The Museum
The Museum is the central hub of the Dark Tides world. You will find everything from artifact displays, player vendor mall, to places to spend your hard earned gold and tokens. There are also several NPCs marked as quest givers here. Many of them do not actually give quests, but are there as part of the elaborate trade in system for artifacts. Orraxus the historian is the main quest giver here, and offers the Nine Devils quest chain which is one of the ways to get status deeds. Quests may be added to other quest givers here in the future. Tokens and Currency is displayed near the end of the page.
Main Floor
On the main floor of the Museum you will find the start of the player vendor mall. As the server grows, this will be expanded down several levels and into other areas as needed. You will also find portals to Holiday Event locations, Battle Chess, and also each of the starting towns.
Craft Silver
One of the features on the main floor of the museum is the Craft Silver reward stones. It is here that you can buy your crafting rewards using the craft silver from completing warehouse and guild orders. Simply double click one of the stones and select your reward. As long as you have the craft silver on you or in your bank, the cost of the reward will be deducted.
Museum Trade In System
One of the major features of the Museum is that you are able to turn most artifacts you find during your travels into one of the many quest givers for a token reward. In the picture below, you will see Mateo The Historian Of Water Artifacts. He is the one you drag drop any Water Temple artifacts you find, that you do not wish to keep or sell to another player. In reture he will give you a Water Artifact Token. Then once you have enough Water Artifact Tokens, you may buy one of the Water Temple artifacts by double clicking one of blue stones and selecting which item you want. All artifact token types are hued to match the stones in the rooms where they can be used and acquired. Most artifacts are acquired from bonus loot chests found on corpses in specific dungeons and can be turned in using the method described here at their specific NPC.
Minor Artifacts are acquired from killing paragons, and some other specific monsters. They appear in your pack instead of from a bonus loot chest. There are three NPCs in the Museum that take them, which are shown in the image below. Each one takes a different group of Minor Artifacts.
All Minor Artifacts are displayed and sold on the stones in the near by room pictured below.
Hue Rooms
You will find two hue rooms in the Museum. They are not there to allow you to hue items. They are there to help you use the special dye tubs you can buy in the Museum. There is a dye tub near each group of hues to show which tub is associated with them. Also if you see a book near the dye tub, we recommend reading it, as it will have important information about the dye tub.
Quest and Donation Token Room
On the forth floor(going down main floor being 1st floor), you will find in the Quest Token and Donation Token Room a portal to the Addon Park. In the Addon Park you will find more Donation Token, Quest Token, and even a Gold Stone where you can buy various addon decoration for your homes. Some addons are very tricky to place, and staff if available are allowed to help position the addon if you are unable. We just ask that you try your best first, as we have lots to do alreay, and if this is abused we will stop helping. Some Addons are just to big for a standard house, must be placed on a roof, or in a yard. The Addon Park is pictured below.
Major Artifact Room
One of the rooms you will find, is known as the Major Artifact Room. These artifacts are the top tier items you can possibly get during your travels. They also cannot be purchased in the Museum. However you may turn them in here for an Artifact Token. Picture below you will see Gerik The Historian Of Artifacts. When you drag drop Major Artifacts on him, you recieve Artifact Tokens, as already mentioned. If you do not wish to use them to buy stuff from the limited selection on the red stone, you may drag drop one on Gerik to get ten prismatic tokens. Drag dropping more then one at a time will not work. The Items displayed in this room come from places like the Lunar Temple and the Eternal Passage. Both places are considered top tier dungeons.
Tokens and Other Currency
There are many types of tokens and different currency in the Dark Tides world, pictured above. Most of these can be gained through turning stuff in at the Museum, some through quests, some as chance drops from monsters, and some from Holiday Gift Bags. Below here you will see each type and how they are generally gained.
Terra Gold and Terra Gold Notes
30 Terra Gold is rewarded and added to your bank every 30 minutes of being logged in. There
are several Terra Gold Stones near banks and in the Museum in which you can spend it at.
60,000 Terra Gold can be converted into 1 Terra Gold Note by double clicking it.
1 Terra Gold Note can be converted into 60,000 Terra Gold by double clicking it.
Lesser Quest Tokens and Quest Tokens
These come from many sources. Possible chances from loot chests, dungeon treasure chests,
treasure map chests, paragon chests, quests, chance drops from monsters, Holiday Gift Bags,
Event Rewards, and so many other ways. Some NPC's even sell them.
100 Lesser Quest Tokens can be converted into 1 Quest Token by double clicking it.
Craft Silver
As mentioned before you can get Craft Silver from completing Warehouse and Guild Orders. Some players may also wish to use it for trade.
Donation Token
5 Donation Tokens are rewarded through the veteran rewards system every 30 days, if you choose them. They may be purchased through the website as well. Buying Donation Tokens Helps support the server. See our Donation Store for details.
Water Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Water Artifacts into Mateo The Historian Of Water Artifacts.
Wasteland Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Wasteland Artifacts into Elek The Historian Of Wasteland Artifacts.
Astral Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Astral Artifacts into Ramsay The Historian Of Astral Artifacts.
Spiritual Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Spiritual Artifacts into Shea The Historian Of Spiritual Artifacts.
Earth Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Earth Artifacts into Bront The Historian Of Earth Artifacts.
Fire Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Fire Artifacts into Greger The Historian Of Fire Artifacts.
Abyssal Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Abyssal Artifacts into Dante The Historian Of Abyssal Artifacts.
Air Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Air Artifacts into Diederik The Historian Of Air Artifacts. Located South of Dante and Greger.
Shadow Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Shadow Artifacts into Slade The Historian Of Shadow Artifacts. Located South of Dante and Greger.
Time Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Time Artifacts into Torman The Historian Of Time Artifacts. Located West of Mateo and Elek.
Lost Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Lost Artifacts into Gimbly The Historian Of Lost Artifacts. Lost artifacts are the ones that do not specifically fit other categories. Some are stealable, some are from quests, and others from bonus loot chests. Not all will reward a token.
Minor Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Minor Artifacts into Adolph The Historian Of Minor Artifacts, Riordan The Historian Of Obelisk Warfare, and Kenton The Historian Of Terra Amora Warfare. Minor Artifacts that are Obelisk Soldier gear go to Riordan, the Terra Amora Soldier gear goes to Kenton, and all the rest goes to Adolph.
Holy Artifact Token
These are acquire by turning Holy Artifacts into Marcus The Historian Of Holy Artifacts. Holy Artifacts are acquired by killing holy people and from some bonus loot chests.
Prismatic Token
These are acquire by buying them from other artifact token stones or by drag dropping the red artifact tokens onto Gerik The Historian Of Artifacts.
These are used to buy other artifact tokens from the Prismatic Token Stone on the main floor of the Museum, pictured below and to the left. The number in the "( )" is how many of tokens you get in the bag when you use your prismatic tokens to buy it.
Every type of token except Donation tokens can be used to acquire Prismatic Tokens. On each set of stones associated with a token, at least one of them will have them a selection for them.
