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== Plane of Nightmare Guide ==
== Plane of Nightmare Guide ==


Plane of Nightmare is the dream-side PoP step. The parent scripts revolve around Thelin Poxbourne, the hedge event, Deyid, hobgoblin and hatchling pressure, nightmare named, and the first Terris/Thelin story hand-ins.
Plane of Nightmare is a scripted PoP progression zone built around Thelin Poxbourne, the hedge maze, nightmare essence farming, Terris' servants, and the Nightmare mirror upgrade. This guide is based on the live parent-folder scripts for <code>ponightmare</code> only.


== How The Zone Plays ==
== Progression Overview ==


The zone is built as a dream event chain rather than a simple named sweep. Thelin Poxbourne is the anchor. He accepts the Black Bastardsword to spawn a Construct of Nightmares, and later accepts Thelin's Dagger to call Terris Thule into the story sequence. Nightmare trash and named scripts are tuned through the zone default script, so the outdoor zone has real pressure even before the capstone fights.
# Kill valid trash to gather Nightmare essence. Each valid trash kill gives one essence credit.
# At '''1,000 essence''', a hostile '''#PoN_Essence_Chest''' spawns at the credited player and the essence count resets.
# Speak with '''#Thelin Poxbourne''' and enter the hedge maze when ready.
# Inside the hedge path, collect the five cursed token drops and combine them in a '''Tier Upgrade Kit''' to make the '''Black Bastardsword'''.
# Hand the Black Bastardsword to Thelin to summon '''#a_construct_of_nightmares'''.
# Kill the construct and loot the '''Dagger Blade Shard'''. Hand that shard to Thelin to receive '''Thelin's Dagger''' and advance the Terris story step.
# Build the Nightmare mirror upgrade before leaving this tier if you are following the reflected reward chain.


The hedge controller is its own event path. It spawns and checks waves, rewards the dream-side pieces, and should be treated as a scripted event area.
== Nightmare Essence Count ==


== Scripted Named ==
Most normal trash in Plane of Nightmare counts toward the essence system. Bosses, pets, helpers, excluded event NPCs, and several special-script NPCs do not count.


'''Thelin Poxbourne''' is the quest hub. Bring him the Black Bastardsword to trigger the Construct of Nightmares. Thelin returns failed hand-ins cleanly, so if nothing happens, check that you handed the right item to the right version of him.
* '''1 valid trash kill = 1 Nightmare essence.'''
* The counter is stored per character.
* Credit can be found through the player, pet, bot, bot pet, group or raid ownership where possible.
* Same-IP group or raid members can receive shared essence credit.
* At '''1,000 / 1,000''', the script spawns '''#PoN_Essence_Chest''' at the player and resets the counter.


'''A Construct of Nightmares''' is the Thelin-spawned boss. It announces the dream pressure and is part of the progression to Terris.
=== Essence Chest Loot ===


'''Deyid the Twisted''' drops Twisted Spindle of Deyid, Face of Darkness, Face of Elixer, Face of the Crazed, Face of the Guardian, and the Thule shoulder sets.
The essence chest is not a passive container. It appears and attacks.


'''Terror Matriarch''' drops Matriarch's Shattered Fang plus the same Face and Thule shoulder families.
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Chance / Notes
|-
| Elemental Essence || 100%
|-
| Twilight Reliquary || 100%
|-
| Fumes of Force || High chance from the fumes pool
|-
| Fumes of Tranquility || High chance from the fumes pool
|-
| Fumes of Knowledge || High chance from the fumes pool
|-
| Fumes of Endure || High chance from the fumes pool
|-
| Fumes of Spread || High chance from the fumes pool
|-
| Jewel of Nightmares || 50%
|-
| Gob Gobby Night Terror || 25%
|-
| Skelly Bonez Night Terror || 25%
|}


'''The Wailing Sister''' drops Wailing Pendant of the Sister plus Face and Thule shoulder pieces.
== The Hedge Maze ==


'''The Scourge Hobgoblin''' drops Scourged Charm of Poxborne, Shard of the Hobgoblin, Terris Infused cloaks, and Thelin belts.
The maze starts from '''#Thelin Poxbourne''' when you tell him you are ready. The script moves players to the hedge start while preserving the current instance.


