Part 9: The Stars

Part 9, The Stars, is the Eternal Starlight part of the quest book. It has three chapters and 64 quests: the way in past the Gatekeeper in The Gate That Waits, exploration and bosses in Sky of a Million Stars, and the dimension's crafting in Forge, Garden and Frost. <!-- src: Q §1.2, §2.9 -->

The part opens when you complete Stores for the Dark, the capstone of Past the Last Island in Part 8: The Far Shore. That one quest opens all three chapters, so you can work on them side by side. Inside the part, nearly, the last required quest of Forge, Garden and Frost, is the gate that opens the second chapter of Part 10: The Last Fires. <!-- src: Q §1.5, §2.9 -->

The book does not lock the dimension itself: it checks quests, not portals. You can enter Eternal Starlight earlier if you can build the portal. See Eternal Starlight. <!-- src: Q §7 -->

At a glance#

In Sky of a Million Stars, two of the five optional quests are visible. Every other optional quest in this part is hidden, and the hidden quests are named only in the spoiler blocks at the end. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

The Gate That Waits#

She found it long before she could open it. <!-- src: Q §1.2 -->

What you do#

This chapter gets you into the dimension. It has 16 quests, 14 of them required, and starts with Six Times. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

First you find ruined portal frames, one in each of five settings: common (The Broken Arch), forest, cold, jungle and desert (Another, in the Trees, Snow, Vines and Sand). The Eternal Starlight portal frame is chiseled voidstone, and these ruins are where you reach the dimension from the Overworld. <!-- src: Q §2.9; W §1.3 Eternal Starlight -->

Then you meet the Gatekeeper. The One Who Waits asks you to look at him for a moment, and that task is optional. The Gatekeeper wants 4 chiseled voidstone and his defeat, which the quest checks through an advancement. A Glimmering Tablet, The Deep Magic and What He Left collect his tablet, the Orb of Prophecy and seeking eyes. <!-- src: Q §2.9, §3.2, §3.3 -->

The Orb of Prophecy is crafted from 5 blue starlight crystal shards in a plus shape with 4 glass in the corners. The Gate Opens asks you to enter the dimension, and The Close Woods and The Shadowed Plain are the first two biomes. <!-- src: W §1.3 Eternal Starlight; Q §2.9 -->

What to bring#

• Materials for chiseled voidstone: the Gatekeeper quest and the portal frame both use it. <!-- src: Q §2.9; W §1.3 Eternal Starlight -->
• Glass and blue starlight crystal shards for the Orb of Prophecy. <!-- src: W §1.3 Eternal Starlight -->
• Armor, weapons and food for the Gatekeeper, who has armor 15. <!-- src: BM §2.6 -->

Rewards#

• Lamplighter's Cache and Ashfall Cache rolls on most quests. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• The Gate Opens pays a soul lantern, a Lamplighter's and an Ashfall Cache roll, 6 levels and 2 embers. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• Chapter totals: 40 XP levels and 2 embers, from 7 Lamplighter's, 4 Traveller's and 3 Ashfall Cache rolls. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

Sky of a Million Stars#

Her handwriting changes here. It gets bigger. <!-- src: Q §1.2 -->

What you do#

This is the exploration chapter. It has 26 quests, 21 of them required, and starts with Forty-Six Years. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

A Million Stars asks you to stand under the open sky of Eternal Starlight for a minute; that task is optional, and the quest pays a choice kit. Guided by Starlight and The Ether River follow, then Deepsilver, then the biomes: Starlight Forest, The Scarlet Forest, Under the Frost, The Deepest Water and The Dark Swamp. The chapter also visits a golem forge, a cursed garden and a stranghoul den. <!-- src: Q §2.9, §3.2; data/quests.json titles -->

Three bosses are on the list. Ancient Wisdom is the Starlight Golem, Through the Thorns and Burn It Down are the Lunar Monstrosity, and Winter Is Leaving is Permafrost, a mini-boss with no boss bar. <!-- src: BM §2.6; data/quests.json titles -->

The capstone, All of the Sky, asks you to walk every one of the 22 Starlight biomes once and bring 3 seeking eyes. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->

What to bring#

• Food and building blocks for a long walk: the capstone needs every biome. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• Strong gear for the Starlight Golem and the Lunar Monstrosity; both have armor, 10 and 12. <!-- src: BM §2.6 -->
• 3 seeking eyes for the capstone; the Gatekeeper is one source. <!-- src: Q §2.9; BM §2.6 -->

