Difference between revisions of "Blood and Sand"

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Betrayer of the Horadrim is the sixth Act II quest and takes the player below Caldeum and up out into the Dahlgur Oasis for the first time.

Quest Information

Initiated by: Zoltun Kulle
Pre-requisite: Betrayer of the Horadrim
Required to progress? Yes
Reward(s): Gold/ Experience
Lore items: Hunter's Journal and The Desert Aqueducts
Related Achievements: Big Trouble in Talking Barrel
Leads to: The Black Soulstone

Blood and Sand Walkthrough

Ssthrass

Take the waypoint from the Hidden Camp to the Dahlgur Oasis. The exit from the Oasis to the Waterway is at the very top of the map. As you exit the area you'll run into Ssthrass, a superunique Deceiver. He'll raise some Doom Vipers as you fight.

Once you reach the waterway Kulle will appear and say, "I can open this gate for you.". Once in the Ancient Waterway Emperor Hakan II will appear and give you instructions to pull a couple of flow control levers. Head through the doorway to the Western Channel.

Look out for the Hunter's Journal when you get down there which is required for the Eavesdropper achievement. There will also be a satchel down here containing part 1 of The Desert Aqueducts required for the Historian of Caldeum achievement.

This is a uneventful level where you will face perhaps one rare monster. Other than that standard Fallen, Accursed, Vile Swarm and Skeletons, that type of fare.

Covetous Shen

Locate the exit for the Western Flow Control. This tiny area is really just a platform that contains a lever which you now pull to open a stairway down to the Eastern Channel. This channel has the same make-up as the Western. Look out for another satchel for the second part of The Desert Aqueducts.

Locate the exit to the Eastern Flow Control where, again, you'll find a lever you need to pull which in turn opens a stairway back down to the Ancient Waterway which now has an exit to the Waterlogged Passage.

The Crucible

There you will come across a barrel with Covetous Shen imprisoned in it. Do not break him out of the barrel immediately. Let him finish all his chit-chat - he has six different things to say - then break him out. For this you will earn the achievement Big Trouble in Talking Barrel.

You can check under your achievements (Y) Challenges > Act II to double check you have heard all his chit-chat before freeing him.

Once it is broken, he will accompany you to the Hidden Aqueducts, where you help him find the Crucible, an item that allows him to combine fragments of jewels. You'll come across his 'assistant-gone-bad', Gavin the Thief. A human with the Plagued attack. He's pretty easy to take down. Once he's dead collect the Crucible. Covetous will now return to the Hidden Camp to join your Caravan.

You head out to the Ancient Path which is a tiny area that leads to the Desolate Sands.

Pick up Kulle's blood from two sections, the Vault of the Assassin and the Cave of the Betrayer level 2. After that, you go to town, talk to Adria, and proceed on the Black Soulstone quest.

Objectives in Brief

Find entrance to Ancient Waterway in Dahlgur Oasis *
Go through the Western Channel to Western Flow Control *
Go through the Western Channel to Eastern Flow Control *
Return to Ancient Waterway and use new stairs to the Waterlogged Passage
Free Covetous Shen from the Barrel *
Follow him to the Hidden Aqueducts
Kill Gavin the Thief and take the Crucible
Go to the Desolate Sands *

* Checkpoint reached around this stage in the quest. This means you can quit out and Resume your game at a later date and begin at this point - in effect it's a Save Game point.

Associated Achievements

Blood and Sand is in some way involved in the following achievement(s).

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">Big Trouble in Talking Barrel</achievement><achievement type="single">Eavesdropper</achievement><achievement type="single">Historian of Caldeum</achievement>

Gallery

Entrance to the Ancient Waterway
Emperor Hakan II greets you
Western Channel attack
Western Flow Control Lever
Eastern Channel rare attack
Eastern Flow Control Lever
Entrance to Waterlogged Passage
Covetous freed in the Waterlogged Passage
Entrance to Hidden Aqueducts
Gavin the Thief
The Crucible for Covetous
Ancient Waterway map

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 * '''Reward(s):''' [[Gold]]/ [[Experience]]
 * [[Lore]] items: [[Hunter's Journal]] and [[The Desert Aqueducts]]
-* Related [[Achievements]]: [[??]]
+* Related [[Achievements]]: [[Big Trouble in Talking Barrel]]
 * '''Leads to:''' [[The Black Soulstone (quest)|The Black Soulstone]]
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-You head out to the [[Ancient Path]], with a waypoint, leading to the [[Desolate Sands]].
+You head out to the [[Ancient Path]] which is a tiny area that leads to the [[Desolate Sands]].
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 File:Hidden-aqueducts-gavin.jpg|[[Gavin the Thief]]
 File:Hidden-aqueducts-crucibel.jpg|The Crucible for [[Covetous Shen|Covetous]]
+File:Ancient-waterway-map.jpg|[[Ancient Waterway map]]
 </gallery>