Bloody Tusks Quest

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Gloom Maw mount, Bat Person achievement

• Access to Vengoth (completed up to mission 4 of the Blood Brothers Quest);
• At least 17 Norcferatu Talismans;

Go to Edron and talk to An Ominous Bat (here). It tells you the grave is calling you. Go upstairs, just north of where Telas is, then levitate down here to reach the spot where an ominous grave is located.

Use the grave and you will be brought to a room with Anaztassja Moroia. She will tell you she is glad you finally answered her call, and informs you Vladrukh and his army of vile orcs obtained some preserved blood of an ancient entity.

She grants you her magic to pierce their protection and enter their lair.

Head to Vengoth then walk north towards the Norcferatu Fortress. Do not go up the stairs. Instead, levitate up a bit to east from stairs after the mist, here.

You will find Anaztassja again, and she wants to talk about business. She asks you to find the ancestral cave and find a way to communicate to the ancestor spirits.

Walk through the quest door next to Anaztassja, walk east to another another quest door here, then talk to An Orchish Ancestor Spirit.

The spirit tells you you need to appease them in order to gain their support.

You learn that you must dance to honor the rites of the the spirit's kind. By 'dancing' and performing the Ritual Dance of the Red Moon you will earn their blessing.

Walk in the room and stand on top of an omnious mark, then rotate your character as fast as you can. A counter next to your character will start increasing its value until 50. Avoid standing next to Angry Orc Ancestor Spirits, they will often make your drunk, rooted, or feared. When you reach 50, a message appears to inform the ritual is concluded (YOU HAVE APPEASED THE ORCISH ANCESTORS!).

Report back to Anaztassja by talking to her about business.

Anaztassja tells you need to undergo a baptism of blood to fool the wards in the deeper dungeons. Go one floor up and enter a room protected by a quest door, here.

This room is protected by a Blind Monstrosity, be quick or use a good strategy to walk through without getting hit by its attacks until you reach the next room to the east. Throw a bomb near the Blood Totem, and get hit by its spells until your blood sacrament is finished (a counter will rise until you reach 10). Server messages will appear to inform about the progress (Argh!, That Pain!!, <gasp>, You gained the sacrament of blood!).

Report back to Anaztassja.

Note: This mission can be done as a team, thus work together to collect the talismans needed.

Anaztassja can smell the orcish blood on you, and confirms everything is ready. Your last obstacle before reaching underground levels is to walk past a Blood Guardian, but Anaztassja has a plan: use Norcferatu Talismans to lure a Behemoth to break their guard.

Walk a bit northwest, then enter a narrow corridor where you can see the guardian downstairs. Follow the corridor all the way to east, then start tossing the talismans downstairs, starting from the most east tile, until you lure the behemoth all the way to west. This must be done tile by tile, so you need at least 17 talismans to finish this mission.

Once the behemoth break the wall, you and any other player wanting to advance in the quest, have 5 minutes to run downstairs and enter the unprotected teleport.

Go to the underground area, and look for Anaztassja. To do that, follow this route:

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Talk to her on our next step. She tells you she is going to break the final seals that protect the orcish cabal but needs your protection to do that.

Enter the teleport and join the next task with your team.

Note: It is recommended to do this mission with a full team. In case you fail, you can retry this mission after 1 hour.

As you enter the room you will see Anaztassja, three omnious signs, and two boxes:

• The omnious signs grant players an upgradable and automatic spell
  • Circle sign grants a ring shaped spell (ulus)
  • Filled circle sign grants a trap spell, which activates when creatures walk over
  • Dash sign grants a wave spell
• The north box grants you an Empowered Stake, used to deal damage to creatures in melee range
• The south box grants you a Vial of Corrosive Blood, used to deal damage to creatures from long distance

Walk west along the corridor until you find a mist. You can't walk past the mist, and your goal is to kill creatures coming out of the mist trying to advance east and kill Anaztassja. Use all your resources (spells and items) to stop these creatures.

