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Shield

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**Shield** is a defensive combat school with the most cooperative skills. In order to use any skills in this school, a shield must be equipped in the offhand slot.

## Skills

Shield skills are divided up into two groups: active and innate. These skill names are placeholders and are subject to change.

### Active

Active skills (yellow) are used by the player during combat to produce a desired effect. There are "hidden" active skills that can only be used by doing combos with skills during combat.

* Deflect: Increases defense values vs melee attacks for next X seconds on caster
* Overhead Hold: Increases defense values vs ranged attacks for next X seconds on caster
* Shield Bash: small damage instant attack intended to possibly disrupt caster with small stun chance
* Charge: Small damage attack with medium stun chance that also moves caster forward 3 meters
* Dig In: Roots Caster in exchange for huge increase in AC in radius around caster, radius increased 50% for each ally equipped with shield. Radius tripled if ally also casts Dig In
* Testudo: Slows Caster movement but grants increase in AC in radius around caster, radius increased 50% for each ally equipped with shield. Radius tripled if ally also casts Testudo

### Innate

Innate skills (white) are on all the time and increase the effects (power, range, etc.) of all skills in the school. These skills have a primary and sometimes secondary effect.

* Angles: Increased Defense with shield
* Balance: Increase Shield Move effects
* Shield Preservation: Reduces shield damage
* Stand Your Ground: Increase resist stun, knockback & knockdown effects
Use the Z key to ready your sword

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**Use the Z key to ready your sword** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. A new avatar on the Path of Truth will receive this task after first exiting the village in the Blood River Massacre area through the west gate.

## Description

As I set foot on the bridge I saw my way was blocked by the same type of creatures who were dead all through the village. They blamed me for the massacre!

## Walkthrough

Complete this self-explanatory task by using the Z key to ready the avatar's currently equipped weapon.
Bed (crafted)

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**Bed**

**Weight: 10'**

*This article is for the crafted item. For other uses, see Bed.*
**Bed** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Cloth Mattress
 Wooden Bed Frame
 Carpentry Hammer
Owl's Head

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**Owl's Head** is an area in *Shroud of the Avatar*. **Owl's Head** is the largest town located in the Hidden Vale. The town is connected to the mainland by the port village of Kingsport to the south. Citizens of Owl's Head are wary of outsiders. The town is and being flooded with refugees from the bandits and undead in the area.

## NPCs

* Lord Delbert Enmar
* Guard-Captain Dreyfus
* Bentham
* Handac
* Nob the Stableboy

### Guards

* Guard Allen
* Guard Artur
* Guard Barnes
* Guard Brandon
* Guard Brent
* Guard Christopher
* Guard Curt
* Guard Daniel
* Guard Devon
* Guard Edward
* Guard Florian
* Guard Frederick
* Guard Jonathan
* Guard Keller
* Guard Lee
* Guard Mark
* Guard Michael
* Guard Peter
* Guard Richard
* Guard Ronald
* Guard Ronan
* Guard Rosen
* Guard Stefan
* Guard Torkel
* Guard Trevor
* Guard Victor
* Guard Winslow
* Guard Zachary

### Peasants

* Peasant Anna
* Peasant Anselm
* Peasant Dorothy
* Peasant Jack
* Peasant Joseph
* Peasant Kenlon
* Peasant Marisol
* Peasant Mary
* Peasant Mira
* Peasant Robert
* Peasant Todd
* Trader Mark

### Vendors

* Merchant Alvin
* Merchant Alyssa
* Merchant Gavin
* Merchant Geoff
* Merchant James
* Merchant Morgaine
* Merchant Norman
* Merchant Tanderly
* Merchant Theo
* Merchant William
* Morgan
* Myra
* Randall

## Landmarks

* Clink
* Crafting pavilion
* Fire Lotus Tavern
* Peddler's Row
* Town Hall
* Town square marketplace
Oracle Conservatory

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 Location(s)

The **Oracle Conservatory** is a building in the Isle of Storms.

New avatars first meet the Oracle here, who will pose a series of three or four questions to determine the avatar's path, though the avatar is not committed to the path the Oracle determines.

The building also contains a book called The Dirae Prophecy.
Unlock the Gate (Blood River Massacre)

Location(s)

**Unlock the Gate** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. The avatar acquires this task after acquiring the Bonesteel Dagger and meeting Edvard the Wanderer at Blood River Massacre.

## Description

Edvard gave me the key to the main Blood River gate. I should use it on the gate's lock to open it.

## Walkthrough

Simply double click the key hole in the gate west of Edvard the Wanderer, though it best to wait until one has completed all they wish to do on the east side of the gate first.
Speak with the Oracle

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**Speak with the Oracle** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the seventh task a new avatar must complete when he or she appears in the Isle of Storms.

