Remnant 2: N’Erud [World Guide]

N’erud is one of the five worlds that can be explored in Remnant 2. I could not unlock it in my first playthrough as it is random; however, as you start a new game, the world will be unlocked. Here is the complete N’Erud Guide for your Remnant 2 playthrough, explaining how to open it, the missions, and the bosses.

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Key Takeaways

• Remnant 2 has five worlds, with three randomly unlocked in each playthrough.
• N’Erud is a world built by the Dryzr, fascinated by science and dark matter.
• Alepsis-Taura is a black hole in N’Erud, and the main quest involves trying to explore it.
• The Custodian at Seeker’s Rest asks you to collect keys to drive N’Erud into the black hole.
• N’Erud has 18 events that offer rewards like weapons, traits, rings, and amulets. These events involve combat or finding secret places.

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N’erud Location

N’Erud is one of the three main worlds in the game that can be accessed through the campaign. However, the order in which you will access it is highly random. The world features two different storylines depending on where you spawn first.

• Tal’Ratha and the Shining Essence Echo
• Travel to Alepsis-Taura

The Two Storylines

Travel To Alepsis-Taura

Spawn Location: Seeker’s Rest

Walkthrough

1. The story begins at Seeker’s Rest, where you find the Seeker’s Key.
2. You’ll encounter a mechanical eye in a crystal chamber, and it asks you to find its tower in the wasteland.
3. The tower is located beyond the Threshold of the Unknown and is illuminated by a glowing orb.
4. As you approach the tower, enemies will start to spawn.
5. The main objective is to collect 5 Seeker’s Keys, given to you by The Custodian, to access the Core of N’Erud and save the Drzyr.

Seeker’s Keys

Key 1:

Location: Seeker’s Rest

I found this key after spawning in the Seeker’s Rest. It is present on the giant statue. Go towards the figure and interact with it to equip the key.

Key 2:

Location: Phantom Wasteland Dungeon

After defeating the boss, you can find the second key in the Hatchery Dungeon. This dungeon connects all the overworlds. The statue will be revealed; climb the stairs and interact to get the second key.

Key 3:

Location: Timeless Horizon Dungeon

The next location is Timeless Horizon Dungeon. After exiting the Hatchery Dungeon, move northwest to get to the Spectrum Nexus Dungeon, the main dungeon in the second overworld. Find the statue to equip the third key.

• After equipping all three keys, travel to the Sentinel’s Keep, take the elevator present in the center, and travel to the top.
• Hear the Custodian talk about the history of the Drzyr as you go.
• Once you’ve reached the top, prepare yourself for a boss fight. Interact will the terminal to start. The boss fight will be discussed later in the guide.

Tal’Ratha And The Shining Essence Echo

Spawn Location: Forgotten Prison

Walkthrough

To aid you in your fight against Tal’Ratha, the Custodian will also give you Poisoned Ambit Ember Capsules.

Tal’Ratha’s Choice

In the refuge, it will be revealed that the voice that spoke to you from the glass chamber was Tal’Ratha himself. He warns you about working with The Custodian and his choice for sending N’Erud back into the hole again. After briefing you about the history of the people of Dryzr, he will provide you with two options:

• Get eaten alive by him and get saved for eternity.
• Refuse and fight him.

Each option will lead to a boss fight; the only difference will be the variant of Tal’Ratha that you get. I recommend choosing the first option, which will allow you to fight his metaphysical form.

Shining Essence Echo

• Once you’ve defeated Tal’Ratha, you will unlock the Shining Essence Echo, from which you can unlock either one of the following:
• Siphon Heart (Relic): If you hand over the Echo to The Custodian.
• Void Idol (Amulet): If you keep the Echo, use it at the Dryzr Replicator.
• Additionally, once you have finished either of the two storylines, head to The Labyrinth and interact with The Keeper to get your objectives updated.

Boss Fights

There are 12 bosses in N’Erud that you can encounter and defeat in various locations during multiple events. The three main bosses essential to the storyline are Sha’hala, Tal’Ratha, and Tal’Ratha metaphysical. These boss fights will be discussed in detail.

