Delving into dungeons is a favorite pastime of many RPGers and practically every MMO has them. Requiem is no different.

I’ve only had a bit of time with Requiem, not nearly enough to give a full run-down of every dungeon or even close to it. But I have been into a few of them. The starting zones have two dungeons that are accessible by your mid-teens. The first is the Prison/Mine which is a pretty basic first dungeon. It has elite mobs and quests tied to it. Instanced for you or your group. Pretty simple.

Chaste Sanctum is the second dungeon that you’ll face and is far more in-depth than the first. This dungeon has the true feel of a dungeon as you must make your way through three different wings — each with their own end boss (mini-boss in the case of the first two wings) and challenges. The challenges in Chaste Sanctum typically revolve around facing groups of elite mobs in order to advance through rooms till you can clear a wing and retrieve a key to the next wing. More minor challenges involve platform style jumping across lava pits that spew fire, revolving bridges and fallen floors. The platform challenges may be minor but they add that little bit of extra fun to the dungeon that makes it memorable. Especially for a low level instance. There are no quests that I’ve found for Chaste Sanctum, but the bosses do drop Supernus loot which I’d guess is their equivalent to rares. The gear is apart of sets, has two reinforcement slots and compoundable — all at level 15. (the stats are pretty nice, too)

Ruins of Lament

The third dungeon that I’ve visited is the Ruins of Lament, a mid-20′s dungeon in Parness. I was solo’ing at the time so I only got a bit inside, but what I saw it was quite impressive. The art and atmosphere in the dungeons of Chaste Sanctum and Ruins of Lament are very nice, the prior a cavernous/ancient ruined temple and the latter an alien-ish hive/temple. The layout of the Ruins of Lament consisted of a large central room with several smaller rooms and corridors leading from it in a circular pattern. It seems there is at least one quest for it — obtaining your first possesion beast.

More on dungeons as I get to know them better…