Rewards#

• A Million Stars pays a choice kit, What to Carry Under Stars: 16 soul lanterns, 48 golden carrots or 64 firework rockets, plus an Ashfall Cache roll. <!-- src: Q §2.9, §4.4 -->
• The capstone pays paper, an Ashfall Cache roll, 6 levels and 1 ember. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• Chapter totals: 62 XP levels and 1 ember, from 11 Ashfall and 11 Lamplighter's Cache rolls. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

Forge, Garden and Frost#

Three things she wrote down and did not finish. <!-- src: Q §1.2 -->

What you do#

This is the crafting chapter. It has 22 quests, 18 of them required, and starts with Three Unfinished Things. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

Six starting branches lead outwards: thermal springstone, golem steel, glacite, flowglaze, crinoa and starlit diamonds. Along them you make a hammer and a greatsword, glacite armor, a frozen bomb and a cold arrow, porridge, a starfire bird nest and bouldershroom stew. Visible quest titles include Hot Stone, The Grey Alloy, The Hammer, Worn Cold, Soup That Climbs and Birds, and Patience. <!-- src: Q §2.9; data/quests.json titles -->

The chapter ends with Into the Unseen, a full set of unrealium armor and tools plus aethersent ingots, and with nearly. Its lowercase title is deliberate: it is a required quest, not a hidden one. It asks for 16 foods, a bouldershroom stew, 4 soul lanterns and a silver coin. <!-- src: Q §2.9, §1.4 -->

What to bring#

• Starlight ores and ingots: deepsilver, starlit diamonds and the metals each branch asks for. <!-- src: Q §2.9; W §2.5 -->
• Ingredients for 16 different foods and a stew, and 4 soul lanterns. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->

Rewards#

• Into the Unseen pays 4 aethersent ingots, an Ashfall Cache roll, 6 levels and 2 embers. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• nearly pays two Ashfall Cache rolls, 5 levels and 2 embers. <!-- src: Q §2.9 -->
• Chapter totals: 47 XP levels and 4 embers, from 10 Lamplighter's and 8 Ashfall Cache rolls. <!-- src: Q §2.0, §2.9 -->

Tips for this part#

• Items are never consumed by quests, so the same foods and lanterns can finish nearly and other tasks. <!-- src: Q §5 -->
• Open each quest and click its rewards; nothing is claimed automatically, and each team member claims their own copy. <!-- src: Q §4.2 -->
• In Eternal Starlight both beds and respawn anchors work, so set a respawn point before the bosses. <!-- src: W §1.5 -->
• Ember rewards go to your wallet in the journal. <!-- src: Q §6 -->
• nearly is the gate to Part 10, but Titans of Nytheria in that part is open earlier. See Chapter Gates & Book Order. <!-- src: Q §1.5 -->
• Reward tables are explained on Rewards, Loot Caches & Choice Kits. <!-- src: Q §4.3 -->

Spoilers#

These blocks name the hidden quests of this part. Open one only if you want to be told.

Spoiler: hidden quests in The Gate That Waits

There are two hidden quests, both optional.

• she kept the tune: obtain a particular Eternal Starlight music disc.
• he was holding back: obtain a glistering sword.

Spoiler: hidden quests in Sky of a Million Stars

There are three hidden quests, all optional.

• she asked for trouble: earn the advancement for obtaining an aurora deer antler.
• a moth that sang: tame a crystallised moth.
• she hired a cook: hire a stranghoul.

Spoiler: hidden quests in Forge, Garden and Frost

There are four hidden quests, all optional.

• a grain nobody kept: earn the advancement for obtaining forgotten nocturnal millet.
• a song from a chest: obtain a deepsilver brush and a music disc.
• half a page, blank: stay beside a lit campfire in the Starlight dimension for a minute without leaving it.
• she woke a golem: summon a grimstone golem.

See also#

• The Quest Book - the hub for all ten visible parts
• Part 8: The Far Shore - the previous part, whose capstone opens this one
• Part 10: The Last Fires - the next part
• Chapter Gates & Book Order - how the chapters unlock
• Eternal Starlight - the dimension, its biomes and bosses
• Bosses - every boss in the pack
• Rewards, Loot Caches & Choice Kits - what caches and kits contain