Words of Warding

Words of Warding is a weekly Perdition Hold quest, offered to players who have unlocked the area by completing Rule 5: Be Audacious at Tentative standing with Ve'nari.

Steal an Assassin's Soulcloak and dispel 4 Runes of Warding within Perdition Hold in The Maw. Suggested Players [3]

• Assassin's Soulcloak
• Cloaked Ward dispelled (4)

The towering citadel in the distance is protected by perilous walls, but its greatest dangers cannot be seen with mortal eyes.

The Mawsworn have placed invisible runes of warding throughout Perdition Hold. These traps have caught many intruders unaware.

The runes can be dispelled, but only if you can see them. I believe one of their soulcloaks should give you the sight you require.

Good luck.

You will receive:

• 12,250 XP
• +1400 reputation with Ve'nari
• 700x Stygia

Are the wards gone? I am eager to resume surveillance of our enemy.

I trust you did not let your eyes wander while wearing the soulcloak? It can reveal some truly terrible things...

Back south through the Face of Oblivion. Don't go inside the main gate, but instead loop around to the southeast. Inside, find and kill Spectral Assassins until they drop the Assassin's Soulcloak, then immediately use it to go invisible. The buff has a two-minute duration and the item is reusable, so take all the time necessary.

Cloaked Wards look like anima caches from inside Torghast. Note that interacting with one will drop the player out of invisibility, so keep that in mind if hostiles are nearby. It is possible to use the cloak in combat, which will drop combat.

Note that looting the cloak immediately adds 600 points of threat (60% of a level) to the Eye of the Jailer, and dispelling the fourth ward adds another 600 points.

The towering citadel in the distance is protected by walls, but the most dangerous defenses are the ones you don't see with your eyes. Powerful Mawsworn use an innocent soul's anima to paint runes of warding throughout the space, which alert the Mawsworn to intruders.

• Description

These runes can be dispelled, but seeing their inner workings is impossible in this phase of existence. Stealing an Assassin's Soulcloak should give you the sight you need to dispel the wards.