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Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh

The Final Enemy

Difficulty tier
Heroic (level 3) • Legendary (level 32)
Part of the Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh story arc, bestowed by Eda Owlans
Danger at Dunwater • Swim at Your Own Risk • The Final Enemy • The Haunting of Saltmarsh • Under the Cover of Darkness
Level32 Favor4 PatronThe Gatekeepers
Info
PatronThe Gatekeepers
Bestowed ByGellan Primewater
Found In The Snapping Line Inn · The Gatekeepers' Grove · The Harbor · House Deneith Enclave · House Jorasco Enclave · The Twelve · Gianthold · Korthos Village · Windspyre Sparrow · The Tower of the Twelve · House Cannith Crafting Hall · Eveningstar · Hall of Heroes - Forgotten Realms · Daedalean Kraken · Blue Water Inn · Blood on the Vine Tavern · Isle of Dread - Village of Tanaroa · Gravenhollow
Destination AreaSahuagin Fortress
Adventure PackSinister Secrets of Saltmarsh
Difficulty (CR)
Legendary: 32
XP Rewards
Difficulty Legendary
Casual 24,083
Normal 41,182
Hard 42,180
Elite 43,177
Favor Reward4
Duration 90 minutes
Sagas
Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh level 3
Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (Legendary) level 32
Story Arc
Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh from Eda Owlans
Quest Type Dungeon Quest
Reaper XP Available
Objectives
  • Kill Baroness Seklaz
  • Kill High Priestess Thadrah
  • Find a way to explore underwater for long periods of time.
  • Find the Codex Page
Optional Objectives
Objective % Legendary
Normal Hard Elite
Defeat groups of Sahuagin 15% 6,177 6,327 6,476
Defeat more groups of Sahuagin 25% 10,295 10,545 10,794
Defeat even more groups of Sahuagin 35% 14,413 14,762 15,111
Find journal pages 20% 8,236 8,436 8,635
Defeat Chute the Otyugh 10% 4,118 4,218 4,317
Kill Baron Kepmak 12% 4,941 5,061 5,181
Kill Blademaster Makaht 12% 4,941 5,061 5,181
Bonus XP
Counter Bonus Count %
Secret Doors Observance — 5%
Perception — 10%
Vigilant Sight — 15%
Breakables Mischief — 8%
Vandal — 10%
Ransack — 15%
Traps Tamper — 8%
Neutralization — 10%
Ingenious Debilitation — 15%
No/Few Kills Discreet — 5%
Devious — 7%
Insidious Cunning — 10%
Many Kills Aggression 18–19 10%
Onslaught 67 15%
Conquest — 25%

Counts are from Legendary runs only, and are the same on every difficulty of the tier. From 6 recorded runs.

