Monouga Laboratory

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Monouga Laboratory
Level:	??
Type:	Solo/Group
Starts At:	??
Repeat:	??

Quest Overview

There are three versions of this quest, based upon which direction you take at the 4-way intersection near the dungeon entrance. Levels are suggested and not required for portals:

• South: Monouga Laboratory (80+) - Tusker Experiment Orb
• East: Monouga Laboratory (120+) - Olthoi Experiment Log
• North: Monouga Laboratory (150+) - Monouga Experiment Log

It is easy to run solo to the end of the two higher level versions to pick up the log. The lowest level version, however, has dense spawns which makes it difficult to run without getting stuck.

Walk Through

1. Talk to Corporal Liao Chen in Cragstone at 25.6N 49.4E to receive the Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem.
2. Run to the Monouga Feeding Pits at 9.8S 81.0W, southwest of Fort Tethana (bring your fire/slash weps).

   Tip: Only a 6.5 click run from Gear Knight Invasion Area Camp Recall.

   If you don't have the Gear Knight Invasion Area Camp Recall Give Merkitz ibn'Akadh in Xarabydun one Trade Note (250,000). He will summon a portal directly to the Direlands Gear Knight Resistance Camp.

3. You will enter down a cave which divides to the appropriate level bells. First right is +80, first left is +150, second right is +120, second left is +100. (Careful Unconquered Drudges are everywhere.)
   
4. Enter the section of the dungeon appropriate to the level of the quest that you want to do.
5. Optionally, ring the bell to summon an Imprisoned Monouga (Large, Huge or Giant) from the Laboratory to the Feeding Pits. This portals him into the feeding pits for an hour, and means there will be one less creature to fight in the Laboratory.
6. Hand a Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem to the Bell.
7. Ring the bell again to summon a portal.
8. Go down the hallways and enter the portal.
9. Stick to the middle tunnel, watch out for lots of shadows and virindi. If alone you should probably just run all the way to the end without fighting at all (READ NOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE). If in a small to large group you may wish to fight so people don't get stuck. The mid version is the worst of them all (many creatures that spawn almost as fast as you can kill them). All the side passages lead to dead end rooms with lots of spawn.
   - Large Imprisoned Monouga
   - Huge Imprisoned Monouga
   - Giant Imprisoned Monouga
10. Just before the end is an Imprisoned Monouga (if you didn't summon it to the feeding pits earlier).
11. Just past the monouga room, pick up the experiment log on the ground then recall or use a portal gem (there is no exit portal).
12. Return to Corporal Liao Chen in Cragstone and give him the experiment log.

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Maps

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps
Monouga Feeding Pits	9.8S 81.0W	1A73.png	--
Monouga Laboratory (150+)	??	00A2.png	--
Monouga Laboratory (120+)	??	00A1.png	--
Monouga Laboratory (80+)	??	00A0.png	--

Items

Quest Items

Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem Instructions (Monouga Feeding Pit) Tusker Experiment Orb Olthoi Experiment Log Monouga Experiment Log

Experience Rewards

Experience was boosted from 30 to 40% of level in Learning From Experience patch. No change to cap so maximum experience is reached at earlier level. Repeat runs also given boost from 15% to 40%.

Images

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  Feeding Pit Room

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  Monouga Feeding Bell

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  Large Imprisoned Monouga

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  Drudge Caretaker

Lore & Dialog

First time:
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "Greetings, adventurer. I greet you in the name of Queen Elysa, whose command brings me here today."
Corporal Liao Chen gives you Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem.
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "We seek intrepid adventurers like yourself, who might be willing to help us investigate a concerning development. It seems that some travelers have discovered a cavern in which drudges have been keeping monougas captive. What is unusual is that the drudges have very sophisticated portal sending enchantments which would seem to be beyond their means. We suspect Virindi involvement of some sort."
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "Therefore, Prince Borelean led an expedition to investigate this drudge cavern. When he was finished, he had determined a way to reverse the portal sending - to open a portal from that location to the source of the monougas. These portal gems are the result of that determination."
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "The Queen has commanded that whatever lay on the other side of that portal transit should be explored carefully, with the assumption that whatever is there is hostile. To do so, take the gem I have given you and charge it against the feeding bell. It will reverse the workings of the bell's portal sending magic, and, instead of summoning a drudge and a monouga, will open portals to the source of these monsters."
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "You are welcome to explore the drudge cave, although many have explored it before now. The Queen seeks adventurers to enter the portal from which the monougas come, and hopefully more fully identify exactly what all of this humanoid activity means to the Isparian inhabitants of Dereth."

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Repeat:
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "Greetings to you again, %s [sic]. We could use your assistance again. It seems that some of the researchers want additional information from inside the research laboratory you investigated for me before. Here, take another of the portal gems the researchers created and get yourself back to the lab."
Corporal Liao Chen gives you Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem.

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You ring the bell.
In the distance, shrieks and growls echo through the halls. A purple light glows brightly for a few moments.

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You give Bell Monouga Laboratory Portal Attunement Gem.
A tendril of violet energy flickers from the gem to the bell. Suddenly, the gem shatters into a fine powder which trickles out of your hand. You think that the bell now might do something different if rung.

You ring the bell.
The bell's hollow ring echoes through the corridors and the gantry, and a cold purple glow radiates from below.

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You give Corporal Liao Chen Monouga Experiment Log.
The guard skims the book, then looks at you with a blank expression.
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "This doesn't bode well for the future. Not well at all."
You've earned 645,854,124 experience. (lvl 244)
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "I'd better get this to the royals post-haste. They'll want to see this."

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You give Corporal Liao Chen Olthoi Experiment Log.
The guard nods at the journal.
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "While I've seen a similar notebook before, I'm sure the researchers will appreciate any new information they might glean from this. Thank you."
You've earned 48,724,715 experience. (lvl 244)

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You give Corporal Liao Chen Tusker Experiment Log.
The guard nods at the journal.
Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "While I've seen a similar notebook before, I'm sure the researchers will appreciate any new information they might glean from this. Thank you."
You've earned 20,673,188 experience.

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Corporal Liao Chen tells you, "I thank you for the assistance you've given us. We are still analyzing the notes, and I'll let you know if we need more help.."

Notes

• If the bell is run without having first handed the attunement gem, no portal will summon and the Monouga that drops ribs will be portaled from the bottom of the dungeon up to the feeding pit where it is far easier to fight. You can still hand a gem and use the bell after to summon portal after calling the Monouga.

• DO NOT TRY AND SOLO SPRINT THROUGH. This is impossible to solo sprint past the mobs from about half way in on the second dungeon (after portal). Theres a dozen or more virindi standing in your path at, at least 2 places and close enough to each other to agro both groups similtaneously. The video on this page obviously shows an early time when it was much easier to do this. It is very much a group quest or your level to be 200+ with good to high magic defences, and fight your way past alot of mobs.