Veilwater Basin
| Veilwater Basin | |
|---|---|
| |
| Tropical lakes and jungle under limestone arches. | |
| Level | 35 to 45 |
| Flame | 8 to 9 |
| Trophy | Hydrak'Dal Head |
| Borders | |
| Resources | |
The Veilwater Basin lies in the centre-north of Embervale, between the Blackmire and the Albaneve Summits: dense tropical jungle and freshwater lakes beneath natural limestone arches. The lakes are fed by meltwater from the mountains and are the largest surface water the Shroud has not reached. Half-sunken Ancient ruins, Drak temples, shipwrecks, a lighthouse and the ruined town of Cromville fill it. Enemies run from level 35 to 45.
Getting There
The basin can be reached through the Blackmire's Ancient Passage or from the Albaneve Summits. The Flame's quest Emerald Shores And Sanguine Seas needs Flame level 8: cross the Passage to the Veilwater Basin on the Albaneve side to the Veilwater Basin Outlook, search Tavern "Ol' Salt 'N Pepper" in Driftwood Wake, then rescue the Fisher at Ol' Captain's Rest.
Flame level 9 takes the Hydrak'Dal Head from the Fisher's quest Vengeance and opens the deeper basin. Getting around means swimming, diving, the underwater hook upgrade from A Tool For Underwater Mining, and plenty of Grappling Hook swings.
Where to Find Veilwater Basin - Map Location
The map shows the Veilwater Basin spire and the named places of the region.
Veilwater Basin map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Ancient Spire
The Flame's quest for the spire is A Lighthouse In Sunless Seas. Its obelisks are Old Wounds Reopen near the spire and Ones We Carved Ourselves in the north-west.
Flame Shrines give 6 Sparks each: inside Snapjaw Ruin, north-east of Old Hag's Hut, south-east of the spire in a cave above the river (grapple up and swing across), north of the Aquamarine Mine, south-east of Capybara Oasis, north of Goldrock Saddle, north of the Hermit Camp, and in an underground cave east of Mining Rift.
Locations
The Drak hold the temples, ruins and captured villages, and fight the Scavengers for the rest. Cromville, with Lord Vorgoth's throneroom, is held by the Fell.
Villages and Camps
| Location | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Capybara Hunting Drak'Dal Camp | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Drak. |
| Cargo Lift | Village | Cargo Lift inhabited by Scavengers and Fell. Quest: Work At The Cargo Lift. |
| Cromville | Village | Village inhabited by Fell. Bard Assistant Chester Loft is rescued here. Quest: Finding A Bard Assistant. |
| Cromville Throneroom | Village | Lord Vorgoth's throneroom, held by Fell. Quest: Lord Vorgoth's Throneroom. |
| Drak'Dal Camp (2) | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Drak. |
| Drak'Dal Ruin (5) | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Drak. |
| Driftwood Wake | Village | Village inhabited by Scavengers. Home of Tavern "Ol' Salt 'N Pepper", the first stop of the main quest. |
| Enshrouded Drak'Dal Outpost | Enemy camp | Outpost in the shroud inhabited by Fell Banshee. |
| Gateway Outpost "Darkwater" | Enemy camp | Outpost inhabited by Scavengers. |
| Gateway Outpost "Endflame" | Enemy camp | Camp inhabited by Scavengers. |
| Goldrock Saddle | Village | Village inhabited by Drak and Fell. Quest: Born Swimmer. A Shroud Lair lies nearby. |
| Historic Battleground (2) | Enemy camp | Two old battlefields, one held by Scavengers and Drak, one by Drak. |
| Lighthouse | Village | Village inhabited by Scavengers and Fell. The Lighthousekeeper's Diary lies here. |
| Miner's House | Village | Abandoned Miner's House. |
| Ol' Captain's Rest | Camp | Captain Melville Fontane's fishing spot. Fisher Captain Melville Fontane is rescued here; he sells fishing gear and bait. |
| Old Hag's Hut | Camp | Hut inhabited by Vicious Vines and Hollow. Lore: The Witch's Hut. |
| Orville | Village | Village inhabited by Drak. Quest: A Tool For Underwater Mining. |
| Queen Jezmina's Camp (2) | Camp | Queen Jezmina's Camp in the Veilwater Basin. Stops on Queen Jezmina's journey through the basin. |
