Willowmere
Chapter 8

Expeditions

10 creatures, from the smallest up.

Hollowroot Lanterncap.

Hollowroot LanterncapCaps, sprouts and roots

Level
8
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Ember
Drops
Red Mushroom, Rain Cap, Grass Fiber, Faint Essence, Ash Bracers, Ash Jerkin and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Hollowroot Trail

Lanterncaps grow taller down under the roots, where nobody comes to pick them.

Cave Crab.

Cave CrabShells and carapaces

Level
9
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale
Resists
Frost
Drops
Small Potion, Rough Ore, Faint Essence, Ash Greaves, Ash Sabatons, Ash Hawk Ring
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Tidewhistle Caves

Cave Crabs wait out the high tide in the cracks and come out to pinch whatever the sea left behind, including your boots.

Rootcellar Imp.

Rootcellar ImpImps and pickpockets

Level
9
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Ember
Drops
Mossy Pelt, Small Potion, Grass Fiber, Faint Essence, Ash Headband, Ash Leather Trousers and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Hollowroot Trail

The Rootcellar Imp lives below the Hollowroot Trail among the jars somebody once stored down there. It has eaten all the pickles and kept the lids.

Hollowroot Roller.

Hollowroot RollerTooth, tusk and hoof

Level
10
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Frost
Resists
Ember
Drops
Thorn Spine, Wood Plank, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Leather Trousers, Bronze Boots and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Hollowroot Trail

Down on the trail the rollers grow bark on their thorns. A woodcutter's tally slat calls them the forest's marbles, and he was not fond of them.

Reef Nipper.

Reef NipperImps and pickpockets

Level
10
Element
Frost
Weak to
Ember
Drops
Ether, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Boots, Bronze Bracers, Bronze Anchor Cape
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Tidewhistle Caves

Reef Nippers are small, quick and splashy, and they will follow you a long way along a cave floor just to splash you once more.

Bough Sprite.

Bough SpriteCaps, sprouts and roots

Level
13
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Ember
Drops
Small Potion, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Bracers, Bronze Jerkin, Bronze Grace Cape
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Windwhistle Boughs

Bough Sprites live in the high branches and spit seeds at anything below. They think it is a game. The pigeons do not.

Gust Wisp.

Gust WispWisps and little lights

Level
14
Element
Gale
Weak to
Stone
Resists
Gale
Drops
Ether, Clear Essence, Bronze Beret, Bronze Shoes, Bronze Sage Pendant
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Windwhistle Boughs

A Gust Wisp is a little knot of wind that got tangled in the leaves and decided to stay. It puffs at you, then looks surprised that you mind.

Notorious and bosses

Tap one to read its box. You have been warned.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 12
Old Barnacle.

Old BarnacleShells and carapaces

Level
12
Element
Frost
Weak to
Gale Ember
Resists
Frost
Drops
Ether
Made for
Two together
Where
The Tidewhistle Caves, at the end

Old Barnacle has sat on the same rock so long the rock is mostly barnacles now. He holds the tide responsible for everything, and tells it so.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 12
The One-Eyed Warden.

The One-Eyed WardenGiants and great beasts

Level
12
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale
Resists
Stone
Drops
Old Iron, Ether, Warden's Lens
Made for
A party of four
Where
The Hollowroot Trail, at the end

The One-Eyed Warden sits at the end of the trail keeping a watch nobody gave it. Woodcutters say it lent its other eye to the moon, and the moon never brought it back.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 16
The Thistlewind.

The ThistlewindWings

Level
16
Element
Gale
Weak to
Ember Stone
Resists
Gale
Drops
Ether
Made for
Two together
Where
The Windwhistle Boughs, at the end

The Thistlewind sits on the topmost bough and sneezes thistledown over the whole canopy each spring. Hazel at the rope ladder says it is allergic to itself.

Pro Tip

Check a creature's weakness before you swing. Hitting a Mossling with Ember is rude, but effective, lu.