The Well of Souls (quest)

The Well of Souls
Required	No
Start	Enter the Mastodon Badlands
Objective	Find the Lightless Passage
Completion	Use the Well of Souls

The Well of Souls is an optional quest starting in the Act 2 area Mastodon Badlands that serves as an introduction to the Well of Souls. It is unlocked after using a preserved bone to add a desecrated modifier on an item.

Rewards

You can now use the Well of Souls.

Walkthrough

Find the Lightless Passage

Find the Lightless Passage in Mastodon Badlands.

Find the Lightless Passage

Enter Lightless Passage

Enter Lightless Passage.

Enter Lightless Passage

Explore the Lightless Passage

Explore the Lightless Passage.

Explore the Lightless Passage

Enter the Well of Souls

Enter the Well of Souls.

Enter the Well of Souls

Kulemak:

You enter... my Well of Souls... You are no Lich... Prove to me... you are worthy of Darkness...

Use the Well of Souls

Use the Well of Souls.

Use the Well of Souls

Lurking Creature (in untranslated Abyssal speech):

You are no Lich. You are no Lightless. What are you?

The Hooded One:

So the ancient enemy has returned! Hmmm... but why is this one not attacking us?

Lurking Creature (in untranslated Abyssal speech):

The Thief of Virtue! Stealer of Kulemak's spark!

Warrior: What's it saying?
Witch: This language... it was in some of the forbidden tomes.
Sorceress: Step back, vile wretch!
Ranger: Do you understand me, creature?
Huntress: What's it saying? Evil dreams whisper like that...
Monk: Greetings... friend. I don't understand you.
Mercenary: I can't understand a bloody word it says.

The Hooded One:

In a time long past, I aided an alliance that fought these beings for centuries. They are the Lightless. The Abyssals. The spawn of the Well of Souls. I can teach you its ancient tongue, for knowledge was our greatest weapon. Hold still.

Warrior: My mind... I see... I hear...
Witch: Ooh... that's a neat trick.
Sorceress: It's like a tale being told in my mind...
Ranger: What did you just do?!
Huntress: So many voices...
Monk: I've felt this sensation before.
Mercenary: That's a hookah hit and a half. Whew!

The Hooded One:

You now possess understanding of their language. Tread carefully. In ages past, these creatures served a dark god... Kulemak, the Lich Lord, master of Undeath. The alliance destroyed his body in battle countless times, but the Well of Souls remained beyond our reach.

The Hooded One:

I must go. I cannot risk capture.

Lurking Creature:

No harm is meant. This one waits and watches. This one serves.

Warrior: I shall stay my hand.
Witch: I like you already, pet. You serve {me} now.
Sorceress: I should destroy you where you stand.
Ranger: Serves who?
Huntress: Are you a servant of Kulemak then?
Monk: Who do you serve?
Mercenary: Your friends are not so pleasant...

Lurking Creature:

This one serves. This one has always served. Unchanging. The master changes, in Kulemak's absence. Amanamu. Ulaman. Kurgal. Never Tecrod. This one does not change. You are here. You are the master, until you are not here.

Quest Complete

Quest Complete - You have found the Well of Souls and can now reveal Desecrated Modifiers.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Introduced to the game.

v t e Quests

Act 1	Reaching Clearfell Treacherous Ground The Hunt Begins Cracks in the Earth Secrets in the Dark The Mysterious Shade Finding the Forge The Lost Lute Sorrow Among Stones Ominous Altars The Trail of Corruption The Mad Wolf of Ogham

Act 2	Earning Passage The Trail of Corruption The City of Seven Waters A Theft of Ivory A Crown of Stone Tradition's Toll Ancient Vows Ascent to Power

Act 3	Tribal Vengeance Treasures of Utzaal The Slithering Dead Legacy of the Vaal The Trials of Chaos

Act 4	The Search Abandoned Prison Shrike Island Land of the Kin Utopia Dark Mists Whakapanu Island Trial of the Ancestors Forgotten Bounty Hostile Takeover Tribal Medicine