| Riverreach | Village | Village inhabited by Scavengers. A Shroud Root lies in an underwater cave beneath it; the entrance is under the waterfall. |
| Scavenger Camp (2) | Enemy camp | Camp inhabited by Scavengers. |
| Shipwrecks | Camp | Shipwrecks inhabited by Drak. Quest: A Tool For Underwater Mining. |
| Small Drak'Dal Outpost (2) | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Drak. |
| Smuggler's Hideout | Enemy camp | Camp inhabited by Scavengers and Fell. |
| Snapjaw Ruin | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Snapjaws. |
| Stillwater Bay | Village | Village inhabited by Fell. Quests: Coffee, The Greatest Good and The Alchemy Of Bean And Water. |
| Suspicious Drak'Dal Ruin | Enemy camp | Ruins inhabited by Drak. Quest: Lucky Catch. |
| Tavern "Ol' Salt 'N Pepper" | Tavern | Tavern in Driftwood Wake inhabited by Scavengers. Searched in the quest Emerald Shores And Sanguine Seas. |
| Veilwater Basin Outlook | Camp | The first view over the basin after the passage from the Albaneve Summits. |
Dungeons and Caves
| Location | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclops Cave Passage | Cave | Cave Passage inhabited by Bats. Has Iron Ore, Coal, and Luminous Growth veins. Guarded by a Cyclops. |
| Drak'Dal Temple (6) | Dungeon | Temple inhabited by Drak. Hydrak'Dal is fought at one of them in the quest Vengeance, and Collector Assistant Nameless One is rescued from another. |
| Hidden Tomb | Dungeon | A hidden Tomb inhabited by Hollow. Part of the quest A Glimpse Of Eternity. |
| Veilwater Basin Hollow Halls | Hollow Halls | Enemies are level 45. You can enter it, but its teleporters and quests are still to come. |
Mines and Farms
| Location | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine Mine | Mine | Mine inhabited by Bats. Has Aquamarine veins. |
| Capybara Oasis | Farm | A beautiful waterfall oasis with many roaming capybara. Quests: Capybara Search And Rescue and Gathering Capybara Bristles. |
| Dewdrop Farm | Farm | An abandoned farm. |
| Fish Farm | Farm | A fish farm on the lakes. |
| Fishing Island | Farm | A small island for fishing. Quest: Nice Day For Fishing. |
| Mining Rift | Mine | Mine inhabited by Scavengers. Quest: Fortification. |
| Winter's Brew Farm | Farm | Farm inhabited by Rats. Grows Coffee Beans. |
Shroud
Three Elixir Wells: east of Orville, north-west of Goldrock Saddle and south of Mining Rift. Shroud Roots grow in the underwater cave beneath Riverreach, south of the Cargo Lift, east of the Aquamarine Mine, north of Goldrock Saddle, east of the Cromville Throneroom and north of Stillwater Bay.
One Night Sanctum holds the Gem of Lycanthropy and another the high-tier Gem Forge. More Gem Forges stand west of Tavern "Ol' Salt 'N Pepper" (entrance in the Shroud to the north) and west of Goldrock Saddle. Shroud Lairs: Goldrock Saddle, and south-east of the Cromville Throneroom.
Resources
Aquamarine, Gold Ore and Mother-Of-Pearl are the new materials, with tropical wood, bamboo, coffee beans and palm leaves from the jungle. Aquamarine comes from the Aquamarine Mine and coffee from Winter's Brew Farm. Fish swim in every lake; the Fisher sells rods and bait.
| Resource | Image | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine | 
|
Mineral |
| Gold Ore | 
|
Mineral |
| Mother-Of-Pearl | 
|
Mineral |
| Pearl | 
|
Mineral |
| Bamboo Logs | 
|
Wood |
| Tropical Wood | 
|
Wood |
| Algae | 
|
Plant |
| Banana | 
|
Plant |
| Coconut | 
|
Plant |
| Coffee Beans | 
|
Plant |
| Daylily | 
|
Plant |
| Ginger | 
|
Plant |
| Gleam Root | 
|
Plant |
| Palm Leaves | 
|
Plant |
| Passionflower | 
|
Plant |
| Plantain | 
|
Plant |
| Raw Rice | 
|
Plant |
| Raw Taro | 
|
Plant |
| Shiitake Mushroom | 
|
Plant |
| Crab Meat | 
|
Hunting |
| Drak Blood | 
|
Hunting |
| Drak Scales | 
|
Hunting |
| Frog | 
|
Hunting |
| Water Reptile Hide | 
|
Hunting |
Creatures
- Drak: a territorial and clever faction of lizardfolk, with chieftains, priests, skirmishers and warriors. They guard their temples and captured villages and live only above the Shroud.
- Scavengers, at war with the Drak.
- Crabs: hostile and surprisingly tough.
