Lamont, the Evil Gloom Swamp Tree!

It seems that the foul smell coming from inside the Gloom actually belongs to Lamont, the Evil Gloom Swamp Tree! Explore into the Gloom to defeat Lamont and keep him from polluting your Kingdom!
This is a basic quest available to all players.  It unlocks 2 new areas that you can explore and add to your kingdom.

Quest 1

Quest tasks

• Feed 3 Animals in your Kingdom
• Clear 3 nature items (Grass, Stumps, Roots, etc)
  • Tip: Although it says "Clear", "tending" works too (for roots, mushrooms, ferns, etc)
• Change your clothes

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP

Quest 2

Quest tasks

• Craft 1 Rope
• Have 2 Traveler's Pouches (Post to Friends)
• Buy 2 Torches

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP

Quest 3

Players who have already explored the area shown will skip this quest.

Quest tasks

• Have, or raise, your Castle Level up to 170
• Have 5 Clothespins (Post to Friends)
• Explore to investigate the Gloom Swamp. 

Click on the area shown below to unlock it for quest 3 of Swamped

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP

Quest 4

Quest tasks

• Have 3 Wooden Clubs
• Have 10 Berries
• Explore to investigate the Gloom Swamp.  Requirements:
  • 380 Castle Level
  • 7 Crystals
  • 48000 Coins

Click on the area shown below to unlock it for quest 4 of Swamped

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP

You can now proceed to the quest series, "The Lamont Swamp", to continue your journey into the Gloom Swamp!

 

Confront Lamont, the Evil Gloom Swamp Tree

Explore all the way to the source of the Gloom Swamp, and discover the secret to Lamont's power.  Learn how to cleanse the Slimy River to remove those green slime patches from your kingdom!   This quest series immediately follows the "Swamped" quests.

Tips:

• Do not collect from the Ancient Shrine before Quest 2, or you'll have to wait 2 days to collect again for that quest.
• You'll need to harvest 10 Cabbage, a 12 hour crop, for Quest 4.  Plant it when you're on Quest 3, or even sooner, to save time.

Quest 1: Root of the Problem



Quest tasks

• Craft 1 Purity Talisman
• Cleanse 1 thing trapped in Swamp Roots
• Have 3 Swamp Boots (Post to Friends)

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP
• 1 Firefly Bush

Quest 2: Shrine Time



Quest tasks

• Banish 3 of Lamont's Minions (Banish Beasties. Use Gloom Potions if Beasties do not spawn)
• Rebuild the Ancient Shrine (just click on it)
• Collect from the Ancient Shrine 1 time

 

 

Ancient Shrine

• produces 1 Aquamarine every 2 days
• A Shrine is also known as a Temple or Altar

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP

Quest 3: Old Faithful



Quest tasks

• Craft 3 Wood Planks
• Place 5 Nature items
• Place and build a Cleansing Spring (it will appear in the Buildings section of your Inventory) 

 

 

Cleansing Spring

• Produces 5 Pails of Water every 6 hours

 

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP
• 5 Swamp Water (appearing in the Nature section of your Inventory)

 

The Slimy River will turn clear!  The green slimy river segments become clean, normal rivers.  You'll be able to move the former slime patches or even sell and remove the slimy rivers, so you can finally rearrange your kingdom as desired in the Slimy River and Gloom Swamp areas.

 

Cleaning the Slimy River

Quest 4: Preparation



Quest tasks

• Harvest 10 Cabbage (12 hour crop)
• Cleanse 3 items from the Swamp Roots
• Craft 4 Exploration Crystals

Quest rewards

• 750 Coins
• 15 XP

Quest 5: Finding Lamont



Quest tasks

• Explore the Gloomy area with Lamont in it (see area in the image below)
  • Requires Castle Level 450, 10 Crystals, and 56000 Coins
• Banish any 4 Beasties
• Cleanse 3 Swamp Roots

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP

Quest 6: Gloom Pod



Quest tasks

• Craft 3 Purity Wands (crafted in the Studio)
• Use Purity Wands on Lamont's 3 Gloom Pods
• Visit 10 Neighbors 

  

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP
• 1 Gargoyle Fountain

Quest 7: Lamont's Demise



Quest tasks

• Have 4 Purity Wands
• Use the Purity Wands to Banish Lamont!

