Blackburrow Raid: Stop the Ascension  

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Where:
Who:
Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:85
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
  • Spell
Success Lockout Timer: 108:00:00
Related Zones:
Related Creatures:
Related Quests:
Era:Seeds of Destruction
Recommended:
Group Size:Raid
Min. # of Players:6
Max. # of Players:54
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Fri Nov 7 16:32:12 2008
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
This raid task begins with Lord Antonius Bayle, at the very top of the fort in Oceangreen Hills. In order to request it, you must have completed Captain Hiran's three tasks. Otherwise, Antonius Bayle will turn you away.

Without pre-requisites:

You say, 'Hail, Lord Antonius Bayle'

Lord Antonius Bayle says 'Greeting adventurers. I do not mean to be brusque, but I am busy. Perhaps another in this keep will have more time for you, or even a task you may complete to help our cause.'

With pre-requisites:

You say, 'Hail, Lord Antonius Bayle'

Lord Antonius Bayle tells you, 'Greetings, _____. I have heard much of your accomplishments in the furthering of our cause. If you are [interested], I have one more task the you and a large amount of your friends might accomplish for us.'

You say, 'I'm interested'

Lord Antonius Bayle says 'Good. I see that your reputation is deserved. It seems like the Wrext Mal gnolls in blackburrow are up to something. I spoke with a dying spy who gave me some disturbing information. It seems like these gnolls are attempting a ritual that will make them some sort of unstoppable force. Our spies have not been able to successfully obtain more details, and the loss of life has caused me to hold further efforts. From what I have gleaned they have found a way to prevent death from normal physical damage. This must be stopped, but I cannot marshal a force to stop them. Will you put a [stop] to their efforts?'

You say, 'We'll stop them!'

Lord Antonius Bayle says 'Thank you. You will not be forgotten. See if you can also find the cause of this. I do not believe the gnolls intelligent enough to do this on their own.'

You have been assigned the task 'Stop the Ascension'.

Infiltrate Blackburrow with a large contingent of your friends and prevent the gnolls from completing their ritual. Additionally, before you leave Blackburrow find out if the gnolls had assistance. Lord Antonius Bayle does not believe them capable of this by themselves. Once you have completed this task, report your findings to Lord Antonius Bayle.

Zone into Blackburrow using its regular zone-in. Shortly after doing so, the regular gnolls in the zone will flee, clearing the way for you.



Stop the ritual 0/1 (Blackburrow)

A Wrext Mal martyr is found a little ways into the zone (open the door from the topside, work your way down to the first bridge, and there he is).

A loud barking voice echoes throughout the caverns.
a Wrext Mal martyr shouts, in Gnoll, 'You shall not stop us. I, the designated martyr, will stop you from interfering!'

Once aggro'd, you have five minutes to kill it to initiate the event. If this timer runs out, the event starts. Once the martyr is dead (or the timer runs out), another time starts - this one, 20 minutes. You have 20 minutes to "stop the ritual" before the task fails.

a Wrext Mal martyr has been slain by _____!
a Wrext Mal martyr's corpse collapses.
Your faction standing with Blackburrow Gnolls got worse.
Your faction standing with Darkpaw Gnolls got better.
Your faction standing with Cirtan, Bayle's Herald got better.

A loud barking voice echoes throughout the caverns.
Start the ritual, the invaders will never be able to stop us!

Eight renewal totems spawn around the area at the base of the waterfall, each of which surrounded by three Wrext Mal gnolls (1 mundunugu + 2 other random types).

The eight Totem locations for map file:

P -24.1117, 459.6121, -59.3958, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_1
P -373.1230, 263.1793, -187.2362, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_2
P 147.5292, 209.6015, -217.9883, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_3
P -346.9948, 125.7934, -157.3656, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_4
P -620.3417, 26.8387, -72.1085, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_5
P -589.4578, -39.6214, -146.3871, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_6
P -405.1627, -72.2838, -174.4497, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_7
P -205.19, -148.72, -216.25, 0, 0, 0, 3, TOTEM_8

For each totem:
- No more than 7 or 8 people and/or pets can be within range of the totem.
- The gnolls are tethered to their totems. If you leash them, they'll reset their health and spawn adds.
- The bloodreaver and shaman can be killed whenever or however you'd like.
- Keep the mundunugu alive (for now).


Once all eight totem groups are ready, they need to kill their "a Wrext Mal mundunugu" mobs. All eight must die within about a minute of each other.

If too many people are at a particular totem, adds spawn:

a Wrext Mal bloodreaver shouts, 'There are too many invaders, activate reinforcements!'

If you move away from your totem once you're on aggro:

a Wrext Mal shaman shouts, 'The invaders are running! Get them before they escape!'

If your 20 minute timer runs out:

A loud barking voice echoes throughout the caverns.
You have failed to stop .. ... ... .. ... ..........! You will not .. .. .. .... .. ....!
(The blanks here are what?)

Your shared task, 'Stop the Ascension', has ended.

