|help_text = Socket this into a Citadel on your Atlas to increase the Tier of Maps and reveal hidden Maps in that Citadel's Region. You can only socket one Crimson, Viridian, Cobalt or Golden Watchstone into each Citadel.
In [[item filter]] (and the text copied in-game by using Control + C keybind in PC), it belongs to [[Atlas Region Upgrade Item]] item class, despite GGG declared it belongs to [[Quest Items]] item class.<ref name="quest" />
In [[item filter]] (and the text copied in-game by using Control + C keybind in PC), it belongs to [[Atlas Region Upgrade Item]] item class, despite GGG declared it belongs to [[Quest Items]] item class.<ref name="quest" />
It has the green border in-game, just like other quest item , and cannot be traded.
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Crimson Watchstone are tied to the region of the [[Atlas]]. Each region only drop one Crimson Watchstone. The first watchstone requires to follow the questline {{ql|Chasing a Dream}}, {{ql|The Elderslayers}} and {{ql|The Crusader (quest)|The Crusader}} to spawn Baran in the corner region of the Atlas. And the second watchstone requires to spawn Baran in a new region, with that region has a watchstone socketed, and so on. The fifth to eighth Crimson Watchstones requires to socket 4 watchstone in a new region in order to spawn Baran and drop Crimson Watchstone.
==Version history==
==Version history==
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{{Version history table row|3.9.0}}
{{Version history table row|3.17.0|
* Removed from the game
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{{Version history table row|3.16.0|
* The number of atlas regions has been reduced from 8 to 4. Thus the number of Crimson Watchstones is also reduced. The corresponding questline is also modified as there is no "corner" region of the atlas
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{{Version history table row|3.13.0|
* Fixed a bug where quest Watchstones could be seen and picked up by party members.
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{{Version history table row|3.9.0|
* Introduced to the game.
* Introduced to the game.
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name=quest>{{cite web|url=http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2687401|title=Conquerors of the Atlas Patch Notes, Item Filter and Passive Tree Information|date=December 11, 2019|accessdate=November 16, 2020|publisher=Path of Exile forums|author=Natalia_GGG}}</ref>
<ref name=quest>{{cite web|url=http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2687401|title=Conquerors of the Atlas Patch Notes, Item Filter and Passive Tree Information|date=December 11, 2019|accessdate=November 16, 2020|publisher=Path of Exile forums|author=Natalia_GGG}}</ref>
Crimson WatchstoneThe memories and emotions of countless victims of the Elder, locked in stone for eternity.Socket this into a Citadel on your Atlas to increase the Tier of Maps and reveal hidden Maps in that Citadel's Region. You can only socket one Crimson, Viridian, Cobalt or Golden Watchstone into each Citadel.
Acquisition Not in game Drop level: 1Metadata Item class: Watchstone Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/AtlasUpgrades/AtlasRegionUpgrade1_8
The number of atlas regions has been reduced from 8 to 4. Thus the number of Crimson Watchstones is also reduced. The corresponding questline is also modified as there is no "corner" region of the atlas