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP
• 1 Flower of Life

 

You discover that a boy named Baz is trapped inside the tree.

Quest 8: Free at Last!



Quest tasks

• Use 3 Super Chops
• Free the trapped boy (click on Lamont the Tree to free the boy)
• Gain 150 new XP

Quest rewards

• 500 Coins
• 10 XP

The boy Baz joins your kingdom as a new subject.

 

This quest is available after you complete "The Lamont Swamp" to free Baz from the Lamont tree in the Gloom Swamp.  Baz is a 10 year old boy who wants to have adventures and grow up to be a dragon hunter.  In these quests you'll help him get settled into his new home in your kingdom, and then investigate some strange noises he hears in the night.  Finally, you'll build a "Giant Trap" that you can use to catch random animals.

 

The Giant Trap

The Giant Trap is awarded when you complete Quest 7, "Creeper Trap".  Baz wants to try to capture whatever is making the strange noises outside at night, and he thinks it's a Giant.

• Requires 5 Saucy Tarts to "bait" the trap
• Takes 8 hours to become ready, after it's baited
• Produces a random animal when ready

There's a small chance to get a special rare animal.  More often it will produce a common animal, for example a baby goose.

 

      

 

Meet Baz

Our new Subject, Baz, needs some help restoring his house and getting moved into your Kingdom. Help Baz get situated, and don't forget to collect taxes from his house--no free rent, even for kids.

Hints for All Quests:   Remember that a requirement to "have" something means that you can prepare it in advance.  But a requirement that you gather, harvest, or craft something means just that - having it in advance won't count.  Be careful not to make or collect those things before you've started the relevant quest, or you'll just need to do it again.  However, items that take a long time to craft can be started in advance - just don't click to collect them until you're on the relevant quest.  Also, take a look at the materials required to make any crafted items - you can often save time by getting those together in advance.   A requirement to harvest or tend something usually (but not always) gives credit for doing it either in your own kingdom or in a neighbor's kingdom, unless it specifically says otherwise.  Remember that when you're helping in a neighbor's kingdom, you get to keep any pails of water, shells, sand, wood logs, stones, honey, berries, ogres' belches, or grubs that you collect - but you do not get to keep anything you collect from their animals or crops.  Finally, if you have any problems with a quest, report it to Zynga Customer Service.  They can often help fix your problem, and if they can't, they'll log your complaint to let development know how many people are having the same problem.

Bump in the Night Quest Guide

Quest 1: Trust Issues

Quest tasks

• Place the foundation for Baz's House from your Inventory (appears in the Buildings section of your Inventory once you begin/accept the quest)
• Complete Baz's House
  • Materials: 20 Ogre's Belches, 15 Wood Logs, 3 Leather
• Have 6 Coat of Arms (post to friends)

Quest rewards

• 1,000 Coins
• 20 XP

Quest 2: Hungry Hungry

Quest tasks

• Craft 2 Chocolate Bars
  • Recipe: 1.5 hours, 5 Cocoa, 1 Stick of Butter, 4 Milk
• Craft 2 Ice Cream
  • Recipe: 2.5 hours, 5 Ice Chunks, 5 Milk, 2 Honey
• Get 3 fresh Bottles of Milk
  • Tip: you just need to have the milk, not necessarily collect it

Quest rewards

• 1,500 Coins
• 30 XP
• 1 Kid's Swing (found under the Decor section of your Inventory)

Quest 3: Monsters

Quest tasks

• Have 3 Wisp Lanterns (found under the Decor section of the Market)
• Clear 10 Nature items (clear Grass, Stumps, Roots, etc)
• Chop 20 Trees in Neighbors' Kingdoms

Quest rewards

• 1,000 Coins
• 20 XP

Quest 4: Count Dracula?

