Royal Garden

**Royal Garden** is the second main location after the tutorial in *Thymesia*.

Once a habitat for the cultivation of plant crops, the **Royal Garden** became the center of the teaching of alchemy in the Kingdom of Hermes. After the outbreak of the Plague, novices and scholars obtained the fundamentals of alchemy under the guidance of Emerald. Soon after she was done, she buried herself in her own researches and seemed to collaborate with everyone in the Kingdom.

The task of the alchemists was to research **Vile Blood** and produce and transform it into **Pure Blood**. It is stated that Pure Blood was only gained by a procedure being able to convert certain amounts of Vile Blood, so any production of Pure Blood required the same amount of Vile Blood to be created in the first place. It is also hinted that the experiments and researches on Pure Blood were seen as unproductive and a waste of time and energy; at least in the early stages of discovery.

## Walkthrough

### Main quest

#### First beacon

* Light up the beacon chair ahead.
* Go down the stairs, and then down one flight of stairs to the right.
* Take the stairs up to the right. Be careful of the highly accurate bow elite here.
* To the right up here is a shield elite. Take care of him and read Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 01.
* Go back down the stairs and take the other flight of stairs down. There is a shield elite whose patrol takes him here periodically.
* Go down the stairs to the left through the short passage, and then down the next set to the left.
* Continue ahead and take the stairs up and around.
* There is a shield elite here along with a regular scythe enemy.
* Continue up the stairs and ramp to the upper level. This level is patrolled by a twin sword miniboss who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
* Release the ladder up here for a shortcut back to the beacon chair.
* Go to the door at the end of this level and read Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 02.
* Return down the ramp and take the stairs down to the right to find a few regular enemies.
* Continue downstairs to the right and take the left for a fight with a shield elite.
* Proceed left down the stairs to find Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02.
* Drop down for a fight with a greatsword miniboss that drops an alchemy potion. Beware the patrolling regular enemies that may join the fight.
* Go up the stairs across from the dropdown point and follow the path to an iron gate.
* Open the gate and go through for a fight against a scythe elite and a regular enemy. There's a Collection of Memories Lv1 here to pick up under the barrels.
* Turn around, go up the stairs here and open the iron gate at the end to open a shortcut back.
* Return to the area of the greatsword miniboss fight.
* Go around and down the stairs ahead and to the right, where there will be a shield elite
* There's a Collection of Memories Lv1 on the table here.
* Continue up the stairs ahead to the left and take the right and the next right.
* Go down the stairs to the left and into the greenhouse ahead to the far wall.
* Turn around to find a blood blade miniboss by the table who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
* Once he's defeated, read Experienced Researcher's Notebook 01 on the table where the miniboss was waiting.
* Go left from the table, and then right. There is an scythe elite here.
* Go right and through the opening, then proceed left to the corner, and turn left.
* Go to the little area to the left to pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Turn around and go across into the greenhouse. There's a scythe elite here.
* Continue out the other side of the greenhouse and continue to find a beacon chair ahead on the right.

#### Second beacon

* From the chair, go left and into an area with another blood blade miniboss, a shield elite, and a couple of others.
	+ The miniboss isn't easily alerted, so there's clear opportunity to clear out the other enemies before fighting the miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
* Read Folk Potions Research Report 01 by where the miniboss was waiting.
* Go up the short set of stairs into the next room for a fight with a katar miniboss, who also drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
* Pick up Mint by the red crystal when done.
* Backtrack down the stairs, out of this room, and into the area ahead for a fight with a halberd miniboss who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
* On the end of the curving bookcases, read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 02.
* From here, go back around to the right to the bookcases here and take the right path.
* There is a shield elite patrolling this path.
* At the end, go right and break the barrels to find Greenhouse Procurement Order.
* Turn around and continue ahead between the rows of bookcases. Read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 01 on the right.
* Proceed ahead into the ankle-deep blood and proceed left.
	+ Weak enemies will periodically emerge from the blood. They are easily defeated, but may continue to emerge from previously cleared out spots, and may be a threat if allowed to become a swarm.
* Read Introduction to Alchemy on the left side.
* Continue ahead past the bookcases on the right, turn around, and take the path immediately on the other side.
* Proceed ahead to the end to find Emerald standing at the top of a short set of stairs.
	+ If available, show Emerald items you've discovered for Collection of Memories Lv2 and more doses of story.
* Head back down the stairs, then go up the stairs and drop down the other side. There is a shield elite here.
* Read Last Page of Researcher's Journal here. Continue forward from the stairs and follow the path ahead to the next beacon chair.

