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Slave Pits of the Undercity

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Slave Pits of the Undercity is the 1st quest in The Slave Lords and the Codex Page story arcIcon tooltip.pngStory arcs  are chains of quests that make up a story line.
Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.
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Slave Pits of the Undercity • Secret of the Slavers' Stockade • Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords


The Gatekeepers have sent you to retrieve a Codex Page from Dame Gold. In return, she wants you to destroy the scourge of the Slave Lords.

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Slave Pits of the Undercity
Heroic level: 8
Epic level: 31
(considered Legendary)
Duration: long
Heroic XP:  ♣2,748Solo/Casual ♦4,860Normal ♥5,140Hard ♠5,420Elite
Epic XP:  ♣18,844Solo/Casual ♦32,204Normal ♥33,003Hard ♠33,800Elite
Takes place in: The Forsaken Temple
Bestowed by: Drevok the Gatekeeper
NPC contact: Drevok the Gatekeeper
Quest acquired in: The Gatekeepers' Grove
Patron: The Gatekeepers
Base favor: 5
Purchase: Against the Slave Lords or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
The Forsaken Temple Map.png
Loading screen

Overview

Use the portal in The Gatekeepers' Grove to travel to the Slave Pits of the Undercity and destroy the slavers there.

  • This dungeon is guest-narrated by Travis Willingham.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak with Dame Gold about the Codex Page
  • Seek Information on the Slave Lords
  • Find a way into the Temple
  • Find a way into the Lower Catacombs
  • Locate the Slave Lord's Chamber
  • Slay Sturm Blucholtz
  • (Optional) Slay Orc Chieftan — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 ) Epic( ♣1,884 ♦3,220 ♥3,300 ♠3,380 )
  • (Optional) Slay Orc Witchdoctor — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 ) Epic( ♣1,884 ♦3,220 ♥3,300 ♠3,380 )
  • (Optional) Rescue 10 slaves — Bonus (7%): Heroic( ♣192 ♦340 ♥360 ♠379 ) Epic( ♣1,319 ♦2,254 ♥2,310 ♠2,366 )
  • (Optional) Rescue a total of 20 slaves — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 ) Epic( ♣1,884 ♦3,220 ♥3,300 ♠3,380 )
  • (Optional) Rescue a total of 40 slaves — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣412 ♦729 ♥771 ♠813 ) Epic( ♣2,827 ♦4,831 ♥4,950 ♠5,070 )

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • A very high number of random traps. Don't be surprised to see 50+ traps.
  • Since most of the traps are random the numbers for bonuses also change.
  • Static traps:
    • Ice trap in the rightmost corridor near start.
    • Fire jets in the room with the tile puzzle.
    • Two lightning traps in the hallway after the puzzle room that inflict knockdown.
  • The rest are random, often clusters of pressure plates or bear traps.

Tips and Misc

The Forsaken Temple puzzle
  • When you first enter, speak with Dame Gold first – she'll talk for about 30 seconds while the party buffs up and waits for the door to proceed to become active.
  • This quest has many traps, many are randomly located. Therefore, having a Rogue, in the group with a high Spot and Search skill could be beneficial. Very high elemental resistance/absorption or evasion is otherwise recommended.
  • You can use many traps against your enemies. Draw and aggravate mobs with ranged weapons and kite them across trapped areas.
  • It is possible to sneak past some monster groups; however, this might prevent you from completing some optional objectives, see Discussion.
  • The large groups of slavers that you encounter in the upper Temple include enemies that can use: See Invisibility.
  • The lower catacombs area is filled with large groups of enemies in the tunnels and caves, including spiders, Troglodytes, rats and rust monsters.
  • There is an Umber Hulk ambush just past the shrine in the lower catacombs, where the chest and collectable are on the map. The chest won't appear until after you kill the Umber Hulks.
  • The puzzle room is trapped; the panel is on the north wall next to the door.
  • The blue lever activates the puzzle, allowing you to solve it. It will also activate flame jets on both walls that will shoot flame over the puzzle every 5 seconds or so. If you are patient, you can solve the puzzle while the flames are active. There is enough time during the pause between flame blasts to turn any tile and move off of the puzzle before the flames start again.
  • Solving the puzzle will reward you with a chest that contains crafting ingredients, and will unlock the orange lever.
  • The orange lever is locked to start, but can be unlocked using Knock or Open Lock. Using it will open the north door, disable the traps, and disable the puzzle if you have not already solved it. Using the blue lever will still activate the puzzle if you have used the orange lever and allow you to get access to the ingredient chest.
  • The lightning traps in the next corridor have a Trip/knockdown effect in addition to doing damage. A save roll of 23 against the knockdown failed on Heroic Hard difficulty. A save roll of 33 failed against the knockdown on Heroic Elite difficulty.
  • Picking up the shipping manifest, found near the end chest after defeating Sturm, concludes the quest.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣412 ♦729 ♥771 ♠813 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣687 ♦1,215 ♥1,285 ♠1,355 )
  • Tamper bonus: (varies) or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 )
  • Mischief bonus: 33 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣220 ♦389 ♥411 ♠434 )
  • Vandal bonus: 43 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣275 ♦486 ♥514 ♠542 )
  • Ransack bonus: 54 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣412 ♦729 ♥771 ♠813 )
Notes: Due to the sheer number of traps, some of which are entirely random, it's generally not considered worth trying for the bonus; just do enough to clear a path for your party (usually down the middle).

