Dredging the Depths

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Dredging the Depths
Campaign Eye of the North
Region Depths of Tyria
Type Secondary Repeatable quest   
Given by Molenin
in Umbral Grotto


Contents

[edit] Quest information

[edit] Objectives

[edit] Reward

[edit] Walkthrough

Best starting point to enter Vloxen Excavations for this quest is from Vlox's Falls, then head east into the dungeon where you will find groups of Stone Summit and Dredge Slaves. You will soon find the boss Taskmaster Durgon; defeating him will release the first Slaves and drop the Boss Key to the second level.

On the second level, you must seek out and defeat Taskmaster Kurg and Taskmaster Bellok. Once this is done, a dredge slave will show the way to some dwarven powder kegs to blast through a cracked wall and gain access to the entrance of the dungeon's third level. There is a lever in the southwest of the southeastern chamber which disables the poison traps, however it is out of the way.

On the third level you will need to find Sotanaht the Tomb Guardian, who holds the key to access the dominion of Zoldark the Unholy. The third level also contains 2 levers which disable all the poison traps there: one in the northwest of the northwestern room, and one in the southeast of the northeastern room.

To kill Zoldark the Unholy, kill his minions until he quits resurrecting them. He loses health every time he resurrects one, and he will be easy to kill once he is unable to resurrect his minions.

[edit] Dialogue

[edit] Initial dialogue

Molenin

"I recently escaped from the most terrible of places. We were moved there after the adventurers destroyed the Iron Forgeman in Sorrow's Furnace. Near here lies an excavation led by an evil necromancer named Bellok. The earthquakes tore open an ancient crypt where Bellok hoped to harness the power of an ancient lich. His taskmasters work my brothers 'til they are no more. Please, help us poor Dredge reunite the moletariate and rise again in unstoppable numbers! You must free my people!"
Accept: Hi-ho, hi-ho. It's off to revolt I go!
Decline: This seems vaguely familiar, and less vaguely painful. I'll pass.
When asked about quest: "Have you freed my people yet?"

[edit] Intermediate dialogue

Character Name: "Drakes, why did it have to be Drakes?"
Character Name: "Fight back, Dredge! We are here to release you from Dwarven bondage!"

Dredge Slave

"Wait! You must listen! We were not forced to dig for gold or gems. These Dwarves want something far more valuable than mere ore, and they will continue to mine despite your small victory. They are obsessed with...or, perhaps possessed by...a malignant force that lies beneath. It promises power but only delivers pain and suffering."
"Please, if you are willing, obtain Taskmaster Kurg's key and open the powder room to the northeast. Inside you'll find powder kegs you can use to access Zoldark's tomb. We've dug deep enough that a powder keg should be able to blast through the weakened walls. You must defeat the evil below or we shall be enslaved forever."
Zoldark the Unholy: "Excellent. You're just in time to feed my children...."

[edit] Reward dialogue

Molenin

"Thank you! You have struck a great blow for the moletariate, hero! Perhaps I'll include you in my next manifesto."

[edit] Notes

  • Be forewarned, on the third level the ancient undead respawn every two minutes. So kill and move.
Anomaly Anomaly.
If your party dies near the 4th Master Gear location, you will respawn at the Shrine near the entrance to this level!

[edit] Trivia

  • The decline dialog for this quest clearly references the events of Sorrow's Furnace, another Stone Summit mining operation, in the Prophecies campaign.
  • The necromancer named "Bellok", of whom Molenin speaks in the quest dialogue, is a reference to the character Dr. Rene Belloq from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • The accept dialogue is probably a play on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs song "Heigh-Ho".
  • Intermediate character dialogue is also an Indiana Jones quote from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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