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Searing Heights

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This Wilderness Adventure Area is accessed through The Marketplace, on the southwest edge.

Searing Heights requires character level 4 to enter.

A map of the zone can be found at Map of Searing Heights. ***Warning - Spoilers***

Searing Heights map

Quests[edit]

In addition to the Rare Encounter / Slayer / Explorer quests typical to all Wilderness Adventure Areas, the following missions can be found in this zone:

  • Bargain of Blood
    • Bestowed by Lille d'Deneith, located in House Deneith
    • To get to the quest, enter into Searing Heights via the gate in the southwestern edge of The Marketplace. Quest entrance is centered on the southern edge of the map, just south of the Crumbled Archway.
  • The Promise of Fire: standalone Free to Play quest with heroic level 6 and epic level 27 (U47)
    • Bestowed by Lady Sera Jaymes also located in Searing Heights. She is located on the eastern edge of the map, very close to the map's entrance.

Rare Encounters[edit]

You must be in the level range of 4 to 10 to get full experience for this quest.

Each Rare Encounter is worth 450 XP the bonus for finding all of them is 2025 XP.

(The numbers in the list correspond to notes on the map.)

  1. Slay Giallo, Shadow Warrior
  2. Slay Cruor Rosso, Blackbone Soldier (found in Ominous cave).
  3. Slay Guck, Muck's Cousin (found in water cave).
  4. Slay Itharn Ushu, Sulatar Consecrator (found inside Corridor Of Lava).
  5. Slay Hazai Haatha, Sulatar Conjurer
  6. Slay Ghamzee, Black Wolf Leader (found SE of Calcine, NW of Crumbled Archway, on top of small rise of rock overlooking road)
  7. Slay Calcine, Fire Mephit Idol
  8. Slay Smolder, Fire Elemental Idol (found inside lava fall cave)
  9. Slay Shute Ruggzen, Scorrow Infiltrator (this strange creature is in low terrain not in mountain trails, just west of a formation of 4 glowing rock pillars, NE of the lone tree)

Slayer[edit]

You must be in the level range of 4 to 10 to get full experience for this quest.

  • Slay 10 creatures in Searing Heights: 285 XP = 28.5 xp/kill
  • Slay 25 creatures in Searing Heights: 393 XP = 26.2 xp/kill
  • Slay 50 creatures in Searing Heights: 555 XP = 22.2 xp/kill
  • Slay 100 creatures in Searing Heights: 887 XP = 17.74 xp/kill
  • Slay 200 creatures in Searing Heights: 1,500 XP = 15 xp/kill
  • Slay 400 creatures in Searing Heights: 2,760 XP = 13.8 xp/kill
  • Slay 750 creatures in Searing Heights: 4,770 XP = 13.63 xp/kill

Explorer[edit]

You must be in the level range of 4 to 10 to get full experience for this quest.


Collectible Spots[edit]

  • Adventure's Pack (North path. Behind the ruined walls, next to the large campfire)
  • Rubble (North path. Behind the ruined walls, above the small campfire)
  • Adventure's Pack x 3 (South path. Kill the First Mate, upon the river bridge)
  • Mushroom (South path. Under the bridge of the First Mate)


Each Explorer is worth 225 XP; the bonus for finding all of them is 843 XP.

Lore[edit]

  • Find the ruined stage
  • Find the harbor river
  • Find the crumbled archway (granted by standing on top of the archway)
  • Find the southern gate
  • Discover the cooled lava fall
  • Find the eastern gate
  • Discover the lava shrine
  • Discover the distant view
  • Find the scenic overlook
  • Find the lone tree (can be reached by using Feather Fall from scenic overlook)
  • Find the pillar bridge

Dungeon Entrances[edit]

  • Discover the lava fall cave
  • Find the water cave
  • Find the ominous cave
  • Find the corridor of lava

Monsters[edit]

Monster Information

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Black Wolf( view
Black Wolf.jpg
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 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite Animal Wolf
Blood Tide Archer (hobgoblin)( view
Blood Tide Archer (hobgoblin).jpg
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 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard Goblinoid Hobgoblin
Blood Tide Pirate( view
Blood Tide Pirate.jpg
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 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard Goblinoid Hobgoblin
Blood Tide Skirmisher( view
Blood Tide Skirmisher.jpg
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 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦20Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard Goblinoid Hobgoblin
Blood Tide Skulker( view
Blood Tide Skulker.jpg
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 ♦6Normal ♠11Elite ♥28Epic Hard Reptilian Kobold
Blood Tide Spiritcaller( view
Blood Tide Spiritcaller.jpg
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 ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ♦22Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard Orc Orc
Calcine( view
Calcine.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Fire Outsider Mephit
Cruor Rosso( view
Cruor Rosso.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Undead Skeleton
Fire Mephit( view
Fire Mephit.jpg
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 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite OR Summoned by another mephit: ♦3Normal ♥3Hard ♠3Elite Fire Outsider Mephit
First Mate( view
First Mate.jpg
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 ♦7Normal ♠13Elite ♥31Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Monstrous Humanoid Minotaur
Ghamzee( view
Ghamzee.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Animal Wolf
Giallo( view
Giallo.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Undead Shadow
Guck( view
Guck.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Ooze Gray Ooze
Hazai Haatha( view
Hazai Haatha.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Elf Drow Elf
Hell Hound( view
Hell Hound.jpg
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 ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite Evil Outsider Hellhound
Itharn Ushu( view
Itharn Ushu.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Elf Drow Elf
Large Fire Elemental( view
Large Fire Elemental.jpg
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 ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite Elemental Fire Elemental
Quickfoot Caster( view
Quickfoot Caster.jpg
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 ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite Humanoid Human
Quickfoot Fighter( view
Quickfoot Fighter.jpg
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 ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite Humanoid Human
Shute Ruggzen( view
Shute Ruggzen.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Aberration Drow Scorpion
Smolder( view
Smolder.jpg
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 ♦6Normal Elemental Fire Elemental
Sulatar Cleric( view
Sulatar Cleric.jpg
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 ♦4Normal Elf Drow Elf
Sulatar Fighter( view
Sulatar Fighter.jpg
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 ♦4Normal Elf Drow Elf
Sulatar Ranger( view
Sulatar Ranger.jpg
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 ♦4Normal Elf Drow Elf
Sulatar Wizard( view
Sulatar Wizard.jpg
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 ♦4Normal Elf Drow Elf