Viridian Rise

Introduced:  Forces of Nature Updated:  Spring 2014, March Patch

Viridian Rise

Description

Located between Khayyaban and Baishi around 44.0S, 43.4E, Viridian Rise is a large forest area surrounding a newly revealed Deru Tree. It is a tier 8 loot area filled with high level A'nekshay, Phyntos Wasps, Zefirs, Golems, Wisps, and Gromnies. There is a flagging quest to access the area.

The plateau in the very center of the area holds the Deru Tree and several NPCs. The 2 surrounding plateaus are divided into a total of 7 isolated forest areas that must be completed sequentially in order to reach the Deru Tree. The isolated forest sections are separated by thick forest walls that cannot be crossed by creatures or players. There are also 2 jump bridges that must be crossed or bypassed along the way. In order to reach the NPCs in this area, you must fight through the forest areas one by one. In the valleys between the plateaus are six statues leading to the Viridian Root dungeon.

The Deru Tree itself has a very challenging jump puzzle associated with it. There is a single NPC at the top of the tree which can only be accessed by jumping to the top. The jumping puzzle has a once per character reward associated with it.

Many creatures in the Viridian Rise utilize new "advance warning" attacks. Prior to the attack occurring, a broadcast message is sent in the chat window, as well as a visual animation in many cases. There is then a several second delay before the attack goes into effect. These attacks are extremely powerful and must be dodged/handle in a specific manner in order to avoid taking damage.

Viridian Rise has 2 forms of alternate currency associated with it: Infused Amber Shards and Corrupted Amber Shards.

Route

• From Baishi, take the Kelnen Village portal at 50.0S 63.5E.

Location

Entrance Flagging

Main page: Access to the Viridian Rise

In order to access the starting point in the forest, each player must complete a one time flagging. See Access to the Viridian Rise for more information.

Getting to the Deru Tree

In order to reach the Deru Tree, you must fight across the 7 areas of the forest surrounding it. Each area contains creatures which drop Viridian Essences upon death. These are needed to reach the next area of the forest. There are also several statues scattered in each area. One of the statues will have a blue flame over its head, marking it as active. You must have a specific amount of Viridian Essences before talking to the blue flame statue. Then it will open a portal to the next area. The amount of essences is 10 for players without the Lockpick skill and can be reduced based upon skill level. 500+ lockpick reduces the number. 517 skill reduces it to 7. Less lockpick will require more essences. Important: the blue flame rotates from statue to statue within each area and does not stay in the same place. You will likely need to search for the statue that is currently "active". The statue takes all of your essences when you use it, so there is no stockpiling for future areas. The portal summoned has a very short timer (10 seconds) and must be used quickly. Occasionally there may be no active statue in the current area. When this happens you must simply wait for one to become active. Only one person needs to collect the essences, so long as your entire group can use the portal before it disappears!

In the 4th area of the forest, there is only a single statue near the jump bridge connecting to the 5th area. You can either attempt to cross the bridge using short shift jumps, or collect 20 essences and use the nearby statue for a portal across. 500+ lockpick reduces the number. 517 skill reduces it to 15. Less lockpick will require more essences.

In the 7th area of the forest, there is also only a single statue near the jump bridge connecting to the Deru Tree. Again you can choose to collect 20 essences or attempt to jump. Collecting 20 essences is easier in this area because it is very large and you must cross the entire area to reach the bridge.

Use caution if running to the active statue in an area! It is easy for many creatures to crowd the statue and kill many players while attempting to enter the portal.

Climbing the Deru Tree

Main page: Climbing the Viridian Deru Tree

Related Quests

Quest	Restriction	Rewards
Access to the Viridian Rise	None	None
Climbing the Viridian Deru Tree	None	100 Infused Amber Shards
Infused Amber Collection	None	Varies
Corrupted Amber Collection	None	Varies
Viridian Rise Rare Bosses	None	Varies
Viridian A'nekshen Kill Task	None	80,000,000 xp, 5,000 lum, 1 MMD, 5 Aged Legendary Keys, 10 Infused Amber Shards
Viridian Wasp Kill Task	None	80,000,000 xp, 5,000 lum, 1 MMD, 5 Aged Legendary Keys, 10 Infused Amber Shards
Viridian Zefir Kill Task	None	80,000,000 xp, 5,000 lum, 1 MMD, 5 Aged Legendary Keys, 10 Infused Amber Shards
Paragon Weapons	None	Luminous Paragon Ambers
Enlightenment	275	+1 to all skills, +2 vitality

NPCs

NPC Name	Location	Type	Details
Brellegia	--	Quest NPC	Viridian A'nekshen Kill Task
Brellegia's Marker	--	Quest NPC	Viridian A'nekshen Kill Task
Aangesilus	--	Quest NPC	Viridian Wasp Kill Task
Aangesilus' Marker	--	Quest NPC	Viridian Wasp Kill Task
Swift	--	Quest NPC	Viridian Zefir Kill Task
Swift's Marker	--	Quest NPC	Viridian Zefir Kill Task
Kervim'telek	--	Quest NPC	Infused Amber Collection
Dridge	--	NPC	Honeyed Meads
Doriathazaar	--	Quest NPC	Climbing the Viridian Deru Tree
Vvermurgor	--	Quest NPC	Corrupted Amber Collection
Summercrown	--	Quest NPC	Paragon Weapons

