EVERYTHING about Severed Thread Pact

The Notoriety Pact (Severed Thread Pact) consists of 3 Nerubians that will help you to help them in The War Within zone Azj-kahet. You will get to know them during your adventures when doing the main storyline and side quests in Azj-kahet. 

The 3 factions in the Notoriety pact are:

• The Vizier 

• The Weaver 

• The General 

When reaching Renown 3 with the Severed Threads  you will unlock the main Azj-kahet event. This event consists of doing activities, gaining reputation and get access to special perks. 

How to start

Talk to talk to Y´tekhi in The Weaver´s Lair

/way 57.66, 46.96

Each week you will be able to choose which of the three Notoriety NPC that you want to aid. Based on who you choose aid, you will get access to that NPC´s perks and special objectives in the zone. The first perk you get is an active ability that you can only use in Azj-kahet no matter which one you pick. 

What are the perks

The Weaver

Become nortrious by supporting the Weaver through sabotage. espionage, and undermining the forces of Ansurek. 

You will recieve following perks when choosing this pact: 

Woven Cocoon

This is the active ability.

Weave a cocoon around the target.

If your target is yourself, you vanish from combat and heal for 15 every 1 sec for 6 sec. When you emerge, you become covered in webs that will root the next 3 enemies to make melee attacks against you for 5 sec.

If your target is an enemy, they are stunned and suffer 4 Nature damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Weaver´s Tutelage 

Professions Crafting and Gathering speed increased by 20%.

Espionage & Caches

Hidden Weave-Rats will reveal themselves to you around Azj-Khahet. Espionage rumors become available through Azj-Khahet.

Weaver´s Parcel

A parcel of Professions materials and Kej Currency. 

The General 

Become contentious by supporting the General through martial combat, heroic bluster and eliminating the ascended.

Heavy Ordinance

This is the active ability.

Instruct the General´s troop to strike the area in front of you, dealing 1 million Fire damage to all targets within 2 yards of each impact.

General´s Phalanx

The General´s Phalanx safeguard you- When an attack would cause you to die, absorb the attack and become immune to all damage for some sec. 

Hero Memorials & Bounties

Hidden Hero Memorials will reveal themselves to you around Azj-Khahet. Bounty Tasks become available throughout Azj-Khahet

Generals Warchest

A chest of Valorstones and Kej Currency. 

The Vizier

Become notorious by supporting the Vizier through alchemical means and diplomatic manipulations.

Unstable Concoction

This is the active ability.

The Vizier has gifted you with a bag of unlabled test potions to use with undue prejudice on your foes throughout Azj-Kahet.

Ravenous

Drink a potion, increasing your attack speed by 30% and movement speed by 50% for 20 sec. However, the potion also inflicts 3 Fire damage every 2 sec for 20 sec.

Indomitable

Drink a potion, increasing your size and reducing your damage taken by 50% for 15 sec.

Slumber

Toss a potion at the targeted location, stunning all enemies within 6 yards for 10 sec.
Taking damage will break this effect.

Withering

Throw a potion at the targeted area, inflicting 15 Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Inflicts additional 3 Nature damage every 2 sec for 10 sec.

Execute

Throw a deadly toxin at a trivial target, inflicting 200% of their maximum health as Nature damage.
Does not work on players.

Rejuvenate

Drink a potion, restoring 100% of your maximum health.

Suffering

Throw a potion at the target, increasing their damage taken from all sources by 50%.

The Vizier's Savvy

You get 10% more Kej from all sources. 

Disruption & Excavation

Disruption Rumors and Kej Excavation become available. 

Vizier´s Coffers

A purse bulging with Kej currency. 

How to get the Perks and unlock items

You will get access to all perks from a pact leader when you choose that pact leader. This choice is up for a week and on the next weekly reset, you will choose again. Either the same or change to another laeder.

You need reputation with the Notoriety to get access to more perks. The Notoriety pact is not Renown but instead friendship reputation. There are 9 ranks for each one of them and it requires 2500 reputation for each rank. 

Rank Name Min Amount

1. Stranger 2500 2500
2. Acquaintance 5000 2500

3. Crony 7500 2500

4. Accomplice 10000 2500

5. Collaborator 12500 2500

6. Accessory 15000 2500

7. Abettor 17500 2500

8. Conspirator 20000 2500

9. Mastermind22500

What are the reputation rewards

When reaching rank 5/9 on one of the Pact Leaders, you will activate a questline that rewards a chest in the end rewarding 500 Kej. So each pact leader will have it´s own questline.

You will unlock perks with higher reputation.

There is an NPC called Yamas the Provider that sells items that you unlock via the reputation. 

Rumor Map

Reveals the location of a Rumor on your map in Azj-Kahet.

Costs 25 Kej 

Rumor Bundle Map

Reveal the location of all currently active Rumors in Azj-Kahet. 

Costs 125 Kej 

Treasure Map Bundle

Reveals the location of every Pact treasure available today. 

Costs 125 Kej 

Nerubimorph Poultice

Use: Lob a concoction to transform a guard in the City of Threads into a less threatening form for 30 seconds. 

Costs 25 Kej 

Venom Dahn´s Webscrub

Use: Scrub yourself down with skitterling venom to remove a single stack of Eradicator´s Mark. 

