This guide is a continuation of the general guide on MWZ mode.
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Starting from the first season, a special region was added to the game - the Dark Aether, which is currently represented by 3 regions from the Al Mazrah map.

Each of these regions has 2 portals of its own - a small (story) and a large (true) portal.

The first portal is necessary to complete the corresponding mission of the 4th act, as well as to obtain a golden story item, which is the key to opening the big portal.

And in order to get just the opportunity to get there, you need to collect 4 items, depending on the type of entrance:


To activate the large portal, you need to insert these items of golden (🟡) rarity on the corresponding pedestals.

Players are guaranteed to receive the first such item for completing the story mission from the small portal. The rest must be searched for in certain places on the map or special actions must be performed in order to upgrade these items to the appropriate gold level.

After all the items have been displayed, a large portal and a corresponding boss will appear, which must be defeated to obtain Sigil and the portal will become available for activation.

After all these actions, the corresponding portal will be available to everyone in the team that performed this task and at any time.

To activate a large portal, you need 1 of 2 things - a triangular Sigil and a round Elder Sigil.

To do this, you need to interact with the side of the large portal to start the activation to teleport the entire team to the corresponding Dark Aether (both Sigils have different inserts).

The team has 30 seconds to confirm that they want to teleport there, otherwise the Sigil will not be used up.

After teleportation, players will retain all their inventory, as well as weapon upgrades and additional effects (summoned hellhound, etc.).

Although the Dark Aether has its own difficulty level (vortex), it is still level 3 in terms of difficulty, although the zombies, their number, and their sleep speed look much more threatening.

Players can inform in advance of their intentions to enter the Dark Aether, namely:

• T4 or Sigil - entering the Dark Aether to obtain valuable items with a 30-minute time limit, using a triangular Sigil
  
  
• T5 or Elder - entering the Dark Aether to obtain recipes for valuable items with a time limit of 15 minutes, using a round Sigil

After defeating the boss, you will receive various rewards, but the most important is the Locked Diary story item. It is an important part that will allow you to get into the real Dark Aether.

You already have the first item, you need 3 more:


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However, these were only "regular" objects (purple), and it was necessary to obtain "true" objects (yellow).


The color of the portal will indicate the type of enemy you need to destroy:

• Green = Pills Bottle - Mimic / Tier 1
  
• Blue = Camera - Disciple / Tier 2
  
• Red = Collar - Mangler / Tier 3

Once you've moved into this colored portal, you'll be further teleported to the required location and a beam will drop to the ground, indicating a special contract that needs to be fulfilled.

After successfully destroying the corresponding enemy, your item will turn into a "true item" and will have a yellow background.

These story items will NOT be converted and can be safely evacuated, stored in the Vault, etc. This applies to both "normal" (purple) and "true" (yellow) items

Now these items need to be brought to the pedestal where the hurricane is circling and inserted into a certain pedestal with an icon of ammunition modifications:

• Locked diary - Frost
  
• Pills bottle - Toxic
  
• Surveillance camera - Electricity
  
• Dog collar - Fire

As soon as all the objects are inserted, the portal will open and another Mega Abomination and many zombies will run out. After the boss is destroyed, various rewards will drop from it, and you can get Sigil from the rift (each of the squad will get their own).

Like the previous items, this one can be saved for later.

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The Dark Aether of al Bagra Fortress has 3 contracts:

• Aether extractors
  
• Escort
  
• Outlast

Escorts are the most challenging because they take a long time, and the difficult of the Dark Aether is merciless to both players and the equipment to be escorted.

In order to significantly increase your chances of successfully completing this contract, obtain the V-R11 woder weapon and upgrade it with Pack-a-Punch.

In this state, this weapon will be able to restore the durability of any equipment, including contract vehicles.

For the successful execution of the contract, players can receive:


But in order to get the recipes for the classified items, you need to go to this Dark Aether with the Elder Sigil.

There are 2 exfil points on this map:

• On the highest tower of the fortress
  
• In the depths of the fortress dungeon

Therefore, if someone decides to "troll" you and stands on the ladder, thus preventing you from reaching the upper portal, just go down to the depths to the second one.

In order to get the 3 preparatory items, you need to complete certain tasks in the Dark Aether itself (the story mission).

The tasks and where to find them are as follows:


After you get these 3 items, you need to do the following to upgrade them to gold status:


Then these items must be inserted into the corresponding pedestals in the north of the third zone and defeat the boss.

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The Dark Aether of Said City has 3 contracts:

• Aether Extractions
  
• HVT
  
• Outlast

For the successful fulfillment of the contract, players can receive:


But in order to get the recipes for the items, you need to go to this Dark Aether with Elder Sigil.

There is only one exfil in the northeast of the map.

After defeating the boss during the story mission, you will receive a Giraffe Toy, and the rest of the items will need to be obtained in the same Urzikistan.