#### Third beacon

* From the chair, backtrack to the bookcase with the Last Page of Researcher's Journal and follow the path right out into the larger area.
* There will be a fight here with a whip miniboss. The weaker ghost-like enemies will also emerge, usually trying keeping two at a time active, during this time to complicate matters.
	+ Beware when the miniboss retreats into the blood before taking any meaningful hits. This usually indicates it's about to perform its critical attack.
* Pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1 behind the miniboss's initial location. Back to the right is Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 03 to read.
* Return to the beacon chair.
* Continue on through the other door to find the boss, the Hanged Queen.
* Defeat her for Hanged Queen's Core, a Forgotten Feather, and some Blood Storm skill shards.
* Upon returning to Philosopher's Hill, the Hermes' Answer: Research Notebook can be found.

### Sub Quest 1

#### First beacon

* Light up the beacon chair ahead.
* Turn around and go into the Hanged Queen boss arena. Search around to find Lavender and Folk Potions Research Report 02.
* Return to the beacon chair and continue through into the blood, following the path.
	+ Regular enemies may be mostly concealed in this area. Look for lighter spots on the surface to help find them.
* There's a shield elite patrolling the path and a Collection of Memories Lv1 along the right side.
* Follow this path out the large open area and turn right. There is a blood blade miniboss here, two shield elites, and several regular enemies.
	+ As usual, the blood blade miniboss will largely ignore what's happening around it. It's best to clear out all the enemies first.
	+ When defeated, the miniboss will drop an Alchemy Enhancer and Key to Greenhouse 2nd Floor.
* Read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 04, located at the miniboss's previous location.
* Return to the path taken to reach this large area and take the path just to the right of that to the end and up the right set of stairs to find Alchemy Researcher's Letter of Complaint.
* Again, return to the entrance of this path and take the other path to the right leading along the outside of this area. There is a shield elite patrolling this path.
* Go through the corridors to the right and read Giant Tree Experiment Records 01 on the right.
* Continue ahead to find the next beacon chair on the right.

#### Second beacon

* Light up the beacon chair.
* Go right from the beacon chair and take the curving path around. There is a shield elite patrolling the path and a scythe elite near the end.
* There is a twin sword miniboss in the next area, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
* Go behind the elevator to read Novice Researcher's Letter of Complaint.
* Go back to the other side of elevator.
* Don't open the gate yet. Instead, go past the gate into the greenhouse. One scythe elite and one shield elite are in the first room.
* In the next room up the short set of stairs, there is a greatsword miniboss. He drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
* Exit the greenhouse and open the gate to the right. Proceed through and pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Go up the stairs to encounter another blood blade miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
* Read the Vile Blood Experiment Records 01 on the bookshelf.
* Continue along the curving path and read Underground Shift Complaints on the bookshelves ahead to the right.
* Go farther ahead to find a shield elite patrolling ahead. A bow elite will also be firing arrows in this section, so it may be wise to pull the shield enemy back to a safer location to fight.
* When defeated, the enemy gives up Key to Greenhouse Elevator.
* Keep following the path ahead, being careful not to stop and give the bow enemy an easy shot. Take the left, defeat the enemy, and then return to the table to pick up Key to the Library Elevator.
* Go back to where the bow enemy was and take the elevator down back to a location near the second beacon.
* Backtrack almost all the way back to the first beacon chair until reaching the elevator passed earlier in the level.
* Take the elevator up. Proceed ahead and left for another shield elite.
* Continue down the path to find another blood blade miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and the usual shards.
* Read Experienced Researcher's Notebook 03, and then continue on to find Experienced Researcher's Notebook 02 on the right bookcases.
* Drop down and collect the Collection of Memories Lv1 below.
* Proceed ahead and read Pure Blood Experiment Records 01 from a bookshelf on the right.
* Further ahead is yet another blood blade miniboss with a regular enemy and a shield elite patrolling nearby.
	+ This miniboss is more alert than others of its kind, making it difficult, perhaps impossible, to fight the shield elite without her getting involved.
* Defeat the miniboss for another Alchemy Enhancer and the Key to Underground Laboratory, achieving the quest objective, but there's still a little more to do.
* Read the Sea of Trees Researcher's Secret Letter by where the miniboss was.
* Go halfway down the stairs, up the ladder on the left, and drop down.
* Follow the path to the open area, then turn around and take the outermost path on the right out of the blood.
* Go through the corridors between the bookcases, open the gate on the left, and read Hermes Answer: Formula Research.

