Light Amongst Shadows: The Vault of Omens

Level 110SignatureHeroic

Walkthrough

Starting the Quest

All eligible players will receive a Vigilant Sanctum Key in their Norrathian Mail inbox from Head Scholar Nabihan. Examine the key and "hold the key firmly" to be teleported to The Duality's Vigilant Sanctum and speak with The Duality. If your character has just made level 110, be sure to get at least the starter gear from Myrist, the Great Library, unless you want to die a most painful death. Edit may 2021: Go to Blinding and get the chest there, for higher resolve

NOTE: It is recommended that you complete these 3 Signature Questlines first, so you can make sense of some of the information in this questline. If you dont care for reading the dialogue, then you don't need to do them. Do the Shattered Seas: Refuge Return (the Tranquil/Phantom seas), Legacy of Power: Secrets in an Arcane Land (Plane of Magic), and Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice (Myrist).

Steps

Travel to Jarsath Wastes (The bell is the fastest way to get to the docks).
Talk to Brind at the docks and ask to be sent to "Ancient Vault" or fly/swim to .
Enter Deep Chelsith: Vault of Omens [Solo] or [Heroic].
- Make your way through the zone freeing researchers near each name you kill. There are four researchers upstairs, and two downstairs after entering the portal.
  - Note: At the first fork, go right first. At the second fork, go left first. Subsequent names do not appear if you haven't killed the previous ones. Kill the named in the following order:
    1. Adlez the Mighty , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    2. Erskellish Bloodarmor , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    3. Lucrezzia Mindrazer , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    4. Zun'Liako'Va (mana drains), near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
      - Use the portal at (right behind the 4th named you presumably just defeated) to the lower level
      - Find another a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    5. Eom'Tek'Zen , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
- Locate the Shissar artifact at
Collect the Shissar artifact at (you can only get the update after killing the final named).
- An optional [Heroic]-only boss Munchler Shriekenstein is now available to encounter once the final boss is defeated. Return back down the passage to where you entered the 2nd floor, and swim east out onto the water (if you see lily-pads on the water, you're going in the correct direction). Eventually you will come upon a behind-a-waterfall secluded ramp leading into an area with non-hostile mushroom-men. Follow this passage until you reach a grotto, where this optional fight will be. There is a BoL-era achievement for defeating this boss.
  - Since the fight is optional, it does not affect the quest, one way or the other.
  - It is recommended to do the step of collecting the Shissar artifact first, before going off to defeat this boss, as it's a long walk back if you forget to do so.
Use a Vigilant Sanctum Key to return to The Duality's Vigilant Sanctum and speak with The Duality.

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Quest information

Journal Category: Signature
Introduced: LU111
Journal Level: 110
Journal Difficulty: Heroic
Starting Zone: The Duality's Vigilant Sanctum
How to Start: Speak with The Duality.
Timeline: Mythic Passage Timeline

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Timeline

Mythic Passage TimelineStep 1

Next: Light Amongst Shadows: Spires of Mythic Passage

Rewards

Coin: 2,104,987

XP: 14,882,044

Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.

Walkthrough

Starting the Quest

Steps

Travel to Jarsath Wastes (The bell is the fastest way to get to the docks).
Talk to Brind at the docks and ask to be sent to "Ancient Vault" or fly/swim to .
Enter Deep Chelsith: Vault of Omens [Solo] or [Heroic].
- Make your way through the zone freeing researchers near each name you kill. There are four researchers upstairs, and two downstairs after entering the portal.
  - Note: At the first fork, go right first. At the second fork, go left first. Subsequent names do not appear if you haven't killed the previous ones. Kill the named in the following order:
    1. Adlez the Mighty , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    2. Erskellish Bloodarmor , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    3. Lucrezzia Mindrazer , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    4. Zun'Liako'Va (mana drains), near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
      - Use the portal at (right behind the 4th named you presumably just defeated) to the lower level
      - Find another a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
    5. Eom'Tek'Zen , near a D.I.R.T.Y. researcher
- Locate the Shissar artifact at
Collect the Shissar artifact at (you can only get the update after killing the final named).
- An optional [Heroic]-only boss Munchler Shriekenstein is now available to encounter once the final boss is defeated. Return back down the passage to where you entered the 2nd floor, and swim east out onto the water (if you see lily-pads on the water, you're going in the correct direction). Eventually you will come upon a behind-a-waterfall secluded ramp leading into an area with non-hostile mushroom-men. Follow this passage until you reach a grotto, where this optional fight will be. There is a BoL-era achievement for defeating this boss.
  - Since the fight is optional, it does not affect the quest, one way or the other.
  - It is recommended to do the step of collecting the Shissar artifact first, before going off to defeat this boss, as it's a long walk back if you forget to do so.
Use a Vigilant Sanctum Key to return to The Duality's Vigilant Sanctum and speak with The Duality.