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A Stay at the Inn

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A Stay at the Inn is the 4th quest in The Netherese Legacy 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 four quests can be completed in any order to unlock The End of the Road.
Detour • Rest Stop • Lost in the Swamp • A Stay at the Inn • The End of the Road


The Old Man's Face Inn is an ancient fixture of the tiny hamlet of Tyrluk. Apparently Oriphaun gave one of the Nether Scroll pieces to the inn's bartender.

Requires access to adventure pack: The High Road of Shadows
A Stay at the Inn
Heroic level: 18
Epic level: 24
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣2,025Solo/Casual ♦3,502Normal ♥3,628Hard ♠3,754Elite
Epic XP:  ♣7,065Solo/Casual ♦12,135Normal ♥12,494Hard ♠12,853Elite
Takes place in: The Old Man's Face Inn
Bestowed by: Kordo Sweetspire
NPC contact: Kordo Sweetspire
Quest acquired in: Eveningstar
Patron: The Harpers
Base favor: 6
Purchase: The High Road of Shadows or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

Somehow Oriphaun managed to hide one of the Nether Scroll pieces inside a crowded inn.

Take the High Road to Tyrluk, then enter the Old Man's Face Inn and look for the scroll piece.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Find the Nether Scroll piece
  • Find the Bartender
  • Defeat the enemies in the courtyard
  • Get the Inn Key from the Terrified Villager
  • Clear out the Inn and find the Innkeeper
  • Search the Barn for the Tavern Key
  • Defeat the wizard Wyle and his Minions
  • Speak to Tarys
  • Defeat Tarys and his minions
  • Free the Bartender from the crate
  • (Optional) Confront the Innkeeper about his journal — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣304 ♦525 ♥544 ♠563 ) Epic( ♣1,060 ♦1,820 ♥1,874 ♠1,928 )

Known Traps

Trap DC: Heroic and Epic

  • Bear traps behind the Secret door

Tips and Misc

  • In the Courtyard, after talking to the Terrified Villager the first time, there will be several waves of enemies. After they are dead, the Villager will give you a key to the Inn (west door from the courtyard).
  • Inside the Inn, there are enemies patrolling the halls, and also in several of the rooms, who will come out if you pass by. All these must be killed before the door to the Innkeeper opens (south-west corner). He will give you a key to the Barn (north door off the Courtyard).
  • Inside the Barn, you'll have to defeat a few waves of Umbral Rats and Shadows. Once they are dealt with, pull the lever to cause a ladder to drop down. Go up and around the walks in the barn, fighting several more shadow creatures of various kinds, eventually ending in a battle against the wizard Wyle.
    • Inside the barn chest is no loot, only the key to the Tavern (south from the courtyard) and some Tattered Journal Pages.
    • If you loot the journal and return to the Innkeeper (in his office in the Inn), you can confront him about his past (choose the conversation path which tells him to "come clean..."), then kill him for extra XP and a chest.
    • Before the fight, the Innkeeper will open a secret door where his chest is (see map), and then start the fight. He likes to use Severe Stunning Blow, so having a light monk with Grasp of the Earth Dragon may be helpful.
  • Upstairs in the Tavern is the only shrine in the quest (and a short fight).
  • The end fight is in the Tavern basement (although it can follow characters upstairs). It doesn't start until you speak to Tarys, giving you plenty of time to break stuff and buff up.
  • Release the bartender, and follow him upstairs – you must be near him to trigger the end dialogue, which reveals the Nether Scroll (on the wall next to the chest).
  • The quest doesn't end until you get the Netherese Scroll Fragment off the Tavern's board; if there's anything you'd like to do first (pretty much limited to confronting the Innkeeper or finishing any breakables, if you haven't already).

