The Damdara Desert

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The Damdara Desert is an open waste north of the ruins of Cantlin. Even more desolate than before, all traces of human habitation have long since succumbed to the elements and been swallowed by the shifting sands. Instead, a foreboding pyramid looms over the Builder from across a shallow river.

Overview

As it's name implies, this region is mostly desert. A menacing pyramid looms in the southwestern area. The ruins of the town of Damdara remain visible in the central part of the island. In the northeast side of the land, a small and calm island stands.

There are mineral veins all over the area, be it in rocky structures in the desert or in caves inside the mountains. Surprisingly, there is also a large amount of plants to gather.

In the northwest side, far behind the mountains a dragon rests on the plains. Around the plains, there are forests filled with monsters and materials.

Sidequests & Points of interest

An overview of the main points of interests and optional activities to do in this island:

The stone arch

 
Someone's remains on the stone arch.

Between the red teleportal and the pyramid stands a stone arch. There's a note next to some bones, and pot on top of the arch. A seed of life can be obained by reading the note.

The Pyramid

The pyramid is one of the main points of interest in this island. It is visited for story purposes, and is filled with cultists.

Besides the mandatory path, the pyramid holds two secret chests, one containing a Fireplace, and the other containing the Featherfall footwear, which cuts 100% of the fall damage. To find them, one must find and destroy a dirt wall inside the lower floor of the pyramid, near the stairs that lead towards the main room. To find the fireplace, simply follow the new path. The Fallfeather footwear are in a chest accessed by climbing some ivy.

In the area nearby the pyramid, Iron scorpions and Knight errants can be found. The former can drop an item necessary for forging the best hammer available in chapter 1.

Damdara ruins

Another place visited for story reasons. Only one building stands, a room that is used as a cell by Dragonlord's minions. In the nearby area there are some poisionous lakes; and some trees and ruined walls reminiscent of the town's better days.

Challenge: the hammerhood graveyard (Part 2)

A small separate island is visible from the northeast side of the Damdara desert. The small island is accessible by foot, as the water is very shallow over the sand connecting both islands.

Once there, the player can find a small hammerhood cementery guarded by a brownie. The grumpy brownie will tell the builder how to make memorials. With that knowledge, the builder can return to Hammerhood Heights, repair the graveyard near Clobberina's home and complete one of the chapter's challenges.

Challenge: the three dragons (3)

Far in the northeastern plains, a dragon rests. It drops a Fireplace once defeated. If the other two dragons found in the Ravaged Realm and Hammerhood Heights are also defeated, another of the episode's challenges will be completed.

Resources

List of available materials in the Damdara desert.

Raw materials
 
Broken branch
 
Cactus cutlet
 
Coal
 
Copper
 
Grassy leaves
 
*Iron
 
Ivy
 
Marshroom
 
Medicinal leaf
 
Plumberry
 
Plumberry seedling
 
Prickly peach
 
Pumice pieces
 
Ruby
 
Silver
 
Stone
 
Strong stalks
 
Wheat
 
White petals


Raw materials requiring a shovel
 
Bogwort
 
Branch
 
Cactus crown
 
Cactus trunk
 
Grass
 
Medicinal shrub
 
Milkblossom
 
Prickly peach cactus
 
Pristine plumberry
 
Sandgrass
 
Sandwort
 
Stalwort
 
Witchgrass


Building materials and decorations
 
Broken brickwork
 
Chalk
 
Clay
 
Earth
 
Obsidian
 
Pebblestone
 
Plumberry lumber
 
Poisonous peat
 
Sand
 
Sandstone
 
Sandy sandstone

Monsters

Image Name HP Attack Defense Drop 1 Drop 2
  Brownie (Small) 20 11 6  
Fur
  Brownie (Large) 40 16 7  
Leather sack
  Bunicorn 28 14 9  
Meat
  Chimaera 12 2 2  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Dracky 11 8 1  
Coralily bud
 
Grass seed
  Fightgeist (Night only) 56 24 16  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Ghost (Night only) 56 24 16  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Hammerhood 18~88 12~26 4~8  
Fur
 
Whopping needle
  Iron Scorpion 45 21 20  
Scorpion horn
 
Healing cream
  Knight Errant 65 25 26  
Iron ingot
 
Healing cream
  Rocky Box Slime (Small) 24 10 12  
Small stones
 
Pumice
  Rocky Box Slime (Large) 14 10 12  
Bathtub
 
Big rock
  Scorpion 44 16 12  
Chains
 
Medicinal herb
  She-Slime 12 6 4  
Orange oil
 
Daffodaisy bud
  Skeleton 28 16 8  
Coarse cloth shard
 
Bones
  Slime 7 4 0  
Blue goo
 
Milkblossom bud
Minibosses available in this area
  Green Dragon 550~662 33-36 40-43  
Fireplace
  Stone Golem (Small) 79 ? ?  
Round table
 
Bathtub
  Stone Golem (Big) 100 ? ?  
Golemite

The bigger stone golem can only be defeated with Wrecking balls, which can be made after visiting the Rockbomb Ravine. All other monsters can be defeated via regular means.

See also