Costs 25 Kej 

Phero-Escape

Use: Throw an implosion of various pheromones to stun guards in the City of Threads for 2 seconds, breaking you from combat. 

Costs 25 Kej 

Weaver´s Facade

Use: You assume the visage of a trueform nerubian. Guards in the City of Threads will have a reduced detection radius for 1 minute. 

Costs 50 Kej 

General´s Insight

Use: You can visualize the detection radius of guards in the City of Threads for 10 minutes. 

Costs 50 Kej

Vizier´s Influence

Use: You´ve bribed the right nerubians. Next time the guards would kick you from the City of Threads, you will be sent to the Royal Apothecary instead. This effect will last for 60 minutes. 

Costs 50 Kej

Weaver´s Lair Profession Table

Gain access to a profession table in the Weaver´s Lair (located next to the flightpath). 

All characters on your account will have access. 

Costs: 500 Kej. 

Mount: Widow´s Undercrawler

Requires Conspirator reputation with the Weaver

Costs 2020 kej. 

Widow´s Undercrawler

Mount: Heritage Undercrawler

Requires Conspirator reputation with the General

Costs 2020 kej. 

Heritage Undercrawler

Mount: Royal Court Undercrawler

Requires Conspirator reputation with the Vizier

Costs 2020 kej. 

Royal Court Undercrawler

Notorious Thread´s Hearthstone

Requires Mastermind reputation with either the Vizier, General or Weaver. 

Costs 3000 Kej. 

Spymaster´s Severed Thread

Adds a cosmetic flair to the Notorious Thread´s Hearthstone

Requires Mastermind reputation with the Weaver. 

Costs 250 Kej. 

Crypt Lord´s Severed Thread

Adds a cosmetic flair to the Notorious Thread´s Hearthstone

Requires Mastermind reputation with the General. 

Costs 250 Kej. 

Executor´s Severed Thread

Adds a cosmetic flair to the Notorious Thread´s Hearthstone

Requires Mastermind reputation with the Vizier. 

Costs 250 Kej. 

Queen´s Pheromone

Use: The pheromones of the Queen. Guards in the City of Threads will no longer interfere with you. 

Requires Mastermind reputation with either the Vizier, General or Weaver. 

Costs: 8888888 Kej

How to get reputation with The Weaver / The General / The Vizier

Weekly Aiding 

Based on which one you have picked to aid during a week, you will get access to activities in the zone which rewards reputation. You will also get a weekly quest that wants you to do these activities and this will also reward reputation when completed. 

World Quests

World quests in Azj-kahet will tell you which of the three Notorieties you will get reputation from. 

Side Quests

There are side quests scattered around Azj-kahet. You will not get reputation when completing a quest but instead you will get rewarded with reputation at the end of the mini-storylines. Not all side quests will reward reputation at the end. This is once per account (Warbound account). 

Rares

All rares that are level 80 will drop 150 reputation when looted. This is once per rare and per account (Warbound account). You will get 150 reputation for all 3 reputation factions and even the Renown The Severed Threads.

Treasures

All one-time treasures will have 150 reputation when loosted. This is once per treasure and per account (Warbound account). You will get 150 reputation for all 3 reputation factions and even the Renown The Severed Threads.

Weekly Dungeon Quest

Complete the weekly dunbgeon quest that you get from Biergoth in Dornagal (/way 46,74. 48.31). You will be able to choose 1500 reputation with any of the faction that you choose. If you choose one of the Notrotiety factions, you will also get reputation with the Renown The Severed Threads. 

Worldsoul Weekly Quest

Weekly Outdoor quest where you will choose what content to do.

Similar to Aiding the accord in Valdrakken, Dragonflight. we will be able to choose what kind of weekly quest activity we want to do in The War Within. You take this quest from Faerin Lothat (/way 46,03.49.57). 

There can be an option to pick Notoriety: Complete objectives for one of the Notoriety factions in Az-kahet. Completing this weekly quest will reward a cache that contains Veteran Gear, 15 Harbinger Crest and 200 reputation with the faction you picked to help. 

Delves

At the end of a delve run you will be rewarded with chests. You have to complete at least a tier 6 or above to have access to a rare chest. The rare chest can only be opened with a special key, Restored Coffer Key. The chest will contain 1000 reputation that is random from one of the Renowns/reputation factions. 

Special Assignment

There are 2 Special Assignments per week in two random zones. The assignment is to complete 3 World Quests and then you will get an elite quest to complete in that zone as well. Once completed you will be rewarded with a Pinnacle Cache that also contains 200 reputation with the zone that had the special assignment. If it is Azj-Kahet, you will reputation with all 3 Notrierty factions and The Severed Threads renown. 

 Weekly Aiding

The Notoriety Patc consists of 3 Nerubians that will help you to help them in The War Within zone Azj-kahet. You will get to know them during your adventures when doing the main storyline and side quests in Azj-kahet. 

Based on which one you have picked to aid during a week, you will get access to activities in the zone which rewards reputation. You will also get a weekly quest that wants you to do these activities and this will also reward reputation when completed. You will always gain the exact same amount of reputation with The Severed Thread whenever you get reputation with one of the Notoriety factions.