Sunscorch Desert
Levels 40–70Long dunes under a hard sun, with oases in the hollows and old fossils in the sand.
What it is like
| Where | A continent about 1.5 km across, across the sea; its middle is about 2.5 km from the village. |
|---|---|
| Danger | Creature levels 40–70, climbing from the harbour side (the coast facing the village) to the far side. More at night, on glacier peaks and in volcano craters. |
| Towns | Safe towns with stations and a trading post kept by Zahra the Fennec Fox |
| Looks like | Rolling dunes of golden sand. In some places umbrella acacias with wide flat tops stand together with spiky Joshua trees and small mesquite trees hung with long seed pods, and silvery desert sage and prickly pear cacti grow under them. In other places the sand lies open for a long way, with only tall saguaro cacti, tufts of dune grass and now and then a huge bottle-shaped baobab. Red sandstone rocks in red, orange and buff stripes, bleached pebble fields and pale fossil rocks lie on the sand, and where the flowers are out, orange and yellow poppies and purple verbena bloom. Date palms with orange dates crowd round the blue oases. Now and then, far out on the flat sand, a tall striped wind-carved spire stands on its own: you can see it from far away. Fell acacias for logs, sticks and sometimes thorns, date palms for logs and big leaves, mesquites for sticks and resin, Joshua trees for fibre and baobabs for a big load of logs. Press E at a date palm for dates, and at a saguaro or a prickly pear for cactus fruit. Cut sage for fibre and sometimes a blossom, dune grass for fibre, and pick desert flowers for blossoms. Break red sandstone with a pickaxe for sandstone, and pebble fields for pebbles and stone. |
| Weather | Heat haze and sandstorms under a warm light. |
| Music | An oud-like tune over goblet drums, a dry wind and a far-off cicada. |
| Region names | Sunscorch Dunes, Dustwind Sands, Mirage Flats, Bonewhite Wastes… |
Watch out
- Cacti have spines: an axe is best. Bare hands work, carefully, at half the speed.
- A Sand Wyrm swims under the dunes: watch for the moving hump of sand, then step out of the ring.
- Sand Scarabs come in swarms.
- The Sun Guardian guards the old ruins.
- The Great Sun Guardian sleeps under the dunes on the far side of the desert.
Who lives here
Dust BlobLv 1+Sunscorch DesertWeak to iceWeak to energySand ScarabLv 2+Sunscorch DesertWeak to iceWeak to energySand WhirlLv 3+Sunscorch DesertWeak to earthGloom VultureLv 4+Sunscorch DesertWeak to energyWeak to holyDune ScorpionLv 5+Sunscorch DesertWeak to iceWeak to energySand WyrmLv 10+Sunscorch DesertWeak to iceSun GuardianMini-boss · Lv 14+Sunscorch DesertWeak to energyWeak to iceThe Great Sun GuardianBossSunscorch DesertWeak to energyWeak to ice
Treasures and materials
Gloom Goo
Sand
Scarab Shell
Plant Fibre
Sunstone
Feather
Scorpion Stinger
Sand Scale
Fossil
Copper Ingot
Gold Nugget
Sunstone Band
Sun Guardian Keystone
Log
Stick
Thorn
Resin
Big Leaf
Palm Sapling
Dates
Cactus Fruit
Blossom
Wheat Seeds
Flower Seeds
Sandstone
Stone
Pebbles
FlintWhat grows and lies here
| Thing | Gather with | Gives |
|---|---|---|
| Umbrella Acacia | axe | Log Stick Thorn Resin |
| Date Palm | axe | Log Big Leaf Plant Fibre Palm Sapling Dates |
| Mesquite Tree | axe | Log Stick Resin |
| Joshua Tree | axe | Log Plant Fibre Stick |
| Baobab | axe | Log Stick Plant Fibre |
| Saguaro Cactus | axe | Plant Fibre Stick Cactus Fruit |
| Prickly Pear | axe | Plant Fibre Thorn Cactus Fruit |
| Barrel Cactus | axe | Plant Fibre Cactus Fruit |
| Desert Sage | axe | Plant Fibre Stick Blossom |
| Desert Shrub | axe | Stick Plant Fibre Resin |
| Dune Grass | sickle or hands | Plant Fibre Wheat Seeds |
| Desert Flowers | sickle or hands | Blossom Flower Seeds Plant Fibre |
| Red Sandstone Rocks | pickaxe | Sandstone Stone Sand |
| Bleached Pebble Field | pickaxe | Pebbles Stone Flint |
| Fossil Rock | pickaxe | Fossil Stone Sandstone |
| Sunstone Vein | pickaxe, tier 3+ | Sunstone Stone Gold Nugget |
| Wind-Carved Spire | hands (E), tier 3+ |
Tips
- Sunstone veins need a copper pickaxe or better, like iron.
- The wind-carved spires can't be broken: they stand far out on the dunes as a landmark to find your way by.
- Sand scales from scorpions and wyrms make Dune Runner Sandals.
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