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Dungeon Location

Coordinates:

*86.5s, 5.4e (via Land Bridge Villas Portal @ 74.89S,17.87E near Qalaba'r). Also a random spawn in north & south Osteth, and also found in the randomly appearing Golem Sanctum.

Map Files:

ACmaps.com

Nearest Town:

N/A

Route:

N/A

Dungeon Restrictions

Level Restrictions:

150+ (except the portal in the Golem Sanctum which is still unrestricted)

Portal Restrictions:

Able to Tie
Able to Recall
Able to Summon

Quest Flag:

None

Related Articles

Introduced In:

Hollow Victory

Updated In:

From Darkness, Light

Related Quests:

Floating City Quest

General

A very old city that has been mostly lost in portal space making it dangerous for anyone wishing to stay for long periods. It predates the Empyreans who at one point lived there and attempted to tame the unstable portal magic.

There are no permanent portals to the Floating City except in the Golem Sanctum, which is also a random appearing portal. Frequently, however, a portal may be found around 86.5S,5.4E near the Land Bridge Villas lifestone (see above for route).

Using one of the landscape portals will drop you randomly in one of the sections named below. The portal in the Golem Sanctum appears to be a stable portal to the Floating City's tunnels.

Every time a portion of the dungeon is loaded (whenever a player visits the city), certain portals within the Floating City are changed, presumably at random; this includes both the exit portals (usually a town), and the few random portals (as noted on the map files) which lead to some other random section of the Floating City. Look closely at the maps of all areas within the Floating City to see which portals are stable--do not change--and which portals vary. Depending on which portals are generated, it may be impossible to access certain levels of the Floating City unless your first drop point upon entry happens to be that particular level. If that happens, logging out and waiting 5-10 minutes for the dungeon to "unload" and logging on again can reset the portals and hopefully load the one you need. The Skyway, Tunnels and Lost Chamber require use of a random portal (either getting lucky from a landscape spawned portal, or one of the monthly-randomized portals within the city itself) to access. The Bar, Banderling Area, Construction Area, and Museum are all connected by a circuit of stable portals, so landing in any one of those four levels effectively grants you access to all of them.

The Famous early explorer of Dereth and friend of Elysa Strathelar Alatar Locke once traversed parts of the city and left behind his notes on each section.

A Stained Book

The different sections of the Floating City

The Floating City (Banderling Area) -- contains stable portals to/from Museum and Bar; also to/from Construction Area, but only for those with lockpick (diff 402).
The Floating City (Bar) -- contains stable portal to/from Banderling Area; also Distillery Dew needed to complete the Floating City Quest (level 150+, easy xp).
The Floating City (Construction Area) -- contains stable portal to/from Banderling Area; also contains one portal to a random section of the Floating City (changes monthly).
The Floating City (Lost Chamber) -- no stable portals to/from this area; contains one portal to a random section of the Floating City (changes monthly).
The Floating City (Museum) -- contains stable portal to/from Banderling Area; also contains one portal to a random section of the Floating City (changes monthly).
The Floating City (Skyway) -- no stable portals to/from this area; contains one portal to a random section of the Floating City (changes monthly).
The Floating City (Tunnels) -- contains stable portal to/from Golem Sanctum only; also contains two portals, each leading to a random section of the Floating City (both change monthly).

Maps

See the different sections above

NPCs

See the different sections above

Creatures

See the different sections above

Items and Objects

A Stained Book - see the maps of the different sections
Distillery Dew - found in a chest in the bar area, see map

Portals

Most of the portals to the other sections change randomly each patch
Some of the exit portals, however, are stable and don't change, see each of the maps for locations

Images

Click image for full size version.

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Notes

During the From Darkness, Light event, all the sections were updated with higher level creatures and the city now has a 150+ restriction. In addition, the Distillery Dew in the bar can now be given in for better rewards.

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 A very old city that has been mostly lost in portal space making it dangerous for anyone wishing to stay for long periods. It predates the [[Empyrean]]s who at one point lived there and attempted to tame the unstable portal magic.
-There are no permanent portals to the Floating City except in the [[Golem Sanctum]], which is also a random appearing portal. Frequently, however, a portal may be found at 86.5S,5.4E near the Land Bridge Villas lifestone (see above for route). Note that this portal's destination within the Floating City is not randomized with every trip through it; it is believed it changes on a monthly basis; it is also not known for sure whether or not this portal is present every month, and results may be different from one server to the next. So the Floating City is, for the most part, only accessible via a randomly appearing landscape portal, similar to the Humming Crystal Portal. It is also possible for a portal to the City to appear at locations where there is a randomly generated portal (for example, northern point).
+There are no permanent portals to the Floating City except in the [[Golem Sanctum]], which is also a random appearing portal. Frequently, however, a portal may be found around 86.5S,5.4E near the Land Bridge Villas lifestone (see above for route).
 Using one of the landscape portals will drop you randomly in one of the sections named below. The portal in the Golem Sanctum appears to be a stable portal to the Floating City's tunnels.
-Every month, certain portals within the Floating City are changed, presumably at random; this includes both the exit portals (usually a town), and the few random portals (as noted on the map files) which lead to some other random section of the Floating City. Look closely at the maps of all areas within the Floating City to see which portals are stable--do not change on a monthly basis--and which portals vary from month to month. Depending on the month, it may be impossible to access certain levels of the Floating City unless your first drop point upon entry happens to be that particular level. The Skyway, Tunnels and Lost Chamber require use of a random portal (either getting lucky from a landscape spawned portal, or one of the monthly-randomized portals within the city itself) to access. The Bar, Banderling Area, Construction Area, and Museum are all connected by a circuit of stable portals, so landing in any one of those four levels effectively grants you access to all of them.
+Every time a portion of the dungeon is loaded (whenever a player visits the city), certain portals within the Floating City are changed, presumably at random; this includes both the exit portals (usually a town), and the few random portals (as noted on the map files) which lead to some other random section of the Floating City. Look closely at the maps of all areas within the Floating City to see which portals are stable--do not change--and which portals vary. Depending on which portals are generated, it may be impossible to access certain levels of the Floating City unless your first drop point upon entry happens to be that particular level. If that happens, logging out and waiting 5-10 minutes for the dungeon to "unload" and logging on again can reset the portals and hopefully load the one you need. The Skyway, Tunnels and Lost Chamber require use of a random portal (either getting lucky from a landscape spawned portal, or one of the monthly-randomized portals within the city itself) to access. The Bar, Banderling Area, Construction Area, and Museum are all connected by a circuit of stable portals, so landing in any one of those four levels effectively grants you access to all of them.
 The Famous early explorer of Dereth and friend of Elysa Strathelar [[Alatar Locke]] once traversed parts of the city and left behind his notes on each section.