The "stop the ritual" step updates once these eight mobs are killed within a short period. There are no timers for the rest of the raid.

a Wrext Mal mundunugu has been slain by _____!
a Wrext Mal mundunugu's corpse collapses.

A roar echoes throughout the caverns, coming from the eastern tunnels.

Your task 'Stop the Ascension' has been updated.



Explore the noise from the eastern tunnels 0/1 (Blackburrow)

From the bottom area of the waterfall, head east to a previously locked door. This step updates shortly after walking into the tunnel. (same location as "Beat the Blackburrow Boss" end mob)



Kill 1 Rottrued the Twisted 0/1 (Blackburrow)

Rottrued the Twisted roars deafeningly as it lumbers forward.

Rottrued the Twisted hits for a max ~13,000; summons from 100%; single-target rampages; AE rampages (full damage); enrages; and casts three spells: Chaotic Feedback, Chaotic Recovery, and Explosion.

Chaotic Feedback: Single Target, Chromatic (-650)
1: Decrease Hitpoints by 2000 to 15000 (random)

Chaotic Recovery: Self 0', Chromatic (-650)
1: Increase Hitpoints by 10000 to 100000 (random)

Explosion: PB AE 150', Fire (-350)
1: Decrease Hitpoints by 12500
2: Stun(1.00 sec)

He emotes throughout the fight. One of them signifies that he's magic-immune. One of them makes him DT the first person that lands a spell on him (whether a cast or proc) after the emote.

After a certain amount of time passes, he begins to increase in strength. These increases may be either gradual or in increments. (Reported hits range from 16,000 to 60,000+). Some time after being engaged for 13 minutes, he'll start hitting for 60k.

Rottrued the Twisted has been slain by _____!
Rottrued the Twisted's corpse collapses.

Your faction standing with Blackburrow Gnolls got worse.
Your faction standing with Darkpaw Gnolls got better.
Your faction standing with Cirtan, Bayle's Herald got better.

Your task 'Stop the Ascension' has been updated.



See if you can find what is influencing the gnolls 0/1 (Blackburrow)

Head further into the hidden area of Blackburrow until you come across a noc called "a hidden agent". It'll attack for a few moments before you see:

a hidden agent says 'Curse you, Norrathians. You will not stop us. We will succeed at another juncture. You are beneath my notice so I will not face you.'

Your task 'Stop the Ascension' has been updated.

A chest with loot spawns as this step updates.



Report your findings to Lord Antonius Bayle 0/1 (Oceangreen Hills)

Lord Antonius Bayle is pleased with your success.



Loot (Normal: 54-player version)

Chest loot consists of 2 Humming Fleshwrought Runes + 3 other items:

Moonstone Compass
Rottrued Containment Ring
Rottrued Training Spur
Rottrued's Backup Sticker
Rottrued's Ear
Rottrued's Enforcer
Rottrued's Maul
Rottrued's Spaulders
Wrext Mal Cape
Wrext Mal Citizen's Insignia
Wrext Mal Martyr's Ring
Wrext Mal Mesmerist's Focus
Wrext Mal Mundunugu Coif
Wrext Mal Mundunugu Rank Insignia
Wrext Mal Mundunugu Signet Ring



Loot (Hard: 36-player version)

In the hard version, the chest contains 2 Humming Fleshwrought Runes + 1 armor piece (first list) + 1 other item (second list):

Distorted Primeval Incandessence
Distorted Primeval Luminessence
Fractured Primeval Incandessence
Fractured Primeval Luminessence
Phased Primeval Incandessence
Phased Primeval Luminessence
Warped Primeval Incandessence
Warped Primeval Luminessence (See this armor guide for essence use)

Fell Dragon Scale Shield
Ganak's Scaled Belt
Iksar Commander's Belt
Rathiss' Mudunugu Shield
Rathiss' Sarnak Scale Cloak
Swiftstrike Epaulettes
Thersith's Dragon Scale Cloak
Tower Champion's Shield



Unlocked Items (Zebuxoruk)

Defeating this raid also unlocks the following items for purchase from Zebuxoruk in The Void:

Minor Dyadic Quartz
Spell: Bonestitch Effigy Rk. III
Spell: Mindfreeze Rk. III
Spell: Promised Rejuvenation Rk. III
Spell: Twelfth Night Rk. III



Completing this raid along with the "Queen Malarian" raid in Temple of Bertoxxulous grants you access to the next Void zone, but does NOT count towards actual group progression in Seeds of Destruction.
Rewards:
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first effort
# Nov 09 2008 at 12:13 PM Rating: Good
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Tryed tonight
when u hit totem = mobs pop
when u kill mobs more pop
wiped after 10 mins :)

Looked like u get at least 3 pops every 3 mins

Edited, Nov 9th 2008 3:58pm by Laeoin
tried killing all mobs at one totam 20 mins later we lost :)

Edited, Nov 9th 2008 4:05pm by Laeoin
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