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 41 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣203 ♦350 ♥363 ♠375 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 54 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣304 ♦525 ♥544 ♠563 )
  • Conquest bonus: 66 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣506 ♦876 ♥907 ♠939 )
  • Tamper bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣203 ♦350 ♥363 ♠375 )
  • Neutralization bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣405 ♦700 ♥726 ♠751 )
  • Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 5 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣608 ♦1,051 ♥1,088 ♠1,126 )
  • Mischief bonus: 31 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣162 ♦280 ♥290 ♠300 )
  • Vandal bonus: 40 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣203 ♦350 ♥363 ♠375 )
  • Ransack bonus: 49 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣304 ♦525 ♥544 ♠563 )
Notes: Onslaught bonus only be achieved by not killing Tarys right away, and allowing umbral creatures to keep spawning; presumably, Conquest can be gotten this way as well. (Aggression or Onslaught may only be achievable on Hard and Elite; Tarys seemed to stop summoning creatures early in the fight on Normal).

Loot

  • Chests: 4
    • One in a secret room in the center of the Inn (behind a locked door (Lock DC)
    • One in the barn (with the key to the Inn)
    • One in a secret room behind the Innkeeper (obtained by confronting him about his journal)
    • End chest behind the bar (locked until you defeat Tarys and his minions/talk to the bartender)
  • Collectables: 3
    • Cabinet — in the north room along the south corridor in the InnBlessed CandleTome: Alchemist's ChapbookAcademic TreatiseSilver BowlRitual AthameCryptic MessageVial of Heavy WaterRitual CandleWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustAdventuring OratorioVial of Dragon's Blood InkArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsAncient TextBrass Censer
    • Adventurer's Pack — in a stall in the south-west corner of the BarnBlessed 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 EmberOrnate CharmShimmering Spore PodAdventuring OratorioToken of the SpiderVial of Dragon's Blood InkHairy Trumpet MushroomArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsCrypt MothAncient TextFlint KnifeBrass Censer
    • Cabinet — in the cellar of the Tavern, in the south-west cornerBlessed CandleTome: Alchemist's ChapbookAcademic TreatiseSilver BowlRitual AthameCryptic MessageVial of Heavy WaterRitual CandleWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustAdventuring OratorioVial of Dragon's Blood InkArchaic LogbookPouch of Bone FragmentsAncient TextBrass Censer

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Bastion (level 16)
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Tower shield 16 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper optional chest (Heroic Normal)
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 16)
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Bracers 16 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Heroic Normal)
Bastion (level 17)
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Tower shield 17 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper optional chest (Heroic Hard)
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 17)
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Bracers 17 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Heroic Hard)
Bastion (level 18)
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Tower shield 18 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper optional chest (Heroic Elite)
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 18)
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Bracers 18 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Heroic Elite)
Bastion (level 23)
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Tower shield 23 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper hidden chest, Netherese Legacy chain end reward
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 23)
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Bracers 23 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Epic), Netherese Legacy chain end reward
Bastion (level 24)
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Tower shield 24 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper hidden chest
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 24)
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Bracers 24 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Epic Hard)
Bastion (level 25)
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Tower shield 25 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, Innkeeper hidden chest
Bracers of Twisting Shade (level 25)
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Bracers 25 Bound to Character on Equip A Stay at the Inn, End chest (Epic Elite)

Based on A Stay at the Inn loot ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Branson Blackboot( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦27Epic Normal ♥31Epic Hard ♠38Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Chest (monster)( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠37Epic Elite Aberration Mimic
Netherese Wizard( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Sellsword Archer( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Sellsword Footpad( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Sellsword Skirmisher( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Shadow (Shadowfell)( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Summoned Shadow( view
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 ♦16Normal ♥20Hard ♠26Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥26Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Tarys( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦27Epic Normal ♥31Epic Hard ♠38Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Twilizen( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦27Epic Normal ♥31Epic Hard ♠38Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Umbral Gargoyle( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Umbral Rat( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite ♦20Epic Normal ♥24Epic Hard ♠29Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Umbral Worg( view
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 ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Wyle( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Humanoid Human