The quick answer
Enter the Monolith of Fate from the End of Time. Complete reachable Echoes to build Timeline Stability, then take Quest Echoes when their requirements are met. Finishing timeline quests lets you select a Blessing.
Reach the level-90 gate
Collect 5 Knowledge of Orobyss to open the northern gate in the central hub. Knowledge is shared between characters sharing a stash.
| Source | Knowledge |
|---|---|
| Fall of the Outcasts | 1 |
| The Black Sun | 1 |
| The Stolen Lance | 1 |
| Blood, Frost, and Death | 1 |
| Ending the Storm | 1 |
| Fall of the Empire | 2 |
| Reign of Dragons | 2 |
Campaign chapters IX and X also provide Knowledge. Use the available sources to reach five; you do not need to complete every source listed.
Complete your first level-90 timeline Boss Quest to encounter the first Harbinger, then continue the Empowered/Forgotten Knights quest sequence. The 1.5 notes still reference the five-Knowledge quest and fix the first Harbinger’s transfer to Shattered Road. The old “clear all three level-90 timelines first” instruction no longer describes this progression.
Manage Corruption
Normal timelines begin at 0 Corruption and cap at 50. Empowered timelines begin at 100 and have no upper cap. Find Shade of Orobyss toward the outside of the echo web: defeating it can increase Corruption and reset the web, without resetting Stability or existing modifiers.
Gaze of Orobyss from Empowered bosses can improve a later Shade’s Corruption gain. Read the echo’s entry information for the actual amount, rather than assuming a fixed reward from every boss.
If difficulty becomes excessive, use a Sanctuary of Eterra connected near the entrance to reduce Corruption. Dying costs you an Echo’s completion reward; leaving an ordinary Echo also weakens its internal events. Special Echoes have exceptions. A reset is not a free guarantee of repeat rewards.
Confirm progression through the open northern gate, Empowered timeline Corruption and the next Shade’s entry information.