Viewpoint/Sumeru

Sumeru has 52 viewpoints.

The City Where All Wisdom Resides: Avidya Forest
Location: Sumeru City, Avidya Forest, Sumeru
The root of all wisdom on earth. Under the luxuriant Divine Tree, the sages of the academy city have accumulated all the knowledge there is to be gathered. Welcome to Sumeru, O Traveler seeking answers.

The City Above the Forest: Gandharva Ville
Location: Gandharva Ville, Avidya Forest, Sumeru
"The city of wisdom is ours, as is the forest of ignorance. Atop the tree lies the remnants of the kingdom of lost dreams."

The Village by the River: Vimara Village
Location: Vimara Village, Ardravi Valley, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing The World of Aranara.‍^{[or earlier?]} Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. There is nothing to Vimara Village apart from a tranquil life. Come, exhausted traveler, rest here awhile.

The Harbor Betwixt the Two Trees: Ardravi Valley
Location: Devantaka Mountain, Ardravi Valley, Sumeru
"Bah! The lectures of the sages are beyond boring. Why don't we get ourselves some fine wine garnished with floral honey and set out on a journey across the seven seas?"

Memory of Alcazarzaray: Lokapala Jungle
Location: The Palace of Alcazarzaray, Lokapala Jungle, Sumeru
A purple garden lies before the palace in the depths of the woods. The flowers dance and the warblers sing — a more fitting scene for a lovely encounter one could not find.

The Garden of Deep Thought: Pardis Dhyai
Location: Pardis Dhyai, Ashavan Realm, Sumeru
Countless flowers lie within the garden, each more lovely than the most beautiful crystalfly. This is the paradise of people of goodwill.

The Frontier Beneath the High Wall: Caravan Ribat
Location: Caravan Ribat, Ashavan Realm, Sumeru
The mighty wall defends against the searing sandstorms but has also blocked the spread of wisdom's blessing. Is divine wisdom not meant to shine on all people?

The Colossus Watching Devantaka: Devantaka Mountain
Location: Devantaka Mountain, Ardravi Valley, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Vimana Agama. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. "Behold. Thousands of years of ancient Khaenri'ah history lie before us!"

Varunastra: Apam Woods
Location: Apam Woods, Ashavan Realm, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Varuna Gatha. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. The Varuna Contraption shows forth its power, bringing forth the water of life and turning Valuka into Vana, turning the barren lands into a land full of life.

The Rain's End: The Rain's End
Location: Apam Woods, Ashavan Realm, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Varuna Gatha. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. "There is no rain here, and yet it is the birthplace of rain. The purification of Vana rains begins ― and ends ― here."

The Land of Mawtiyima: Mawtiyima Forest
Location: Mawtiyima Forest, Lokapala Jungle, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing The Final Chapter. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. This is where the memories and dreams of the forest gather. It seems to have its own consciousness.

Aranaga's Little Garden: Mawtiyima Forest
Location: Mawtiyima Forest, Lokapala Jungle, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Memory's Final Chapter. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. Here, the pomegranate sings and the apples clap.

The World of the Aranara: Vanarana
Location: Vanarana (Subarea), Vanarana (Area), Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing "Hello," "Thank You," and the Final "Goodbye." Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. "No matter how dark the sky and land may get, as long as your spirit emits warmth like a golden sun, there will always be hope."

Nursery of Lost Dreams: Old Vanarana
Location: Old Vanarana, Lost Nursery, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing "Hello," "Thank You," and the Final "Goodbye." Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. "Friends will stroll through the forest again. That which is good will return, and the painful memories will vanish. Just like a stream purifying itself or a withered tree sprouting once more."

The Littlest Dream: Sand-Embraced Home
Location: Old Vanarana, Lost Nursery, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing "Hello," "Thank You," and the Final "Goodbye." Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. They might have done so clumsily, but they made many preparations to welcome their Nara friend nonetheless.

The Garden's New Sprouts: Land of Grounded Dreams
Location: Old Vanarana, Lost Nursery, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing "Hello," "Thank You," and the Final "Goodbye." Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. The forest will remember.

The Barren Land Where Sand Dances: Land of Lower Setekh
Location: Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
Once, a god resided to the west of the Wall of Samiel. Perhaps the desert was also a paradise for all living beings and a place where wisdom gathered at that time. It is indeed a shame that nothing but endless sandstorms and bleak ruins remain to be seen here today.

Towers of Betrayal: Land of Lower Setekh
Location: Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
These huge obelisks have been standing here since the death of King Deshret. The desert dwellers call them the "Towers of Betrayal" and regard them as symbols of shame that serve as constant reminders of the fact that the desert kings had broken their oath with King Deshret... 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.

Refugee Shelters: Aaru Village
Location: Aaru Village, Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
The well-versed poets of Tulaytullah, "the city of sapphire," Thamudian gladiators with golden eyes in Saleh, Jinn in Ay-Khanoum... Countless kingdoms that rose and fell after the great kingdom of King Deshret collapsed, together with their heroes and legends, were all immortalized in ancient nursery rhymes in this village, echoing around the children's beds... After all those years, the remnants of King Deshret have long muddled the boundaries between histories and myths, blending them all seamlessly into their memories...

