B024 Cragveil Shardlands

B024 Cragveil Shardlands

Field	Value
BiomeID	024
Biome name	Cragveil Shardlands
Climate	SUBTROPICAL_ARID
Difficulty	2
Starting control	F13 Marrowheat Dominion
Contested by	F01 Ashen League
Primary hazard	Memory Fracture
Signature resource	Memory Shard Core
MysteryZone	False
Continent	CONT_ASHARA
Region	Ashara — Central Arid Plateau
Elevation_m	900
Status	LIVE_CANON
Source	LIVE/DATA/biome_registry_v5.7.4.json

Ground

A shattered plateau of crystal ridges and refractive fog where light itself can fracture memory. The shards grow from a silicate substrate and refract ambient energy into visible patterns. Walking among them causes temporal micro-skips.

Settlements

Name	Type	Population	Controlling faction
Cragveil Settlement	Faction Outpost	1500	F13 Marrowheat Dominion
Shard Ridge Maze	primary	N/A	F13 Marrowheat Dominion
Veil Hollow	secondary	N/A	F13 Marrowheat Dominion

Settlement pages: Cragveil Settlement, Shard Ridge Maze, Veil Hollow. All settlements: Settlements.

Factions present

Faction	Where recorded
F13 Marrowheat Dominion	Home faction of this biome. Controlling faction on every recorded settlement row.
F09 Cinderwarden	All seven NPC rows.

NPCs here from other factions: F09 Cinderwarden (7 NPC rows). An NPC can belong to any faction and live or work in a settlement controlled by another faction.

The faction named as starting control in the header holds the biome at the start. Control can change during play, and quests follow whoever controls the biome at the time. The faction table also gives F01 Ashen League a foothold here, so the biome is contested.

Resources

Full table with IDs and node details: B024 Cragveil Shardlands/Resources.

• Cragve Ashgrit (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Cragve Sandite Crystal (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Cragve Thorncore (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
• Dune Salt (Cragv) (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Dustbloom (Cragv) (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Refined Ashfall Sediment (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Refined Ashgrit (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
• Refined Sandite Crystal (GATHERABLE, Rare)
• Refined Scorched Bone (GATHERABLE, Common)
• Scorchite (Cragv) (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)
• Sunbaked Clay (Cragv) (GATHERABLE, Uncommon)

Signature, primary, secondary, and minerals

These rows are recorded on the B024 resource table and were not in the gatherable list above.

ID	Name	Type	Rarity
SIG-024	Memory Shard Core	SIGNATURE	Rare–Legendary
PRI-024	Veiled Shard Crystal	PRIMARY	Uncommon–Rare
SEC-024	Refract Resin	SECONDARY	Common–Uncommon
MIN-COM-SHA	Shardite	Common Mineral	Common
MIN-COM-CRY	Crystal Ore	Common Mineral	Common
MIN-COM-VEI	Veil Slate	Common Mineral	Common
MIN-RARE-VEI	Veil Crystal	Rare Mineral	Rare
MIN-RARE-SHA	Shard Glass	Rare Mineral	Rare

Harvest

The harvestable index records counts for biome 024 only: flora 4, ore 3, trees 3, total 10. That index does not name the rows, so those counts are not assigned to names here.

Named flora recorded for Cragveil Shardlands:

ID	Name	Harvestable
FLORA-SAND-024	Sandbloom	Yes
FLORA-ASHS-024	Ashshrub	Yes
FLORA-CIND-024	Cinderbloom Crystal Plant	Yes
FLORA-THOR-024	Thornscale Bush	No
FLORA-SCOR-024	Scorchglass Weed	No — Protected
FLORA-DUST-024	Dust-Root Binder	No — Protected
FLORA-ARID-024	Arid Bloom	No
FLORA-ASHF-024	Ashfang Tree	No

Three named flora rows are marked harvestable. That does not match the harvestable index count of 4. Both figures are left as recorded. The ecological-role cell says PROTECTED SPECIES on Thornscale Bush, Scorchglass Weed, Dust-Root Binder, Arid Bloom, and Ashfang Tree. The harvestable cell says No on Thornscale Bush, Arid Bloom, and Ashfang Tree and No — Protected on Scorchglass Weed and Dust-Root Binder. Both wordings are left as recorded.

