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The developers of Neverwinter have just announced that they will be "vaulting" seven of the game's adventure zones as part of a planned restructuring of their leveling experience. They claim that the zones will make their way back to the game, but in a heavily revised form and at an unclear schedule. Needless to say, I am skeptical of this, and I am worried we might lose out on lore in the process. When MMO content is gone, it really is gone, after all. It behooves us to document all that we can from these soon-to-be-vaulted adventure zones now. With this in mind, Ruf and I have decided to form a task force dedicated to preserving this lore before it is potentially lost forever. We previously (and successfully) did this exact thing prior to the permanent removal of the Fury of the Feywild expansion.

Can I help?

Anyone is more than welcome to contribute. You can either download the game and get started that way, or watch through recorded gameplay on YouTube. Most of the zones being vaulted are from the earlier parts of the game, so the time investment to reach them is not prohibitively large. You can download Neverwinter on Steam or directly from the publisher.

What needs to be done?

All of these adventure zones are filled with NPCs, creatures, and quests. Simply add whatever information you find to the wiki. The more we can cover, the better. I will also be playing through the zones and taking screenshots of all the quest text and NPCs I come across, so that we have something to refer to outside of the game (and for posterity). Keep in mind all of these zones are set in 1479 DR (except the bits with dragons... it's kind of a mess).

What zones are being vaulted?

• Blacklake District
• Tower District
• Blackdagger Ruins
• Helm's Hold
• Pirates' Skyhold
• Rothé Valley
• Mount Hotenow

Out of these, the developers have mentioned Blackdagger Ruins and Helm's Hold as being "high on the list for returning", albeit with modifications.

Old and new Neverwinter Wiki links

The Neverwinter Wiki (at Fandom) and Official Neverwinter Wiki (at Gamepedia) have merged into Neverwinter Wiki (at Fandom with Gamepedia style). Hence all of our {{NWWiki}} and ONWWiki external links point to the same site and often the same page. The old ONW links will need to removed and links checked and updated, as many required custom entries because of differing pagenames. It's also not really bot-able without skill with regular expressions. So, if you see some while on this project, do check and update these.

I've used the bot to merge and remove all ONWWiki external links, so this is done now. BadCatMan (talk) 07:27, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Demo Record

Some basic commands and tips for recording demos are given here. It's useful for getting screenshots of creatures who might otherwise be moving too much attacking you, and for flying around to get a good view of an area.

Blacklake District

Characters

Brandy Quickstep • Branley • Elmira • Hawthidon Faalwun • Hazel (individual) • Karzov • Old Jerry • Penny • Piniwin • Rannigan • Therzt • Zoey Fargo • Gothwan Cooper • Stone (person) • Varin Chalgash • Fleabottom • Jacob (rebel) • unnamed drow operative • unnamed cloaked man

Locations

Blacklake • The Tatters • Brimbleton Place • Chadwick Stoop • Lakeside • Thatcher Road • Blacklake Sewers

Organizations

Ashmadai • Dead Rats • Nashers

Tower District

Characters

Aelgar • Black Eye (image) • Cerion Haldoreth • Chalik Proudfist • Creed • Dulgan Proudfist • Drogthu Elfeater (updated image needed?) • Dyrl Godsword (updated image needed?) • Fineas Verran • Gaelen • Gerad Kinesward • Gord Roundshield • Gruuman Xuluksh (image needed) • Hulgen Proudfist • Janros • Johari • Karr Nevrim • Kragmar Deepscar • Kynorath Greybeard • Lanward • Lugan • Lurg Bloodspear • Lysson • Makred • Mather • Quickfoot • Riftel Farsight • Skeld Steelhelm • Throg • Vansi Bloodscar • Vagdru One-Ear • Ricven • Marcellus • Thag Slabhead (image) • Kartok Paingiver

Locations

Cloak Tower • Fallen Tower • Merchant Guild Hall

Organizations

Many-Arrows • Proudfist

Items

Belt of the Many Arrows • Gingershroom • Glowberry • Mancleaver • Starflower

Blackdagger Ruins

Characters

Cecil Proudfoot • Garl Gnarlclaw • Gilern Ghostwise • Gorun Pricebreaker • Jareth Grim • Kallos Tam • Malus Blackdagger • Melkhor Goldseeker • Mira Thamros • Old Lenn • Seven Toes • Taggot Ironshroud • Traven Blackdagger • Westband • Xalliana • Yates • unnamed drow operative • Bazoril Gimlode • Norik Tormsson • Lanric • Olandus Cragmire • Marion Hexbane • Krag Foultooth • Aluella Shieldheart • Cardiamus Hawklight • Margold Tarmikos • Samulkin Farcaster • Shaek Trueblood • unnamed ghost (Cragmire Crypts)