Sha’Hala: Spectral Guardian Of N’Erud

• Storyline: Travel to Alepsis-Taura
• Location: Sentinel’s Keep
• Race: Phantom
• Immunity: Fire
• Weakness: Orb in its hands. Hitting it will deal with Critical Damage.
• Rewards: Eidolon Shard x1, Lumenite Crystal, Scrap, Tome of Knowledge, Segment, Void Cinder.

Attack	Counter
Horizontal Beams: Purple orbs shoot at you and will form horizontal beams. Several hands will also simultaneously start shooting laser beams at you.	I recommend ignoring the higher beams and focusing on dodging the ground-level ones. Also, avoid getting hit by the turret’s hands on top.
Hand Beams: Green hands will shoot purple beams around the boss. They will all point towards you.	I found that there is a delay in the beams. For that instance, time your dodge accordingly.
Homing Orbs: Green orbs will be spawned around the boss and above you; a dozen will form a laser beam and shoot.	Destroy them using an automatic weapon. They are slow and gradual, thus easy to shoot.
Ascending Orbs: The boss will disappear out of range, and orbs will start spawning from the ground and hollows.	Keep your eyes on the ground to dodge and anticipate new holes that appear.
Trajectorial Orbs: These are faster, and harder to dogde. They will move around the ground where you are standing. However, the trajectory of their path will be revealed.	Track the trajectory and keep checking the ground.
Direct Hit/ Black Hole Attack: At the end of an attack, the boss will place his orb directly on you. A charging sound can be heard beforehand.	I focused on the sound and prepared to dodge it as soon as I heard it. Unleash all attacks once you land in a safe spot. This is also the best time to heal and reload.
Diagonal Lightning: The boss will start shooting random lightning from the orb everywhere in patterns. This can deal a ton of damage if not avoided.	Try to move into a safe space to avoid diagonal attacks.

Tal’Ratha

• Storyline: Tal’Ratha and the Shinning Essence Echo
• Location: Forgotten Prison
• Race: Astropath
• Immunity: None
• Weakness: Gaping Mouth
• Rewards: Lumenite Crystal, Scrap, Tome of Knowledge, Spiced Bile, Shining Essence Echo.

Attack	Counter
Charge: Despite his large size, he will charge toward you and open his mouth to try and eat you.	All you need to do is to dodge to either side, and you will be fine.
Canister Throw: Throws a gas canister towards you that may spawn a zombie.	Dodge the attack.
Body Slam: Slams his entire body to either side.	Move back to avoid.
Punch Ground: Creates a shockwave after jumping to the ground.	You will see this coming, so a timely dodge will keep you safe.
Suck: He opens his gaping mouth to draw you in.	Shoot at him to deal damage or roll at the last moment.
Vomit: Vomits several black ichor projectiles from his mouth.	Dodge.
Magic Orbs: His last attack is the glowing homing orb.	They are destroyable; shoot at them with bullets.

Tal’Ratha – Metaphysical

• Storyline: Tal’Ratha and the Shinning Essence Echo
• Location: Forgotten Prison
• Race: Astropath
• Immunity: None
• Weakness: Head
• Rewards: Lumenite Crystal (x5), Scrap, Tome of Knowledge, Acidic Jawbone, Shining Essence Echo.

The boss fight commences if you choose to let him eat you alive. He has a range of melee attacks at his disposal and shoots a lot of projectiles. The enemy can also teleport very quickly throughout the battlefield. Tal’Ratha changes locations fast, making him untraceable.

Attack	Counter
Starlight Beam: The boss charges a beam toward you using his right hand.	Dodge at either side.
Teleport Slam: Disappears, teleporting higher on the ground and falling, causing a considerable impact. Deals AoE damage.	Keep a distance.
Charge: He attempts to eat you by charging you with an open mouth. Right when he gets close, he disappears and teleports to another position. He tries to make three consecutive charge attacks by teleporting.	Wait for him to get on all fours and dodge.
Black Ichor: Shoot black projectiles from the gaping mouth, both forward and at 45 degrees.	Focus and position yourself in between each projectile to avoid it.
Star Shower: He will summon stars from the sky and shoot them in all directions, ending with a slam. There will be three waves of stars followed by the ultimate blow.	Dodge the waves and prepare for the delay before the slam.
Teleport Melee: He will perform a melee combo after teleporting to your position.	Keep your focus and move away as soon as he teleports.