The hobgoblin, hatchling, nightstalker, raven, and arachnid scripts feed Thelin's Health, Thelin's Mind, Thelin's Onslaught, and Thelin's Passion style drops across the event layer.
Once the maze begins, it is intentionally unpleasant:


== Mirror Upgrade ==
* A random Thelin curse is applied: '''Thelin's Disarm''', '''Thelin's Voice''', '''Thelin's Pace''', or '''Thelin's Fortitude'''.
* After roughly two minutes, the hedge starts draining HP and mana from players and bots.
* Coven wolves begin spawning during the event.
* The maze can periodically move players back to the start.
* Thelin's silence/presence effects can hit players and bots.
* After the lava warning, players without '''Spirit of Eagle''' can take heavy lava ticks.


Nightmare continues the mirror chain. The recipe for '''Eclipsed Midnight Mirror of Nightmares''' uses a Tier Upgrade Kit, Decaying Mirror of Eclipsed Midnight, Crown of Nightmares, and Jewel of Nightmares. Build this before leaving the Nightmare tier if you plan to keep farming reflected rewards later.
Treat the hedge as its own event, not just a hallway. Bring movement, recovery, and patience.


== Practical Route ==
== Hedge Token Combine: Black Bastardsword ==


Work Thelin's dialogue and hand-ins, clear the hedge/named paths for Face, shoulder, belt, cloak, and Thelin component drops, then push the Terris story step. Keep the Nightmare mirror recipe pieces; they are what carry the reflected system forward into Innovation and Justice.
Thelin explains that five cursed creatures are tied to five token pieces. Each token has a strong drop chance from its matching named.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Named !! Token !! Item ID !! Chance
|-
| #The Scourge Hobgoblin || Shard of the Hobgoblin || 62546 || 75%
|-
| #The Gnarled Treant || Splintered Treant Branch || 62547 || 75%
|-
| #The Dark Visage || Veil of the Visage || 62548 || 75%
|-
| #The Nightstalker || Nightstalker Fang || 62549 || 75%
|-
| #The Coven Wolf || Coven Wolf Paw || 62550 || 75%
|}
 
Combine all five tokens in a '''Tier Upgrade Kit''' to create:
 
* '''Black Bastardsword''' - item 26039
 
Hand the Black Bastardsword to Thelin to summon '''#a_construct_of_nightmares'''.
 
== Construct and Thelin Hand-ins ==
 
'''#a_construct_of_nightmares''' is the Thelin-spawned boss after the Black Bastardsword hand-in.
 
Notable construct loot includes:
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Chance / Notes
|-
| Dagger Blade Shard || 100%
|-
| Elemental Essence || 100%
|-
| Twilight Reliquary || 100%
|-
| Core of the Construct || 75%
|-
| Thelin's Mask of Nightmare || 25%
|-
| Gob Gobby Night Terror || 25%
|-
| Skelly Bonez Night Terror || 25%
|-
| Face of Darkness / Elixer / Guardian / Crazed || Shared face pool
|-
| Thule Shoulders of Casting / Healing / Combat / Fortitude || Shared shoulder pool
|}
 
After the construct dies, hand '''Dagger Blade Shard''' to Thelin. He returns '''Thelin's Dagger''' and triggers the Terris story step.
 
== Nightmare Mirror Upgrade ==
 
The Nightmare mirror recipe uses the '''Tier Upgrade Kit'''. The required pieces are:
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Component !! Item ID !! Source / Note
|-
| Decaying Mirror of Eclipsed Midnight || 56498 || Carried forward from the prior mirror line; this is the base mirror component, not a Plane of Nightmare essence chest drop.
|-
| Crown of Nightmares || 66727 || Drops from #Terris Thule at 25%.
|-
| Jewel of Nightmares || 67755 || Drops from #PoN_Essence_Chest at 50%.
|}
 
Combine those pieces in the Tier Upgrade Kit to create:
 
* '''Eclipsed Midnight Mirror of Nightmares''' - item 66728
 
== Other Notable Loot ==
 
=== Deyid the Twisted ===
 
* Twisted Spindle of Deyid - 75%
* Elemental Essence - 25%
* Twilight Reliquary - 5%
* Face of Darkness / Elixer / Guardian / Crazed - shared face pool
* Thule Shoulders of Casting / Healing / Combat / Fortitude - shared shoulder pool
 
Deyid's fight has add phases. Expect foreboding trees and corrupt treants during the encounter.
 
