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Umbral Sands

Umbral Sands is a desert region of Dragonwilds:Ashenfall, ruled by the red dragon Dragonwilds:Fuzan. Its sun burns so fiercely that the player suffers Dragonwilds:Scorch in direct light and must build shelter or keep to the shade by day, while by night Fuzan and his red dragons take to the hunt. To cross the open sands the player can summon a magic carpet, which can be earned after earning the trust of a garou tribe. The Dragonwilds:KotHaar and kalphites make their home here, along with vultures, alongside three Moon Garou clans that are far less hostile than the garou tribes elsewhere on the continent. Dragonwilds:Icthlarin can be found at the Alcarrid Oasis. Adamantite and yew are gathered across the desert, and the region holds the materials needed for Dragonwilds:Adamant equipment, red dragonhide armour, and Dragonwilds:Infinity Robes.Template:CiteText

To reach Umbral Sands, the player must first complete the Black Knight's Fortress quest, which opens the Door to Umbral Sands within Dragonwilds:the Bastion.

History

Since the creation of Dragonwilds:Gielinor, Umbral Sands was an empty region inhabited only by the Dragonwilds:KotHaar, who had been tasked with safeguarding a powerful device used by the Dragonwilds:Elder Gods, the Dragonwilds:Lens. The device ensured the sun gave off a temperature that let the world thrive rather than burn.Template:CiteText The KotHaar were also given a tunnel system so that they might return to the Template:RSL on Karamjah and be reborn when needed.Template:CiteJournal The desert at the time was far greener, with grass and other flora. Shortly after Dragonwilds:Guthix departed from Ashenfall and sealed it within a veil, a group of dragonkin known as the Dragonwilds:Cabal arrived and, over time, spread through the different regions. Dragonwilds:Avisk kept one of his many laboratories here, experimenting on the kalphites he had brought from the mainland to study, fascinated by their hive mind.Template:CiteText

Sometime during the Template:RSL, shortly after Dragonwilds:Lougrim's defeat by Dragonwilds:Kuldra during the Dragonwilds:Dragon Rebellion, a faction of the garou split off and wandered towards Umbral Sands, where they struggled to adjust to the sandy region. There they discovered Dragonwilds:Elidinis, a river goddess associated with the moon. A lost garou cub found her at a previously unmapped oasis, she gave it water and comfort.Template:CiteText Looking upon these poor mortals, the goddess taught them how to live within the desert, showing them how to build, plant, and place mirrors to guard against supernatural threats.Template:CiteNPC Over time the garou raised great cities and became known as the Moon Garou. Once they could thrive without her, Elidinis left Gielinor for the stars. Sometime after her departure, Fuzan found the Moon Garou and began to terrorise them.

Eventually a new entity appeared, the "Dragonwilds:Sun Demon", also known as the Dragonwilds:Queen of Ashes. She came before Fuzan, claiming to be a god and promising to teach him to wield his fire well enough to outshine even his mother.Template:CiteJournal Template:CiteJournal Fuzan accepted, and with her teaching he learned to control not only his own flames but those of the KotHaar, turning the magma that animated them against their nature.Template:CiteJournal He also broke the tunnels by which they had once returned to the Elder Kiln, cutting them off from rebirth.Template:CiteJournal Though puppeted, the KotHaar never forgot their charge, and still turn toward the Lens they were made to protect.Template:CiteJournal Fuzan used this power to torment the Moon Garou, razing the cities they had raised and scattering the survivors into far-flung tribes so that no single hunt could take them all.Template:CiteText Rather than destroy the remnant outright, he branded them with his Mark, which drew on their strength to feed his own. Those who bore it were spared his fire, but the dying were compelled to walk out into the sands as an offering.Template:CiteText Template:CiteText The Sun Demon, meanwhile, recruited followers of her own, reshaping those who worshipped the sun and its flames into devotees.Template:CiteText The cursed wolf Dragonwilds:Dearg Due also came to roam the desert in this age. Fuzan ordered the KotHaar to move the Lens to his tower, where he used it to cast a barrier over the entrance and to raise the region's temperature.Template:CiteText Soon the region became impossible to cross without the heat killing those who dared, and any who braved it by night would find Fuzan hunting with one or two red dragons.Template:CiteText

After the God Wars, Fuzan continued to rule until the Dragonwilds:Sixth Age, when the veil over Ashenfall lifted. The Adventurer, having braved Dragonwilds:Brynmoor, Dragonwilds:Ghornfell, Dragonwilds:Fellhollow, and Dragonwilds:Dowdun Reach, arrives in Umbral Sands, and with the help of Dragonwilds:Icthlarin puts an end to Fuzan's reign.Template:CiteNPC

Geography

Umbral Sands is made up of several subregions.

