The Archons' Trial

The Archons' Trial is the 1st quest in the War of the Archons story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
These quests can be completed in any order.
The Archons' Trial • Demon Assault • The Devil's Details

The Archons of Shavarath would make formidable allies for the Gatekeepers. Yet the Celestials will only give their aid to those who prove themselves worthy.

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: Trials of the Archons

The Archons' Trial
Heroic level:	13
Epic level:	30 (considered Legendary)
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣2,999Solo/Casual ♦5,233Normal ♥5,466Hard ♠5,700Elite
Epic XP:	♣15,332Solo/Casual ♦26,220Normal ♥26,884Hard ♠27,550Elite
Takes place in:	Citadel of the Dawn
Bestowed by:	Jalena
NPC contact:	Jalena
Quest acquired in:	Amrath
Patron:	The Gatekeepers
Base favor:	6
Purchase:	Trials of the Archons or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

Overview

The Archons wish to test whether you have what it takes to make a worthy ally. Travel to the Citadel of the Dawn and undergo the Archons' trials.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Pass all of the Archon's Trials
Speak with A'taris the Herald
Clear the Demons from the Courtyard
Enter the Main Gate
Speak with A'enar the Deva
Pass the Trial of Agility
Speak with Lir'anel the Deva
Pass the Trial of Endurance
Find the Lever that controls the Barrier
Speak with Ti'Ana the Deva
Pass the Trial of Intelligence
Speak with Rhi'enne the Planetar
Pass the Trial of Strength

Known Traps

Heroic: Trap DCs; Epic: Trap DCs

Trial of Agility – Mechanic's path
- 3 Locked Doors
- Spike Trap, first door
- Blade trap, on Stairs
- Electrical Trap, corridor after stairs
- Electrical Trap, corridor before locked door
Trial of Agility – Alternative route to Mechanic's Path
- Electrical floor
Trial of Intelligence
- Electrical floor

Tips and Misc

The Trial of Agility involves a long jumping puzzle. On the ground floor of the room is a "bypass teleporter" for party members who can't complete the puzzle. The teleporter is apparently made accessible when the first party member succeeds.
The Mechanic's Path additionally contains several waves of monsters, while the Trial of Agility path does not.
After the Third Puzzle in the Test of Intelligence (see right), there is what looks like a 4th, an absurdly easy 1-piece puzzle – but it's not. If you "solve" it, two things happen – the floor becomes electrified, and simultaneously you have one more fight. Instead, or if you solve this trap-puzzle (and are told "You chose poorly..."), there is a tiny button on the left side of the exit gateway to the Test of Strength.
The lantern archons will spam searing lights, and the trumpet archons love using blade barrier and flamestrike.
Evil weapons will help the end fight, which is against good Archons. On Heroic Elite and Legendary difficulties, Rhi'enne the Planetar has extremely high DR/Evil ( ♠177Elite).
The Jariliths and Reavers on Heroic Elite have DRs upwards to 45 for their respective weapons – be sure to bring weapons to bypass their DR.
Bug: If you die and release at any point in the quest, it will automatically reset (no 5 minute timer).
Bug: During the Trial of Endurance, a Shavarath Hezrou has the potential to spawn or get stuck inside a wall, with no way to deal damage to it, softlocking you in the dungeon, as you need to eliminate every enemy in order to despawn the portals to advance. May be completable if that happens, after the lever has been pulled.needs verification

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣300 ♦523 ♥547 ♠570 )
Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣450 ♦785 ♥820 ♠855 )
Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣750 ♦1,308 ♥1,367 ♠1,425 )
Tamper bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣300 ♦523 ♥547 ♠570 )
Neutralization bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣600 ♦1,047 ♥1,093 ♠1,140 )
Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 5 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣900 ♦1,570 ♥1,640 ♠1,710 )
Mischief bonus: 29 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣240 ♦419 ♥437 ♠456 )
Vandal bonus: 36 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣300 ♦523 ♥547 ♠570 )

Notes: minor bug: Breakable limits may not trigger at all and ransack is inconsistent; should be 42 or 43, but never saw that

