The Lost Survey Party
Category: medium
Prerequisites: complete charting_gloomwood
They Never Came Back
Vael's hands shake. "Six surveyors went north past the cavern a fortnight ago. Nothing since." Dire wolves shadow their last known trail — clear them and you can read the ground.
Objectives:
- KILL: kill dire_wolf ×50
Rewards:
- 7,000 gp
Into Stoneheart
The trail ends at the Stoneheart Depths. If they sheltered anywhere, it was down there. Clear a way in.
Objectives:
- DUNGEON_CLEAR: stoneheart_depths ×6
Rewards:
- 9,000 gp
Raiders on the Frontier
You find a survey satchel — and bootprints that aren't theirs. Frontier bandits took them. Hunt the scouts.
Objectives:
- KILL: kill bandit_1 ×50
Rewards:
- 7,500 gp
Feed the Search
You're not the only one looking now — half the Lodge has come north. The black pools hold manta. Feed the search line.
Objectives:
- CATCH: raw_manta_ray ×75
Rewards:
- ✨ 150,000
Fishing XP
The Lower Galleries
The bandits dragged the surveyors deeper. Push through the lower Stoneheart galleries.
Objectives:
- DUNGEON_CLEAR: stoneheart_depths ×12
Rewards:
- 💎 35 gems
Runite from the Deep Seam
Bandit steel is no joke. You'll want runite plate before the next push. Mine the deep seam.
Objectives:
- MINE: Runite Ore ×75
Rewards:
- ✨ 9,750
Mining XP
Forge the Bars
Smelt the runite down at the cavern field-forge.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Runite Bar ×40
Rewards:
- ✨ 5,600
Smithing XP - 8,000 gp
The Raider Camp
You find their camp at last — and signs the surveyors are alive. Break the camp's guard.
Objectives:
- KILL: kill bandit_1 ×100
Rewards:
- 9,000 gp
Rations for the Captives
The surveyors are half-starved wherever they're held. Cook the manta and carry it in.
Objectives:
- COOK: raw_manta_ray ×75
Rewards:
- ✨ 150,000
Cooking XP - 8,500 gp
Plate for the Push
Forge a runite platebody. Whatever's in the deepest chamber, you won't face it in a surveyor's coat.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Runite Platebody ×2
Rewards:
- ✨ 2,800 Smithing XP
- 💎 40 gems
The Long Dark
The captives are below the bandits' camp, in Stoneheart's deepest dark. Cut all the way down.
Objectives:
- DUNGEON_CLEAR: stoneheart_depths ×20
Rewards:
- 10,000 gp
Wolves at Your Back
The commotion draws the ridge wolves down into the tunnels behind you. Hold the line or be cut off.
Objectives:
- KILL: kill dire_wolf ×100
Rewards:
- 9,500 gp
Light the Way Out
The way back is pitch black. Cut magic-wood torches to guide the freed surveyors home.
Objectives:
- CHOP: Magic Logs ×150
Rewards:
- ✨ 81,000
Woodcutting XP
Anglerfish Lanterns
The old surveyors swear by anglerfish-oil lanterns for the deep galleries. Land a catch to fuel the climb out.
Objectives:
- CATCH: raw_anglerfish ×75
Rewards:
- ✨ 187,500 Fishing XP
- 9,000 gp
Six Came Home
You bring all six surveyors up into the light. Their lead, an old woman named Wren, grips your arm. "You charted the way down and the way back. The Lodge owes you its own." Vael hands you a clue pulled from Wren's recovered satchel.
Objectives:
- DUNGEON_CLEAR: stoneheart_depths ×28
Rewards:
- 14,000 gp
- 💎 60 gems
Clue Scroll (Uncommon) ×1