Ancient Dreamland (Zone)

How do I get to Ancient Dreamland (Zone) the first time?: Use the Seal of the Secret Dreamland Chamber portal in Forsaken Abbey to get into Ancient Dreamland Lobby, then talk to Pioneer Dawn.

Please see Instance List for a table of all Instances, by the zone they are found in, and the quests that are involved with them.

Ancient Dreamland is a multi-round arena-style instance for two to six players. The monsters inside can be killed for Dreamland Crystal Dust, Flawed Dreamland Crystals, and Perfect Dreamland Crystals, which can be freely traded to other players, or traded with the dreamland pioneers in the Lobby for a variety of rewards. Many players also find dreamland to act as a good source of experience and talent points.

Originally, Dreamland was a level 62 instance which opened and closed over time. When it was re-released at level 85, it was also kept open permanently. Dreamland has since been updated with each rise in level cap. Only Normal difficulty mode is available. There is no Easy or Hard Mode.

Getting There[ | ]

There are two ways to access the Ancient Dreamland: Lobby. The first way to access is the Seal of the Secret Dreamland Chamber, a door located at the bottom of the Forsaken Abbey in Silverspring. This door is available to everyone. The second way to access is by talking to Lazzern the Drinker, who is next to the auction house in Muckgale Port, in Wailing Fjord. He will take you to dreamland after you have completed a short quest chain for him.

The Lobby[ | ]

The NPCs and portals related to Ancient Dreamland are found here in The Lobby. There is no limit to the number of times you can enter or leave this area (see Wall of Will).

There are also three portals here.

Dreamland Channel Gap - portal to return to Forsaken Abbey in Silverspring
Lazzern's Crystal Passage - portal to return to Muckgale Port in Wailing Fjord
Pioneer Dawn - Transporter to Ancient Dreamland

NPCs[ | ]

The following Dreamland Pioneers are available to trade and interact with you:

Pioneer Dawn [Dreamland Pioneer] - Transporter to Ancient Dreamland
Pioneer Frank [Dreamland Pioneer] - can remove the Dreamland energy fluctuations from your body (allowing you to re-enter Ancient Dreamland more than once per day
Pioneer Genja [Dreamland Pioneer] - Armor Merchant - Exchanges Dreamland Pioneer Sigils for Armor
Pioneer Mirago [Dreamland Pioneer] - Weapons Merchant - Exchanges Dreamland Pioneer Sigils for Weapons
Pioneer Sara [Dreamland Pioneer] - Amulets Merchant - Exchanges Dreamland Pioneer Sigils for Amulets
Pioneer Mogen [Dreamland Pioneer] - Pioneer Sigils Merchant - Exchanges a number of Dreamland Crystal Dust or Flawed Dreamland Crystals for a number of Dreamland Pioneer Sigils

Overview[ | ]

As Pioneer Genja explains, the forces at work in dreamland do not allow you to enter the arena by yourself. You must be in a party, and all party members must be present in the dreamland lobby to begin.

By default, dreamland can be run once per day. Pioneer Frank can reset this limit if you talk to him and "remove the dreamland energy fluctuations from your body." This service costs Dreamland Crystal Dust ×20. It can also be bought for Flawed Dreamland Crystal ×4 or Perfect Dreamland Crystal ×2, but this is not recommended. Buying this reset only applies to one person, not the entire party. If a player disconnects in the middle of dreamland, they may be sent to the Silverspring resurrection stone. To rejoin the current run, they will need to pay Dreamland Crystal Dust ×20.

Wall of Will[ | ]

Dreamland has a unique set of death mechanics, known as the Wall of Will. By default, the Wall of Will consists of a 30 minute timer and three bonus party lives. When either of these resources is consumed, the party is immediately sent back to the Dreamland Lobby.

The default timer of 30 minutes can be extended to 60 minutes with the use of an increase stone. This stone can be bought from Pioneer Frank for Dreamland Dust ×15 if you ask him, "Is there any way to explore the dreamland for longer?" It can also be bought for Flawed Crystals ×2, but this is not recommended. When you talk to Pioneer Dawn to begin the rounds, you must select the second chat option to use the stone, otherwise you will begin a normal 30 minute version.

The number of bonus party lives can not be increased, even with an Increase Stone. If any player loses all of their hit points inside the dreamland arena, they do not remain dead. Instead the player is immediately restored to full health with no death debt or durability loss, but one of the party's lives is consumed. Any combination of party members can die three times with no ill effects. A fourth death will immediately end the instance and send the party back to the Dreamland Lobby, regardless of the time remaining.

Party Recommendations[ | ]

A dreamland party must consist of at least two players and no more than six. At least one player should be wearing chain or plate, to act as the tank. At least one player should be able to provide healing spells. Other than these two guidelines, the other four party slots can consist of basically any mix of other players. Stats higher than those listed of course make dreamland easier. Lower values are also acceptable, but require the party to be more careful on certain rounds, detailed below.

Recommended stats for level 95 dreamland (buffed).
Role	HP	Physical Defense	Attack
Tank	150k	190k	sufficient to hold aggro
DPS	40k	N/A	95k
Healer^{[heals 1]}	40k	N/A	N/A
Low level (non-combatant)	21k	N/A	N/A

↑ A healer should be prepared to keep up with 5k damage-over-time effects and 9% hp poisons on the entire party, in addition to 100k hits on the tank.

