Maps, cities, and the Mythic Rift

Match a named ground to its bosses and achievements.

Steam achievement text is the map key for Deskrawl. Named grounds include Kings Woods, Kings Woods South, Northhill Crypt, Tazan Wastes, City of Tazan, Tazan Isles, The Barrens, The Crimson Vale, Veldak Highlands, City of Veldak, The Defiled Keep, The Cinder Crown, a Rainbow Key dream realm, and the Mythic Rift. Inferno is the pinnacle difficulty, not a place. This ledger matches each named ground to its summary, achievement count, and the slay or entry seals that prove it exists.

Deskrawl map travel UI with named nodes and a boss encounter

Named-ground	Summary	Achievement count	Linked achievements
Kings Woods	Starting woodland around the demo city of Aldenreach	2	· Forest Raptor · Bloodmoon Falls
Kings Woods South	Corrupted forest south of Aldenreach added in patch 0.1.11	2	· Venom Queen · Rotten to the Root
Northhill Crypt	Crypt under/near Kings Woods with the Dark Elf Mage and Ogre	2	· Dark Elf Mage · Grave Keeper
Tazan Wastes	Desert-side waste leading toward the City of Tazan	2	· Sandstorm Harpy Queen · Sting of the Sands
City of Tazan	Named city unlocked by the City of Tazan achievement	1	· City of Tazan
Tazan Isles	Island ground off Tazan with Shellwarden and Tidewrath Crab King	2	· Ancient Shellwarden · Crown of the Tides
The Barrens	Barrens ground with Serparmat and the Redrock Lord	2	· Serparmat · Dust to Dust
The Crimson Vale	Vale ground with the Goblin Giant and the Lord of the Crimson Vale	2	· Goblin Giant · Vale Runs Red
Veldak Highlands	Highland ground with the Frost Dragon and Ice Hound	2	· Thaw the Highlands · Ice Hound
City of Veldak	Named city unlocked by the City of Veldak achievement	1	· City of Veldak
The Defiled Keep	Keep with the Defiled Wyrm and Bone Reaper	2	· Wyrm Purger · Bone Reaper
The Cinder Crown	Crown ground with the Lord of the Cinder and Emberfang	2	· Extinguish the Crown · Emberfang
Dream realm	Entered by spending a Rainbow Key	1	· Key to the Dream
Mythic Rift	Entered by the Into the Endless Realm achievement	1	· Into the Endless Realm

Woods, crypt, and Tazan

Kings Woods is the starting woodland around the demo city of Aldenreach, with Forest Raptor and Bloodmoon Falls. Kings Woods South is the corrupted forest added in patch 0.1.11, with Venom Queen and Rotten to the Root. Northhill Crypt holds the Dark Elf Mage and the Ogre named on Grave Keeper. Those six seals are the early hunt block. Percents drop from 92.2% on Forest Raptor to 19.2% on Rotten to the Root, which is why a parked strip in the starting woods never finishes the south forest pair.

Tazan Wastes leads toward City of Tazan with Sandstorm Harpy Queen and Sting of the Sands. City of Tazan is an entry achievement, not a slay. Tazan Isles then lists Ancient Shellwarden and Crown of the Tides. Treat city entries as travel unlocks: you walk in, the seal pops, then island hunts sit off that city. 7.8% enter Tazan; 3.8% finish Crown of the Tides. The gap is travel plus the island pair, not a hidden quest.

Barrens, Veldak, Keep, Crown, Dream, Rift

The Barrens pairs Serparmat with Dust to Dust (Redrock Lord). The Crimson Vale pairs Goblin Giant with Vale Runs Red. Veldak Highlands pairs Thaw the Highlands (Frost Dragon) with Ice Hound, then City of Veldak is the entry seal. The Defiled Keep pairs Wyrm Purger with Bone Reaper. The Cinder Crown pairs Extinguish the Crown with Emberfang. Those pairs are two-seal grounds except the city entries, which are one-seal travel stamps.

Key to the Dream is spent Rainbow Key entry, not a boss name. Into the Endless Realm is the Mythic Rift first step. Store copy also mentions Mythic Realms as timed trials with escalating tiers. Use the ledger for named ground; use Inferno pinnacle seals on the Heroes page for difficulty, not for a 15th biome. Chinese store copy refers to three main cities; the English board names two city entries, City of Tazan and City of Veldak, plus Aldenreach as the demo city in patch and achievement context.

How to read the ledger

Each row is a named ground, a one-line summary, a count of Steam seals that mention it, and links to those seals. Counts of 2 are hunt pairs. Counts of 1 are city entries, the Rainbow Key dream, or the Mythic Rift. Click the achievement name to open its entity page with the official icon. There is no official node map art per ground; Steam screenshots show combat on unnamed terrain, so this table is text-first on purpose. Linked names are the live Steam titles, including Grave Keeper for the Ogre and Dust to Dust for the Redrock Lord.

Patch 0.1.11 is the note that added the south forest and extra maps during the demo. Later biomes on the live board may have shipped after that note without a fresh map article. If a ground is on this ledger, the proof is the achievement sentence, not a drawn atlas. Move the idle strip to the named ground, then let minions haul while you work — travel is the click this ledger exists to inform. Inferno itself is a difficulty on Heroes, not a fifteenth named ground.

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