Quest tasks

• Have 5 Chicken Meat
• Have 10 Pails of Water
• Have 7 Garlic (post to friends)

Quest rewards

• 1,000 Coins
• 20 XP
• 1 Tree House (found under the Decor section of your Inventory)

Quest 5: Big Foot?

Quest tasks

• Have 5 Flour Sacks
• Have 3 Cotton Cloth
• Craft 3 Glue
  • Recipe: 1.5 hours, 5 Animal Bones, 2 Pails of Water, 5 Honey, 2 Beeswax
  • Tip: Get Animal Bones by clobbering Gloom Rats and Gloom Wolves, collecting from the Crypt, or asking friends

Quest rewards

• 1,500 Coins
• 30 XP

Quest 6: Fish Dinner

Quest tasks

• Have 5 Bass (found from fishing)
• Have 6 Hard-Boiled Eggs 
• Tend 15 Houses in Neighbors' Kingdoms

Quest rewards

• 1,000 Coins
• 20 XP

Quest 7: Creeper Trap

Quest tasks

• Craft 6 Ropes
  • Recipe: 5 minutes, 5 Flax (5 each x 6 Ropes = 30 Flax you need to have or grow)
• Have 20 Wood Planks
  • Tip: Ask friends for these by clicking on your Storage Cellar, if you haven't yet upgraded it completely
• Have 5 Bag of Nails 

Quest rewards

• 1,750 Coins
• 35 XP
• 1 Giant Trap (stored under the Decor section of your Inventory)

Quest 8: Setting the Trap

Quest tasks

• Place the Giant Trap from your Inventory (found under the Decor section)
• Have 5 Mystery Meat (post to friends)

Quest rewards

• 1,750 Coins
• 35 XP

Quest 9: Baiting the Trap

Quest tasks

• Craft 5 Saucy Tarts
  • Recipe: 1 hour, 1 Stick of Butter, 3 Eggs, 1 Sugar, 1 Apple Slice
• Craft 8 Wood Fences
  • Recipe: 5 minutes, 2 Wood Logs
• Click the Giant Trap to set the Bait

Quest rewards

• 1,750 Coins
• 35 XP

Quest 10: Baiting theTrap

Quest tasks

• Check on the Giant Trap once it catches something!
  • Tip: the Giant Trap takes 8 hours to become "ready"
  • The Giant Trap will produce a random animal when you click it to collect

Quest rewards

• 1,750 Coins
• 35 XP

 

"Occupational Hazards" is a difficult series of 13 quests with lengthy crafting requirements.  For levels 26 and up, after completing "The Lamont Swamp".  Read ahead - our quest guide details what you'll need to have or craft on each upcoming quest so you can prepare in advance by growing, gathering, or crafting some of the ingredients and materials.

Hints for All Quests:   Remember that a requirement to "have" something means that you can prepare it in advance.  But a requirement that you gather, harvest, or craft something means just that - having it in advance won't count.  Be careful not to make or collect those things before you've started the relevant quest, or you'll just need to do it again.  However, items that take a long time to craft can be started in advance - just don't click to collect them until you're on the relevant quest.  Also, take a look at the materials required to make any crafted items - you can often save time by getting those together in advance.   A requirement to harvest or tend something usually (but not always) gives credit for doing it either in your own kingdom or in a neighbor's kingdom, unless it specifically says otherwise.  Remember that when you're helping in a neighbor's kingdom, you get to keep any pails of water, shells, sand, wood logs, stones, honey, berries, ogres' belches, or grubs that you collect - but you do not get to keep anything you collect from their animals or crops.  Finally, if you have any problems with a quest, report it to Zynga Customer Service.  They can often help fix your problem, and if they can't, they'll log your complaint to let development know how many people are having the same problem.

Occupational Hazards Quest Guide

Help Baz learn about your other subjects' jobs, and what he might want to do when he grows up.  Then when he starts going into the mines with George, help him figure out what's making a terrible stench down there.  This quest guide details all the requirements and rewards.

