Duskmoon Tower (2024)

Duskmoon Tower is a location in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.

1 Overview
2 Inhabitants
3 Quests
4 Loot
- 4.1 Chests
- 4.2 Moonbeam Gem Treasure
5 Notes

Overview[]

Duskmoon Tower is an area located on Bitterblack Isle, initially accessed from the Garden of Ignominy.

The Duskmoon Tower connects to the Rotunda of Dread, the Ward of Regret, and the Vault of Defiled Truth on the first floor - the door to the vault requires a Void Key to open.

Inhabitants[]

Barroch makes his initial appearance here. He will remain until the Gazer is defeated for the first time (also in New Game Plus).

Using Rancid Bait Meat in Duskmoon Tower will always lure a Cursed Dragon, if one isn't present, if the bait doesn't work, just reenter the area and the bait that was used will start working.

Pre-Daimon, the Duskmoon Tower is home to Rabbits, Crows and Deer; a few Snakes and Spiders linger near the Rotunda of Dread entrance on the third floor.

Quests[]

A Guiding Light - meet Barroch in the Duskmoon Tower
Slumbering Promise - rarify a weapon

Loot[]

Vegetable life includes Lunanise, Cragshadow Morel, as well as Kingwarish and Potent Greenwarish. Minerals from Ore deposits are: Moonstone, Hunk of Platinum, Gold Ore, Silver Ore, Copper Ore, or Rock. Two Macabre Sculptures can be found here.

A variety of common items can be pickup up, or gathered from sacks and Weapon Piles - occasionally Rift Crystal, periapts, or Blast Arrows may be gathered. There's also a Wakestone Shard on a high placed cornice just west from the Garden of Ignominy entrance.

Chests[]

Map
Key: Numerals Chests; Letters Moonbeam chests; + Weapon Piles; ! Macabre Scultpure
No.	Pre-Daimon loot	Post-Daimon loot
1	Liftstone, Rift Cluster	Rift Polycrystal
2	Large Coin Pouch, Giant Coin Pouch, Light-Cure, Flask of Oil
3	Large Coin Pouch, Giant Coin Pouch, Light-Cure, Flask of Oil (Maneater chance post-Daimon)
4	Skeleton Key, Blast Arrows x10, Bitterblack Novelty Lv.1	Bitterblack Novelty Lv.1 (common), Skeleton Key (Maneater chance)
5	Rift Crystal, Wakestone Shard
6	Rift Cluster, Liftstone
7	Balmy Perfume, Sleeper Arrows x10, Detoxicating Powder, Rift Crystal (Maneater chance post-Daimon)
8	Liftstone, Bitterblack Gear Lv.1, Two-Hander, Wooden Wall, Magian Crutch, Free-Spoken Earring	Rift Bicrystal, Bitterblack Gear Lv.2, Bitterblack Gear Lv.1, Twilight Manicae, Twilight Greaves
9	Jewel of Time, Giant Coin Pouch, The Sundering Spear Tome, Winter's Path Tome (Maneater chance post-Daimon)
10	Rift Crystal, Bitterblack Gear Lv.1, Cloudwine, Reinforced Longbow, Missionary's Robe, Brown Leathers, Battle Greaves	Rift Bicrystal, Bitterblack Novelty Lv.2, Panacea, Salubrious Brew (Maneater chance)
11	Sleeper Arrows x10, Balmy Perfume, Detoxicating Powder, Rift Crystal
12	Rift Crystal, Wakestone Shard (Maneater chance post-Daimon)
13	Bitterblack Gear Lv.1, Free-Spoken Earring, Magian Crutch, Wooden Wall, Liftstone, Two-Hander	Rift Bicrystal, Bitterblack Gear Lv.2, Bitterblack Gear Lv.1, Twilight Manicae, Twilight Greaves
14	Recluse's Robe, Sight Earring, Worker's Gloves	Bitterblack Weapon Lv.2, Rift Bicrystal
15	Balmy Perfume, Detoxicating Powder, Rift Crystal, Sleeper Arrows x10
16	Platinum Ring, Ring of Onyx, Throwblast
17	Balmy Incense, Bitterblack Gear Lv.1	Bitterblack Novelty Lv.2, Auspicious Incense
Miscellany
Weapon Piles All three Weapon Piles near the center of the lower open area may yield Sorrowstone, Rift Crystal, Harspud Sauce or Harspud Juice. Another pile in the southwestern corner of the same area (near chest #10) rarely yields a Bitterblack Novelty Lv.1 or Bitterblack Gear Lv.1 Two piles on the upper ledge west of where Barroch is found may yield Blast Arrow, Oil Arrow, Petrifying Arrow, or Rift Fragment. All other piles give common items including Rift Fragment, Throwblast, or even more mundane items. The Ore deposits on the lower levels give Moonstone, Silver Ore, or Copper Ore; except the one close to chest #10 which gives a Hunk of Platinum or Lava Rock There are two Wakestone Shards in the open here: one on the high ledge west of the Garden of Ignominy entrance, and another resting in a skeleton's hand the elevated open cave area on east side somewhere above the Ward of Regret entrance.

Moonbeam Gem Treasure[]

Chest	Item
A	Ring of Perseverance
B	Dragon's Ire
C	Trophy Jacket
D	Dragon's Glaze
E	Adept's Robe
F	Ring of Desiccation
G	Adept's Mantle
H	Dragon's Roost

In addition to their common loot, chests and other items there are eight magick doors here, each opened by a Moonbeam Gem. Behind each door is a small room that contains a chest containing special items. Though not unique each item is rare.

The "Barrel Glitch" exploit allows access to any of the treasure without a gem: all rooms may be accessed, but accessing chest G is hard, and chest F requires going through a wall from the level above.

Notes[]

Even if a Cursed Dragon appears, Barroch will stoically stand his ground, readily available for the party to change equipment and skill loadouts, purchase healing items, deposit and withdraw items.
The in game music at the Duskmoon Tower (Duskmoon Tower or 羨月楼) is very similar to or influenced by the Sanctus hymn from the Christian liturgy. (see also Dark Arisen Soundtrack, track 9)
(Exploit) Restarting the game by switching to Hard Mode resets Bitterblack Isle, making it a quick way to get another copy of the Moonbeam Gem chest loot early in the game.
(Exploit) Here is a preferred spot to "farm" Cursed Dragons, for details see Farming Exploits § Cursed Dragons
ERROR!!! An Ore deposit on an elevated ledge (by chest #17 on the map) gives Demon's Periapt, other periapts, or Large Coin Pouches (and no ore) - this is likely to be an error.

Combined levels map

Loot map

Glitching all Moonbeam Gem Doors in Duskmoon Tower Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen