Castleville: The Gloom Swamp Yvette Quest Guide

The Gloom Swamp or Starting Down The Swamp (1-10)

Available to level 10 or Above

Depending of the areas you already explore, Duke or Yvette will give you the start of this quest line with 10 missions and extra Duke Quest for some:

"Smells something atrocious! What could Faugrimm be brewing up this time? I suspect that it's coming from deep inside the Gloom, so start exploring to investigate what's causing his olfactory woes!"

If you have not explored the areas leading up to where the Duke wants to venture through, see the first 2 quests below.

If you have already explored these areas, skip to Yvette Quest 1, below.

1st area to explore

Duke's Quest Line - Search for the Gloom Swamp
1. Reeking Havoc
"The source of this stench must be found.! Once more into the gloom, my friend!"

• Raise your Castle to 170 (Build Royal Buildings and place Royal Decorations to increase your Castle)
• Tax 5 Buildings
• Explore the new Gloom area
• Rewards: 1000 Coins, 20 XP 

2nd area to explore

Duke's Quest Line - Search for the Gloom Swamp

2. Gloom Vision Googles

"All this gloom makes it hard to see where exactly we are exploring."

• Have 4 Eye of Newt (found by clicking the Post to Friends button in the quest window or found on the Newsfeed)
• Raise your Castle to 320 (Build Royal Buildings and place Royal Decorations to increase your Castle)
• Explore the new Gloom area
• Rewards: 1000 Coins, 20 XP 

Yvette Quest Line Guide

Yvette's Quest Line - The Gloom Swamp

1. Eau De Gloom Orc

“I thought that Gloom Goblins were bad! Nothing compared to the likes of these Gloom Orcs!”

• Banish 1 Gloom Orc. Holding your breath is optional (Click on Beasties to Banish them)
• Sell 3 Honey. Gloom Orcs are attracted to them (Inventory=> Materials and sell. Honey drops by tending flowers)
• Collect 7 Ogre’s Belches to help you get used to the smell of Gloom Orcs (Clear Grass or tend Roots to gather Ogre’s Belches)
• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 30 XP, Firefly Bush

2. Fit for a Swamp

“Yuck! The humidity is almost as bad as the smell. We must be getting close!”

• Regain some strength by consuming 3 Grape Juice (Craft => Kitchen. Materials: 10 Grapes, 5 Pails of Water. Crafting Time: 1.5 Hours)
• Have 3 Fly Swatters. Industrial strength (Ask Friends)
• Once you are ready, explore into the Gloom Swamp

• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 30 XP

3. Gloom Roots!

“Everything is covered in gross Swamp Roots! There must be something we can do to clean up this Swamp!”

• Have 1 Studio in your Kingdom (Buy Market > Buildings > Crafting)
• Craft 3 Purity Talismans. They are effective against Swamp Roots! (Craft => Studio. Materials: 3 Aquamarines, 1 Charm Bracelet, 1 Silver Ore, 5 Ogre’s Belch. Crafting time: 1.5 hours)

Craft - Studio

Aquamarine
Found by mining Rocks, tending Mining Camps or banishing Gloom Orcs. 

You can also grab 5 Aquamarines from the Facebook Feed.

Ask Friends

• Start cleaning up the Gloom Swamp by Cleansing 3 Swamp Roots (Click on a Swamp Root once you have enough Talismans to purify it)

• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 35 XP

4. Listen! You smell something?

“I knew Faugrimm was behind this. I thought I recognized his foul stench!”

• You’ve been ambushed! Banish 3 Gloom Orcs (Purchase Gloom Orc Potions to summon them)
• Ask for 7 Empty Flasks to fill with scented oils (Ask Friends)
• Harvest 10 Tomatoes. These rid the stink off anything (Plant Tomatoes in empty Farm Plots and harvest them when they’re ready)
• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 30 XP, Sonja’s Old Dinghy

5. Rooted in Evil

“Those poor animals! These Swamp Roots are EVERYWHERE! We have to get them out.”

• Up your Purity Talisman production by having 2 Studios in your Kingdom (Buy Market > Buildings > Crafting)
• Craft 10 Purity Talismans (Craft => Studio. You found Aquamarines by mining Rocks, tending Mining Camps or banishing Gloom Orcs. Materials: 3 Aquamarines, 1 Charm Bracelet (Ask Friends by Wall Post), 1 Silver Ore, 5 Ogre’s Belch. Crafting time: 1.5 hours)
• Free 3 Animals trapped in Swamp Roots (Use Purity Talismans to free animals from Swamp Roots)
• Rewards: 1000 Coins, 20 XP 

6. Spread the Word

“We really should warn other Kingdoms of the Gloom Swamp and the dangers it holds!”

