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Acheron

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ACHERON

📌 OVERVIEW

Weapon enhancement that supercharges your 3rd skill.

Reward2,000,000 Exp (quest can only be done once)

📘 EFFECT

Skill 3💡 100% chance to activate (no cooldown)
80% Magic Damage to up to 2 targets
Always hits and crits

🩸 StygianGain 1 stack for every target struck
Stacks to 30 · lasts 6 seconds
Rapid DoT based on max health, grows
with each stack (it drains your HP!)
+30% Damage Boost
+30% Hit Chance
(Only the DoT scales, other effects don't stack)

📦 PRE-REQUIREMENTS

Level 80

Rank 8 Blacksmithing

Completed the Avatar of Fire quest (see Phase 1)

Void Lodestone in your inventory(see Phase 3)

Quest is accepted and turned in at /join Forge

📘 THE RED THREAD

Quick order of operations

1Complete Avatar of Fire

2Farm Dark Gems → Dark Box quest
(gives Dark Potion ×20 and ??? (Misc) (2))

3Collect the 3 keys → Open Ebony Chest → Arcane Lodestone

4Mercury Elixir → merge Void Lodestone

5The Power of Darkness (needs Void Lodestone)

6The Mortal Coil

7Turn in Acheron at /join Forge ✅

⚔️ PHASE 1 — AVATAR OF FIRE

(/join FireAvatar)

Quests begun from Galanoth (NPC)

RequiresThe Goddess of War questline
(long — check the separate Goddess of War guide)

Final quest · Avatar of Fire

→ Avatar Tyndarius Defeated ×1 · Drops from Avatar Tyndarius

→ Fire Orb Defeated ×2 · Drops from Fire Orb

Rewards50,000 Gold + 200,000 Exp

🧪 PHASE 2 — DARK BOX & POTIONS

(/join battleon)

Do this early — you need 20 Dark Potions anyway, and the

??? (Misc) (2) you need for Phase 3 is a random reward here.

A · Get Dark Box + Dark Key (one-time requirement, not used up)

QuestOpen Treasure Chests!
Twilly or Valencia · /join battleon

Items requiredMagic Treasure Chest Key ×1
· 2 free each month
· or buy from Twilly for 200 AC
Treasure Chest (Misc) ×1
· Global drop, 1% chance from any monster

Keep opening chests until you get Dark Box and Dark Key.

B · Dark Gem ×20 (one per turn-in)

→ /join DarkFortress · Farm Dark Gems

⚠️Dark Gem stacks to 13 only — turn them in, then farm more

C · The Dark Box quest (Twilly, /join battleon)

RequirementsDark Box + Dark Key in inventory

Items requiredDark Gem ×1 per turn-in

Every turn-in gives

→ Dark Potion (what you need ×20)

→ Class Boost (60 Min) ×3

→ Random gold / XP boost bags

→ ONE random item from a list, which includes ???
(the ??? (Misc) (2) item you need for Phase 3)

Repeat until you have Dark Potion ×20 AND ??? (Misc) (2) ✅

⚔️ PHASE 3 — THE VOID LODESTONE

Void Lodestone = Arcane Lodestone ×1 + Mercury Elixir ×1

Merged at the Dark Loremaster's Shop → /join DoomWood

A · Arcane Lodestone

Map/join Dreadfire (Dreadfire Keep)

QuestOpen Ebony Chest
Click the Ebony Chest on Screen 6

Requirements??? (Misc) (2) in your inventory

Items requiredGolden Key (AC) ×1
Silver Key ×1
Bronze Key ×1

RewardArcane Lodestone

⚠️Silver and Bronze Key are dropped DURING the quest,
so accept it first, then go kill for them.

→ Silver Key ····· /join Dreadfire · Kill Living Brimstone

→ Bronze Key ····· /join Dreadfire · Kill Stray Mana

→ Golden Key (AC) · /join zazul · Zazul Treasure Chest
(see maze guide below)

🔑 Zazul's House — Golden Key

Screen 25 doors with a changing counter
Enter a door when the counter says "3"
→ takes you to Screen 4
(Counter "Z" sends you back to Battleon)

Screen 4Invisible maze → chest at the end
Maze guide: https://imgur.com/li3YkzX

The chest4-digit passcode, 3 passwords
Enter in this order, clicking "Open"
after each one:
1. Z, Z, Z, Z
2. 1, 1, 1, 3
3. 1, Z, Z, 1
3 wrong attempts sends you to Screen 5

Success opens the Zazul Treasure Chest shop → Golden Key (AC)

B · Mercury Elixir

Map/join DoomWood (Doomwood Forest)

NPCDark LoreMaster
⚠️ Only visible with Arcane Lodestone in
your inventory

QuestMercury Elixir

Items requiredMercury Elixir ×1 (temporary item)
→ /join BattleUnderB · Kill The Lost

RewardMercury Elixir

C · Merge the Void Lodestone

Dark Loremaster's Shop/join DoomWood

→ Arcane Lodestone ×1

→ Mercury Elixir ×1

⚔️ PHASE 4 — THE POWER OF DARKNESS

(/join Nothing)

Requires Void Lodestone to enter the map.

→ Get The Power of Darkness from the Darkness shop

⚔️ PHASE 5 — THE MORTAL COIL

Pick ONE method

🅰️ Merge it

Nulgath's Merge Shop/join UltraNulgath

→ Roentgenium of Nulgath ×4

Roentgenium of Nulgath

→ Same map: kill the Ultra boss (Void HighLord's Challenge)
→ rewards Nulgath Insignia ×5

→ Merge Nulgath Insignia ×5 for 2 Roentgenium

→ You need ×4 Roentgenium = ×10 Insignia = 2 boss kills

🅱️ Drop

→ /join Tercessuinotlim · Kill Nulgath (Level 100)

📘 FINAL — ACHERON

(/join Forge)

RequirementsLevel 80
Rank 8 Blacksmithing
Avatar of Fire completed
Void Lodestone in inventory

Items requiredDark Potion ×20
The Power of Darkness
The Mortal Coil

RewardAcheron ✅ (0 Gold + 2,000,000 Exp)

📦 TOTAL REQUIREMENTS

Level 80 · Rank 8 Blacksmithing

Goddess of War + Avatar of Fire completed

🗝️ Magic Treasure Chest Key×1 or more

📦 Treasure Chest (Misc)×1 or more

📦 Dark Box + Dark Key×1 each

💎 Dark Gem×20

🧪 Dark Potion×20

❓ ??? (Misc) (2)×1

🔑 Golden Key (AC)×1

🔑 Silver Key×1

🔑 Bronze Key×1

🪨 Arcane Lodestone×1

⚗️ Mercury Elixir×1

🪨 Void Lodestone×1

🌑 The Power of Darkness×1

🌀 The Mortal Coil×1
(or Roentgenium of Nulgath ×4 = Nulgath Insignia ×10)