Locations

Cragmire Keep • Broken Crown • Cragmire Barrow • High Road • Raven Cliff Beach • Angelhead Mine

Organizations

Blackdagger Bandits • Cragmire

Item

The Doctrine of Discord

Helm's Hold

Characters

Anthus • Baelrath • Callum • Chartilifax • Dassar Truebow • Dunfield • Gurzek Balegaze • Halas • Heath • Hexabaal • Ippsley • Jilef Hillborn • Kella • Meryth Heartwood • Milosh • Mizreal Everdark • Nessfettle • Rohini • Satarin • Vartan

Locations

Cathedral of Helm • Crypt of Vigilance

Organizations

Ashmadai • Church of Helm

Miscellaneous

Protector's Law

Pirates' Skyhold

Characters

Aluiries Arborshate • Bartholomew Blackdagger • Benedict Shadeleaf • Garrundar • Irrae • Kayliss • Leokas • Lili Huntinghawk • Norver • Redolent Surgeon • Shaben Shortcloak • Shil Yargo • Thickgristle • Thoros • Tragold

Locations

Skull Fortress

Organizations

Company Yargo

Rothé Valley

Characters

Dassar Truebow • Grym Fartreader • Gunderson • Halbryn Dark Stalker • Imbross Irri'Karr • Jevahn Jhalvar • Malaggath • Sarkon'Iss • Syndryth • Venfithar

Locations

Blackwater Bridge • Fane of Lolth • Temple of the Spider

Organizations

House Xorlarrin • Neverwinter's Rangers

Mount Hotenow

Characters

Baera • Darney • Gommoth • Grumthrox • Hand of Maegera • Heartleaf • Ignazar • Immolus • Karrundax • Khalek • Nimor Ironvice • Pyraphenia • Rikki Proudfist • Thrimbul • Vandra Hillborn

Creatures

Fire archon • obsidian golem

Locations

Caverns of Karrundax • Charred Wood • Firecross Bridge • Fireguard Fortress • Shadowfire Cavern • Temple of the Primordial

Organizations

Clan Hillborn • Cult of Maegera

Ir'revrykal (talk) 10:41, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Quick update: mod 21 has a release date of July 27^th. While we don't need to complete all the articles by that time, we should at least identify any others that need to be added and compile all visual resources such as screenshots by then.

Ruf (talk) 14:02, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Being a newbie, I've worked my way through Blacklake District and am now in Tower District. I've been taking updated screenshots and what details I can. It looks like most are covered on wiki already, but I can always update and expand. It looks like some quests I've seen on the Neverwinter Wiki are no longer available, at least to me, but fortunately NWW has a lot of the speech and lore copied out for reference.

BadCatMan (talk) 14:33, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Putting this here as a reminder - I have been unable to find any screenshots online of the "flamebow" and "flameshield" variants of fire archon, so I don't know if their models are any different, but I've read that they can be found in Mount Hotenow. So if anyone finds that they do look different, I would appreciate a screenshot of them for the fire archon article.

SunderedShor (talk) 17:42, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

I've completed Tower District, including a party run through The Cloak Tower, and got screenshots of everything I could. Between what I have saved and information on the Neverwinter Wiki, it should be more-or-less preserved, though there may be some class/race-specific quest characters and bosses that are hard to access without another play-through. Adding it all to articles will take much longer, of course.

BadCatMan (talk) 15:32, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm now working through Blackdagger Ruins, getting all I can.

BadCatMan (talk) 15:58, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

The Jewel of the North update is out now and I assume the old areas have gone with it, though I haven't checked yet. I had thought I'd get a quick look at Helm's Hold last night, but the game shut down for maintenance.

So, how did we go? I've more-or-less completed Blacklake District and Tower District. Anything that's left was unavailable to my character, already removed, or just not running currently, but is available off Neverwinter Wiki. I've completely played through Blackdagger Ruins and have screenshots of a lot of stuff to work through. I didn't try to screenshot every variant of creature, just the common ones and the NPCs. I'll have a lot of articles to work on and pictures to upload still.

One thing that might be lost is the in-universe emails from NPCs for class- and race-specific quests, like Hubert Windcastle, Unnamed drow operative, and Unnamed cloaked man. However, they don't seem to offer much more than meeting the characters themselves does.

How did you go for the other areas?

It looks like we're meeting in the middle for Blackdagger Ruins. I removed the link for it, as I don't think we need a page for the Blackdagger Ruins zone itself. It's a game area, but in wiki terms its a road, a forest, a castle, mines, crypts, etc., which can be separate articles.

BadCatMan (talk) 01:42, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

The party dungeons are still accessible through the Queue system.

BadCatMan (talk) 02:22, 28 July 2021 (UTC)