| Desperate Measures | |
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| Quest Info | |
| Given by: | Inquisitor Creed |
| Location: | Fort Ikon |
| Faction: | Coven of Ugdenbog |
| Type: | Main |
| Prerequisites: | The Bane of Cairn |
| Unlocks: | A Witch's Bargain |
| Rewards: | XP, Reputation, Item |
This is an Act 5 main quest. It is offered by Inquisitor Creed after completing Act 4 and beginning the Ashes of Malmouth Expansion content.
Objectives
- Acquire Creed's Pendant from Inquisitor Creed
- Destroy the Aetherial Barrier leading north out of the Burrwitch Estates
- Slay Carraxus Foul and take its heart.
- Acquire Ulgrim's Keepsake from Inquisitor Creed
- Bring the Heart and Ulgrim's Keepsake to Garradia in the Coven of Ugdenbog.
Guide
Creed will give two quest items on acceptance of the quest: Creed's Pendant and Ulgrim's Keepsake. The first is used to destroy the blockage in the Burrwitch Estates, which opens the road to Gloomwald.
the Den of Carraxus is located at the northeast corner of Gloomwald, behind a building. Take the Gloomwald Crossing riftgate, then head east a bit and look for the cave. Defeat Carraxus Foul and collect his Heart. Continue to the Coven's Refuge and give the heart and Ulgrim's Keepsake to Garradia.
Rewards
Garradia will grant the reward then offer the next quest, A Witch's Bargain.
| Normal | Elite | Ultimate | |
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| XP | 25000 | 55000 | 102000 |
| Item | Tonic of Clarity | ||
| Reputation | +500 (Coven of Ugdenbog) | ||
Quest Log
| Quest log |
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| Inquisitor Creed was unable to determine Ulgrim's location, but he's not ready to give up on his friend just yet. A desperate plea from Devil's Crossing demands his immediate attention and the rising Aetherial threat from the taken city of Malmouth presents a new challenge for the Black Legion.
However, Creed believes both goals can be equally served by reaching out to the coven of witches hiding out on the edges of Ugdenbog, the only route by land to Malmouth. Creed has presented you with his pendant, one of his hidden tricks. With it, you should be able to penetrate the Aetherial flames barring the way north out of the Burrwitch Estates and into Gloomwald, where the coven was known to be hiding. Objectives:
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| With the barrier destroyed, you can now enter Gloomwald and seek out the Coven of Ugdenbog. But the witches are not likely to simply welcome you with open arms, much less help you in your predicament. In order to appease them, Inquisitor Creed recommended hunting down Carraxus Foul, the scourge of Ugdenbog, and bringing its heart to Garradia, one of the witches in the coven.
Carraxus Foul has been a menace in those parts for years, and its heart is sure to serve some questionable purpose in a witch's ritual. But desperate times demand that such acts be overlooked. Follow the road through Gloomwald and look for a cave near the waterfront. Carraxus Foul had likely turned it into a den. Once you have the heart, bring it to the Coven's Refuge, somewhere on the border between Gloomwald and Ugdenbog. Present it to the witches along with Ulgrim's Keepsake. Objectives:
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| Soldier Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blade Arc (Clean Sweep - Laceration) • Blitz (Blindside) • Cadence (Discord - Fighting Form - Deadly Momentum) • Forcewave (Tremor - Rending Force - Internal Trauma) • Overguard • War Cry (Terrify - Break Morale) |
| Passive Skills |
| Decorated Soldier • Fighting Spirit • Markovian's Advantage • Menhir's Will • Military Conditioning • Scars of Battle • Shield Training • Veterancy • Zolhan's Technique |
| Toggle Skills |
| Counter Strike • Field Command (Squad Tactics) • Menhir's Bulwark • Oleron's Rage |
| Demolitionist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blackwater Cocktail (High Potency - Demon Fire - Agonizing Flames) • Canister Bomb (Concussive Bomb - Improved Casing) • Fire Strike (Explosive Strike - Searing Might - Searing Strike - Static Strike - Brimstone) • Flashbang (Searing Light) • Grenado (High Impact - Skyfire Grenado) - Shattering Blast • Mortar Trap (Heavy Ordnance - "The Big One") • Stun Jacks (Quick Jacks - Full Spread) • Thermite Mine (Hellfire Mine) |
| Passive Skills |
| Blast Shield • Ulzuin's Chosen |
| Toggle Skills |
| Flamed Touched (Temper) • Vindicative Flame (Ulzuin's Wrath) |
| Occultist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blood of Dreeg (Aspect of the Guardian) • Blood Pox (Fevered Rage - Wasting - Black Death) • Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) • Doom Bolt • Dreeg's Evil Eye (Blood Burst - Focused Gaze - Terrifying Gaze - Vile Eruption) • Sigil of Consumption (Destruction) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Bonds of Bysmiel (Manipulation) • Possession • Solael's Witchfire (Consecrated Blade - Second Rite) |
