Brand new maps for miners and foragers looking for ingredients for their crafting trades are up in the guides section. I finished both for Scarlet Gorge last night and and added lots to the Freemarch foraging map too.
More to come so keep checking back.
Well, I’ve had a couple of days back in RIFT and I’ve been shown more not-so-secret stashes of loot. I’ve collated all those with maps and details of some of the loot we’ve got on the appropriate zone puzzle pages. We’ve also done another full puzzle, Don’t be Cagey which has its own page. All can be found in the Secrets and Puzzles section. Thanks to Rushster and Nexaa for helping out with these.
I’ve also added a stack load more profession trainers to the Profession Trainers page. It was quite a challenge locating the Expert Runecrafter in Lantern Hook. I must have spent 15 minutes looking for the wee tunnel leading underground. I’ve put the coordinates of the tunnel too.
I’ll be adding more secrets and puzzles as I come across them.
New potion recipes have been added to the enormous list of Apothecary potions too. It’s beginning to groan under its own weight. Incidentally I spent 50 Artisan’s Marks today on the Basic Healing Philter recipe, apparently the first on the shard to acquire one. Health bombs for party members, sounds like it could be useful. My rogue will be testing these on my guild mates later tonight.
The latest zone to be revealed by Trion, Scarwood Reach, has now been added to the map gallery. As always it comes in three sizes, regular, medium and mega.
All the RIFT maps can be found in the RIFT Maps Gallery.
During Beta 6 the IncGamers guild were busy getting down and dirty with a few dungeon runs and while I was busy getting some shut-eye (damn you sleep!), some of the guys decided it was time to tackle King’s Breach, the new dungeon which opened with the introduction of Scarwood Reach. On hand was Korialstraz, Nexxa, Brakz, Kanner and new recruit Pluteus. I have to say they did an excellent job at planning and coordination and I have left in the vent chat so you can hear what is going on tactically.
Builds included Warrior tank spec (Paladin main soul – Warlord for buffs – Void Knight for magic res), Healer specced with (sentinal – warden – purifier), Healer (Sentinel main and Warden secondary, no 3rd soul).
The video comes in four parts and runs in total for around thirty minutes. Part one is below and you can find the others after the break. Also while I have your attention, the IncGamers Guild is looking for new recruits so if you want to join this great group of guys and girls then let us know in the forums.
Many thanks to Brakz who was the camera man for this adventure.
Scarlet Gorge
Big and barren but still teeming with life, Scarlet Gorge was the latest zone to open up and controlled by neither faction, is also the first contested area we’ve had access to. It made trying to map it quite interesting, lots of mountain hugging. I was also a little low level to be in some areas so a few instances of a less than dignified ‘run awayyyyy’.
The image on the left links to the bitesized version but there’s a link at the top of that page to the other sizes, one of which is mega-sized which includes the wee image thumbs of points of interest too. That’s great for scrolling around and seeing all the nooks, crannies and shortcuts of Scarlet Gorge.
So far my favourite zone has to be Silverwood thanks to the variety of interesting locations and key areas to explore such as Quicksilver College, and of course the beautiful looking Sanctum with all its vendors.
As the beta has progressed we have been busy opening up the maps and exploring the world. As of today we have mapped out every area so far released in the Beta tests so if you’re looking for reference materials while you explore then take a look at all the zones.
Find all the the key locations and vendors.
Maps showing key locations to help you find your way around Telara.
With new players joining the Beta this weekend, I’m sure the Sanctum and Meridian maps will be very useful when it comes to finding your trainers and profession vendors.
Meridian City Map
So I spent quite a bit of time revisiting Meridian this evening in order to create a city map. It’s finally done and has all the class and professions trainers, vendors and crafting details. I’m pretty sure I’ve not missed anyone or anything out but if I have please let me know in the comments.
Gloamwood
As you may have spotted we have been putting together extensive zone maps for Telara and we have now created the Gloamwood Map to help players find their way around the zone. There are quite a few maps available that you should check out if you’re entering the test this evening, especially if you are new to the game, it may help you level quicker which is what you need in the limited time you have in the beta test.
Other maps you shoudl check include:
All these maps come in various sizes including the super-detailed mega-maps which are pretty cool if you are wanting a closer look at the terrain and all the little bitty structures.
Trion has revealed another instance this evening. It’s a five-man dungeon named The Fall of Lantern Hook, located at the bottom of a deep well in the Droughtlands.
Those who swim to the very depths of the well are transported to a land of endless flame; a vision of what Telara will become if the Ascended fail in their mission. Guardians believe the experiences in Lantern Hook are visions sent by the Vigil, while the Defiant suspect it is an alternative future.
Players can expect to encounter Flamebringer Druhl, the demonic general of the Wanton armies, and Pyromancer Cortilnald, “arguably the greatest living Mage of his school.” The area is also inhabited by packs of Kobolds. Those damn Kobolds, they get everywhere in fantasy titles don’t they?
Read more for a couple of Lantern Hook images, and don’t forget that IncGamers has thousands of VIP beta keys to give away. Get in there now to stand a great chance of taking part in tomorrow’s beta session.
I have just been going through some videos I shot in Beta 4 and came across this video just outside Scarlet Gorge looking in from Gloamwood. I remember feeling really frustrated, just wanting to get in. It did look great though even from a distance. Roll on Tuesday!
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Silverwood map comes a map for the Defiant zone of Freemarch. As with previous maps it’s in three sizes – Regular, Medium and Mega. If I have missed anything please let me know in the comments and I’ll update it.
Freemarch Zone Map
All three are archived in the Maps Gallery.
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