[SPOILERS] The new areas and Monster Infrequents of 1.1.8.0!

Welcome to this discussion topic on the most exciting event of 2020 so far !
Here we can list and discuss the new content of the latest update, don’t go further if you don’t want to be spoiled.
Many thanks to @Maska322, @Evil_Baka, @Bhizkin and @Metto for providing screenshots of the new items !

I’ll begin with the shiniest area of all : Old Grove
This huge area is just south of Devil’s Crossing. No screenshot as it cannot contain the glory of this place.
You can find this totally normal shield, a guaranteed one-time drop :


Next, we have the Arkovian Coliseum, a little east to the Twin Falls rift.
It is filled with undeads and contains a boss similar to Ilgorr the Immortal in Steps of Torment. A piece of lore can be found which counts what may be the first event of the Curse of Arkovia.

The boss drops this item :


Arkovian Docks, with Cronley’s Gang deserters. The area is accessible from Tyrant’s Hold, and the south-east part leads to a repairable bridge to access the Twin Falls rift. A treasure trove seems to be guaranteed there, but it could just be additional spawn points for the guaranteed Tyrant’s Hold trove.

New MI (aether pistol) :


Sunward Spire
A large area filled with Korvaak’s fiends, north of the Korvan City rift.

Get this new greatsword that reflects the change to Menhir’s Bulwark :


Steelcap District Sewers
Very large area in 2 levels populated by the Aetherial Vanguard.

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Burrwitch Cathedral
Home to chthonian cultists, just north of East March.

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Tomb north of Broken Hills

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Small, unnamed area in East March
Hosts some Death Clan grobles and a Dranghoul boss.

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Boris’ Arena
One of two bosses can spawn alongside Boris, they have special dueling skills and are said to have killed many beta testers. Acquire this medal as a guaranteed drop from them :

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Barrowholm’s Cellar
Not a new area but being hostile to those totally innocent people is now worth it as Namadea now drops two MIs :

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The Outcast
Slaying our best waifu is heartbreaking but tough choices must be made in Grim Dawn. Here are the fruits of your betrayal, two pairs of pants :

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Most of the new areas seem to have a guaranteed Celestial monster totem spawning in them. Those spawn 2 to 6 Scions of Famine, so prepare for a tough fight. A special new legendary shield can be dropped from those totems :

Another mysterious “”“shield”"" was added but the drop source was not disambiguiated yet.

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Namadea the Screecher


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All MIs from the new locations:

Arkovian Coliseum (West of Twin Falls)

Burrwitch Cathedral (North of East Marsh)
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Steelcap District Sewers (Next to Ransacked Lighthouse)

Sunward Spire (Azaleon’s area)

South of East Marsh (South of East Marsh (wait what do I say this))
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North of Broken Hills (again…)
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East of Tyrant’s Hold (yep.)

Also some areas have lore notes and they are a good read!

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LoL our old classic N&O Sabo getting to become interesting again.

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Can’t wait to see more builds softcapping/maxing Vindictive Flame and Ulzuin’s Wrath as a damage tool or defensive tool going forward.

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From Boris’ Pit (Not from Boris, there is a new enemy that will probably destroy you :wink: )
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Boris’ arena changed a little to host a dueling contest :

Not much good with your Rainbow Filter tool not updated yet. All those Tags not found. :rofl:

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Maybe it’s better, item names are hidden :rofl: So people gotta explore for item names :sweat_smile:

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Yaaay! Finally we know whats south of DC - … a dead end! :partying_face:

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Both drop from The Outcast (note level 55 items, the only char I have nemesis with the outcast is half naked)

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So Crate named every new item “Tag not found”? Lazy design. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Good Sabo MI:

There’s many love for fire/cold sabo this patch

And for fire commandos !


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You guys know that if you use the exe tool for Rainbow you can easily disable (and re-enable) Rainbow with a simple button press right?

Just thought it might be worth mentioning.

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Dunno. I only use Rainbow from time to time and it works nicely that I’ve ever seen. He even built in some of the features I have for GD Switcher into it too, which is nice.

So Grenado can hit this kind of numbers in campaign on a dummy :
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My largest hit is 1.2M but couldn’t capture it.

Build used : https://www.grimtools.com/calc/wV1v1vnZ

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#deadbuild :smiley: