Abyssal Woods and Rauh Ruins

[CommonHominid]

Has anyone found any super secret stuff in these areas? They are both pretty sizeable chunks of the map and seem basically empty. I did a couple laps and all I found was....

Rauh Ruins - Remembrance duplication station and a pod at the far end that gave me an item (really thought something epic was going to happen when I interacted with it, kinda anticlimactic lol)

Abyssal Woods - A couple cookbooks, crafting materials, and Midra Manse/boss fight.

[Senki]

nah they're just empty but at least they look cool

[⎛⎝ Kupo ⎠⎞]

I think that's it for Abyssal Woods really, in all honesty not allowing you to mount there was an awful idea.
Like sure for the '' stealth '' section I guess...
But the ENTIRE area?
Why???
It's like 99.9% completely empty...

[River]

Originally posted by CommonHominid:

Has anyone found any super secret stuff in these areas? They are both pretty sizeable chunks of the map and seem basically empty. I did a couple laps and all I found was....

Rauh Ruins - Remembrance duplication station and a pod at the far end that gave me an item (really thought something epic was going to happen when I interacted with it, kinda anticlimactic lol)

Abyssal Woods - A couple cookbooks, crafting materials, and Midra Manse/boss fight.

Did you get the Talisman in the Abyssal Woods?

Parry the Winter Lanterns and you'll be able to damage them. One of them drops a Talisman that procs with Frenzy

[CommonHominid]

Originally posted by River:

Originally posted by CommonHominid:

Has anyone found any super secret stuff in these areas? They are both pretty sizeable chunks of the map and seem basically empty. I did a couple laps and all I found was....

Rauh Ruins - Remembrance duplication station and a pod at the far end that gave me an item (really thought something epic was going to happen when I interacted with it, kinda anticlimactic lol)

Abyssal Woods - A couple cookbooks, crafting materials, and Midra Manse/boss fight.

Did you get the Talisman in the Abyssal Woods?

Parry the Winter Lanterns and you'll be able to damage them. One of them drops a Talisman that procs with Frenzy

I did not get that, I tried to attack them once and got wrecked so just stealthed it. Thank you for the tip though, definitely gonna go back and grab that talisman.

[River]

Originally posted by CommonHominid:

Originally posted by River:

Did you get the Talisman in the Abyssal Woods?

Parry the Winter Lanterns and you'll be able to damage them. One of them drops a Talisman that procs with Frenzy

I did not get that, I tried to attack them once and got wrecked so just stealthed it. Thank you for the tip though, definitely gonna go back and grab that talisman.

The only reason I knew about it is because of a message near the start of the stealth section that said to try parrying. I died several times getting the timing down, but it was worth it.

[CommonHominid]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Kupo ⎠⎞:

I think that's it for Abyssal Woods really, in all honesty not allowing you to mount there was an awful idea.
Like sure for the '' stealth '' section I guess...
But the ENTIRE area?
Why???
It's like 99.9% completely empty...

Yes! I don't have a lot of complaints about this DLC but the choice to remove the mount was a buncha bull

[River]

Originally posted by CommonHominid:

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Kupo ⎠⎞:

I think that's it for Abyssal Woods really, in all honesty not allowing you to mount there was an awful idea.
Like sure for the '' stealth '' section I guess...
But the ENTIRE area?
Why???
It's like 99.9% completely empty...

Yes! I don't have a lot of complaints about this DLC but the choice to remove the mount was a buncha bull

It makes sense from a lore perspective, especially if you choose the Frenzied Flame ending.

I couldn't figure out why I kept getting knocked off of Torrent at first, I thought I was getting hit by an invisible enemy.

It wasn't until I tried to summon him again that a message popped up saying that he was too terrified to be summoned.

Annoying? Absolutely especially since the area is not small, but it makes sense lore-wise.

[wulfrik656]

gs of damnation ash of war though is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good

[Nerevar]

the rauh ruins have a invisible bridge to a stone tower. you can awaken the stone sword there into its light or darkness variant and become he man.

[Funpire]

What's the easiest, non spoily way to get to Abyssal Woods? I heard there was a faith spear there...

[⎛⎝ Kupo ⎠⎞]

Originally posted by River:

Originally posted by CommonHominid:

Yes! I don't have a lot of complaints about this DLC but the choice to remove the mount was a buncha bull

It makes sense from a lore perspective, especially if you choose the Frenzied Flame ending.

I couldn't figure out why I kept getting knocked off of Torrent at first, I thought I was getting hit by an invisible enemy.

It wasn't until I tried to summon him again that a message popped up saying that he was too terrified to be summoned.

Annoying? Absolutely especially since the area is not small, but it makes sense lore-wise.

No stakes of Marika at Rennala makes sense too it doesn't really make it any less awful from a gameplay pov tho.

I don't think anyone would've complained and questioned why we could summon Torrent if we could've, in the end of the day the devs are the ones making the design decision and it's just a bad decision imo.

[CommonHominid]

Originally posted by Funpire:

What's the easiest, non spoily way to get to Abyssal Woods? I heard there was a faith spear there...

Shadow Keep, kill boss, find ladder. Tried to keep it vague, hopefully that points you in the right direction without being too spoily.

[Funpire]

There's a ladder... Gdi. Thanks.

[ReadyNick]

The Abyssal Woods dungeon was kinda cool looking a bit small but it was awesome to play, kinda made up for it a bit.