The rest of the bosses and their weaknesses are described as follows:

Boss	Location	Weakness	Race	Reward
Abomination	N’Erud	Core	Dryzr, Aberration	Mutated Growth Lumenite Crystal Tome of Knowledge Scrap
E.D. Alpha	Tower of the Unseen	Eye	N’Erud Robots, Aberration	Refunder
Fetid Corpse	Void Vessel Facility	Exposed Core	Dryzr, Aberration	Transference Corrupted Lumenite Crystal x2 Rune Fragment Scrap
Primogenitor	The Hatchery	None	Bug	Cracked Shell
The Astropath	Astro path’s Respite	Chest	Phantom	Seeker Residue Tome of Knowledge Lumenite Crystal Iron Scrap
The Progeny	The Hatchery The Dark Conduit The Putrid Domain	Head Exposed	Bug, Aberration	Iron Scrap Hand Gun Ammo Long Gun Ammo Disengage Corrupted Lumenite Crystal
The Custodian’s Eye	N’Erud	Main eye	N’Erud Robots	Tome of Knowledge Sentry’s Old Iris
W.D. 109	The Putrid Domain Vault of the Formless The Hatchery	None	N’Erud Robots	Transpose Excess Coil (ring) Corrupted Lumenite Crystal x2

Locations 

There are 18 central locations on the N’Erud map. Each of these locations holds significance regarding bosses, missions, and revelations.

