Desider Atum

Desider Atum is an area in Metrica Province. It is a bustling center of trade and research frequented by locals and travelers alike.

Locations and objectives

Waypoints: Desider Atum Waypoint —

Vistas

Desider Atum Vista —

Just east of the weaponsmith station, along the side of the building, are some floating stairs. Take them to the upper level where the jeweler and artificer stations are.

Jump to the vista on top of the arch.

Events: Escort Rikkiti as she brings a message to the Lionguard assault force (10); Escort Caracotl to Michotl Grounds (11)

NPCs

Allies

Asura

Golems

Hylek

Caracotl

Various

Traveler

Services

Crafters: Flimm; Kunk; Millo; Poola; Satlo; Tralx

Foes

Ambient creatures

Insects

Firefly

Porcines

Jungle Boar

Ambient dialogue

Trader (1): The chief of our previous krewe said hylek are an untapped market, a potential goldmine.

Trader (2): We need to find out what they want, make it, and provide it at a reasonable cost.

Traveler: I don't know of any other goldmines that can club you and swallow you whole.

Trader (1): No worthwhile enterprise is without risk.

Citizen (1): All muds are not equal my dear.

Citizen (1): You must take into consideration the metals and the biological materials in your sample.

Citizen (1): Something as common as an embedded fossil can throw off the entire equation.

Citizen (2): I love it when you talk dirt.

Trader (1): My colleagues and I were wondering why there is such strife between hylek tribes.

Trader (2): Stupid question. All tribes have the same needs, but there isn't enough for everybody.

Trader (1): Surely you could come to an accommodation more cooperative than starving in each others' heads?

Trader (2): You mean "cooperate" like asura labs cooperate?

Trader (1): Well, no, but I...ah...uhm...Point taken.

Trader (1): You from Hydrone Unit?

Trader (2): No.

Trader (1): Then we can do business.

Trader (1): Why do you asura send killers to collect hylek poison?

Trader (2): I emphatically do not. Though I imagine those that do are blinded by the demands of progress.

Trader (1): Progress demands you kill us instead of buying from us?

Trader (2): Progress demands forward motion. How one moves forward is left to the individual's discretion.

Building Specialist: With all our muscle gone out to the reactor, I'm feeling a tad vulnerable.

Local: We have muscle?

Building Specialist: Mental muscle.

Local: What do you want for dinner tonight?

Building Specialist: Your special brain soup, please. I have to be in top form for the symposium tomorrow.

Local: I'll dig into my intelliboost essences. I'm sure I have just the thing.

Lab Attendant (1): Do you think the reactor disaster will affect the farms and greenhouses?

Lab Attendant (2): Crops are still growing. If that's what you mean.

Lab Attendant (1): Yes, but are they still edible?

Lab Attendant (2): Let's leave some out for the skritt. If there's a sudden increase in filthy vermin carcasses, we'll know there's a problem.

Lab Attendant (1): The genius said I'm the acting krewe chief for this project!

Lab Attendant (2): Nonsense. I've been here for months. The position is mine until I relinquish it.

Lab Apprentice: Quiet, or I'll replace the lot of you with a golem.

Lab Apprentice (1): I miss those early days before the reactor, before the labs began their work in earnest.

Lab Apprentice (2): Progress marches on, my friend. It never stops, and it never waits.

Lab Apprentice (1): I know, but I do wish it would tread a bit more lightly.

Traveler (1): How do you tell a friendly hylek from an unfriendly one?

Traveler (2): Different tribes are different colors. That's one way to distinguish them.

Traveler (1): If you don't mind, can we leave soon? I'm just not comfortable around hylek. When they do that tongue thing, it gives me the willies.

Traveler (2): Okay, but first I want to hit the armorsmith. Something's loose on my cuirass and it's driving me crazy.

Traveler (1): Can you believe this place? Weaponsmiths, armorsmiths, jewelers, tailors, artificers...and not a decent cafe in the entire complex.

Traveler (2): Let's head up north to Arterium Haven for lunch. The food may be just bland haven fare, but you can't beat the prices.

