Dark Forest Outpost

Dark Forest Outpost is a main area in Our Valley, reached after the Floating City of Balance. The area opened on October 6th 2019, as part of the Dark Forest Opening Celebration.

* **Luciola Forest** (Main Area)
* **Mama Tree** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Spider Nest
	+ **Elder Library** (Expedition Area, Hunt for the Ancients HQ) - Unlocked by Winding Path to Elder Library
	+ **Mama Tree Station** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Exit: Station Raising!
	+ **Base Camp** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by New Adventurous Horizons
		- **Forward Base** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Hard Day's Walk
			* **Stone City** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Stone's Throw East
			* **Tall Trees** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Javelin Toss West
			* **Guardian's Lair** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by North: Homeward Bound
* **Three Points Crossing** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Aid to an Elder
	+ **Dragon Lair** (Expedition Area, formerly Dig Site) - Unlocked by Next Stop: Dragon Lair!
		- **Ruins** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Question to Axe
			* **Shrine of Ages** (Expedition Area, Past events) - Unlocked by Tunnel Locked On
	+ **Impact Crater** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by A Way North: Up the Mountain
		- **Mining Site** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Technology & Dinti
			* **Spaceship** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Learning to Breathe
			* **Research Lab** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Orders to Repair
* **Gansu Watering Hole** (Main Area) - Unlocked by A Way South
* **Riza Rivertown** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Dust to Dust
	+ **River Diner** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Chef at River Diner
	+ **Raina Surface Camp** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Raina Surface Camp (Quest)
		- **Swamplands** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Energy Now, Tired Later
			* **Raina Sacred Site** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Twisted Treacherous Trails (2/2)
				+ **Rebel Raina Hideout** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by A Worthy Offering
* **Floating City of Balance** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Journey Upriver
	+ **Underwater Foundations** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Deep Dark Dives
	+ **Clouds Area** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Cloud Climbing
	+ **Dawn Area** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Dawn Drifting
	+ **Tempest Area** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Tempest Trailblazing
* ****Dark Forest Outpost**** (Main Area) - Unlocked by The Water Calls
	+ **Caretaker's Garden** (Expedition Area) - Unlocked by Dark Forest Path (or Stone Cavern Path in Cave)
* **Purple Gate** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Well of Lost Souls
* **Cave** (Main Area) - Unlocked by A Familiar Fight
* **City of Light** (Main Area) - Unlocked by The Final Fight
* **Dusted Castle** (Main Area) - Unlocked by Prepare to Attack

## Town

### Dessti's Shack

Reinforced Ardi Lamp Station (1/4)
1 Reinforced Rope
1 Hardwood
3 Ardia Dust
3 Ardii Dust
3 Ardis Dust
1 Steel
1 Reinforced Steel Helmet
2 Steel
10 Bones
10 Refined Dust
Min Level 25
5 Leather Rolls
1 Steel Boots
5 Bones
Min Level 25
1 Steel
 Ardi Lamp

5 Wood
1 Rope
2 Ardia Dust
1 Glass
3 Refined Dust
1 Essence
3 Dried Pulp
3 Wood
3 Dust
1 Steel
 Ardi Ponytails Back
25 Spirit Dust
1,000 Coins
50 Purple Crystal Shards
25 Bones
15 Stone
25 Steel Chains

### Locksmith

Bones Chests can be opened in Dessti's Shack with a single Bone Key.

## Quests

### Main Quests

It takes approximately 38,990 wrds to get through the Dark Forest Outpost main quest line.

## Monsters

**Ardia**
50 words/5 minutes
**Ardii**
60 words/5 minutes
**Ardis**
70 words/5 minutes
**Ascre**
150 words/25 minutes
**Belasi**
200 words/30 minutes
**Burhar**
1500 words/240 minutes
**Dust Wignow**
444 words/44 minutes
**Osalyu**
750 words/180 minutes
**Zanthei**
400 words/35 minutes
**Chu**
100 words/10 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 1: Ousting the Outpost
**Pakkan**
300 words/30 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 1: Ousting the Outpost
  **Takori**
600 words/75 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 1: Ousting the Outpost
**Dust Rudakai**
2000 words/600 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 5: A Fox Untrusted
**Papple**
1000 words/180 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 5: A Fox Untrusted
**Miclan**
5000 words/ 4320 minutes (72 hours)
appears after DFO main quest 8: Bound Up In
**Chaensi**
1300 words/180 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 9: Detect, Chain, Bind
**Lycosta**
1100 words/180 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 9: Detect, Chain, Bind
**Babu**
3000 words/2160 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 10: A Dogged Search
**Papple Spirit**
900 words/180 minutes
appears after DFO main quest 12: Well of Lost Souls
  **Molox**
666 words/66 minutes
appears after DFO quest: Step Into The Deadlands (1/4)
**Spirit Ardia**
80 words/8 minutes
appears after DFO quest: Hounding the Dead (2/4)
**Caretaker**
1200 words/180 minutes
appears after Season of Growth Hunt quest: Bigger and Brighter
    **Tilse**
800 words/120 minutes
appears after Season of Jubilee Hunt quest: Proving Your Friendship

**Vi**
Endurance battle for 5 minutes
**Viyu**
Endurance battle for 15 minutes
**Viyusa**
Endurance battle for 25 minutes
**Xin**
50 words/5 minutes
**Awa**
100 words/12 minutes

## Tactics

Unless you're a wardrobe completionist or in need of a goal, the collection quests Rebuild the Dock and Dessti's New Home are ones you might want to save for someday.

Familiar Family Friends, on the other hand, is the kind of quest that gets done in the background while you work on other things — LOTS of double-counting potential — so it's a good one to pick up right off.

The same 20 Belasi you use for Nasty, Dusty Air (probably among them also those for Ousting the Outpost and Familiar Family Friends) will satisfy the battle requirement of A Dusted Experiment in Luciola Forest if you travel back there and pick it up (perhaps the same trip you use to scrap with Wignows for Familiar Family Friends).

If you're going to do Pit of Nightmares, right before you battle the 12 Chu for Rats, Wrong Way! is a good time to pick it up. Between those you'll also collect enough Rat Tails for A Shaman's Rope.

## Area Art

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