External Links

Boss Fight in Trials of the Archons ^{ARCHIVE ME!}

Loot

Chests: 3
- One in the Mechanic's path (behind at least one locked door; may also be locked itself); on a platform above the room with the first shrine, so may be possible to get there without a rogue.
- One after the Trial of Endurance, on the upper platform after the locked portcullis.
- One at the end, with named loot.
Collectables: 4
- Reagents Cabinet — on the Mechanic's Path
- Rubble — in the tar in the Trial of Agility
- Rubble — at the top of the stairs in the Trial of Endurance
- Cabinet — near the shrine after the Trial of Endurance

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 15 days Kobold sneak	Arm of the Archons ^(edit)	Rune Arm	Force Shot Impulse +72Impulse +72: Passive: +72 Equipment bonus to Force, Untyped, Slashing, Piercing, and Bludgeoning Spell Power. Sheltering +3 Sheltering +3: +3 Enhancement bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Ratings 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.	13	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Halcyonia ^(edit)	Helm	Wisdom +6 Wisdom +6: This item makes the wearer more in tune with her surroundings, granting a +6 Enhancement bonus to Wisdom. Devotion +66Devotion +66: Passive: +66 Equipment bonus to Positive (Healing) Spell Power. Magical Efficiency 5%Magical Efficiency 5%: You take a 5% Enhancement discount to the Spell Point cost of your spells. Healing Lore IVHealing Lore IV: Passive: Your Positive Energy spells gain a 14% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Heal +11Heal +11: Passive: +11 Competence bonus to the Heal skill. Yellow Augment SlotThis augment slot can be used to equip this item with the following types of augment: 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.	13	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Light Unending ^(edit)	Quarterstaff	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Solar IIISolar III: On Hit: 3 to 12 Light Damage. Vertigo +8 Vertigo +8: This effect gives a +8 Enhancement bonus to the DC to resist the character's Trip and Improved Trip attempts. MetallineMetalline: Metalline bypasses any metal based damage reduction. (Adamantine, "Alchemical, Silver", Byeshk, Cold Iron, Mithral) Banishing Banishing: On Hit: 4 to 24 Bane damage to Outsiders. On Vorpal Hit: If an outsider struck by this weapon has fewer than 1000 Hit Points, it is instantly slain. If the outsider has above 1000 Hit Points, it takes 100 damage. 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.	13	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 14 days Kobold sneak	Token of the Proven ^(edit)	Trinket	Feather FallFeather Fall Caster level: 1 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) Invisibility GuardInvisibility Guard: This item has a chance of granting you temporary invisibility when you are hit by foes. The invisibility will not be removed when you attack or take damage, but it will wear off after 10 seconds. Fortification +100%Fortification +100%: +100% Enhancement bonus to reduced chance of taking critical damage on a critical hit. DuskDusk: Equipping this item engulfs you in twilight shadows. Attacks from enemies have a 10% chance to miss you due to concealment. 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.	13	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 77.2 2 months and 12 days PurpleSerpent	Scraps of Enlightenment ^(edit)	Handwrap	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Holy IIIHoly III: On Hit: 3 to 12 Good damage. Good-aligned creatures are immune to this effect. Penalty: If equipped by a Evil user, they receive 1 Negative Level for as long as this item is equipped. Solar IIISolar III: On Hit: 3 to 12 Light Damage. ImpactImpact: Passive: The base critical threat range of this weapon is doubled. This does not stack with Improved Critical feat. Vorpal Strikes by this weapon also bypass all Fortification. Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one half die. 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.	13	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Epic Arm of the Archons ^(edit)	Rune Arm	Force Shot Impulse +150Impulse +150: Passive: +150 Equipment bonus to Force, Untyped, Slashing, Piercing, and Bludgeoning Spell Power. Sheltering +30 Sheltering +30: +30 Enhancement bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Ratings Immunity to FearImmunity to Fear: The wearer of this item is immune to all fear effects. Quality Magical Sheltering +2Quality Magical Sheltering +2: +2 Quality bonus to Magical Resistance Rating 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.	28	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Epic Halcyonia ^(edit)	Helm	Devotion +150Devotion +150: Passive: +150 Equipment bonus to Positive (Healing) Spell Power. Magical Efficiency 10%Magical Efficiency 10%: You take a 10% Enhancement discount to the Spell Point cost of your spells. Healing Lore XHealing Lore X: Passive: Your Positive Energy spells gain a 20% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Insightful Heal +2Insightful Heal +2: Passive: +2 Insightful bonus to the Heal skill. Quality Wisdom +2Quality Wisdom +2: This item makes the wearer more in tune with her surroundings, granting a +2 Quality bonus to Wisdom. 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.	