Hammerknell Fortress (Raid)

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Hammerknell Fortress
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Location	Moonshade Highlands[6460,1143] Moonshade Highlands {{#arraymap:6460,1143|;|x|<div style="position:absolute;left:%;top:-28.328103989242%;margin:-15px"> |}}
End boss	Akylios
Instance info
Type	Raid
Advised level	50
Minimum level	50
Player limit	20
Bosses Murdantix Soulrender Zilas Grugonim Rune King Molinar and Prince Dollin Estrode Matron Zamira Sicaron Inquisitor Garau Inwar Darktide Lord Jornaru and Akylios (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore)

Hammerknell Fortress is the third available raid instance in Rift: Planes of Telara, and the first to be considered Tier 2. It contains ten bosses with Akylios being the main boss of the instance.

Background

The Hammers Do Not Sound

Once the shining bastion of Dwarven civilization, today Hammerknell is a symbol of madness and ruin. No one knows what horrors compelled the Dwarves to flee and seal the gates behind them. When asked, they assume shamed expressions and busy themselves with their labors. Now, with Hammeknell’s ramparts breached, the Ascended are in a race against the forces of Water and Death to expose the secrets deep within the Delve and save Telara.

The Ascended have done all they can to gather knowledge about Hammerknell, in hopes of preparing themselves for the trials ahead. They have learned much, but knowledge may be useless against the horror under the mountain. Hammerknell

The Dead Halls

Given the horrid nightmares that plague many Dwarves—visions of the tormented fallen—and what little the refugees have let slip about what happened in Hammerknell, it is clear the undead rule the abandoned city. Whether ghosts of lost Dwarves or rotting slaves of Regulos, the dead linger in silent halls where mead-songs once rang out, their fetid presence befouling the great treasures of Bahralt’s beloved people.

Information is readily available from the time when Hammerknell was a thriving underground city, so the Ascended know something of its layout. Some, but not all, as Hammerknell has since been divided into three wings, with many roads and passages redirected.

The Halls of Remembrance, named for housing both the Dwarven library and crypt, where the Dwarves would spark their minds with the wisdom of the ages and stir their souls by honoring their ancestors, now stands as an abattoir, its walls thirsty for the blood of innocents foolhardy enough to enter.

In the Halls of Shaping, the Dwarves did what they were made to do, working wonders of craft and magic, developing arcane techniques of runecrafting that some say led to Hammerknell’s doom. What did the artisans use to create their unmatched wonders? It is here the Ascended will uncover the horrid truths behind the miracles of Hammerknell and what lies buried in the deeps of the Dwarves’ quarry.

The deafening silence reaches everywhere in Hammerknell, from the homes of the common people to the chambers of royalty. Some of the aristocracy even met with tragedy. King Molinar and his heir, Prince Dolin never emerged from the Delve. Their people hope that they lie at rest in the Royal Wing where once they ruled. They hope in vain.

Water and Stone

Hammerknell is besieged both within and without by undead, yet the Abyssal also seek to control the Delve. What could Tidelord Jornaru—one of Akylios’s most loyal and powerful servants—seek in a Death-haunted maze? If Jornaru’s mad quest is to free Akylios, the Dragon of Water, from his prison deep beneath the earth, oblivion could drown every corner of Telara. If that happens can even the Ascended stand in his way?

Achievements

Hammerknell Fortress Achievements

Loot

Murdantix

Item Name	Type	Slot
[Barbed Tongue of the Beast]	Leather Armor	Belt
[Cold Dead Handguards]	Leather Armor	Gloves
[Corpse-Drowned Diamond]	Accessory	Ring
[Death's Advance]	Plate Armor	Feet
[Destroyer of Legends]	Mace	One Hand
[Gore-Drenched Waist]	Chain Armor	Belt
[Gore-Spattered Helm]	Chain Armor	Helm
[Mantle of Ravaged Souls]	Cloth Armor	Shoulders
[Reaper's Heavy Shoulders]	Plate Armor	Shoulders
[Rune Vessel Remnant]	Totem	Off Hand
[Salvation's Grip]	Chain Armor	Gloves
[Savage Beastcarver]	Sword	One Hand
[Slaughter-Forged Faceplate]	Plate Armor	Helmet
[Survivor's Hope]	Accessory	Ring
[Treads of Stinking Tar]	Chain Armor	Feet

Soulrender Zilas

Item Name	Type	Slot
[Cinch of the Soulrender]	Cloth Armor	Belt
[Fallen Runemaster's Cowl]	Chain Armor	Helmet
[Runeburst Band]	Accessory	Ring
[Soul-stitch Treads]	Leather Armor	Feet
[Soulrending Grips]	Leather Armor	Gloves
[Soultaker]	Sword	One Hand

Matron Zamira

Item Name	Type	Slot
[Duskwalker Sabatons]	Plate Armor	Feet
[Gauntlets of Unholy Birth]	Plate Armor	Gloves
[Midnight Ripper]	Dagger	One Hand
[Midnight's Edge]	Axe	One Hand
[Nightfall Handguards]	Chain Armor	Gloves
[Matron's Dark Mantle]	Chain Armor	Shoulder
[Spiked Obsidian Loop]	Accessory	Ring

Zone Drops

Item Name	Type	Slot
[Circlet of Pain]	Accessory	Neck
[Double Barreled Problem Solver]	Gun	Ranged
[Dwarven Forged Quickblade]	Sword	One Hand
[Fish Carver]	Sword	One Hand
[Pearl of Forbidden Secrets]	Accessory	Ring
[Reef of Steel]	Accessory	Ring
[Ring of Wrath]	Accessory	Ring
[Stave of the Steward]	Staff	Two Handed