Traces of the Missing Exploration Codex Guide for Throne and Liberty

Traces of the Missing is a Codex quest that takes place on the first and second floors of Syleus’s Abyss, which is found in the Laslan region of Solisium. If you’re having trouble locating the Spectermancer or Spectral Shadowmancer enemies in Syleus’s Abyss, or if you can’t find the page from the Collection: Expedition Records: Syleus’s Abyss 1F-2F, this guide for the Throne and Liberty ‘Traces of the Missing Codex’ quest will help you out.

Similar to many Codex quests in Throne and Liberty, a lot of players find this one challenging because you need to defeat specific enemies and locate certain items. While the other tasks are straightforward, locating and defeating the required enemies; the Spectermancer and the Spectral Shadowmancer can be tough since they rarely spawn. Additionally, there isn’t a clear guide on how to make them spawn. As a result, many players find themselves stuck on the Traces of the Missing quest and miss out on the rewards.

How to start Traces of the Missing Codex quest

In Throne and Liberty, you can start the Traces of the Missing Codex quest by heading to the first floor of Syleus’s Abyss, which is located north of Red Moon Lake, near Carmine Forest. First, head to the Syleus’s Abyss Waypoint and unlock it. Next, follow the main path to the entrance of the dungeon. As soon as you reach the first floor, you’ll unlock two Codex quests related to Syleus’s Abyss, including Traces of the Missing.

Traces of the Missing Quest

The Traces of the Missing quest is split into four parts, which are:

Collect a page from Collection: Expedition Records: Syleus’s Abyss 1F-2F
Investigate the Decayed Coffin
Defeat Spectermancer
Defeat Spectral Shadowmancer

1. Collect a page from Collection: Expedition Records: Syleus’s Abyss 1F-2F

To finish this part of the quest, you need to collect either of the two Expedition Records found on the first and second floors of Syleus’s Abyss.

You can try grabbing the record located right at the entrance of Syleus’s Abyss. When you enter the main gate of the dungeon’s first floor, turn right, and you’ll see a Mysterious Note. Interact with it to complete the objective of ‘finding a page from Collection: Expedition Records: Syleus’s Abyss 1F-2F’. That should finish the first objective. However, for those players looking to find the other Collection: Expedition Records, it’s located on the second floor.

2. Investigate the Decayed Coffin

Investigating the Decayed Coffin is one of the simplest objectives in the Traces of the Missing quest in Throne and Liberty. You can find plenty of Decayed Coffins on both the first and second floors of Syleus’s Abyss.

Decayed Coffin location 1

Decayed Coffin location 2

The two Decayed Coffins mentioned above are on the first floor and can be accessed through the door on the right side of the entrance.

3. Defeat Spectermancer

The Spectermancer is an event boss located in the chambers to the northwest and southeast of the Void Altar on the second floor of Syleus’s Abyss. When you get to the area, check if there’s a portal near the coffin in the middle of the pool. If there is, the Spectermancer will spawn there shortly. However, if you don’t see the portal, you’ll need to wait for one to appear. There’s no way to predict the exact timing for when the Spectermancer will spawn. When it does spawn, you’ll notice a skull icon appear, even if you’re not close to the location. Sometimes, the Spectermancer also appears in the large hall where you can find the second collection page.

4. Defeat Spectral Shadowmancer

Similar to the Spectermancer, the Spectral Shadowmancer is another event boss that appears on the second floor of Syleus’s Abyss. The Spectral Shadowmancer spawns in the room southwest of the Void Altar. The layout of this room is similar to the one where the Spectermancer appears, so you’ll need to look for the portal there as well.

As mentioned earlier, the Spectermancer and Spectral Shadowmancer will appear every time you enter the dungeon right after it transitioned from night to day, and the doors of Syleus’s Abyss open. You can notice that a definite spawn for the Spectral Shadowmancer when the time changes from day to night while you are still on the second floor of the dungeon.