Dragonwilds:Alcarrid Oasis

In the north of the region, the Alcarrid Oasis is the first area the Adventurer reaches from Dowdun Reach. It is home to the Alcarrid clan, the youngest of the region's three Moon Garou clans, and to Dragonwilds:Icthlarin.

Dragonwilds:Dunes of Uzzer

To the north-east lie the Dunes of Uzzer, home to the Uzzer clan, who are known for their weaving and teach their children to work patterns into tapestries together.Template:CiteText The archaeologist Lehran studies the Forbidden Scrolls here, piecing together the true history of the Moon Garou.

Dragonwilds:Manafem Plains

To the west, the Manafem Plains are home to the Manafem clan, whose people seldom brave the open dunes. By day the Scorch makes travel deadly, and by night they are hunted by a red dragon called The Radiant, which destroys their caravans and preys on travellers.Template:CiteText Template:CiteJournal

Dragonwilds:The Burning Spire

In the south stands the Burning Spire, Fuzan's volcano and the seat of his power, where the corrupted Dragonwilds:Lens is kept. Within it lies the Cave of Screams, where the KotHaar are forged and bound in thrall to Fuzan.Template:CiteJournal

NPCs

Resources

Nodes

Trees

Yew Trees

Plants

Creatures

Bosses and Mini-bosses

Aggressive

Non-Aggressive

Dragonwilds:Vulture

Quests

Journal

Nothing discovered yet...

Music

Nothing discovered yet...

Gallery

Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from the 2026 Summer Wrap-up

Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from the 2026 Summer Wrap-up
Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from Mod Doom's Reddit post

Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from Mod Doom's Reddit post
First teaser image released for Umbral Sands from a Discord announcement by Mod Blaze

First teaser image released for Umbral Sands from a Discord announcement by Mod Blaze
Kot-Haar teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026

Kot-Haar teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026
Kalphite teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026

Kalphite teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026
Magic Carpet teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026

Magic Carpet teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026
Fuzan teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026

Fuzan teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026
Umbral Sands micro trailer from the cache

Umbral Sands micro trailer from the cache

Trivia

Like the Template:RSL on the mainland, Umbral Sands was once far more verdant than it is today. The two were desertified by different causes, however, the Kharidian Desert by Template:RSL's self-destruction and Umbral Sands by Fuzan's corruption of the Lens.

