Dread Sea Scrolls

You've been asked to keep an eye on Foxpaw the Gatekeeper. He's at his laboratory just north of the Harbor, trying to discover a method of destroying Codex pages.

Dread Sea Scrolls
Heroic level:	6
Epic level:	32 (considered Legendary)
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	♣1,141Solo/Casual ♦2,032Normal ♥2,160Hard ♠2,289Elite
Epic XP:	♣8,980Solo/Casual ♦15,335Normal ♥15,702Hard ♠16,069Elite
Takes place in:	Northshore Wharves
Bestowed by:	Iris Joll
NPC contact:	Iris Joll
Quest acquired in:	The Hut from Beyond
Patron:	The Gatekeepers
Base favor:	4
Purchase:	Free to Play
Extreme Challenge:	No

Overview

Foxpaw the Gatekeeper has a plan to destroy Codex pages once and for all - what could go wrong?

The entrance to this quest is in The Hut in The Harbor. Talk to Iris.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Speak with Foxpaw
Find the Devourer Shrine
Speak with Sahuagin
Find the Conch of Secrets
Track down the Dread Pirates
Rescue Foxpaw
Defeat Dread Pirate Roberts
Speak with Foxpaw again
Retrieve the stolen Codex Page (note: if the page is collected before speaking with Foxpaw, this objective will never appear)
(Optional) Help Foxpaw troubleshoot his machine — Bonus (18%): Heroic( ♣205 ♦366 ♥389 ♠412 ) Legendary( ♣1,616 ♦2,760 ♥2,826 ♠2,892 )
(Optional) Deliver Greigur's message to Yorrick and Graden — Bonus (12%): Heroic( ♣137 ♦244 ♥259 ♠275 ) Legendary( ♣1,078 ♦1,840 ♥1,884 ♠1,928 )

Known Traps

Trap and Lock DCs

Various Elemental traps within the initial Puzzle room
Bear traps
Pressure plates

Tips and Misc

Walkthrough

Getting Started

Walk up the ramps and talk to Foxpaw.

Optional: If you're going to attempt the machine optional, do it now. Foxpaw's lab is destroyed later in the quest, making the puzzle uncompletable.

The puzzle has two steps:

First, pull "That Lever" on the second floor, and solve a tile puzzle on the ground to light all five runes simultaneously (careful of all the traps.)
Second, solve a simple mirror and tile puzzle in the rafters, and watch the machine blow up.

After this, a Steam Elemental spawns on the ground floor. Kill it for the optional XP and the chest.

Pull the lever behind Foxpaw to open an exit to the basement.
Leave the house and head straight across the open area and into a tavern.
Speak to the "Thug" near the bar to initiate a bar fight. If you like, you can step outside for a minute and let most of the monsters finish each other off.
After this, talk to the Sahuagin Guide (in a booth against the north wall), who agrees to lead you to the Conch.

Follow him (generally south) to "The Maw of the Devourer".

Into the Maw

These caverns consist of three sections: an underwater spike course, a short tunnel with more spikes and then bear traps, and then a collection of shirt side-caves containing monsters. The spikes can be quite deadly, be careful.
Randomly in this underground segment are three required crests; an axe, a scimitar, and a trident.

Optional: A forth crest, the hammer, is behind a secret door. The hammer is optional, and will open the way to Greigur d'Deneith and a shrine later on.

Known required crest locations:
- Underwater, at the very beginning or in a hole
- Underwater, in or just after the spikes
- On the wooden decking
- Scorpion cave
- Gator cave
- Rust monster cave
Go west to slot with the crest sockets. Buff up before slotting the final crest – the first mini-boss, the Raptor of Unusual Size, is behind this door.

Pirates!

Beat down the red-named raptor and speak to the injured elder – pirates have broken in and swiped the conch!
Head out, fighting off pirates and axe-wielding skeletons on that level.

Optional: If you have the hammer crest, use it to open a door (just to the north) to a rest shrine and a balcony where you can speak to Greigur d'Deneith.
Greigur will ask you to speak to Yorrick Amanatu and Graden Wylkes. Both of these are found later on your route.

Now climb the stairs, keep going upwards and fight pirates across the rooftops. You'll eventually get to a large roof with several groups of pirates and raptors – kill the orange-named Very Important Pirate to drop the barrier blocking your way.
Next is a small drop-down (or run along the side roofs and range the mobs below).
- Optional: Yorrick Amanatu is just at the end this section on a red roof, behind a group of pirates fighting guards.
Drop further down at the north end of this area.

The Finale

One more big dropdown; Graden Wylkes is in the courtyard, with a couple of other Harbor NPCs.
Foxpaw's house is full of raptors and on fire. Ignore it, and head east into the warehouse.
The back door of the warehouse leads further east to a pier where the pirates' ship is docked. Clear pirates off the main deck, then head to the bow to confront the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Talk to Foxpaw and the Sahuagin Elder. Afterwards, pick up the conch and scroll to finish the quest.

