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First Strike
First Strike is the 1st quest in the Assault on Splinterskull story arcStory 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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First Strike • The Hobgoblins' Captives • Yarkuch's War-plans • Whisperdoom's Spawn • The Deadly Package: The Stronghold Key • The Deadly Package: Agent of the Darguul • Doom of the Witch-doctor: The Way to Zulkash • Doom of the Witch-doctor: Zulkash, Herald of Woe • The Last Move: The Way to Yarkuch • The Last Move: Yarkuch's Last Stand |
On behalf of Chief Ungurz, you strike into the depths of Splinterskull. The peace of Darguun will be bought with blood.
Requires access to adventure pack
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First Strike | |
Heroic level: | 3 |
Epic level: | None |
Duration: | Medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣429Solo/Casual ♦772Normal ♥828Hard ♠884Elite |
Epic XP: | N/A |
Takes place in: | Outer Splinterskull Fortress |
Bestowed by: | Chief Ungurz |
NPC contact: | Chief Ungurz |
Quest acquired in: | Tangleroot Gorge |
Patron: | House Phiarlan |
Base favor: | 3 |
Purchase: | Tangleroot Gorge or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Enter the fortress of Splinterskull and kill twenty of Chief Yarkuch's hobgoblins.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Slay 20 Hobgoblin Guards
- (Optional) Slay Blademaster Chagg — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣43 ♦77 ♥83 ♠88 )
What to Expect
- Spawning/respawning monsters
- Ability check (optional; 16 Strength required to open a door)
- Locked doors (optional)
Known Traps
Spot and Search DCs for Traps
Disable Device and Open Lock DCs
- Skill DCs and pictures of all traps, control panel locations, and locked doors can be found in the above links by hovering over the description text.
- Spike trap in the western storeroom, in the corner beyond the door; control panel is on the western wall
- Electrical trap in the small room off the throne room; control panel is just inside the door on the north wall
- Blade trap (on both walls) down the corridor past the second shrine; control panel is on the north wall
- Spinning blade trap further down the corridor; control panel is on the south wall immediately after the blade trap
Tips and Misc
- Get comfortable with this area. You'll be spending a lot of time here doing this chain...
- All hobgoblins (not just the guards) count towards the 20.
- Blademaster Chagg can appear in one of three locations: the throne room, the eastern cell block, or the western cell block.
- At the center of the eastern cell block is a pit with three Night Scorpions in it. There is a door that requires 16 STR to open with a chest on the other side.
- The storerooms are located off the cell blocks; in this quest they're locked, but you get a key to them in the next quest and they remain unlocked after that.
- The entire Outer Splinterskull Fortress is explorable, despite the DM warning that "it may be too dangerous to go on."
- The various chests all refill at each stage of the quest; however, the same chest in different stages counts as the "same" chest for purposes of the chest ransack counter – if you run Tangleroot once, then again on a higher difficulty, you will find the loot substantially reduced.
- In order to get any of the bonuses besides discreet, you must be stealthy. Don't kill *any* of the hobgoblins you don't have to.
- It is possible (but not at all worth it) to achieve a bonus for monsters killed by farming the three spiders in the northeastern spider cave.
Bonus XP
- Discreet bonus: 24 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣21 ♦39 ♥41 ♠44 )
- Aggression bonus: 9 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣43 ♦77 ♥83 ♠88 )
- Onslaught bonus: 18 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣64 ♦116 ♥124 ♠133 )
- Conquest bonus: 27 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣107 ♦193 ♥207 ♠221 )
- Tamper bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣43 ♦77 ♥83 ♠88 )
- Neutralization bonus: 3 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣86 ♦154 ♥166 ♠177 )
- Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣129 ♦232 ♥248 ♠265 )
- Mischief bonus: 52 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣34 ♦62 ♥66 ♠71 )
- Vandal bonus: 68 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣43 ♦77 ♥83 ♠88 )
- Ransack bonus: 84 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣64 ♦116 ♥124 ♠133 )
- Notes: The devious and insidious cunning bonuses are unobtainable due to the 20 required kills.
External Links
- Lost Quest Guide
- Spyderwolf's Youtube Video Quest Walkthrough
- Video Walkthrough
- U30 Video Solo Walkthrough
- DO IT ALL by Planky
Loot
- Chests: Five (last three are the same ones in all Outer Fortress quests)
- One in the western storeroom, behind a locked door
- One in the eastern storeroom, behind a locked door
- One in the room past the scorpion pit in the eastern cell block (requires 16 STR)
- One behind the locked door in the central chamber
- One on the lookout ledge down the inner corridor past the second shrine
- Collectables: 9
- Mushroom — down the South-west tunnel
- Adventurer's Pack — down the South-east tunnel
- Bookshelf — in the alcove as you first enter the stronghold proper
- Adventurer's Pack — in the spider pit in the western cell block
- Cabinet — in the central chamber
- Mushroom — just before the second shrine
- Mushroom — on the lookout ledge
- Mushroom — down the North-west tunnel around the loop
- Mushroom — down the South tunnel around the loop
NPC end rewards
No reward when turning in the quest.
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Black Widow ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Blademaster Chagg ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠10Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Brown Spider Prince ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥8Hard ♠10Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Brown Spider ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Darkfang Spider ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Gray Ooze ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Ooze | Gray Ooze |
Hobgoblin Cleric ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Guard ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Infiltrator ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Patrol Leader ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Hobgoblin Slayer ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Lesser Gray Ooze ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠6Elite | Ooze | Gray Ooze |
Night Scorpion ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠10Elite | Vermin | Scorpion |
Wolf ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite | Animal | Wolf |
Worg ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Magical Beast | Wolf |
- Assault on Splinterskull chain quests
- Medium quests
- Outer Splinterskull Fortress quests
- Tangleroot Gorge quests
- House Phiarlan patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Pages sourced by DDO forums
- Links to YouTube
- Quests by name
- Quests with maps
- Compendium:Level 3 quests
- Level 3 quests
- Quests with 3 base favor reward
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