Not recorded: a named tree list, and a named ore list that matches the index counts of 3 and 3.

Deep zone

Field	Value
Deep zone	Deep Cragveil — Veil Undercrag
Layout	Sand Vault Network
Max players	6
Lockout hours	72
Boss name	Memoryscale — Deep Form
Ground note	The Veil Undercrag has never been accessible to surface explorers. The Deep Zone system reveals what the biome contains at its most dangerous depth.

Boss

Field	Value
Boss	Memoryscale, Ancient of Biome 024
Difficulty	T3_Heroic
Recommended party	4
Damage type	Fire
Arena	Shard Ridge Maze
Arena description	The boss encounter takes place in the heart of Cragveil Shardlands's most extreme terrain feature. The arena is shaped by subtropical arid conditions — no neutral ground exists. In 0.68g, player jump arcs extend 47% further than Earth-equivalent, and boss knockback sends players 35% further than expected.
Arena size (m)	76
Arena terrain	Memory-fracturing crystal plateau
Arena hazard	Memory Fracture
Unique material	Scorch Scale
Ground blurb	The Scorch Prowler the Ancient is the apex expression of Cragveil Shardlands's ecosystem — a creature that has been shaped by subtropical arid conditions across centuries of adaptation in 0.68g. It is not simply dangerous. It is what Cragveil Shardlands would be if the biome could choose to fight.

Weather

The atmosphere row records weather patterns Crystal Wind and Shard Storm. Those two names are not rows in the weather table. Six weather rows are recorded for this biome.

ID	Name	Code	Recorded effect
WX-024-STORM	Storm	STORM	Severe visibility reduction. Player movement restricted. Pack predators shelter. Ambush predators peak activity.
WX-024-ASH	Ashfall	ASH	Reduces visibility. Ash-adapted creatures +15% aggro. Node guardian activity increases. Memory Shard Core harvest modified.
WX-024-SNOW	Cold Event	SNOW	Winter only. Fauna density minimum. Node guardians reduced patrol. Resource yield -20% all types.
WX-024-ANY	Any Weather	ANY	Weather-independent spawn — present in all conditions.
WX-024-RAIN	Rain/Mist	RAIN	Rare moisture event. Suppresses primary hazard temporarily. Most comfortable traversal conditions.
WX-024-CLEAR	Clear Sky	CLEAR	Maximum K3V amber light. Visibility maximum. Best navigation conditions. Standard resource yields.

Spawn entries recorded on those rows: Storm 17, Ashfall 14, Cold Event 8, Any Weather 9, Rain/Mist 11, Clear Sky 11. Night-multiplier entries above 2.0 recorded on those rows: Storm 7, Ashfall 3, Cold Event 2, Any Weather 3, Rain/Mist 2, Clear Sky 0.

Mobs

Six named mobs are recorded. One further row records 64 additional spawn-table entries that are not named. Those 64 are not listed as species here. That summary row records 14 corrupted variants and 0 event overrides. Its weather distribution cells are all zero. Memoryscale has archetype Node Guardian but the node-guardian cell reads False. Both are left as recorded.

ID	Name	Archetype	HP	Creature ID	Node guardian
MOB-024-01	Shardveil	Large Herbivore	111	CR01611	False
MOB-024-02	Crystalveil	Swift Scout	66	CR01612	False
MOB-024-03	Memorycoil	Pack Predator	75	CR01613	False
MOB-024-04	Shardhorn	Ambush Predator	77	CR01614	False
MOB-024-05	Veilshard	Elemental Creature	90	CR01615	False
MOB-024-06	Memoryscale	Node Guardian	145	CR01616	False

Nodes

Nine network nodes are recorded. Four are positive and five are negative. The node profile records dominant NEGATIVE, density moderate, base respawn 76 minutes, and modifier 0.85x.

