The Xorian Cipher

Quest Giver: Gatekeeper Chulkash above the Garden of Respite
Level: 8 Party
Patron: House Jorasco (7/14/21)
Length: long
Entry Point: The Altar at the end of The Path to Madness (You must kill the 2 Scorrows before you can enter.)
Prereqs: The Path to Madness
Recommended Party: standard, there are 24 int, 20 wis and 24 cha runes optional, in this quest. A rogue is probably necessary for the traps on hard and especially on elite.
Base Experience: 4,520
Quest Info:
--Creatures: skeletons, tharaak hounds, drow, scorrow, scorpion, named icebone skeletons
--Traps: Xoriat Balls or 'Rhoombas' (Purple Orbs), spikes, force, blades

WALKTHROUGH:

A common loot run, adventurers will run this quest multiple times to try to get the coveted Planar Gird, Chaosguardes and Reaver Rings. The runes are not necessary, but they do make life easier by blocking out the Xoriat balls. Deathward is very helpful to block some of the worst effects of the rhoombas, and protection from cold and resistance to cold can help mitigate if you get hit with a polar ray from a ball.

The runes are Charisma, Intelligence and Wisdom. The DC's vary throughout the quest from 19-23, but a score of 23 will get any of the respective runes.



The treasure room is behind the secret door in the library, the keys to two of the rooms, iron and gold, are in the side wings of the halls that have the 2 pressure plates at the end near a black temporary barrier.

It takes four people to activate the four pressure plates , two in each hall, to open the force barriers. The group below has to activate a lever for the group up top and then stay alive from all the skeletons, etc. The group on the left has to complete the floor puzzle that is up a ramp to open the gates to the further hallways below, and to the shrine. Both runes must be lit on the puzzle. There is an Intelligence rune on this side. The wisdom rune will turn off the orbs in the room below, but is behind the barrier to the north.

Once the puzzle is down, it will spawn the three orange names. They are frostbone skeletons (used to be spectres). After they are defeated there is a shrine to the north if you need it, then head east.



The hallway is full of traps, use caution. Once past the skeleton archers and the traps there is a door to the left, hug the left wall and everyone move together, the floor will break out. If everyone stays to the left side of the room and moves together, then all will be able to get the chest on the opposite wall.

After getting your loot, drop to the bottom, defeat the scorpion, and retrieve the green key. Now is a good time to go back to the treasure room and open all three little rooms. All the chests are trapped, two of them have two trap boxes. The Gird and Chaosgardes can drop in the green chest.

(At this point, many groups will simply recall out and wash/rinse/repeat. It is not necessary to complete the quest if you are just loot running.)



If you are completing the quest:

Now head back out towards where you got the green key, head down the hall that you haven't been through yet. Follow that area to the end. Behind the closed door is the final fight, be sure you are buffed and ready, include fire and acid in your preparations. The final room includes several Thraak Hounds, Drow Elven priests, Scorrows as well as undead that will jump you from behind. The Hound of Madness is also in there, a red named Thraak Hound with a mean regeneration rate. When the hound dies, it stops the xoriat balls in the end room.

Interesting way to solo quest:



End Reward: standard loot choice.

**Thanks to The Lost Quests Guides

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