• Unwither 10 Neighbor crops so it’s clear the stench is coming from Gloom Orcs (Look for Neighbors with withered crops. Click on them to unwither)
• Intimidate the Swamp Roots by chopping 20 Trees (Click on Trees to Chop them)
• Have 7 Purity Talismans for the challenges ahead (Craft 10 Purity Talismans (Craft => Studio. You found Aquamarines by mining Rocks, tending Mining Camps or banishing Gloom Orcs. Materials: 3 Aquamarines, 1 Charm Bracelet (Ask Friends by Wall Post), 1 Silver Ore, 5 Ogre’s Belch. Crafting time: 1.5 hours)
• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 30 XP

7. Going Deeper

“Hmmm, most of this area is clear, but the Gloom Swamp still churns. Something must be deeper inside…”

• Continue purifying the Gloom Swamp by cleansing 2 Swamp Roots (Click on a Swamp Root once you have enough Talismans and purify it. You can purchase rooted items in the market)
• Buy 3 Nature items to help restore life to the Gloom Swamp (Market > Nature)
• Explore deeper into this Gloom Swamp. What secrets does it hold?

•     Requirements to unlock the Deeper Gloom Swamp: 
• 450 Castle Points, 56,000 Coins, 7 Exploration Crystals

• Rewards: 1500 Coins, 30 XP, Critter Den

8. Swamp Rejuvenation

“It’s a shame what the Gloom has done to this Swamp, but we can’t get down on ourselves about it. Let’s clean this place up!”

• Banish 2 Gloom Orcs. I hope you have sanitizer handy (Click on Beasties to Banish them. You can summon more Orcs by using a Gloom Orc Potion)
• Have 10 Bags of Sand to help fill in holes left by the Swamp Roots (Fish on the ponds or winter basils)
• Craft 2 Fertilizers to help bring the Swamp back to life (Craft - kitchen. Materials: 3 Animal Bones, 2 Eggs, 1 Alchemist Powder. Crafting time: 2 hours)
• Rewards: 1750 Coins, 35 XP

9. Cleansed with Flame

“Those Gloom Trees are too strong for Purity Talismans. Use Cleansing Flame! It might be our only chance of stopping them!”

• Craft 2 Cleansing Flame, the only thing that will banish the Gloom Trees (Craft-Studio. Materials: 2 Purity Talismans, 5 White Lillies (ask friends), 5 Beeswax, 2 Wood Clubs. Crafting time: 9 hours)
• Cleanse 2 Gloom Trees (Craft a Cleansing Flame in your Studio and use it to banish the Gloom Trees)
• Rewards: 1750 Coins, 35 XP

10. In Foul Territory

“If those two Gloom Trees weren’t the source of the roots… then what IS?”

• Have 6 Purity Talismans. Within arms reach. (Craft 10 Purity Talismans (Craft => Studio. You found Aquamarines by mining Rocks, tending Mining Camps or banishing Gloom Orcs. Materials: 3 Aquamarines, 1 Charm Bracelet (Ask Friends by Wall Post), 1 Silver Ore, 5 Ogre’s Belch. Crafting time: 1.5 hours)
• Have 10 Spy Glasses. We must keep a watchful eye! (Ask Friends)
• Stay prepared! Craft 4 Exploration Crystals (Craft - Workshop. Materials: 3 Crystal Shards. Crafting time: 1.5 hours)
• Rewards: 1750 Coins, 35 XP, Swampy Pond

FAQ:

Where is my Firefly Bush and my other prizes that I won? 
You can find the Firefly Bush and the Swampy Pond under the Nature section of your Inventory; Sonja's Old Dinghy and the Critter Den can be found under the Decor section of your Inventory. 

I crafted the Cleansing Flames but every time I click on the Swamp Trees it says I need to pay 80 Crowns or craft more. Why is that?
You can pay the Crowns to skip the time and resources to craft them, but if you've already crafted the Cleansing Flames, you can use them by clicking on them under the Consumables section of your Inventory and then clicking on the Swamp Trees.

READ MORE about the SWAMP and Events around this period: CLICK HERE

Gallery of Photos:

Gloom Area 1

Gloom Area 2

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Quest 10

Source photos: Zynga Forum