Maps
Legend
Sahuagin Fortress
Down to level 2. Down to level 2. Saltmarsh Saltmarsh Surface Entrance Hall Surface Entrance Hall Slave Quarters Slave Quarters Waste Disposal Waste Disposal Larder Larder Saltmarsh Saltmarsh Arrival Item Lockbox Adventurer's Pack Adventurer's Pack Cabinet Cabinet Adventurer's Pack Adventurer's Pack Control Panel Control Panel Control Panel Control Panel Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Warning Bell Warning Bell Warning Bell Warning Bell Memorandum Memorandum Memorandum Memorandum Elmo Elmo Ihrtos Ihrtos Rest Shrine Rest Shrine Resurrection Shrine Resurrection Shrine Trap Trap Waypoint Waypoint
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Sahuagin Fortress
Throne Room Throne Room Underwater Breathing Device Underwater Breathing Device Baroness Seklaz Baroness Seklaz Chest Chest Fungus Fungus Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Lever Terx Terx Underwater Breathing Device Underwater Breathing Device
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Sahuagin Fortress
Throne Room Throne Room Underwater Breathing Device Underwater Breathing Device Baroness Seklaz Baroness Seklaz Chest Chest Lever Lever Lever Lever Terx Terx Underwater Breathing Device Underwater Breathing Device
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Chests
Chest 1
Legendary
Name Min Level Type Effects & Bonuses
Legendary Quartermaster's Chit 1d2+1 BtA
Nebula Fragment BtA
Saltmeadow Hay 3d4 BtA
Star Fragment BtA
Sentient XP: 1000xp 1 Augment
Citrene of Greater Dragonmarks BtA 28 Augment
Black Pearl Ring BtC M R 29 Ring
  • Wisdom +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Wisdom
  • Frozen Depths Lore +22%
    Your Negative, Poison, and Cold spells gain a +22% Equipment Bonus to their chance to Critical Hit.
  • Power of the Frozen Depths +154
    +154 Equipment Bonus to Negative, Cold, and Poison Spell Power.
  • Negative Energy Absorption
    This effect absorbs negative energy and energy drain effects.
  • Legendary Nightmare Guard
    On being hit or missed, this item has a chance to attempt to fear your enemy, ripping the life from them as if they were struck with a Phantasmal Killer spell. Enemies must make a DC 100 Will save versus the Fear or a DC 100 Fortititude Save versus Death or be slain. Even if they make their save versus Death, they may still feared.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Explorer of the Depths BtC M R 29 Headgear
  • Constitution +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Constitution
  • Physical Sheltering +36
    +36 Enhancement bonus to Physical Resistance Rating
  • Legendary Ice Shards Guard
    This item stores the pitiless immovable power of the ice deep within. When the wearer of this item is successfully attacked in melee, this power occasionally comes to the surface, dealing an incredible amount of Cold damage to the attacker.
  • Cold Absorption +37%
    37% Enhancement bonus to Cold absorption.
  • Underwater Action
    Passive: You are able to breathe underwater.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Ring of the Kraken BtC M R 29 Ring
  • Charisma +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Charisma
  • Spell Focus Mastery +7
    +7 Bonus to DC of all spells.
  • Nullmagic Guard
    On being hit with a spell or attack: There is a small chance that you explode in arcane energies. Foes hit are subject to a silencing effect, preventing their spellcasts and dampening their magical protections for 10 seconds.
  • Energy Siphon XII
    On Hit: Gain 60 Temporary Spellpoints which last for up to 1 minute. This effect can trigger at most once per minute.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Sapphire Spyglass BtC M R 29 Trinket
  • Dexterity +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Dexterity
  • Eversight
    You benefit from the spell True Seeing and are Immune to Blindness.
  • Deception +11
    +11 Enhancement bonus to hit and +17 to damage for any hit that would qualify as a sneak attack.
  • Assassinate +16
    This item is used by masterful assassins to execute their targets, and grants you a +16 Enhancement bonus to the DC of your Assassinate attempts.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
The Brass Admiral BtC M R 29 Headgear
  • Strength +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Strength
  • Command +7
    This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +7 Insight bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
  • Insightful Combat Mastery +6
