Towers of Betrayal is a point of interest located in Great Red Sand, Sumeru.
A series of huge obelisks found throughout Sumeru's Great Red Sand.
The ones in Hypostyle Desert, Land of Lower Setekh and Land of Upper Setekh are on the surface, but must be unlocked from within by accessing them through the desert's cave network. The ones in the Desert of Hadramaveth are partially or completely buried underground, and are entered through their main entrance.
They all feature a ground level room with a blue crystal, and some feature a basement arena accessed using an elevator.
Locations[]
Specifics[]
- Land of Lower Setekh (south of Abdju Pit)
- Accessed from within, from the Abdju Road: Upper Ruin underground zone.
- Basement contains a particle-collecting Time Trial Challenge featuring invisible platforms.
- Requires Clearance level 1 to activate the crystal, open the main entrance and revitalize the oasis in front.
- Land of Upper Setekh (west of Valley of Dahri)
- Accessed from within, from the Thutmose's Secret Base underground zone.
- Basement contains a particle-collecting Time Trial Challenge featuring invisible platforms and Four-Leaf Sigils.
- Requires Clearance level 1[verification needed] to activate the crystal, open the main entrance and revitalize the oasis in front.
- Hypostyle Desert (northwest of The Mausoleum of King Deshret)
- Accessed from within, from The Mausoleum of King Deshret Northwest: Rock Cavern Upper Level underground zone.
- Basement contains a particle-collecting Time Trial Challenge featuring a maze of invisible platforms.
- Requires Clearance level 1 to activate the crystal, open the main entrance and revitalize the oasis in front.
- Desert of Hadramaveth (northwest of Khaj-Nisut)
- Has no accessible basement.
- Desert of Hadramaveth (northwest of Safhe Shatranj)
- Basement contains a complex Cascade Pool puzzle and the Records of the Ancient Oases: Part II interactable.
- Desert of Hadramaveth (in Debris of Panjvahe)
- Entrance level contains a Verity Cell puzzle involving Ruins Torches, and the Records of the Ancient Oases: Part VII interactable.
- Basement contains a Ruin Grader.
- Desert of Hadramaveth (in Wadi Al-Majuj)
- Contains nothing of note, but acts as the setting of a combat scene during the World Quest For Her Judgment Reaches to the Skies...
- Does not trigger the special soundtracks used in the other Towers of Betrayal.
Descriptions[]
The obelisks' true history could date back to a period preceding that of those short-lived desert kingdoms, but it has unfortunately long been forgotten.
Soundtracks[]
| No. | Soundtrack Name | Album | Played In |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Steps to Heptas | The Unfathomable Sand Dunes | Towers of Betrayal |
| 74 | Juncture of Admonition | The Unfathomable Sand Dunes | Towers of Betrayal |
Lore[]
Multiple Towers of Betrayal are seen in the Lost Legacies in the Sand cutscene narrated by the priest Kasala in the Archon Quest Secret of the Scorching Desert in Chapter III: Act IV - King Deshret and the Three Magi. He refers to the Towers as temples that where built by King Deshret's priests and infused by Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's power of life in order to tamper the disasters brought by King Deshret's Forbidden Knowledge. Kasala used to guard one such temple.
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Towers of Betrayal | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 「背弃之塔」 "Bèiqì zhī Tǎ" | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「背棄之塔」 | |
| Japanese | 「裏切りの塔」 "Uragiri no Tou" | "Towers of Betrayal" |
| Korean | 「배신의 탑」 "Baesinui Tap" | |
| Spanish | Monumentos de la traición | Monuments of the Betrayal |
| French | Tours de trahison | Towers of Betrayal |
| Russian | Башни предательства Bashni predatel'stva | |
| Thai | Towers of Betrayal | — |
| Vietnamese | Tòa Tháp Phản Bội | |
| German | „Turm des Verrats“ | |
| Indonesian | Menara Pengkhianatan | Towers of Betrayal |
| Portuguese | Torres da Traição | Towers of Betrayal |
| Turkish | İhanet Kuleleri | |
| Italian | Torri del tradimento | Towers of Betrayal |
