Biome route
Ashlands progression guide
Fortresses, siege pressure, flametal, ashland materials, and Fader prep.
Field note
What to do next
Approach Ashlands as an expedition. Prepare a landing plan, stone portal strategy, fire resistance, and recovery supplies before pushing inland.
Route sketch
Ashlands field plan
Landing is the first fight
Ashlands should be entered as an expedition. The first beachhead decides whether the biome becomes manageable or turns into a long chain of ship loss, portal loss, and corpse runs.
- +Bring backup portal materials, backup food, fire resistance, and enough building supplies to stabilize the landing.
- +Do not park every valuable item on the shoreline until enemies and retreat paths are understood.
- +Secure a small safe point before pushing toward fortresses, lava routes, or deeper resource nodes.
Recovery layers
The safest Ashlands route has layers: ship fallback, beachhead portal, inland portal, and spare gear. One portal is not a plan when spawn density and terrain can block a straight corpse run.
- +Keep a home-side recovery chest with fire resistance, food, and replaceable gear.
- +Separate the first landing portal from the later inland working portal.
- +Retreat and reset when a route starts depending on one exposed portal or one surviving ship.
Fortress and material discipline
Ashlands resources are tempting, but fortresses and dense enemy pockets should be handled as operations. Pull, clear, bank, and reset rather than looting until every inventory is full.
- +Mark fortress approaches, lava hazards, and retreat terrain before starting the main push.
- +Bank flametal, ashwood, grausten, and other materials in stages instead of risking the whole haul.
- +Use stone portal planning carefully as part of logistics rather than as an excuse to overextend.
Fader readiness
Fader should come after the expedition route is stable. The boss attempt needs the same layers as the biome: fire resistance, backup supplies, a recovery route, and enough control around the arena.
- +Collect the summon path only after your Ashlands base and portal plan can survive normal pressure.
- +Clear the surrounding area and avoid starting the fight from an exhausted expedition inventory.
- +Keep the Deep North tracker separate from confirmed live Ashlands guidance until the next biome is actually released.
Before entering
- +The Queen defeated.
- +Endgame food ready.
- +Fire resistance and healing stocked.
- +Backup equipment prepared for corpse recovery.
First objectives
- +Prepare a ship and backup portal plan.
- +Secure a beachhead before looting deep inland.
- +Gather ashlands building and crafting materials.
- +Upgrade endgame weapons and armor.
- +Collect the required Fader summon pieces.
Checklist
- +Prepare ship and backup gear.
- +Create a safe landing point.
- +Build recovery portal plan.
- +Gather Ashlands materials.
- +Upgrade gear.
- +Defeat Fader.
Recommended gear
- +Ashlands armor
- +Flametal weapons
- +Stone portal materials
Food and meads
- +Endgame health food
- +Endgame stamina food
- +Endgame eitr food if using magic
- +Fire resistance mead
- +Major healing mead
Common mistakes
- +Landing with only one portal plan.
- +Overextending before a safe beachhead exists.
- +Treating Ashlands like a normal biome instead of an expedition zone.