It’s time we finally had that talk.

That talk about the plentiful activities and quests on your journey to defeating the evil master and reversing the siege on Bastion.

There are many different steps you can take on your way to find shards, earn XP and make some much-needed gold coins. Each one comes with their own challenges, mechanics and loot to help you customize your character and rebuild Bastion.

All you have to do is dare to tread beyond the winding, enemy infested lane.

An activity that will push you to explore the Wildlands a bit further will be the Quests that you receive from an NPC or an item that can be found within the kingdom.

Depending on the map and Mister RNG, you will find one of the following: the Venerable Drasilian, Verandiel or a Treasure Map.

It goes without saying that each quest will send you on a different mission that you can finish at your own pace and will reward you with something different.

Finding all of the singing gems for the Venerable Drasilian will bolster up your army with an allied Drasilian, supporting your lane. Finding and activating the four ancient pylons in the right order for Verandiel will reduce the strength of the enemy horde by an entire level.

The hidden treasure? You guessed it, it will reward you with a legendary shard.

The kingdom surrounding Bastion is inhabited by a variety of creatures that made parts of the forests their home. Here, next to harmless wildlife, each generated map features two main species that inhabit the eastern or the western Wildlands outside of Bastion.

While you’ll find most of them in bigger and smaller creature camps throughout their territory, their leader, captain or brood mother has made camp at one specific place among them: the Creature’s Lair.

These underground lairs can be viewed as a designated boss arena and are cut-off from the world above ground. Defeating the boss will not be an easy task however and we recommend only going once you feel prepared enough.

Defeating this boss will reap a high reward: Not only will this lair now spawn creatures boosting your lane presence in reoccurring intervals, but you’ll also receive an artifact and a guaranteed epic shard.

There are not only creatures and enemies hiding in the forests outside of Bastion’s walls, but also the ruins of domains lost to wars and time.

These domains come in many different forms and will support your war effort in different ways once rebuilt. The Knight Order for example will offer a substantial upgrade to your soldiers and bolster their numbers on the lane, whereas the Provision Mill can increase your maximum population by 2 almost doubling the number of soldiers produced with each wave.

The only resource required to rebuild these places? Money!

If you have the cash to spare, help rebuild these places of power.
It’s worth it.

Probably the most straight forward of all the activities listed in this article is clearing the den dungeon of evil.

The dungeon itself features different levels, each with much-welcome gold coin rewards. As expected, however, you won’t get that money for free.

Each of the eight levels of this dungeon is filled with creatures comprised of the two main creature factions on the map with a specific elemental power. And at every level, these creatures get stronger and more deadly.

It’s of course entirely up to you how deep you travel and which rooms you pick.
Just know that the final room will feature big rewards an artifact.

The Aphotic Lands, guarded by a strong entity like the Flesh Golem, will give you access to another place that needs to be cleansed of evil: the Crystal Tombs

In a unique challenge, the Crystal Tombs are leaning on the well-known mechanics seen in Survivors-likes: Kill the seemingly endless number of enemies infesting the tomb and collect their souls to destroy the crystal animating these demonic hordes.

Once the crystal is destroyed, not only will the remaining enemies disintegrate, but you will also be rewarded with a lowered strength level of the stream of enemies attacking your lane.

The world around Bastion is filled with ruins, magic and monsters and the here described Quests are merely one piece of what’s waiting for you beyond the gates of the besieged city.

Exploring the Wildlands and Aphotic Lands, you will also find sites such as ancient totems, caved-in gold mines, worm forge and more…

And while not all of the Quest varieties mentioned can be found in the demo, they are waiting for you in the full release on March 26.

Until next time,