Explore

**Explore**is a fundamental part of Windrose. It can be accessed by clicking the "Explore Kio" tab, or by clicking the Weather icon in the top left corner.

## Pages of Explore

Explore consists of many individual pages, all of which are affected by Weather and the time of day. Each page is as follows:

* Rune Tree
* Upstream
* The Ocean
* Forest River
* Enchanted Path
* The Lake
* Dusk Path
* Midnight Cliff
* Wandering Sprout/Crystal Caves
* Castle Path
* Rose Garden
* Lagoon
* Shipwreck Cove
* Beach Cave

* Marshlands

As of writing, not all names are consistent when moving between areas (Ocean may instead read "Ocean Cliff" when at the Lagoon, and so on). This is noted.

Each area will have a description underneath the illustration of the location to describe the atmosphere. This is for roleplay purposes, typically, and has no other bearing.

Underneath the description box is an assortment of items that can be picked up for your inventory, and eventually, be traded or used in Alchemy. What may spawn is dictated by the time of day and location, as well as item rarity. The former two can be reviewed under the Research tab.

## Hidden Locations

A handful of locations in Windrose explore have certain conditions to be met before they can be accessed. Attempting to access any locations that are time-sensitive will result in the prompt "Are you lost???" taking over the image box.

### The Ocean

The simplest is the Ocean, which has a puzzle that must be solved before a user can access its associated locations. Because it serves as the path to the Lagoon, Shipwreck Cove, and Marshlands, it's an important area to unlock.

### Hidden Beach Cave

Under the Ocean Cliff, during dawn and dusk, a hidden area can be clicked in the image to access the Hidden Beach cave. This spawns items related to the Ocean and Lagoon and oftentimes has less common items. It is only open for an hour, however, and cannot be accessed after 6:00 AM/PM WRT.

### Crystal Caves

The Crystal Caves are connected to the Lake and Dusk Path, and can be accessed for free at 6:00 AM/PM WRT (dawn and dusk) from the Dusk Path. It stays open for a short period of time after. The Crystal Caves spawn various quartz, zodiac gems, and geodes. When not open, the Explore link will instead be replaced with "Wandering Sprout", in which you can give five items you currently have in your inventory for three hours of access at any time

### Dusk Path

Dusk Path is connected to the Crystal Caves and opens up at 6:00 AM/PM WTR, dawn and dusk, just like the Hidden Beach Cave and Crystal Caves. The Dusk path has various items spawn in it, but it is more frequently accessed in anticipation of the Midnight Cliff.

### Midnight Cliff

The Midnight Cliff is accessed through the Dusk Path when the hour changes from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM WRT, and marks when the time of day becomes night instead of dusk. It is available for access shortly after this time but then closes off to exclusively the users who accessed it prior. The user *must* have accessed Dusk Path first in order to access the Midnight Cliff. It is then available from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM, which marks dawn. It spawns various items throughout the night, including less common items.

### Rose Garden

In order to access the Rose Garden, one must have the Patron sticker equipped. This allows full access to the Rose Garden, which can be accessed through the Castle Path image. It frequently spawns various roses, as well as other items relevant to its location.

### Enchanted Mountain

In the image of the Lake, there is a clickable circle that navigates the user to the Enchanted Mountain. This mountain is where Haitchis are created.

### Ancient Altar

In the image of the Forest, clicking among the trees can navigate the user to the Ancient Altar, where Thanes are created.

### Wishing Tree

In the image of the Forest, there is another hidden location, which takes the user to the Wishing Tree. The Wishing Tree is an exchange that takes inks or certain alchemy items and exchanges them for something else, typically of greater value. It needs an input of 150 inks or alchemy items to bloom, in which users can then collect their items through various means.

### Runic Roots

The Runic Roots are inaccessible without a Beta Member Sticker.

### ???

This is a secret place. The conditions to find it are secret.