## Description

I have found the Oracle. She... is that a she? Is it a machine? It is speaking to me...

## Walkthrough

Just double click the Oracle to begin the conversation.
Use the 'Aimed Shot' skill

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**Use the 'Aimed Shot' skill** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task for a new avatar on the Path of Love at the Battle of Solace Bridge acquired speaking to Edvard the Wanderer.

## Description

I seem to inherited some skill with the bow I found as part of entering this world.

## Walkthrough

Complete this self-explanatory task by using the Aimed Shot skill on an enemy.
Shelf

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**Shelf**

**Weight: 10'**

**Shelf** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x6
 Carpentry Hammer
Search the building

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**Search the building** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the second task for a new avatar on the Path of Love when they arrive at the Battle of Solace Bridge.

## Description

I heard crying in a nearby building to the east that still appears on fire. Perhaps someone needs help.

## Walkthrough

During Escape the Battlefield, approach the door just ahead to the right to acquire the self-explanatory task Open the door to the burning house. Enter the building once that is done to acquire the Fallen Man task, and complete it by searching the corpse ahead to the left. Then turn right and ascend the stairs to the landing to acquire the Hastily Written Letter task. Ascend the next set of stairs to acquire the Frightened Child task and complete this one.
Podium

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**Podium**

**Weight: 10'**

**Podium** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x11
 Carpentry Hammer
Mug (crafted)

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**Mug**

**Weight: 10'**

*This article is for the crafted item. For other uses, see Mug.*
**Mug** is a decoration that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Strip
 Carpentry Hammer
Wooden Board

**Wooden Board**

**Weight: 1'**

**Wooden Board** is a crafting material.

## Source

This item is crafted through milling. Two Wooden Boards are created with this recipe, along with three Wooden Timbers and one Tree Bark.

## Uses

Wooden Board is used in the following recipes:

**Milling**
* Wooden Pole
* Wooden Strip

**Carpentry**
* Bench
* Chair
* Dresser
* Guillotine
* Mounted Antlers
* Podium
* Shelf
* Stool
* Table
* Trunk
* Wall Shelf
* Wardrobe
* Wooden Bed Frame
* Wooden Storage Chest
Loot a fallen enemy

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*Shroud of the Avatar* has three tasks with this name:

* Loot a fallen enemy from the Battle of Highvale.
* Loot a fallen enemy from the Battle of Solace Bridge.
* Loot a fallen enemy from Blood River Massacre.
Royal Founder

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A **Royal Founder** is an original backer who pledged any amount by May 20, 2013 at 12:00 pm CST. These early Founders receive exclusive rewards not available to Founders or Benefactors, which are backers who received a gifted pledge upgrade or pledged after the deadline.

## Royal Founder items

* Royal Founder Cloak
* Royal Founder Crystal Sword
* Royal Founder Plaque
* Royal Founder Shield
* Royal Founder Taming Horn
* Royal Founder Tunic
* 4 Starter Armors
* 2 Melee Weapons
* 2 Ranged Weapons

## References

1. ↑ Recognizing Our Original Backers by Darkstarr
Rescue Charlotte!

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**Rescue Charlotte!** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the ninth task for a new avatar on the Path of Love when they arrive at the Battle of Solace Bridge. It is possibly optional.

## Description

I found a child named Charlotte Gray in a burning building within Solace Bridge. I promised to try to help her find her parents.

## Walkthrough

Acquiring this task completes the Search the building task. Talk to the crying girl at the top of the stairs and agree to help her to acquire this task. To complete this task, simply don't allow Charlotte to die during the rest of the Escape the Battlefield task.
Oracle

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 Location(s)

The **Oracle** is the mystical leader of the mainland.

## Lore

From the travel journals of Maeread, historian and seeker of truth…

*The journeys of our group through the lands of Grunvald were difficult, to be sure – the undead have been rising more frequently of late and there are rumors of a great army of skeletal walkers rising to the north. Yet, the ruins hold such promise! We have found so many scattered among the plains; the local villagers take them quite for granted, having lived among them for generations. So much history, so much already lost.*

*We have gained something of a reputation among the people here; being generous with coin for guidance to well-maintained places of the ancients has helped with this, I suspect. When we were contacted by a fisherman well versed with the swampy islands off the coast, this generosity paid for itself more than we could have hoped.*

*I cannot describe the grandeur of these ruins. This was far too well preserved to be a city of the ancients; none of those remnants survived the Cataclysm without the fiery scarring that signified that disaster. Here the bricks and stones were hewn of rougher material, marking a people that had little time for decoration. Thus… her head. It has to be, we agree. The similarities with the iconography of the affirmation chambers, the very finely detailed machinery so atypical of the era… Gregory was the first to put it in words aloud, but we all agreed. This was the earliest depiction any of us have ever seen of the Oracle.*