Interlude	Recruit the Ezomytes Recruit the Maraketh Recruit the Vaal

Abyss

Mechanics

Items

Kulemak's DominionKulemak's DominionSupport, Lineage
Category: Kulemak's Dominion
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 25
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Offering Skills, causing Spells that affect an area around you or a target location to also affect the area around Supported Offerings.Spells you cast which affect an area around you or a targeted location also also affect an area around Supported Offerings
Spells deal 50% less Damage when affecting areas around Offerings this wayStill a shadow of his former self, Kulemak turned to deception.
He promised Ahn untold power and mastery, in exchange for
a single golem. "After all, what harm could one servant do?"Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
Kurgal's LeashKurgal's LeashSupport, Lineage
Category: Blackblood
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 25
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Commandable Minions causing you and the Supported Minion to gain Unholy Might when you Command them.Gain Unholy Might for 5 seconds on Commanding Minions from Supported Skills
Minions from Supported Skills gain Unholy Might for 5 seconds when CommandedKurgal's first body was a mere stone golem, enslaved by a
collar. He found such ecstasy in the power of dominion,
he clawed his way free... and soon, supplanted a Lich Lord.Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
Tecrod's RevengeTecrod's RevengeSupport, Lineage, Minion, Persistent, Duration
Category: Last GaspRequires Level 65
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration or when they take further damage exceeding their maximum Life. Minions from Supported Skills gain Soul Eater and a burst of speed on entering this state.Minions from Supported Skills die 10 seconds after their Life is reduced to 0
Minions from Supported Skills gain Soul Eater when their Life is reduced to 0
Minions from Supported Skills gain 20% increased Attack and Cast Speed when their Life is reduced to 0The Lich Lords destroyed his body, but with his dying fury,
Tecrod found a way. He lurks deep, in the blood, in the flesh,
in the Well... perhaps walking among them even now, unseen.Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Essence of the AbyssEssence of the AbyssStack Size: 10Removes a random modifier and augments a Rare item with a new guaranteed modifier
Equipment: Mark of the Abyssal LordRight click this item then left click a Rare item to apply it.
Kulemak's InvitationKulemak's InvitationSomething awaits you in the Well.Something awaits you in the Well.

Unique items

Abyss	Heart of the WellHeart of the Well DiamondLimited to: 1<Desecrated prefix> <Desecrated prefix> <Desecrated suffix> <Desecrated suffix>Countless souls scream in agonising harmony, forever sinking under the weight of the newly dead.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.

Kulemak	Darkness EnthronedDarkness Enthroned Fine BeltRequires Level 62Flasks gain 0.17 charges per Second Has (1-3) Charm SlotsThis item gains bonuses from Socketed Items as though it was <Random socketable equipment type> +(50-100)% increased effect of Socketed Items Has 2 Rune Sockets (Hidden)Kulemak sat triumphant, raising the crown. Darkness coiled the world in eternal night. Victory, a mere moment, came crashing down. No conqueror, no conquered, only searing Light. Grip of KulemakGrip of Kulemak Abyssal SignetInflict Abyssal Wasting on Hit(20-30)% reduced Presence Area of Effect (20-30)% reduced Light Radius <Can gain 0-4 custom Desecrated Modifiers> (Hidden)Drink deeply of the Well. Let the Abyss coil within. The Unborn LichThe Unborn Lich Ravenous StaffStaffRequires Level 78, 137 IntGrants Skill: Level (18-20) Feast of Flesh(60-80)% increased Desecrated Modifier magnitudes <Custom Desecrated prefix> <Lich's Desecrated suffix> <Lich's Desecrated prefix or suffix>In ghastly pits beneath the world, Kulemak grows countless new bodies, each more powerful than the last. Not all of his abominations survive. Undying HateUndying Hate Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic Radius: Very LargeGlorifying the defilement of (79-30977) souls in tribute to (Amanamu-Ulaman-Kurgal-Tecrod-Kulemak) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Abyssals Desecration makes this item Unstable Historic <Can gain 0-4 custom Desecrated Modifiers> (Hidden)They believed themselves driven by necessity, but that desperation made them monstrous.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. Can be Desecrated 4 Times. Desecration makes the item unstable.