This Guide covers an area in Drakensang: The River of Time. It’s complete with a map, map legend, and overview.
Overview
This locations becomes available as a part of Find Healing for Ardo, the progress of which is described in Pirates and Elves and the Bosparian Ruins locations. The main focus of this location outside this quest is the Elven Tree, which is divided into two levels. Most of the elves move around so map markers don’t help navigate here, we split it into descriptions of the levels instead.
The first level of the tree is available immediately, the second upon completing Pirates and Elves, the third upon completing Healing for Ardo.
1 – Elven Tree 1st Level
Looting the baskets on this level nets you 4x Elven Bathing Robes, Elven Robes, Silvan Elf Shoes, Instructions for Improved Soul Bow, Instructions for Improved Soul Knife, Instructions for Improved Soul Spear. This level allows access to the Spritewood area.
Gwendala Sunbreeze will barter apples and wooden rings for nuts and bow strings. Additional, with a Fast Talk check you can get her to admit she is looking for her weapon, which you will find when you complete the Source of Decay (34). Gwendala moves about more than any other elf so you may have a hard time finding her, so can also be near the Bosparian Ruins or near the Forest Lake. Returning the Sword nets you 20AP and a Silvan Elf Robe.
Shanahah Dreamglance will barter lucky stones and worry stones for riverstones or goose feathers.
Calenyala Arrowsong will barter nuts and apples for bowstring.
Mandavor Talondance will barter weapon balm and nuts for apples and spring water.
Linwen Owlwing is a merchant and a trainer. He sells elven items, including Instructions for Linwen’s Arrows, Elven Wooden Shield, Bha’iza, A’Shiana, Elven Fighting Staff and Elven Two-Handed Sword. He can teach you:
After you have completed Healing for Ardo, Linwen will offer to improve your weapons, which starts the Signs of Power quest. The first stage of this is to craft Linwen’s arrows, netting you 20AP. You can get the ingredients at Bowyer Ishannah’s in Nadoret. Then he will send you to Ilcoron and Calenyela to ask for help.
Calenyala wishes you to learn to know the forest. Run to the Sprite Circle and back, then tell her you counted nine deer. Ilcoron wants a pommel. Craft one or buy on from Smith Tarno. Convincing each elf nets you 20AP. You must then sing along with the Elves, repeating their song word for word (answers 2, 3 and 1). This nets you 20AP, a Soul Spear, Soul Knife and Iama Soul Bow, as well as Instructions for a Perfect Soul Speark, Instructions for a Perfect Soul Knife and Instructions for a Perfect Soul Bow.
You will find instructions for the imrpoved versions in the wicker basket next to the workbench. You will find an inspiration in the Hollow Tree Stump at #4. It is the only inspiration in the game, so you can only perfect one weapon. When that is done, you get 40AP and the quest is closed.
When you return from finishing the Secret Harbor, Isaliel Wingstroke will ask you to go resolve the decay of the water stemming from the Lake in the North (#14), starting the Source of Decay quest.
Pick pocketing notes: Mandavar Talondance is carrying a Gwen Petryl Stone.
2 – Elven Tree 2nd Level
Looting the baskets on this level nets you 13x Herbs, 3x Bird Feathers, 12x Goose Feathers, 9x Chonchinis, 3x Belmart Leaf, Turnip. This level allows access to the Bosparian Ruins area.
Ilcoron Sparkweaver will barter gold rings and crossguards for elm wood and arrowheads.
Alari Springborn will barter simple bandages and silver rings for oneberry juice. She will also heal your for free, and finally she is a merchant and a trainer. She sells primarily alchemic ingredients, as well as Silvan Elf Gloves. She can teach you:
When you are finished with Healing for Ardo, Alari will ask you to find her sister, Sanraya, who you will encounter in Hammerberg (#32). Return to her with the news for 20AP.
3 – Elven Tree 3rd Level
Looting the baskets on this level nets you 5x Herbs, 5x Belmart Leaf, Gemstones. This level allows access to the Forest Lake area.
4 – Sprite
A sprite is floating around in the Sprite Woods. He needs to be chased back into the Sprite Circle (the fast travel point). To do so, take the character with the highest sneak skill from your party. Run to a spot so that the sprite is between the character and the circle, then sneak towards him. Repeat this process half a dozen times as the sprite moves closer to the circle. Finally, when he’s in there, approach him and he’ll disappear, dropping Sprite Dust. A new sprite appears with some regularity, but while the dust fetches a tidy sum it is otherwise useless, so this activity is a bit of a timewaster.
5 – Hollow Tree Stump
Contains 3x Elm Wood and Inspiration.
6 – Pirate Camp
The containers in the pirate camp contains craft chest, 4x Nadoret Double Bock, 13x Herbs, 4x Tinder Fungus, 3x Belmart Leaf. There is also a locked and trapped seachest containing 1D 3T 9F, 2x Herbs, Silver Emblem, but note that it disappears when you finish Pirates and Elves.
7 – Dead River Pirate
A corpse, lootable for 1D 7T 3F, a Cutless, Thorwalian Water Boots, 4x Pelt Scraps and a Silver Emblem.
8 – Morning Thorn
The source of the mire beasts. Archon Megalon will appear as you approach it, afterwards you will be attacked by two mire beasts and three little mire beasts.
9 – A Remedy for the Mire Beast
There is a big mire beast here that does not attack you. Might it be a human? You will find the recipe for mire beast cure in the Bosparian Ruins, to find out.
After you have found the recipe, craft it for 20AP, and take it to the mire beast. Give it to him for 20AP, and discover it is actually an ogre. An ungrateful ogre! It is the standard 250VI type, defeat it for 20AP.
10 – Conspicious Spot
At the base of the giant heads spread around the swamp, you will find: Amulet of Rondra and 2x Bones of a Woman. You will need these items for the quest Free the Spirit in the Bosparian Ruins.
11 – Rotting Bones
Can be looted for Thargazz’ Journal, 1D 7T 8F, Elixer of Intuition, 7x Broken Arrow, Cloth Coat, Endurance Potion, 7x Hunting Arrow. Thargazz’ Journal gives some background to the quest Free the Spirit in the Bosparian Ruins.
12 – Ogre Cave
Houses a fairly weak ogre (190VI). The ogre wields and ogre club that you can loot, and guards a hidden treasure chest containing Storm Sentinel Arm Greaves, Thick Fur Coat, 27x Nuts, 29x Apples, Strong Schnapp, 6x Oneberry, 8x Mire Beast Teeth.
13 – Hidden Treasure
A chest containing Arm Greaves, 3x Gwen Petryl Stones, Woven Leg Greaves, 21x Bird Feather.
14 – Source of Decay
Here you will encounter Woodsbane, who will inform you (if not very clearly) that a decomposing Linnorm in the lake is the source of decay. Head to the Linnort slightly to the north-west for 20AP.
To get rid of the Linnorm, you will need to have Amoeba Spores, which you can buy from Crooked Otto (#19 in Nadoret) for a farthing. Use them on the linnorm body for another 20AP.
Isaliel will send you back once again. 3 cave amoebas and 5 giant amoebas will have appeared at this spot. Kill them to close the quest, netting you 30AP and an Elven Long Sword that belongs to Gwendala.
During the quest you will be given the Rotten Stink effect. Go to Alari Springborn on the second level of the tree to get Elven Bathing Herbs to remove this effect. The elves will not talk to you if this effect is active.
Exits:
- Mooring spot of the Thalaria.
- To Bosparian Ruins.
