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Total Chaos is the 8th quest in The Keep on the Borderlands 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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These quests can be completed in any order.
Watch Your Step • The Bugbear Bandits • Violent Delights • Treasure Hunt • Obstructing the Orcs • Caged Beast • The Hobgoblin Horde • Total Chaos

The Cult of Evil Chaos has risen to power in the valley thanks to its skill with magic. By creating Undead and summoning Demons, the cultists have been able to cow the local monsters into following them.

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Total Chaos
Heroic level: 2
Epic level: 22
Duration: medium
Heroic XP:  ♣468Solo/Casual ♦848Normal ♥916Hard ♠983Elite
Epic XP:  ♣7,865Solo/Casual ♦13,537Normal ♥13,965Hard ♠14,392Elite
Takes place in: Temple of Evil Chaos
Bestowed by: Howarth the Faithkeeper
NPC contact: Howarth the Faithkeeper
Quest acquired in: The Keep on the Borderlands
Patron: The Gatekeepers
Base favor: 3
Purchase: Keep on the Borderlands or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

Enter the Temple of Evil Chaos in the Caves of Chaos and confront the cultists within.

The Cult of Evil Chaos is the main threat to the Keep on the Borderlands; handling them will cause the monsters to leave. Howarth is asking you to confront the cult and destroy them.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Slay most of the cultists (8 total)
  • Find and confront their leader
  • Find the missing codex page
  • (Optional) Explore all the nooks and crannies of the cave network — Bonus (12%): Heroic( ♣56 ♦102 ♥110 ♠118 ) Epic( ♣944 ♦1,624 ♥1,676 ♠1,727 )
  • (Optional) Put to rest all the undead guardians of this cursed place — Bonus (16.5%): Heroic( ♣77 ♦140 ♥151 ♠162 ) Epic( ♣1,298 ♦2,234 ♥2,304 ♠2,375 )
  • (Optional) Defeat the terrible torturer — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣47 ♦85 ♥92 ♠98 ) Epic( ♣787 ♦1,354 ♥1,397 ♠1,439 )
  • (Optional) Dice the gelatinous cube — Bonus (9%): Heroic( ♣42 ♦76 ♥82 ♠88 ) Epic( ♣708 ♦1,218 ♥1,257 ♠1,295 )
  • (Optional) Put to rest the restless Wight — Bonus (8%): Heroic( ♣37 ♦68 ♥73 ♠79 ) Epic( ♣629 ♦1,083 ♥1,117 ♠1,151 )
  • (Optional) Find the secret shrine — Bonus (16%): Heroic( ♣75 ♦136 ♥147 ♠157 ) Epic( ♣1,258 ♦2,166 ♥2,234 ♠2,303 )
  • (Optional) Steal the gem from the hall of ancient warriors — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣33 ♦59 ♥64 ♠69 ) Epic( ♣551 ♦948 ♥978 ♠1,007 )
  • (Optional) Steal the (obviously) cursed tableware — Bonus (6.5%): Heroic( ♣30 ♦55 ♥60 ♠64 ) Epic( ♣511 ♦880 ♥908 ♠935 )
  • (Optional) Assemble the Kobold Shrine of Evil Chaos — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣33 ♦59 ♥64 ♠69 ) Epic( ♣551 ♦948 ♥978 ♠1,007 )
  • (Optional) Assemble the Orc Shrine of Evil Chaos — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣33 ♦59 ♥64 ♠69 ) Epic( ♣551 ♦948 ♥978 ♠1,007 )
  • (Optional) Assemble the Gnoll Shrine of Evil Chaos — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣33 ♦59 ♥64 ♠69 ) Epic( ♣551 ♦948 ♥978 ♠1,007 )
  • (Optional) Ring the Bell (Summons Onnez the Oblivious) — Bonus (6%): Heroic( ♣28 ♦51 ♥55 ♠59 ) Epic( ♣472 ♦812 ♥838 ♠864 )
  • (Optional) Defeat the Demon — Bonus (26%): Heroic( ♣122 ♦220 ♥238 ♠256 ) Epic( ♣2,045 ♦3,520 ♥3,631 ♠3,742 )
  • (Optional) Don't let the leader escape — Bonus (6%): Heroic( ♣28 ♦51 ♥55 ♠59 ) Epic( ♣472 ♦812 ♥838 ♠864 )
  • (Optional) Have words with the Medusa — Bonus (3%): Heroic( ♣14 ♦25 ♥27 ♠29 ) Epic( ♣236 ♦406 ♥419 ♠432 )
  • (Optional) Free the pretty problematic prisoner — Bonus (5%): Heroic( ♣23 ♦42 ♥46 ♠49 ) Epic( ♣393 ♦677 ♥698 ♠720 )
  • (Optional) Defeat pretty pissed prisoner — Bonus (33%): Heroic( ♣154 ♦280 ♥302 ♠324 ) Epic( ♣2,595 ♦4,467 ♥4,608 ♠4,749 )

Known Traps

Lock DCs: Heroic and Epic

Tips and Misc

You can recruit many NPCs (many of whom you will recognize from other quests) to help you fight. The NPCs appear in quest ONLY if your party possesses the Charms of Chaos found in Watch Your Step, Obstructing the Orcs and Violent Delights.