*There are so many theories about the Oracle, especially for those of us who question. Of course, it is impossible to deny the impact of the Celestis Compact, and the affirmation chambers, and the Eyes. Few could deny the Oracle exists, with all the evidence of our eyes and the testimonial of those who have heard the Voice. And those who do – well, there are always those who deny even in the face of proof.*

*Yet there is always the mysteries, the prophecies, the shrouding. The Oracle demands doubt – it insists on it, sometimes explicitly. No one knows what… it? she? he? The voice is always different, and always what the listener expects. Is it a machine, an intelligent device that somehow survived the Cataclysm? Is it a creature borne of magic, like so many of the wars? Is it something more, something we fear to express?*

*Yet, here is evidence, before our eyes. The Oracle does exist, and our ancestors saw her, so long ago, and made this great statue in her image. This is the evidence so many have sought. Here, rotting in a long-forgotten swamp outside a humble fishing village, is what could change our world...*

## References

1. ↑ Update of the Avatar - 10/25/13: Unity Scene Jam #3 Winners, Story Sneak Peek, City Basements, Wizard Tower, Baron 3 Pledge, and More!
Speak to the Wounded Man

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**Speak to the Wounded Man** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the first task for a new avatar on the Path of Courage when they arrive at the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

I fell from the rift into... where is this place? And what happened here?
First things first. There seems to be a soldier of some sort lying wounded near where I landed. I should speak with him.

## Walkthrough

Walk up to the wounded man laying on the ground in front of where the avatar teleports into the area and tell him the avatar's name.
Zac

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 Gender
 Location(s)

**Zac** is a male NPC at the Blood River Massacre.

Avatars on the Path on Truth may encounter this elven child on the upper floor of the stables in the southeast of the Blood River Massacre area, near his dead parents. He provides a clue about a dagger that may be connected to the events of the massacre.
Myra

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 Gender
 Location(s)

**Myra** is a vendor located in Peddler's Row in the town of Owl's Head. Her brother is Myron, a former guard of Owl's Head.

## Sells

Myra sells a variety of vegetables.

  Turnip (10) |  | 1 |  2

## See also

* Merchant Tanderly
* Morgan
Use the Boat

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**Use the Boat** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task for a new avatar on the Path of Love at the Battle of Solace Bridge acquired at the end of Escape the Battlefield.

## Description

After exscorting Edvard across the bridge, he instructed me to use the nearby boat and head to Solace Bridge Outskirts.

## Walkthrough

Complete the self-explanatory task by using the boat indicated by Edvard.
Task

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**Tasks** are objectives for the avatar to complete in *Shroud of the Avatar* that advance story objectives and usually give rewards, including experience. They are similar to the "quests" of other MMORPGs, except such quests usually have multiple objectives, while Shroud of the Avatar's tasks are just a single objective, though the completion of one task often triggers another in a manner similar to quests and questlines. Other tasks may be acquired by talking to NPCs, particularly those who beckon to the avatar, by acquiring or reading certain items, or simply entering a specific place.

## Episode 1: Forsaken Virtues

These are the tasks available to players in the first episode, Forsaken Virtues:

* Move with W, A, S & D keys
* Double left click to talk
* Speak to Arabella
* Use the magic mirror
* Take and read the book
* Find the Oracle
* Speak with the Oracle
* Answer the Oracle
* Enter the Lunar Rift
* **Path of Courage**
	+ Speak to the Wounded Man
	+ Speak with Gawain
	+ Deliver Gawain's Amulet
	+ Leave Highvale
	+ Explore the training field
	+ Double click the sword
	+ Find word of Nena's charges
	+ Deliver Nena's amulet
	+ Follow Samael
	+ Unlock the Gate
	+ Use the Z key to draw your sword
	+ Use the Thrust skill on an enemy
	+ Loot a fallen enemy
	+ Speak to Horatio
* **Path of Love**
	+ Escape the Battlefield
	+ Search the building
	+ Open the door to the burning house
	+ Fallen Man
	+ Hastily Written Letter
	+ Rescue Charlotte!
	+ Rescue or Recovery
	+ Arm Yourself!
	+ Find a key for the gate
	+ Open the gate
	+ Speak to the Elderly Man
	+ Help Edvard cross the bridge
	+ Use the Z key to ready your bow
	+ Loot a fallen enemy
	+ Use the 'Aimed Shot' skill
	+ Speak to Edvard
	+ Talk with Charlotte's mother
	+ Seek Private Garridon
	+ Find out why the Undead are rising!
	+ Use the Boat
	+ Meet Captain Kinsey
	+ Find out why the Undead are rising!
	+ Talk with Charlotte's mother
* **Path of Truth**
	+ Escape the Battlefield
	+ Double click a body
	+ Read the letter
	+ Talk to the man ahead
	+ Accompany Robert
	+ Find a weapon
	+ Double-click the sword
	+ Explore the village elder's house
	+ Double click the dagger
	+ Leave the village
	+ Speak with the gatekeeper
	+ Unlock the Gate
	+ Cross the Blood River Bridge
	+ Seek Eilliana
	+ Use the Z key to ready your sword
	+ Cast Searing Ray spell
	+ Loot a fallen enemy
	+ Speak to Robert
	+ Bonesteel Dagger
	+ Seek Alberic
NPC

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**NPCs**, or **Non-player characters**, is a term used to refer to individuals and creatures that aren't controlled by another human player. It is commonly reserved for characters that are not hostile to the avatar, but it can include enemies, especially if they are named and important to the story.

