Sinus Ardorum Overview, Mission List and Advice in Cosmic Exploration

Sinus Ardorum is the first zone related to Cosmic Exploration which released in patch 7.21. Sinus is located on the moon in a separate zone to Mare Lamentorum however players cannot directly travel there. Instead, players can travel to Sinus Ardorum by speaking to Drivingway in Bestways Burrow.

As part of Cosmic Exploration, Sinus Ardorum features Crafting and Gathering content for both leveling and endgame players with various missions available on this Lunar Landsite. Initially this zone featured only a small base camp which was expanded on over time with the help of players.

To unlock Sinus Ardorum, you must complete the quest A Cosmic Homecoming using a Lv10 or above DoH/DoL class. Start this quest by speaking to Namingway in Old Sharlayan (12.6, 13.6).

There are a handful of key locations and vendors available in Sinus Ardorum. With the main base camp being inside of a dome, it is not immediately obvious where every NPC is.

• Drivingway: (20.3, 20) - Travel to other Planets/Instances
• Vendors: (21.8, 21.8)
• Alerot: (22.4, 20.3) - Mech Ops Tickets/Fast Travel
• Orbitingway: (21.8, 21.1) - Cosmic Fortune
• Summoning Bell: (21.0, 21.8)
• Scanningway / Starward Standings: (21.2, 21.1)
• Researchingway: (21.1, 21.8) - Cosmic Tools

Listed below are the more noteable missions in Sinus Ardorum including those with specific requirements or unlocks.

In Sinus Ardorum, each class has 2 Time-restricted missions available with each lasting 2 hours of in-game time.

In Sinus Ardorum there are 2 specific weathers available. Moon Dust and Umbral Wind with each being available 15% of the time. These weathers can still be tracked using external weather-tracking websites even with there being no skywatcher in this zone.

Hitting gold star on specific missions allows the player to unlock Sequential Missions which generally provide increased rewards. These missions at times even have a second Sequential Mission if you hit gold on the first mission.