Location	Description	Enemies and Bosses	NPCs	Events	Secret Passage
Abyssal Rift	An arid open area, home of the soul sparks... An open, dark and haunting region containing remnants of the Dryzr.	Battle Drone Abomination	The Custodian	The Flooded Room Event	Escalation Circuit: From the Dryzr Replicator’s room, travel downwards through the elevator, turn right and continue the path till you reach the item.
Alepsis-Taura	And for the purposes of this endeavor, time is our friend. The black hole, fundamental in destroying the Dryzr civilization. It is the last location to go to after finishing the Seeker’s Key quest. Once this location becomes accessible, all other locations of N’Erud become inaccessible.	None	None	None	None
Astropath’s Respit	The Custodian's calculations may be rational enough, but they are incongruent with the foresight of the Astropaths. The home of the Astropath who had visions about the destruction of the Drzyr and tried to warn them.	Robot Grunt Specter Strider The Astropath	None	Seeker’s Key	None
Dormant N’erudian Facility	A locked down facility, infested with parasites. A facility constructed by the Dryzr, which is now in ruins, filled with parasites.	Baby Parasite Slug Parasite Robot Eye boss (in the secret room)	None	Quarantine Event	Biome-Control Glyph: Find the missing rail, drop and take the door available. Take the elevator to reach the destination. After finding the Biome-Control Glyph, return to the main entrance and insert it to open a locked door. This will reveal the Toxic Release Valve and the Memory Core II.
Forgotten Prison	Forgotten and alone, it waits for a living being A desolate area and also the spawn location for the Tal’Ratha and Shining Essence Echo storyline.	Tal’Ratha	None	None	None
Phantom Weekend	Tal’Ratha None None None The dead surface of N'Erud, filled with corpses and cold unforgiving robots A bone gray desert wasteland containing drones on the surface of N’Erud.	Tal’Ratha None None None The dead surface of N'Erud, filled with corpses and cold unforgiving robots A bone gray desert wasteland containing drones on the surface of N’Erud. Battle Drone Sentinel N’Erud Zombie Parasite Baby Parasite	The Custodian	None	Reach the Custodian’s Tower after traversing through this desert. The Hatchery: Find the elevator leading down, you will encounter Parasites after which you will find the door to the Hatchery.
Seeker’s Rest	Reach the Custodian’s Tower after traversing through this desert. The Hatchery: Find the elevator leading down, you will encounter Parasites after which you will find the door to the Hatchery. To my fellow Drzyr, all who may live and yet live in whatever days are still to come... The spawn location for Travel to Alepsis-Taura stroyline, and also contains the first Seeker’s Key.	Robot Grunt	The Custodian	Seeker’s Key	Seeker’s Key: Find the Seeker’s Key by the interacting with the dead body next t the huge statue. Meeting The Custodian: The first interaction with the Custodian will be in a room at the Seeker’s Rest with a giant clear crystal tube. There will be a robotic eye floating in the room, called The Custodian.
Sentinel’s Keep	Seeker’s Key: Find the Seeker’s Key by the interacting with the dead body next t the huge statue. Meeting The Custodian: The first interaction with the Custodian will be in a room at the Seeker’s Rest with a giant clear crystal tube. There will be a robotic eye floating in the room, called The Custodian. You have arrived in the Core. An important location for the Travel to Alepsis-Taura storyline. It is the tower containg the Core, which The custodian needs to access in order to drive N’Erud into the black hole again.	Sha’Hala: Spectral Guardian of N’Erud	The Custodian	None	None
Spectrum Nexus	A dungeon in N’Erud containing The Custodian’s Eye.	Robot Grunt The Custodian’s Eye	None	None	Contains clues about the history of N’Erud and the fate of Drzyr.
Terminus Station	Contains clues about the history of N’Erud and the fate of Drzyr. A crumbled station, filled with deadly robots A station in the ruins, enables access to various places inside N’Erud. It is filled with Robots.	Robot Grunt Restless Spirit	None	The Train Event	Burden of the Stargazer: Follow the path to drop down to a lower bridge. From here, take the elevator to the top. A set of stairs will be leading to an altar where the Burden of the Stargazer lies. To return, take the side path and drop down from the elevator to return to the bridge. From the bridge, drop down to the main path. After the Train Event: After the event, return to the station, crouch till you reach a chest. Follow the cables and reach a ladder. Climb the ladder to end up in a control room. From the control room, you can drop on the last wagon of the train. Open the hatch. You will find the Atom Smasher and Decorum Cipher inside the wagon.