ID	Name	Type	Location	Signature resource growth	Guardian
NODE_024_P01	Cragveil Primary Anchor	POSITIVE	Located at the summit of the primary terrain feature, where K3V light exposure is maximum. Within the Shard Ridge Maze zone.	No	None
NODE_024_P02	Cragveil Light Node 2	POSITIVE	Located within the main resource cluster, feeding crystal growth. Within the Veil Hollow zone.	No	None
NODE_024_P03	Cragveil Light Node 3	POSITIVE	Located at the convergence of the two largest named locations. Within the Veil Hollow zone.	No	None
NODE_024_P04	Cragveil Light Node 4	POSITIVE	Located near the biome's primary water source or geological anchor. Within the Veil Hollow zone.	No	None
NODE_024_N01	Cragveil Void Node 1	NEGATIVE	Located in the deepest depression of the biome's terrain, where void energy pools. The primary hazard (Memory Fracture) is most intense within 20m of this node.	Yes — unresolved token {sig_res} within 40m	Present
NODE_024_N02	Cragveil Void Node 2	NEGATIVE	Located at the most hazardous point of the primary hazard zone. The primary hazard (Memory Fracture) is most intense within 20m of this node.	Yes — unresolved token {sig_res} within 40m	Present
NODE_024_N03	Cragveil Void Node 3	NEGATIVE	Located beneath the primary ambush predator territory centre. The primary hazard (Memory Fracture) is most intense within 20m of this node.	Yes — unresolved token {sig_res} within 40m	Present
NODE_024_N04	Cragveil Void Node 4	NEGATIVE	Located at the outer boundary of the biome, where it transitions to adjacent terrain. The primary hazard (Memory Fracture) is most intense within 20m of this node.	Yes — unresolved token {sig_res} within 40m	Present
NODE_024_N05	Cragveil Void Node 5	NEGATIVE	Located within the node guardian's primary patrol circuit centre. The primary hazard (Memory Fracture) is most intense within 20m of this node.	Yes — unresolved token {sig_res} within 40m	Present

The node-network file records a guardian name string on each of these nine nodes. Those strings are not rows in the named mob list above. The biome file, used in this table, records no guardian on the four positive nodes and a guardian present on the five negative nodes. Both records are left as recorded.

World events

Three world events are recorded. Where the duration cell and the notes cell disagree, both figures are left as recorded. The biome-pack names and the world-event master names disagree. Both name sets are left as recorded.

ID	Biome-pack name	Master name	Type	Duration cell	Cooldown cell	Broadcast	Trigger	Notes duration
WE0070	Crystal Surge Season	Cragveil Sha Environmental Event	Environmental	30min	24hr	FALSE	WORLD_STATE	45-90 minutes real-time
WE0071	Shard Bloom	Cragveil Sha Resource Event	Resource	30min	8hr	FALSE	TIME_CYCLE	30 minutes real-time
WE0072	Memory Rupture	Cragveil Sha Major Transformation Event	Major Transformation	0min	0hr	TRUE	RANDOM	3-8 hours real-time

WE0070 notes: Memory Shard Core nodes restricted, hazard blocks access during the event. Resource bonus on that row is FALSE. Affects territory is FALSE. Spawn override on that row is ELITE_SURGE. WE0071 notes: Memory Shard Core nodes surge, triple yield during the event. Resource bonus on that row is TRUE. Affects territory is FALSE. WE0072 notes: Memory Shard Core nodes restricted, hazard blocks access during the event. Resource bonus on that row is FALSE. Affects territory is TRUE. Spawn override on that row is ELITE_SURGE. Biome state change recorded as Cragveil Shardlands_STATE_ALTERED.

Quests

Nine quests are recorded for this biome. Listed as id, title, layer, and giver id only. No quest prose is added here.

