Veldtdark

First seen by Anacott · 26 Oct 2026

A rugged border town where the golden plains meet the shadows of the badlands, and every sunset brings the howling of desert spirits.

On the road out

0 of 3 enemies met here

Gate boss

Nobody has faced it yet. It has had plenty of time to prepare.

The elder at the gate

??? Nobody has reached this gate yet.

Before the gate road opens, the elder asks for one of these, picked fresh for each life. Once paid, a life is not asked again, and an account that has beaten this gate never is. See Gate elders.

Often
??? Nobody has been asked this one yet.
Sometimes
??? Nobody has been asked this one yet.
Rarely
??? Nobody has been asked this one yet.

Gathering

6 of 13 finds gathered here. Each one appears once anyone gathers it in this city. See Life skills.

Mining

Ghostiron ore
Level 55
Rime-silver ore
Level 60
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Level 55, rare find, 2% per gather
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Level 1, rare find, 0.3% per gather

Woodcutting

Stormoak log
Level 55
Frostbark log
Level 60
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Level 1, rare find, 0.3% per gather

Herbalism

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Level 55
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Level 60
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Level 1, rare find, 0.3% per gather

Fishing

Lanternfish
Level 55
Ice pike
Level 60
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Level 1, rare find, 0.3% per gather

Crafting

0 of 17 recipes that use materials from here are known. Crafting works in any town; these are what this city's materials go into. See Recipes.

Nobody has crafted with them yet. The materials are patient.

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 5, next to everything from lower tiers. See the full stock.

Grand Healing Potion
400 gold
Wrecker's Cleaver
850 gold
Leviathan-Rib Bow
850 gold
Drowned Lantern
850 gold
Fossil Crook
850 gold
Stormcoat
850 gold
Mackerel pie
155 gold
Hot-spring eel
155 gold
Rime-silver masterwork pattern
4800 gold

Events and weather

Every tier 5 city shares these. They turn up on the roads out of town.

Events

25 of 28 tier 5 events seen

The keeper's light, The fossil bed, The sunset toll, The charm seller, The drowned bell, Dust devil ambush, The wreckers' lamps, The siren sings, The nailed note, The lights go out, The jars of days, The rib bridge, The sandfall, The fossil forger, The ground swims, The jackals' gift, The exile's plea, The border stone, The old campaigner, The howling, The frozen heir, The memory crystal, The waiting squire, The troll's inn, The edge of the mist

Weather

One a day, the same for everyone. 8 of 8 kinds seen.

Clear, Rain, Fog, Heat, Snow, Storm, Tailwind, Blood moon

Mutators

One on offer a day, if you want it. 0 of 10 taken.

History

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