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The world

Aetheria

A mainland and the islands off its coast. 6 mainland zones take a player from level 1 to 30 one after the other; 2 island zones overlap them, so levelling branches, and ferries sail out to them. Beyond it lies a second map: the Corsair Reaches, an ocean only a guild ship reaches.

The mainland
The world map of Aetheria: a green mainland with snowy peaks in the north-east, marshes in the south, and islands out at sea.
HighcrestQuesting zoneIsland zoneDungeonRaidSea laneSaltmarrow Quay: ships to the Reaches

The map as the game renders it. Players walk and ride it in real time, and take the ferries out to the islands.

Questing zones

Level 1 to 30, with a choice on the way

At the overlapping levels players pick a zone by their own taste and by how crowded it is, and stay there while it fits. Nobody sails out for a single level.
Ferries

Out to the islands

The mainland is one landmass: everyone rides about it. The islands off its coast are reached by ferry, from a harbour, on a ship that works one lane. 5 ships sail between 5 harbours.

Walk, sail, walk

A walk that would cross the water becomes a walk to the docks, the voyage, and a walk from the far quay. The map draws the passengers on their ship.

The sea takes real time

An island stint that starts in the hall, or ends with logging off, loses the time at sea, which earns nothing.

Islands pay for it

Island quests pay 30% more XP to make up for the crossing, and island bounties include the voyage there and back in their hours.

The quickest chain of lanes

A trip sails the shortest chain of lanes there and back. The Drowned Reef is reached only by way of Port Cinder.

The game's world map: a ferry with guildmates on deck crosses a sea lane while others walk the mainland.
In the game: whoever takes a ferry boards it, and the map sails it down the lane with them on deck.
The ferries

Ships and sea lanes

Every lane is sailed both ways.
Sea lanes, their ships and hours at sea
ShipBetweenAt sea
the Gull's ErrandHighcrest Docks ↔ Mistveil Landing36 min
the Cinder QueenHighcrest Docks ↔ Port Cinder54 min
the Diving BellPort Cinder ↔ the Drowned Reef30 min
the Long TackMistveil Landing ↔ Port Cinder1 h 6 min
the Saltmarrow PacketHighcrest Docks ↔ Saltmarrow Quay42 min

Out from Highcrest

  • Mistveil Isle

    Lands at Mistveil Landing · 36 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Gull's ErrandHighcrest Docks to Mistveil Landing, 36 min

  • Sunscar Atoll

    Lands at Port Cinder · 54 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Cinder QueenHighcrest Docks to Port Cinder, 54 min

  • The Abyssal Sanctum

    Lands at the Drowned Reef · 1 h 24 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Cinder QueenHighcrest Docks to Port Cinder, 54 min
    2. 2the Diving BellPort Cinder to the Drowned Reef, 30 min

  • The Brinewrack

    Lands at Saltmarrow Quay · 42 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Saltmarrow PacketHighcrest Docks to Saltmarrow Quay, 42 min

  • Blackwake Grotto

    Lands at Saltmarrow Quay · 42 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Saltmarrow PacketHighcrest Docks to Saltmarrow Quay, 42 min

  • The Drowned Spire

    Lands at Saltmarrow Quay · 42 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Saltmarrow PacketHighcrest Docks to Saltmarrow Quay, 42 min

  • Tidegrave Hold

    Lands at Saltmarrow Quay · 42 min at sea each way

    1. 1the Saltmarrow PacketHighcrest Docks to Saltmarrow Quay, 42 min
Off the coast

The islands

Mistveil Isle

Levels 9–17+30% quest XP

A fog-bound isle of drowned elven towers, ghost lights and very old tortoises.

Sunscar Atoll

Levels 19–27+30% quest XP

A smoking volcano ringed by black sand, naga raiders and crabs made of cinders.

The Drowned Reef

20-player raid

A drowned cathedral under the southern sea: the Abyssal Sanctum. The raid sails out on the Diving Bell from Port Cinder.

Rare spawns

World bosses

Forty players, whoever you can rally, plus pick-ups. Every one of them has a fan wiki with a timer.

  • Kazzak the Kinda Doomed

    A demon lord who conquers one zone at a time, then forgets which one.

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    Turns up in Whisperwood, Ashfen Marshes, Saltwind Coast, Frostspire Peaks, Stormreach Highlands.

  • Azuregosh the Blue

    An ancient blue dragon. Mostly naps. Wakes up for guilds with bad timing.

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    Turns up in Stormreach Highlands.

  • Lord Kaz’rik of the Emerald Nap

    Sleeps in the grass, dreams of wiping raids. Snores in area-of-effect.

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    Turns up in Whisperwood.

  • Grumblegut the Everhungry

    A giant who ate a questgiver. The quest is still available, from inside him.

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    Turns up in Greenmeadow Vale.

  • Stormmaw, Eater of Patch Notes

    A thunder-wyrm that was nerfed twice and took it personally.

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    Turns up in Stormreach Highlands.

  • Big Brenda, Terror of the Shipping Lanes

    A sea serpent the length of a harbour. Sank three trade fleets and a very small yacht.

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    Turns up in Saltwind Coast.

  • Glacius, the Titan Who Forgot to Thaw

    An ice elemental the size of a keep. Every spring he means to melt. Next year.

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    Turns up in Frostspire Peaks.

  • Sir Bonesworth, the Unburied Colossus

    A giant of stitched-together skeletons. Still bitter about the funeral.

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    Turns up in Ashfen Marshes.