28	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, end chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Epic Light Unending ^(edit)	Quarterstaff	+12 Enhancement Bonus+12 Enhancement Bonus: +12 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Solar VISolar VI: On Hit: 6 to 24 Light Damage. Vertigo +15 Vertigo +15: This effect gives a +15 Enhancement bonus to the DC to resist the character's Trip and Improved Trip attempts. MetallineMetalline: Metalline bypasses any metal based damage reduction. (Adamantine, "Alchemical, Silver", Byeshk, Cold Iron, Mithral) Improved Banishing Improved Banishing: On Hit: 4 to 24 Bane damage to Outsiders. On Vorpal Hit: If an outsider struck by this weapon has fewer than 1500 Hit Points, it is instantly slain. If the outsider has above 1500 Hit Points, it takes 150 damage. Holy VIHoly VI: On Hit: 6 to 24 Good damage. Good-aligned creatures are immune to this effect. Penalty: If equipped by a Evil user, they receive 1 Negative Level for as long as this item is equipped. Flametouched IronFlametouched Iron: Flametouched Iron grants +1 saves versus Evil Outsiders. Purple 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. Purple Augments: All Purple augments are named augments. 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.	28	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest
Update 73.1 11 months and 15 days Kobold sneak	Epic Token of the Proven ^(edit)	Trinket	Feather FallFeather Fall Caster level: 1 Charges: 3 (3/day) — 3 Charges (Recharged/Day:3) Invisibility GuardInvisibility Guard: This item has a chance of granting you temporary invisibility when you are hit by foes. The invisibility will not be removed when you attack or take damage, but it will wear off after 10 seconds. Fortification +150%Fortification +150%: +150% Enhancement bonus to reduced chance of taking critical damage on a critical hit. Lesser DisplacementLesser Displacement: Equipping this item causes light to distort around you. Attacks from enemies have a 25% chance to miss you due to concealment. Insightful Fortitude Save +2Insightful Fortitude Save +2: This item gives a +2 Insight bonus to your Fortitude saves. 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.	28	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, end chest
Update 77.2 2 months and 12 days PurpleSerpent	Epic Scraps of Enlightenment ^(edit)	Handwrap	+12 Enhancement Bonus+12 Enhancement Bonus: +12 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Holy VIHoly VI: On Hit: 6 to 24 Good damage. Good-aligned creatures are immune to this effect. Penalty: If equipped by a Evil user, they receive 1 Negative Level for as long as this item is equipped. Solar VISolar VI: On Hit: 6 to 24 Light Damage. ImpactImpact: Passive: The base critical threat range of this weapon is doubled. This does not stack with Improved Critical feat. Vorpal Strikes by this weapon also bypass all Fortification. Greater Reinforced FistsReinforced Fists: This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one die. Purple 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. Purple Augments: All Purple augments are named augments. 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.	28	Bound to Account on Acquire	The Archons' Trial, End chest

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Based on The Archons' Trial loot ^{( t • e • h )}

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Astral Deva ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard ●♠39Epic Elite	Good Outsider	Angel
Fiendish Troglodyte Guard ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte
Fiendish Troll Crusher ^{( view • edit )}	♦17Normal ♥19Hard ♠21Elite ●♦33Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard ●♠41Epic Elite	Giant	Troll
Infernal Bat ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Animal	Bat
Jarilith ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥13Hard ♠13Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Lantern Archon (Shavarath) ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Good Outsider	Angel
Rhi'enne the Planetar ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦33Epic Normal ●♥37Epic Hard ●♠41Epic Elite	Good Outsider	Angel
Shavarath Bebilith ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite ●♦33Epic Normal ●♥37Epic Hard ●♠41Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Dretch ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Fire Reaver ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Fleshrender ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Hellhound ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Hellhound
Shavarath Hezrou ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard ●♠39Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Ice Flenser ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Shavarath Jarilith ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Tiefling Adept ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Native Outsider	Tiefling
Tiefling Marksman ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard ●♠38Epic Elite	Native Outsider	Tiefling
Trumpet Archon ^{( view • edit )}	♦14Normal ♥16Hard ♠19Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard ●♠39Epic Elite	Good Outsider	Angel

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