The Link between the Crystal Overlook and the Arid Sea

Krytan Explorer

One Corgi Army {OCA}

R/Rt

Joined Apr 2005

Oct 31, 2006 at 3:09 AM • #1

I remember someone posting a screenshot of the portals in the Arid Sea and the Crystal Overlook and people were speculating if it were a portal or not. Well, it is. Here are the screenshots to prove it - you have to be on a character that has been to the Crystal Desert or Ascended I think. It's a pretty cool quest and you get to run around the Desert with 8 people.

Just talk to the ghost named Shanrah in the Crystal Overlook:

From Elona:

From Tyria:

Sidra

Jungle Guide

NITE

Joined Mar 2006

Oct 31, 2006 at 3:15 AM • #2

... can you say sweet? That looks uber-fun. I didn't much like the Arid Sea, but a total-crossover quest CAN'T be bad :-P

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

[HiDe]

Joined Jan 2006

Oct 31, 2006 at 3:28 AM • #3

I found that yesterday when I was exploring. That area is big :/

Tommy

Jungle Guide

Afkers Never [CRY]

W/Rt

Joined Oct 2005

Oct 31, 2006 at 4:46 AM • #4

nice find, you got a really interesting bar for a pve ranger

blackout..

LoKi Foxfire

Krytan Explorer

One Corgi Army {OCA}

R/Rt

Joined Apr 2005

Oct 31, 2006 at 6:10 AM • #5

Quote: Originally Posted by Tommy

nice find, you got a really interesting bar for a pve ranger

blackout.. Honestly, all I pretty much use is Barrage and Lightbringer's Gaze. I used to JI but it's not worth the extra damage that you can make up easily unless it's against undead.

But yea... Blackout stops Call of Torment from being used which really helps when you're fighting a ton of them. Or when I want to spike down a cleric mob real quick. XD

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

DVDF

Me/

Joined Jun 2005

Oct 31, 2006 at 6:43 AM • #6

Allright, this is way toooooo cooool.
Sweetness.
GJ Anet.

Diablo???

Forge Runner

SPQR

N/R

Joined Jun 2005

Oct 31, 2006 at 11:48 PM • #7

LOL, I knew that statue was gonna be of a significance.

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

Joined Dec 2005

Nov 1, 2006 at 12:32 AM • #8

Hmmm, I should whip out my map of Elona and figure out where this Crystal Overlook is...

bsumlin

Ascalonian Squire

Stewards of the Ancient Rites [STAR]

Rt/

Joined Jul 2006

Nov 6, 2006 at 1:18 AM • #9

Can we confirm what's necessary to use this teleporter? I found the guardian in the Crystal Overlook, and I have Prophecies, but he won't let me travel. Are we sure that I need to have seen the Arid Sea thru Tyria? Or just talk to Shanrah?

muffinman57

Frost Gate Guardian

Refuge from Exile [RFE]

Joined Aug 2005

Nov 6, 2006 at 1:20 AM • #10

I have no problems talking to either guy in either place and he teleports me without a problem. This is on my Warrior who beat the game, perhaps beating the game enables the travel.

Silent_

Frost Gate Guardian

Gwen Cannot Use a [BFG]

Joined Mar 2006

Nov 6, 2006 at 1:25 AM • #11

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Family_Soul

read the reqs and the notes...weird
cant get the quest with my derv, but i've got a proph acc ofc

narcissistic_fool

Ascalonian Squire

Random Logic [rL]

Joined Jan 2006

Nov 16, 2006 at 9:41 AM • #12

Cant get the quest on my Paragon either, and ive completed the game.

Meridan

Ascalonian Squire

The Great Shazam [WIN]

Joined Oct 2006

Nov 16, 2006 at 12:16 PM • #13

The arid sea... :0!!!

Maybe the ancient weapon serves a purpose now!

Gert Butterfing

Frost Gate Guardian

New Dragons [NDR]

Joined Apr 2006

Nov 16, 2006 at 2:50 PM • #14

On an Elonian char, you need to have visited Amnoon Oasis/Augury Rock - my Paragon has gone both ways and done the quest now

Sofonisba

Desert Nomad

The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]

Joined Jun 2005

Nov 16, 2006 at 6:53 PM • #15

Quote: Originally Posted by Diablo™

LOL, I knew that statue was gonna be of a significance. I swore, I saw a cutscene or a trailer or something for NF, in which large statues in a desert were falling: I'm like, 2nd att pt quest statue!

Horseman Of War

Desert Nomad

The Cult of Doom

Joined Jun 2006

Nov 17, 2006 at 6:50 PM • #16

this proves nightfall and prophecies are happening at the same time- because Ive knocked that statue down at least four times now.

Meridan

Ascalonian Squire

The Great Shazam [WIN]

Joined Oct 2006

Nov 17, 2006 at 6:59 PM • #17

Quote: Originally Posted by Horseman Of War

this proves nightfall and prophecies are happening at the same time- because Ive knocked that statue down at least four times now. It's a mirage :P

Also, by looking at the timeline, you can see that Nightfall plays 3 years after Prophecies

Wilde One

Ascalonian Squire

R/Mo

Joined Aug 2006

Nov 19, 2006 at 1:13 AM • #18

the searing lasts 2 years and then a year to get over the shiverpeaks so I make it about the same time.

Age

Hall Hero

STG Administrator

Mo/

Joined Jul 2005

Nov 19, 2006 at 5:23 AM • #19

Intersting I didn't think it would work I thought it was there for show.