  • For completion (only), hit the room in the north of the first main cave (for cultists and a possibility at the missing codex page), then from there just push west then north, killing cultists, etc. The other areas offer only optional XP, 1 chest, and NPC assistance.
    • There's a chance you won't find enough cultists in the western/northern areas. If not, search the main/southern area.
    • There is a small chance that the codex page will be located in one of the southern rooms.
    • The codex page can also spawn on top of the altar in the main temple area.


  • South, in the southeast room, are gnolls Uro and Yula, who will join you if you have their charm.
  • Optional: "Steal the gem from the hall of ancient warriors", which triggers a fight with undead.
  • Optional: Push further south to "find the secret shrine".
  • The small central room contains only a fight with casters and a collectable.
  • The central-eastern area contains:
  • A shrine behind a Locked door.
  • Optional: Beyond that, to the north, a room with the Terrible Torturer and 4 keys that are useful later.
  • Hera, the medusa prisoner, in the southern passage.
  • Chatting with her gains her alliance, but does not free her.
  • Optional: The Iron Key, from the Torturer's room (above), frees her to join you. If you have a lock picker in party, the keys in the Torturer room aren't needed for any doors.
  • In the south-eastern passage, the Kobold Crone (if you have her Charm) appears, and she and her helper kobold will join you.
    • Optional: Behind a locked door, a (moderately tough!) gelatinous cube, and a chest.
  • Yeshelka Frostrager, who will join you if you have her quest's charm, in the eastern passage.
    • Optional: A locked room with the "restless wight".
  • The square room to the west contains a shrine and several piles of gold.
  • Optional: "Steal the (obviously) cursed tableware", and a not-surprising fight.
  • Be aware that triggering this fight while the Medusa is with you will teleport any NPCs associated with Charms of Evil Chaos you are carrying to the room; they and Hera will then both immediately attack you, in addition to the other monsters in the room. (This will not occur if you take the treasure before speaking to Hera, and NPCs trapped in the ritual room (see below) will not attack you.)
  • Go north.
  • Solving the lit rune puzzle will drop the barrier to the northernmost room; the aim is "light up" all the Runes for this specific puzzle.
    • There is a chance that this puzzle may be solved when you reach it. This appears to be higher on heroic.
  • The eastern side loop there contains only some (sleeping!) cultists and a collectable.
  • The far North-eastern side loop is behind two secret doors. If you do not/cannot enter via Search, they will open if you do the Shrine of Chaos optional (see below).
    • The codex page is randomly located throughout the cultist rooms, including the end room. It will not be found in the "cavern" area of the quest.
End fight

The boss is behind a secret door in the south-west corner of the large room, past the gnoll/kobold/orc shrines. He will try to escape once sufficiently hurt. You can let him escape. If you recruited the Medusa to help you, she will finish him for you as she waited behind to ambush.

  • Optional: Go back to the Medusa to "Have words with her", and then fight her. You can see the boss, turned to stone, there, if you didn't kill him yourself.
  • When the medusa dies, if there are any NPCs still with you, they go insane and attack you.
  • Optional: Assembling the Shrines of Evil Chaos
  • Optional: After the battle and everything else, if you brought the gnoll, kobold, and orc Charm of Evil Chaos from previous quests, you can do this optional. Slot the crests into the shrines, then, you can ring a bell to the east (target rope and press 'e'; E the default key for interact with the selected target). This summons a flesh render. Defeating him awards a chest, a "lockbox" to the west.
  • Additionally, during the fight, the secret doors to the area behind the bell open and mobs from them pour into the area (if you did not clear them before). This also gives you access to that area to "Explore all the nooks and crannies of the cave network" and releases the undead in that area, if you had not before.
  • Placing the crests in the shrines teleports Yula, Yeshelka and the Kobold Crone, if they are still alive, into Hold Monster-like restraints around the room. They will no longer be able to fight with you. You can complete this optional even if you stole the cursed tableware earlier and were forced to fight them.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 28 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣47 ♦85 ♥92 ♠98 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 55 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣70 ♦127 ♥137 ♠147 )
  • Conquest bonus: 82 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣117 ♦212 ♥229 ♠246 )
  • Observance bonus: 2 or more secret doors discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣37 ♦68 ♥73 ♠79 )
  • Perception bonus: 3 or more secret doors discovered +10% Bonus.( ♣47 ♦85 ♥92 ♠98 )
  • Vigilant Sight bonus: 4 or more secret doors discovered +15% Bonus.( ♣70 ♦127 ♥137 ♠147 )
  • Mischief bonus: 22 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣37 ♦68 ♥73 ♠79 )
  • Vandal bonus: 29 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣47 ♦85 ♥92 ♠98 )
  • Ransack bonus: 36 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣70 ♦127 ♥137 ♠147 )
Notes: In order to achieve Vigilant Sight and Ransack, you may need to hold off on picking up the Codex Page until after killing the High Priest, in order to break the pews and search out the door in his quarters.

