Whispering Vale • Demo guide

Clear a storm and gather its materials

To clear a local storm, bring down the shield around its dark crystal, defeat its guardians, then destroy the crystal. For Corrupted Rock, use a pickaxe on purple-veined rocks in a corrupted area and check the pickup name.

Updated 2026-10-25

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Get Corrupted Rock from purple-veined rocks

Storm-corrupted areas contain corrupted versions of ordinary resources. Look for purple veins across the rock surface, then mine the rock with a pickaxe.

Player striking a purple-veined boulder with a pickaxe — The purple veins distinguish the corrupted rock source from an ordinary unmarked boulder.

Purple-veined rocks beside a pickup notification naming Corrupted Rock — Check the actual pickup: this run receives **Corrupted Rock**. A nearby loose item can still show the ordinary **Rock** prompt.

Look for the Corrupted Rock name and icon. The amount shown is this collection, not a guaranteed yield.

This is the purple-stone material shown in the Squallreaver Feast recipe. Craft the Feast at a Campfire after gathering the amount your current recipe requests.

You can make short trips into the corrupted area to gather, or clear the storm first for a safer return. Corrupted wood is also gathered in corrupted areas; it is useful for equipment preparation.

Find what is protecting the dark crystal

Locate the dark crystal near the heart of the storm. If a dome blocks it, look for the purple connections leading to shield generators. Official v0.1.36.28018 added these connections to make generators easier to find.

Dark crystal protected by a large translucent dome with a purple connection — The dome protects the center. Follow its connections outward to find the generators.

Player attacking a glowing purple shield-generator orb in ruined stone buildings — Destroy the generator. Enemies can guard the route and the object itself.

Close view of a purple shield-generator orb — The glowing orb is the generator in this encounter.

Keep looking if the barrier remains after one generator. The useful completion signal is “The shield barrier has been deactivated.” The official notes reduced generator numbers, but do not establish a fixed count for every storm.

Game message confirming the shield barrier has been deactivated — A disabled shield gives you access to the next part of the encounter; it does not itself clear the storm.

Defeat the guardians and break the dark crystal

Deal with the enemies protecting the center, then attack the exposed dark crystal. Some larger storm encounters also require a boss defeat; the Squallreaver encounter has its own Feast and altar interaction.

Player striking an exposed dark crystal with a pickaxe — The dark crystal is the final target for clearing this storm, after its protection is removed.

The same storm area returning to daylight after the dark crystal is destroyed — After the crystal is destroyed, the storm-dark environment becomes bright. Purple-veined resource rocks are still visible in this run.

Destroying the central crystal clears the local storm. The official overview also describes experience and skill progression as rewards for clearing storms.

Stay alive while you work

Keep moving. Local tornadoes pursue you while you remain in their corrupted area and can throw debris.
Prepare food and equipment. Check food and capacity, and leave time to retreat and repair before trying another generator.
Separate local storms from Chaos Storms. Clearing one local crystal does not provide a shield for your base against a roaming Chaos Storm.

Gameplay pictures show the October Demo. Costs, balance and on-screen notices can change; these steps do not depend on a fixed generator count or resource yield.