Ember Bay
Ember Bay was released together with Living World Season 3, Rising Flames on 20 September 2016.
Getting There
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Unlike most zones, Ember Bay is not directly connected to neighbouring areas. In order to reach it, players can use one of the two methods:
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Use an Ember Bay Portal Scroll.
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Complete the Rising Flames instance Taimi’s Game – the first story step of Episode 2 from Living World Season 3.
Achievements
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Skip up the Volcano (jump puzzle)
Collectibles
Map Bosses
Mastery Insights
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Ember Bay Insight: Ashen Skerries
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Ember Bay Insight: Caliph's Steps
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Collecting Coalescence (3AP)
Participate in each of the coalescence events around the island.
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Defeat the dragon minions before they absorb too much ley-line magic
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If success, [Group Event] Defeat the coalescence to disperse the ley-line magic
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If failure, [Group Event] Kill the Imbued Destroyer Champion (Ember Bay)
For this achievement, simply complete a 3 minute pre-event at 3 locations in Ember Bay; Osprey Pillars, Burning Grotto & Lava Flats.
Pre-event: Defeat the dragon minions before they absorb too much ley-line magic.
If you complete this pre-event successfully and continue with the Coalescence boss, then you will be working on an achievement called Magic Dispersed.
If you fail the pre-event, you can still get credit for the first achievement but a different boss will spawn so you will not get credit the 2nd achievement.
Hungry Hal (8AP)
Take chum from buckets in New Loamhurst and hurl it at the White Mantle invaders.
Masteries:
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Glider Basics (Gliding)
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Updraft Use (Gliding)
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Thermal Propulsion (Ancient Magic)
Metal Mountain (1AP)
Find the tallest, hottest spot on Ember Bay.
Masteries:
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Glider Basics (Gliding)
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Updraft Use (Gliding)
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Thermal Propulsion (Ancient Magic)
Magic Dispersed (5AP)
Defeat 5 coalescences to disperse their magic back to the ley-lines.
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Defeat the dragon minions before they absorb too much ley-line magic
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If success, [Group Event] Defeat the coalescence to disperse the ley-line magic
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If failure, [Group Event] Kill the Imbued Destroyer Champion (Ember Bay)
For this achievement, you have to first complete a 3 minute pre-event at 3 locations in Ember Bay; Osprey Pillars, Burning Grotto & Lava Flats.
Pre-event: Defeat the dragon minions before they absorb too much ley-line magic.
To succeed, you need to keep the bar from filling up for 3 minutes. If you succeed, the Coalescence boss will appear. Defeat this boss for this achievement.
Event: Defeat the coalescence to disperse the ley-line magic.
If you fail the pre-event, you can still get credit for Collecting Coalescence but a different boss will spawn so you will not get credit for the Magic Dispersed achievement.
Token Collector (40AP)
Collect all the mursaat tokens that were scattered around Ember Bay.
Re-arranged according to area & accessibility:
1. Infernal Cape: on the eastern side of the volcano
11. Smoldering Inlet: Near the peninsula in the inlet, within a small underwater cave
8. Smoldering Inlet: Between rock shelfs in the mouth of the Magma Outlet
2. Burning Grotto: In the northern exit of the Furnace Chamber
3. Burning Grotto: In the northern exit of the Furnace Chamber
4. Burning Grotto: Hidden a crevice in the back of the Furnace Chamber
10. Burning Grotto: Within the top shelf of the Furnace Chamber
36. Burning Grotto: Hidden within the upper rock tier of Furnace chamber on the eastern side.
27. Infernal Cape: On the horns at top of the volcano
14. Infernal Cape: Within a magma fall on the northwestern side of the volcano
37. Burning Grotto: Hidden within the outer rock walls of the Furnace Chamber to the northwest of the magma pool.
18. Burning Grotto: Within the outer rock shelfs on the southern side
35. Burning grotto: Under another rock shelf within the southeastern waters under the Furnace Chamber
19. Burning Grotto: Under the Furnace Chamber on the southeastern side
5. Smoldering Inlet: On the rocks northeast of the Magma Outlet
6. Lava Flats: At mouth of the Lava River
30. Skritt Anchorage: Within the walls of Rock Face Scratch
17. Skritt Anchorage: At the highest point of the Dread Shiny
40. Ashen Skerries: Look among the karma eggs in the Karka Hatchery
7. Fractured Caldera: To the northeast of Quickk’s Retreat
Fractured Caldera: Along the riverbed of the magma outlet
15. Fractured Caldera: On the upper rock-shelf tiers of the western side
21. Bleeding Pulpit: Hiding in the north outer wall of the Pedestal of Flames
39. Bleeding Cape: Between the rocks where Destruction’s Maw and Pedestal of Flames meet on the northern side
16. Infernal Cape: Under the volcano, hidden underwater
26. Shipwrecked Beach: On top of the highest rock spire next to Ivy’s Circus Spectacular
28. Shipwrecked Beach: Somewhere in someone’s messy hut within Ivy’s Circus Spectacular
12. Osprey Pillars: On the southwestern area in the basaltic pillar underbelly
13. Performance Field: Look for a crack in the wall in the Sloth Queen’s quarters
9. Caliph’s Steps: Under a rock shelf on the western beach
20. Caliph’s Steps: Next to the magma fall at the sealed entrance
34. Caliph’s Steps: Look within some orifices on the Twin Skulls
38. Caliph’s Steps: Look within the rocks between the two Twin Skulls
32. Caliph’s Steps: On the third shelf up to the northwest of the Sealed Entrance
33. Caliph’s Steps: On an upper tier of a large room to the northeast of the Sealed Entrance
Mursaat Tokens found in the Jumping Puzzle, Chalice of Tears:
25. Sopor Titanum: Hidden within the outer walls of the inner magma falls on the north side of Chalice of Tears
Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2 - 29. Sopor Titanum: Within the terrifying walls of the eastern side of the inner chamber
Checkpoint 3 - 31. Sopor Titanum: Drop down the southern part toward Titan’s Perch
Checkpoint 4 - 23 & 24. Sopor Titanum: Within the walls of the easternmost part of the volcano
Cami’s Final Voyage (7AP)
Collect Cami's journal entries around Ember Bay.
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Infernal Cape: Look around the tip of the peninsula
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Shipwreck Beach: Northwest of the cursed circus, buried in rocks after the beach labyrinth
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Bleeding Pulpit: Located northeast of the bubbling caldera
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Lava Flats: Slipped under rock overhangs in the pool area
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Basalt Rise: The largest rock outcrop east of the vista
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Fractured Caldera: Northeast of Smoosh-a-Tron
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Sopor Titanium: Hidden directly west under the second staircase within the ruins
After defeating the Champion Jade Construct, stones will appear in the lava to allow players to access and commune with the Mastery Point.There will also be 2 updrafts that allow players to get to higher ground.
Tablets of the Unseen (10AP)
Read the mursaat tablets scattered around their old fortress.
These tablets are mostly found in Caliph's Steps.
Mursaat Lore Tablet 1
Mursaat Lore Tablet 2
Mursaat Lore Tablet 3
Mursaat Lore Tablet 4
Mursaat Lore Tablet 5
Mursaat Lore Tablet 6
Mursaat Lore Tablet 7
Mursaat Lore Tablet 8
Mursaat Lore Tablet 9
Mursaat Lore Tablet 10