References

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-{{Future content}}
+[[File:Umbral Sands.png|thumb|width=421x421|Umbral Sands]]
-'''Umbral Sands''' is an upcoming region, scheduled to be released in June 2026. Ruled by the general [[Dragonwilds:Fuzan]], a red dragon, this area features a heat mechanic where players will need to avoid staying out in the sun for too long. [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]] will make an appearance in this region. This area will feature Kalphites and Kot-haar as the region's inhabitants, including a garou sect that is less hostile than the rest of the continent's garou tribes. Players can find Adamantite and Yew resources within the desert.
+'''Umbral Sands''' is a desert region of [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]], ruled by the red dragon [[Dragonwilds:Fuzan]]. Its sun burns so fiercely that the player suffers [[Dragonwilds:Scorch]] in direct light and must build shelter or keep to the shade by day, while by night Fuzan and his red dragons take to the hunt. To cross the open sands the player can summon a [[Dragonwilds:Magic Carpet|magic carpet]], which can be earned after earning the trust of a garou tribe. The [[Dragonwilds:KotHaar]] and [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite|kalphites]] make their home here, along with vultures, alongside three Moon Garou clans that are far less hostile than the garou tribes elsewhere on the continent. [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]] can be found at the Alcarrid Oasis. Adamantite and yew are gathered across the desert, and the region holds the materials needed for [[Dragonwilds:Adamant]] equipment, [[Dragonwilds:Red Dragonhide Armour|red dragonhide armour]], and [[Dragonwilds:Infinity Robes]].{{CiteText|url=https://dragonwilds.runescape.com/news/ea-roadmap|title=Early Access Roadmap|publisher=Jagex}}
-[[Dragonwilds:Adamant]] Armour, Red Dragon Hide Armour, and Infinity Robes are confirmed to be releasing alongside this region.<ref>https://dragonwilds.runescape.com/news/ea-roadmap</ref>
+To reach Umbral Sands, the player must first complete the [[Dragonwilds:Black Knight's Fortress (Quest)|Black Knight's Fortress]] quest, which opens the Door to Umbral Sands within [[Dragonwilds:the Bastion]].
-In order to access this region, players will need to have completed the [[Dragonwilds:Black Knight's Fortress (Quest)|Black Knight's Fortress]] quest.
 == History ==
-''Nothing discovered yet...''
+Since the creation of [[Dragonwilds:Gielinor]], Umbral Sands was an empty region inhabited only by the [[Dragonwilds:KotHaar]], who had been tasked with safeguarding a powerful device used by the [[Dragonwilds:Elder Gods]], the [[Dragonwilds:Lens]]. The device ensured the sun gave off a temperature that let the world thrive rather than burn.{{CiteText|text=Dusty Tome|quote=My narrator explained that they were guarding some sort of device, a powerful tool that kept the sun shining and brightness that let the world thrive, rather than burn.}} The KotHaar were also given a tunnel system so that they might return to the {{RSL|Elder Kiln}} on Karamjah and be reborn when needed.{{CiteJournal|journal=Toktz-Xil-Ak|quote=At the end of their lives, they would take themselves on long pilgrimages through underground tunnels, back to the mainland, where they would be reborn anew in the Elder Kiln.}} The desert at the time was far greener, with grass and other flora. Shortly after [[Dragonwilds:Guthix]] departed from Ashenfall and sealed it within a veil, a group of [[Dragonwilds:Dragonkin (race)|dragonkin]] known as the [[Dragonwilds:Cabal]] arrived and, over time, spread through the different regions. [[Dragonwilds:Avisk]] kept one of his many laboratories here, experimenting on the [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite|kalphites]] he had brought from the mainland to study, fascinated by their hive mind.{{CiteText|text=Avisk’s Musings|quote=It was trivial enough to steal a royal egg from their hive on the mainland, and bring it back here for study, and with each iteration of the brood I find myself more and more intrigued.}}
-== Geography ==
+Sometime during the {{RSL|God Wars}}, shortly after [[Dragonwilds:Lougrim]]'s defeat by [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]] during the [[Dragonwilds:Dragon Rebellion]], a faction of the [[Dragonwilds:Garou (race)|garou]] split off and wandered towards Umbral Sands, where they struggled to adjust to the sandy region. There they discovered [[Dragonwilds:Elidinis]], a river goddess associated with the moon. A lost garou cub found her at a previously unmapped oasis, she gave it water and comfort.{{CiteText|text=Chewed Doodle-Covered Journal|quote=I followed it to a great river that wasn’t there yesterday and there was this woman just singing on a rock. She was the prettiest garou I ever saw. Eyes that sparkled like stars and silver fur like the moon.}} Looking upon these poor mortals, the goddess taught them how to live within the desert, showing them how to build, plant, and place mirrors to guard against supernatural threats.{{CiteNPC|npc=Ancamairon - Alcarrid Elder|quote=Broken as they are, the mirrors are sacred to us. The River Goddess placed them here as a reminder of who must protect the Umbral Sands.}} Over time the garou raised great cities and became known as the Moon Garou. Once they could thrive without her, Elidinis left Gielinor for the stars. Sometime after her departure, Fuzan found the Moon Garou and began to terrorise them.
-''Nothing discovered yet...''
-== NPCs ==
