1. Show Location, Entrance, and General InformationThis Expedition is located North East of the Settlement of Restless Shore. While its in-game recommended level is 45, we suggest going in as early as Level 43, because that is when you can start to receive repeatable quests for the Expedition. The entrance to the expedition is located behind this waterfall pictured below.
The Depths contains solely Corrupted foes who are weak to Thrust, Nature, and Arcane damage, while being strong against Strike and Ice damage. Like all Expeditions, you need a Tuning Orb in order to open this Expedition. Each time you open the Expedition, a Tuning Orb will be consumed from the inventory of the player that opened the Expedition. You can receive the Depths Tuning Orb from the Main Quest line and from completing Side Quests in Restless Shore. To use the Tuning Orb walk up to the entrance of the Expedition and interact with the door. If you have the correct Tuning Orb and at least 2 other party members nearby, you will be able to click the "Join Expedition Queue" button, which should quickly create an Expedition instance for you. Once it is ready, you can press F1 to accept the Expedition invite. The Restless Shore Tuning Orb comes from the quest line that starts with Pirates Will Pirate and finishes with Archdeacon Azamela (Expedition). You will also need to complete the quest line starting with War of the Lost and ending with The Greater Threat. You can also craft a Tuning Orb through the Recipe: Amrine Tuning Orb recipe, requiring 10 Corrupted Shard, 1 Starmetal Chisel, 50 Lodestone Bricks, and 1 Energy Core. Corrupted Shards are rewards for closing Corruption Breaches found on the map and indicated by a red marker and you can buy the Chisel from your faction vendor.
At Level 43, you can receive the Meat For Nekumanesh (Expedition) quest which is repeatable. Each time you complete the Expedition, you should encounter 3 mini-bosses that each drop meat; loot them all to be awarded 8,600 XP upon completing the quest with Nekumanesh. This repeatable is great, because the pick-up and hand-in for this quest is directly outside the door for the Expedition. You can also start to receive Expedition faction missions from Restless Shore once you reach Level 43.
This expedition is relatively straightforward, but does have one area where you can go the wrong direction. As you enter the Nadir Bridge area there will be a deactivated bridge in front of you and stairs to the left and right.
Take the stairs down to the right as you will pass through the left side later in the expedition.
The Expedition will also take you through The Core area twice, you just have to use the active teleporter to leave the first time and then use the key that you loot from the boxes after the first boss to unlock the center. Enemies will respawn in The Core area so you do not have to worry about clearing them all out on the first pass through. If you get lost, reference your map for your next quest objective. This Expedition has two bosses, Archdeacon Azamela and Commander Thorpe. In Expeditions, you can only be picked up from being downed one time before you are forced to respawn, and most boss rooms seal off the entrance once the boss is engaged. This effectively gives you two lives in a boss fight, assuming that your teammates can pick you up when you get knocked down.
This boss is a corrupt priest that is fought in a medium-sized circular room that has two small square platforms off to the left and right sides.
This boss can be tanked anywhere in the room, but it is the best to tank them off to one side. When Azamela hits 55% or 15% health, they will rush to the middle of the room to channel their ritual ability. By tanking them off the center it is more apparent when the ritual begins. The tank should attempt to keep Azamela facing away from the middle of the room to avoid hitting allies with the wave ability. Watch out for Azamela's Eruption ability by watching out for dark patches to form on the ground, if one appears beneath you then quickly move away. Once the ritual begins, the right side teleport pad will become active and two DPS players should rush to take it and then defeat the two servants on the platform. After defeating them, one player should channel on corrupted monolith on the platform. Any ranged DPS on the side platform can attempt to help their team by attacking active mines on the main platform. The first time the ritual begins, only the right side platform will be active but the second time the left side will be active as well. While the ritual is in progress the Tank, Healer, and one DPS should be focusing on killing the mines that will spawn on the main platform. These can take a few hits and will explode after a short time so it is imperative that you attempt to get these mines down as soon as possible. The Healer should also keep an eye on the DPS clearing the side platform and be ready to throw them some heals because they will be taking damage from the servants on the platform and from any stray mines that explode. Anyone standing on a side platform will be automatically teleported back to the main platform once that platform's monolith is destroyed. After ending the second ritual the boss should die shortly thereafter. The final boss of the Expedition, a familiar face from the tutorial, is found shortly after a respawn point. This boss has two phases and will only use his full ability kit once he reaches 15% health for the first time, after which he will heal to full health and Summon Behemoths.
This boss hits incredibly hard and has a wide swing that can hit players standing near him. For this reason, melee DPS should attempt to stand directly behind him as much as possible to avoid getting hit. The tank should also try to avoid getting hit by Thorpe's basic attacks, as they will quickly drain their stamina. We recommend having the Healer spec into Splash of Light and Purify to remove debuffs from the entire party at once as several of Thorpe's fire abilities can leave strong damage over time effects on players. Once Thorpe is reduced to 15% health, he will heal to full and Summon Behemoths. These need to be killed quickly and they have stagger bars, so melee DPS should prioritize Heavy Attacks to help stagger them. Since these adds do decent damage, it might not be feasible for your Tank to survive damage from both them and Thorpe so they need to die as soon as possible. Immediately after summoning the Behemoths ,Thorpe will use his Soul Beam in whatever direction he is facing. It is really important that your tank attempts to get him to face towards the outside of the room before he uses this skill, to make avoiding the beam more feasible for the Healer and DPS. You are able to crouch or craw beneath the beam but be careful because getting staggered by a Behemoth will cause you to stand up. Once you have gotten a hang of his basic abilities it becomes a matter of execution. Avoid taking damage, kill the adds when they spawn, and do not let the beam touch you. Note that the beam can be a bit odd if he casts it while on the platform or stairs, so we recommend tanking him away from the stairs on the outside of the room. In some Expeditions, there are hidden resources or treasure chests that can be easily missed if you are not investigating every corner. In the first room of The Depths, there is a chest up on a tree branch that you can leap to.
Show more Show less What level should I be for the depths?The Depths is the first challenging PvE Expedition in New World. You get the quest for this dungeon at level 40, but it shouldn't really be attempted at that level unless you're going in with some higher-level friends.
How do you open the gate in the depths?There are two methods used to reach The Trial within the central bastion of the city, one of which you must use in order to escape The Depths: you can either ring the bells to open the bastion gate or climb the wall to drop down into the bastion from above.
How do I get out of the depths?How to get out of depths? from the bonfire, head down the slime hallway to the torch on the left wall. go through the doorway next to the torch and follow the path up some stairs. go through the door and take the left turn at the end of the hall.
What do I do with Key to the depths?Key to Depths Usage
Unlocks door to the Depths. Go down stairs by the Capra location, the door is at the bottom of the tower by two thiefs.
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