Abandoned Valley

Continent: Laenor

Quests:
  • Area Quest: Help Atriel
    • Note you will need an axe and a hammer to complete this quest
    • A warhammer counted as a hammer when I did it
    • A hand-axe counted as an axe when I did it.
    • It rewards a weak weapon, and more importantly, 2 training points.
    Equipment:
    • The only item of note is the weapon you can receive from the area quest. This weapon is randomly generated. The stats are pretty poor, and you can't even sell it which is annoying.
    Open Questions:
    • Is this area linked/related to Domgroth's mansion?
    • There's a number of things, (river bits, big trees), which seem like they are highlighted but I can't figure out if I can interact with them or not.
    • There are locked drawers in the NE and SW towers that I do not know where to get the key for it.
    Map:
    Map of Abandoned Valley


    Notes:

    Entrance (Forest, Plains, River, Tower Entrances):
    • If you are doing the level quest, in the very first room use the command "put hands in crack" to find a tadium weapon. The exact weapon type is random.
      • You will likely have to do this multiple times before you actually pull out a weapon. It will show up in your inventory. I also pulled up random items like torches.
      • Thanks to Zetaff for pointing out that you can figure this out if you first look at roots, then look at rocks. Also there will be emotes in the room that mention the rocks creak as the roots try to move them.
    • There is a crack in the rocks where the river flows out of, but it says it is too small for me to enter.
    • There is a tower in the north-eastern side of the map
      • There are no doors in this tower
      • If you look at bricks, (it is a brick tower) it tells you that you can bash the bricks. This is bad level design in my opinion since looking at the bricks is not intuitive.
      • Use the command "bash bricks with hammer" to open a hole.
      • You can enter the tower with the "enter tower" command
    • I found a tattered note in the south-western side of the map
      • The text is all gibberish, with the exception of a signature 'Ramja Aijasona'
    • In the room I found the note, I keep getting someone whispering saying 'Say my name'
      • This seems like a really bad idea since according to Dryad's website this summons a witch who will kill you.
      • I'm still really tempted to try it to validate what happens...
    • There is also a tower in the south-western side of the map
      • There are no doors here either
      • This is poor level design, but if you "look at boards" since the tower is made of boards it suggests hacking away at it. If you try to hack at the boards it says you need an axe.
    • There is an exceptionally tall oak in the south eastern side of the map
      • I can not figure out how to interact with it though.
      • I don't think it's a random "outerworld" plant
    • Finally there is also a tower in the south eastern side of the map which you can go into!
    North Eastern Tower:
    • Once you've bashed the bricks to get into the tower you can start heading up
    • I notice that I see footprints of everyone who has been here, (including me)
    • At the top of the tower you can "open closet" to release a closet skeleton. 
      • The skeleton also drops a shinbone which you need for the quest.
    • There is a locked drawer in the room that you can't open. Wonder what is in it?
    South Western Tower:
    • Once you've "hacked boards with axe" you can enter the tower by "enter opening"
    • In the top room there is another closet skeleton. "open closet" to get to it.
      • It will drop a shinbone which is needed for the quest
    • There is a locked drawer in this room as well. No idea where the key for it is.
    South Eastern Tower:
    • A skeleton is guarding the tower, but the skeleton doesn't block you so it's not really a good guard.
      • The skeleton's name is Zasous
      • The skeleton is much tougher than the other monsters here. Took me 2 attack/retreat/regen cycles to kill it as a level 36 player (shadow sabres)
      • The skeleton will answer a question about the tower, but I couldn't get any other response from them.
    • There is a bronze plaque in the entrance to the tower
      • It says "OBEY YOUR RULER DOMGROTH"
      • I wonder if this is linked to Domgroth's mansion
      • Hmm, the witch that will kill you is "Ramja Aijasona, the defiled witch mistress of Domgroth"
    • An undead Lady Atriel can be found here
      • Important: Only talk to her when you either A) Don't have any quest items or B) Have all the quest items. Otherwise the quest might glitch.
    • If you have all the quest items (the weapon and the shinbones, ask her the questions in the following order:
      • "Ask Atriel about help"
        • Lady Atriel says 'Do I see correctly? Is that my gisarme I forgot to the forest while picking berries? Very interesting! Oh well, I dont need it anymore. Tell you what, if you can bring me the shinbones of two closet skeletons that have been haunting me for ages I tell you how that weapon is brought to life! Just ask me about shinbone when you have those.'
      • "ask Atriel about shinbones"
        • Lady Atriel exclaims 'Great! You got all what i needed!' 
        • Lady Atriel Whispers something to your gisarme.
        • Lady Atriel says 'I told your weapon to wake up. Now all you have to do is wield it this way...'  
        • Lady Atriel takes your hand and instructs you how to take a hold of the gisarme.
        • You remember the instructions automatically.
        • Lady Atriel says 'Thank you again my friend. I must leave to my duties now.'   
        • Lady Atriel leaves the room.
        • Congratulations! You have just completed Help atriel!
        • You receive 1410 gold as a reward for completing the quest.
        • You receive 2 training points.
    • Other things Lady Atriel says:
      • She says "If I only could leave to search it..."
      • Wonder what she is looking for?
      • If you ask her about "free" she asks if you want to help her.
      • If you ask her about "help" she requests that your return her weapon she lost in the forest while picking berries. If you do, she will tell you a secret.
      • She says she has skeletons in the closet and they are bad news....
      • If you ask her about "skeleton" she asks you to bring her the shinbones of her two closet skeletons...
    • I made the mistake of asking Lady Atriel about shinbones before I had her weapon. She took the bones. Later when I gave her the weapon she acted like she didn't have anything. So the quest glitched.
    • Going into the food storage area, there are closets, but nothing in them as far as I could tell...
    Bad Ideas:
    • Ok, I went back to where the note was and said the name "Ramja Aijasona"
      • It takes a while for her to show up:
        • The ground trembles and sky darkens.
        • You can see an ethereal staircase forming up from smoke.
        • Smoke swirls around the area in a sinister manner.
        • You feel that something very bad is going to happen...
        • Maybe uttering that long-forgotten name wasn't such a good idea!
        • You howl 'ramja aijasona
        • Clouds sparkle for a microsecond and you hear a loud BANG!
        • Ramja Aijasona steps down the ethereal staircase.
        • Your keen senses note a disturbance seconds before the ambush!
      • Getting killed by her caused a lot of laughter by other players. This apparently is a well known newbie trap.
      • I was told she is worth around 200-250k, and I was told was NOT part of the quest.
      • She is the girlfriend of lord Domgroth.

    Kill Tracker:
    • A small scaled snake
      • 500-1000 exp
    • A happy fish is swimming here
      • 1039 exp
    • A small bird
      • 2382 exp
    • A wild boar is sniffing stuff
      • 1069 exp
    • Ancient skeleton guarding the entrance
      • 18123 exp
      • drops an iron cudgel
    • Mouse
      • 400 - 800 exp
    • A small vampire bat
      • 2700 exp
    • A closet skeleton
      • 4300 exp
      • Drops a random weapon

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