Loot

  • Chests: 3, plus 5 more with Slave Lords Crafting ingredients only. (The ingredients chests look like small decorative stone urns.)
  • 1 small with ingredients in the Troglodyte area
  • 1 small with ingredient for defeating umber hulks
  • 1+1 for defeating optional Orc Chieftain
  • 1+1 for defeating optional Orc Witchdoctor
  • 1 small with ingredient for solving fire puzzle
  • 1 end chest with loot and ingredient
  • Collectables: 7
    • Rubble in the first room to the east as you enter
    • Fungus in the eastern troglodyte cavern
    • Adventurer's pack to the east of the rotting garbage room, where the umber hulks appear
    • Fungus to the south of the rotting garbage room
    • Fungus in north-west, in room with half a dozen slaves
    • Rubble underwater in long water-filled room
    • Scroll rack in the final room
  • Slave Lords Crafting: Broken Shackles, Shattered Symbol of Slave Lords; Chains
  • NPC rewards: None (there's a reward for completing the quest chain)

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
  • Update 48.2
  • 3 years and 4 months
  • BugTime
Symbol of the Slave Lords
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Trinket  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
  • Update 48.4.3
  • 3 years and 27 days
  • BugTime
Executioner's Docent
Executioner's Docent.png
(edit)
Docent  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
  • Update 48.4.3
  • 3 years and 27 days
  • BugTime
Executioner's Platemail
Executioner's Platemail.png
(edit)
Full Plate  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
  • Update 48.4.3
  • 3 years and 18 days
  • BugTime
Chains
Chains.png
(edit)
Necklace  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, Small chest
  • Update 51.1
  • 2 years, 4 months, and 18 days
  • Stumpy
Spinneret
Spinneret.png
(edit)
Ring  8 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
  • Update 51.1
  • 2 years, 4 months, and 17 days
  • Stumpy
Legendary Executioner's Platemail
Legendary Executioner's Platemail.png
(edit)
Full Plate  28 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End Chest
  • Update 52.0.2
  • 2 years, 3 months, and 28 days
  • Ulfo
Legendary Executioner's Docent
Legendary Executioner's Docent.png
(edit)
Docent  28 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
  • Update 52.0.2
  • 2 years, 3 months, and 28 days
  • Ulfo
Legendary Symbol of the Slave Lords
Legendary Symbol of the Slave Lords.png
(edit)
Trinket  28 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
Legendary Chains
Legendary Chains.png
(edit)
Necklace  28 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, Small chest
Legendary Spinneret
Legendary Spinneret.png
(edit)
Ring  28 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Slave Pits of the Undercity, End chest
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Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Darkfang Stalker( view
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 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite Vermin Spider
Fallen Slave( view
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 ♦6Normal Undead Zombie
Giant Black Rat( view
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 ♦8Normal ♠14Elite Animal Rat
Grey Rat( view
Grey Rat.jpg
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 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite Animal Rat
Lesser Cave Bat( view
Lesser Cave Bat.png
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 ♦6Normal Animal Bat
Ogre Enforcer( view
Ogre Enforcer.png
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 ♦9Normal ♠14Elite Giant Ogre
Orc Chieftain( view
Orc Chieftan.png
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 ♦11Normal Orc Orc
Orc Ravager( view
Orc Ravager.png
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 ♦8Normal ♠13Elite Orc Orc
Orc Warchanter( view
Orc Warchanter.png
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 ♦9Normal Orc Orc
Orc Witchdoctor( view
Orc Witchdoctor.png
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 ♦11Normal Orc Orc
Packhunter Worg( view
Packhunter Worg.png
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite Magical Beast Wolf
Rust Monster Scavenger( view
Rust Monster Scavenger.png
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 ♦8Normal Aberration Rust Monster
Skeletal Sentry( view
Skeletal Sentry.png
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 ♦8Normal ♠15Elite Undead Skeleton
Slaver Ambusher( view
Slaver Ambusher.png
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 ♦8Normal Orc Orc
Slaver Cleric( view
Slaver Cleric.jpg
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 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard Humanoid Human
Slaver Cohort( view
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 ♦8Normal ♥8-10Hard ♠13Elite Humanoid Human
Slaver Cutthroat( view
Slaver Cutthroat.png
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 ♦8Normal Humanoid Human
Slaver Deadeye( view
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 ♦8Normal ♠13Elite Orc Half-Orc
Slaver Factotum( view
Slaver Factotum.jpg
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 ♦9Normal ♥11Hard Humanoid Human
Slaver Marksman( view
Slaver Marksman.jpg
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard Humanoid Human
Slaver Thug( view
Slaver Thug.png
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 ♦8Normal Orc Orc
Slaver Warchanter( view
Slaver Warchanter.png
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 ♦9Normal Orc Orc
Sturm Blucholtz( view
Sturm.png
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 ♦11Normal ♥14Hard Humanoid Human
Troglodyte Evoker( view
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 ♦9Normal Reptilian Troglodyte
Troglodyte Exterminator( view
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 ♦8Normal Reptilian Troglodyte
Umber Hulk Stalker( view
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 ♦10Normal ♥12Hard ♠15Elite Aberration Umber Hulk
Virulent Grey Ooze( view
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 ♦8Normal ♠13Elite Ooze Gray Ooze
Voracious Ghast( view
Voracious Ghast.png
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 ♦8Normal ♥10Hard ♠13Elite Undead Ghast
Wight Necromancer( view
Wight Necromancer.png
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 ♦8Normal ♥11Hard Undead Wight