Burning Kethotum

Guarded by Muren and Runedil, the wizard Etramu moved the Sealed Stone to Kethotum to lure Kundun there. Kundun came only to smash the stone and walked into the trap: the stone was split into 8 pieces that formed a sealing field, and Kundun, even with the Dark God's power inside him, was turned to stone. Etramu completed the seal, and Kundun stayed locked in the lost city.

Lemuria, Kundun's top pupil, later took over the mind of Gaion to break the seal, failed, and fell into a thousand-year sleep. On waking she controlled Antonias, a descendant of Gaion, and brought Kundun back. Kundun then opened portals across MU to bring in his minions, and the land became a battlefield again.

Both maps are elemental hunting grounds (see the Elemental System), both can be reached for 50,000 Zen through the Travel Command Window, and both have a safe zone where you reappear after dying or disconnecting. Burning Kethotum monsters also resist Excellent and critical damage rates, absorb damage and resist debuffs. Both entrances are in Aida.

An Elite Zone Flag marks each Elite Zone entrance. Inside spawn the Elite versions of the three Crimson monsters. Every hit from an Elite monster applies its Elite Debuff (100% chance), and Elite monsters share boss immunities, such as against Divine Punishment. A Guardian with the Elite Resistance option lowers the debuff effects.

• Elite Option Conversion Fragment: 50 of them turn into a stone that changes a Guardian's Elite option.
• Sealed Armor Fragment: 50 craft one Cracked Bloodangel Armor for a random class, which can give a +13 Bloodangel armor piece by chance without a Bloodangel Soul.
• Golden Crest: material for level 4 wings (cloak).
• Elite Guardian Upgrade Stone: needed to upgrade Guardian items past level 11.
• Jewel of Harmony: adds a fixed option to items of level 9 or higher.

Burning Kethotum is the first tier of hunting grounds whose monsters drop Ability Crystals, the material for Ability Cards: each character can get 1 Ability Crystal and 4 bound ones per day. The map also drops the bound Manticore's Soul Crystal for mastery gear. Later grounds such as Tormenta Island continue the same pattern.