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Searing Heights
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***
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.)
- Slay Giallo, Shadow Warrior
- Slay Cruor Rosso, Blackbone Soldier (found in Ominous cave).
- Slay Guck, Muck's Cousin (found in water cave).
- Slay Itharn Ushu, Sulatar Consecrator (found inside Corridor Of Lava).
- Slay Hazai Haatha, Sulatar Conjurer
- Slay Ghamzee, Black Wolf Leader (found SE of Calcine, NW of Crumbled Archway, on top of small rise of rock overlooking road)
- Slay Calcine, Fire Mephit Idol
- Slay Smolder, Fire Elemental Idol (found inside lava fall cave)
- 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]
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Black Wolf ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Animal | Wolf |
Blood Tide Archer (hobgoblin) ( view • edit ) | ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Blood Tide Pirate ( view • edit ) | ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Blood Tide Skirmisher ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦20Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard | Goblinoid | Hobgoblin |
Blood Tide Skulker ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♠11Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Reptilian | Kobold |
Blood Tide Spiritcaller ( view • edit ) | ♦7Normal ♥9Hard ♠12Elite ●♦22Epic Normal ●♥30Epic Hard | Orc | Orc |
Calcine ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Fire Outsider | Mephit |
Cruor Rosso ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Undead | Skeleton |
Fire Mephit ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite OR Summoned by another mephit: ♦3Normal ♥3Hard ♠3Elite | Fire Outsider | Mephit |
First Mate ( view • edit ) | ♦7Normal ♠13Elite ●♥31Epic Hard ●♠46Epic Elite | Monstrous Humanoid | Minotaur |
Ghamzee ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Animal | Wolf |
Giallo ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Undead | Shadow |
Guck ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Ooze | Gray Ooze |
Hazai Haatha ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |
Hell Hound ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Evil Outsider | Hellhound |
Itharn Ushu ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |
Large Fire Elemental ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite | Elemental | Fire Elemental |
Quickfoot Caster ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Quickfoot Fighter ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Shute Ruggzen ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Aberration | Drow Scorpion |
Smolder ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal | Elemental | Fire Elemental |
Sulatar Cleric ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |
Sulatar Fighter ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |
Sulatar Ranger ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |
Sulatar Wizard ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal | Elf | Drow Elf |