=== The Wailing Sister ===
 
* Wailing Pendant of the Sister - 75%
* Elemental Essence - 25%
* Twilight Reliquary - 5%
* Face and Thule shoulder shared pools
 
=== Terror Matriarch and Hatchlings ===
 
The Terror Matriarch spawns hatchlings during combat. Hatchlings can drop smaller progression items:
 
* Twilight Reliquary
* Elemental Essence
* Thelin's Health
* Thelin's Mind
* Thelin's Passion
* Thelin's Onslaught
 
=== Hobgoblin Chain ===
 
The Bullyrag Bat leads into a hobgoblin chain:
 
# #The Bullyrag Bat
# #The Painwrack Hobgoblin
# #The Fearsome Hobgoblin
# #Hobgoblin Anguish Lord
 
The Anguish Lord can drop:
 
* Anguish Lord's Shackles - 75%
* Elemental Essence - 25%
* Twilight Reliquary - 5%
* Face and Thule shoulder shared pools
 
=== Terris Guardians ===
 
Terris' guardian-style NPCs can drop Nightmare augment bases:
 
* Nightmare Goo
* Nightmare Crack
* Nightmare Rage
* Nightmare Tranquility
 
These are combine-line augment pieces; keep them if you are building Nightmare augments.
 
== Practical Reminders ==
 
* The hedge maze is the core mechanic of the zone and deserves preparation.
* Essence credit is for valid trash kills, not every NPC in the zone.
* The essence chest is a fight and a reward source.
* Keep the Jewel of Nightmares and Crown of Nightmares if you are upgrading the mirror.
* Keep the five hedge tokens until you can combine the Black Bastardsword.
* If a hand-in fails, confirm you are using the correct Thelin version and the exact item.

Latest revision as of 03:30, 1 July 2026

Plane of Nightmare Guide

Plane of Nightmare is a scripted PoP progression zone built around Thelin Poxbourne, the hedge maze, nightmare essence farming, Terris' servants, and the Nightmare mirror upgrade. This guide is based on the live parent-folder scripts for ponightmare only.

Progression Overview

  1. Kill valid trash to gather Nightmare essence. Each valid trash kill gives one essence credit.
  2. At 1,000 essence, a hostile #PoN_Essence_Chest spawns at the credited player and the essence count resets.
  3. Speak with #Thelin Poxbourne and enter the hedge maze when ready.
  4. Inside the hedge path, collect the five cursed token drops and combine them in a Tier Upgrade Kit to make the Black Bastardsword.
  5. Hand the Black Bastardsword to Thelin to summon #a_construct_of_nightmares.
  6. Kill the construct and loot the Dagger Blade Shard. Hand that shard to Thelin to receive Thelin's Dagger and advance the Terris story step.
  7. Build the Nightmare mirror upgrade before leaving this tier if you are following the reflected reward chain.

Nightmare Essence Count

Most normal trash in Plane of Nightmare counts toward the essence system. Bosses, pets, helpers, excluded event NPCs, and several special-script NPCs do not count.

  • 1 valid trash kill = 1 Nightmare essence.
  • The counter is stored per character.
  • Credit can be found through the player, pet, bot, bot pet, group or raid ownership where possible.
  • Same-IP group or raid members can receive shared essence credit.
  • At 1,000 / 1,000, the script spawns #PoN_Essence_Chest at the player and resets the counter.

Essence Chest Loot

The essence chest is not a passive container. It appears and attacks.

Item Chance / Notes
Elemental Essence 100%
Twilight Reliquary 100%
Fumes of Force High chance from the fumes pool
Fumes of Tranquility High chance from the fumes pool
Fumes of Knowledge High chance from the fumes pool
Fumes of Endure High chance from the fumes pool
Fumes of Spread High chance from the fumes pool
Jewel of Nightmares 50%
Gob Gobby Night Terror 25%
Skelly Bonez Night Terror 25%

The Hedge Maze

The maze starts from #Thelin Poxbourne when you tell him you are ready. The script moves players to the hedge start while preserving the current instance.

Once the maze begins, it is intentionally unpleasant:

  • A random Thelin curse is applied: Thelin's Disarm, Thelin's Voice, Thelin's Pace, or Thelin's Fortitude.
  • After roughly two minutes, the hedge starts draining HP and mana from players and bots.
  • Coven wolves begin spawning during the event.
  • The maze can periodically move players back to the start.
  • Thelin's silence/presence effects can hit players and bots.
  • After the lava warning, players without Spirit of Eagle can take heavy lava ticks.

