Masterminds of Sharn

Explore one of the most iconic locations in the D&D Eberron campaign setting in Dungeons & Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn. Navigate the power struggles between the rich and powerful as you hunt from the highest towers of the city to the deepest depths of the Cogs. The artifact that protected the city of Stormreach has been stolen. You've followed the trail of the culprit across the sea to the vast metropolis of Sharn. Can you recover the Stormreach Beacon without becoming a casualty of the conflicts between the Aurum, the City Council, the Boromar Clan and Daask?

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Expansion logo

Expansion key art by Mark Zug

Sharn - Clifftop Tower District Load Screen

Citymap Sharn - Clifftop -Tower District

The Cogs

Map of the Cogs

Masterminds of Sharn is DDO's 4th expansion, introduced in Update 42, released May 14, 2019. DDO Forums ^{ARCHIVE ME!}

Features

• Locations: The City of Sharn, and the Cogs wilderness
• Race: Tiefling (available before the actual expansion) (free to VIP → Tiefling was made free in Update 53)
• Iconic Hero: Tiefling Scoundrel (Bard)
• Universal Enhancement Tree: Inquisitive enhancements
• Loot: New item class: Minor artifacts (accessories customizable with sentient filigree), additional filigree sets; see Update 42 named items
• Monsters: Goblins, Otyughs, Shield Guardians, Fire Beetles

Adventure pack

• Masterminds of Sharn Part One a 5-quest story arc (level 15/32)
• Masterminds of Sharn Part Two a 4-quest story arc (level 16/32)
• Raids: Too Hot to Handle, and Too Hot to Handle (level 32)
• Saga: Masterminds of Sharn (Heroic) & Masterminds of Sharn (Legendary) & Cogs Explorer Dungeons ( Heroic & Epic )

Public zone

• Clifftop Tower District
• Cliffside Docks District

Wilderness adventure areas

• The Cogs, a level 15/32 wilderness adventure area
• 8 walk-up quests (15-16/32) in the Cogs (stand-alone, not related to main story line)

Guest dungeon masters

• Keith Baker - Creator of Eberron campaign setting
• Maze Arcana's Satine Phoenix, Ruty Rutenberg, and Kyle Vogt

Quests

• Quests are located in both the upper (non-docks) areas of the City of Sharn. There are several ways to access that area.
• All quests grant Sharn City Council favor.
• Story quests cannot be red-doored. In each chain, you need to complete the first quest to enter the middle ones, and complete all of those to enter the last one.
  • When you run them for the first time, you have to run them mostly^¶ in order.

¶ Complete A Sharn Welcome. This allows you to run the next three quests in any order. After those you can enter the finale of the first chain, Just Business. Similar flagging is required for the second chain.

• There are two chain bestower NPCs that guide you through the process (and award a reward for completing).
• The side quests are walk-ups in the Cogs, bestowed automatically as you approach the entrance. There are no NPCs to turn them in to, and no end reward. This makes farming particularly easy - just turn around after recalling and you can run them again.
• The Sharn quests conclude the storyline of the level 14 adventure pack Disciples of Rage; so you may want to complete that as well as the Free-to-Play Level 15 quest Lost at Sea first.

Masterminds of Sharn: Part 1

Quest Name	Quest Level	Total Favor	Patron	Casual	Normal	Hard	Elite
A Sharn Welcome	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣2,958 ●♣14,535	♦5,140 ●♦24,823	♥5,350 ●♥25,422	♠5,560 ●♠26,020
Red Rain	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣2,958 ●♣14,535	♦5,140 ●♦24,823	♥5,350 ●♥25,422	♠5,560 ●♠26,020
Best Laid Plans	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣3,372 ●♣16,587	♦5,860 ●♦28,329	♥6,100 ●♥29,013	♠6,340 ●♠29,696
The Same Old Song	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣2,958 ●♣14,535	♦5,140 ●♦24,823	♥5,350 ●♥25,422	♠5,560 ●♠26,020
Just Business	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣3,372 ●♣16,587	♦5,860 ●♦28,329	♥6,100 ●♥29,013	♠6,340 ●♠29,696
Total	5 Quests	75		♣0Solo/Casual	♦0Normal	♥0Hard	♠29,360 / 137,452Elite

Masterminds of Sharn: Part 2

Quest Name	Quest Level	Total Favor	Patron	Casual	Normal	Hard	Elite
No Refunds	16/32	18	Sharn City Council	♣3,084 ●♣14,535	♦5,350 ●♦24,823	♥5,560 ●♥25,422	♠5,770 ●♠26,020
House of Pain	16/32	21	Sharn City Council	♣3,516 ●♣16,587	♦6,100 ●♦28,329	♥6,340 ●♥29,013	♠6,580 ●♠29,696
Blown Deadline	16/32	18	Sharn City Council	♣3,084 ●♣14,535	♦5,350 ●♦24,823	♥5,560 ●♥25,422	♠5,770 ●♠26,020
Reach for the Sky	16/32	21	Sharn City Council	♣5,071 ●♣23,974	♦8,800 ●♦40,948	♥9,148 ●♥41,940	♠9,496 ●♠42,932
Total	4 Quests	78		♣0Solo/Casual	♦0Normal	♥0Hard	♠27,616 / 124,668Elite