- Snapjaws, large lizards and water reptiles.
- Capybaras: peaceful.
- Fell in the Shroud, Hollow in the tombs, and Vicious Vines around Old Hag's Hut.
- Bamboo traps guard many ruins.
Enemies in the Veilwater Basin
| Enemy | Image | Faction | Weak To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drak Chieftan | 
|
Drak | - |
| Drak Priest | 
|
Drak | - |
| Drak Skirmisher | 
|
Drak | - |
| Drak Warrior | 
|
Drak | - |
| Exploding Fell Critter | 
|
Fell | Cutting, Piercing, Blunt, Fire, Ice |
| Fell Berserker | 
|
Fell | Fire |
| Fell Critter | 
|
Fell | Cutting, Piercing, Blunt, Fire |
| Fell Footsoldier | - | Fell | Cutting, Piercing, Blunt, Fire |
| Fell Ranger | 
|
Fell | Fire |
| Fell Sporehead | 
|
Fell | Cutting, Blunt, Fire |
| Scavenger Miner | 
|
Scavenger | Ice, Shroud |
| Shroud Gazer | 
|
Fell | Fire |
| Shroud Stalker | 
|
Fell | Cutting, Fire |
Bosses
| Boss | Image | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrak'Dal | 
|
A Drak'Dal Temple, in the quest Vengeance | A Drak'Dal tribe leader. Drops the Hydrak'Dal Head for Flame level 9. |
| Drak Chieftain | - | Drak villages | Elite guard of the villages. |
| Cyclops | 
|
Cyclops Cave Passage | Drops the Cyclops Head. |
Survivors
| Survivor | Image | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melville Fontane | - | Fisher | Ol' Captain's Rest |
| Nameless One | - | Collector assistant | A Drak'Dal Temple |
| Chester Loft | - | Bard assistant | Cromville |
Quests
| Quest | Location |
|---|---|
| Emerald Shores And Sanguine Seas | Passage to the Veilwater Basin |
| A Lighthouse In Sunless Seas | Veilwater Basin spire |
| Vengeance | Ol' Captain's Rest |
| Veilwater Basin Flame Upgrade | Flame Altar |
| A Tool For Underwater Mining | Orville, Shipwrecks |
| Born Swimmer | Goldrock Saddle |
| Capybara Search And Rescue | Capybara Oasis |
| Coffee, The Greatest Good | Stillwater Bay |
| Colorful Lights | A Drak'Dal Ruin |
| Lord Vorgoth's Throneroom | Cromville Throneroom |
| Lucky Catch | Suspicious Drak'Dal Ruin |
| Nice Day For Fishing | Fishing Island |
| Finding A Bard Assistant | Cromville |
| A Glimpse Of Eternity | Hidden Tomb |
Gear
Found only here: the Golden Recruit and Golden War Hero Axes, the Guard Of The North Sword, the Lumberer Coat, the Siren Seeker Headband and the Blood Rose Mail Coif. Seven Drak reliefs are hidden across the basin.
Gear Found in the Veilwater Basin
Lore
Queen Jezmina's caravan crossed the basin on its way north, and Lord Vorgoth held court in Cromville. The Drak are rebuilding their temples and worship gods of their own; The Drak Gods, On Drak And Ancients, The Drak'Dal Rebuild and In The Hatching Grounds cover them. Other lore: The Ol' Captain's Tales, Legend Of The Siren Seeker, Deaths In Stillwater Bay and Hidden Underwater Town Entrance.
Notes
- Keen Games suggests a level 35 character with good equipment.
- The Drak Soulward Flask and the Diver's Endurance Flask come from the quests Enveloping Blood and Treacherous Waters.
- Balefire Tower "1000 Miles" on the Albaneve border is one of the Albaneve Summits' Balefires.
Regions
| Region | Image | Level | Flame | Boss | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springlands | 
|
1 to 10 | 1 to 2 | Scavenger Matron | |
| Low Meadows | 
|
1 to 10 | 2 | Vukah Brawler | |
| Revelwood | 
|
10 to 15 | 3 | Fell Wispwyvern | |
| Blackmire | 
|
13 to 15 | 3 | - | |
| Nomad Highlands | 
|
15 to 20 | 4 | Fell Monstrosity | |
| Kindlewastes | 
|
20 to 30 | 5 | Fell Sicklescythe | |
| Albaneve Summits | 
|
30 to 40 | 6 to 8 | Fell Cyclops, Fell Dragon Youngling | |
| Veilwater Basin | 
|
35 to 45 | 8 to 9 | Hydrak'Dal |
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