Storming the Keep

Storming the Keep

Location Type:	Skirmish
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Levels:	23 (18-30)

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Storming the Keep

Storming the Keep

The Blackdagger Bandits are planning an attack on Neverwinter and must be stopped! Storm Cragmire Keep and kill Malus Blackdagger!

Description

Storming the Keep is a Skirmish set in the Blackdagger Ruins.

Basic Information

Skirmish Level: 23
Monster Level: 24
Minimum Level to queue: 18
Maximum Level to queue: 30
Quests related: No quests related to this Skirmish

Objective

• Storm the Keep and Defeat Malus Blackdagger!

Summary

Journal Entry

"Use the siege tower to enter the keep, then fight your way to Malus Blackdagger!"

Steps

• Talk to Harper Agent Xalliana
• Drop the Siege Tower Gate
• Storm Blackdagger Keep
• Kill Malus Blackdagger
• Take Your Reward!

Dialogue

Xalliana

Traven Blackdagger and his cutthroats must not be allowed to attack Neverwinter!

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Player

Storm the Keep!

Xalliana

Finally some reinforcements who look like they can handle this mess!

We have managed to get a siege tower up to the bridge, but I can't get the troops to commit.

I need you to storm the Keep and kill Captain Malus Blackdagger!

Completion

Rewards

• If completed during the Skirmish event: 1000
• Bound Lesser Scroll of Identification
• 11 49

NPCs

• Xalliana
• Garl Gnarlclaw

Vendors

• Gorun Pricebreaker

Enemies

Minion

• Cutthroat (Bandit)
• Decrepit Skeleton
• Huntsman
• Sniper (Bandit)

Standard

• Deathpledged (Gnoll)

Elite

• Enforcer (Bandit)
• Fang
• Hexer (Bandit)
• Krag Foultooth
• Red Wizard
• Treasure Chest (Mimic)

Boss

• Jareth Grim
• Malus Blackdagger

Encounter

On your way to the final boss you need to fight a large number of enemies including the mid-way Boss, Jareth Grim. The end boss is Malus Blackdagger. It is a 4-7 minute long fight depending on the damage of your group. Malus' combat will cycle through a number of abilities and then repeat. They include the following:

• Kick: Malus kicks the targeted party member pushing them back 20 feet and doing 300 - 400 damage. Malus will follow this up with a teleport to the target.
• Slashing Frenzy: This is the most dangerous ability Malus does. He swings his swords in an AOE arc of 180 degrees in front of him dealing 300 - 1500 damage to anyone in the arc. Get out of the red area when you see it or block through it.

Malus will summon help at around 75% health. This includes one Elite and two Minion enemies.

Call to Arms

The Call to Arms: Storming the Keep event first ran from January 24th, 2014 to January 28th, 2014. It returned for a second run from November 27th, 2014 to December 1st, 2014.

Characters level 6 to 60 can queue for the skirmish. In addition to the skirmish queue, there is also a Sword Coast Adventures adventure, Storm the Keep.

• Brutal enchantments
• [Swashbuckler]
• [Swashbuckler Dye Pack] 50
• [Refiner's Cache] 100
• [Damaran Orb] 300
• [Damaran Scepter] 300
• [Damaran Great Axe] 300
• [Damaran Longsword] 150
• [Damaran Shield] 150
• [Damaran Bow] 150
• [Damaran Hunting Axe] 150
• [Damaran Shield] 150
• [Damaran Mace] 150
• [Damaran Pact Blade] 300
• [Damaran Rapier] 150
• [Damaran Rapier] 150
• [Peg Leg] 500

External Links

• Call to Arms: Storming the Keep Preview http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/3029623
• Call to Arms: Storming the Keep http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/3029453
• Event Preview: CTA Storming the Keep http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9006423
• Call to Arms: Storm the Keep Now Live! http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9007093
• Video Walkthrough of Storming the Keep Skirmish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGZiiKEwgM