DDO Server Transfers 2025: "ghost worlds" are available until October 1, 2027. See Ghost worlds for more details.
Looking for which server your guild leader and guild transferred to? Check out our "Where did my guild go!?" page.


Come one, come all to the DDO Wiki 20th Anniversary Giveaway! Until March 24, editors with accounts created before February 26 may enter into a selection of competitions to win DDO goodies!

Newbie guideIn developmentDDO Store (Coupons)Social media
ClassesCraftingEnhancementsEpic DestiniesFavorFeatsItems
MapsMonstersPlacesQuestsRacesReincarnationSkillsSpells
Please create an account or log in to get the most updated information (this is up to 5 hours old), remove ads, access dark mode or the mobile friendly Timeless skin, and build a reputation to unlock more editing privileges.
Please visit DDO wiki's Discord chat server if you need any help!

Toil and Trouble

From DDO wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Mielikki's Grove in the King's Forest has been overrun with Blights, and people in Eveningstar think a local Hag must be behind it.

Requires access to quest bundle: Tavern Tales
May also be purchased individually for 175 DP
Toil and Trouble
Heroic level: 5
Epic level: 28
Duration: medium
Heroic XP:  ♣1,230Solo/Casual ♦2,200Normal ♥2,350Hard ♠2,500Elite
Epic XP:  ♣9,405Solo/Casual ♦16,102Normal ♥16,530Hard ♠16,957Elite
Takes place in: Mielikki's Grove
Bestowed by: Jarra Morand
NPC contact: Jarra Morand
Quest acquired in: Eveningstar
Patron: The Harpers
Base favor: 3
Purchase: Tavern Tales, individual purchase, or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
Loading screen

Overview

Blights are attacking travelers in the King's Forest, and the locals claim a nearby Hag is to blame. Travel to Mielikki's Grove and investigate the problem.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Find the Hag's Dwelling
  • Speak to the Hag
  • Find the Red Wizard
  • Approach Mielikki's Shrine
  • Speak to the Hag
  • Defeat the Undead Unicorn
  • (Optional) Re-dedicate Mielikki's Shrine — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣308 ♦550 ♥588 ♠625 ) Epic( ♣2,351 ♦4,026 ♥4,133 ♠4,239 )
  • (Optional) Clean the blood from the shrine — no XP
  • (Optional) Examine Mielikki's Shrine — no XP
  • (Optional) Find herbs to use in the Re-dedication ritual (collect 5) — no XP
  • (Optional) Perform the ritual at Mielikki's Shrine — no XP

What to Expect

  • This quest is accessed by speaking with Jarra Morand in Eveningstar next to the entrance to the King's Forest.
  • An optional requires Wilderness Lore or Religious Lore feats to complete

Tips and Misc

  • Though the Darkening may have receded, the Purple Dragon Knights of Cormyr are yet to fully liberate the King's Forest from the threats that arose during Lolth's invasion. A recent plague of Blights in the sacred grove of the forest goddess Mielikki suggests a Hag has taken up residence in the area, and the villagers of Eveningstar have asked you to placate them.
  • In order to gain an audience with the Hag you must first find her hut, which is concealed in the grove. Head south and find the yellow and purple interactable mushrooms to open the path. (Mind out for the sleeping Shambling Mound near the yellow mushroom!)
  • Granny Gertrude, interestingly, doesn't react to your threats of violence by attacking. Instead, she claims that she and Mielikki actually have a working relationship, and the blight infestation isn't her fault – rather, it's the fault of a villainous Red Wizard of Thay. In order to find the Wizard, she bids you leave the swamp and follow the Unicorns to your destination.
  • Something terrible has happened at the Shrine of Mielikki to the north – a Unicorn has been sacrificed and its blood spilt across the Shrine. The Goddess Mielikki herself calls upon you and bids you travel North and cut the Red Wizard down.
    • Re-dedicating Mielikki's defiled shrine requires Wilderness Lore or Religious Lore feats. To perform the rededication, interact with the shrine, then click on the Unicorn Blood pools to remove them. Afterwards, find and collect the five Fey-Touched Plants in Gertrude's clearing and have a character with one of the required feats interact with the shrine again; this summons a Rampaging Shambling Mound, which must be defeated to complete the optional.
  • In the clearing ahead, Dhorvas the Red Wizard is in the act of committing a truly horrible act: raising a slain Unicorn as an undead minion. Granny Gertrude explains that her bargain with Mielikki prevents her from harming a denizen of the grove – something that technically still applies to the Unicorn. This doesn't, however, prevent her from subcontracting.
  • Once you return the Unicorn to its slumber, Dhorvas quickly realises the critical error in his plan: With the Unicorn destroyed, his magic is expended, and nothing is preventing the Hag from attacking him. He is promptly paralyzed and dragged off to a presumably painful death.
  • For perhaps a first in DDO, your bargain with a Hag is an unreserved success! Dhorvas's scheming is at an end, the grove of Mielikki is at peace, and you get some free loot into the bargain.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 16 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣123 ♦220 ♥235 ♠250 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 32 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣185 ♦330 ♥353 ♠375 )
  • Conquest bonus: 46 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣308 ♦550 ♥588 ♠625 )
  • Mischief bonus: 28 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣98 ♦176 ♥188 ♠200 )
  • Vandal bonus: 37 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣123 ♦220 ♥235 ♠250 )
  • Ransack bonus: 45 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣185 ♦330 ♥353 ♠375 )

