The Dark Elbow of the Woods

The Dark Elbow of the Woods
Zone Num	539
Location	Copse of the Deep Fat Friars
Unlocks	Upon receiving level 6 quest
Recom Stat	45
Combat %	95
ML	44 - 48
Terrain	outdoor
Special Adventures
Lucky	None
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The Dark Elbow of the Woods is in The Distant Woods inside the Copse of the Deep Fat Friars. The Dark Elbow of the woods becomes available (as do The Dark Neck of the Woods and The Dark Heart of the Woods) once you have been given the Deep Fat Friars' Gate Quest quest. Upon completion of the quest, the Elbow, Neck, and Heart of the Woods disappear and all of their monsters move to the Pandamonium Slums.

All monsters here have hot resistance.

A primary stat of 45 is suggested. If your main stat isn't high enough, you'll see the following message:

You hear the crack of a whip and a scream that is uncomfortably human and undeniably inhuman at the same time. There may be things lurking in this Dark Elbow that are worse than patches of ashy dry skin.

(It is recommended that you have at least 45 <mainstat> to adventure here.)

Combat Adventures

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Demoninja -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: demon skin, hot katana blade, ninja hot pants Meat Drop: 40-60 Monster Level: 48 • Substat Gain: 12 • Moxie for No Hit*: 58 Monster Defense: 27 Hit Points: 48 Initiative: 75 Elemental Alignment: hot, weak against stench and sleaze

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G imp -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: hot wing, Imp Ale, leather mask, Vitamin G pill Meat Drop: 24-36 Monster Level: 46 • Substat Gain: 11.5 • Moxie for No Hit*: 56 Monster Defense: 46 Hit Points: 46 Initiative: 60 Elemental Alignment: hot, weak against stench and sleaze

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L imp -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: cast, flaming crutch, Imp Ale Meat Drop: 24-36 Monster Level: 44 • Substat Gain: 11 • Moxie for No Hit*: 54 Monster Defense: 39 Hit Points: 44 Initiative: 60 Elemental Alignment: hot, weak against stench and sleaze

Non-combat Adventures

Butterknife quest noncombats -- The following one-time adventures occur in a fixed order

	Deep Imp Act Item Drops: 3 Imp Ales
	Imp Art, Some Wisdom Substat Gain: 10 Beefiness, 10 Magicalness, 10 Chutzpah
	A Secret, But Not the Secret You're Looking For Item Drops: bottle of gin, bottle of rum, bottle of tequila, bottle of vodka, bottle of whiskey Note: Drops 3 of the above items
	Butter Knife? I'll Take the Knife Item Drops: eldritch butterknife

Superlikely Adventures

Butterknife quest superlikelies -- These occur if the corresponding noncombat has not been found yet, ensuring progress through the zone

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Deep Imp Act
	Item Drops: 3 Imp Ales Note: Only occurs after 5 turns have been spent in the zone. Note: A superlikely adventure.

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Imp Art, Some Wisdom
	Substat Gain: 10 Fortitude, 10 Wizardliness, 10 Smarm Note: Only occurs after 5 turns since encountering "Deep Imp Act". Note: A superlikely adventure.

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A Secret, But Not the Secret You're Looking For
	Item Drops: bottle of gin, bottle of rum, bottle of tequila, bottle of vodka, bottle of whiskey Note: Only occurs after 5 turns since encountering "Imp Art, Some Wisdom". Note: Drops 3 of the above items Note: A superlikely adventure.

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Butter Knife? I'll Take the Knife
	Item Drops: eldritch butterknife Note: Only occurs after 5 turns since encountering "A Secret, But Not the Secret You're Looking For". Note: A superlikely adventure.

Other Adventures

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It's The Only Way To Be Sure
	Item Drops: SPF 451 lip balm Note: This adventure is triggered whenever you adventure here while feeling Lucky!.

Obsolete Adventures

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Like Butter
	Item Drops: eldritch butterknife Note: A one time adventure.

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Der Bierdieb
	Item Drops: 3 Imp Ales

Notes

• Trying to adventure here after the quest is finished yields the message "You shouldn't be here."
• The pity noncoms effectively have incremental delays of 5, 4, 4, and 4, respectively. (With +5% CF, they will show up on turns 6, 11, 16, and 21.) This means that the first is slightly more valuable to NC-force than the latter three.

History

• On January 1, 2020, A Secret, But Not the Secret You're Looking For was added, the combat rate was increased from 90% to 95%, and the superlikely adventures were changed to occur 5 turns after the previous one rather than spending a flat number of turns in the zone overall (thus improving consistency).