The Graveyard is an area in the Southeastern Direlands designed for high-level small group hunting. It was introduced in the Ancient Enemies patch. The graveyard has been updated with new content during the Strange Sightings, Dark Materials, Corrupted Sovereigns, Prodigal Sons, Foolish Ambition, and Upping the Ante events.
Unique Design
The Graveyard was the first place to see a lot of new tech being developed.
- The spawns in the graveyard change depending on the time displayed on the map panel. The spawns switch to the easier "day" creatures at Dawnsong and to the harder "night" creatures at Evensong. (See Time for more details.)
- The Graveyard was the first place to use the Alternative Currency tech, where NPCs will accept some other item instead of Pyreals for payment. In the case of the Graveyard, this currency is the Ancient Mhoire Coin.
- There are a few collection quests which use the NPC item detection tech, where an NPC will search your bags for an item or items and take it directly out, so you do not have to give the items to the NPC yourself - a very helpful feature in the deadly environment of the Graveyard.
Quests & Shopkeepers
- Amelia
- Apep-tek the Tolerant
- Call of Mhoire Forge
- Deathtail Quest
- Hunter Quest (Grave Rats)
- Hurnmel the Smith
- Jester's Cards
- Lady Mhoire
- Lord Mhoire (GY Colosseum)
- Lord Rytheran's Journal
- Shade of Parieth
- Skettek the Wanderer
- The Jester
Graveyard Trophies
File:Parchment.JPG Ancient Journal Page
File:Ancient Mhoire Coin icon.png Ancient Mhoire Coin
File:Ornate Bone Key icon.png Ornate Bone Key
File:Pyre Shroud icon.png Pyre Shroud
Creatures
- Blight Rat
- Blood Curse Rat - (Quest)
- Corrupted Dread
- DeathTail - (Quest)
- Despair Wisp
- Grave Rat
- Hatred Wisp
- Pyre Minion
- Pyre Skeleton
- Pyre Champion
- Sorrow Wisp
- Spectral Dread
- Wight
- Wight Captain
- Wight Blade Sorcerer
Lore
The Lore of the graveyard is still somewhat unclear. It would seem that in the distant past, Geraine, His Eternal Splendor, destroyed the House Mhoire. It is unclear why, but in Rytheran's Letter he refers to the House Mhoire as the traitor house. For millennia the House Mhoire was burried beneath the ground, but recently, as written in his letter, Rytheran left the Mage Academy in search of a mysterious magical book, the Book of Eibhil. He found the book and began to read from it to restore his memories and power. By reading from this book, dark magic rose the Graveyard to the surface once more.
Texts Related to the Graveyard:
Ancient Journal Page #1
Ancient Journal Page #2
Book of Eibhil
Rytheran's Journal
Laylana's Love Letter
Pleading Letter
Foolish Ambition Teaser