## List of important NPCs

This is not a complete list of NPCs, but includes those with particular importance to the story, who are frequently encountered, or in some other way special.

* Oracle: A machine being that guides the avatar.
* Edvard the Wanderer: A bard who is encountered in the starting areas for all three paths.
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About

* **Episodic Content**: Five episodes of virtue based stories created by Richard Garriott and Tracy Hickman; supported by prequel novels starting with Blade of the Avatar.
* **Single Player Offline Mode**: Players will adventure through over 40 hours of story in an interactive world where their choices during ethical paradoxes have consequences.
* **Selective Multiplayer Modes**: You can also play with everyone in a single world with three different online modes (Single Player, Friends Only, and Open).
* **Classless Character System**: Vast customization options with hundreds of skills and spells in over 20 different skill trees.
* **Player Driven Economy**: Deep crafting system where the best items are made by players and player items are the main source of loot found in the game.
* **Skillful Combat**: A new way to prepare and fight in an RPG by building custom decks of skills and dynamically activating them in combat.
* **PVP**: Consensual with Open PVP flags, zones, and Guild Warfare.
* **Pay Once to Play**: No subscription fees. Each episode (released approximately annually) is a one time fee and everything in the game can be purchased with in game gold that can be earned (except for some exclusive backer rewards).
* **Player Housing**: Non instanced, finite, and embedded in the world with multiple group living options.
* **Social**: Full Guild System, Highly Active Community and Player Owned Towns.
* **Crowd Sourced & Funded**: Support the project by contributing content (and receive compensation) or by pledging (and receive exclusive rewards).
* **Open Development**: Players help shape the game by giving feedback on monthly early access releases, videos, weekly updates, blog postings, forums, chat, etc.

Release date: March 27, 2018
Speak to Robert

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**Speak to Robert** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. A new avatar on the Path of Truth will receive this task after reaching the west end of the Blood River Bridge in the Blood River Massacre area.

## Description

Robert Villines left my company after escorting me to a boat on Blood River. He asked me to continue on to Blood River Outskirts, and after I finish there, head south-southwest to Aerie, the largest city nearby, to find out more about the bonesteel dagger I found. Once there, I should look for the blacksmith Kyle Behrand.

## Walkthrough

At the time of this writing, this task automatically completes as soon as it's acquired rather than waiting for the avatar to speak with Robert Villines. It also has the same journal text as the following Bonesteel Dagger task.
Royal Founder Shield

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**Royal Founder Shield**

**Weight: 5**
**Durability: 0 /0 '**

**Royal Founder Shield** is an offhand starter shield.

## Source

Royal Founder Shields are backer rewards exclusive to Royal Founders and are available to the Adventurer tier and higher. This includes the First and Second Responder, and Pioneer tiers.

## Images

* Comparison of Royal Founder (left) and Founder (right) shields
World map

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Shroud of the Avatar uses a dual-scale **world map** where areas between villages and other significant locations is rendered at a smaller scale than the content in other areas, such as encounters. Dual-scale maps tended to be more common in RPGs of the past, but mono-scale maps where the areas between significant locations are rendered at the same scale.

## Rationale

The developers have chosen to implement a dual-scale map for the following reasons:

* **More dynamic world**: With the world map essentially existing as data rather than baked art, changes can be more easily made by the development team.
* **Less painful travel**: With mono-scale maps, travel through significant locations and areas in-between happens at the same speed, not taking combat and other distractions into account. In a dual-scale map, travel across the world at large is typically much faster.
* **Quicker content creation**: New content can be more quickly created with fewer bugs and more polish.
* **Lower machine requirements**: Giant, seamless worlds can stretch the capabilities of even high-end PCs, while a world map rendered at a small scale can be rendered far more easily.
* **More scaleable multiplayer experience**: Character and mob visibility is one of the most computationally expensive processes on large MMO servers. It takes a lot of processing to determine when one player's PC should be kept up-to-date on what another player is doing to make sure players can see the actions of other player characters around them. A smaller scale world map greatly simplifies the computations that have to be done to accurately make these determinations.
Unlock the Gate (Battle of Highvale)

Following

**Unlock the Gate** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. The avatar acquires this task after meeting Edvard the Wanderer at the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

I found the gate leading out of Highvale. I should leave for Resolute at once.

