Number of players: This Chronicle can be complete with one or two players.
A level 70 player can easily kill everything in this chronicle. This guide is designed to show you how to get the cheevos and do the quests.
When you enter the Chronicle you will be given an instanced quest sticky. Follow the quest objectives to progress through the chronicle and complete it.
This guide is for the level 50 Chronicle ‘Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption’. You can find the guide to the level 65 Chronicle ‘Intrepid: Hammerknell‘ here.
Main Quests and Bosses
Runes of Corruption
This Chronicle is super easy for a level 70, you can kill all the bosses with ease. You may need to make a few runs before you encounter the rare.
Murdantix
A level 70 can easily blitz this boss dead before having to worry about any mechanics.
Click the Rune Vessel in front of Murdantix to start the fight. This will give you a buff called ‘Runic Empowerment‘ that lasts 20 seconds. When the buff wears off, click the Rune Vessel again to reapply it.
Ferocious Pound – A knock back, doesnt hurt much
Demonic Blast – Will hurt if you are low level, be prepped to heal up after.
Soul Trauma – Hurts at low level – Can be interrupted
Painstalker Broodmother
A level 70 can easily blitz this boss dead before having to worry about any mechanics.
Kill all her adds before you pull the Broodmother, or she will use them to heal later on.
Corrupting Breath – Devouring Shadows – Fling – A series of spells that are gonna hurt at low level! They can all be rupted, but are cast in quick succession so you wont get them all, just rupt the one that hurts most!
Rune King Molinar and Prince Dolin
A level 70 can easily blitz this boss dead before having to worry about any mechanics.
Rune Vessels are dotted around the area, click them to buff up! You should kill Prince first as he will heal King.
Cursed Blows – Rune King will have an Aoe around him and chase you, keep running away from him til it ends.
Frightening Shout – Interruptable
Corporeal Revenants will spawn and heal the boss, kill them!
Rare mob
Prime Time
Killing the rare mob, Valeri Prime, in the Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption Chronicle will grant you the cheevo ‘Prime Time’
Valeri Prime can be found in the large hall to the left of Murdantix. /setwaypoint 518 492
Chests
Looting the Castle
Looting the chest in the Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption Chronicle will grant you the cheevo ‘Looting the Castle’
Chest Loots include: Random gear, and artifacts.
Artifacts
Collecting all the artifacts in the Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption Chronicle does not grant a cheevo.
Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption
Set Type = Normal
The Royal Record of Hammerknell
Set Type = Normal
Undead Fish
Set Type = Normal
Fish in the pools behind Rune King Molinar and Prince Dolin to have a chance of looting these artifacts.