Gansu Watering Hole

Gansu Watering Hole is a main area in Our Valley, reached after completing Three Points Crossing.

It opened on December 27th, 2016, and originally required the completion of a mini-area called Caravan.

* **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

### **Wynfri of Water**

10 Wood
6 Leaves
5 Rope
2 Claws
1 Sacred Feather
1 White Fur
10 Essence
1 Glass
1 Gold

### **Tepij Locals**

50 Coins
10 Wood
10 Rope
1 Steel
100 Coins
1 Gold
20 Rope
5 Steel
45 Coins
 Upgraded WoodenFishing Rod
500 Coins
1,500 Coins

Dust to Dust
1 Coin

### Locksmith

Stone Chests can be opened in Tepij Locals with a single Stone Key.

## Quests

### Main Quests

It takes approximately 20,950 words to get through the Gansu main quest line.

## Monsters

**Puna**
100 words/12 minutes
**Frizi**
150 words/10 minutes
 **Kiru**
250 words/25 minutes
  **Furoxi**
400 words/30 minutes
**Desert Wignow**
444 words/44 minutes
   **Sparfly**
450 words/35 minutes
   **Rulo**
550 words/100 minutes
**Ylly**
720 words/90 minutes
   **Bruja**
900 words/180 minutes
    **Wetu**
1100 words/240 minutes
    **Yasri**
1250 words/240 minutes
       **Lombri**
1500 words/360 minutes
      **Desert Rudakai**
1800 words/280 minutes
       **Arenica**
1350 words/180 minutes
appears after Gansu main quest 2: Lorsa Nest Network
      **Suulan**
2000 words/240 minutes
appears after Gansu main quest 2: Lorsa Nest Network
         **Red Witch**
4000 words/1000 minutes
appears during Gansu main quest 7: Red Witch of the Southern Coven, and then vanishes
no drops**Dust Witch**
1200 words/400 minutes
appears during Gansu main quest 8: Dust to Dust, and then vanishes
**Pipit**
900 words/180 minutes
appears after Season of Hope Hunt quest: The Curator of Elder Library

**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

## Lore

Legend says that when the Ancients were creating the Valley there was no desert. It was all a luscious forest that spread from edge to edge. In it, life grew everywhere, and from everywhere, life flocked to the Valley. One day, a neighboring Ancient, jealous with the spring of life that had been born in the Valley, came to destroy it. Ancients that had fallen in love with the the Valley fought to protect it. One of the Valley protectors offered to fight the attacking Ancient, a battle that had only one rule, they had to willfully give up their immortality for the fight. If the Ancient wanted to destroy life in the Valley it would have to put its own life at risk. And it did. The battle was quick, neither used to caring for their safety. In the end, both Ancients were wounded too deeply to survive. Before it could die the attacking Ancient cursed the Valley and broke its dying body into a million pieces, a poison that would kill everything it touched, and eventually create the desert. The protecting Ancient used its last moments to cure a small corner of the desert. In the lifeless desert it created an eternal watering hole, a small gem of hope, that one day life could return to where it once was.

This Ancient burial ground is still said to hold the energy and life force of that Ancient. A life force that feeds creatures who roam close to the watering hole, making them larger and more powerful than they normally would be. A life force that gives power to all those who know how to obtain and use it. For those within the Valley, the Gansu Watering Hole will always be a sacred place.

## Area Art

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