• Q0208 The Cragveil Toll — Main — giver NPC0162
• Q0209 Cragveil Watch — Surface — giver NPC0162
• Q0210 Cragveil Vault Count — Underground — giver NPC0167
• Q0211 The Cistern Debt — Cragveil Shardlands — Aquatic — giver NPC0165
• Q0212 Memory Shard Core for the Soulglass Circle — Main — giver NPC0162
• Q0213 Fracture Season — Surface — giver NPC0164
• Q0214 What the Cragveil Vault Hums — Underground — giver NPC0165
• Q0215 After the Cistern Draw — Cragveil Shardlands — Aquatic — giver NPC0167
• Q0216 Soulglass Circle on the Cragveil Line — Main — giver NPC0162

Favor

Cragveil Shardlands has its own favor track. It is separate from faction reputation and does not change the ending.

• Biome-line quests: 9. Each one gives +10 favor.
• Finish all 9 to become Favored here (+20 bonus). Highest favor: 110.
• Chain order: Q0208 → Q0209 → Q0210 → Q0211 → Q0212 → Q0213 → Q0214 → Q0215 → Q0216.
• Favor is lost: −5 for each quest done for F01 Ashen League outside this biome. That faction contests this biome. Quests in this biome never cost favor here.
• Skipping quests gives no favor.

NPCs

Seven NPCs are recorded with location Cragveil Shardlands. Sex, age, items held, kinship, and the quests-given cell are blank on those rows. Quest giver ids above come from the quest table, not from the quests-given cell.

NPC ID	Name	Role	Settlement	Faction
NPC0162	Kaell Gloomreach	quest_giver	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0163	Lyra Ironveil	merchant	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0164	Aldric Klarenfield	trainer	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0165	Nessa Mirewood	lore_keeper	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0166	Oswyn Obsidianwatch	blacksmith	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0167	Petra Quarrystone	quest_giver	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden
NPC0168	Quillon Stonecleft	merchant	Shard Ridge Maze, Cragveil Shardlands	F09 Cinderwarden

Items

Sixteen crafted items are recorded for Cragveil Shardlands. All are crafted at Shard Forge. The item table records Memory Shard Core as the primary material on every row.

Item ID	Name	Type	Slot	Rarity	Primary material
B024_WPN_01	Cragveil Memory Edge	Weapon	Weapon	Rare	Memory Shard Core
B024_HLM_01	Memory Ward Helm	Armor	Helm	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_CHS_01	Memory Breastplate	Armor	Chest	Rare	Memory Shard Core
B024_HND_01	Cragveil Grips	Armor	Hands	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_LEG_01	Cragveil Greaves	Armor	Legs	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_FET_01	Cragveil Treads	Armor	Feet	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_TRK_01	Memory Relic	Trinket	Necklace	Rare	Memory Shard Core
B024_REL_01	Cragveil First-Stone	Trinket	Relic	Epic	Memory Shard Core
B024_CON_01	Cragveil Draught	Consumable		Common	Memory Shard Core
B024_SAL_01	Cragveil Salve	Consumable		Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_MAT_01	Refined Cragveil Grit	Material		Common	Memory Shard Core
B024_BAR_01	Memory Ingot	Material		Rare	Memory Shard Core
B024_TOL_01	Cragveil Node Pick	Tool	Tool	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_KIT_01	Cragveil Field Kit	Tool	Tool	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core
B024_UPG_01	Memory Catalyst	Upgrade Component		Rare	Memory Shard Core
B024_FOC_01	Cragveil Focus	Weapon	Off-Hand	Uncommon	Memory Shard Core

Recipes

Sixteen recipes are recorded, one for each item above. Output quantity is 1. The third material cell is blank on every row, so no third material is listed. Recipe unlock cells use T1 Known, T2 Trusted, T3 Honoured, and T4 Honoured. The faction reputation row names those bands T1 Neutral, T2 Friendly, T3 Honoured, and T4 Revered. Both wordings are left as recorded.

