Strange Tales are the bite-sized side stories scattered across Sunward Island, the new exploration zone added in Neverness to Everness Version 1.1 "Dreamwalk Corridor." They range from quick favors to small puzzle-style objectives, and clearing them feeds directly into the limited-time Sunward Travelogue event. There are nine to track down on the island, including entries like the Buried Sword tale, and missing one is easy when you are busy chasing the main story or anomalies.
Quick answer: Reach Sunward Island during the "Dreamwalk Corridor" main story, then complete Strange Tales as you explore. To surface any you skipped, open Fortune Reading with Blackbird at the Witch's House, pick the "Lost Tales" option, and get a Divination to mark them on your map.
How to reach Sunward Island in NTE 1.1
Sunward Island is not open from the start of the patch. It becomes reachable while you play through the new main story episode "Dreamwalk Corridor," and that episode itself has a gate.
Step 1: Update the game to Version 1.1 after the maintenance window closes. Without the update installed, none of the new island content will appear.
Step 2: Complete the main story quest "A Research in Scarlet." This unlocks the "Dreamwalk Corridor" episode.
Step 3: Progress through "Dreamwalk Corridor" until the route to Sunward Island opens. The island is mainly accessed by boat and features beaches, coastal towns, forests, a harbor, sunflower fields, and a distant lighthouse.
Once you arrive, a new teleport point called "The Witch's House" is added, which matters for the tracking step below.
How to find missed Strange Tales with Blackbird
Strange Tales can be picked up naturally by walking the island and talking to NPCs, but it is simple to overlook one. The reliable way to locate anything you bypassed is the Fortune Reading feature run by Blackbird.
Step 1: Travel to the Witch's House and interact with Blackbird to open the Fortune Reading menu.
Step 2: Select the "Lost Tales" option on the left side of the screen. This panel also shows how many tales you still have left to find.
Step 3: Trigger a Divination using the command shown in the lower-right corner of the menu. A marked tale then appears as a cracked orb icon on your world map.
Step 4: Set the cracked orb as your tracked objective, travel to the marked spot, and speak to the NPC there to begin the tale.
Sunward Travelogue event rewards and timing
Completing Strange Tales on Sunward Island builds progress in the Sunward Travelogue, a limited-time event tied to the patch. The event opens after the update and runs for several weeks, so there is no need to rush all nine in one sitting.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Event | Sunward Travelogue |
| How to progress | Advance Strange Tales – Sunward Island |
| Duration | June 3 (after update) – July 8, 05:59 (UTC+8) |
| Rewards | Annulith, Elite Hunter Guides, Chaotic Dye, Expansion Cores |
Because the window closes on July 8 at 05:59 (UTC+8), clear the tales and claim everything before that cutoff. Rewards left unclaimed when the event ends are forfeited.
How to confirm a Strange Tale is done
You know a tale has started when its cracked orb icon converts into an active quest entry and the objective text appears in your tracker. When you finish the final objective, the quest log marks the tale as complete and any tale rewards are paid out on the spot.
To verify overall progress, return to Blackbird's "Lost Tales" panel. The remaining count drops by one for each tale you finish, and it reaches zero once all nine on Sunward Island are cleared. Your Sunward Travelogue tally also climbs as each tale resolves, which is the quickest way to check that your effort is being counted toward the event rewards.
Work through those in order and the tale should become available. Once Sunward Island is open and Blackbird is marking your missed entries, finishing the full set of Strange Tales before the Sunward Travelogue window expires is straightforward, and every completed tale pushes your event rewards closer to the cap.