Masterminds of Sharn: Raids

Quest Name	Quest Level	Total Favor	Patron	Casual	Normal	Hard	Elite
Too Hot to Handle	32	30	Sharn City Council	— —	— ●♦49,362	— ●♥50,559	— ●♠51,756
Project Nemesis	32	30	Sharn City Council	— —	— ●♦63,384	— ●♥64,922	— ●♠66,462
Total	2 Quests	60		♣0Solo/Casual	♦0Normal	♥0Hard	♠0Elite

Masterminds of Sharn: The Cogs

Quest Name	Quest Level	Total Favor	Patron	Casual	Normal	Hard	Elite
Smash and Burn	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣2,544 ●♣12,483	♦4,420 ●♦21,318	♥4,600 ●♥21,830	♠4,780 ●♠22,344
Thralls of the Fungus Lord	15/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣2,544 ●♣12,483	♦4,420 ●♦21,318	♥4,600 ●♥21,830	♠4,780 ●♠22,344
The Wraithcallers	15/32	12	Sharn City Council	♣1,274 ●♣6,190	♦2,212 ●♦10,567	♥2,300 ●♥10,818	♠2,388 ●♠11,069
Ruinous Schemes	15/32	12	Sharn City Council	♣1,495 ●♣7,284	♦2,596 ●♦12,437	♥2,700 ●♥12,733	♠2,804 ●♠13,030
Scavenger Hunt	16/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣1,826 ●♣8,561	♦3,166 ●♦14,618	♥3,289 ●♥14,968	♠3,412 ●♠15,317
Security Detail	16/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣1,557 ●♣7,284	♦2,700 ●♦12,437	♥2,804 ●♥12,733	♠2,908 ●♠13,030
The Magma Must Flow	16/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣1,557 ●♣7,284	♦2,700 ●♦12,437	♥2,804 ●♥12,733	♠2,908 ●♠13,030
Roll Call	16/32	15	Sharn City Council	♣1,826 ●♣8,561	♦3,166 ●♦14,618	♥3,289 ●♥14,968	♠3,412 ●♠15,317
Total	8 Quests	114		♣14,623 / 70,130Solo/Casual	♦25,380 / 119,750Normal	♥26,386 / 122,613Hard	♠27,392 / 125,481Elite

Bundles and prices

Masterminds of Sharn can be bought bundled with other features for cash money (3 different options available, as shown below) in the DDO Market. The Adventure Pack (adventures only, see below) and/or many of the "other features" can be bought, each separately, using DDO Points.

	Ultimate Fan	Collector's	Standard	DDO point cost
	$129.99	$79.99	$39.99
Masterminds of Sharn content †	✔	✔	✔	2,495
Tiefling§ race	✔	✔	✔	Free
Tiefling Scoundrel iconic	✔			1,395
Inquisitive Universal Tree	✔	✔		495
Inquisitive's Cosmetics (helm, armor, cloak)	✔	✔		N/A
High Society Cosmetics (helm, armor, cloak)	✔			N/A
Inquisitive Bloodhound (Cosmetic pet)	✔	✔		N/A
Warforged Peacock (Cosmetic pet)	✔			N/A
Shield Guardian (Level 15)	✔	✔		N/A
Shield Guardian (Level 30)	✔			N/A
Dimensional Augment Bag‡	✔	✔		1,595
Forgewraith Glamered Weapon Aura	✔			N/A
Unlimited Tome of Universal Enhancement +1 (Sharn)	✔			3,495
Boarding Pass: Sharn†	✔			N/A
Sharn Supplies
	Ultimate Sharn Supplies‡	Improved Sharn Supplies‡	Sharn Supplies‡
	140 Astral Shards	50 Astral Shards	20 Astral Shards
	3 Major Guild Renown Elixirs	2 Major Guild Renown Elixirs	1 Major Guild Renown Elixirs
	3 Greater Treasure Hunter's Elixirs	2 Greater Treasure Hunter's Elixirs
	5 Mirrors of Glamering

† This content will be delivered at launch of Masterminds of Sharn (scheduled April 30th, 2019)
‡ Sharn supplies and Dimensional Augment Bag are delivered immediately on the character and server where you redeem your expansion coupon code. Supplies and Bag are bound to account. Limit one Dimensional Augment Bag per account. Limit one set of Sharn Supplies per account.
§ Tiefling was made free in Update 53

Timeline

• Presale began on 28 March 2019
• Original Release date planned for April 30 2019 push back
• Release date planned for 14 May 2019 DDO Forums ^{ARCHIVE ME!}

External links

• www.ddo.com/SHARN
• Announcement interview (Draculetta)
• Announcement interview (Axel)
• Artwork Time-Lapse
• Sharn FAQ