Shadow of the World Tree: step-by-step guide

Help Grendel and Arwen trace a broken seal from Ellinia into the Forgotten Hollow, hunting Lupins and Cold Eyes on the way. You get 15,931 EXP, 4,400 mesos, potions, a Hat Accuracy scroll and a Greater weapon attack scroll you pick.

✓ Checked Oct 24, 2026In game: The Roots of Regret, A Fairy's Insight, Tracing the Resonance, The Yawning Abyss and Welcome to the Hollow. How sure we are: Likely

From Nov 18

Not out yet. This quest opens Nov 18, 2026 (Forgotten Hollow update). The steps come from the quest data already in the game, so details may change when it goes live.

The 30-second version

1. Start: talk to Grendel the Really Old in Magic Library, Ellinia at Lv 39.
2. Collect: 25 Luminous Magical Resonance, 25 Rotten Root Fragment.
3. You get: 15,931 EXP, 4,400 mesos, Greater weapon attack scroll (your pick), Hat Accuracy scroll (random), Blue Potion x30, Orange Potion x20.

Don't miss: Finishing Welcome to the Hollow opens the other Forgotten Hollow chains (Zelya's The Road Home, Myra's Old Friends and Nyroth's chain), so do this one first.

Where to start

Grendel the Really Old · Magic Library, Ellinia

From Ellinia, take the portal into the Magic Library. Grendel is inside.

This guide covers 5 quests: The Roots of Regret › A Fairy's Insight › Tracing the Resonance › The Yawning Abyss › Welcome to the Hollow

What you need

Item	How many	Where to get it
✨Luminous Magical Resonance	25	Lupin: Monkey Forest I, Monkey Forest II, Monkey Swamp IQuest item from the Lupins in the forests near Ellinia. Untradeable.
🪵Rotten Root Fragment	25	Cold Eye: The Tunnel That Lost Light I, The Tunnel That Lost Light II, Another Path, Drake's Meal TableQuest item. Arwen says the Cold Eyes have been digging them up. Untradeable.

Getting to the hunting spots

Rewards

That EXP is 6% of a level at Lv 39.

• Orange Potion x20The Roots of Regret
• Blue Potion x3020 from A Fairy's Insight, 10 from The Yawning Abyss
• Hat Accuracy Scroll: Intermediate randomTracing the Resonance: this or the Greater one
• Hat Accuracy Scroll: Greater randomTracing the Resonance: this or the Intermediate one
• One-Handed Sword Attack Scroll: Greater choose oneWelcome to the Hollow: pick one scroll
• One-Handed Axe Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• One-Handed Blunt Weapon Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Two-handed Sword Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Two-handed Axe Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Two-handed Blunt Weapon Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Spear Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Polearm Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Wand Magic Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Staff Magic Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Bow Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Crossbow Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Dagger Attack Scroll: Greater choose one
• Claw Attack Scroll: Greater choose one

By step: The Roots of Regret 3,531 EXP and 900 mesos; A Fairy's Insight 4,200 EXP and 1,100 mesos; Tracing the Resonance 4,200 EXP and 1,100 mesos; The Yawning Abyss 1,500 EXP and 500 mesos; Welcome to the Hollow 2,500 EXP and 800 mesos. You pick one weapon scroll from your class's list.

Tips

• Cold Eyes share The Tunnel That Lost Light I and II and Drake's Meal Table with Drakes, so you can pair the fragments with Ronnie's last delivery (50 Cold Eyes and 50 Drakes).
• Pick the Greater scroll for the weapon you actually use. It's a 10% scroll (+4 attack or +8 magic attack), so it's best tried on a cheap or spare weapon.

Still being confirmed

• Nobody has confirmed whether you can do the first four steps before Nov 18. The last step needs the Forgotten Hollow.
• Which NPC takes Welcome to the Hollow isn't settled: most likely Nyroth inside the Hollow, possibly Grendel.
• Numbers may change when the Nov 18 update ships.

We update this page as players confirm these. Know the answer? Use the feedback box below.

Sources: NiaMeowDB (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5), maplestory.quest