Ashsquare

Gathering

9 of 9 finds gathered here. Each one appears once anyone gathers it in this city. See Life skills.

Crafting

18 of 20 recipes that use materials from here are known. Crafting works in any town; these are what this city's materials go into. See Recipes.

Blacksmithing

Copper ring (1), Kitchen knife (1), Apprentice wand (5), Quarterstaff (8), Tinker's pick (10), Tinker's hatchet (10), Tinker's sickle (10), Tinker's rod (10), Garnet band (26)

Alchemy

Minor healing potion (1), Focus draught (5), Firebomb (10), Cleansing tonic (12), Frost bomb (18)

Cooking

Grilled carp (1), Trout stew (5), Eel pie (10), Sun perch skewers (15)

General store

The same shop is in every town, stocked by your checkpoint city's tier. With your checkpoint here, these join the shelf at tier 1. See the full stock.

• Minor Healing Potion

  30 gold

• Smelling Salts

  40 gold

• Notched Axe

  90 gold

• Militia Spear

  90 gold

• Kitchen Knife

  90 gold

• Dog-Eared Grimoire

  90 gold

• Chapel Hammer

  90 gold

• Leather Jerkin

  90 gold

• Grilled carp

  5 gold

• Trout stew

  10 gold

Events and weather

Every tier 1 city shares these. They turn up on the roads out of town.

Events

48 of 49 tier 1 events seen

The cursed shrine, A merchant in the fog, The wounded knight, The goblin who wants to play, The black pool, An abandoned nest, A chest on the road, The old well, A travelling bard, A ring of mushrooms, Wolf ambush, Bandit toll, The glowing crack, A roadside hot spring, A loose page, The arm-wrestling miner, Soot squall, The silver bowl, The pointing scarecrow, The white hart, The snared goblin, Something on your shoulder, Blood moon, Timber, The chained book, The door with opinions, The book cart, The helpful signpost, The road across the sea, A message in a bottle, The sailor who lost his ship, A shed glass shell, The glinting tide pool, The sword in the surf, Gull raid, The chicken, A fresh grave, The goblin census, Light fingers, An amateur robbery, Pell's broken wheel, A still-warm campfire, A purse with your name on it, The apprentice, The skull on the fencepost, The oath stone, The sleeping guard, The town crier

Weather

Tier 1 roads have no weather.

History: The First Stone

11 of 12 pieces known. The locals tell them in town, one at a time, and each one appears here once anyone hears it.

1. A bather at the springs: The water's never cooled. Not in winter, not in drought.

   A bather at the springs: Old folk say it isn't the mountain keeping it warm. It's the people who've stood in it.

   First seen by Ottilie (Sukha Yatadera) · 4 Oct 2026

2. A soot-sweep: Soot falls on clear days. Always has. My gran said it isn't smoke, it's the mountain breathing out something cold.

   A soot-sweep: Tastes like smoke, though. I'd know. I've swallowed enough of it.

   Hearsay

   First seen by Garrick (Max Tester) · 6 Oct 2026

3. The old smith: There's a stone under the springs. A big one, cut square, older than the town. My grandfather saw it the year the water ran low.

   The old smith: He said there was a mark on it, like a road. Then the water came back up, and nobody's seen it since.

   First seen by Mungo (Xain) · 30 Oct 2026

4. Osric Vell: The first page of the Ledger isn't your family's. It's a list of names I can't read, in a hand older than mine.

   Osric Vell: The page after that is your ancestor. Two lines, the day she came and the day she left. Then it's all yours.

   First seen by Rowan (Augusto - Leopardo on) · 9 Oct 2026

5. A boy on the hill path: The springs talk. Not in words. More like someone humming in the next room, a long way off.

   A boy on the hill path: Nobody believes me. Osric pretended not to, which is how I know I'm right.

   Hearsay

   First seen by Edric (Anacott) · 2 Oct 2026

6. Mother Sorrel: The oldest stone on the hill has no name on it. Just a mark like a road, with a line through the far end.

   Mother Sorrel: I weed it anyway. Somebody ought to.

   First seen by Pim (DJGG) · 3 Oct 2026

7. A geologist's widow: He said the caldera had roots. Said they ran east, under everything, and he wanted to know how far.

   A geologist's widow: The mountain showed him. They say he keeps the caves now and turns people back. He never let me near the edge either.

   First seen by Cuthbert (Asura) · 2 Nov 2026

8. A bather at the springs: Stand in long enough and you'll hear it. Not a voice. A sort of remembering.

   A bather at the springs: Everyone who's ever stood here, all at once, very quietly. Your family's in there too. A great many of them.

   First seen by Ottilie (Sukha Yatadera) · 4 Oct 2026

9. Osric Vell: Your ancestor didn't swear to the mountain, or to the road. She swore to whatever answered her in the steam.

   Osric Vell: I'd like to know what that was. I'd rather not ask it.

   First seen by Osric (itszmedeanyor_) · 31 Oct 2026

10. A traveller from the east: Out east they call this place the warm water in the west, like it's a story for children.

    A traveller from the east: I didn't believe it was real until I put my hand in. Then I sat down for a while.

    First seen by Osric (ameba) · 5 Oct 2026

11. A soot-sweep: The soot's come down heavier these last few years. More every winter.

    A soot-sweep: My gran said that happens when something far away gets loud. I never did ask her what.

    First seen by Maximilian (Anacott) · 22 Oct 2026

12. ???