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Lost in the Swamp

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Lost in the Swamp is the 3rd 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


For years this dismal patch of swamp has been a haunt of will-o'-wisps, the spirits of their victims ... and one eccentric old hermit named Seamus.

Requires access to adventure pack: The High Road of Shadows
Lost in the Swamp
Heroic level: 18
Epic level: 24
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣2,587Solo/Casual ♦4,474Normal ♥4,636Hard ♠4,798Elite
Epic XP:  ♣9,035Solo/Casual ♦15,521Normal ♥15,982Hard ♠16,444Elite
Takes place in: Lost Souls' Swamp
Bestowed by: Eradin Krall
NPC contact: Eradin Krall
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

Oriphaun gave one of his Nether Scroll pieces to an old hermit, so that hermit could hide it for him.

Travel to Lost Souls' Swamp on the High Road and get the scroll piece from the hermit.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Investigate Lost Souls' Swamp and speak to Seamus
  • Meet Seamus near the fallen oak shrine
  • Confront Sshaastess and her minions
  • Find the Nether Scroll piece
  • (Optional) Free the three lost spirits — Bonus (25%): Heroic( ♣647 ♦1,119 ♥1,159 ♠1,200 ) Epic( ♣2,259 ♦3,880 ♥3,996 ♠4,111 )
  • (Optional) Defeat the evil presence — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 ) Epic( ♣904 ♦1,552 ♥1,598 ♠1,644 )
  • (Optional) Recover Evrim's treasure from under the waterfall — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣517 ♦895 ♥927 ♠960 ) Epic( ♣1,807 ♦3,104 ♥3,196 ♠3,289 )
  • (Optional) Destroy the lost spirits (3) — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣517 ♦895 ♥927 ♠960 ) Epic( ♣1,807 ♦3,104 ♥3,196 ♠3,289 )

Known Traps

Trap DC: Heroic and Epic

Bear traps on top of the pillars in the final room

Tips and Misc

  • Will-o'-wisps use electric attacks, mudmen use acid.
  • The "Free the Three Lost Spirits" optional in the large northwest area requires you to find the 3 spirits (They look like Wraiths except with no HP bars like any good NPC), which is not too hard because it's one flat level and they're sort of obvious. But you need to kill some Mudmen, Vine Horrors and Swamp Will-o'-Wisps to free them. If you listen to the spirits but tell them you won't help (the 'forget it' line on the first two, and the 'you can try it' line on the last one), they will attack you and give the optional to kill them all. This will prevent you from completing the optional to help them and you won't get any chest. Killing at least one of them is useful to get the Swamp Wraith Monster Manual entry.
    • You can loot Evrim's treasure under the waterfall, after you free all three spirits.
  • The "Evil Presence" is a Shadow and a few Umbral creatures, found in the far northern area. None of them are named. To lower the blocking barrier, you need to talk to and free the northern Lost Spirit. Then you'll need to retrieve a Green Key from the small pool of water to the north to open a locked door. Plus a party member with Open Lock or Knock will be needed to unlock a second locked door (Lock DC) if you want to reach the room containing a chest.
  • The quest doesn't end until you open the final chest, giving you a chance to disable the bear traps on the pillars or go back for the optional if you want.
  • To get to the chest (and traps) on top of the pillars, follow the wall from the medusa's alcove to the west, around the rock protuberance, there's a series of stone ledges you can easily climb and get to the first pillar. After that, it's easy to leap from pillar to pillar without needing Cannith Boots or any other form of propulsion!
    • To get to the south-east line of pillars, you will still need high jump or some form of propulsion.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣388 ♦671 ♥695 ♠720 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣647 ♦1,119 ♥1,159 ♠1,200 )
  • Tamper bonus: 7 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 )
  • Neutralization bonus: 10 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣517 ♦895 ♥927 ♠960 )
  • Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 12 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣776 ♦1,342 ♥1,391 ♠1,439 )
  • Mischief bonus: 5 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣207 ♦358 ♥371 ♠384 )
Notes: Disarming traps bonus is possible if you go up to the pillars and disarm before opening the end chest or talking to Seamus after defeating the medusa.

Loot

  • Chests: 3
    • Behind locked door after obtaining the key from under water
    • Under waterfall – after freeing all 3 spirits
    • At end fight location
    • (After end fight, the chest to the east contains only the Nether Scroll)
  • Collectables: 4

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Ironwood Khopesh (level 16)
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Khopesh 16 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End chest (Heroic Normal)
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 16)
(edit)
Chainmail 16 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Heroic Normal)
Ironwood Khopesh (level 17)
(edit)
Khopesh 17 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End chest (Heroic Hard)
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 17)
(edit)
Chainmail 17 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Heroic Hard)
Ironwood Khopesh (level 18)
(edit)
Khopesh 18 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End Chest (Heroic Elite)
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 18)
(edit)
Chainmail 18 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Heroic Elite)
Ironwood Khopesh (level 23)
(edit)
Khopesh 23 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End chest (Epic Normal), Netherese Legacy chain end reward
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 23)
(edit)
Chainmail 23 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Epic Normal), Netherese Legacy chain end reward
Ironwood Khopesh (level 24)
(edit)
Khopesh 24 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End chest (Epic Hard)
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 24)
(edit)
Chainmail 24 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Epic Hard)
Ironwood Khopesh (level 25)
(edit)
Khopesh 25 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, End Chest (Epic Elite)
  • Update 78
  • 1 month and 13 days
  • Joenuts
Whisperchain (level 25)
(edit)
Chainmail 25 Bound to Character on Equip Lost in the Swamp, Underwater chest (Epic Elite)

Based on Lost in the Swamp loot ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Bear( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠32Epic Elite Animal Bear
Callie Brennan( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Wraith
Corrupted Dryad( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦20Epic Normal ♥24Epic Hard ♠24Epic Elite Fey Dryad
Dryad Tree( view
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 ♦14Normal ♥14Hard ♠14Elite ♦14Epic Normal ♥14Epic Hard ♠14Epic Elite Fey Dryad
Earth Elemental( view
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 ♦17Normal ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ♦23Epic Normal ♥27Epic Hard ♠33Epic Elite Elemental Earth Elemental
Evrim Whitehair( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Wraith
Gruck( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Elemental Earth Elemental
Kyle Briarbuck( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Wraith
Mudman( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠32Epic Elite Elemental Muckman
Roving Wolf( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Animal Wolf
Rrosp( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠36Epic Elite Elemental Earth Elemental
Shadow (Shadowfell)( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Undead Shadow
Sshaastess( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦27Epic Normal ♥31Epic Hard ♠38Epic Elite Monstrous Humanoid Medusa
Swamp Will-o'-Wisp( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Aberration Will o' Wisp
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
Vine Horror( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦21Epic Normal ♥25Epic Hard ♠25Epic Elite Plant Vine Stalker
Wood Woad( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥21Hard ♠26Elite ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠34Epic Elite Plant Wood Woad