Recipe ID	Output	Workstation	Materials	Unlock reputation
RCP_B024_WPN_01	Cragveil Memory Edge	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x9; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T3 Honoured
RCP_B024_HLM_01	Memory Ward Helm	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_CHS_01	Memory Breastplate	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x9; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T3 Honoured
RCP_B024_HND_01	Cragveil Grips	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_LEG_01	Cragveil Greaves	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_FET_01	Cragveil Treads	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_TRK_01	Memory Relic	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x9; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T3 Honoured
RCP_B024_REL_01	Cragveil First-Stone	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x11; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T4 Honoured
RCP_B024_CON_01	Cragveil Draught	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x5; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T1 Known
RCP_B024_SAL_01	Cragveil Salve	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_MAT_01	Refined Cragveil Grit	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x5; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T1 Known
RCP_B024_BAR_01	Memory Ingot	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x9; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T3 Honoured
RCP_B024_TOL_01	Cragveil Node Pick	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_KIT_01	Cragveil Field Kit	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted
RCP_B024_UPG_01	Memory Catalyst	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x9; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T3 Honoured
RCP_B024_FOC_01	Cragveil Focus	Shard Forge	Memory Shard Core x7; Refined Cragveil Grit x1	T2 Trusted

Image prompt

Text only. No file is uploaded. The prompt below is the recorded overview prompt for B024, followed by the ground description and settlement names already on this page.

Recorded overview prompt: ABERNON game concept art, Biome 024 Cragveil Shardlands, K3V amber light, subtropical_arid environment, 0.68g low gravity, Marrowheat Dominion faction territory, AAA game quality, cinematic painterly, panoramic establishing shot, biome landscape at K3V amber light, faction settlement visible, atmosphere establishes biome identity.

Detailed prompt for an image creator: Painterly cinematic establishing shot of Cragveil Shardlands, biome 024, subtropical arid, under K3V amber light at 0.68g. A shattered plateau of crystal ridges and refractive fog where light itself can fracture memory. The shards grow from a silicate substrate and refract ambient energy into visible patterns. Walking among them causes temporal micro-skips. Terrain recorded as memory-fracturing crystal plateau. Scorched earth and ashfall. Wind carries grit that strips skin. Rare blooms emerge after ashfalls. Memory Fracture is the recorded primary hazard. Memory Shard Core is the signature resource. Recorded colour palette: ochre, burnt sienna, a. The Marrowheat Dominion settlement Cragveil Settlement is visible, with Shard Ridge Maze and Veil Hollow in the same territory. AAA game concept art, faction territory readable in the architecture, no text in the image.

The image-prompt table also records twenty ungenerated prompts, IMG00461 through IMG00480. Each uses this recorded stem, with the type name in place of the scene type: AAA game concept art, Cragveil Shardlands, subtropical arid biome, [type], scorched amber plains, ashfall dust, K3V sun, Memory Fracture environmental hazard visible, Unreal Engine 5 quality, painterly, cinematic lighting, amber K3V star palette, alien yet familiar world aesthetic.

ID	Type	Status
IMG00461	hero_landscape	UNGENERATED
IMG00462	apex_creature	UNGENERATED
IMG00463	weather_event	UNGENERATED
IMG00464	flora_closeup	UNGENERATED
IMG00465	faction_outpost	UNGENERATED
IMG00466	loading_screen	UNGENERATED
IMG00467	ambient_day	UNGENERATED
IMG00468	ambient_night	UNGENERATED
IMG00469	energy_node	UNGENERATED
IMG00470	hazard_event	UNGENERATED
IMG00471	npc_portrait	UNGENERATED
IMG00472	creature_combat	UNGENERATED
IMG00473	resource_gather	UNGENERATED
IMG00474	world_event	UNGENERATED
IMG00475	sky_atmosphere	UNGENERATED
IMG00476	underground_entrance	UNGENERATED
IMG00477	coastal_view	UNGENERATED
IMG00478	mystery_fragment	UNGENERATED
IMG00479	faction_landmark	UNGENERATED
IMG00480	player_action	UNGENERATED

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