Loot

  • Chests: 2
  • end chest
  • one at end for rededicating the shrine (can drop Lunar and Solar Gems and one named item)
  • Collectables: 2 out of
    • Fungus — by the Startled Shambling MoundCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss Queen
    • Fungus — another by the Startled Shambling MoundCrypt MothHairy Trumpet MushroomShimmering Spore PodSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperWithered CryptmossCryptmoss Worm LarvaCryptmossCryptmoss WormLush CryptmossCryptmoss Queen

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Blooming Gauntlets
(edit)
Gloves 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Gertrude's Waistwrap
(edit)
Belt 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Icon of Mielikki
(edit)
Necklace 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, optional chest
Unicorn's Remembrance
File:Unicorn's Remembrance.png
(edit)
Cloak 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Piece of Shattered Horn
(edit)
Trinket 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Dhovras' Armlet
(edit)
Bracers 5 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest (rare)
Epic Blooming Gauntlets
(edit)
Gloves 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Epic Gertrude's Waistwrap
(edit)
Belt 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Epic Icon of Mielikki
(edit)
Necklace 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, optional chest
Epic Piece of Shattered Horn
(edit)
Trinket 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Epic Unicorn's Remembrance
(edit)
Cloak 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest
Epic Dhovras' Armlet
(edit)
Bracers 27 Bound to Account on Acquire Toil and Trouble, end chest (rare)

Based on Toil and Trouble loot ( t • e • h )

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

     
Item Type Enchantments ML Bind Location
Solar Gem of Constitution (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Charisma (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Magical Protection (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Magical Protection (Epic) Moon augments 20 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Spell Difficulty (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Spell Difficulty (Epic) Moon augments 20 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Spellpower (Heroic) Moon augments 1 Unbound

Lunar Gem of Spellpower (Epic) Moon augments 20 Unbound

Solar Gem of Spell Critical Chance (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Spell Critical Chance (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Solar Gem of Imbuement (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Imbuement (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Solar Gem of Charisma (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Constitution (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Solar Gem of Wisdom (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Wisdom (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Solar Gem of Doublestrike (Heroic) Sun augments 1 Unbound

Solar Gem of Doublestrike (Epic) Sun augments 20 Unbound

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Angry Vine Blight( view
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal ♥32Epic Hard ♠35Epic Elite Plant Vine Blight
Enraged Needle Blight( view
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal ♥32Epic Hard ♠35Epic Elite Plant Needle Blight
Fallen Villager( view
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal ♥32Epic Hard ♠35Epic Elite Undead Zombie
Frenzied Twig Blight( view
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal ♥32Epic Hard ♠35Epic Elite Plant Twig Blight
Rampaging Shambling Mound( view
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Plant Shambling Mound
Startled Shambling Mound( view
 • edit )
 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦29Epic Normal ♥33Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Plant Shambling Mound
Undead Unicorn( view
 • edit )
 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Undead Unicorn
Unfortunate Adventurer( view
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ♦28Epic Normal ♥32Epic Hard ♠35Epic Elite Undead Wight