The Tower of Nightmares
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Map of The Tower of Nightmares
- Levels
- 80
- Type
- Zone
- Region
- Kryta
- Connects to
- Kessex Hills; Eye of the North
- API
- 943
Loading screen
| Image(s) |
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Central Chamber |
“Confront the Toxic Alliance's massive structure and conquer the enemies within to prevent ruin from devouring Kessex Hills!
— In-game description
The Tower of Nightmares is a public instance zone in Kryta. It represents the interior of the tower at Viathan Lake in Kessex Hills.
Getting there[edit]
- Speak with Vigil Tactician Steelbreaker at the Thunder Ridge camp in Kessex Hills and head into the Tower of Nightmares or talk to the Mist Stranger at the Eye of the North.
- Private instance can be created with a squad at any time, with up to 10 players. (You can open it with a 50man squad, but only 10 will be allowed in)
- Public instance can be entered at any time, to be matched up with other random players who went in at about the same time. Maximum player count unknown.[verification requested] There is also the promoted timer in Eye of the North between other events.
Event schedule[edit]
Previous 2 hoursNext 2 hours
00:00 UTC
Locations[edit]
| Area | Area objectives |
|---|---|
| Central Chamber | |
| First Level |
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| Heart of the Tower | — |
| Second Level | — |
| Third Level | — |
| Unending Nightmares | — |
Interactive map[edit]
Objectives[edit]
- The first floor of the tower is open. Complete events to push back the Toxic Alliance and gain access to other floors.
First Floor Cleared
Use siege equipment to destroy the toxic offshoot
- Toxic Offshoot
Defeat the toxic warlock
- (Veteran/Champion) Toxic Warlock
- Clear the Toxic Alliance camp
- Toxic Alliance Morale
- Toxic Portals destroyed: x/3
- Pods have opened throughout the first floor of the tower. Interact with them to enter the Unending Nightmares and bring down the enemies within!
- Fight your way to the prisoners
- Defeat Scarlet's Molten Alliance hallucinations.
- Enemy Strength
Defeat the hallucination and free the prisoners
- (Random Boss)
- Defeat Scarlet's minions.
- Cages destroyed: x/3
- The second floor of the tower is open. Complete events to push back the Toxic Alliance and gain access to other floors.
Second Floor Cleared
- Rescue captives trapped in webs
- Captives Freed: x/5
- Defeat the toxic spider queen
- Champion Toxic Spider Queen
- Defeat the toxic wurm queen
- Champion Toxic Wurm Queen
- Pods have opened throughout the second floor of the tower. Interact with them to enter the Unending Nightmares and bring down the enemies within!
- Fight your way to the prisoners
- Defeat Scarlet's Molten Alliance hallucinations.
- Enemy Strength
- Defeat the hallucination and free the prisoners
- (Random Boss)
- Defeat Scarlet's minions.
- Cages destroyed: x/3
- The third floor of the tower is open. Complete events to push back the Toxic Alliance and clear out the Tower of Nightmares!
Third Floor Cleared
- Clear the Toxic Alliance camp
- Toxic Alliance Morale
- Toxic Portals destroyed: x/3
- Destroy Scarlet's invading minions until her portal exhausts its energy supply
- Portal Energy Remaining:
- Defeat the toxic alchemist and wurm queen
- Champion Toxic Wurm Queen
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- Champion Toxic Alchemist
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- Champion Toxic Wurm Queen/Champion Toxic Alchemist revives in: 0:30
- Pods have opened throughout the first floor of the tower. Interact with them to enter the Unending Nightmares and bring down the enemies within!
- Fight your way to the prisoners
- Defeat Scarlet's Molten Alliance hallucinations.
- Enemy Strength
- Defeat the hallucination and free the prisoners
- (Random Boss)
- Defeat Scarlet's minions.
- Cages destroyed: x/3
- Map closes in: 2:00:00 (Private Instance only)
- The Tower of Nightmares has been cleared and the Toxic Alliance have retreated...for now.
Access to the top of the tower has been opened.