The Dark Conduit	A resourceful dungeon containing various crafts to resupply N’Erud. It contains remnants of Drzyr’s knowledge of matter and energy.	Parasite Baby Parasite The Progeny	None	Loose Fuse Robot Hanger Stasis Pod Chamber The Flooded Room Event	None
The Eon Vault	None An open area vault, containing valuable artifacts, relics and treasures.	Battle Drone Parasite Baby Parasite Slug Parasite Robot Grunt	None	Supply Ship	Engineer Archetype: The sides of N’Erud will cause your character to start vomiting and fill the status effects’ bar. Find a body containing the Technicians Set by jumping towards the platform. Thus, you can unlock the Engineer Archetype. Blasting Cap Ring: Move around to location giant pistons in the ground. Check under the pistons, one of them will have a hole that you can jump down from. This hole will contain the Blasting Cap Ring.
The Hatchery	A hive? An infestation? What manner of foul entity created this creatures? A storage facility that has been taken over by the plague of Parasites.	Baby Parasites Parasite Slug Parasite Hatcher The Progeny (Aberration) Primogenitor	None	Glyph Door (Aerary)	None
The Putrid Domain	None Glyph Door (Aerary) None A corrupted an infested domain, reflecting the fall from grace for the Drzyr. A deserted area filled with grotesque enemies and infested with putrefaction.	Possessed Robot Grunt N’Erud Zombie Abomination The Progeny	None	Robot Hanger	Rerouting Cable: Shoot at the crates to reveal a pathway from which you can drop. Climb the ladder to reach the Rerouting Cable. Blackout Ring: Head back to the area with the crates. Find a canister that can be shot at. This will reveal an opening, and connect both cables, opening the door to the Blackout Ring.
Tower of the Unseen	Rerouting Cable: Shoot at the crates to reveal a pathway from which you can drop. Climb the ladder to reach the Rerouting Cable. Blackout Ring: Head back to the area with the crates. Find a canister that can be shot at. This will reveal an opening, and connect both cables, opening the door to the Blackout Ring. The Tower of the Unseen is an industrial location found in the Timeless Horizon in N'Erud. A tower containing valuable loot items within secret passages and rooms. It also contains several dead bodies, and is heavily guarded by enemies.	Robot Grunt Specter E.D. Alpha Battle Drone	None	Robot Grunt Specter E.D. Alpha Battle Drone Ambush: In a room with a black small sphere placed on the machinery, you will encounter common enemies that will attack you in waves. After defeating all the enemies, a Specter will spawn from the ground and attack you.	Burden of the Stargazer: Locate the elevator leading to a stairway that looks like a throne. Climb the stairs to find the ring on a dead body. Vacuum Seal: Go through an elevator to the bridge. The seal can be found next to a dead body. Stellar-Powered Cell: Doors with red panels next to them will containg stellar-powered cells. Equip this item to unlock further doors. Samoflange: Once you have collected two Stellar-Powered Cells, the levator will take you to a secret room that contains the Amulet. Refunder/Stone of Continuance: Get to the main hall of the tower using the cells to encounter and defeat E.D. Alpha. Once defeated, you will gain both Refunder and the Stone of Continuance at the center of the hall. Shielded Heart: Go through an elevator to the front of the Stone of Continuance. There is a statue there. Insert a Stellar-Powered Cell to Open the door to the main hall. This will reveal the Shielded Heart.
Timeless Horizon	Darker, more haunted than the wasteland, can this place be even worse? An extension of the Phantom Wasteland, contain a lot of N’Erud zombies.	Battle Drone N”Erud Zombie Specter	None	None	Unseen Tower Entrance: You can find the elevator that leads to the Tower of Unseen by exploring the Timeless Horizon.
Vault of the Formless	Laying around you are the dead husks of a once mighty species, brought low by their own arrogance A graveyard, home to a vast majority of Drzyr bodies, corrupted by a dark miasma. It is constructed as a gigantic stasis chamber.	N’Erud Zombie Possessed Corpse Ball Robot Grunt Specter Zombie Horde	None	Broken Cable Glyph Door (Lythia) Aerary Glyph Door Stasis Pod Chamber	Metal Driver: During the boss fight against Zombie Horde, you will be able to pich the House Lythia Glyph. Next to where you find the item, shoot some crates. A vent will reveal itself. Climb in through the vent to find the Metal Driver on the other side.
Void Vessel Facility	Specifications remain well above what will be required to withstand Alepsis-Taura A laboratory now converted into a ruin. Her, The Custodian used to run tests, dabbling with various forms of matter. It is full of vessels containing creatures emerging from each one.	N’Erud Zombie Possessed Corpse Ball Robot Grunt Fetid Corspe W>D> 109	None	Boss fights	Stasis Pod Glyph and Door: Spot the door with a shinning sphere etched in the center. You can use the Stasis Pod Glyph to open the door and find the Space Worker Set.