| Summons |
| Summon Familiar (Mend Flesh - Storm Spirit - Lightning Strike) • Summon Hellhound (Ember Claw - Hellfire - Infernal Breath) |
| Nightblade Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Amarasta's Blade Burst (Lethal Assault) • Blade Barrier • Blade Trap (Devouring Blades) • Phantasmal Blades (Frenetic Throw - Heart Seeker - Nether Edge) • Pneumatic Burst (Breath of Belgothian - Shadow Dance - Elemental Awakening) • Ring of Steel (Ring of Frost - Circle of Slaughter) • Shadow Strike (Nidalla's Justifiable Ends - Nightfall) |
| Passive Skills |
| Anatomy of Murder • Dual Blades (Belgothian's Shears - Hidden Hands - Amarasta's Quick Cut - Whirling Death - Execution) • Merciless Repertoire • Phantasmal Armor |
| Toggle Skills |
| Veil of Shadow (Night's Chill) |
| Summons |
| Blade Spirit |
| Arcanist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Albrecht's Aether Ray (Tainted Power - Disintegration) • Callidor's Tempest (Wrath of Agrivix - Inferno) • Devastation • Maiven's Sphere of Protection (Conversion) • Mirror of Ereoctes • Nullification • Olexra's Flash Freeze (Absolute Zero) • Panetti's Replicating Missile (Distortion - Supercharged - Proliferation) • Trozan's Sky Shard (Frozen Core - Shattered Star) |
| Passive Skills |
| Arcane Will • Fabric of Reality • Inner Focus • Mental Alacrity |
| Toggle Skills |
| Iskandra's Elemental Exchange (Manifestation - Overload - Elemental Balance) • Reckless Power • Star Pact |
| Shaman Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Brute Force (Feral Hunger - Upheaval) • Devouring Swarm • Grasping Vines (Entangling Vines) • Primal Strike (Thunderous Strike - Torrent - Storm Surge) • Savagery (Might of the Bear - Tenacity of the Boar - Storm Touched) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Mogdrogen's Pact (Heart of the Wild - Oak Skin) • Primal Bond • Stormcaller's Pact |
| Summons |
| Conjure Primal Spirit • Storm Totem (Corrupted Storm) • Summon Briarthorn (Ground Slam - Emboldening Presence) • Wendigo Totem (Blood Pact) • Wind Devil (Raging Tempest - Maelstrom) |
| Inquisitor Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Flames of Ignaffar - (Tainted Flame - Intensify - Infernal Purge - Endless Flame) • Horn of Gandarr • Inquisitor Seal - (Null Field - Arcane Empowerment) • Rune of Hagarrad - (Biting Cold - Chillsurge) • Rune of Kalastor - (Ignition) • Storm Box of Elgoloth (Allagast's Arcane Net - Lightning Tether) • Word of Pain (Word of Agony - Death Sentence) • Word of Renewal - (Word of Arms - Vigor - Steel Resolve) |
| Passive Skills |
| Artifact Handling • Bursting Round • Chilling Rounds • Deadly Aim • Ranged Expertise • Storm Spread |
| Toggle Skills |
| Aura of Censure • Aura of Conviction |
| Necromancer Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Bone Harvest (Harvester of Death - Dread - Soul Harvest) • Call of the Grave • Drain Essence (Gravechill - Hungering Reach - Decomposition) • Ill Omen • Mark of Torment • Ravenous Earth (Decay - Foul Eruption) • Reap Spirit • Siphon Souls - (Sear Souls - Blood Boil) |
| Passive Skills |
| Necrotic Edge • Reaping Strike |
| Toggle Skills |
| Harbinger of Souls • Master of Death • Spectral Binding (Spectral Wrath) |
| Summons |
| Raise Skeletons (Undead Legion - Will of the Crypt) • Reap Spirit • Summon Blight Fiend (Unstable Anomaly - Rotting Fumes - Blight Burst) |
| Oathkeeper Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Aegis of Menhir (Avenging Shield - Aegis of Thorns - Reprisal) • Ascension (Clarity of Purpose) • Eye of Reckoning (Soulfire) • Judgment (Crushing Verdict - Heart of Wrath) • Righteous Fervor (Dreeg's Reproach - Consecration - Retribution) • Vire's Might (Volcanic Might - Volcanic Stride - Tectonic Shift) |
| Passive Skills |
| Resilience • Safeguard • Shattering Smash • Smite |
| Toggle Skills |
| Divine Mandate • Path of the Three • Presence of Virtue (Haven - Rebuke) |
| Summons |
| Summon Guardian of Empyrion (Scion of Dreeg - Celestial Presence) |
| Items |
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| Weapons • Axes • Maces • Swords • Two-handed Melee • Pistols • Two-handed Ranged • Daggers • Scepters • Shields • Off-Hands Armor • Head Armor • Shoulder Armor • Chest Armor • Hand Armor • Leg Armor • Foot Armor Accessories • Amulets • Rings • Medals • Belts Unique Items • Sets • Monster Infrequents Relics • Components • Augments • Blueprints • Recipes • Materials • Consumables |
| Creatures |
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| Aetherial • Aether Corruption • Arachnid • Beast • Beastkin • Chthonic • Eldritch Human • Insectoid • Riftspawn • Undead • Heroes • Bosses • Pets |
