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Bramblemead Valley

RuneScape: Dragonwilds guide · establishing the initial shelter and basecamp
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Bramblemead Valley serves as an introductory region in Ashenfall featuring abandoned human villages, ruins, and early Dragonkin vaults. Players gather essential materials, set up early survival structures such as crafting tables and tanneries, and clear out nearby threats. Explorers must also navigate flame traps, solve vault puzzles, and reclaim territory from local creatures.

Achievements here

ShelteredConstruct a base with walls and a roof, place a bed inside, and claim it.
Helping around the farmComplete any three secondary side quests located within the Brynmoor territory.
Medal WinnerFinish an Agility obstacle course fast enough to earn your first gold medal rating.

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Key fights

Vault Archon (Thishepen Kara Dragonkin Vault)

Enemies: Vault Archon accompanied by Giant Rats

Threats: Notable abilities include heavy sweeping physical strikes, blue ranged magic projectiles, and ground tracking attacks that sprout stone spikes beneath the player

Weaknesses and resistances: Weak to crush damage; resistant to standard ranged physical attacks

Tactics: Take high ground or fight up close using a one-handed crush weapon (such as a bone club) with a shield to block ranged projectiles, or exploit ranged cheese tactics by taking cover behind the metal boxes in the vault chamber where its tracking line-of-sight breaks

Rewards: Vault Core, Vault Shards, Runecrafting password clue (for the "Highlighting the Problem" quest unlocking the Staff of Light), and vault treasure chest loot

Enemies

Giant Rat

Lurks throughout lower chambers and side rooms of regional vaults

Vault Guardian

Serves as an ancient construct guarding inner passages and core chambers

Goblin

Inhabits makeshift settlements scattered across the valley landscape

Tips

  • Use your dodge roll timing to slip safely past the flame traps blocking hallway corridors inside the vaults.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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