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# Dark Force Shades
Hunt Dark Force Embers from the wandering Dark Force Wisp, the World Boss and Devil Square, then fuse them with Autumn Leaves into Dark Force Shades and glowing Dark Force Auras at the Seasonal Quest
**Available:** September 1 to December 31, 2026
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## Overview
The **Dark Force Shades** are this autumn's costume line: a pair of **\[C] Dark Force Shades** (Costume Mid) and eight glowing **\[C] Dark Force Auras** (Costume Low), one per colour. The finished **coloured Dark Force Shades** are one Mid slot: the shades on your face and a street aura on the ground at your feet, neon underglow with wanted stars, spray drips and loose bills. The aura is a hat effect, so the coloured pair is crafted straight from the plain one and the aura items are a separate costume you can wear on their own.
Everything is built from one new hunt item, the  **Dark Force Ember** (item id: 32520), plus a rarer  **Dark Force Core** (item id: 32521) for the auras, and the  **Autumn Leaves** (item id: 20337) you pet out of [Tartufi](/content/pve-content/seasonal-events/autumn-leaves.md).
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The Dark Force lines are only in the Seasonal Quest Staff's shop from **September to December**. Autumn Leaves only fall **September to November**, so gather the leaves for your shades before Tartufi leaves town!
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## Hunting Dark Force Embers & Cores
| Source |  Dark Force Ember (item id: 32520) |  Dark Force Core (item id: 32521) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Dark Force Wisp** (see below) | 1–3 per find | - |
| [**World Boss**](/content/pvm-content/world-boss.md) - killing blow | 3 per kill | - |
| [**World Boss**](/content/pvm-content/world-boss.md) - Treasure Chest | 2 (one slot in every loot pool) | 1 (one slot in every loot pool) |
| [**Devil Square**](/content/pve-content/events.md#devil-square) - clear | 2 per clear | 10% chance of 1 |
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World Boss and Devil Square only hand out Embers and Cores during the **Dark Force season (September – December)**.
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### The Dark Force Wisp
Dark Force Wisp, hides somewhere in a random town
A wisp of dark force drifts into one of eight towns **six times a day** and sheds Embers to whoever finds it:
* **When:** at **02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00 and 22:00** server time (it can show up to 20 minutes after the hour) and stays for **30 minutes**.
* **Where:** one of **Prontera, Geffen, Payon, Alberta, Aldebaran, Izlude, Morroc (ruins) or Comodo**. The server announces the real town **plus two decoys** - you'll have to search!
* **Finding it:** the first finder is announced server-wide. Click the Wisp and it sheds **1–3 Dark Force Embers** into your hands - **once per character per appearance**.
* **It moves:** about **30 seconds** after being found, the Wisp slips away to a new spot in the same town, so latecomers get another chase.
* Type **`@dfw-info`** at any time to see whether the Wisp is out and which town it's in.
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Pro tip: keep a Butterfly Wing or a warp handy and check `@dfw-info` right after the spawn hours - a 5-minute warning is broadcast before the Wisp fades away.
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## Step 1 - Plain Dark Force Shades
The base pair. Every fused colour starts from it.
| Image | Name | Requirements |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (item id: 32511) |
1x \[C] Sunglasses (22000) 20x Dark Force Ember (32520) 50x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 100x Aevir Oil (6559) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 5x Black Dyestuffs (983) 3x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
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## Step 2 - Dark Force Auras
One aura per colour. The aura is also wearable on its own (Costume Low).
| Image | Name | Requirements |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Red) (item id: 32512) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Scarlet Dyestuffs (975) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Black) (item id: 32513) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Black Dyestuffs (983) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Blue) (item id: 32514) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Cobaltblue Dyestuffs (978) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Green) (item id: 32515) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Darkgreen Dyestuffs (979) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Orange) (item id: 32516) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Orange Dyestuffs (980) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Pink) (item id: 32517) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 15x Scarlet Dyestuffs (975) 15x White Dyestuffs (982) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Purple) (item id: 32518) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Violet Dyestuffs (981) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Aura (Yellow) (item id: 32519) |
30x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 1x \[C] Test Subject Aura (19574) 300x Aevir Oil (6559) 200x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 10x Golden Event Apple (20057) 30x Lemon Dyestuffs (976) 10x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
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## Step 3 - Coloured Dark Force Shades
The coloured shades carry their aura as a **hat effect**, so you no longer craft an aura first: one step from the plain pair. The plain shades are consumed.
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If you wear a pair and see no aura, type **/effect** in game to turn effects back on. The aura is drawn by the effect renderer, so that toggle hides it.
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| Image | Name | Requirements |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Red) (item id: 32503) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Scarlet Dyestuffs (975) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Black) (item id: 32504) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Black Dyestuffs (983) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Blue) (item id: 32505) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Cobaltblue Dyestuffs (978) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Green) (item id: 32506) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Darkgreen Dyestuffs (979) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Orange) (item id: 32507) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Orange Dyestuffs (980) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Pink) (item id: 32508) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 3x Scarlet Dyestuffs (975) 3x White Dyestuffs (982) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Purple) (item id: 32509) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Violet Dyestuffs (981) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
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|  |  \[C] Dark Force Shades (Yellow) (item id: 32510) |
1x \[C] Dark Force Shades (32511) 25x Dark Force Ember (32520) 1x Dark Force Core (32521) 30x Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi) 20x Ethereal Dyestuff (6228) 40x Aevir Oil (6559) 5x Lemon Dyestuffs (976) 5x Mithril Coin (22554)
|
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## Important Notes
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* A full coloured pair costs **60 Embers and 1 Core** in total (20 for the shades, 30 for the aura, 10 to fuse) plus **80 Autumn Leaves**.
* The plain shades and the aura are **consumed** when you fuse them - keep a spare aura if you want to wear it on its own.
* The **Street Tailor** next door sells the matching [Street Set](/content/costume/street-tailor.md) bandannas, head wraps and caps all year round.
* Out of season the World Boss chest swaps its Ember/Core slots for a Golden Event Apple, and the Wisp stays hidden.
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**See Also:** the [Seasonal Quest Staff](/content/costume/seasonal-quest-staff.md) page for every month's recipes.
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\[C] Sunglasses (22000)
Dark Force Ember (32520)
Autumn Leaves (20337, from Tartufi)
Aevir Oil (6559)
Golden Event Apple (20057)
Black Dyestuffs (983)
Mithril Coin (22554)
Dark Force Core (32521)
\[C] Test Subject Aura (19574)
Ethereal Dyestuff (6228)
Scarlet Dyestuffs (975)
Cobaltblue Dyestuffs (978)
Darkgreen Dyestuffs (979)
Orange Dyestuffs (980)
White Dyestuffs (982)
Violet Dyestuffs (981)
Lemon Dyestuffs (976)
\[C] Dark Force Shades (32511)