1 of 13: Smell the Roses (with Yvette)

• Tend 15 Flowers
• Craft 5 Meat Sandwiches
  • 17 hours; 4 Hot Buns, 12 Meat, 3 Cabbage, 3 Tomatoes
• Gain 30 Reputation

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP, a Trellis, 2 Hedge Fence

2 of 13: My Stumps (with Rafael)

• Chop Trees 30 Times
  • Tip: Must do this in your own kingdom
• Clear 5 Tree Stumps in your own kingdom
• Craft 10 Super Clobbers
  • 2 hours; 2 Wood Club, 1 Alchemist Powder

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

3 of 13: Potion Commotion (with Alastair)

• Craft 5 Gloom Thief Potions
  • 3.5 hours; 1 Thief's Cloak, 1 Iron Ore, 5 Stones, 1 Alchemist Powder
• Have 10 Alchemist Powder
• Craft 2 Work Benches
  • 24 hours; 3 Wood Planks, 2 Bags of Nails

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

4 of 13: Rock Sitting (with Skippy)

• Craft 3 Boom Sticks
  • 9 hours; 3 Fire Runes, 3 Cotton Threads, 5 Alchemist Powder
• Have 20 Stones
• Have 20 Pails of Water

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP, a Gloomed Rock

5 of 13: Miner Treasure (with George)

Tip: Plant cotton in advance!

• Have 10 Parchment
  • 7 minutes; 4 Wood Logs, 6 Cotton
• Have 5 Bottles of Ink
  • 10 minutes; 3 Berries, 3 Water
• Feed Peacocks 15 times
  • Tip: Do this either in your own or in a neighbor's kingdom

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 Xp

6 of 13: Into the Deep

• Have 5 Dragon's Breath (post to friends)
• Collect 30 Wool
• Craft 10 Rope
  • 5 minutes; 5 Flax

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

7 of 13: Stink Monster

• Tend 20 Flowers (in your kingdom)
• Craft 5 Glue
  • 1.5 hours; 5 Animal Bones, 2 Water, 5 Honey, 2 Beeswax
• Visit 10 Neighbors' Kingdoms

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP, 5 Ogre’s Belch

8 of 13: Trackin' Gas

• Have 5 Cogs
  • Collect from Clockmaker, OR:
  • 23 hours; 2 Iron Bars, 1 Hammer, 3 Alchemist Powder
• Craft 6 Wood Planks
  • 1 hour, 6 Wood Logs
• Have 1 Collection Box
  • Buy in the Market for 10 Reputation

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

9 of 13: Stink Monster Prep

Tip: The Iron Bars can be crafted in advance.  Start crafting Iron Bars overnight, or any time you don't need your Workshop to do something else.

• Have 9 Iron Bars
  • 9 hours; 3 Wood Logs, 2 Iron Ore
• Craft 10 Wooden Clubs
  • 10 minutes; 5 Wood Logs, 1 Alchemist Powder
• Have 5 Coat of Arms (post to friends)

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

Surprise surprise, the Stink Monster is really just George.

10 of 13: Royal Flush

Tip: Craft Flaxseed Oil in advance. Collect Meat in advance. Plant Chili Peppers and Tomatoes in advance (but not so long that they'll wither).

• Have 15 Flaxseed Oil
  • 5 minutes; 2 Flax
• Harvest 10 Chili Peppers
• Craft 5 Pizzas
  • 13 hours; 1 Bread Dough, 5 Tomatoes, 15 Meat

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

11 of 13: Downward

• Craft 6 Iron Picks
  • 18 hours; 4 Wood Logs, 1 Iron Bar
• Harvest 30 Oats
• Spend 30 Reputation Hearts

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP, Treasure Chest (contains 1 Ruby, 1 Diamond, 1 Silver Ore and 1000 coins)

12 of 13: Dragons?

