2020 Season of Hope

The 2020 Season of Hope is the first season of the Hunt for the Ancients. It unlocks as soon as you complete the Elder Library quest: Joining the Hunt.

It consists of a main quest (with 7 quests), 6 side quests, a 6-part side quest chain (all tilted "Proving Your..."), and a 4 part quest chain (involving different versions of Velts). These quests can mostly be completed in the forest region.

It is called the 2020 Season of Hope, because it was first released in 2020. Oge-Mai Valley has four seasons, the first of which is the Season of Hope, which runs roughly from January-March.

The goal of this season is to find the first ancient: the Curator of Elder Library. Once you have found him and completed the quest The Curator of Elder Library, the 2020 Season of Wandering (and a continuation of the main quest) will be unlocked, along with the 2021 Season of Hope (where there are even more side quests).

## Main Quest Line

This quest series takes you through the new hunt monsters and cumulates in finding the Ancient. Once you have completed the Curator of Elder Library quest, the 2020 Season of Wandering and the 2021 Season of Hope will unlock.

This series can be a bit confusing, **but if you follow the order they are presented here, you won't have trouble**. There are two parallel quest sequences. In one quest line, you fight one of the hunt monsters, and receive a map piece. In the other quest line, you need to turn in the map piece, and you get a wardrobe item. Therefore, when you complete the battle quest, you have everything you need to complete the wardrobe reward quest.

At the end, two additional quests are unlocked. The first (Curator of Elder Library) is the capstone of this season, and unlocks the next part of the main quest line and the next chunk of side quests. The second (The Curator's Family) is a side quest to fight all the Season of Hope monsters again.

You can follow how this main quest line fits with the full hunt main quest line here: Simplified Hunt.

## Side Quests

The majority of these are all unlocked with the Elder Library quest: Joining the Hunt.

## Monsters

Sassi
Luciola Forest and Forward Base
600 words/60 minutes
   Alnu
Base Camp, Forward Base, Stone City, and Tall Trees
400 words/40 minutes
   Clawadin
Mama Tree, Elder Library, Base Camp, and Forward Base
800 words/90 minutes
   Burocat
Mama Tree, Elder Library, and Stone City
1000 words/120 minutes
   Curator of Elder Library
Mama Tree and Elder Library
1000 words/180 minutes
     Velts
Mama Tree and Elder Library
800 words/40 minutes
     Velts:Desert
Three Points Crossing
1200 words/180 minutes
Velts: Water
Floating City of Balance
1600 words/600 minutes
      Dust Velts
Riza Rivertown
2000 words/1440 minutes

## Historical Notes

New quests were released January 1st, February 4th, and March 4th. Each month released one quest in each of the parallel main quest chains and 2 quests in the "Proving You..." quest chain. The first Velts quest was released in February, but the second was released in the Season of Wandering, the third in the Season of Growth, and the fourth in the Season of Jubilee.

### Raising the Curator

A community challenge began on March 24th 2020, which effectively switched updates from early in the month to late in the month. The Dust Warrior community needed to write 4 million words, at which point the Curator of Elder Library would be unlocked. This challenge was completed on March 26th. In addition, the Curator's Glasses (a wardrobe item) were made available for free for every Dust Warrior in the wardrobe store. These glasses, although they have no actual effect, are intended to be worn when the Dust Warrior is editing.