The Old Ways: a new story for levels 36 to 39

The fire cult reaches Semura, the glacier and the abyss without anyone seeing it travel. Now we know how: it has woken the circles of the Wardens of the Ways, an order that vanished before Semura had walls. These four quests follow the Herald of Cinders (level 34) and take you through their circles, one after the other.

The Sigil in the Ash (level 36, Ignis in Semura)

• A sealed wall at the far end of the Semura sewers opens only for those who carry Ignis's sigil.
• Behind it, the cult guards a burnt circle. Step in and it takes you to the Starwatch, a place no road leads to.
• The Cinder Seer carries the cult's waymap. Take it from him.

Four Shards, Four Gates (level 37, Aya in the Glacial town)

• In the round room of the Starwatch four gates open: storm, blood, abyss and fire.
• Each one leads to a lair with its own master: the Rimewarden, Ossian the Blood Priest, the Thornmother and Cinderfang. Each of them carries a shard of the map.

The Labyrinth of Gates (level 38, Lorin in Semura)

• Behind the Atrium every room has four gates, and only one goes forward. The map you rebuilt tells you the order.
• A wrong gate drops you into the pit. At the end, the Gatekeeper of the Sanctum guards the Key of the Heart.

The Ember Crown (level 39, Nyra in the Demoniac Abyss)

• Nyra opens a portal to the Heart of the Ways: go alone or with up to three friends who carry the quest.
• The Ember King does not wait for you. At two thirds of his life he leaps to the north platform, at one third to the south one: follow him through the fire gates of the Heart.

The Warden circles

• Finish The Ember Crown and the old circles wake up for you: from Semura, the Glacial town, the oasis and the Demoniac Abyss you can step straight into the Starwatch, and from there to any of the other three.

Also in this update

• The fire cult (level 35) and The waking frost (level 40) now give more experience, so every quest pays more than the ones before it.