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Orchard of the Macabre (heroic)
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Overview[edit]
Orchard of the Macabre is a level 14 Wilderness Adventure Area accessible from The Necropolis, allowing characters from levels 10 through 19 full XP rewards. Requires minimum character level 10 to enter. See also Orchard of the Macabre (epic).
Quests[edit]
In addition to the Rare Encounter / Slayer / Explorer missions typical to all wilderness adventure areas, the following quests can be found in this zone:
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Rare Encounters[edit]
Each Rare Encounter is worth 850 XP with a 6,375 Bonus XP for locating everything.
- Destroy the Carcass Eaters infesting the Bone Yard
- Slay Parcae, Escaped Flesh Golem
- Slay Tahareh, Wandering Beholder
- Slay Firenze, Elder Fire Elemental
- Slay Palmis Samit, Giant Skeleton
- Slay Otvos Gisun, Mummy
- Slay Madellia Braelon, Blackbone Skeleton
- Slay Cymon Durosom, Arcane Skeleton
- Slay Huckaby Isable, Shadow
- Destroy the Zombie Train (3 caravans of body parts)
- Rescue Radhnik Odeen
- Slay Edeva Yllka, Dread Wraith
- Slay Quinny, Giant Undead Rat
- Slay Gwennaelle Ruchelia, Wheep
- Slay Pyttan Ayrienne, Zombie
Rare-Farming Routes[edit]
Three routes have been utilized by seasoned players to maximize productivity when farming Shred of Tapestry, pages for the Tome of Untold Legends, Pieces for the Shield of Legend, and to unlock the raid, pieces to the Sigil Frame. The routes are listed by color according to the second map on the right.
- Red - 4 Rares, High yield of loot and/or Shreds of Tapestries.
- Yellow - 8 Rares, Slow run with high yield of Tome of Untold Legend pages and Shreds of Tapestries
- Blue - 2 Rares, High Shred of Tapestries yield rate per minute
Slayer[edit]
- Slay 10 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 605 XP = 60.5 xp/kill
- Slay 25 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 819 XP = 54.6 xp/kill
- Slay 50 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 1,115 XP = 44.6 xp/kill
- Slay 100 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 1,657 XP = 33.14 xp/kill
- Slay 200 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 2,660 XP = 26.6 xp/kill
- Slay 400 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 4,640 XP = 23.2 xp/kill
- Slay 750 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 7,770 XP = 22.2 xp/kill
- Slay 1,500 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 16,132 XP = 21.51 xp/kill
- Slay 3,000 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 32,660 XP = 21.77 xp/kill
- Slay 5,000 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 45,450 XP = 22.73 xp/kill
- Slay 7,500 creatures in Orchard of the Macabre: 59,390 XP = 23.76 xp/kill
There are about 400 monsters per instance.
Slayer Farming Route[edit]
A common strategy for completing the slayers for this zone is to complete the following two rare encounters, leave, then reset the instance:
Explorer[edit]
Each Explorer is worth 425 XP with a 2,443 Bonus XP for locating everything.
Lore[edit]
- Find the Doomsphere Tower
- Find the flesh maker tower
- Find the high priest tower
- Find the inferno tower
- Find the Stones of Slaughter
- Find the Bone Yard
- Find the tree bridge
- Find the Slaughtergrounds
- Find Overwatch Point
- Find the Fell Isle
- Find the Shadow Plots
- Find the Family Burial Grounds
Dungeon Entrances[edit]
- Find the Inferno of the Damned
- Find Doomsphere's Haunt
- Find the Flesh Maker's Laboratory
- Find the Desecrated Temple of Vol
- Find the Underground Pass
- Find Pyttan's Tomb
- Find the Western Crypts
- Find the Northern Crypts
- Find the Eastern Falls
- Find the Eastern Crypts
- Find the Burial Chamber
Monsters[edit]
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Monsters in the zone not found on the rare encounters list.
Monster Information
- Acolytes of Flame - Humans
- Blackbone Thralls
- Blighted Friars - rare
- Blighted Magi - rare
- Blighted Scrappers - rare
- Blighted Soldiers - rare
- Carcass Eaters
- Cultist Sentries
- Dread Wraith Lords
- Fallow Ghouls
- Flamebound Sacrificers - Elves
- Firenze - rare
- Frostmarrow Evokers
- Frostmarrow Huntsmen
- Frostmarrow Sellswords
- Frostmarrow Shamblers
- Golem Escorts
- Greater Shadows
- Harbinger Corpses
- Infernal Thaumaturges - Elves
- Infernal Warrior - Humans
- Invisible Stalkers - rare
- Masterwork Flesh Golems
- Priests of Damnation - Humans
- Quells - rare
- Undead Giant Rats
- Undying Centurions
- Undying Goetics
- Undying Legionnaires
- Undying Rippers
- Unholy Friars
- Vampire Spawn of Vol
- Vampiric Knights of Vol
- Wagons of Body Parts
- Warrior Cultists
- Wheeps - rare
- Zombies - rare
- Zombie Shepherds
Named Monsters:
- Vampiric Priest of Vol - Orange-named vampires