Category:Shadow Missions

For lore information, see Shadow Realm.

Description

A Shadow Mission is a special type of quest that takes place inside a free-roaming environment known as the Shadow Realm.

How to Obtain a Shadow Mission

• First you must visit the Shadow Mission Board in Taillteann or Tara. Click on it to open the list of missions.
  • Some Shadow Missions are delivered by owl during the mainstream quests.
    • Difficulty for Mainstream quests are based on the character's total cumulative levels:
      • Basic: Total level of 1 through 99
      • Intermediate: Total level of 100 through 299
      • Advanced: Total level of 300 through 999
      • Hard: Total level of 1,000 or higher
    • However, to enter the Shadow Mission, you will need the respective talent levels listed below.
  • Across the top of the list you may choose between different difficulties. They are based on your highest talent rank:
    • Basic: One level 1 (Fledgling) talent
    • Intermediate: One level 5 (Naive) talent
    • Advanced: One level 7 (Senior) talent
    • Hard: One level 11 (Expert) talent
    • Elite: One level 1 (Fledgling) talent, requires an elite pass from the party leader
    • Lord: One level 15 (Master) talent, requires a lord pass from each party member
  • You may only choose missions at or below your highest talent.
    • If your partymates do not fit the minimum level requirement for the mission, they cannot enter it. There will be on an onscreen message saying "Player cannot enter this Shadow Mission".
  • Some missions require a specific number of partymates. You have the option of making a "Shadow Missions" type of Party.
  • Some missions have time limits. If you hit the time limit, you automatically fail the mission.
• Upon choosing a mission you will be shown its description, location, objective, and rewards.
• After accepting the mission, you need to travel to the Stonehenge. Clicking the altar will begin the mission..
• You must enter the Stonehenge at the city where you got Shadow Mission from.
• You may only have one Shadow Mission at one time. Please note that many Chapter 3, 4, 5, and 6 Mainstream Missions (Generation 9 ~ Generation 20) are Shadow Missions; you cannot take on a normal mission while you have a Mainstream Mission in your quest log. However, you can still join the parties of others doing normal missions.
  • It is possible to cancel the Mainstream Shadow Mission and talk to the quest NPC again at a later time to get the Shadow Mission again.

Daily Shadow Missions

• The Shadow Mission boards in Taillteann and Tara has a "daily" Shadow Mission that rewards double EXP the first time you clear it that day.
  • Failing a daily Shadow Mission does not remove the reward, so you can try as many times as you want.
  • Completing a daily Shadow Mission with another party will remove your own from the board.
• Daily Shadow Missions are refreshed every day at EDT: 10:00am
  UTC: 2:00pm
  AEST: 12:00am
  7:00am PDT100.
  • Incomplete missions are lost.
• Daily Shadow Mission EXP reward can stack with Shadow Crystals.
  • Contrary to the description of the crystals, Shadow Missions in Tara Rath Castle will gain the effect of Shadow Crystals.
• For players with VIP Premium Service, there will be two dailies for both regions instead of one.
• Upon reaching a cumulative level of 51, players will begin receiving two timed daily quests that require them to complete the normal daily missions.

Experience Rewards

• Completing a Shadow Mission will give you a certain amount of Experience.
• The formula for EXP rewards are as follows:
  • Total Mission EXP = [(Mission EXP * Daily Mission Bonus) x (1 + Crystal Bonus + Event Bonus)]
    • If you are wearing the Cessair Officer Robe, then:
      • Final Mission EXP = Total Mission EXP + [Mission EXP * (1 + 0.1)]
    • If you are wearing the Mysterious Robe, then:
      • Final Mission EXP = Total Mission EXP * (1 + 0.1)
    • Increasing Renown with Briana will also increase Shadow Mission Experience.

The Shadow Realm

• The Shadow Realm is a world with red skies and is home to Shadow Monsters. Many Shadow Missions take place within the Shadow Realm.
  • All Generation 15, 16, 17, The Saga: Iria and The Saga: Iria II, Generation 19, and 20 Shadow Missions take place in Erinn rather than the Shadow Realm, however all Shadow Realm limitations still apply.
• Where you end up in the Shadow Realm depends on the mission (the map was previewed to you before taking the mission).
• You cannot fly using flying pets or Hot Air Balloons in the Shadow Realm.
• Adniel's Hornpipe can be used in the Shadow Realm, the exception being Tara Rath Castle Shadow Missions.
• Arat Berries can be used in the Shadow Realm.
• Ice Mines can be used in the Shadow Realm.
• You cannot enter Homesteads while in the Shadow Realm.
• Warp Imp's Save Location does not work while in the Shadow Realm.
• Shadow Missions are counted as field areas, as such monsters labeled Weak or Weakest will not give any experience and Resting will restore wounds.
  • However, a Camping Penalty does not exist.

Mission Details and Types

• Each mission in the Shadow Realm is completely instanced, similar to entering a dungeon with a special pass; you will not run into other users doing the same mission and no one can join you if you have already started the mission.
• During the mission, you may not quit the party and/or expel a partymate.
• There is no Goddess Statue or revival point; if you and all your party are defeated, you must: quit, use Nao Soul Stones, or ask others to revive you with the help of an Advanced Phoenix Feather.
• Some missions are timed; players are required to complete the mission's objective within the amount of time or all monsters and/or switches will despawn upon failure.
  • Players are not usually removed from the mission once the timer reaches 0.
• Each mission has a boss monster and/or main objective.
  • Once the boss is defeated or objective completed, players will automatically receive the experience and gold listed in the mission's quest log info.
  • Additionally, depending on the Shadow Mission, reward chests may appear, one for each partymate.
• You can click "Exit" to leave the mission at any time, even when knocked out.

Trivia

• The All-out War Shadow Mission will always occur at night time.

Gallery

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  The Shadow Mission board

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  Inside the Shadow Realm, "Defeat Crag Cow"

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  The Stonehenge in Taillteann

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  The Stonehenge in Tara

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  An example of a list of missions on a Shadow Mission Board from Taillteann.

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  An example of a Shadow Mission quest.