Thamud Oasis: Land of Lower Setekh
Location: Thamud Oasis, Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
The golden-eyed Thamudians and the seven walls of their magnificent city-state rose up over the corpses of ancient kingdoms, and would itself be sucked down into the vortex of wars between nations and obliterated... The short-lived kingdom has been lost for a long time, but the oases are still like gems that adorn the sea of sand, accommodating caravans and wanderers with springs and plants alike.

The Mausoleum of King Deshret: The Mausoleum of King Deshret
Location: The Mausoleum of King Deshret, Hypostyle Desert, Sumeru
The huge cone is like a supporting pillar between the high sky and the yellow sands that has stood in the middle of the desert since time immemorial. Standing in front of it, be you a commoner, a wealthy man, or a well-informed researcher, you shall feel that you are but a few grains of sand all the same.

The Thousands of Entombed Chambers: Hypostyle Desert
Location: Hypostyle Desert, Sumeru
In dark places where the sands do not ravage, countless chambers and statues slumber, waiting for the time when their master shall visit them again...

Khaj-Nisut: Khaj-Nisut
Location: Khaj-Nisut, Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after getting the achievement Fata Morgana.‍^{[verification needed]} Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. "Yon golden slumber summons thee, wandering sand. Drink not that bitter salt water, for the sorrows of tomorrow have gone away."

The Bottomless Hall: Duat Hall
Location: The Mausoleum of King Deshret, Hypostyle Desert, Sumeru
Legend has it that in the depths of the desert, an ancient god tried to recreate the underworld and the heavens, so that sinners would fall into the underworld and the ones favored by him would live in paradise.

Aaru's Shut: The Mausoleum of King Deshret
Location: The Mausoleum of King Deshret, Hypostyle Desert, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Dual Evidence. Its entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. There are neither coveted treasures nor gem-laden chambers at the pinnacle of the Mausoleum of King Deshret — only the desolation and decay of the desert, and the shreds of a grand dream.

The Giant of the Wind-Eroded Valley: Valley of Dahri
Location: Valley of Dahri, Land of Upper Setekh, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Afratu's Dilemma. Its entry is also hidden in the Archive before it is collected. The giant lies silent in the valley, and the demonic swarms from the abyss now seem almost like poetic exaggerations. Only a power great enough to destroy mountains serves as the best proof that what the researchers say is nothing but the truth.

Lifeless Dar al-Shifa: Dar al-Shifa
Location: Dar al-Shifa, Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
The hospital, named after a prayer for patients, is now missing the busy figures of the doctors and the glad songs of those who have recovered, leaving naught but dilapidated remains.

Verdant Fields' Vantage Point: Land of Lower Setekh
Location: Land of Lower Setekh, Sumeru
From the barren desert, you can behold the forest realm of hidden wisdom, its verdant silhouette secure behind the mighty wall that blocks out the sandstorms, coldly looking down its nose at the desert realm swept by searing winds... Surely, the vassal lords whose fragmented kingdoms survived King Deshret's fall must also have looked upon that land of plenty with bitter jealousy...

Mt. Damavand, Where Sandstorms Never Cease: Tanit Camps
Location: Tanit Camps, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
An unending sandstorm swirls at the heart of Mt. Damavand. The desert people say that this sandstorm hides the location of the Eternal Oasis.

The Moonblue Canals: The Sands of Al-Azif
Location: The Sands of Al-Azif, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
The ancient tales of the desert people tell of this place being the site where three canals meet, nourishing fertile fields and rich gardens. But nothing remains now of those halcyon days, only the dulled shades of a dream...

The Tanit Encampment: Tanit Camps
Location: Tanit Camps, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Part of an ancient structure's ruins, once home to the ghosts of people of old... Now, it is the home of a desert tribe known as the Tanit.

The Palace Abandoned by the Gods: Safhe Shatranj
Location: Safhe Shatranj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: The original subarea name used for this viewpoint's Archive entry is The Temples Forsaken. After completing step 23 of The Temple Where Sand Flows Like Tears, it will change to Safhe Shatranj. The ruins of the temple of Gurabad. The desert songs say that long-lived giants once dwelled here. But they were cast down into a rift in the earth within a single night, never to be seen again... and so did the great temple also become some ruins in a valley rift.

The Temple of Buried Dominion: Bayt Al-Muazzam
Location: Bayt Al-Muazzam, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
The ancient people of Gurabad used to worship their God King of the desert in these long halls and grand courts. But forgetting caused the gulf between the noble and the base to lose its meaning...

Wenut Tunnels: Wenut Tunnels
Location: The Sands of Al-Azif, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
The mortal palaces have long fallen, and the Wenut rule here now, transforming it into a court and garden more to their liking.

The Lost Hermitage: Apep's Resort
Location: Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
It is said that a friend of King Deshret once built their court in a great cavern beneath the dunes. Wenut served here as court officials, and flying serpents as companions. But today, both creatures have lost their noble wit and vigor.

