Plane of Nightmare

Plane of Nightmare Guide

Plane of Nightmare is the step after Crypt of Decay. This zone is built around Thelin Poxbourne, the hedge maze, Nightmare essence farming, the Black Bastardsword hand-in, Terris Thule, and the next Chapter 1 mirror upgrade.

Progression Overview

1. Kill valid trash to gather Nightmare essence.
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 Black Bastardsword.
5. Hand Black Bastardsword to Thelin to summon a construct of nightmares.
6. Kill the construct, loot Dagger Blade Shard, and hand it to Thelin to receive Thelin's Dagger and advance the Terris story step.
7. Build Eclipsed Midnight Mirror of Nightmares before leaving this tier if you are following reflected rewards.

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 a hostile 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 nasty:

• 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 and 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	Chance
The Scourge Hobgoblin	Shard of the Hobgoblin	75%
The Gnarled Treant	Splintered Treant Branch	75%
The Dark Visage	Veil of the Visage	75%
The Nightstalker	Nightstalker Fang	75%
The Coven Wolf	Coven Wolf Paw	75%

Combine all five tokens in a Tier Upgrade Kit to create Black Bastardsword.

Hand 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, Face of Elixer, Face of the Guardian, Face of the Crazed	Shared face pool
Thule Shoulders of Casting, Thule Shoulders of Healing, Thule Shoulders of Combat, Thule Shoulders of 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	Source / Note
Decaying Mirror of Eclipsed Midnight	Carried forward from the prior mirror line; this is the base mirror component, not a Plane of Nightmare essence chest drop.
Crown of Nightmares	Drops from Terris Thule.
Jewel of Nightmares	Drops from the PoN essence chest.

Combine those pieces in the Tier Upgrade Kit to create Eclipsed Midnight Mirror of Nightmares.

Other Notable Loot

Deyid The Twisted

• Twisted Spindle of Deyid
• Elemental Essence
• Twilight Reliquary
• Shared face and Thule 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
• Elemental Essence
• Twilight Reliquary
• Shared face and Thule shoulder pool

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
• Elemental Essence
• Twilight Reliquary
• Shared face and Thule shoulder pool

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 Jewel of Nightmares and Crown of Nightmares if you are upgrading the mirror.
• Keep the five hedge tokens until you can combine Black Bastardsword.
• If a hand-in fails, confirm you are using the correct Thelin version and the exact item.

Next Zone

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