## Walkthrough

Simply double click the key hole in the gate west of Edvard the Wanderer, though it best to wait until one has completed all they wish to do on the east side of the gate first.
Speak with the gatekeeper

Following

**Speak with the gatekeeper** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. A new avatar on the Path of Truth will receive this task when in the general area of the west gate in the Blood River Massacre area.

## Description

Near the gate I found an elderly gentleman who appeared to be guarding it.

## Walkthrough

This task is completed simply by talking to Edvard the Wanderer.
Tanning

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**Tanning** is a refining crafting skill. It uses resources gathered from field dressing and creates pieces of leather used in tailoring.

## Recipes

Crafting items through tanning requires use of a Tanning Table and Tanning Knife.

* Hardened Leather
* Supple Leather

## See also

* Butchery
* Milling
* Smelting
* Textiles
Use the Thrust skill on an enemy

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**Use the Thrust skill on an enemy** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. The avatar acquires while engaging Elf Patrollers outside the gate in the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

I have special combat abilities, called skills, which can change the tide of battle! I should try using Thrust on an enemy by clicking on it in my toolbar, or using the 1 key.

## Walkthrough

The task is pretty self-explanatory: during combat, complete the task by using the Thrust skill.
Rescue or Recovery

Preceding

**Rescue or Recovery** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is an optional for a new avatar on the Path of Love acquired by approaching the burning tavern at the Battle of Solace Bridge.

## Description

Though engulfed in flames, I should enter the tavern and see if I find anyone that needs help or something useful.

## Walkthrough

The tavern door is on the north side. Entering the tavern completes the task, and there is little to do here other than gather the items from the corpses, containers, and tables. Mind Charlotte Gray if she is following, as she may wander into flames and catch fire. It causes her little damage, but it still worth being careful.
Textiles

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**Textiles** is a refining crafting skill. It uses resources gathered from farming and foraging and creates pieces of cloth used in tailoring.

## Recipes

Crafting items through textiles requires use of a Textiles Table and Loom Shuttle.

* Bolt of Cloth
* Carpet
* Coil of Rope
* Spool of Thread

## See also

* Butchery
* Milling
* Smelting
* Tanning
Speak to Horatio

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 Location(s)

**Speak to Horatio** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. The avatar acquires this at near the completion of Leave Highvale upon talking to Floyd.

## Description

I met Floyd outside of Highvale Village, waiting for me to take me to Highvale Outskirts. He said that when I arrive at Highvale Outskirts, I should speak with a guard named Horatio. He should be the first guard I see when I get there.

## Walkthrough

Horatio is immediately in front of where the avatar enters Highvale Outskirts. He may talk to the avatar of his own accord due to the proximity, completing this task almost automatically upon entering the area.
Release 8

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**Release 8** is the eighth early access testing phase open to backers of Shroud of the Avatar. The release is scheduled to run from July 24 10am CST to June 27.

## Deliverables

* **Open PVP Areas:** Certain parts of the map will now allow open PVP. Currently we have been testing this functionality in the Castle Basement Arena. For now there will be very little structure to this; it will basically be just deathmatch.
* **Combat Systems:** We will be iterating and adding to the fundamental systems that support combat, including more secondary effects like bludgeons damaging gear and heavy armor lowering your pool of focus. We are also going to introduce and experiment with interrupts, combat facing, and more sophisticated line of sight checks.
* **Damage Types & Resistances:** Damage types and resistances (fire, ice, physical, etc.) will begin to affect combat.
* **Combat Skills:** We are moving to a new strategy of going deeper vs. broader in skill creation. For Release 8 our goal is to flesh out more of the schools of Fire, Blades, and Heavy Armor.
* **Status Indicators:** We are adding status indicators for things like low ammo, damaged/broken gear, buffs, debuffs, etc.
* **Scenes:** Ardoris, the waterfront city on the main continent filled with canals and framed by two opposing castles, will now be available to players. Ardoris will also be the first map with Row Houses. Other adventuring scenes on the main continent will also appear. These new scenes on the mainland will be accessed via the Lunar Rifts which will now change destinations based on time of day.
* **New Creatures:** Several new creatures will come online including a new mimic and a Fire Elemental, as well as variations on existing creatures (liches, kobolds, etc.).
* **Crafting:** Durability and Repair will come online.
* **Overworld Animating Avatars:** Players will now see their avatars (along with their party members) animating on the overworld map.
* **Intro Cinematic:** We are making an animatic version of the intro with narration by our very own Bill Johnson (aka The Guardian).

