Blackdagger Ruins

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Blackdagger Ruins

Location Type:	Adventure Zone
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Levels:	20-25

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Blackdagger Ruins

Blackdagger Ruins

Blackdagger Ruins is a coastal area. This persistent zone was suited for levels 21 and onwards. It was once home to the famous pirate Traven Blackdagger. By the time the adventurer arrived in the area, the Bandits were lead by Jareth Grim. It has been vaulted (retired) from the game and is no longer accessible.

Lore

Blackdagger Ruins

Traven Blackdagger was a pirate captain who terrorized the Sword Coast between Neverwinter and Luskan in the years after the Spellplague. He had gathered a formidable force in his seaside keep and proclaimed himself lord of the lands around it, threatening death to any who opposed him. But when Mount Hotenow erupted, the cataclysm toppled his keep to ruins. Traven and his brother Malus died, buried in the rubble along with all of their ill-gotten treasure.

The ruins of Blackdagger Keep lay forgotten for decades until recently when it was found by bandits and claimed as their hideout. Unbeknownst to them, another power was already at work in the dungeons beneath the keep. A Thay named Kallos Tam discovered the ruins months earlier and was searching for lost magical items. When Kallos saws the bandits, he saw an opportunity to consolidate a power base for the Thayans. Kallos reanimated the Blackdagger brothers as powerful undead under his control. The Blackdaggers and their newfound abilities quickly seized control of the bandits, forcing them to submit to the Blackdagger's rule or die and become undead creatures under their control. Now the Blackdagger Bandits plunder the wealth of the High Road between Neverwinter and Luskan, attacking travelers and merchants who dare to pass by the haunted ruins.

Hearing tales of banditry on the High Road, Neverwinter has placed a bounty on the bandit leader. Meanwhile the Harpers have dispatched an agent to determine if the rumors of a red-robed magic-user seen with the bandits means the Red Wizards of Thay are operating in the area.

Zone Features

• Skirmish: Storming the Keep
• Dungeon: Cragmire Crypts
• Bounty Item: Blackdagger Insignia
• Seals: Seal of the Lion (20 Bounty Items = 1 seal)

Points of interest

• Blackdagger Keep
• Broken Crown Inn
• Cragmire Barrow
• Cragmire Crypt
• Merchant Campsite
• Raven Cliff Beach
• The High Road North
• The High Road South
• The Mines

NPCs

Vendors

• Bazoril Gimlode
• Bounty Master
• Gorun Pricebreaker
• Norrik Tormsson
• Seal Vendor

Missions

• Cecil Proudfoot
• Garl Gnarlclaw
• Gilern Ghostwise
• Melkhor Goldseeker
• Mysterious Drow
• Old Lenn
• Sergeant Yates
• Seven Toes
• Spycatcher Westband
• Taggot Ironshroud
• Well-informed Innkeeper
• Xalliana

Enemies

Minion

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

Standard

• Deathpledged (Gnoll)
• Salvager

Elite

• Bloodtracker
• Enforcer (Bandit)
• Fang
• Hexer (Bandit)
• Officer (Bandit)

Enemy drops

• [Blackdagger Insignia] (common)
• [Quartz] (common)
• [Dragon Brooch] (uncommon)
• [White Pearl] (rare)
• 3-7 (uncommon)

Quests

See Blackdagger Ruins Quests for full list.

Scrying Stones

See Blackdagger Ruins Scrying Stones Map for screenshots

• Broken Crown Inn: behind the inn at the far side of the pond near the rocks at (730, 160)
• Raven Cliff Beach: above the cave in the southern-most part of the beach at (-600, 110)
• Blackdagger Keep: off the edge of the cliff in front of the stairs at (510, 1306)

Screenshots

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  Broken Crown Inn

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  The High Road North

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  Shore Beacon