North Shroud

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North Shroud

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Map of North Shroud

Type
Zone
Zone
The Black Shroud
(Aldenard)
Connects to
Old Gridania (E)
Central Shroud (S)
Aetherytes
Fallgourd Float (X:20.8, Y:25.7)

Bordering the Ishgardian region of Coerthas, the North Shroud is the foremost battleground of the Gods' Quiver, who must stand and defend Gridania from Ixali war balloons that fly down from Xelphatol in the northeast.

— In-game description

North Shroud is a zone in The Black Shroud.

Locations

Area Points of Interest
Alder Springs
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Finders' Bluff
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Florentel's Spire
Fallgourd Float
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Fallgourd Float
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Chocobo Porter
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The Bobbing Cork
Treespeak
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Blessed Bud
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E-Tatt's Spire
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Yellow Serpent Gate
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Treespeak Stables
Peacegarden
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The Hedgetree
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Hyrstmill
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Chocobo Porter
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Ehcatl
Proud Creek
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Ixali Logging Grounds
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Gelmorra Ruins
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Eugenia's Spire

Activities

North Shroud Sidequests

North Shroud FATEs

Ixali Daily Quests

Shops & Services

Merchant Name Merchant Location
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Drake
(X:30.3, Y:20.1)
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Encampment Clothier
(X:21.6, Y:25.9)
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Furnace
(X:30, Y:20)
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Hamlet Armorer
(X:29.9, Y:19)
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Hamlet Smithy
(X:30, Y:19.1)
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Ixali Vendor
(X:24.9, Y:22.7)
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Merchant & Mender
(X:21.6, Y:25.8)
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Merchant & Mender
(X:28.1, Y:28.1)
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Tool Supplier & Mender
(X:29.9, Y:18.9)

Enemies

Normal

B Rank

A Rank

S Rank

Vistas

See also: Sightseeing Log

Players can unlock the Sightseeing Log by completing the level 20 quest Feature QuestA Sight to Behold. After completing the first 20 vistas, players can unlock the remaining vistas by talking to the NPC Millith Ironheart in Old Gridania (X:10.7, Y:6.0).

# Name Zone Coordinate Weather Time Emote Comment
48 Ixali Logging Grounds North Shroud (X:18.4, Y:19.5) Fair Skies.png Fair Skies
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12:00-17:00 Lookout.png  Lookout The middle post on the log-pile at the back of the area. Recommend using flying mount.
49 Fallen Neurolink North Shroud (X:15.8, Y:32.0) Fair Skies.png Fair Skies
Clear Skies.png Clear Skies
18:00-5:00 Lookout.png  Lookout Near edge of cliff looking at giant arc.
50 Alder Springs North Shroud (X:15.4, Y:27.2) Clouds.png Clouds 8:00-12:00 Lookout.png  Lookout Drop down from above. Start at stump of tree that broke off near edge of cliff and fall down directly below to another root/branch extending out. Take left fork twice. Go SLOW!

Achievements

This zone is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Mapping the realm north shroud icon1.png  Mapping the Realm: North Shroud 10 Visit the North Shroud and unlock the area map. - 2.1

Images

Lore

Bordering the Ishgardian region of Coerthas, the North Shroud is the foremost battleground of the Gods' Quiver, who must stand and defend Gridania from Ixali war balloons that fly down from Xelphatol in the northeast.

Treespeak

An area just beyond Gridania’s Yellow Serpent Gate, Treespeak gains its name from its closely-knit branches. When a breeze passes through the canopy, the rustling sounds as if the elementals are whispering to one another.

Treespeak Stables

Treespeak Stables is operated by Moogle’s Gift Mounts. Its chocobokeeps make fine steeds of the noble birds that are bred and raised to adulthood at Bentbranch Meadows.

E-tatt’s Spire

Like its brethren, this watchspire bears the name of a historical Gridanian hero: E-Tatt-Rai, a Padjal who made great contributions to the advancement of conjury.

Blessed Bud

Thought to be the dwelling of an elemental, the Blessed Bud sprouted from a stump. It is said that passersby can feel the force of its vitality.

Peacegarden

Peacegarden serves to honor the memory of the mages who first spoke to the elementals, and thereby allowed Gridanians to live in the Twelveswood.

Hyrstmill

Though itself only a small hamlet on the edge of the North Shroud, Hyrstmill is perilously close to Ixali territory, and serves as an important supply outpost for the Gods’ Quiver. Hyrstmill also is surrounded by various ruins significant for the study of history, as well as seemingly out-of-place creatures such as the deepvoid deathmouse.

Alder springs

Once a vast grove of giant alders, the flames of the Calamity reduced the area to a charred graveyard, leaving nothing of the ancient holt but its name.

Fallgourd Float

To demonstrate a village need not fell trees to secure space, Fallgourd Float was built atop a lake. Though the project may seem strange to outsiders, the villagers have grown quite fond of their bobbing home.

The Bobbing Cork

Fallgourd Float’s inn, the Bobbing Cork, promises its beds are so soft as to make the weary traveler feel light as a cork drifting upon a still pond.

Florentel’s Spire

Florentel, the legendary hero whose name the spire bears, is said to have been the lover of Eugenia, for whom another watchtower has been titled.

Finders’ Bluff

Miners from Ul'dah built this humble shack while they surveyed the mineral wealth of the surrounding areas.

Proud creek

Of late, this area to the north of Fallgourd Float is thick with Ixals who seem more numerous each day than the last.

Gelmorra Ruins

Beneath this area once sat the capital of Gelmorra, whence tunnels stretched out far and wide. Now, little more than ruins of the great subterranean city remain.

Ixali Logging Grounds

The Ixal have never taken well their banishment from the Black Shroud, and to this day continue to fell the hoary sentinels growing on the forest’s outskirts. Too heavy to drag back to their settlements in Natalan or faraway Xelphatol, the ill-gotten lumber is tied to balloons buoyed with Ixali airstones and flown to the beast tribe’s homeland under the cover of night.

Eugenia’s Spire

Following the other watchtowers, this spire takes its name from a hero of Gridania, and it is home to the White Rams. Located close to Ixali territory, the band of Quivermen stationed at this outpost enter the fray often and fiercely. [1]

References

  1. Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 127