## See also

* Release 1
* Release 2
* Release 3
* Release 4
* Release 5
* Release 7

## External links

* Early Public Access Schedule: Release 7 and Q3 Update by Darkstarr
Magic Sigil Cloak

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**Magic Sigil Cloak**

**Weight: 0**
**Durability: 0 /0 '**

**Magic Sigil Cloak** is white and gold cloak with a magic sigil on the back.

## Source

The Magic Sigil Cloak can be purchased from the Add-On Store for $10 or as part of the Sigil Cloaks 3-Pack for $25.

## See also

* Combat Sigil Cloak
* Crafting Sigil Cloak
Speak to the Elderly Man

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**Speak to the Elderly Man** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task for a new avatar on the Path of Love at the Battle of Solace Bridge acquired by approaching the gate at the north.

## Description

I opened the gate to Solace Bridge and saw an elderly man waving me. I should probably speak to him.

## Walkthrough

Complete this self-explanatory task by speaking to Edvard the Wanderer, the man on the north side of the gate.
Milling

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**Milling** is a refining crafting skill. It uses resources gathered from foraging and creates pieces of wood used in carpentry.

## Recipes

Crafting items through milling requires use of a Milling Table and Cubit Measure or Wood Rasp.

* Process Wood Log - Wooden Board, Wooden Timber, Tree Bark
* Wooden Pole
* Wooden Strip

## See also

* Butchery
* Smelting
* Tanning
* Textiles
Move with W, A, S & D keys

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**Move with W, A, S & D keys** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the first task of the game, immediately issuing to a new avatar when they appear in the Isle of Storms.

## Description

You appear in a strange new place... You do not know what brought your here. You are without form, though you can move... (Use the W, A, S, and D keys to move around.)

## Walkthrough

It's pretty self-explanatory: move the avatar a short distance to complete the task.
Table (crafted)

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**Table**

**Weight: 10'**

*This article is for the crafted item. For other uses, see Table.*
**Table** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x3
 Wooden Pole x2
 Carpentry Hammer
Portalarium

**Portalarium, Inc.** are the developers of Shroud of the Avatar. The company is headed by Richard Garriott, also known as Lord British or General British, well known for his role in developing the Ultima series of video games. The lead story designed for the game is Tracy Hickman, author of the Dragonlance series.

The average team member at Portalarium has at least 10 years of experience in the gaming industry and has worked on a half-dozen published titles.
Leave the village

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**Leave the village** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. A new avatar on the Path of Truth will receive this task after acquiring the Bonesteel Dagger from the village elder's house.

## Description

The dagger I found was odd, made of some sort of steel formed from the bone of some creature. I should find more about it.

## Walkthrough

Optionally explore the rest of the village. When ready to continue, approach the west gate The Speak with the gatekeeper task will trigger if it hasn't already. Completing that task will also complete this one.
Speak with Gawain

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**Speak with Gawain** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the second task for a new avatar on the Path of Courage when they arrive at the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

The soldier, Gawain, seemed confused, but otherwise unable to speak.

## Walkthrough

Talk to Gawain and accept his request to deliver his amulet to Brigid in Resolute.
Open the gate

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**Open the gate** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task for a new avatar on the Path of Love at the Battle of Solace Bridge acquired by approaching the gate at the north.

## Description

I've found a key on the body of a nearby guardsman. It should let me open the gate.

## Walkthrough

Simply operate the lever near the body of the guard that had the key.
Use the Z key to draw your sword

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**Use the Z key to draw your sword** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. The avatar acquires this task after unlocking and proceeding through the gate in the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

I was beset by strange creatures named elves immediately upon leaving Highvale.

## Walkthrough

Exit the gate, draw the sword as instructed, and fight through the Elf Patrollers patrolling outside the gate.
Mounted Antlers

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**Mounted Antlers**

**Weight: 10'**

**Mounted Antlers** is a decoration that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Stag Head
 Wooden Board
 Carpentry Hammer
Stool (crafted)

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**Stool**

**Weight: 10'**

*This article is for the crafted item. For other uses, see Stool.*
**Stool** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x2
 Carpentry Hammer
Viking Village Home

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The **Viking Village Home** is a house available on the Add-On Store. It is a 20x11 two-story home with a single room downstairs and a wrap-around loft on the second floor.

## Source

The Viking Village Home can be purchased from the Add-On Store for $100.

## Gallery

* House exterior
* House interior
* House interior
* Village exterior comparison
* Village floorplan comparison

## External links

* Project Update #37 on shroudoftheavatar.com
Torbalyn

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Seek Private Garridon

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**Seek Private Garridon** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task an avatar on the Path of Love acquires at the end of Escape the Battlefield at the Battle of Solace Bridge.

## Description

Edvard informed me that once I arrive at Solace bridge Outskirts, I should speak to Private Garridon. He should be the first guard I see when I arrive.