    +6 Insight bonus to the DC to resist the character's Trip, Improved Trip, Sunder, Improved Sunder, Stunning Blow, and Stunning Fist attempts.
  • Tendon Slice 11
    On Hit: 6% chance to slow target's movement by 50% for 11 seconds.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
The Two-Headed Platinum Piece BtC M R 29 Trinket
  • Intelligence +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Intelligence
  • Improved Deception
    This weapon is hard to focus upon and thus provides a +5 enhancement bonus to Bluff checks. In addition, Improved Deception weapons have a chance to envelop the target in darkness, making them vulnerable to sneak attacks for a short time. This chance is greater than that of weapons with normal Deception.
  • Good Luck +5
    This item gives a +5 Luck bonus to all saves and skill checks.
  • Spell Absorption
    This effect absorbs harmful spells targeted at the wearer.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Legendary Bullywug Priestess' Staff BtA M R 30 Quarterstaff
  • +15 Enhancement Bonus
    Weapons and Shields: +15 Enhancement Bonus to Attack and Damage rolls. Armor and Shields: +15 enhancement bonus to Armor Class.
  • Frozen Depths Lore +21%
    Your Negative, Poison, and Cold spells gain a +21% Equipment Bonus to their chance to Critical Hit.
  • Power of the Frozen Depths +146
    +146 Equipment Bonus to Negative, Cold, and Poison Spell Power.
  • Necromancy Focus +8
    +8 Equipment bonus to DC of Necromancy spells.
  • Evocation Focus +8
    +8 Equipment bonus to DC of Evocation spells.
  • Spell Penetration +9
    +9 Equipment bonus to Penetrate Spell Resistance.
  • Bless Ward
    You are warded against the Bless spell.
  • Bane of the Depths
    Your Negative, Cold, and Poison Spells automatically apply the effects of Bane to enemies struck.
  • Red Augment Slot
  • Orange Augment Slot
Legendary Ethereal Ring BtA M R 30 Ring
  • Enhanced Ghostly
    Equipping this item causes you to become partially incorporeal. Your melee and missile attacks do not roll a miss chance for Incorporeal targets. Enemy attacks have a 15% chance to miss you due to your incorporeality. You receive a +5 enhancement bonus to your Hide and Move Silently skills.
  • Speed +30%
    This item increases your speed, giving you a +30% Enhancement bonus to Movement Speed and a +15% bonus to Attack speed.
  • Dodge +13%
    +13% Enhancement bonus to Dodge.
  • Reflex +12
    +12 Resistance bonus to Reflex saves.
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Legendary Ship-Mage's Attire BtA M R 30 Cloth Armor
  • +15 Enhancement Bonus
    Weapons and Shields: +15 Enhancement Bonus to Attack and Damage rolls. Armor and Shields: +15 enhancement bonus to Armor Class.
  • Ghostly
    Equipping this item causes you to become partially incorporeal. Your melee and missile attacks do not roll a miss chance for Incorporeal targets. Enemy attacks have a 10% chance to miss you due to your incorporeality. You receive a +5 enhancement bonus to your Hide and Move Silently skills.
  • False Life +51
    This item grants you a +51 Enhancement bonus to your maximum hitpoints.
  • Wizardry +277
    This item grants you a +277 Enhancement bonus to your maximum spellpoints.
  • Greater Boon of Undeath
    Undead take solace in the hate of others. Every time a character wearing a Boon of Undeath item is struck in combat, an Inflict Moderate Wounds spell will be cast on the character.
  • Profane Lifeforce +45
    +45 Profane bonus to Hit Points.
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Legendary Skullduggery Cap BtA M R 30 Headgear
  • Wisdom +13
    +13 Enhancement bonus to Wisdom
  • Necromancy Focus +8
    +8 Equipment bonus to DC of Necromancy spells.
  • Insightful Nullification +73
    +73 Insight Bonus to Negative Energy and Poison Spell Power.
  • Trap the Soul Guard
    This item stores an overwhelming, merciless power deep within. When the wearer of this item is successfully attacked in melee, this power occasionally comes to the surface, sucking out the life force of an enemy and imprisoning the essence of their body and soul in a gem.
  • Legendary Nightmare Guard
    On being hit or missed, this item has a chance to attempt to fear your enemy, ripping the life from them as if they were struck with a Phantasmal Killer spell. Enemies must make a DC 100 Will save versus the Fear or a DC 100 Fortititude Save versus Death or be slain. Even if they make their save versus Death, they may still feared.
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Sentient Filigree (232 possible)

