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[[The Worm Wood]] is an area of [[The Distant Woods]] which is only accessible if you are currently under the influence of the [[Absinthe-Minded]] effect.


==Synergical Adventures==
Here you can find:
*You will always get the synergical adventure on your fourth adventure with the correct status effect.
*[[The Mouldering Mansion]]
*[[The Rogue Windmill]]
*[[The Stately Pleasure Dome]]
 
==Notes==
*All enemies in the Worm Wood scale to your buffed stats, to a maximum monster level of 120.
*There are a series of effects to be gained in the various zones of the Worm Wood. Each of these effects allows for a different outcome in one of the adventures in another zone.
*The [[Worm Wood Done Quickly]] page will help you get to the prize of your choice, fast.
*Attempting to adventure here without the Absinthe-Minded effect gives the message, "For some reason, you can't find your way back there."


==References==
==References==
*Wormwood refers to the source of the hallucinogenic ingredient in [[Wikipedia:absinthe|absinthe]].
*Wormwood is an ingredient in [[Wikipedia:absinthe|absinthe]] containing [[Wikipedia:thujone|thujone]], which is commonly (and mistakenly) believed to be a [[Wikipedia:Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogen]].
 
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*The Stately Pleasure Dome refers to the poem ''[[Wikipedia:Kubla Khan|Kubla Khan, or a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Coleridge]], which was allegedly inspired by drug-induced hallucinations.
*[[wikipedia:Baz Luhrmann|Baz Luhrmann]]'s movie [[Wikipedia:Moulin Rouge!|''Moulin Rouge!'']] portrayed the "green fairy", slang for absinthe, as an actual green fairy, similar to the mechanism by which this zone is unlocked in the game.
 
*Virtually all of the adventures in this area refer to visual artists or literary figures strongly associated with mind-altering drugs, or to works by such persons.
*The Rogue Windmill may refer to the [[Wikipedia:Moulin Rouge|Moulin Rouge]] ('Red Windmill' in French).
 
*The Mouldering Mansion contains several references to the works of Edgar Allan Poe, who was also believed to be a frequent drinker of absinthe.
 


*In the movie [[Wikipedia:Moulin Rouge!|Moulin Rouge]] (2001), the main characters drink absinthe.  Also, there was much absinthe in the actual [[Wikipedia:Moulin Rouge|Moulin Rouge]].
[[Category:Locations|Worm Wood, The]]

Latest revision as of 16:51, 6 January 2013

Back to the Distant Woods

The Worm Wood is an area of The Distant Woods which is only accessible if you are currently under the influence of the Absinthe-Minded effect.

Here you can find:

Notes

  • All enemies in the Worm Wood scale to your buffed stats, to a maximum monster level of 120.
  • There are a series of effects to be gained in the various zones of the Worm Wood. Each of these effects allows for a different outcome in one of the adventures in another zone.
  • The Worm Wood Done Quickly page will help you get to the prize of your choice, fast.
  • Attempting to adventure here without the Absinthe-Minded effect gives the message, "For some reason, you can't find your way back there."

References

  • Wormwood is an ingredient in absinthe containing thujone, which is commonly (and mistakenly) believed to be a hallucinogen.
  • Baz Luhrmann's movie Moulin Rouge! portrayed the "green fairy", slang for absinthe, as an actual green fairy, similar to the mechanism by which this zone is unlocked in the game.
  • Virtually all of the adventures in this area refer to visual artists or literary figures strongly associated with mind-altering drugs, or to works by such persons.