Trivia

The names of the two bosses in this quest are references to the book and film The Princess Bride.
On its launch, accessing this quest mistakenly required access to Masterminds of Sharn. This was patched out the following day.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦203 ♥216 ♠229 )
Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣171 ♦305 ♥324 ♠343 )
Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣285 ♦508 ♥540 ♠572 )
Tamper bonus: 11 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦203 ♥216 ♠229 )
Neutralization bonus: 15 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣228 ♦406 ♥432 ♠458 )
Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 18 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣342 ♦610 ♥648 ♠687 )
Mischief bonus: 39 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣91 ♦163 ♥173 ♠183 )
Vandal bonus: 51 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣114 ♦203 ♥216 ♠229 )
Ransack bonus: 62 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣171 ♦305 ♥324 ♠343 )

External Links

Puzzle solvers on DDO Tracker

Loot

Chests: 3
- One at end completion (contains named loot)
- One behind a locked door in the harbor (chest is also locked)
- One for slaying Steam Elemental (spawns after troubleshooting Foxpaw's machine)
Collectables: 5
- Fungus — in the rat cave
- Fungus — opposite the shrine near Greigur
- Cabinet — in the warehouse
- Adventurer's Pack — in the warehouse
- Adventurer's Pack — at the end of the unoccupied dock, hidden in a clump of barrels

