Venn's Trail: Clan Tunnelworm

Venn's Trail: Clan Tunnelworm is the 3rd quest in The Lost Seekers story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
The Kobold's Den: Clan Gnashtooth • The Kobold's Den: Rescuing Arlos • Venn's Trail: Clan Tunnelworm • Venn's Trail: Venn's Fate

Clan Tunnelworm is known for its savagery. Adventurers who wander into its territory seldom walk out again.

Venn's Trail: Clan Tunnelworm
Heroic level:	4
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣1,000Solo/Casual ♦1,798Normal ♥1,929Hard ♠2,060Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Clan Tunnelworm Den
Bestowed by:	Guard Tember
NPC contact:	Guard Tember
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Coin Lords
Base favor:	4
Purchase:	Free to Play
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Arlos ar-Kerran told you that his brother Venn was taken prisoner by Clan Tunnelworm. Clan Tunnelworm's territory lies east from the main intersection in the Waterworks, just south of where Tember stands guard. Seek out Clan Tunnelworm's territory, confront boss Jittik of Clan Tunnelworm, and find a way into his clan's prison.

Part 3 of the Lost Seekers story arc.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Find your way to Boss Jittik
Find the switches that activate the blue crystals at the gate
Find the switches that activate the green crystals at the gate
Confront Boss Jittik
Acquire Password to Boss Jittk's Prison
Find the entrance to Clan Tunnelworm's prison
(Optional) Kill Tunnelworm's enforcer Krung the Brutal — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣250 ♦450 ♥482 ♠515 )
(Optional) Slay Witch Doctor Squagh — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣250 ♦450 ♥482 ♠515 )
(Optional) Slay Witch Doctor Krankos — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣250 ♦450 ♥482 ♠515 )
(Optional) Slay Ryssal — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣200 ♦360 ♥386 ♠412 )
(Optional) Slay the Hobgoblin Emissary — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣200 ♦360 ♥386 ♠412 )

What to Expect

Point of no return
Overlapping floors
Spawning/respawning monsters
Contains the entrance to another quest (to Venn's Trail: Venn's Fate)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

Poison trap at the end of the southern passage on the upper floor, after the blue crystals. The control panel is behind a secret door.
Acid trap in the north passage of the upper floor. No control panel, but Acid is turned off with valves in the acid tunnel... AFTER each set of acid pipes. (Acid spray can be timed to be avoided.)

Tips and Misc

Watch out for the slimes in the entrance. They drop from the ceiling and can do considerable damage if they land on you. They also respawn.
The valves on the gates before the first closed door (in the area with the slimes) require a STR of 16 to turn.
There are two pairs of levers to open the final hatch.
From the central area...
- North are the acid tunnel and two mandatory levers (across from each other), and the optional set of underwater gates.
  - The slimes in the northern area near the Acid Tunnel respawn frequently.
  - The chest (with 2nd chest if rare Witch Doctor Squagh spawns) in the northern section of the upper floor requires a 2nd character to operate the lever for gates and the other to swim through. A valve just outside the last gate (on your left) will permanently open all the gates.
    - The chest can also be obtained solo with a hireling. Lock onto the switch and have your hireling switch the lever at each gate as you swim through.
- South lies another large room with a hard fight (with several shamans casting Lightning Bolt), and (after throwing the switch at the far end of the catwalk) west of there, after another fight, the other pair of levers (across from each other). If you need it, after all that and then a nasty double poison trap, there's the only shrine before the drop down.
  - A number of kobolds (mostly warriors) will respawn in the large room, so stay alert on the return journey.
- East, up the ladder, is the optional Krung the Brutal.
Ryssal may show up in the central room on the upper level.
Witch Doctor Krankos may show up in the southern section of the upper floor, down the ramp after you open the locked door.
Krung the Brutal always shows up in the eastern section of the upper floor.
Witch Doctor Squagh may show up in the northern section of the upper floor, after swimming through the underwater passage.
Make sure to buff up and, if possible, stealth before dropping down the hole. You land in water, so you can just drop straight down (despite the "deadly" narration warning).
- With feather fall, it's possible to drop down and east directly onto the platform with the valve that opens the door to the last section. If you drop onto the pipes at the sides of the shaft, you can just see it from the very bottom.
- If you can't make the platform, it's a long swim west, under fire, to the only ladder up to a catwalk with lots of kobolds, where you have to fight your way to the valve.
- Monsters in this fight continually respawn in about 2 1/2 minutes.
The Hobgoblin Emissary may show up on the bottom floor, behind a secret door in the middle of the north–south corridor.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 60 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣100 ♦180 ♥193 ♠206 )
Onslaught bonus: 76 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣150 ♦270 ♥289 ♠309 )
Conquest bonus: 95 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣250 ♦450 ♥482 ♠515 )
Observance bonus: 1 or more secret door discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣80 ♦144 ♥154 ♠165 )
Mischief bonus: 48 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣80 ♦144 ♥154 ♠165 )
Vandal bonus: 63 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣100 ♦180 ♥193 ♠206 )
Ransack bonus: 77 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣150 ♦270 ♥289 ♠309 )

Notes: The Conquest bonus requires killing respawned monsters.

Loot

Chests: 4–8
- 1 chest found in the north section of the upper floor, after the underwater passage
- 1 optional chest for killing Krung the Brutal (Ogre, found in the eastern section of the upper floor)
- 1 chest found on the bottom floor, behind a secret door at the "T" intersection
- 1 optional chest for killing the Hobgoblin Emissary (Hobgoblin, doesn't always spawn, found on the bottom floor, behind a secret door at the "T" intersection)
- 1 chest found on the bottom floor, in Boss Jittik's room
- 1 optional chest for killing Ryssal (Troglodyte, doesn't always spawn, found in the central room on the upper floor)
- 1 optional chest for killing Witch Doctor Squagh (Kobold, doesn't always spawn, found in the northern section of the upper floor, after the underwater passage)
- 1 optional chest for killing Witch Doctor Krankos (Kobold, doesn't always spawn, found in the southern section of the upper floor)
Collectables: Five
- Mushroom in the eastern section of the upper floor, near the water
- Mushroom just after the acid tunnel in the northern section
- Adventurer's Pack in the southern section, across the ledges at the end of the ramp
- Adventurer's Pack just before the shrine in the southern section
- Rubble in Boss Jittik's room
NPC rewards: None – there are no quest rewards until all four missions in the Waterworks are done.

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Boss Jittik ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Brown Spider ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite	Vermin	Spider
Gray Ooze ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Ooze	Gray Ooze
Hobgoblin Bodyguard ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard	Goblinoid	Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin Emissary ^{( view • edit )}	♠9Elite	Goblinoid	Hobgoblin
Kobold Shaman ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Thrower ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Warrior ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite ●♦28Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard ●♠63Epic Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.25Normal ♥1Hard ♠3Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Krung the Brutal ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Giant	Ogre
Lesser Gray Ooze ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite	Ooze	Gray Ooze
Ryssal ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♠9Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte
Witch Doctor Krankos ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♠9Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Witch Doctor Squagh ^{( view • edit )}		Reptilian	Kobold
Wolf ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite	Animal	Wolf
Wolf ^{( view • edit )}	♥15Hard ♠23Elite ●31Epic ●♦19Epic Normal	Animal	Wolf

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