Treat the hedge as its own event, not just a hallway. Bring movement, recovery, and patience.

Hedge Token Combine: Black Bastardsword

Thelin explains that five cursed creatures are tied to five token pieces. Each token has a strong drop chance from its matching named.

Named Token Item ID Chance
#The Scourge Hobgoblin Shard of the Hobgoblin 62546 75%
#The Gnarled Treant Splintered Treant Branch 62547 75%
#The Dark Visage Veil of the Visage 62548 75%
#The Nightstalker Nightstalker Fang 62549 75%
#The Coven Wolf Coven Wolf Paw 62550 75%

Combine all five tokens in a Tier Upgrade Kit to create:

  • Black Bastardsword - item 26039

Hand the Black Bastardsword to Thelin to summon #a_construct_of_nightmares.

Construct and Thelin Hand-ins

#a_construct_of_nightmares is the Thelin-spawned boss after the Black Bastardsword hand-in.

Notable construct loot includes:

Item Chance / Notes
Dagger Blade Shard 100%
Elemental Essence 100%
Twilight Reliquary 100%
Core of the Construct 75%
Thelin's Mask of Nightmare 25%
Gob Gobby Night Terror 25%
Skelly Bonez Night Terror 25%
Face of Darkness / Elixer / Guardian / Crazed Shared face pool
Thule Shoulders of Casting / Healing / Combat / Fortitude Shared shoulder pool

After the construct dies, hand Dagger Blade Shard to Thelin. He returns Thelin's Dagger and triggers the Terris story step.

Nightmare Mirror Upgrade

The Nightmare mirror recipe uses the Tier Upgrade Kit. The required pieces are:

Component Item ID Source / Note
Decaying Mirror of Eclipsed Midnight 56498 Carried forward from the prior mirror line; this is the base mirror component, not a Plane of Nightmare essence chest drop.
Crown of Nightmares 66727 Drops from #Terris Thule at 25%.
Jewel of Nightmares 67755 Drops from #PoN_Essence_Chest at 50%.

Combine those pieces in the Tier Upgrade Kit to create:

  • Eclipsed Midnight Mirror of Nightmares - item 66728

Other Notable Loot

Deyid the Twisted

  • Twisted Spindle of Deyid - 75%
  • Elemental Essence - 25%
  • Twilight Reliquary - 5%
  • Face of Darkness / Elixer / Guardian / Crazed - shared face pool
  • Thule Shoulders of Casting / Healing / Combat / Fortitude - shared shoulder pool

Deyid's fight has add phases. Expect foreboding trees and corrupt treants during the encounter.

The Wailing Sister

  • Wailing Pendant of the Sister - 75%
  • Elemental Essence - 25%
  • Twilight Reliquary - 5%
  • Face and Thule shoulder shared pools

Terror Matriarch and Hatchlings

The Terror Matriarch spawns hatchlings during combat. Hatchlings can drop smaller progression items:

  • Twilight Reliquary
  • Elemental Essence
  • Thelin's Health
  • Thelin's Mind
  • Thelin's Passion
  • Thelin's Onslaught

Hobgoblin Chain

The Bullyrag Bat leads into a hobgoblin chain:

  1. #The Bullyrag Bat
  2. #The Painwrack Hobgoblin
  3. #The Fearsome Hobgoblin
  4. #Hobgoblin Anguish Lord

The Anguish Lord can drop:

  • Anguish Lord's Shackles - 75%
  • Elemental Essence - 25%
  • Twilight Reliquary - 5%
  • Face and Thule shoulder shared pools

Terris Guardians

Terris' guardian-style NPCs can drop Nightmare augment bases:

  • Nightmare Goo
  • Nightmare Crack
  • Nightmare Rage
  • Nightmare Tranquility

These are combine-line augment pieces; keep them if you are building Nightmare augments.

Practical Reminders

  • The hedge maze is the core mechanic of the zone and deserves preparation.
  • Essence credit is for valid trash kills, not every NPC in the zone.
  • The essence chest is a fight and a reward source.
  • Keep the Jewel of Nightmares and Crown of Nightmares if you are upgrading the mirror.
  • Keep the five hedge tokens until you can combine the Black Bastardsword.
  • If a hand-in fails, confirm you are using the correct Thelin version and the exact item.
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