Greathive Aratel 
Greathive Aratel is a location in Deepwoken. It is a settlement in the Aratel Sea.
Overview[]
Greathive Aratel is a small island with a massive tree flooded on top of it. Inside this tree is a large settlement, the Greathive itself.
To enter Greathive Aratel, you must wash your face at the Lightkeeper Temple and be above Power 10. (You don't need an Oath) . Once you meet these requirements, you should invoke specifically from the Greathive Fountain found in The Lordsgrove in order to enable the alternative of invoking from all the other Greathive fountains found in The Hidden Village, or behind The King's Palace in Etris. (If you washed your face in the lightkeeper temple, you won't be able to instantly use the fountains found in the hidden village or in the king's palace until you invoke from the Greathive fountain found in The Lordsgrove)
Alternatively, you can sail to Greathive Aratel, but actually getting to the top requires mobility mantras, clever usage of gliders, lots of parkour and jumping on the heads of players. If you washed your face at the Lightkeeper Temple and have already invoked the Greathive fountain found in The Lordsgrove, you can sail to the shipyard of the Greathive Aratel and use the fountain in there in order to get teleported up to the entrance floor of Greathive Aratel.
Contents[]
Greathive Aratel is split up into 4 floors and will be categorized as such.
Entrance[]
Hive Fountain
Greathive Fountains[]
- The player can find three of The Hive's fountains.
- The left will send you to Summer Isle.
- The middle one will send you to The Lordsgrove.
- The right one will send you to Upper Erisia.
- Fountains likely have a cooldown of 25-30 seconds.
- Additionally, there are fountains around the Luminant that allows you to teleport back to Greathive Aratel:
- Somewhere within the Hidden Village
- The King's Garden, in the middle of the "maze"
The doors to enter the Lordsgrove.
Shipyard[]
- In the entrance floor of the Greathive aratel and to the left, the player can find a Shipyard fountain that will spawn the player down to the shipyard area, In the shipyard the player can spawn, craft and recall their ships.
- If the player is famous with The Hive, the Shipwright will bring up ship modification, or Lifeweaving, which could be an upcoming or undiscovered feature.
- The Shipwright NPC will not spawn, repair or recall a player's ship until the player reaches ally reputation with The Hive.
Library[]
- Players can buy basic training items,
- There is a Mantra Table near the entrance.
- Mystic is here, going left past the training items will take you there.
Root Plaza[]
Cargo[]
- A long corridor of rooms.
- At the end is a door that can be broken that leads to outside the Greathive.
- Banker can be found in the room to the right.
Archive[]
Antiquarian[]
- Players can find an Antiquarian who will purchase their sellable items.
- Cloth is sold here for 6
each. - Fiber is sold here for 3 each.
Heart Plaza[]
R&D[]
- Laplace, the enchanter resides in this room. Hand in 3 armour enchants to enchant your currently equipped weapon, provided it's eligible.
- Behind the central metal bookshelf in the main R&D room, there are 2 breakable walls which if destroyed by a strong enough mantra reveals a hidden room with a phonograph playing, "A memory of tides" by Naktigonis.
Canopy Plaza[]
A view of the blacksmith on the Canopy plaza
Honey Pool (Presumably)
Honey Pool[]
- A pool of, presumably, honey that can be used to fill up canteens
Blacksmith[]
- Players can find a Blacksmith.
- Players are able to purchase a Pickaxe and Lumber Axe for 3 notes each.
Inn[]
- Players can spend 5 to set their spawn point here.
Canopy Peak[]
The most powerful being in the universe rules over his subjects
- The office of the current Hivelord. Features a Hive Guard and a being of immense power.
Observatory[]
- Players can find the Celestial Telescope here.
- Players can buy a Hearthgem (FLM), Hemafrost (ICE), Self-Conducting Loop (THD), Gale Kata (WND), Pure Heart (SHD), and a Ferrofluid (MTL) here for 25 .
Observatory[]
Greathive Aratel is home to the Celestial Telescope, which can give players insight on the Lore of Constellia and the Celestials.
Players can crank the telescope clockwise or counterclockwise to position it to other celestial objects:
- Turning it clockwise will show these images:
- Turning it counterclockwise will show these images and give you a good chunk of experience (with a side effect of making you incredibly sad):
Quests[]
Tending the Beloved Quest (Suri Quest)[]
- Go and talk to Suri. He will give you a flower, and a task to go and place it at the grave of his brother on the Isle of Vigils. The flower can be destroyed by unnecessary movement (taking damage), though, so he suggests taking the safest route.
- If you come back to Suri after completing this quest, you get a Vibrant Gem.
Blooming Souls Quest (Soul Flower Quest)[]
- Talk to the Librarian named Regek, in the Archives Room. They will tell you to fetch 3 Souls from special flowers that bloom within the Greathive, all of which located in the Canopy Plaza. They are called Soulblooms. (You need to wash your face as the temple to be able to take the quest)
- A red flower located outside near the observatory balcony. Mind your footing.
- A white flower, located near the Blacksmith, facing in front of it.
- A blue flower, hanging at the side of a tree root across the room from the Blacksmith.
- Completing this quest gives a handful of EXP and access to upgrade Physical Mantras.
Soul Flower Locations[]
Hive Test Tube
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The music for this area is Of Chitin, Kith And Kin by Naktigonis
- Parts of the Greathive can be seen emitting black particles, which is fireproofing that allows Flamecharm to be used within the Greathive without the whole thing going up in flames.
- The combat music for this area is A Symphony Of Strife by Naktigonis
- Suri's Quest is most likely inspired by Hollow Knight, which also has a mission to deliver a delicate flower that will be destroyed upon taking damage, to a grave. This theory is also supported by many similarities between Vesperians and bugs in Hollow Knight.
- Everyone inside Greathive Aratel is a Hivekin: either a Vesperian, Ganymede, or Chrysid.
- The Soulblooms have an option to taste the flower's sap. When attempting to do so, your Character has a violent gut feeling it is not for ingestion and ultimately decides not to.
- The "Temple of the Forgotten Flame" portal can take you to different locations in Upper Erisia.
- In order to summon boats here you need max positive reputation.
- Artifacts are able to spawn at Hive. However, originally, Bankers did not exist in the Hive, meaning they couldn't be made use of, without travelling to either Fort Merit or Miner's Landing, for over two years.
- In front of the Blacksmith, there is an orange pool of liquid that can be used to refill the canteen.
- According to Destroyman III, Greathive Aratel makes the best soft shell tacos in the entire Luminant.