### Underground Laboratory

#### First Beacon

* Light up the nearby beacon chair.
* Proceed ahead to find a shield elite.
* Continue following the path to find another shield elite patrolling. Pull him into the corridor to avoid fighting him while being shot at with arrows.
* Take the first left ahead and go up the stairs and around for yet another shield enemy.
* Continue ahead while being wary of arrows to read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 03 and grab Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Return down the stairs and go left. Take the stairs ahead on the right to get to the bow elite and defeat him.
* Up here, read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 01.
* Head back down the stairs and then down the stairs to the right.
* Take the right path at the fork for a fight with a halberd miniboss who drops the usual Alchemy Enhancer
* Go back to the fork, take the other path down the stairs and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1 along the way.
* There's a scythe elite here. After dealing with him, read the Blood Written Letter 01.
* From the letter, go around and down to find the next Beacon Chair.

#### Second beacon

* Light up the Beacon Chair.
* From the chair, take the path leading down. Note that ghosts will spawn in this area. Continue to the fork.
* There's a scythe elite on the left and a shield elite on the right. Because of the patrol route of the enemy on the right, it's safer to eliminate him first, and then take the left.
* Pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1 here. Go back and take the right fork this time.
* At the next fork, take the right to collect another Collection of Memories Lv1. Go back and take the left fork.
* There's both a scythe elite and a shield elite ahead. It should be possible to fight and defeat the latter without the former noticing.
* Continue through, take the left, and fight the whip miniboss at the bottom. Defeating it nets an Alchemy Enhancer, shards, and should stop the ghosts from spawning.
* At the fork here, go around to the left for a short dead end with Blood Written Letter 02.
* Back to the fork, take the other path to yet another fork. There is a greatsword miniboss on the left fork dropping the usual Alchemy Enhancer and shards.
* At this fork, take the left path to find Vile Blood Experiment Records 02.
* Head back to the fork and take the other path, picking up Collection of Memories Lv1 along the way.
* Continue on down the path until reaching the next beacon chair along the right wall.

#### Third beacon

* Light up the beacon chair.
* Continue ahead and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Drop down ahead for a boss battle against the Sound of the Abyss.
* The boss drops 5800 Memory Shards, Sound of the Abyss' Core, a Forgotten Feather, and Vile Blood Shield skill shards.

### Underground Laboratory - Sub Quest 1

#### First beacon

* Light up the beacon chair.
* Move ahead. There is a patrolling shield elite who frequently comes close to the two regular enemies here.
* When the enemies are dealt with, read Message in Blood 03 on the left.
* Go around right to the pool. There is a greatsword miniboss ahead, who drops the usual Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
	+ As ghosts spawn in the pool, it might be worth pulling the miniboss out to fight him, even if it's a cramped area to fight.
* Follow the path around to a fork. Take the left one find a scythe elite standing near red crystals. Clear them out and read Vile Blood Experiment Records 00.
* Return to the fork and take the other path, where a shield elite is patrolling.
* Continue to the next fork. Take the left for a Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Go back and take the other path to another fork up a set of stairs.
* Go right and take the Collection of Memories Lv1.
* Go back, and take the other path to the next beacon chair.

#### Second beacon

* Light up the beacon chair.
* Continue on for a fight with a halberd miniboss, who drops the usual Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
	+ It may be worth pulling him to the beacon chair to avoid ghost spawns, but beware of the shield enemy behind that may join in if he's alive.
* Proceed ahead carefully, as there is a bow elite up the path a ways. Deal with him and the two regular enemies and read Derivative Research 01.
* From there, turn around and take the right ahead, watching out for the bow elite on the ledge to the left. There is also a shield elite patrolling ahead.
	+ It may be worth pulling the shield enemy back into the corridor to be able to fight him without being shot at with arrows.
	+ An alternative strategy is to sprint ahead to the bow enemy, kill him, and drop down to lose the pursuing enemies, who will likely revert to their standard positions.
* There is a Collection of Memories Lv1 around the right wall outside of the little corridor.
* From here, turn around, go up the stairs and continue around to a fork, dodging arrows along the way.
* Continue around to he left to finally reach the bow enemy, though he has another shield elite guarding him.
* When clear, read the Vile Blood Experiment Records 03 here.
* Go back to the fork and take the other path, where there will again be incoming arrows from a bow elite above. There is cover tight in to the rocks ahead.
* Sprint up the left stairs, ignoring enemies for now. At the top, go right and drop down.
* Sprint up the stairs ahead, ignoring the two shield elites for now, and continue around to the bow elite at the top of the ridge.
* Eliminate the bow elite quickly and drop down.
* Clear out enemies and backtrack to the ridge where the bow enemy was. Drop down onto the small wooden ledge below and read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 02.
* Drop down and take the path ahead into the pool. A whip miniboss is here to fight who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
* Read Derivative Research 02.
* Continue down the passage and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.