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Loot

  • Chests: 2–3
  • 1 optional, behind a locked door and a guardian gelatinous cube
  • 1 optional after completing 'Defeat the Demon' (will require all three Charms of Evil Chaos, from earlier quests in the chain, to unlock)
  • 1 end chest
  • Collectables: 7
    • Rubble — in the south-west otherwise empty cavernIcon tooltip.pngAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionString of Prayer BeadsSmall Wooden IdolIcon of KhyberPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperZygomycota FungusStone FetishWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueMystical FormulaSlime MoldGlowmoss SporesBlister BeetleScarlet CryptmossGlowmoss ClumpOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustSmoldering Ember
    • Fungus — in the room with the Gelatinous CubeIcon tooltip.pngGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSweet WhitecapZygomycota FungusDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperGlowmoss Clump
    • Reagents Cabinet — in the mid-east room with cultistsIcon tooltip.pngFractured FemurPrismatic DustMortar and PestleAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionOceanic Sphere
    • Scroll Rack — in the mid-west room with cultistsIcon tooltip.pngFractured FemurPrismatic DustMortar and PestleAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionOceanic Sphere
    • Fungus — near the puzzleIcon tooltip.pngGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSweet WhitecapZygomycota FungusDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperGlowmoss Clump
    • Fungus — near the secret door to the High PriestIcon tooltip.pngGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSweet WhitecapZygomycota FungusDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperGlowmoss Clump
    • Alchemy Table — in the room of the High PriestIcon tooltip.pngFractured FemurPrismatic DustMortar and PestleAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionOceanic Sphere

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Ring of Magical Attunement
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Ring  1 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End Chest
  • Update 48.5.1
  • 3 years, 5 months, and 21 days
  • Bonulino
Hardy Boots
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Boots  1 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End chest
Bulwark Helm
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Helm  1 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End chest.
  • Update 44.0.1
  • 4 years, 10 months, and 18 days
  • Technical 13
Darksphere
Darksphere.png
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Orb  21 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End chest
  • Update 44.1
  • 4 years, 9 months, and 15 days
  • Codewolf2
Resonant Cloth
Resonant Cloth.jpg
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Cloak  21 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End Chest
  • Update 51.0.1
  • 2 years and 11 months
  • Cru121
Whispering Ring
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Ring  21 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End chest
  • Update 68
  • 3 months and 24 days
  • BugTime
Belt of Crystalline Vanity
Belt of Crystalline Vanity.png
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Belt  21 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, end chest
  • Update 68
  • 3 months and 20 days
  • BugTime
Fiendblood Bracers
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Bracers  21 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Total Chaos, End chest
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Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Ax Cultist( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Undead Zombie
Busybody Bonehead( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Undead Skeleton
Cultist Acolyte( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠4Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cultist Adept( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠4Elite ♦23Epic Normal ♥27Epic Hard ♠33Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cultist Dretch( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Evil Outsider Demon
Cultist Wight( view
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 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Wight
Elderly Kobold Crone( view
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 ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ♦21Epic Normal ♥25Epic Hard ♠30Epic Elite Reptilian Kobold
High Priest( view
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 ♦4Normal ♥4Hard ♠5Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Infirm Kobold Veteran( view
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 ♦0.50Normal ♥1.00Hard ♠3Elite ♦21Epic Normal ♥25Epic Hard ♠30Epic Elite Reptilian Kobold
Onnez The Oblivious( view
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 ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Evil Outsider Demon
Oro( view
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 ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Gnoll Gnoll
Queen Hera( view
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 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Monstrous Humanoid Medusa
Terrance( view
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 ♦3Normal ♥4Hard ♠5Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Orc Half-Orc
Toxic Gelatinous Cube( view
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 ♦2Normal ♥3Hard ♠4Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Ooze Gelatinous Cube
Yeshelka Frostrager( view
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 ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ♦21Epic Normal ♥25Epic Hard ♠30Epic Elite Orc Orc
Yula Bloodgleam( view
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 ♦1.00Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠31Epic Elite Gnoll Gnoll