The Broken Blade

The Broken Blade is an Act I quest in Diablo III.

Quest Information

Initiated by: Leah
Pre-requisite: Sword of the Stranger
Required to progress? Yes
Reward(s): Gold/ Experience/ Scoundrel
Lore items: ?
Related Achievements: The Last of the Horadrim and Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck
Leads to: The Doom in Wortham.
Level Range: <quest level="true">the-broken-blade</quest>

The Broken Blade Walkthrough

A beacon from one of the temples.

Take the Waypoint in Tristram to the Fields of Misery. Leah will accompany you. The yellow arrow on the minimap will guide you to the northeast of the Fields of Misery and the Drowned Temple.

Just before reaching the The Old Mill you will be approached by the Scoundrel who will ask you to help him rescue his friend (Sasha) who thieves are trying to kill and take a relic from. Once you have killed the thieves Nigel Cutthroat will appear. Kill him to complete this part.

At this point Sasha will give the relic to the Scoundrel who asks to join you. Lead him to the waypoint to the north at which point you may take him as your follower if you wish.

Nearby the Waypoint is Alaric the guardian of the temple. He will raise a bridge for you to cross to the Festering Woods. Alaric wants you to retrieve the Beacon of Honor from the Warrior's Nest and the Beacon of Light from the Crypt of the Ancients.

There is a chance you may come across one of two events in this area. If you come across the Nephalem Monument click it to trigger the Eternal War event which comes with an achievement. The second one is Last Stand of the Ancients, also with an achievement reward (for both single and coop play). Both consist of fighting off a horde of monsters.

Alaric, Nephalem knight

The entrances to both of these are round about the same place every time in the Festering Woods (map). Those dungeons are small and it's easy to retrieve both Beacons.

Once retrieved head back to Alaric and place the Beacons on the pedestals nearby him. With the Beacons placed the entrance down to the Drowned Temple behind Alaric will open.

Not far into the temple you'll have to fight one champion Ezek the Prophet and then three unique monsters Karel, Larel and Moek. All are melee attackers, however, they do summon skeletal archers regularly during the encounter. If you kill the three brothers with a single blow each you will earn an achievement, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck for your efforts.

Speak again with Alaric.

He'll open the way to meet Maghda. She sets about half a dozen Dark Zealots on you and once they are dead she will disappear leaving the glowing sword shard behind, which you take to The Stranger in Tristram.

You then head to Wortham by using the Ferry positioned on the western edge of Tristram and on to the next quest - The Doom in Wortham

Objectives in Brief

Go to the Drowned Temple. *
Follow the Scoundrel.
Talk to the Brigands.
Kill the Brigands.
Speak with the Scoundrel.
Take the Scoundrel north to the waypoint. *
Talk to Alaric.
Go to the Festering Woods. *
Retrieve the Beacon of Light from the Crypt of the Ancients. *

Retrieve the Beacon of Honor from the Warrior's Rest. *
Place the Beacons on the Pedestals.
Enter the Drowned Temple.*
Explore the Temple.
Kill Ezek the Prophet and the skeletons.*
Talk to Alaric in the Drowned Temple.
Secure the Glowing Sword Shard.
Return the Glow Sword Shard to New Tristram.*

* Checkpoint reached around this stage in the quest. This means you can quit out and Resume your game at a later date and begin at this point - in effect it's a Save Game point.

Achievements

The Broken Blade quest forms part of the following Achievement

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">The Last of the Horadrim</achievement><achievement type="single">Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck</achievement>

Media

Nigel Cutthroat
Waypoint in the Drowned Temple
Scoundrel offers his services
Alaric raises a bridge
Ezek resurrects his siblings
Brother Karel with Knockback
Brother Larel with Molten
Brother Moek with Fast