+Eventually a new entity appeared, the "[[Dragonwilds:Sun Demon]]", also known as the [[Dragonwilds:Queen of Ashes]]. She came before Fuzan, claiming to be a god and promising to teach him to wield his fire well enough to outshine even his mother.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fuzan|quote=Faith in a being not of this world: born of celestial fire so bright that it made Fuzan’s own mighty flames seem like mere candlelight in comparison.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Dragonblight Shield|quote=A voice of true divinity, far surpassing the power of his mother’s dimmed spark.}} Fuzan accepted, and with her teaching he learned to control not only his own flames but those of the KotHaar, turning the magma that animated them against their nature.{{CiteJournal|journal=KotHaar-Hur|quote=Now, the magma that animates them has been turned against them by Fuzan’s Mark, and the KotHaar-Hur turn from labourers to cannon fodder in Fuzan’s twisted games.}} He also broke the tunnels by which they had once returned to the Elder Kiln, cutting them off from rebirth.{{CiteJournal|journal=Toktz-Xil-Ak|quote=Fuzan put a stop to that, by destroying those tunnels.}} Though puppeted, the KotHaar never forgot their charge, and still turn toward the Lens they were made to protect.{{CiteJournal|journal=KotHaar-Xil|quote=Even if Fuzan puppets their actions, the core of their being still sticks to its task.}} Fuzan used this power to torment the Moon Garou, razing the cities they had raised and scattering the survivors into far-flung tribes so that no single hunt could take them all.{{CiteText|text=Dragonscorched Ledger|quote=Our city is lost to embers, great monuments crumbling beneath the scorching heat of the sun and the claws of the dragon.}} Rather than destroy the remnant outright, he branded them with his Mark, which drew on their strength to feed his own. Those who bore it were spared his fire, but the dying were compelled to walk out into the sands as an offering.{{CiteText|text=Sand-weathered Book|quote=In doing so the rest of us are spared and benefit from Fuzan's mercy. He turns his flames away from us.}}{{CiteText|text=Sand-weathered Book|quote=The Mark, this symbol of Fuzan's that we carry as protection against his wrath, it compels us to the wilderness. Makes us an offering to the storm.}} The Sun Demon, meanwhile, recruited followers of her own, reshaping those who worshipped the sun and its flames into devotees.{{CiteText|text=Obsidian-carved Book|quote=The demon of embers, reached into his heart, took hold of his future and tore it apart.}} The cursed wolf [[Dragonwilds:Dearg Due]] also came to roam the desert in this age. Fuzan ordered the KotHaar to move the Lens to his tower, where he used it to cast a barrier over the entrance and to raise the region's temperature.{{CiteText|text=Dusty Tome|quote=A device, they claimed, has now been perverted by the dragon into some monstrous device that is destroying the region.}} Soon the region became impossible to cross without the heat killing those who dared, and any who braved it by night would find Fuzan hunting with one or two [[Dragonwilds:Red Dragon|red dragons]].{{CiteText|text=Manafem Midnight|quote=The harsh light of day makes travel dangerous and at night there is the constant threat of their “great protector”, Fuzan, always happy for a meal delivered.}}
-* [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]]
+After the God Wars, Fuzan continued to rule until the [[Dragonwilds:Sixth Age]], when the veil over Ashenfall lifted. The [[Dragonwilds:Player Character|Adventurer]], having braved [[Dragonwilds:Brynmoor]], [[Dragonwilds:Ghornfell]], [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]], and [[Dragonwilds:Dowdun Reach]], arrives in Umbral Sands, and with the help of [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]] puts an end to Fuzan's reign.{{CiteNPC|npc=Icthlarin|quote=Souls are coming to me from Umbral Sands at a faster and faster rate. My good friend Death informed me that the culprit is Fuzan, a dragon tyrant of these dunes.}}
-== Resources ==
+== Geography ==
+Umbral Sands is made up of several subregions.
-=== Nodes ===
+=== [[Dragonwilds:Alcarrid Oasis]] ===
+In the north of the region, the Alcarrid Oasis is the first area the Adventurer reaches from Dowdun Reach. It is home to the Alcarrid clan, the youngest of the region's three Moon Garou clans, and to [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]].
-* [[Dragonwilds:Adamant Ore]]
+=== [[Dragonwilds:Dunes of Uzzer]] ===
+To the north-east lie the Dunes of Uzzer, home to the Uzzer clan, who are known for their weaving and teach their children to work patterns into tapestries together.{{CiteText|text=MOUNT: Uzzerian Umber|quote=This light umber tone is handcrafted by Uzzer children as part of their daily lessons. The youngsters gather round and work together to weave the complicated pattern throughout the tapestry as a means of teaching them patience as well as some useful life skills.}} The archaeologist Lehran studies the Forbidden Scrolls here, piecing together the true history of the Moon Garou.
-=== Trees ===
+=== [[Dragonwilds:Manafem Plains]] ===
+To the west, the Manafem Plains are home to the Manafem clan, whose people seldom brave the open dunes. By day the Scorch makes travel deadly, and by night they are hunted by a red dragon called [[Dragonwilds:Red Dragon|The Radiant]], which destroys their caravans and preys on travellers.{{CiteText|text=Manafem Midnight|quote=The harsh light of day makes travel dangerous and at night there is the constant threat of their “great protector”, Fuzan, always happy for a meal delivered.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Red Dragon|quote=One dragon, known as The Radiant, torments the Manafem Moon Garou. For years now, The Radiant has destroyed caravans, eaten travellers and brought suffering to the camp, for no reason other than their capacity to do so.}}
