
Harpy Matriarch.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♦34Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard Monstrous Humanoid Harpy
Hartsch( view
Hartsch.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard Humanoid Human
Kirmudy the Bleak( view
Kirmudy the Bleak.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦38Epic Normal Undead Lich
Nar'Azmath( view
Nar'Azmath.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥39Epic Hard Giant Ogre
Nodeborn Sand Mephit( view
Nodeborn Sand Mephit.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal Earth Outsider Mephit
Ogre Commander( view
Ogre Commander.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ♦35Epic Normal Giant Ogre
Ogre Lackey( view
Ogre Lackey.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦30Epic Normal Giant Ogre
Ogre Leader (red-named)( view
Ogre Leader (red-name).png
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥13Hard Giant Ogre
Orc Sentry( view
Orc Sentry.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ♦30Epic Normal ♠43Epic Elite Orc Orc
Orc Shaman( view
Orc Shaman.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite ♦30Epic Normal ♠43Epic Elite Orc Orc
Orc Tracker( view
Orc Tracker.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ♦30Epic Normal ♠43Epic Elite Orc Orc
Ranging Bandit( view
Ranging Bandit.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite ♦34Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Rasskar( view
Rasskar.png
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard Reptilian Lizardfolk
Romag( view
Romag.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♥39Epic Hard ♠62Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Roving Bandit( view
Roving Bandit.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite Humanoid Human
S'Kara( view
S'Kara.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥37Epic Hard Monstrous Humanoid Medusa
Spider Nest( view
Spider Nest.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♥36Epic Hard Construct Inanimate Object
Spiritrunner( view
Spiritrunner the Minotaur.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦23Epic Normal Monstrous Humanoid Minotaur
Temple Cleric( view
Temple Cleric.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦34Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Temple Cultist( view
Temple Cultist.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite ♦32Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Temple Gargoyle( view
Temple Gargoyle.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥9Hard ♠13Elite ♦34Epic Normal Monstrous Humanoid Gargoyle
Temple Guard( view
Temple Guard.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦8Normal ♥9Hard ♠13Elite ♦34Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Temple Harpy( view
Temple Harpy.png
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♥34Epic Hard Monstrous Humanoid Harpy
Temple Warrior( view
Temple Warrior.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦34Epic Normal Humanoid Human
Turnkey (human)( view
Turnkey (human).png
 • edit )
 ♠12Elite Humanoid Human
Wergil( view
Wergil.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♥37Epic Hard Goblinoid Bugbear
Wight Chanter( view
Wight Chanter.jpg
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥10Hard ♠12Elite Undead Wight