An Explosive Situation

Criminal cartels are rampant in the seedy district of the Harbor. Their members prowl the gambling halls for easy marks... and citizens like Philver Sharpwood often get in over their heads.

An Explosive Situation
Heroic level:	4
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Short
Heroic XP:	♣444Solo/Casual ♦793Normal ♥846Hard ♠900Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Sharpwood's Warehouse
Bestowed by:	Philver Sharpwood
NPC contact:	Philver Sharpwood
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Coin Lords
Base favor:	2
Purchase:	Free to Play
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Philver's gambling debt made him a tempting target for the Bilge Rats. He's not a rich man, but he owns a warehouse in the Harbor. Philver's fear is that the Bilge Rats are on their way to his warehouse to wreak havoc and steal his wares. Go there to investigate and if necessary, drive out the hoodlums.

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Objectives

Slay 20 Bilge Rat Thieves
Deal with the Bilge Rat Leader

Known Traps

Trap DCs

Type	Description
Acid	Two Acid jets guard a locked chest behind a secret door. They activate upon opening the chest

Tips and Misc

This quest was originally a level 3 Solo-only quest, before receiving an overhaul in Update 66. Characters that completed the quest at least once on their current life prior to U66 will count as having completed the quest on Casual difficulty (this also slightly reduces the amount of favor they have from the quest, from 2 to 1.)
Watch out for explosive barrels – they are marked with a red "X" and will explode, doing damage to you if you are near them. They count towards the breakables bonus.
All of the thieves are positioned next to explosive barrels. You can injure or kill them by shooting the barrels from a distance. If you melee, be careful of striking the barrels.
In Philver's dialog he states that his biggest client is House Kundarak and that they are using explosives. This is probably a reference to the Ruins of Threnal quest In Need of Supplies.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 7 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣44 ♦79 ♥85 ♠90 )
Onslaught bonus: 14 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣67 ♦119 ♥127 ♠135 )
Conquest bonus: 21 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣111 ♦198 ♥212 ♠225 )
Mischief bonus: 67-76 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣36 ♦63 ♥68 ♠72 )
Vandal bonus: 87 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣44 ♦79 ♥85 ♠90 )
Ransack bonus: 107 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣67 ♦119 ♥127 ♠135 )

Notes: As the Bilge Rat Gifted counts for the objective to slay 20 Bilge Rat Thieves, it is important to kill 20 Pledges before fighting him to get full Conquest xp - otherwise the objective locks at Onslaught when you kill him. (It is impossible to get Aggression or Discreet for this quest, since there are 20 required kills.)

Loot

Chests: 2
- 1 locked and trapped chest behind a secret door
- 1 end chest
Collectables: Two
- Rubble at the end of the short L-bend
- Rubble in the master thief's room, along the west wall
NPC rewards: Random Item

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Bilge Rat Gifted ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite	Monstrous Humanoid	Wererat
Bilge Rat Pledge ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Humanoid	Human