Monster Puzzles

Every creature in Lumenfall left a picture of itself in the starlight: the creature standing in a little painted scene of its home. Hunt it and the picture's pieces fall loose. Finish the last piece and you earn a one-time EXP reward. It gives your grinding a second goal, so you are never just killing slimes. You are finishing Dew at First Light, 7 of 9.

Open the Puzzle Album from the menu to see your boards.

How pieces drop

• Each creature has one puzzle. Defeating it has a chance to drop a piece, which pops out of the creature and flies into you.
• You never get a duplicate. A drop is always a piece you are missing, so the album only moves forward.
• A bad-luck rule makes sure a long dry streak ends: after enough defeats without a piece, the next one always drops. The streak is saved even when you log out.
• Drop-rate gear and boosts raise your chance, like any other drop.
• Once a puzzle is finished it stops dropping pieces.
• In a party, everyone credited with the kill rolls for their own piece. The player who did the damage has the best chance, and party members on the same map have a slightly smaller one.

Bigger creatures, bigger pictures

A boss always shakes a piece loose when you defeat it, so boss portraits are the surest ones to finish. For example, the portrait of The Moss King is The Moss King Uncrowned.

A common creature's picture is quick to finish. A boss picture takes more pieces, but each boss kill brings you closer.

Finishing a picture

The last piece snaps in with a short ceremony: the pieces fly together, the whole picture glows and the title appears, such as Dew at First Light or The Grove Napper. You get a one-time EXP reward based on the creature's level and rarity. It is a nice bonus, not a way to level fast. If you are much higher level than the creature, the reward shrinks to match.

Murals

Each region has its own page in the album. Finish every portrait on a page and you earn that region's MURAL, a second one-time EXP reward. Regions with pages include the Dawnlight Isles, Lanternport, the Ember Heights and Skyspire, plus the lands beyond.

The page header shows how many portraits you have done, for example "12 / 18 DONE".

Where creatures live

The album covers every creature that leaves a soul:

• Field creatures drop pieces on their home maps.
• Party quest creatures drop pieces only inside the quest's rewarded runs. Helping runs past your daily limit give nothing. The card shows how many runs a day count.
• Dungeon and raid creatures drop pieces inside the dungeon or raid.

A creature you have not met yet shows as "???" with the region it belongs to.

Each portrait pairs with a creature's soul. Learn more in Souls.

What to do in the album

• Tap a board to see the portrait large, its reward and where it lives.
• New pieces glow and drop into place when you open the album.
• MARK ALL SEEN clears the NEW tags.
• Region tabs at the top sort the boards.

Puzzle achievements

Finishing puzzles also works towards achievements. First Piece is for your first finished puzzle, Picture Perfect rewards finishing 50, and Gallery Complete asks for 140. See Achievements and Titles.