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Raptor Teeth Necklace ^(edit)	Necklace	Relentless FuryRelentless Fury: While this item is equipped, any killing blows you strike against enemies may drive you into a furious rage, providing a 5% Enhancement damage bonus to your melee, ranged and unarmed attacks for 30 seconds. Slaying weaker opponents has a reduced chance of producing this effect. Seeker +4 Seeker +4: Provides a +4 Enhancement bonus to confirm critical hits, and a +4 Enhancement bonus to critical hit damage (before multipliers are applied). Deception +3 Deception +3: +3 Enhancement bonus to hit and +5 to damage for any hit that would qualify as a sneak attack. Blue Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	6	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Ring of the Dread Seas ^(edit)	Ring	Solid FogSolid Fog Caster level: 5 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) DeathblockDeathblock: The wearer of this item is immune to all death spells and magical death effects. Frozen Depths Lore +9%Frozen Depths Lore +9: Passive: Your Negative, Poison and Cold spells gain a +9% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Power of the Frozen Depths +63Power of the Frozen Depths +63: Passive: +63 Equipment bonus to Negative, Cold and Poison Spell Power. Crushing Wave GuardCrushing Wave Guard: This item stores the unstoppable force of the ocean's fury deep within. When the wearer of this item is successfully attacked in melee, this power occasionally comes to the surface, crushing enemies beneath a torrent of frigid water. Blue Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	6	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Skeleton Hunter ^(edit)	Maul	+2 Enhancement Bonus+2 Enhancement Bonus: +2 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Lesser BoneshatterLesser Boneshatter: This weapon is powerful enough to shatter the bones of those it strikes. On an attack roll of 20 which is confirmed as a critical hit, the weapon breaks multiple bones in the target's body, causing significant impairment. Creatures with skeletons take 10d6 damage and will have their movement and attacks slowed by 25% and their attack damage reduced by 25% when their bones are shattered. Fracturing 2Fracturing 2: This weapon is ideal for breaking bones and does 2d8 damage to targets that have skeletons or are made of bone. Ghostbane 2Ghostbane 2: This weapon is attuned specifically to hunt the risen dead, dealing an additional 2d10 bane damage vs. Undead monsters. Passive: This weapon has Ghost Touch, and bypasses ethereal monster's 50% chance to evade bane damage. Undead Bane 2Undead Bane 2: Those that have died must return, and this weapon is attuned specifically to lay them to rest. This weapon deals an additional 2d10 bane damage vs. Undead. Flametouched IronFlametouched Iron: Flametouched Iron grants +1 saves versus Evil Outsiders. Red Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Red Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to spell power, and grant elemental damage on hit and DR bypass to weapons. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	6	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 21 days Kobold sneak	The Magic Conch ^(edit)	Trinket	Horn of ThunderHorn of Thunder Caster level: 5 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) SoundproofSoundproof: Protects against stunning, dazing and disorientation from sound-based spells such as Soundburst and Greater Shout. Sonic Lore +9%Sonic Lore +9: Passive: Your Sonic spells gain a 9% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Resonance +63Resonance +63: Passive: +63 Equipment bonus to Sonic Spell Power. Sonic Resistance +15Sonic Resistance +15: Passive: +15 Enhancement bonus to your Sonic Resistance. Blue Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	6	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Legendary Raptor Teeth Necklace ^(edit)	Necklace	Enhanced BloodrageEnhanced Bloodrage: This weapon is enhanced by blood - your blood! Each time you take damage or kill an enemy, there is a small chance that you will fall into an unholy bloodrage, greatly increasing your Melee Power, Constitution, and Damage. However, this rage will leave you more vulnerable to Physical attacks, slightly reducing your Armor Class. Relentless FuryRelentless Fury: While this item is equipped, any killing blows you strike against enemies may drive you into a furious rage, providing a 5% Enhancement damage bonus to your melee, ranged and unarmed attacks for 30 seconds. Slaying weaker opponents has a reduced chance of producing this effect. Seeker +13 Seeker +13: Provides a +13 Enhancement bonus to confirm critical hits, and a +13 Enhancement bonus to critical hit damage (before multipliers are applied). Deception +10 Deception +10: +10 Enhancement bonus to hit and +15 to damage for any hit that would qualify as a sneak attack. Green Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Green Augments: All Green augments are named augments. Yellow Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to offensive stats, condition resistances and immunities, elemental resistances and DC spellcasting stats. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	29	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Legendary Ring of the Dread Seas ^(edit)	Ring	Solid FogSolid Fog Caster level: 30 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) DeathblockDeathblock: The wearer of this item is immune to all death spells and magical death effects. Frozen Depths Lore +21%Frozen Depths Lore +21: Passive: Your Negative, Poison and Cold spells gain a +21% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Power of the Frozen Depths +142Power of the Frozen Depths +142: Passive: +142 Equipment bonus to Negative, Cold and Poison Spell Power. Crushing Wave GuardCrushing Wave Guard: This item stores the unstoppable force of the ocean's fury deep within. When the wearer of this item is successfully attacked in melee, this power occasionally comes to the surface, crushing enemies beneath a torrent of frigid water. Green Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Green Augments: All Green augments are named augments. Yellow Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to offensive stats, condition resistances and immunities, elemental resistances and DC spellcasting stats. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	29	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 22 days Kobold sneak	Legendary Skeleton Hunter ^(edit)	Maul	+15 Enhancement Bonus+15 Enhancement Bonus: +15 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. BonesplitterBonesplitter: This weapon is powerful enough to shatter the bones of those it strikes. On an attack roll of 20 which is confirmed as a critical hit, the weapon breaks multiple bones in the target's body, causing significant impairment. Creatures with skeletons take 40d6 damage and will have their movement and attacks slowed by 25% and their attack damage reduced by 25% when their bones are shattered. Fracturing 6Fracturing 6: This weapon is ideal for breaking bones and does 6d8 damage to targets that have skeletons or are made of bone. Ghostbane 6Ghostbane 6: This weapon is attuned specifically to hunt the risen dead, dealing an additional 6d10 bane damage vs. Undead monsters. Passive: This weapon has Ghost Touch, and bypasses ethereal monster's 50% chance to evade bane damage. Undead Bane 6Undead Bane 6: Those that have died must return, and this weapon is attuned specifically to lay them to rest. This weapon deals an additional 6d10 bane damage vs. Undead. Flametouched IronFlametouched Iron: Flametouched Iron grants +1 saves versus Evil Outsiders. Red Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Red Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to spell power, and grant elemental damage on hit and DR bypass to weapons. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	29	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 21 days Kobold sneak	The Legendary Magic Conch ^(edit)	Trinket	Horn of ThunderHorn of Thunder Caster level: 30 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) SoundproofSoundproof: Protects against stunning, dazing and disorientation from sound-based spells such as Soundburst and Greater Shout. Sonic Lore +21%Sonic Lore +21: Passive: Your Sonic spells gain a 21% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Resonance +142Resonance +142: Passive: +142 Equipment bonus to Sonic Spell Power. Sonic Resistance +50Sonic Resistance +50: Passive: +50 Enhancement bonus to your Sonic Resistance. Green Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: Blue Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to defensive stats, healing amplifications and Tactics DCs. Green Augments: All Green augments are named augments. Yellow Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to offensive stats, condition resistances and immunities, elemental resistances and DC spellcasting stats. Colorless Augments: Standard augments provide bonuses to ability scores and skills. Set augments are also colorless.	29	Bound to Account on Acquire	Dread Sea Scrolls, end chest

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Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Apprentice Dread Pirate ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Ax Criminal ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Dread Pirate Necromancer (Human) ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Dread Pirate Roberts ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Hoodlum ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Elf	Elf
Mildly Dreadful Pirate ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Ne'er-do-well ^{( view • edit )}	♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Pirates' Raptor ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Animal	Dinosaur
Pit Scorpion ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Vermin	Scorpion
Raptor of Unusual Size ^{( view • edit )}	♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite	Animal	Dinosaur
Roughneck ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Dwarf	Dwarf
Rust Monster ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Aberration	Rust Monster
Scoundrel ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Halfling	Halfling
Senior Dread Pirate ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Sewer Gator ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Animal	Crocodile
Steam Elemental ^{( view • edit )}	♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite	Elemental	Air Elemental
Thug (Dread Sea Scrolls) ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Orc	Half-Orc
Troublemaker ^{( view • edit )}	♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human
Underharbor Rat ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard ●♠39Epic Elite	Animal	Rat
Very Important Pirate ^{( view • edit )}	♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠43Epic Elite	Humanoid	Human

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