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To get this item, you need to go to the mansion at coordinates I7 and interact with the mysterious object under the bed.



To get this item, you need to summon the Hellhound in any way and make it kill the mercenary Sergeant (present in any mercenary camp) on its own.


To get this item, you need to go to Aether Storm and kill a certain number of zombies there.

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After the player receives any of these items, they must be sent to the third zone to find a triangle in a certain place on the ground, which indicates the directions to look.


There will be runes nearby that you need to shoot at (in any order), after which a larger glow will appear on the ground - these are the edges of a larger triangle that visually gathers from a certain position nearby.



After the player takes this position, they will be able to activate a challenge: a circle will appear within which they have to kill a certain number of zombies, and after this condition is met, a special boss will appear, for which the player will lose the corresponding story item and receive its legendary version.

After all 4 legendary items are placed on their pedestals, a special Disciple will appear, which has a new property - invulnerability until his special minions are defeated.

After his death, another rift with a triangular Sigil will appear and players will be able to see a large portal and activate it.

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Unlike the previous two Dark Aethers, where you had to interact with a teddy bear to activate a contract, this one requires you to interact with obelisks to activate a contract.

Once they are activated, they will also have a special item in their place that will provide small additional benefit to the one who has it.

There are 3 contracts available on the map:

1. HVT
   
2. Outlast
   
3. Escort (with 4 rifts instead of the usual 3)

For the successful fulfillment of the contract, players can receive:


But in order to get the recipes for the secret items, you need to go into this Dark Aether with the Ancient Sigil.

On this map, there is only one evacuation in the southeast of the island in the center.

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After all three contracts are fulfilled, the 3 Rift Spores located on the central island will become vulnerable and can be destroyed. After destroying all 3, the large egg in the center will become vulnerable.



After it is destroyed, a special Disciple named Gyanxi will appear - this boss is extremely resilient, healing himself (like all Disciples), and has several phases during which it summons its minions and becomes invulnerable as long as those minions are alive.

Finally, after defeating Gyanxi, players will receive a special blueprint for the RAM-7 "Smoke Signals", as well as a new rift with additional rewards.

Blueprint modules:

• Sight - Cronen Intlas MSP-12
  
• Muzzle - Zehmn35 Compensated
  
• Underbarrel - JAK Limb Ripper chainsaw
  
• Stock - Ultra-Light Stock Pad
  
• Grip - Retort 90 Grip Tape

After defeating the boss during the Ascension story mission, you will receive a Golden Mr. Peeks, and the rest of the items will need to be obtained in the same Urzikistan.

ATTENTION

To collect the following storyline items, you must have special classified items that can be obtained from the previous 3 Rifts

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First, you need to summon the bloody motorcycle “Blood Burner” - using a special key or by finding it on the minimap (remember that it is NOT visible on the general map, unlike other vehicles).



As a reward, you will receive a purple Echo of Drum.


To do this, the player (who has completed the story mission “Ascension”) must activate the item “Sergeant's Beret”, then approach the mercenary camp and finish off any of them.

A rift with the corresponding item will appear in the same place.

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After the player gets purple “echo” items, it is necessary to upgrade them to gold.

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ATTENTION

It is recommended to take the Scorcher wonder weapon to travel to this location, as the verticality of this map is significantly higher than all the previous ones.

There are 3 contracts available on the map:



But in order to get the item recipes (as well as the recipe to increase the Stash by 10), you need to go to this Dark Aether with Elder Sigil.

There are 2 exfil points on this map:

1. At the top of the tallest skyscraper
   
2. If you pick up a special key - at the former al-Mazrah post office (Post Office Warehouse Key)

There are two secrets associated with this area that provide very valuable rewards:

1. The best Pack-a-Punch crystals and Scorcher
   
2. The “Infinite Cosmos” blueprint

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Go back to the wall with the invisible map on it and notice a locked door that can only be opened with this key.

Inside you will find the following rewards:

• 2 Refined crystals
  
• 1 Flawless crystal
  
• Scorcher case

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This secret can be performed in both versions of Dark Aether, but to get this particular blueprint, you need to go to the advanced version (T5 / Elder Sigil).


In order to proceed to the next stage, you need to have the entire team (no matter how many people there are) on this roof - only then can you enter a special portal to move it even higher to the new bossfight location.

Don't worry about the time - no matter how much time is left there, the game will reset the timer to 15 minutes for the boss battle.

The boss itself will be the same familiar Entity's Echo, though from Phase 2.

If you successfully overcome it, a new rift will open with rewards - among them will be the items that can be obtained for fulfilling the contract at this difficulty level (including recipes in the difficult Dark Aether).


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• Stock - No stock
  
• Magazine - 40 round Mag
  
• Under-barrel - DR-6 Handstop
  
• Muzzle - Zenmn35 Compensated Flash Hider
  
  
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