The Cloaked Ascendancy Campaign

The information in this article pertains only to the PC version of Neverwinter.

Long ago a group of mages, the Many Starred Cloaks, vanished under mysterious circumstances. Most assumed the mages had perished in the Spellplague. They were wrong. Now called the Cloaked Ascendancy, the remaining wizards of the order have returned to Neverwinter with a new mission.

The Cloaked Ascendancy Campaign was added to the game on February 21st 2017 (), with the release of Module 11: The Cloaked Ascendancy. Most of the campaign takes place in the River District, and the dungeon Spellplague Caverns is unlocked through this campaign.

Currencies

• [Abandoned Treasures]: Abandoned Treasures are earned by excavating digsites, defeating heroic encounters in the River District, and confronting the Wizards of the Cloaked Ascendancy in their demiplanes
• [Evidence of Evil]: Earn Evidence of Evil by doing daily and weekly quests in the River District
• [Secrets of the Many-Starred]: Earn Secrets of the Many-Starred by doing daily and weekly quests in the River District

Profession Resources

Several Profession Resources were introduced to the game at the same time as this module, and many of them are used to gate the campaigns progress, or to buy items from merchants unlocked through this campaign. For that reason, the profession resources introduced with this module will be placed in the currency section.

• [Volatile Ichor]
• [Vial of Fey Blood]
• [Spell Amber]
• [Ground Jade]
• [Enchanted Fleece]
• [Constructed Iron]
• [Tainted Soil]
• [Petrified Dust]
• [Arcanic Focus]
• [Arcane Magical Writings]

Reclaimed Resources

By defeating enemies and completing dig sites you can obtain reclaimed resources that can be used to upgrade guard posts, delay the rituals, or donated to the treasure ship.

• [Reclaimed Magic]
• [Reclaimed Riches]
• [Reclaimed Weapons]

Boons

Similar to most other campaigns in Neverwinter, some of the tasks available in the Cloaked Ascendancy Campaign offer boons as a reward. You may choose 4 boons total, one from each category. The Cloaked Ascendancy Campaign is slightly different than other campaigns in regards to boons in that you have more freedom in the order of which you receive the boons, (i.e. based on the tasks you choose to complete first in the campaign, you can end up with any of the boons from the first 3 categories below as your first boon). No other campaign (other than Strongholds) offers this freedom.

• Boon 1
  • Aura of Despair - When you kill an enemy, you have a chance to emit an aura of despair that stuns up to 5 enemies within 25 feet for 4 seconds
  • Aura of Hope - When you kill an enemy, you have a chance to emit an aura of hope that boosts AP gain for all allies within 25 feet for 10 seconds
• Boon 2
  • Healing Heat - You gain 2% incoming heal bonus and 1000 maximum hit points
  • Fiery Frenzy - You gain 2% critical strike severity and 1000 maximum hit points
• Boon 3
  • Fey Briars - You gain 500 lifesteal and 2000 maximum hit points
  • Soothing Zephyr - You gain 500 recovery and 2000 maximum hit points
• Boon 4
  • Vision of Beyond - When you land a critical strike, your stamina regenerates 10% faster for 10 seconds
  • Planar Vitality - When you deflect an attack, you regain up to 8000 hit points
  • Aberrant Power - When damaged by a foe, chance to gain a stack of Aberrant Power. At 10 stacks, taking damage will clear the stacks and deal up to 10000 damage to nearby targets. Aberrant creatures take double damage. Damage over time effects will not trigger this ability.
  • Aberrant Slaughter - You have a chance to slay lesser aberrant creatures outright when attacking them. The chance varies from 0-5% depending on the creature's hit points remaining

Tasks

Task Name	Prerequisites
Heir Apparent	Chapter 1: The Missing Link	36	15	0
Investigate Kabal	Heir Apparent	48	120	0
Investigate Nostura	Heir Apparent	48	120	0
Investigate Gyrion	Heir Apparent	48	120	0
Confront Kabal	Investigate Kabal	56	120	0
Confront Nostura	Investigate Nostura	56	120	0
Confront Gyrion	Investigate Gyrion	56	120	0
Glimpse of Madness	Confront Kabal	84	60	100
Heart of Fire	Confront Nostura	84	60	100
Fey Wizardry	Confront Gyrion	84	60	100
Unlock Spellplague Caverns	Confront Kabal and Confront Nostura and Confront Gyrion	360	120	0
Power of the Far Realm	Unlock Spellplague Caverns	240	120	140

Task Name	Prerequisites
Clear the Docks	None	36	30	0
Restore Commerce	Clear the Docks	96	120	0
Establish Trade Routes	Restore Commerce	144	240	0
Reap the Rewards	Establish Trade Routes	240	270	0

Quests

Introductory and Storyline Quests

• Chapter 1: River District Unveiling
• Chapter 2: A Crown for the King
• Chapter 3: Going Undercover
• Chapter 4: The Missing Link
• Brother, Can You Spare a Copper?
• Defeating Gyrion
• Defeating Kabal
• Defeating Nostura
• Twisted Fey
• Gyrion the Ascendant
• Kabal the Firesoul
• An Old Flame
• Nostura of the Stone Eye
• Return to the Plague Tower
• Behind the Mask
• The Fey Castle
• Trial of Iron and Fire
• Chapter 5: Ascendancy's End
• The Dead and Defeated
• River District Hauntings
• The Crypt of Shadows
• Necromancer Consultancy
• Death Wizards
• Cult of Orcus
• Descent into Shadow
• The Shard of Night

Repeatable Quests

Quest	Reset	Quest Giver	Reward
A Weekly Ritual	Weekly	Kavatos Stormeye	20 28 5 [Arcanic Focus]
The Shard of Night	Weekly	Shadowy Portal key	150 [Netherese Strongbox]
Mercantile Missions	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise	25 4 2 [Arcanic Focus]
The Departed	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise	and only
Magic Recovery	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise
Heirloom Weapons	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise
Family Heirlooms	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise
Secure the Area	Daily	Ostaram Copperwise
Riverfront Rumble	Daily	Dockhand	30 Reclaimed Resources
Hidden Cache	Daily	[Stencil Cipher]	30 Reclaimed Resources, chance of
Reclamation Specialists	Daily	[Incriminating Documents]	[Rusted Strongbox]
Behind the Mask	Special	[Abolethic Portal Stone]	150 [Tainted Soil] [Far Realm Strongbox]
The Fey Castle	Special	[Fey Portal Stone]	150 [Petrified Dust] [Feywild Strongbox]
Trial of Iron and Fire	Special	[Fireforged Portal Stone]	150 [Constructed Iron] [Flamesoul Strongbox]

Store

Item 50 Reclaimed Weapons 5 35 0 50 Reclaimed Riches 5 35 0 50 Reclaimed Magic 5 35 0 200 Voninblod 0 150 0 Ancient Runic Key 0 500 20