Loot Recommendations[ | ]

Each round only ends once all monsters have been fully looted. To make this process faster, it is recommended to use free-for-all looting, or set the loot threshold to roll white items (this can be done by the party leader using the command "/run SetLootThreshold(0)" while on dice loot, or by using an addon to do the same). Both of these settings allow for any players to loot each monster, which speeds up rounds. Having as many drop rate buffs as reasonably possible will increase the amount of dreamland dust and crystals that drop. Guild castle buffs, lucky target potions, and so on, are all recommended.

Round Information[ | ]

Dreamland consists of 30 rounds of monsters, after which it resets. That is to say, the monster types and boss order in rounds 31-60 is the same as rounds 1-30, but they hit slightly harder. The same is true for rounds 61-90, and so on.

The first four rounds of dreamland contain five monsters each, and the fifth round contains a single boss. Similarly, rounds six to nine contain five monsters each, and round ten has another boss.

Round	Name	Threat Level	Special Moves
1-4	Dreamland Parasite	High	The apply a 9% hp poison to all players near them. It does not stack, but can be reapplied.
1-4	Dream Energy Stinger	Low	none?
1-4	Dreamland Scorpion	Low	none?
5	Kaleks Nightmareclaw	Medium	Charge: Charges at a random player, before returning to the tank. Ice prison: Encases a player in ice. That player cannot perform any action until the ice is destroyed by other players.
6-9	Dream Reaver	Medium	They fear the first person they target, for four seconds. DPS should not attack if the tank is feared before gaining aggro. Alternatively, a player can run ahead of the tank to take the fear, while the tank comes up second, and then grabs aggro once the first played has been feared. They can apply this fear again about 15 seconds into the fight.
6-9	Twisted Pus Beast	Low	Stacking self buff, increase attack speed by 8% per stack.
6-9	Dreamland Float	Low	weaken(aoe? how much?), heal(self? or aoe?)
10	Herugrim Dreamlava	Medium	Dark Pool: Places an area of black bubbles on the ground, centred on a random player. Any player standing in the pool will constantly take 5k damage. Simply walk off the affected area if the healer cannot keep up. Nightmare Spirits (adds): they can not be attacked, but will come out to attack a random player.
11-14	Dreamland Wanderer	Low	none?
11-14	Muse Heart	Low	debuff
11-14	Hypothermic Realdream	Low	debuff
15	Mayvel Nightmaremuse	Low	Shatter attack: single target, relatively hard hitting debuff: lowers your maximum hp, but increases your attack and casting speed Players or pets at random will be teleported underneath the boss. Short (2s) fear
16-19	Disembodied Dream Minion	Medium	they begin the fight with a charge + knockdown
16-19	Nightmare Blacksmith	High	Jackhammer Attack: disables physical abilities of their target. be aware if this happens to your tank. Nightmare Enhancer: (self buff)
16-19	Dreamland Skeleton	Low	none?
20	Hlethfir Deliriumscribe	High	Random players will get a stacking dot. This can also be applied to, and kill, pets. At approximately 45%, 30%, and 15% health the boss will summon two clones. While these clones are alive, the boss will be immune to all damage.
21-24	Nightmare Puppet Swordsman	Medium	They begin the round with a cast bar called moon cleave. Stay out of their melee range until after it has been cast. A well geared tank can simply take the hits.
21-24	Nightmare Puppet Warrior	High	Eye of the warrior: powerful self buff (but lowers defence?), and can often one-shot non-tanks, stun or root effects recommended.
21-24	Nightmare Puppet Sage	Low	They apply a short (~2 seconds) fear (single target/aoe?) about 15 seconds into the round.
25	Infected Dreamland Guardian	Low	Stacking dot, 200 per stack. Four shocking balls. Each will continuously deal 4k to any nearby player.
26-29	All	Varies	These rounds consist of a random mix of all the previous (non-boss) monsters.
30	Nightmare Beast Atollop	High	Nightmare Spirit: Exists at the start of the boss fight, can not be attacked Fear: Short, but often. Party wide. Black Pool: Similar to round 10, standing in the pool will constantly deal 5k damage. Paired debuff: Two player will get a debuff. They can move close to each other to remove it. Random aggro switch: The boss can switch to any player or pet. If necessary, the player who gained aggro should apply a physical immune.

Rewards[ | ]

Once the Wall of Will has run out, the party will be transported back to the dreamland lobby with a number of dreamland crystal dust and flawed crystals.

The dust and crystals can be used to reset or extend the dreamland timer, as described above, or sold to other players. Primarially, however, these can be traded to Pioneer Mogen for deamland sigils. These sigils appear on the player's currency list, beneath phirius shells and energy of justice. (Exchange rate: 10 dust = 1 flawed crystal = 2 sigils.)

These sigils can be used to buy items from Pioneers Sara, Mirago, and Genja.

Sara offers 8 amulets, which do not change with level cap.

Mirago offers a variety of weapons with non-typical ghost stats, all equal to the level cap.

Genja offers armour of five types: plate, chain, leather, cloth (mage), and cloth (healer). Each type has four pieces at level cap, and four pieces from the previous level cap.

Similar to phirius shells, older rewards are no longer available.

[healer-1] A healer should be prepared to keep up with 5k damage-over-time effects and 9% hp poisons on the entire party, in addition to 100k hits on the tank.

[heals 1]