Follow The Melody is the Flame’s main quest into the Blackmire in Enshrouded 1.0. You light the Blackmire Ancient Spire, then go about 450 m north to the Sunken Ancient City, turn on its three switches to open the central building, and wake Valory with a Summoning Staff.
Quick answer: Ignite the Blackmire Ancient Spire, head 450 m north, activate all three brazier-lit switches outside the central building, go down inside, and place a Summoning Staff at Valory’s soul statue.
| Step | What to do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Forge A Path Through The Wild | Follow the new path the Flame marks | Revelwood |
| Master The Ancient Blackmire Spire | Ignite the spire | Ancient Spire — Blackmire |
| Reach The Sunken Ancient City | Travel to the ruins | About 450 m north of the spire |
| Explore The Sunken Ancient City | Turn on three switches, enter the central building | Around the central building |
| Summon The Bard | Place a Summoning Staff at the soul statue | Below the central building |
Finishing the quest gets you Valory, the Bard, as a new survivor, plus 1200 XP. Bring a Summoning Staff for the final step.
Getting from the Revelwood to the Blackmire Ancient Spire
The quest starts when the Flame points you toward a freshly opened route into a wild, empty corner of the Revelwood. Head for the area it marks on your map, and you cross into the Blackmire, a region where the Flame barely reaches.
Your job there is to ignite the Ancient Spire — Blackmire. Once it’s lit, the journal moves to Reach The Sunken Ancient City, and the Flame tells you it senses someone beneath a buried city nearby.
Sunken Ancient City location and Return Beacon
From the spire, go roughly 450 m north. The Sunken Ancient City is the ruin half-swallowed by mud and soil, with a large central building in the middle. When you get there, the journal switches to Explore The Sunken Ancient City and asks you to find a way into that building.
Roughly 10 m south of the central building, you’ll find a Return Beacon. Once you find the Return Beacon, you can come back fast if you have to leave and later return.
The Sunken Ancient City, its Return Beacon, Valory’s statue and the chests around it are all on our interactive Enshrouded map.
Sunken Ancient City switch locations
The central building’s main entrance is locked by a puzzle that requires three outdoor switches to be activated. Look beside the lit braziers to find them; every switch is at a lower elevation than the door. Use the central building as your reference point.
| Switch | Direction | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Switch 1 | South | About 80 m |
| Switch 2 | West-north-west | About 120 m |
| Switch 3 | West-south-west | About 130 m |
With all three switched on, the central building’s door opens.
How to wake Valory in the Sunken Ancient City
Chests and lore notes around the Sunken Ancient City
Within about 260 m of the central building there are five silver chests and two wooden chests, plus one gold chest much closer in.
| Find | Type | Position from central building |
|---|---|---|
| Gold chest | Chest | About 35 m north-west |
| Efflorescent Hope Chest | Clothing, in a silver chest | About 200 m north-west |
| Efflorescent Hope Gloves | Clothing | About 255 m south-west |
| “A Final Haven” | Lore note | Right by the building |
| “A Call To The Worthy” | Lore note | About 110 m south |
| “I Found Her Note!” | Lore note | About 110 m south |
The two notes to the south sit beside the painting “Jezmina’s Journey Begins“, about 110 m south of the central building.
What Valory gives you
Valory is the Bard. What she crafts is listed in our Bard recipes, her soul statue and rescue are in where to find the Bard Valory, and every instrument you can play is in our music instruments guide. Every other Blackmire quest is in the Blackmire guide, and every quest in the game is in the all quests list.