There are three different creatures:

Creature		Notes
Norcferatu Minion		The most common creature in the task Fast creatures but easy to kill Can be bodyblocked to delay their progress
Norcferatu Abomination		Slower creatures but with bigger HP pool than minions Deal more damage than minion Cause the Fear effect on players standing too close to it Should be prioritized as their corpse grants upgrades to players' spells (make sure to step on their body after they're dead)
Norcferatu Monstrosity		The final boss and last creature to appear in the task Focus all damage on him as he kills Anaztassja with one hit

Once Norcferatu Monstrosity is defeated, the mission is concluded successfully.

Report back to Anaztassja.

Leave the current location and follow the path below to find Anaztassja again, in another location:

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Talk to her about a shaman you need to kill, and she'll tell you need to kill it from the inside, getting swallowed him, and then destroying his vile heart.

Note: This mission can be risky due to damage reflection and agony damage. Be cautious if you are unsure whether you can survive the damage or not, and avoid attacking in area. It has a time limit of 10 minutes, players will get kicked after the time has passed.

Enter the room to the east and step on the blood pool; you'll got to a lever room for the last mission to destroy the shaman's heart.

Here your goal is to go through the room while surviving the creatures there, then destroying the Vampiric Heart located at the very end of the room.

There are your enemies in this mission:

Creature		Notes
Digestive Fluid		Deals damage to a player who steps on it Temporarily disappears, so can be avoided
Vampiric Flesh		Reflects damage inflicted to it (avoid attacking many at the same time)
Digestive Ooze		Regular creatures attacking in melee range Respawn quickly after getting killed
Vampiric Heart		Immobile creature with all effects from the other creatures Its constant earth AoE attack has maximum range of 4 tiles, so shooters can stand at range 5 to attack it; this will also help to avoid digestive fluid in the room If you and your team are struggling to attack the heart while tanking oozees, it could be a good idea to lure them away first

Once the heart is destroyed you receive a questlog update message. Leave through the teleport located south from where the heart was, and report to Anaztassja.

Anaztassja tells you it's time to face the usurper vampire to finally destroy him once and for all. Enter the room to the west, and be ready!

Battle recommendations:

Equip Life Drain Damage Protection during this fight.

Equip Earth Damage Protection during this fight.

The fight is essentially split into two different phases: one where Vladrukh is actually present in the room and you attack him, and a second one where you need to kill essences to bring the boss back to the fight. These phases repeat themselves alternately until the end of the fight.

In the first phase (also the starting phase as you enter the room), Vladrukh will be in the room and shortly after three Blood Pools will spawn. Different teams handle this phase differently, depending what is more feasible for their level, or preference but in general the Knight will want to lure the boss to a corner, facing a direction where the boss doesn't hit shooters with his frequent waves. In this phase you and your team have about 2 minutes and 20 seconds to attack the boss.

As for the pools, shooters can choose to tank them, but a safer approach is luring them away in the room, having a mage summon Demon Skeletons, trap them with Energy Fields, then lose target so they retarget to the skeletons. Pools attack exclusively with Life Drain damage, and since demon skeletons are immune to it, it makes them perfect summons for the task. Remember to renew the energy fields frequently!

After the 2 minutes and 20 seconds mark, Vladrukh will disappear and new creatures will appears in the room: four Vampire Bats and four Vampiric Essences (the Blood Pools don't disappear!). Your goal now is to kill the four Vampiric Essences as fast as you can so you can go back to the first phase where you can attack Vladrukh. It's also important to deal with this second phase fast because Vladrukh heals himself while you're busy dealing with the essences.

Be aware that Vampire Bats can be quite dangerous! They are immortal, make you drunk, cause fear, reflect all damages inflicted to them, and also don't respect Knight's Challenge. Bad timing can result in a player getting trapped in a corner (remember you can use proactively use bombs in the corners of the room to make the fear effect less worse).

Repeat these phases until the boss reaches red HP. Now Vladrukh gets an additional temporary form that turns him into a poison field for few seconds. In that form it becomes immortal and deals considerably more damage than normal. Knights can use these few seconds to run the boss around (as long as it's safe for him and shooters; don't forget the boss waves very frequently!) then trap him again. This is essentially an additional mechanic to delay your progress when the boss is low in health.

Keep on dealing damage until the boss is dead.

After defeating Vladrukh, report a last time to Anaztassja Moroia and you will receive the Gloom Maw (Mount) and Bat Person achievement.