Traveler (1): But how do you tell friendly from foe-ly?

Traveler (2): Trial and error? If a red hylek tears your arm off, you know to avoid the red hylek.

Trader (1): Want some quick cash? Hydrone Unit has a hundred and one uses for hylek poison and they're willing to pay.

Trader (2): No thank you. Hylek have only one use for hylek poison, but it's an extremely effective one.

Trader (1): A few more good days like this, and I'll be able to afford materials to craft my own golem.

Trader (2): Take some advice from an established genius. Go pick one up at the factory. It's cheaper that way.

Trader (1): College of Statics, eh? Dynamics graduates tend to fare better as traders. No offense.

Trader (2): None taken...yet. Why do you say that?

Trader (1): You Statics build too well. To stay in business, you need to keep customers coming back.

Trader (2): And the College of Dynamics manages that?

Trader (1): Oh, absolutely. They practically invented the concept of planned obsolescence.

Trader: We traders suffer every time Hydrone Unit sends a krewe out to victimize the hylek.

Traveler: Why? can't the hylek distinguish friendly traders from hostile harvesters?

Trader: They don't care. They see asura hunting hylek, and they lose all interest in commerce.

Trader: I'm ruined! Skritt lured me from my lab, locked me out, and picked the place clean.

Traveler: You were outsmarted by skritt?

Trader: I wasn't outsmarted. I was outmaneuvered.

Traveler: Call it what you like. A pack of gibbering, noisome animals still got the best of you.

Trader: There were a lot of them!

Trader: A pair of skritt absconded with my inventory, but I tracked them back to their cave.

Traveler: So you were able to retrieve your merchandise, hmm?

Trader: Couldn't even find it. Their nest looked like someone took seven separate labs and packed them all together like a snowball.

Crafting resources

Resource nodes: Ekku Sapling; Carrots

Bulk ingredients

Flimm

Basil Leaves in Bulk

Bell Peppers in Bulk

Buttermilk in Bulk

Cheese Wedges in Bulk

Notes

To reach the Jeweler's and Artificer's crafting stations, jump up all three sets of steps to the top of the main building.

Trivia

"Desideratum" is a Latin noun meaning "Something wished for or considered desirable."

Metrica Province

Areas	Akk Wilds • Artergon Woods • Calx's Hideout • Cuatl Morass • Desider Atum • Fisher's Beach Bend • Golemagical Institute • Greyfern Expanses • Hexane Regrade • Inquest Outer Complex • Jeztar Falls • Loch Jezt • Luminates Plant • Michoan Marsh • Muridian Uplands • Obscura Incline • Soren Draa • Sunshade Caves • Thaumanova Reactor • The Anthill • The Funhouse • The Hinterlabs • The Serpentwind • Voloxian Passage • Wildflame Caverns
Renown Hearts	Assist PR&T Esoterics with ooze research • Assist Parnna's research into the ancient transfer chamber • Assist Professor Gahf in teaching his young progeny • Assist Researcher Kaii with Incomp's scrap heap • Assist the Chaos krewe • Assist the Opticalium with lightning research • Help Blopp stop the Inquest from using hylek poison to drive lake creatures crazy • Help Brill Alliance study the skritt • Help Hrouda maintain the ecosystem in spite of Dr. Bleent's research • Help Peacemaker Owta disrupt the Inquest complex • Help Shoon's salvage krewe deal with Inquest interference • Help the C.L.E.A.N. krewe • Help the Lionguard keep the Cuatl hylek in check • Help the Luminates plant krewe maintain the power grid • Help the Michotl tribe • Support Doola's golemancing research
Hero challenges	Ancient Elemental Fire Energy • Arcanic Interferometer • Black Ice 4444 • Cuatl Health Goo • Luminates Plant • Oola • Suspicious Control Panel • Utcua
Achievements	Jumping puzzles : Goemm's Lab
Meta events	Power Overwhelming • Thaumanova Reactor Fallout

Desider Atum

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