Shadow Lair

Shadow Lair

Theme(s)

Levels

Shadow Lairs are intended for knights equipped with Tier 3 gear, specifically geared toward each Shadow Lair which includes:

The Gloaming Wildwoods has been infected with a poisonous miasma transforming the Snarbolax into the Rabid Snarbolax...and now there're two of them!
The Royal Jelly Palace has frozen over and it's king usurped by the true heir to the slimy throne, the frigid Ice Queen!
The Ironclaw Munitions Factory has begun creating in fiery weapons and improved upon its ultimate weapon in the form of the Red Roarmulus Twins!
A powerful curse has overtaken the Firestorm Citadel, transforming its hordes and lead by the mighty Darkfire Vanaduke!

Accessing

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To access a Shadow Lair, the party needs one (and only one) Shadow Key. Shadow Keys can be found in Iron Lockboxes, purchased from Boost, or purchased from other players, for example through the Auction House. Once a Shadow Key has been used to enter a Shadow Lair, it is destroyed.

To access a Shadow Lair, one person in the party needs clearance for that Shadow Lair. Any player with Tier 3 clearance has clearance for the Shadow Gloaming Wildwoods. Any player who has completed the Shadow Gloaming Wildwoods has clearance for the Shadow Royal Jelly Palace and the Shadow Ironclaw Munitions Factory. Any player who has completed either of those two Shadow Lairs has clearance to the Shadow Firestorm Citadel.

If a party has a Shadow Key and clearance, it can enter its desired Shadow Lair at depth 23 of any gate. That is, the party members assemble in a single depth-23 Clockworks Terminal, proceed to the north end of the terminal, and unlock the appropriate gate with their Shadow Key.

Once the party has entered the Shadow Lair, no new members may join the party.

Levels

Gloaming Wildwoods

Like the ordinary Gloaming Wildwoods, the Shadow Gloaming Wildwoods is filled with beasts. However, the Shadow version is also packed with undead (zombies, kats, and howlitzers), and all of the monsters have a poison theme. Armor that protects against normal, piercing, shadow, and poison is recommended. Piercing, elemental, and crowd-control weapons are recommended.

Monsters:

Monsters that don't spawn from Monster Cages

Information below is based on lack of information and might be incorrect. Most monsters have been witnessed. The following have not been reported in any tier:

Bosses (for obvious reasons)
Event Exclusives (for obvious reasons)

Battlepod

Drone (Wisps, Shankles of any kind)
Lost Souls of any kind

Boss:

Two Rabid Snarbolaxes: Unlike the Roarmulus Twins, they have independent healths.
One Silkwing: It heals 63 health per second to each Rabid Snarbolax near it.
Swarm Seed

Royal Jelly Palace

The Shadow Royal Jelly Palace is similar to the ordinary Royal Jelly Palace in its monsters — many slimes, some constructs, and scattered silkwings — except that the turrets are primarily polyps rather than gun puppies. Many of the monsters have a freeze theme. Armor that protects against normal, piercing, and freeze is recommended. Shadow and elemental weapons are recommended.

Monsters:

Boss:

Ironclaw Munitions Factory

Monsters:

Boss:

Firestorm Citadel

The Shadow Firestorm Citadel is similar to the ordinary Firestorm Citadel in its monsters — undead, trojans, and turrets — except that the turrets are primarily howlitzers rather than gun puppies. Many of the monsters have a curse theme; others have a fire theme, as in the ordinary Firestorm Citadel. Armor that protects against normal, shadow, fire, and curse is recommended. Elemental and piercing weapons are recommended.

Monsters:

Boss:

Unknown Passage

Main article: Unknown Passage

A party traversing through a Swarm Seed, a primary obstacle of the passage.

Monsters:

Other

The Sanctuary

Main article: The Sanctuary

The Sanctuary Alchemy Machine.

Echo Stone

Main article: Echo Stone

An Echo Stone is a beacon of light, usually containing a message (or echo) from the past. There is one in each Sanctuary relating to the boss you have just defeated.

Boss Armor

It is crafted by using the Sanctuary Alchemy Machine shown in the picture.

Shadow Materials

Shadow Materials are special crafting materials found in the Sanctuary. They are themed after the boss you have just defeated. They are used to create Boss Armor.