Upper Skylands is one of the trickier islands to clear in the Update 30 secrets hunt, mostly because two of its three objectives only exist while a server event is running. The temple puzzle can be done any time you land there. The Sky Warlord and the Lightning God cannot — they need the storm and the bell to show up first, and both are on an hourly timer that picks a random Sea 1 island.
Quick answer: Solve the temple beam puzzle and hand the Intel to Sky Quest Giver 2 for star one, break the dark clouds and kill Sky Warlord (Awakened) [Lv. 500] during the storm event for star two, then ring the golden bell with the matching weapon type and kill Lightning God (Awakened) [Lv. 575] during the bell event, finishing with the Commander NPC for star three.
What you need before starting Upper Skylands
Upper Skylands sits above the regular Skylands and is reached through a portal there, so you need to be able to get up to the cloud islands first. Bring enough damage for two awakened bosses at level 500 and level 575, and make sure you have both a sword and a fighting style available — the bell in the third secret asks for specific attack types and you cannot swap that requirement.
Each secret you finish awards a star, and stars grant secret levels that push you past the normal 2,800 grinding cap toward the new 3,000 ceiling. Clearing all three on an island also unlocks it as a destination for the teleporter in Middle Town.
| Secret | How it starts | Who gives the star |
|---|---|---|
| Temple beam puzzle | Available any time | Sky Quest Giver 2 |
| Sky Warlord (Awakened) [Lv. 500] | Storm event at XX:00 | NPC beside the temple |
| Lightning God (Awakened) [Lv. 575] | Bell event at XX:00 | Commander |
Event timing: why the boss secrets are not always available
Island boss events fire every hour at the XX:00 mark and land on one random Sea 1 island. That means Upper Skylands will not host an event every hour, and you may need to sit through several rotations or hop servers before the right one lands there.
Two server messages tell you which secret is live. The storm one reads: “The wind has died. The clouds have stopped moving. A storm brews in upper skylands…” The bell one reads: “The storm has gone quiet. The sky is gathering itself. The bell shimmers in upper skylands…” If neither notification has appeared, the boss is not spawnable and nothing on the island will react to you.
Star 1: Solve the temple light beam puzzle


Star 2: Break the clouds and beat Sky Warlord

Star 3: Ring the golden bell and beat Lightning God


Boss reward spinner drops
Both awakened bosses feed into the same reward wheel, so what you walk away with is down to the roll rather than which boss you killed.
| Reward | Type |
|---|---|
| Common Scroll | Scroll |
| Rare Scroll | Scroll |
| Legendary Scroll | Scroll |
| Fruit Box | Item |
| 20K Money | Currency |
Why an Upper Skylands secret is not completing
If a star has not appeared, it is almost always one of a handful of things. The list below covers the ones that actually block completion.
- You killed the boss but never spoke to the NPC afterwards — the star only registers on the dialogue.
- Sky Warlord is taking no damage because the dark clouds above the temple are still intact.
- The bell is not summoning anything because you are hitting it with the wrong attack type for the icon shown.
- No event is running on the island — the hourly XX:00 spawn went to a different Sea 1 island.
- You chose “I’ll hold onto it” instead of “Hand over the Intel” at the end of the temple puzzle.
The most efficient way to run the island is to clear the temple puzzle the moment you arrive, since it has no timer attached, then park yourself in Upper Skylands and watch the hourly notifications. Once both boss events have rotated through, the island is done and it becomes a teleporter destination back in Middle Town.