M — can come with a Mythic bonus; the tier depends on the slot. R — can come with a Reaper Enchantment.

Chest 2
Legendary
Name Min Level Type Effects & Bonuses
Nebula Fragment BtA
Saltmeadow Hay 1d4 BtA
Star Fragment BtA
Sentient XP: 1000xp 1 Augment
Black Pearl Ring BtC M R 29 Ring
  • Wisdom +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Wisdom
  • Frozen Depths Lore +22%
    Your Negative, Poison, and Cold spells gain a +22% Equipment Bonus to their chance to Critical Hit.
  • Power of the Frozen Depths +154
    +154 Equipment Bonus to Negative, Cold, and Poison Spell Power.
  • Negative Energy Absorption
    This effect absorbs negative energy and energy drain effects.
  • Legendary Nightmare Guard
    On being hit or missed, this item has a chance to attempt to fear your enemy, ripping the life from them as if they were struck with a Phantasmal Killer spell. Enemies must make a DC 100 Will save versus the Fear or a DC 100 Fortititude Save versus Death or be slain. Even if they make their save versus Death, they may still feared.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Explorer of the Depths BtC M R 29 Headgear
  • Constitution +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Constitution
  • Physical Sheltering +36
    +36 Enhancement bonus to Physical Resistance Rating
  • Legendary Ice Shards Guard
    This item stores the pitiless immovable power of the ice deep within. When the wearer of this item is successfully attacked in melee, this power occasionally comes to the surface, dealing an incredible amount of Cold damage to the attacker.
  • Cold Absorption +37%
    37% Enhancement bonus to Cold absorption.
  • Underwater Action
    Passive: You are able to breathe underwater.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Ring of the Kraken BtC M R 29 Ring
  • Charisma +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Charisma
  • Spell Focus Mastery +7
    +7 Bonus to DC of all spells.
  • Nullmagic Guard
    On being hit with a spell or attack: There is a small chance that you explode in arcane energies. Foes hit are subject to a silencing effect, preventing their spellcasts and dampening their magical protections for 10 seconds.
  • Energy Siphon XII
    On Hit: Gain 60 Temporary Spellpoints which last for up to 1 minute. This effect can trigger at most once per minute.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Sapphire Spyglass BtC M R 29 Trinket
  • Dexterity +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Dexterity
  • Eversight
    You benefit from the spell True Seeing and are Immune to Blindness.
  • Deception +11
    +11 Enhancement bonus to hit and +17 to damage for any hit that would qualify as a sneak attack.
  • Assassinate +16
    This item is used by masterful assassins to execute their targets, and grants you a +16 Enhancement bonus to the DC of your Assassinate attempts.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
The Brass Admiral BtC M R 29 Headgear
  • Strength +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Strength
  • Command +7
    This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +7 Insight bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
  • Insightful Combat Mastery +6
    +6 Insight bonus to the DC to resist the character's Trip, Improved Trip, Sunder, Improved Sunder, Stunning Blow, and Stunning Fist attempts.
  • Tendon Slice 11
    On Hit: 6% chance to slow target's movement by 50% for 11 seconds.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
The Two-Headed Platinum Piece BtC M R 29 Trinket
  • Intelligence +14
    +14 Enhancement bonus to Intelligence
  • Improved Deception
    This weapon is hard to focus upon and thus provides a +5 enhancement bonus to Bluff checks. In addition, Improved Deception weapons have a chance to envelop the target in darkness, making them vulnerable to sneak attacks for a short time. This chance is greater than that of weapons with normal Deception.
  • Good Luck +5
    This item gives a +5 Luck bonus to all saves and skill checks.
  • Spell Absorption
    This effect absorbs harmful spells targeted at the wearer.
  • Yellow Augment Slot
  • Green Augment Slot
  • Blue Augment Slot
  • Legendary Saltmarsh Explorer
    (5) Set:
    +30 Artifact bonus to Physical and Magical Resistance Rating
    +15 Artifact bonus to Melee, Ranged, and Universal Spell Power
    +3 Artifact bonus to all Ability Scores
    +30 Artifact Bonus to Positive, Negative, and Repair Amplification
Sentient Filigree (232 possible)

M — can come with a Mythic bonus; the tier depends on the slot. R — can come with a Reaper Enchantment.

4 other chests here were seen holding only the standard random loot every chest shares.