Watchstone

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Watchstones are quest items for the Atlas of Worlds system. There are 32 Watchstones in total. It is introduced in Conquerors of the Atlas expansion.

Acquisition

The Atlas is divided into 8 regions. Each region of the Atlas has 4 Watchstones in different colours, corresponding to 4 bosses:

Boss	Colour	Name of the Watchstone
Al-Hezmin, the Hunter	Green	Viridian WatchstoneViridian 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.
Veritania, the Redeemer	Blue	Cobalt WatchstoneCobalt 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.
Drox, the Warlord	Yellow	Golden WatchstoneGolden 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.
Baran, the Crusader	Red	Crimson WatchstoneCrimson 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.

Players are required to beat the bosses in their citadels of that region in order to acquire the Watchstones. However, if the Watchstone of that region was acquired already, beating the same boss again will not give the second copy of the Watchstone of that region.

Additionally, the final end-game boss Sirus, Awakener of Worlds would drop (a unique Ivory WatchstoneIvory 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.). There are other unique Ivory Watchstone (TerrorTerror
Ivory Watchstone+1 to Monster Level of Area
(15-30)% more Monster DamageThose who could flee did so. The rest fought bravely, and died horrifically.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., Territories UnknownTerritories Unknown
Ivory WatchstoneMap has 1 additional random Suffix
18 uses remainingThere exists in every man and woman a desire to push boundaries, to break new ground, to make great discoveries, no matter the personal cost.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., War Among the StarsWar Among the Stars
Ivory WatchstoneArea contains (4-7) additional packs of Elder Fiends
Area contains (4-7) additional packs of Shaper CreationsConflict begets only suffering.
For some, that is by design.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., Booming PopulaceBooming Populace
Ivory Watchstone(10-20)% increased Pack size
15 uses remainingDoes the belly swell, or the belt shrink?
To those caught between, there is no difference, and something must soon give.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., Stalwart DefendersStalwart Defenders
Ivory Watchstone+1 to Monster Level of Area
(20-40)% more Monster LifeThey came, full of vim and vigour, to take what was not theirs.
They crashed and clamoured like waves against rocks, and were swept back out to sea.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.), but drop source is unknown so far.

Functions

By inserting the Watchstones into the altar of the citadel of a region, Map Tier will be increased. For example Beach MapBeach MapMap Level: 69
Map Tier: 2
Guild Character: XA paradise, forever replenished by
endless waves teeming with life.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once. has tiers 1, 4, 8, 10 and 14 depends on how many Watchstones inserted in that region. Unique Watchstones provides additional modifier to the Atlas.

Moreover, if a full set of Watchstones (4 different colours, can be Watchstones that obtained from different regions) is inserted into one region, the Awakening Level of the Atlas will be increased by 1. Since there is 8 sets of Watchstones , the highest possible level of the Awakening Level will be 8.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.9.0	Introduced.