Items

Area Items
		Viridian Key of the Second Portal		Viridian Key of the Third Portal		Viridian Key of the Fourth Portal		Viridian Key of the Fifth Portal
		Viridian Key of the Sixth Portal

Trophies
		Infused Amber Shard		Viridian Essence		Corrupted Amber Shard		Essence of Night Brier
		Essence of Norshuntyr		Essence of Wind Fury		Essence of Zerzelikyr		Life Infused Nightbloom
		Vigor Infused Nightbloom		Mana Infused Nightbloom		Viridian Rise Deru Portal Sending Gem

Infused Amber Collection Quest: Scrolls
		Scroll of Cassius' Ring of Fire II		Scroll of Eye of the Storm II		Scroll of Halo of Frost II		Scroll of Horizon's Blades II
		Scroll of Nuhmudira's Spines II		Scroll of Searing Disc II		Scroll of Tectonic Rifts II		Scroll of Clouded Soul II
		Scroll of Ring of Skulls II		Scroll of Viridian Rise Recall		Scroll of Viridian Rise Tree Recall

Infused Amber Collection Quest: Viridian Weapons
		Stormwood Claw		Stormwood Sword		Oak Stormwood Atlatl		Oak Stormwood Axe
		Oak Stormwood Bow		Oak Stormwood Claw		Oak Stormwood Dagger		Oak Stormwood Crossbow
		Oak Stormwood Mace		Oak Stormwood Staff		Oak Stormwood Sword		Oak Stormwood Greatsword
		Oak Stormwood Wand		Derubloom Wand		Vortex Thorn		Storming Portal Axe

Infused Amber Collection, or Corrupted Amber Collection Quest Enhancements
		Gem of Verdant Force	File:Luminous Amber: Breastplate of the Bulwark Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Breastplate of the Bulwark	File:Luminous Amber: Bracers of Thunderous Blows Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Bracers of Thunderous Blows	File:Luminous Amber: Helm of Healing Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Helm of Healing
	File:Luminous Amber: Shield Fortification Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Shield Fortification	File:Luminous Amber: Sollerets of the Storm Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Sollerets of the Storm	File:Luminous Amber: Gauntlets of the Storm Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Gauntlets of the Storm	File:Luminous Amber: Greaves of the Tower Icon.png	Luminous Amber: Greaves of the Tower
	File:Empowered Amber: Bracers of Life Icon.png	Empowered Amber: Bracers of Life	File:Empowered Amber: Helm of Life Icon.png	Empowered Amber: Helm of Life	File:Empowered Amber: Pauldrons of Life Icon.png	Empowered Amber: Pauldrons of Life	File:Empowered Amber: Sollerets of Life Icon.png	Empowered Amber: Sollerets of Life
	File:Corrupted Amber: Bracers of the Corrupted Heart Icon.png	Corrupted Amber: Bracers of the Corrupted Heart	File:Corrupted Amber: Girth of the Corrupted Soul Icon.png	Corrupted Amber: Girth of the Corrupted Soul		Oak Corrupted Heartwood Wand

Honeyed Meads
		Honeyed Life Mead		Honeyed Vigor Mead		Honeyed Mana Mead

Objects
		Brier Wasp Hive		Blossoming Nightbloom		Amber Crystal

Menhir Ring at 43.2S 41.6E
		Ancient Statue of the Viridian Rise		Scattered Notes		Guardian of Oak		Guardian of Hickory
		Guardian of Birch		Guardian of Willow		Guardian of Maple		Guardian of Cedar
		Guardian of Pine		Guardian of Spruce		Guardian of Yew		Guardian of Ash

Creatures

A'nekshay A'nekshen Storm Caller A'nekshen Storm Reaver A'nekshen Thorn Dancer A'nekshen Thorn Reaver NightBrier Wind Fury Elemental Norshuntyr Oaken Guardian Gromnie Emerald Hunting Gromnie Emerald Thorn Gromnie Vermilion Thorn Gromnie Vermilion War Gromnie Zerzelikyr Phyntos Wasp Brier Wasp Brier Wasp Swarm Poisonous Brier Wasp Venomous Brier Wasp Wisp Guardian Wisp Zefir Zefir Thorn Poisoner Zefir Thorn Ranger Zefir Thorn Reaver Zefir Thorn Stalker

Portals

• Temple of the Font

Images

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  Bird's eye view
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  Viridian Rise
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  Canyon and bridge in the Viridian Rise
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  Crossing the Bridge in the Viridian Rise
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  Menhir Ring with Statues in the Viridian Rise
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  Second "hedged off" section
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  Viridian Deru Tree
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  Viridian Deru Tree

Notes

• During the Spring 2014 event the Paragon Weapons and Enlightenment quests was added to the Viridian Rise.