Map closes in: 5:00
Rewards[edit]
Complete the Third Level for:
- Tri-key Chest (unlimited times per day)
Tricolor Key
- Note: Sergeant Walters gives once per day access to all three
Mysterious Blue Key, 
Mysterious Green Key, and 
Mysterious Pink Key for 10 
Pristine Toxic Spore Samples each.
- Note: Sergeant Walters gives once per day access to all three
Walkthrough[edit]
Achievements[edit]
NPCs[edit]
Allies[edit]
- Arcanist Fleera
- Hronk (random chance)
- Magister Boola
- Pokka (random chance)
- Pol (random chance)
- Laria Sharpeye (random chance)
- Rox (random chance)
- Snarl Backdraft (random chance)
- Frostbite (random chance)
- Kasmeer Meade (random chance)
- Lord Faren (random chance)
- Marjory Delaqua (random chance)
- Petra (random chance)
- Quinn (random chance)
- Seraph Archer
- Seraph Field Support
- Seraph Soldier
- Sergeant Walters
- Arcanist Jansi
- Bear Shaman (random chance)
- Braham Eirsson (random chance)
- Priory Magister
- Raven Shaman (random chance)
- Snow Leopard Shaman (random chance)
- Wolf Shaman (random chance)
- Aife (random chance)
- Arcanist Bailar
- Kahedins (random chance)
- Malomedies (random chance)
- Niamh (random chance)
- Priory Explorer
- Various
- Citizen (random chance)
- Local (random chance)
- Priory Arcanist
- Priory Explorer
- Priory Magister
- Priory Scholar
- Soldier (random chance)
- Villager (random chance)
Services[edit]
Foes[edit]
- Elite Toxic Damoss
- Elite Toxic Hypnoss
- Elite Toxic Nimross
- Toxic Damoss
- Toxic Hypnoss
- Toxic Nimross
- Veteran Krait Damoss
- Veteran Toxic Damoss
- Veteran Toxic Hypnoss
- Veteran Toxic Nimross
- Veteran Toxic Warlock
- Aetherblade Hallucination
- Caithe (random chance)
- Champion First Mate Horrik (random chance)
- Eir (random chance)
- Elite Hallucinatory Grenadier
- Forgal (random chance)
- Garm (random chance)
- Hallucination
- Hallucinatory Blademaster
- Hallucinatory Bladestorm
- Hallucinatory Ratnik
- Hallucinatory Shadowblade
- Hallucinatory Striker
- Hallucinatory Swashbuckler
- Hallucinatory Taskmaster
- Hallucinatory Thug
- Hallucinatory Thumper
- Logan Thackeray (random chance) [verification requested]
- Molten Hallucination
- Mr. Sparkles (random chance)
- Rytlock Brimstone (random chance)
- Sonic Brawler (random chance)
- Sieran (random chance)
- Toxic Assassin
- Toxic Bulwark
- Toxic Damoss
- Toxic Knight
- Toxic Hypnoss
- Toxic Nimross
- Toxic Sorcerer
- Trahearne (random chance)
- Tybalt (random chance)
- Zojja (random chance)
- Veteran Molten Hallucination
- Veteran Hallucinatory Brawler
- Veteran Hallucinatory Protector
- Veteran Hallucinatory Shaman
- Veteran Hallucinatory Thug
- Veteran Hallucinatory Thumper
- Champion Toxic Spider Queen
- Elite Toxic Spider
- Toxic Spider
- Toxic Spider Hatchling
- Veteran Toxic Spider
- Champion Toxic Alchemist
- Toxic Assassin
- Toxic Bulwark
- Toxic Knight
- Toxic Sorcerer
- Veteran Toxic Assassin
- Veteran Toxic Bulwark
- Veteran Toxic Courtier
- Veteran Toxic Sorcerer
- Champion Twisted Nightmare
- Twisted Horror
- Twisted Mender
- Twisted Reaver
- Veteran Twisted Horror
- Veteran Twisted Nightmare
Objects[edit]
- Air Purifier
- Cage
- Cannon
- Diving Goggles
- Mysterious Fable Page
- Nightmare Court Letter
- Recording
- Toxic Mine
- Toxic Mortar
- Toxic Offshoot
- Toxic Portal
- Toxic Stalk
- Portal to Second Level
- Portal to Third Level
- Portal to Top Level
- Powder Keg
- Spiderweb Prison
- Interactive
- Services
Dialogue[edit]
- Entering the instance
- Sergeant Walters: Do you have a moment?