Weapons, Armor, & Items

N’Erud contains a variety of new items and armor to explore. Find a list of each below, detailing where to find them.

Item	Type	Location
Atom Smasher	Weapon	Terminus Station
Rupture Canon	Weapon	Vault of Formless
Plasma Cutter	Weapon	Navigation Room
Pulse Rifle	Weapon	Abyssal Rift
Star Shot	Weapon	The Eon Vault
Spectral Blade	Weapon	McCabe Store
Nebula	Weapon	McCabe Store
Aphelion	Weapon	McCabe Store
Gas Giant	Weapon	N’Erud
Space Worker Set	Armour	Void Vessel Facility
Navigator Helm	Armor	Extraction Hub
Technician Set	Armor	The Eon Vault
Crystal Heart	Relic	N’Erud
Shielded Heart	Relic	Tower of Unseen
Siphon Heart	Relic	The Custodian
Void Heart	Relic	Alepsis-Taura
Blackout Ring	Ring	The Putrid Domain
Blasting Cap Ring	Ring	Timeless Horizon
Constant Variable Ring	Ring	Terminus Station
Core Booster	Amulet	Abyssal Rift
Defensive Action Loop	Ring	Astropath’s Respite
Detonation Trigger	Amulet	Timeless Horizon
Difference Engine	Amulet	The Eon Vault
Downgraded Ring	Ring	N’Erud, The Custodian
Emergency Switch	Amulet	N’Erud
Focused Jewel	Ring	N’Erud
Galvanized Resupply Band	Ring	The Eon Vault
Hardcore Metal Band	Ring	N’Erud
Inert Overcharger	Amulet	N’Erud
Kinetic Sield Exchanger	Amulet	N’Erud
Metal Driver	Ring	Vault of the Formless
Point Focus Ring	Ring	N’Erud
Reserve Boosting Gem	Ring	N’Erud
Rerouting Cable	Ring	The Putrid Domain
Blackout Ring	Ring	Vault of the Formless
Ring of Crisis	Ring	The Hatchery The Putrid Domain
Ring of Restocking	Ring	N’Erud
Rusted Navigator’s Pendant	Amulet	Astropath’s Respite
Samoflange	Amulet	Tower of Unseen
Stone of Continuance	Ring	Tower of the Unseen
Subterfuge Link	Ring	N-Erud
Tightly Wound Coil	Ring	Void Vessel Facility
Toxic Release Valve	Amulet	Dormant N’Erudian Facility
Vacuum Seal	Ring	Tower of the Unseen

Events

The missions in N’Erud are called Events. They all contain a new challenge for players and are the key to unlocking several rewards and items. Some involve fighting various enemies, while others are just about exploring a secret place and looting.

Mission List	Location	Enemies/Bosses	Rewards
Aerary Glyph Door	N’Erud (dungeon)	Robot Grunts The Progeny	Disengage Crisis Ring
Broken Cable	N’Erud	None	Blackout Ring Rerouting Cable
Fetid Corpse	N’Erud (dungeon)	N’Erud Zombies Fetid corpse	Transference
Green Capsule Room	N’Erud	None	Soul Spark Cylinder
House Lythla Glyphdoor	Vault of the Formless	None	Rupture Canon
Industrial Chest	N’Erud	None	Not available
Item Inside Capsule A	N’Erud	None	Tightly Wound Coil
Item Inside Capsule B	N’Erud	N’Erud Zombie	Stasis Pod Glyph Space Worker Set
Loose Fuse	N’Erud	N’Erud Zombie	Crystal Heart
Navigation Room	N’Erud	None	Hardcore Metal Band Plasma Cutter
Navigator Zombie	Extraction Hub	N’Erud Zombie	Navigator Helm
Pounding Piston	Timeless Horizon	N’Erud Zombie	Blasting Cap Ring
Quarantine Event	Dormant N’erudian Facility	N’Erud Zombies	Siphoner trait (if completed on time) Resonance trait (if not completed) Failsafe Mutator
Stellar-Powered Cell Puzzle	N’Erud (dungeon)	Secret	Samoflange Shielded Heart
Supply Ship	The Eon Vault Abyssal Rift Timeless Horizon Phantom Wasteland	None	Galvanized Resupply Band Difference Engine Star Shot
The Flooded Room	The Hatchery	None	Subterfuge Link
The Train Event	Terminus Station	N’Erud Robots E.D. Alpha	Footwork Atom Smasher
Zombie Cave	N’Erud	N’Erud Zombies	Stasis Core

That is all for Remnant 2 N’Erud Guide and how to explore it. You should best utilize everything you gain from this world in your builds. Although the world comes randomly, it is a fun one to explore. Read our other guides as well:

• Remnant 2 Dormant N’Erudian.
• Remnant 2 Best Secondary Weapons.
• Remnant 2 Ending.