Year of the Dragon: Through May 28th, claim free Expansion Pack (excluding Vecna Unleashed) or a Greater Elixir of Discovery! Speak to Xatheral in the Hall of Heroes. edit
Game mechanics • Newbie guide • In development • DDO Store • Social Media
Challenges • Classes • Collectables • Crafting • Enhancements • Epic Destinies • Favor • Feats
Glossary • Items • Maps • Monsters • Places • Quests • Races • Reincarnation • Skills • Spells
Please create an account or log in to remove ads, build a reputation, and unlock more editing privileges and then visit DDO wiki's IRC Chat/Discord if you need any help!
Obstructing the Orcs
Obstructing the Orcs is the 5th quest in The Keep on the Borderlands story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
---|
These quests can be completed in any order. |
Watch Your Step • The Bugbear Bandits • Violent Delights • Treasure Hunt • Obstructing the Orcs • Caged Beast • The Hobgoblin Horde • Total Chaos |
This cavern is home to two different Orc tribes: the Ashtusk and the Frostrager clans.
Requires access to adventure pack
|
Obstructing the Orcs | |
Heroic level: | 1 |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | short |
Heroic XP: | ♣228Solo/Casual ♦380Normal ♥408Hard ♠436Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣4,138Solo/Casual ♦7,125Normal ♥7,352Hard ♠7,580Elite |
Takes place in: | Orc Caves |
Bestowed by: | Sartra Esalovin |
NPC contact: | Sartra Esalovin |
Quest acquired in: | The Keep on the Borderlands |
Patron: | The Gatekeepers |
Base favor: | 2 |
Purchase: | Keep on the Borderlands or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Enter the Orc Caves in the Caves of Chaos and defeat its inhabitants.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Arrive at the entrance of the two Orc Clans
- Defeat the Frostrager Chieftain
- Defeat the Ashtusk Chieftain
- Thin the ranks of the Orc tribes
- (Optional) Disrupt the Frostrager supplies — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 ) Epic( ♣414 ♦713 ♥735 ♠758 )
- (Optional) Defeat the Frostrager Champion — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 ) Epic( ♣414 ♦713 ♥735 ♠758 )
- (Optional) Defeat the Ashtusk Champion — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 ) Epic( ♣414 ♦713 ♥735 ♠758 )
- (Optional) Destroy the Ashtusk Armory — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 ) Epic( ♣414 ♦713 ♥735 ♠758 )
What to Expect
Demons (Dretches and Hezrou) may spawn when an orc is killed.
Known Traps
- Tripwire, near Frostrager Gong, which if triggered alerts nearby mobs (can be jumped over).
Tips and Misc
- In the Ashtusk and Frostrager chieftains' rooms, there are secret doors that lead to the treasure room.
- There are also levers in each chieftain's room that open a gate to the end chest in that secret passage.
- In the Ashtusk chieftain's room there is a second secret door with a bonus locked chest.
- Optional: On the Ashtusk side, the "Defeat the Ashtusk Champion" is in the first hallway in the north.
- Optional: On the Ashtusk side, the "Destroy the Ashtusk Armory" optional is off an alcove in the north. A skill check is required (Repair, Disable Device, or Haggle). Repair DC on Epic Elite is 40 (39:Fail; 40:Success). On Heroic Elite the Disable Device required roll is 20 (19:Fail; 20:Success). NB: Weirdly even though Disable Device is a trained only skill (requires training to be used). Bug: Any Character even ones without the Disable Device skill training can succeed with the (re)roll. Possibly a bug as the roll erroneously sees it as: 0 instead of: N/A for none trained Characters.
- Optional: On the Frostrager side, the "Defeat the Frostrager Champion" is down the eastern passage
- Optional: On the Frostrager side, the first door on the left leads to the "Disrupt the Frostrager supplies" optional. A skill check is required (Spellcraft, Search, or Use Magic Device). On Heroic Elite, 6 UMD succeeded.
- Optional: Yeshelka Frostrager is a prisoner on the Frostrager side. Find her and talk to her to get the Orc Charm of Evil Chaos, which is one of three charms used in Total Chaos to unlock a +25% XP optional and chest.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 12 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 )
- Onslaught bonus: 24 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣34 ♦57 ♥61 ♠65 )
- Conquest bonus: 36 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣57 ♦95 ♥102 ♠109 )
- Perception bonus: 2 or more secret doors discovered +10% Bonus.( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 )
- Mischief bonus: 9 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣18 ♦30 ♥33 ♠35 )
- Vandal bonus: 12 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣23 ♦38 ♥41 ♠44 )
- Ransack bonus: 14 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣34 ♦57 ♥61 ♠65 )
- Notes: Kill bonus limits will raise with the number of demons spawning
Loot
- Chests: 2
- Locked Chest, behind secret door in room with Grat Ashtusk
- End chest behind gate in secret area between orc lairs, requires two levers to be pulled
- Collectables: 2 out of
- Cabinet — in room with Yeshelka Frostragers
- Alchemy Table — in the room with the supplies
- Adventurer's Pack — in southeast room of Ashtusk lair
- Crude Altar — in the room north of the armory
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.
Named Chest Drop
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
---|---|---|---|
Ashtusk Barbarian ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Ashtusk Champion ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠33Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Ashtusk Fighter ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Bound Fire Guardian ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Air Outsider | Mephit |
Bound Ice Guardian ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Air Outsider | Mephit |
Dretch Spawn ( view • edit ) | ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Frostrager Champion ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite ●♦23Epic Normal ●♥27Epic Hard ●♠33Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Frostrager Ranger ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Frostrager Rogue ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠30Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Grat Ashtusk ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠34Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
Hezrou Chaos Spawn ( view • edit ) | ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥26Epic Hard ●♠31Epic Elite | Evil Outsider | Demon |
Yatur Frostrager ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠34Epic Elite | Orc | Orc |
- The Keep on the Borderlands chain quests
- Epic quests
- Short quests
- Orc Caves quests
- The Keep on the Borderlands quests
- The Gatekeepers patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Game bugs
- Quests by name
- Quests with maps
- Level 21 quests
- Compendium:Level 1 (21 epic) quests
- Level 1 quests
- Quests with 2 base favor reward
- Keep on the Borderlands quests
- Quests with collectables/2