- Sergeant Walters waves at <Character name>.
- Seraph Soldier: (coughing)
- Seraph Soldier: (coughing)
- Seraph Field Support: (coughing)
- When downed
- Scarlet Briar: Why don't you try begging for mercy? That could be fun.
- Scarlet Briar: Aw, you stopped working.
- Scarlet Briar: You never stood a chance.
- Scarlet Briar: Why don't you just give up?
- Scarlet Briar: Don't worry. We all have to die sometime.
- Scarlet Briar: Rats! Dying foes are so much more fun than dead ones.
- Scarlet Briar: Tee hee.
- Scarlet Briar: (laugh)
- Scarlet Briar: (maniacal laughter)
- When afflicted by Toxic Pollen
- Scarlet Briar: Breathe deeply. In. Out. Living. Dead.
- Entering the mined area on First Level
- Arcanist Bailar: Take care. The area ahead is mined.
- Fight your way to the prisoners
- One of the following, dependent on objective:
- Scarlet Briar: We have something in common. I awakened in a pod. You're about to die by one.
- Scarlet Briar: Meet my new friends. Aren't they terrifying? (Toxic Alliance)
- Scarlet Briar: Hairy legs, pointed mandibles, and those eyes...all those eyes, looking at you. Looking and looking and looking... (Spiders)
- Scarlet Briar: They skitter. They bite. They creep and crawl and jump. Don't look up. (Spiders)
- Scarlet Briar: Molten Alliance? No. Molten brilliance. I know you wish you'd thought of it first. (Molten Alliance hallucinations)
- Scarlet Briar: Breathe deeply. In. Out. Living. Dead. (Toxic air)
- Scarlet Briar: Destroy as many as you want. I'll make more. (Twisted Watchworks)
- Scarlet Briar: Lucky you. I made the Aetherblades just for you. (Aetherblade Hallucinations)
- Scarlet Briar: Are you afraid of the dark? (Hostile Creatures)
- If Marjory and Kasmeer:
- Marjory Delaqua: I think we're lost.
- Kasmeer Meade: We're not lost so long as we keep moving upwards. Trust me. I know how to survive illusions.
- If Marjory and Rox:
- Marjory Delaqua: A charr? Seriously. C'mon, Scarlet. You can do better than that.
- Rox: Rowr! I'm not one of her hallucinations, you squirrelly raven. Raise your weapons to me, and I'll set you free—permanently.
- Marjory Delaqua: Oh. My mistake.
- If Marjory and Braham:
- Braham Eirsson: This is no place for fragile humans.
- Marjory Delaqua: Step aside, buddy. I've got business to take care of.
- If Braham and Rox:
- Rox: It's as if this place knows my darkest fears.
- Braham: You have fears?
- Rox: You tell anyone, and I'll shave your head while you're sleeping.
- If Kamseer and Rox:
- Rox: Friend, foe, or figment of my imagination?
- Kasmeer Maede: Friend! Friend! I'm real, promise.
- If Kamseer and Braham:
- Kasmeer Maede: That was unpleasant.
- Braham: You can say that again.
- One of the following: [verification requested]
- Scarlet Briar: Like sire, like cub? How is your papa's redemption coming along? Any slip ups?
- Scarlet Briar: Kuh-Braham! Kuh-Braham. Uh. Kuh-lamb for the slaughter.
- Defeat the hallucination and free the prisoners [verification requested]
- If Caithe:
- Scarlet Briar: I'll do you a favor. You can't trust Caithe. She's not the perfect bloom she pretends to be. (laughs)
- If Eir and Garm:
- Scarlet Briar: Eir doesn't love her slayer anymore. Not since...well, you know.
- If Logan:
- Scarlet Briar: Thackeray loves a silly, fat-headed royal more than he loves you. Does that hurt?
