Dungeons

A dungeon (instance) is an area that exists only for the players in your squad, so many squads can run the same place at once without getting in each other's way. Quests usually send you inside the first time, but you may go back as often as you like while you meet the entry rules.

Many high-level dungeons have been repurposed so each one helps you farm one kind of equipment:

• Weapons: Advanced Endless Universe, Moon Watcher Tower, Uncharted Paradise, Whispering Mausoleum.
• Armor: Endless Universe, Flowsilver Palace, Twilight Temple Revisited parts 1 and 2.
• Artifacts: Undercurrent Hall, Icebound Underworld, Dawnlight Halls.

One example is the Endless Universe, an armor dungeon in Morai for up to 10 players (at least 8 to start), open at level 100 with the second Reawakening and the Arcane Sky I boundary level. You enter at the NPC Momentor by using a Relic of Wonder. The first phase is a relay race: each player takes one of eight lanes named after Greek letters (Alpha to Theta), each with its own kind of monsters, while up to two extra players act as escorts. The second phase is a fight against three bosses: Gorath the Worldrender, the Mistress of Endless Night and Ghost Wing.

Every ten levels, starting at 19, a Call to Duty quest sends you into a dungeon. Players call these runs "FB", from the Chinese word for an instance. The level 49 one is moved to 51. In the higher ones, players often hand over wine to an NPC to thin out the monsters.

Firecrag Grotto is a typical first dungeon: a small lava cave north of Thousand Wood Ridge, above Etherblade, full of ant- and centipede-like Wraiths. Its only boss, Thromh the Mighty, hits in melee, speeds up its attacks for a while and puts a bleed on the tank near the end. Since the Celestial Vale became the starting area, few players still run it, though the level 19 Call to Duty quest remains.

• Midlands: Twilight Temple, Frostcovered City, Palace of Nirvana, Warsong City, Lunar Glade, Icebound Underworld, Phoenix Valley, Quicksand Maze and more.
• Lothranis: Seat of Torment and Heavenfall Temple. Momaganon: Abaddon. Moon Watcher Tower is listed with both realms.
• Morai: Endless Universe and Advanced Endless Universe.
• Primal World: Flowsilver Palace, Undercurrent Hall, Uncharted Paradise.
• Western Steppes: Dawnlight Halls and Whispering Mausoleum. Celestial Vale: Lightsail Cave.

For where these regions are, see the World Map.

• When a squad enters, its leader becomes the instance holder. If leadership is passed on, the new leader becomes the holder.
• Anyone who leaves the squad while inside gets a 60-second timer and is then sent out. The holder does not get one.
• If a player disconnects, the holder can invite them back within 60 seconds of reconnecting to cancel the timer.
• Stuck inside with no timer? Ask a friend to invite you to a squad, pass you the lead and leave: you get a timer and avoid the one-hour cooldown of a Town Teleport. The same trick can reset a dungeon so you can run it again at once.

The Bestiary is an in-game guide to the bosses of some dungeons. Open the Functions menu at the bottom left and press the Bestiary button. Pick a dungeon and a mode to see each boss with its phases, summons, a short story and a list of skills; some skills even play an animation when clicked.

Dungeons with Bestiary entries include War-Torn Canyon, Isle of the Celestial Warriors, Whispering Mausoleum, both parts of Twilight Temple Revisited, Icebound Underworld, Dawnlight Halls and Uncharted Paradise.