🌑 Shadow Vale

A sunless valley perpetually cloaked in supernatural darkness, home to creatures born of shadow itself. Even torchlight is swallowed whole here.

REGION: WESTERN AETERNUM · LEVELS 20–38

Zone Overview

REGION

Western Aeternum

MIN LEVEL

20

MAX LEVEL

38

MONSTERS

6

GATHER SPOTS

2

BOSS

No

Shadow Vale is accessible to characters at level 20 or above. The zone scales its monster density and loot quality to the level range of 20–38, making it viable for 19 character levels of active farming.

Gathering Nodes

  • Node
  • Node

TIP

Use the Gathering Professions guide to learn which nodes require which gathering rank. Higher Gathering rank increases rare material yields at every node in Shadow Vale.

Farming Strategy

At the 20–38 level range, Shadow Vale is best approached with a build that balances damage output and HP sustainability. The zone's monsters deal moderate damage and respawn quickly — stamina efficiency is the primary limiting factor, not difficulty.

  • Clear all monsters in the zone before switching to gathering — combat XP compounds faster than gathering XP at these levels.
  • Use consumable potions from your inventory to sustain through longer farming sessions without needing to return to a hub.
  • If the zone has a Boss node, defeating it once per cooldown cycle yields the highest single-session XP gain.