The Groble Tyrant
An Act 3 side quest offered by Deathmark Vallar in Pine Barrens after completing The Gloomweaver. Travel beyond Shaded Basin into Tyrant's Hold, kill Bloodfeast the Ruthless in the interior, and report back to Vallar.
Tyrant's Hold is not reached directly from Pine Barrens: cross Jagged Waste into Shaded Basin, then enter the fort to the northeast. Reaching the outer fort is not enough; find the entrance to its interior. The boss room may have no quest star, locks once entered until Bloodfeast dies, and a nearby outward exit is one-way, so do not take it before the fight.
- 1Complete The Gloomweaver and accept Vallar's quest
- ▸The prerequisite chain runs from Pride of the Jagged Waste into The Gloomweaver.
- ▸After turning in The Gloomweaver, speak to Deathmark Vallar again at the Black Legion camp near the Pine Barrens Rift.
- ▸Accept his request to kill Bloodfeast the Ruthless at Tyrant's Hold.
- 2Reach Tyrant's Hold through Shaded Basin
- ▸Travel west from the Pine Barrens Rift through Jagged Waste, then continue southeast into Shaded Basin.
- ▸Head to the large ruined fort northeast of Shaded Basin: Tyrant's Hold.
- ▸Cross the exterior and locate the separate entrance into the fort interior. There is no riftgate beyond Pine Barrens, so place a personal rift if needed.
- 3Kill Bloodfeast the Ruthless
- ▸Find Bloodfeast the Ruthless in the large upper room at the far end of the fort interior and kill him.
- ▸The entrance closes when you enter. Avoid Bloodfeast's heavy Physical and Bleeding attacks and the spikes erupting from the floor.
- ▸Thin out the surrounding Grobles first, especially healer-type witchdoctors. Bloodfeast also guards a One-Shot Chest.
- 4Report back to Deathmark Vallar
- ▸Use a personal rift or retrace the route to the Pine Barrens camp and report to Deathmark Vallar.
- ▸Rewards are difficulty-scaled XP (13,000 Normal / 40,000 Elite / 75,000 Ultimate), +250 Black Legion reputation, and one Ancient Heart.
Route: Pine Barrens Rift -> west through Jagged Waste -> southeast into Shaded Basin -> northeast to Tyrant's Hold -> fort interior. Do not stop at the exterior; find the interior entrance and continue to the far upper room even if no quest star appears.