The Unquiet Graves

The Unquiet Graves is the 2nd quest in the Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening story arcStory arcs  are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
The first three quests can be completed in any order to unlock The Battle for Eveningstar.
Impossible Demands • The Unquiet Graves • The Lost Thread • The Battle for Eveningstar

The ruthless Drow necromancers of House Szind transform the dead into new armies. To them a graveyard is a source of raw materials, not a sacred site.

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The Unquiet Graves
Heroic level:	None
Epic level:	21
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	N/A
Epic XP:	♣6,650Solo/Casual ♦11,457Normal ♥11,829Hard ♠12,201Elite
Takes place in:	Deep Glen Graveyard
Bestowed by:	Barana Talmere
NPC contact:	Barana Talmere
Quest acquired in:	Eveningstar
Patron:	Purple Dragon Knights
Base favor:	7
Purchase:	Menace of the Underdark
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Drow necromancers have infiltrated a nearby cemetery and are using as a base for making their vile creations. Go to the Deep Glen Graveyard in the King's Forest and destroy the necromancers.

• To reach the graveyard, either:
  • take the left fork out of Eveningstar and follow the road. Turn west if you come to a river.
  • or, if you have access to the Forward Outpost, it can be a little faster to teleport there and then follow the road leading west out of the camp, right at the first fork, then west after you cross the river, following the next road west to the village and the quest.
  • or, again from the Forward Outpost, if you know the lay of the land you can go cross-country west and a little north.

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Objectives

• Investigate the Abandoned Village
• Find and defeat the Dark Incanters (3 Total)

Tips and Misc

The quest and map are simple; kill the 3 red-named mini-boss "Incanters" (technically one, plus two more undead versions of himself), one each in the northwest, north, and northeast. They will be supported by other casters, and some melee and ranged trash.

• Death Ward is critical in this quest, as the Incanters and other necromancers will level drain or zap you dead even on Normal difficulty.

• There are a variety of drow: warriors, archers, and necromancers. Kill the necromancers first because they can raise the others. If there are two or more necromancers, get one down to about 5%, move to the next, and repeat. Then circle back around and knock them off as quick as possible. This way you can minimize the amount of time that they can be raised by another, living, necromancer. Fear not if you miss one or two or all of them, for once they're raised and destroyed, they cannot be raised again.

• Be warned; The Incanter is also a necromancer, and can also be raised by the other necromancers. However, killing the undead version does not count towards the total you need to kill.

• There are several areas of respawning drow, including standard necromancers. The standard necromancers can still raise the red named incanters, creating a red named undead. If you cannot kill them as fast as they respawn, then you may be overwhelmed. Try pulling back to an area (such as the town area near the shrine where you met the first incanter) that has no respawns to deal with the mobs. The red incanters have a limited range, and will snap back to their main locations if you take them too far.

• After the graveyard fight, you can move deeper into the graveyard and leap the fence to get to the only shrine there for recharging for the final fight. Killing the final incanter completes the quest, so slay all others if you're going for Conquest before ending the last incanter.

Trivia

The quest's title might be a reference to the very last sentence from the novel "Wuthering Heights" written by Emily Brontë.

Bonus XP

• Discreet bonus: (normal) 8 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣-0 ♦-0 ♥-0 ♠-0 )
• Aggression bonus: (normal) 28 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣-0 ♦-0 ♥-0 ♠-0 )

Loot

• Chests: 1 End Chest. Can drop commendations.
• Collectables: 3
  • Adventurer's Pack (north west)
  • Bones (north)
  • Adventurer's Pack (north east)
• NPC rewards: ML~20 items

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 62 6 months and 19 days PurpleSerpent	Pale Rod  (edit)	Club	Spellcasting Implement +18Spellcasting Implement +18: Passive: +18 Implement bonus to Universal Spell Power. +6 Enhancement Bonus+6 Enhancement Bonus: +6 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Nullification +90Nullification +90: Passive: +90 Equipment bonus to Negative (Necrotic) and Poison Spell Power. Void Lore VIVoid Lore VI: Passive: Your Negative Energy and Poison spells gain a 16% Equipment bonus to their chance to critical hit. Light Resistance +20Light Resistance +20: Passive: +20 Enhancement bonus to your Light Resistance.	20	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip or Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	The Unquiet Graves, End Chest ; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, Quest chain end reward
Update 62 6 months and 19 days PurpleSerpent	Grave Wrappings  (edit)	Handwrap	+6 Enhancement Bonus+6 Enhancement Bonus: +6 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Entropic Entropic : An entropic weapon crackles with a sinister energy that seeks to unmake anything it contacts. When it strikes a target, they take an extra 2 to 12 points of untyped damage. Soul EatingSoul Eating: On a Vorpal strike, the dark energy that inhabits this weapon will tear at the soul of your foe, inflicting up to three negative levels to your target. The Soul Eating weapon will feed this stolen life back to you in the form of 35 Temporary Hit Points that last for one minute or until depleted by incoming damage. Improved DestructionImproved Destruction: On Hit: Your target gains a stack of Armor Destruction. (-1 penalty to Armor Class, -1% of its Fortification. 20 Second Duration. Stacks up to 15 times.) This effect may trigger once every second. Stunning +10 Stunning +10: +10 Enhancement bonus to the DC of character's Stunning Blow and Stunning Fist attempts. Taint of EvilTaint of Evil: Good aligned characters equipping this item suffer a temporary negative level until the item is removed.	20	Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip or Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire	The Unquiet Graves, End chest ; Menace of the Underdark: The Darkening, Quest chain end reward

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Monsters

Name ( picture )	CR	Type	Race
Dark Incanter ( view  • edit )	●♦2Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite	Elf	Drow Elf
Drow Archer ( view  • edit )	♥19Hard ♠23Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite	Elf	Drow Elf
Drow Necromancer (Forgotten Realms) ( view  • edit )	●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠42Epic Elite	Elf	Drow Elf
Drow Warrior (Forgotten Realms) ( view  • edit )	♥19Hard ♠25Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard ●♠25Epic Elite	Elf	Drow Elf
Drow Zombie ( view  • edit )	●♦17/18Epic Normal ●♥22Epic Hard ●♠22Epic Elite	Undead	Zombie
Raised Dragon Knight ( view  • edit )	●♥28Epic Hard ●♠37Epic Elite	Undead	Zombie
Skeletal Puppet ( view  • edit )	●♦17Epic Normal ●♥22Epic Hard ●♠36Epic Elite	Undead	Skeleton
Slain Villager ( view  • edit )	●♦17Epic Normal ●♥20Epic Hard ●♠33Epic Elite	Undead	Zombie
Undead Necromancer ( view  • edit )	●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠26Epic Elite	Undead	Zombie