Kobold Assault

Gladewatch Outpost has been attacked many times since the upsurge of violence in the Xen'drik wilderness.

Kobold Assault
Heroic level:	3
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Medium
Heroic XP:	♣733Solo/Casual ♦1,324Normal ♥1,426Hard ♠1,528Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	Gladewatch Outpost
Bestowed by:	Guard Crichton
NPC contact:	Guard Crichton
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Coin Lords
Base favor:	3
Purchase:	Free to Play
Extreme Challenge:	Yes

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Overview

Gladewatch Outpost is threatened by an imminent kobold attack from the Swamp Fang tribe. To reach the outpost, speak with Guard Crichton in Stormreach Harbor. Then help defend the walls until the kobolds have been thoroughly crushed.

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Objectives

Slay 200 Kobolds
Slay the Troglodyte Chief

What to Expect

Spawning/respawning monsters

Tips and Misc

This quest is generally not considered a good place to gain experience, loot, or favor. This is mainly due to its fairly low base XP, only one chest (after slaying all the kobolds), and long completion time (10–15 minutes). It is recommended to only run it once on Elite after you're over level 5.
What this quest is good for is finishing out the "Kobold Exterminator" Monster Manual achievements when you're close (less than 220 away).
The fight doesn't start until you pull the lever to open the gate, giving you as much time as you like to buff up. After you open the gate, a thrown-together barrier to the right of the gate will be smashed, letting in several kobold rogues at a time. However, you can't smash it yourself to start in order to give yourself just one line of defense.
The kobolds come in waves of 16, generally of two to three each of throwers, rogues, chieftains and shamans, with the rest being warriors. The time between the waves decreases as the fight continues.
The waves actually consist of a few kobolds spawning at several different points, so if you have a small or underpowered party and find yourselves being overwhelmed by the relentless attack, it's possible to go around the edges of the map until you find a spawn point and then camp there... and killing everything as it spawns. This greatly increases the time required, but also drastically reduces the hurt. These spawn points have a finite amount of kobolds in them before you have to go find another one. Ranged weapons and spells work wonders here...
If you can sneak, it's possible to lure your current enemies away from the outpost, and then sneak back to use the rest shrine after dealing with them. In fact, other than the rogues which travel that northern path, you may not even require all that high a skill in Hide and Move Silently if you use the terrain to your advantage, as the shrines are a bit off the main path.
The troglodyte chief won't appear until the 12th wave or so.
Kobolds will continue spawning after the quest is completed, until either you leave or all the spawn points run dry. There are a total of 220 kobolds spawning from four points, plus the troglodyte chief.
You will revisit Gladewatch Outpost again in a Level 6 quest, Gladewatch Outpost Defense.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣73 ♦132 ♥143 ♠153 )
Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣110 ♦199 ♥214 ♠229 )
Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣183 ♦331 ♥357 ♠382 )

Notes: Conquest is guaranteed because of the 201 required kills.

Loot

Chests: 1
- 1 end chest
NPC rewards: Random item

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Kobold Chieftain ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Rogue ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Shaman ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Thrower ^{( view • edit )}	♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠5Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Kobold Warrior ^{( view • edit )}	♦0.5Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite ●♦28Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard ●♠63Epic Elite	Reptilian	Kobold
Troglodyte Chief ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite	Reptilian	Troglodyte