GRIM DAWN / QUEST / INVENTORY BAG

Culling the Swarm

Inventory bag #3. Take it from Douglass in Homestead and clear the Royal Hive in the Rotting Croplands north of the Homestead Rift.

Last updated: 2026-07-09

Inventory BagEasy to Get Lost

Act

Act 3

NPC

Douglass

Area

Homestead

Level

25-32

DLC

Base Game

Missable

WHY PLAYERS GET STUCK

Homestead throws many quests at you at once, and this bag reward can be missed if you do not talk to Douglass inside the town.

WALKTHROUGH

1
Reach Homestead and talk to Douglass
- ▸Once you enter the Act 3 hub Homestead, check the town NPCs.
- ▸Accept Douglass's request to cull the insects.
2
Go north from the Homestead Rift into the Rotting Croplands
- ▸From the Homestead Rift, leave through the northern gate into the Rotting Croplands.
- ▸The Royal Hive entrance spawns randomly in the northern Rotting Croplands. Sweep the northern fields from west to east.
- ▸Many enemies use poison/acid damage, so watch your Poison & Acid Resistance.
3
Kill the two Grand Viziers inside the Royal Hive
- ▸Once inside the Royal Hive, explore both side branches.
- ▸Kill Grand Vizier Lozakal and Grand Vizier Inixil and collect their Pheromone Glands.
- ▸If you cannot find the entrance, sweep the northern Rotting Croplands again from west to east.
4
Report to Douglass and take the bag
- ▸Return to Homestead and report to Douglass.
- ▸The reward includes inventory bag #3.

STILL LOST?

If you did not get the bag, return to the Homestead hub near the rift and make sure you actually talked to Douglass. It is not awarded automatically by main-story progress.

Act 3 floods you with loot, so do this as soon as it is available.