- If Rytlock Brimstone:
- Scarlet Briar: Rytlock has a special file where he records all your mistakes. They're adding up.
- If Zojja and Mr. Sparkles:
- Scarlet Briar: Zojja won't tell you, but she is so disappointed in you. After all, what great advances have you made lately?
- If Forgal:
- Forgal: I am Forgal, son of Kern. My father was the last Dolyak Shaman! I am a Warmaster of the Vigil! You will never make me kneel!
- Scarlet Briar: Warmaster Forgal Kernsson is now Deadmaster Forgal Kernsson, thanks to you. Are you sorry?
- Forgal: I've brought down tougher beasts than you, ugly! (upon defeat)
- Scarlet Briar: Teacher's pet, teacher's pet. How dead did your mentor get?
- If Tybalt:
- Tybalt: Come closer, I've got a surprise for you!
- Scarlet Briar: You sure let Tybalt down, didn't you? Didn't you?
- Tybalt: (sigh) I'm seeing apples. I mean, stars. Floating all around my head. (upon defeat)
- Scarlet Briar: Teacher's pet, teacher's pet. How dead did your mentor get?
- If Sieran:
- Sieran: I was hoping to fall in love at least once before I died...but I guess I'm ready. If you are.
- Scarlet Briar: Sieran would be so disappointed in you.
- Sieran: There was so much more left that I wanted to see... (upon defeat)
- Scarlet Briar: Teacher's pet, teacher's pet. How dead did your mentor get?
- If Trahearne:
- Trahearne: Be cautious. Something's not right here...
- Scarlet Briar: (maniacal laughter)
- Trahearne: I must not fail... Mother, give me strength! (upon defeat)
- Otherwise one of the following: [verification requested]
- Scarlet Briar: Go ahead and scream. It'll make you feel better.
- Scarlet Briar: Destroy as many as you want. I'll make more.
- Rescuing the captives (random) [verification requested]
- Citizen: Thank you. That was very helpful.
- Kahedins: I appreciate you
- Local: I needed no help, but thank you just the same.
- Petra: Thank the gods you were here.
- Snarl Backdraft: Thanks for the hand.
- Soldier: Thanks. I needed that.
- Villager: You were such a help. Thanks.
- After First Level is cleared
- Scarlet Briar: My little friend from the Pact. Just couldn't stay away, could you?
- Scarlet Briar: You're curious. I can smell it.
- Scarlet Briar: I was curious, too...
- Entering Second Level
- Arcanist Fleera: The area ahead is infested with spiders. Stay away from their nests, and watch out for webbing.
- Defeat the toxic wurm queen
- Scarlet Briar: Time to feed the worms!
- After Second Level is cleared
- Scarlet Briar: You don't know who you face...
- Scarlet Briar: What you face.
- Scarlet Briar: I see it for a fleeting moment. Every time I close my eyes.
- Entering Third Level
- Arcanist Jansi: Hey! Over here!
- After Third Level is cleared
- Scarlet Briar: (pained grunt) Get...out!
- Scarlet Briar: (heavy breathing)
- Scarlet Briar: (laughing)
- Scarlet Briar: The ground is writhing beneath us.
- Scarlet Briar: Oblivion.
- Entering Top Level
- Magister Boola: Your attention, please!
Historical dialogue[edit]
- At event start
- Scarlet Briar: Let the fun begin!
- Event success
- Scarlet Briar: Wow, victory. I'm almost impressed.
- Scarlet Briar: Aw, you spoiled my fun. Now I'm going to have to make a special project out of you.
Crafting resources[edit]
Resource nodes[edit]
Gallery[edit]
The walkways around the Central Chamber.
A walkway leading to another floor.
Another view of the Central Chamber of the tower.
Notes[edit]
- Originally introduced during The Nightmares Within release in 2013. Re-released during the Tower of Nightmares (release) in 2022.
- The original version was an open map accessed through a portal in Viathan Lake. The events in this version were not a continuous chain, but cycled through on each level.
- Despite the fact that most waypoints in instanced areas can be used for free, Tower of Nightmares Waypoint is not free of charge.
- This map is always in Night time.
