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The Devils to Pay

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Calliope has asked you to help her reverse an ill-advised deal with Devils: a student loan in exchange for her soul. You head to the office where the Devils have set up a loan office.

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The Devils to Pay
Heroic level: 18
Epic level: 34
(considered Legendary)
Duration: short
Heroic XP:  ♣1,682Solo/Casual ♦2,908Normal ♥3,012Hard ♠3,116Elite
Epic XP:  ♣7,640Solo/Casual ♦13,030Normal ♥13,326Hard ♠13,623Elite
Takes place in: Perpetual Bond Student Loan Office
Bestowed by: Calliope Feldren
NPC contact: Calliope Feldren
Quest acquired in: Morgrave University - Upper Commons
Patron: Morgrave University
Base favor: 5
Purchase: Vecna Unleashed
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

You agreed to help a student reverse an ill-advised deal with Devils. Go to the Perpetual Bond Student Loan Office to begin your search for the contract.

Quest bestower and entrance are located in the lower part of Upper Commons called 'Nymph's Court'.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak to Calliope
  • Find Calliope's Soul Contract
  • Speak to the Load Broker to see why she's stopped the tour
  • Find a way out of the loan office
  • Speak to the Loan Broker to confront her
  • Return to Calliope with the Contract
  • (Optional) Take the devils' magic quill — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣168 ♦291 ♥301 ♠312 ) Epic( ♣764 ♦1,303 ♥1,333 ♠1,362 )
  • (Optional) Defeat the senior clerk guarding the quill — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣168 ♦291 ♥301 ♠312 ) Epic( ♣764 ♦1,303 ♥1,333 ♠1,362 )

Known Traps

Fire jets in all halls, 4 Control Panels to disable them

  • Bug: One of the Control Panels is blocked by a shelf
  • When choosing the front door approach, several levers appear in the first hall.

Tips and Misc

  • Welcome to The Devils to Pay! This is a completely serious quest, and in no way a jab at the American higher education system.
  • Calliope has sold her soul – literally – to afford Morgrave's tuition fees, which is apparently perfectly legal under Brelish business laws. You're breaking into the loan office to retrieve her soul contract.
  • You can either choose to go in through the front door pretending to be an auditor (no Bluff check required), or sneak in round the back. This has little effect on quest progress past the first room.
    • The front door route is longer, but probably a little easier – you follow fiendish loan broker Matarkeia through the offices until she gets a Sending from a potential "benefactor" and returns to her office. This route allows you to deactivate the fire traps in the upper corridor with levers.
    • The back door route takes you straight to the lower office, where you are jumped by Bearded Devils.
  • This puzzle unlocks the lever to the left
    Regardless of which route you took, you now need to solve the tile puzzle on the wall to open the door to the archives downstairs. At this point, if you came in through the front door, the Bearded Devils attack, but in smaller waves.
    • The tile puzzle is hard to reach – you may need to jump on a nearby shelf to do the top row.
  • Head into the archives and kill Rilvos for his ledger, then find Calliope's contract and grab it.
    • Grabbing the contract activates a secret door on the same wall as the puzzle – behind this is the Orthon Tyrtaeos and the devils' magical quill.
  • Finally, head to the upper office and fight Materkeia. She will periodically become invincible and set a couple of the nearby Bearded Devils on you.
  • You can now return the soul contract to Calliope. Thanks to an uncharacteristically sloppy bit of wording on Materkeia's part, she now owns her own soul again!

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 23 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣168 ♦291 ♥301 ♠312 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 45 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦436 ♥452 ♠467 )
  • Tamper bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣168 ♦291 ♥301 ♠312 )
  • Neutralization bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣336 ♦582 ♥602 ♠623 )
  • Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣505 ♦872 ♥904 ♠935 )
  • Mischief bonus: 28 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣135 ♦233 ♥241 ♠249 )
  • Vandal bonus: 37 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣168 ♦291 ♥301 ♠312 )
  • Ransack bonus: 45 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣252 ♦436 ♥452 ♠467 )
Notes: Because of the blocked Control Panel ingenious bonus is not achievable

Loot

  • Chests: 2
    • One for killing the guard and taking the quill
    • One end chest
  • Collectables:
  • NPC rewards: standard

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
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University Mage's Hat
University Mage's Hat.png
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Helmet  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
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Study Spectacles
Study Spectacles.png
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Goggles  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
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University Researcher's Cloak
University Researcher's Cloak.png
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Cloak  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
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University Bulwark's Robe
University Bulwark's Robe.png
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Clothing  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
Azure Targe
Azure Targe.png
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Small shield  18 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
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Legendary Study Spectacles
Legendary Study Spectacles.png
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Goggles  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
  • Update 61.0.1
  • 8 months and 8 days
  • BugTime
Legendary University Researcher's Cloak
Legendary University Researcher's Cloak.png
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Cloak  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
  • Update 61.0.1
  • 8 months and 8 days
  • BugTime
Legendary University Bulwark's Robe
Legendary University Bulwark's Robe.png
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Clothing  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
  • Update 61.2
  • 6 months and 28 days
  • Bladedge
Legendary University Mage's Hat
Legendary University Mage's Hat.png
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Helmet  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
Legendary Azure Targe
Legendary Azure Targe.png
(edit)
Small shield  32 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire The Devils to Pay, End chest
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Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Devilish Clerk( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Evil Outsider Devil
Matarkeia( view
Matarkeia.png
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 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Evil Outsider Devil
Rilvos( view
Rilvos.png
 • edit )
 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Evil Outsider Devil
Tyrtaeos( view
Tyrtaeos.png
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Evil Outsider Devil