The Forgotten River Valley: Debris of Panjvahe
Location: Debris of Panjvahe, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
This great river valley once irrigated Panjvahe. Here, the nobles of Gurabad once sailed in ornate boats, releasing their sleek hunting falcons... But even those proud hawks would devolve into the wild red vultures of the desert.

The Gap of the Hidden Ruins: Wadi Al-Majuj
Location: Wadi Al-Majuj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Mighty Gurabad and the monumental buildings raised in its heyday could not, in the end, escape falling into the dark valley rift. And as if their destruction was not humiliation enough, their mansions and estates would come to be nests for roving bandits...

The Court of Dried Springs: Bayt Al-Sukr
Location: Bayt Al-Sukr, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's Archive entry is hidden before it is collected. The ancient people of Gurabad memorialized the years of the gardens with wine, song, and dance. But forgetting caused all joys to wither and crumble to dust...

The Court of Withered Life: Bayt Al-Hayah
Location: Bayt Al-Hayah, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. The ancient people of Gurabad once planted many-hued plants and succulent fungi along these halls and courts, but forgetting caused all life here to become barren...

Where a Titan's Shins Were Broken: Wounded Shin Valley
Location: Wounded Shin Valley, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Step 8 of Dune-Entombed Fecundity: Part III (defeating Azariq). Its entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. Wounded Shin Valley has been its moniker for a long time, but now that an iron giant has lost its footing in this place, its name surely bears some extra weight now, no?

Safhe Shatranj: Safhe Shatranj
Location: Safhe Shatranj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after reaching step 3 of the World Quest Memories of Gurabad* in Series Apocalypse Lost. Its entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected.* To the desert tribes, this abandoned, ruined square goes by the name "Safhe Shatranj." Researchers believe that this was once a "training field" for ancient war machines.

Liloupar's Gaol: Liloupar's Cell
Location: Safhe Shatranj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. What sort of dire criminal did this prison that has now become an oasis once hold? And what changes will her awakening bring to the lonesome desert tribes?

Remnants of the Ancient Orchard: Wadi Al-Majuj
Location: Wadi Al-Majuj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. Before it fell into the dark valley rift, the great gate of Gurabad was once a place where poetry and beauty gathered. Only the cream of the crop had the privilege of standing here and beholding the noble mortal lord...

Ad-Hoc Headquarters of the Fatui Expeditionary Force: Wadi Al-Majuj
Location: Wadi Al-Majuj, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. A vanguard troop from the snowy land in the far north has set up camp here amidst the whispers of ancient shrines.

The Paradise of Eternal Peace: The Orchard of Pairidaeza
Location: Mt. Damavand, Desert of Hadramaveth, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint's entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. ...Its leaves shall not be seized by autumn's arms, and the circles of time shall not avail to subject its newborn spring-joy to the curse of years...

Elder Pine Atop the Wastes: Hills of Barsom
Location: Hills of Barsom, Realm of Farakhkert, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing Awakening's Real Sound. The kind spirit residing within the towering Barsom has sheltered a great many warriors returning from their trials. But now none remember the details of that ancient compact...

Forge of the Abandoned Foundry: Hangeh Afrasiyab
Location: Gate of Zulqarnain, Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru
In the past, there were humans that yearned to use their own might to surpass the gods. This massive furnace stands as some manner of symbol relating to that desire. Although the ancient foundry has long been abandoned, the sparks within the forge yet flicker still.

Gate of Everlasting Mourning: Hangeh Afrasiyab
Location: Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru
A grand and majestic gate leading to a world beneath the soil. It is sealed tight as of the present, and the once prosperous kingdom that lay behind the door has also long since turned to rubble.

Valley of the Unsullied: Tunigi Hollow
Location: Tunigi Hollow, Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing The Hymn of Tir Yazad (Part 1). "...The filth pouring out from the abyss will eventually recede and the lost descendants of the Dahri will be shocked into uprightness. As a chorus of thousands sing their song, there will come a lull to the rains."

Amrita-Nourished Nest: Vourukasha Oasis
Location: Vourukasha Oasis, Realm of Farakhkert, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing the World Quest Series Khvarena of Good and Evil. This entry is hidden in the Archive before it is collected. The purest Amrita nourishes the homeland of the Pari, with only unbesmirched warriors allowed entry into these forbidden grounds. The countless scattered kindred of the Khvarena are fated to converge here in eventuality.

Harvisptokhm: Vourukasha Oasis
Location: Realm of Farakhkert, Sumeru
Note: This viewpoint will only appear after completing the World Quest Series Khvarena of Good and Evil. "Praise be the Harvisptokhm, extinguisher of the flaming sign searing the sky, and caller of the timely rains that will cleanse the land of its filth. The days that bask in the Khvarena's resplendence are as dawn rising through the murky fog crowning the mountains."

Sourcewater Nation: Chemin Oublie
Location: Realm of Farakhkert, Sumeru
Justice reveals the truth. Evil shall be punished, good shall be rewarded. You and I are but drops of water within the sourcewater, our original wishes carried into the depths on the rapid currents, buried alongside forgotten notes and codes.