CastleVille Gloom Swamp Quests: Everything you need to know
Towards the bottom of your Kingdom in CastleVille, you might have noticed that a "river" of green swampy... goo was flowing through the area. While you could expand into some of these areas on your own prior to this week, the Gloom Swamp feature has officially become a major element in the game via the Gloom Swamp quest set. This set starts with a basic quest - Reeking Havoc - that asks you to unlock your first Expansion dealing with the Gloom Swamp, and then expands from there.
Reeking Havoc
Have 170 Castle Level
Collect Taxes from 5 Buildings
Explore Gloom
This particular square of Gloom has relatively low requirements: 170 Castle Level, four Exploration Crystals and 21,000 coins. When you finish this quest, you'll receive 1,000 coins and 20 XP.
Gloom Vision Goggles
Have 4 Eye of Newt
Have 320 Castle Level
Explore Gloom
These Eyes of Newt come from a general news post on your wall, asking friends to help. The second Gloom area you'll need to explore requires you to have 320 Castle Level, five Exploration Crystals and 40,000 coins. Finishing this quest gives you 1,000 coins and 20 XP.
From here, you'll actually jump into the numbered 10-part Gloom Swamp quest series.
Ea de Gloom Orc
Banish Gloom Orc
Sell 3 Honey
Collect 7 Ogre's Belch
Rewards: 1,500 coins, 30 XP, Firefly Bush
Fit for a Swamp
Consume 3 Grape Juice
Have 3 Fly Swatters
Explore another Gloom Area
Rewards: 1,500 coins, 30 XP
Gloom Roots!
Have a Studio
Craft 3 Purity Talismans
Cleanse 3 Swamp Roots
The Purity Talismans are an item you'll need to craft, and you can then use them to "cleanse" the Swamp Roots. If you'd like, think of this as a sort of Ice Pick / Frozen Item situation, in that you originally needed to craft Ice Picks to interact with ice-covered items in the winter event. When you finish these tasks, you'll earn 1,750 coins and 30 XP.
Listen! You Smell Something?
Banish 3 Gloom Orcs
Ask for 7 Empty Flasks
Harvest 10 Tomatoes
Rewards: 1,500 coins, 30 XP, Sonja's Old Dinghy decoration
Rooted in Evil
Have 2 Studios
Craft 10 Purity Talismans
Free 3 Animals Trapped in Swamp Roots
Rewards: 1,000 coins and 20 XP
Spread the Word
Unwither 10 Neighbor Crops
Chop 20 Trees
Have 7 Purity Talismans
Rewards: 1,500 coins and 30 XP
Going Deeper
Cleanse 2 Swamp Roots
Buy 3 Nature Items
Explore Deeper into Gloom Swamp
Rewards: 1,500 coins, 30 XP, Critter Den decoration
Swamp Rejuvenation
Banish 2 Gloom Orcs
Have 10 Bags of Sand
Craft 2 Fertilizers
Rewards: 1,750 coins and 35 XP
Cleansed with Flame
Craft 2 Cleansing Flames
Cleanse Gloom Trees
You'll have to craft additional Cleansing Flames if you have more than two Gloom Trees to cleanse, as that's the only item that will banish them. Your rewards for finishing this are 1,750 coins and 35 XP.
In Foul Territory
Have 6 Purity Talismans
Have 10 Spy Glasses
Craft 4 Exploration Crystals
Rewards: 1,750 coins, 35 XP, Swampy Pond
There doesn't appear to be a time limit on these goals, so if you'd like to finish some other tasks first, feel free to do so. The Gloom Swamp will still be there waiting for you when you're ready.
What do you think of these Gloom Swamp Quests? Are you happy to expand into areas that the quests ask you to, or will you ignore those requirements for now? Sound off in the comments.