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Black and Blue

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The Cult of the Dragon Below has been searching for Giantish artifacts deep in the jungles of Xen'drik.

Requires access to adventure pack: Dragonblood Prophecy
Black and Blue
Heroic level: 10
Epic level: 31
(considered Legendary)
Duration: Long
Heroic XP:  ♣3,170Solo/Casual ♦5,572Normal ♥5,860Hard ♠6,147Elite
Epic XP:  ♣19,377Solo/Casual ♦33,117Normal ♥33,937Hard ♠34,758Elite
Takes place in: Giantish Ruins
Bestowed by: Mikyra
NPC contact: Mikyra
Quest acquired in: The Marketplace
Patron: Agents of Argonnessen
Base favor: 5
Purchase: Dragonblood Prophecy or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

A Cult of the Dragon Below has been searching for Giantish artifacts deep in the jungles of Xen'drik. A Dragon named Urgnonth was protecting a Giantish site, but has suddenly gone missing. Speak with Mikyra in the Marketplace, and she'll send you to find out what happened to Urgnonth.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Locate the Agent of Argonessen
  • Speak to Urgnonth
  • Free Urgnonth
  • Speak to Urgnonth near the sealed portal
  • Save the artifact
  • Retrieve the second artifact
  • Continue further into the complex
  • Cross the first aqueduct
  • Seek out the second aqueduct
  • Traverse the second aqueduct
  • Locate the third aqueduct
  • Gain access to the Giantish ruin
  • Disable the wards protecting the artifact chamber
  • Defeat Goralin
  • (Optional) Explore the revealed cavern — Bonus (1%): Heroic( ♣32 ♦56 ♥59 ♠61 ) Legendary( ♣194 ♦331 ♥339 ♠348 )
  • (Optional) Save the hidden artifact — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣476 ♦836 ♥879 ♠922 ) Legendary( ♣2,907 ♦4,968 ♥5,091 ♠5,214 )

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • Electrified water in the aqueducts and the end fight, not disarmable
  • Blades by the Adventurer's Pack in the first aqueduct
  • Blades along the north wall of the tunnel past the second aqueduct (heading towards the second shrines)

Tips and Misc

  • minor bug: When you first see Urgnonth, he's behind a barrier that has no physics.1
  • Bug: Avoid bursting down the dragon too quickly (Ruin, Manyshot, etc.) Goralin is supposed to walk away from the first encounter once down to 50% health, but if you kill him so fast that he dies before turning passive, the quest may glitch and make it impossible to progress.
  • In the first aqueduct, be sure to stay on the rocky outcroppings.
  • In the second and third aqueducts, some of the rocky outcroppings will collapse under you; these are visually distinguishable. "Square" marked terrain will crumble.
  • Kaxith Nar will appear near the end of the second aqueduct.
  • In the third aqueduct, there are three switches together on the north wall (Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ). Pull switch one (leftmost) then find the corresponding lever further in the passage and pull it. Come back to the three switches (or, have a party member or hireling stand by the three) and pull switch two (middle). Go further down the passage, find lever 2 and pull it. Repeat this process for the last switch/lever combination. There will be some spread out archers down the passage that will snipe at you as you do the switch/lever actions.
  • The hidden cavern (and artifact) can be found in the third aqueduct, along the southern wall (before the first Lever of three), near the breakable urns opposite side of the; Lever (Ⅰ) carved stone. It can only be accessed by diving into the electrified water. However, the water is only electrified on the surface by the entrance; the rest of it is safe.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣317 ♦557 ♥586 ♠615 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣476 ♦836 ♥879 ♠922 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣793 ♦1,393 ♥1,465 ♠1,537 )
  • Tamper bonus: 1 or more trap disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣317 ♦557 ♥586 ♠615 )
  • Mischief bonus: 23 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣254 ♦446 ♥469 ♠492 )
  • Vandal bonus: 30 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣317 ♦557 ♥586 ♠615 )
  • Ransack bonus: 37 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣476 ♦836 ♥879 ♠922 )

External Links

Epic Normal Lamannia Quest preview

Loot

  • Chests: 3
    • One chest for defeating Kaxith Nar
    • One optional chest for saving the hidden artifact.
    • One end chest
  • Collectables: 5

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Acidic Sphere
(edit)
Orb 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Band of Insightful Commands
(edit)
Ring 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Bolt Sphere
(edit)
Orb 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Lenses of the Orator
(edit)
Goggles 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Mystic Wrappings
(edit)
Bracers 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Scales of Avarice
(edit)
Full Plate 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Scales of Malice
(edit)
Scalemail 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
  • Update 74.1.2
  • 8 months and 10 days
  • Bladedge
Scale-Stone of Malice
(edit)
Docent 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
  • Update 74.1.2
  • 8 months and 10 days
  • Bladedge
Scale-Stone of Avarice
(edit)
Docent 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Forgotten Axe
(edit)
Hand Axe 10 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Acidic Sphere
(edit)
Orb 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Bolt Sphere
(edit)
Orb 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Lenses of the Orator
(edit)
Goggles 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Mystic Wrappings
(edit)
Bracers 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Scales of Avarice
(edit)
Full Plate 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Scales of Malice
(edit)
Medium Armor 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
Legendary Band of Insightful Commands
(edit)
Ring 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
  • Update 74.1.2
  • 8 months and 10 days
  • Bladedge
Legendary Scale-Stone of Malice
(edit)
Docent 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest
  • Update 74.1.2
  • 8 months and 10 days
  • Bladedge
Legendary Scale-Stone of Avarice
(edit)
Docent 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, End chest
Legendary Forgotten Axe
(edit)
Hand Axe 28 Bound to Account on Acquire Black and Blue, end chest

Based on Black and Blue loot ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Aqueduct Scorpion( view
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 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Vermin Scorpion
Cult Adherent( view
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cult Canonist( view
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cult Disciple( view
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cult Invoker( view
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cult Seeker( view
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 ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Cult Warden( view
 • edit )
 ♦11Normal ♥13Hard ♠16Elite ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Goralin( view
 • edit )
 ♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Dragon Black Dragon
Kaxith Nar( view
 • edit )
 ♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite ♦33Epic Normal ♥37Epic Hard ♠41Epic Elite Aberration Drow Scorpion
Verminous Scorpion( view
 • edit )
 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite ♦31Epic Normal ♥35Epic Hard ♠39Epic Elite Vermin Scorpion