• Craft 4 Angle Finders
  • 44 hours; 2 Iron Bars, 1 Fastener, 15 Alchemist Powder
• Collect taxes from 20 Houses (in your Kingdom)
• Feed 30 Animals in your Kingdom

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP

13 of 13: Baz Finds His Calling

• Craft 15 Leather
  • 2 hours; 1 Cow Hide, 3 Flaxseed Oil
• Have 8 Flaming Grog
  • 1 hour; 7 Water, 7 Ogre's Belch, 7 Chili Peppers
• Craft 6 Hard Boiled Eggs
  • 1.5 hours; 10 Eggs, 5 Water

Rewards: 3250 coins, 65 XP, Dragon Skull, Dragon Horn, Topiary Dragon

Starting Down the Swamp

The Duke, Yvette, and Alastair are concerned about foul smells and new monsters coming from deep inside the Gloom, and they want to help you find the source of it all. This quest series brings us new land to explore and expand.  It introduces a new kind of beastie - the tough Gloom Orc.  And it unlocks the Purity Talisman recipe in the Studio.  Purity Talismans can clear Swamp Roots.  You need Aquamarines to craft them, which you can find by mining rocks, collecting from mining camps, banishing Gloom Orcs, or asking friends.  Finally when you complete all the quests, you'll see a preview teaser for a future quest farther down the Slimy River to defeat Lamont the mighty and sinister Gloom Tree.

Purity Talisman crafting recipe: 1.5 hours; 3 Aquamarines (ask friends or find while mining), 2 Charm Bracelets (ask friends), 1 Silver Ore, 5 Ogre's Belches.

Tip: Collect Ogre's Belches in neighbors' kingdoms to save some energy.  You'll need a lot of them.

Search for the Gloom Swamp Quest Guide (Introduction)

If you haven't yet explored the areas leading up to the Gloom Swamp, the Duke will give you an introductory quest to get you there.  Otherwise, skip directly to the Gloom Swamp Quest Guide.

Quest 1: Reeking Havoc

• Raise your Castle to 170
• Tax 5 Buildings
• Explore the new Gloom area

Quest 2: Glooom Vision Goggles

• Have 4 Eye of Newt (post to friends)
• Raise your Castle to 320
• Explore the new Gloom area

 

Enter: the Gloom Swamp! Quest Guide

Quest 1 of 10: Eau De Gloom Orc - Yvette

•     Banish 1 Gloom Orc.
•     Sell 3 Honey.
•     Collect 7 Ogre's Belches

Quest 2 of 10: Fit for a Swamp

•     Consume 3 Grape Juice.
•     Have 3 Fly Swatters (post to friends)
•     Explore into the Gloom Swamp.
  • (Takes 380 Castle Points, 48,000 Coins, and 6 Exploration Crystals)

Quest 3 of 10: Gloom Roots!

•     Have 1 Studio in your Kingdom
•     Craft 3 Purity Talismans in the Studio
•     Cleanse 3 Swamp Roots

   
Quest 4 of 10: Listen! You smell something?

•     Banish 3 Gloom Orcs.
•     Ask for 7 Empty Flasks
•     Harvest 10 Tomatoes

Quest 5 of 10: Rooted in Evil

•     Have 2 Studios in your Kingdom
•     Craft 10 Purity Talismans
•     Free 3 Animals trapped in Swamp Roots (Use Purity Talismans)

Quest 6 of 10: Spread the Word

•     Unwither 10 Neighbor crops
•     Chop 20 Trees
  • Either in yours or a neighbor's kingdom - but be careful not to chop any of your neighbor's special trees (such as Fall Willows, Frozen Trees, etc)
•     Have 7 Purity Talismans

Quest 7 of 10: Going Deeper

•     Cleanse 2 Swamp Roots
•     Buy 3 Nature items
•     Explore deeper into this Gloom Swamp.
  • 450 Castle Points   56.000 Coins  7 Exploration Crystals

Quest 8 of 10: Swamp Rejuvenation

•     Banish 2 Gloom Orcs.
•     Have 10 Bags of Sand
•     Craft 2 Fertilizers

Quest 9 of 10: Cleansed with Flame -Alastair

•     Craft 2 Cleansing Flame
•     Cleanse 2 Gloom Trees

Quest 10 of 10: In Foul Territory

•     Have 6 Purity Talismans
  • It says "have" but in fact it requires you to Craft 6 Purity Talismans, not just have them.
•     Have 10 Spy Glasses
•     Craft 4 Exploration Crystals