## Walkthrough

Complete the self-explanatory task Use the Boat to reach Solace Bridge Outskirts. Private Garridon will be the guard directly in front of where the avatar comes ashore.
Brain Freeze

The **Brain Freeze** is one of the Starting Ruins Colossal Titans you need to defeat and also was featured in the game's demo. It's subtitle says **Brain of the Guardian**

## Tips for Beating

Shoot an Arrow from the entrance position, then roll diagonally upwards to dodge the first charge. Roll to the center once and retrieve the arrow. Align yourself on the opposite side of the fireplace compared to the boss and when he activates the plate, shoot through the flame to expose the frozen Brain. Then prepare an arrow while the animation plays, and shoot the brain as it first slams down. (Credit: u/LordJellyfish)

Another way to defrost the brain is to shoot your arrow right on the fireplace(A fully-charged shot fire through entire arena for your reference). While dodging, the titan will trigger the fireplace and the fire on the arrow will stay for like 3 seconds. All you have to do do is keep dodging and kite the titan land on the burning arrow
Wall Shelf

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**Wall Shelf**

**Weight: 10'**

**Wall Shelf** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x2
 Hand Saw
 Carpentry Hammer
Titan Souls

Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source and sum of all living things. Now scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with but a single arrow is once again assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

The lush, green over-world is nice to look at, but rune-encrusted temples are where the action happens. Each one contains a different titan, and kicking off a battle is as easy as firing your arrow at their slumbering forms. Now, if you've been following along up to this point, you've probably noticed a rather pressing logical fallacy: if your one arrow functioned as the starting gun for a titanic tussle, how do you fight after that? Easy. You take it back.

**Titan Souls** was first developed as part of Ludum Dare 28 in only a couple days and is open and sparse, with a lilting piano melody beckoning you into a world of giants with each note, enticing you to slay them, with a twist. The twist? Keeping in line with LD28′s theme of “you only get one,” our hero only has just one arrow and one health point with which to bring down the Titans. Keep in mind that you can dodge and roll to evade the monsters in the land, However, note that Titan Souls is not an easy game and you will die... Ultimately, Titan Souls is a game of precision positioning and timing, and something you'll learn quickly.
Leather Strap

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**Leather Strap**

**Weight: 1'**

**Leather Strap** is crafted through tailoring and is used in blacksmithing and tailoring recipes.

## Source

This item is crafted through tailoring with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Tailoring Table to craft the item. Three Leather Straps are created with this recipe.

**Materials required**
 Hardened Leather
 Tailoring Scissors
## Uses

Leather Strap is used in the following recipes:

**Blacksmithing**
* Iron Chainmail Chest Armor
* Iron Chainmail Coif
* Iron Chainmail Leggings
* Iron Plate Chestpiece
* Iron Plate Helm
* Iron Plate Leggings
* Iron Rectangle Shield
* Iron Round Shield
* Iron Triangle Shield

**Tailoring**
* Epic Cloth Boots
* Epic Cloth Chest Armor
* Epic Cloth Gauntlets
* Epic Cloth Leggings
* Leather Boots
* Leather Bracers
* Leather Chest Armor
* Leather Leggings
Sludge Heart

**The Heart of the Guardian**; **Sludge Heart** is one of the Starting Ruins Colossal Titans you'll come across in Titan Souls.

## Tips for Beating

Each shot you shoot will break the sludge into various parts, with the heart being the one that you'll want to expose. If you are able to only target the heart you can make the process a little bit simpler, rather than having all sorts of sludge pieces chasing you around. Once the heart is exposed, simply put the last arrow into it to defeat it.
Gol-Iath

The **Gol-Iath** is one of the Starting Ruins Colossal Titans you need to defeat and was featured in the game's demo. It's subtitle says **Guardian of the first Gate**

## Tips for Beating

Shoot an Arrow from the entrance and draw it back. The fists will come from the left or the right depending on which side you're facing. You can run to the center of the room and slightly to the right, and be careful to dodge left (avoiding the first slam). When the non-active hand raises, shoot the target quickly. (Credit: youtube.com/user/Dacciox)

Alternatively, you can stand at the entrance and fire your arrow once you see his hand pull back. This will keep you from getting hit, since he cannot reach you.

A safe, albeit difficuly way is to walk into the stage only slightly, until the doorway is covering the first half of your body. Shoot straight up and roll outside the door before it closes, then draw back your arrow until it's roughly in the center of the stage. Run along the path towards the big door and stand only a little to the opposite side of the hand he's attacking you with to force his hands to switch. If timed correctly, you can draw back your arrow while the boss is switching hands, and kill him outside the arena. Keep in mind while you're running around the outside of the arena, his fists can reach you if you are close to the inside wall, so it is recommended to hug the outside wall all the way around for safe passage.

## Video Guide

Tricky way to beat Gol-lath + Shadow of the Colossus achievement.