-* [[Dragonwilds:Yew Tree|Yew Trees]]
+=== [[Dragonwilds:The Burning Spire]] ===
+In the south stands the Burning Spire, Fuzan's volcano and the seat of his power, where the corrupted [[Dragonwilds:Lens]] is kept. Within it lies the Cave of Screams, where the KotHaar are forged and bound in thrall to Fuzan.{{CiteJournal|journal=Elder Curiosities|quote=The KotHaar have lost any memory of their ancestors, and those that have been cast into the Cave of Screams are all in thrall to Fuzan.}}
-=== Plants ===
+== NPCs ==
+* [[Dragonwilds:Avisk]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Zanik]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Shangruuh - Alcarrid Envoy]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Ancamairon - Alcarrid Elder]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Gaimbín - Uzzer Elder]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Dúshlánach - Manafem Elder]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Lehran - The Archaeologist]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Laguna - The Bard]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Beartach - The Merchant]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Domri - The Merchant]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Iasadair - The Merchant]]
-* ''Nothing discovered yet...''
+==Resources==
+===Nodes===
+* [[Dragonwilds:Adamantite Ore Node]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Anima Vent]]s
+* [[Dragonwilds:Coal Node]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Gypsum Node]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Rune Essence (Rock)]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Sandstone Rock]]
+===Trees===
+* [[Dragonwilds:Yew Tree|Yew Trees]]
+===Plants===
+* [[Dragonwilds:Barrel Cactus]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Bunny Cactus]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Desert Weed]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Fibrous Pipe Cactus]]
 == Creatures ==
+===Bosses and Mini-bosses===
+*[[Dragonwilds:Fuzan]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Tok-Xil]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Kalphite Queen]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Red Dragon|The Radiant]]
 === Aggressive ===
+* [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite]]
-* ''Nothing discovered yet...''
+** [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite Worker]]
+** [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite Soldier]]
+** [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite Guardian]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:KotHaar]]
+**[[Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Hur]]
+**[[Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Kal]]
+**[[Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Ket]]
+**[[Dragonwilds:KotHaar-Xil]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Red Dragon|Red Dragons]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Desert Devil Kebbit]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Goat]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Wild Jade Vine]]
+*[[Dragonwilds:Wild Ruby Vine]]
 === Non-Aggressive ===
-* ''Nothing discovered yet...''
+* [[Dragonwilds:Vulture]]
 == Quests ==
-''Nothing discovered yet...''
+* [[Dragonwilds:Mapping The Sands I]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Mapping The Sands II]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Contact!]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Brink of Extinction]]
+* [[Dragonwilds:Icthlarin's Little Helper]]
 == Journal ==
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 ==Gallery==
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" style="text-align:left">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" style="text-align:left">
-Umbral Sands (concept art, 1).png|Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from the 2026 Summer Wrap-up
+File:Umbral Sands (concept art, 1).png|Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from the 2026 Summer Wrap-up
-Umbral Sands (concept art, 2).webp|Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from Mod Doom's Reddit post
+File:Umbral Sands (concept art, 2).webp|Concept art for the Umbral Sands region from Mod Doom's Reddit post
+File:UmbralSandsTeaser1.png|First teaser image released for Umbral Sands from a Discord announcement by Mod Blaze
+File:Kot-Haar Teaser.png|Kot-Haar teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026
+File:Kalphite Teaser.png|Kalphite teaser image from the Summer Games Fest 2026
+File:Magic Carpet Teaser.png|Magic Carpet teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026
+File:Fuzan Teaser.png|Fuzan teaser from the Summer Games Fest 2026
+File:Umbral Sands (microtrailer).mp4|Umbral Sands micro trailer from the cache
 </gallery>
 == Trivia ==
+* Like the {{RSL|Kharidian Desert}} on the mainland, Umbral Sands was once far more verdant than it is today. The two were desertified by different causes, however, the Kharidian Desert by {{RSL|Tumeken}}'s self-destruction and Umbral Sands by Fuzan's corruption of the Lens.
 == References ==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Umbral Sands}}
 {{Ashenfall}}