Normal way to beat Gol-lath.
The Arrow

**The Arrow** never goes away. Instead, it simply pings off titans, walls, and things of the like, at which point you can make a mad dash to retrieve it. The problem is that the Colossal Titans are fairly relentless, so avoiding their lunging advances is priority number one. Fortunately, you also happen to conveniently be some kind of medieval Jedi with Titan Souls, which grants you the ability to summon your arrow back by holding down the same button you fired it with. At the beginning of the game, your soul is divided; one part in you, one part in your bow and one part in the arrow. This trinity is referenced in drawings on some walls, and seems to be what gives you the ability to recall the arrow, as well as the ability to kill the Colossal Titans. You are also not the only person with this ability; Knight Elhanan - Legendary Titan Slayer has similar powers and a similar bow and arrow.
Trunk

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**Trunk**

**Weight: 10'**

**Trunk** is a furniture item that can be placed in player housing.

## Source

This item is crafted through carpentry with a skill level of ??. The player must be at a Carpentry Table to craft the item.

**Materials required**
 Wooden Board x5
 Wood Chisel
 Carpentry Hammer
Leave Highvale

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**Leave Highvale** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is the third task for a new avatar on the Path of Courage when they arrive at the Battle of Highvale.

## Description

Now that I have Gawain's amulet, I should leave this place before more enemies arrive. There probably is a means of leaving the Highvale area once I get past the gate.

## Walkthrough

Proceed down the path west past Gawain and down the stairs. The new task Explore the training field will be added to the journal and should be completed now as crossing the training field is a necessary step in this task as well. After Double click the sword, resume this task by continuing north to the gate, where Edvard the Wanderer waits. After conversing with the bard, the Unlock the Gate task is acquired.

Optionally explore the rest of Highvale for loot, conversations with other NPCs, and additional tasks such as:

* Find word of Nena's charges
* Follow Samael

Once done, complete the Unlock the Gate quest by returning to the gate and interacting with the keyhole to use the key supplied by Gawain. The self-explanatory task Use the Z key to draw your sword begins, involving the avatar fighting his or her way through Elf Patroller enemies. Other self-explanatory tasks such as Use the Thrust skill on an enemy and Loot a fallen enemy will also trigger. After completing these tasks, simply continue west to meet up with Floyd, who gives the task Speak to Horatio before providing the option to leave and thus complete this task.
Use the Z key to ready your bow

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**Use the Z key to ready your bow** is a task in *Shroud of the Avatar*. It is a task for a new avatar on the Path of Love at the Battle of Solace Bridge acquired speaking to Edvard the Wanderer.

## Description

Use the Z key to ready your weapon, then double-click an enemy to attack it.

## Walkthrough

Complete this self-explanatory task by using the Z key to have the avatar ready his or her bow.
Mace Head Mold

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**Mace Head Mold**

**Weight: 1'**

**Mace Head Mold** is a mold used in smelting recipes.

## Uses

Mace Head Mold is used in the following recipes:

**Smelting**
* Iron One-handed Mace Head
* Iron Two-handed Mace Head

## See also

* Axe Head Mold
* Blade Mold
* Hammer Head Mold
* Spear Head Mold
Truth

**The First Soul Born from Truth**; **Truth** is one of The Eternal Gate Colossal Titans you'll come across in Titan Souls.

## Tips for Beating

Truth is a optional multi stage boss, where you start over from phase 1 if you die.

1. It start off as 2 wheels covered in eyes, with a large purple eye as a weak spot. The fight starts with the wheels spinning up power, before they position themselves horizontally and vertically. The Horizontal wheel starts off first, attempting you ram you, hitting the wall, and then recoiling. During the recoil, the Vertical wheel attempts to ram you. Once you have dodged the Vertical wheel, just shot the eye of the Horizontal. If you fail, the boss will repeat its attack
2. The second phase starts off with the 2 wheels from phase 1 circling you, and they will spawn droplets attempting to float from one to the other. They will also spawn a hostile version of the droplets, with has mouths. The mouth spawns can be shot, and will also be killed by the pulled arrow. Every 4th hostile spawned will be The Purple Eye, which is this phases weak spot. It has a generous hitbox, and all you need to do is to shot it anywhere. It will try to skirt to the other eye, like a scared cat. Once it is hit, all droplets de spawn. If one of the non-hostile droplets hit you, you will be launched back and stunned for a few seconds, which can be fatal if the hostile droplets are close.
3. Final phase starts with the Eye from phase 2 growing legs. The wheels still spawns Mouth Spawns, and after spawning 2 of them, the Legged Eye will open its eyelids to fry you with a laser beam. All you have to do, is to shot its eyeball, as usual. Best of luck.

By beating The Truth you'll unlock the **Truth**, enabling you to be able to read the Titan (Language) and open up the hard mode.