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Payon Forest 페이욘 숲

The eleven fields around Payon, from the Poring and Willow outside the gate to Eddga's forest and the two Faceworm fields added in 2025: what spawns on each and at what level, the bosses, who stands out there, the way to the Hunter Guild, and the quests. The forest has no post of its own — this is assembled from the game's files, recorded play sessions and the notices that mention it. Every fact says where it came from.

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At a glance

Fields
Eleven, around Payon
Monster levels
1 to 145: beginners' fields by the town, Faceworms at the far end
MVP
Eddga, on the level 66 field
Job change
The way to the Hunter Guild 2018 note
Newest
Two Faceworm fields, since September 2025 2025 note

The fields

In the order of the level the game's world map recommends for each, lowest first. Counts are the navigation table's; the server decides the real ones.

Champions. A name with a prefix is a champion: a stronger version of one of the field's own monsters, with a page of its own. There are five kinds in the game — Swift, Solid, Ringleader, Furious and Elusive — and the forest has four of them. In September 2023 the way some champions are summoned changed and their EXP was raised considerably. 2023 note The Eden Group's Diligent Sogil asks for two of the forest's: the Bigfoot Ringleader and the Solid Horn.

Nine of the eleven share one name in the game, Payon Forest, so the map code is what tells them apart. pay_fild04 is named Sograt Desert, though it is one of Payon's fields: the Poring family lives there, with its four bosses. The two newest have names of their own, Payon Snake Forest and Forest of the Giant Serpent.

Bosses

Eddga is the forest's MVP. The four on the Poring field are bosses of the Poring family, and the five Faceworm Queens — one per element — fill the Forest of the Giant Serpent. Level, element and race are the game's.

Monster LvElementRace
Eddga Eddga Named 에드가 84 Fire Brute
Mastering Mastering Named 마스터링 50 Water Plant
Deviling Deviling Named 데빌링 85 Shadow Demon
Angeling Angeling Named 엔젤링 100 Holy Angel
Ghostring Ghostring Named 고스트링 126 Ghost Demon
Faceworm Queen (Poison) Faceworm Queen (Poison) Curated 선대 페이스웜 퀸 145 Poison Insect
Faceworm Queen (Water) Faceworm Queen (Water) Curated 늙은 페이스웜 퀸 145 Water Insect
Faceworm Queen (Earth) Faceworm Queen (Earth) Curated 노쇠한 페이스웜 퀸 145 Earth Insect
Faceworm Queen (Fire) Faceworm Queen (Fire) Curated 병든 페이스웜 퀸 145 Fire Insect
Faceworm Queen (Wind) Faceworm Queen (Wind) Curated 고령의 페이스웜 퀸 145 Wind Insect

The two Faceworm fields

Faceworms first appeared in September 2019 inside the Faceworm Nest, a memorial dungeon for level 110 and above, set in "a field near ancient Payon". 2019 note In April 2025 the developers said its farming would move out of the instance: after clearing the dungeon's story once, players would enter "a special field associated with that MD" and hunt there for its equipment and materials, with no instance to create. 2025 note In September 2025 two open fields were added to the Payon region with the dungeon's monsters: 2025 note

  • Payon Snake Forest (pay_fild11), for base level 110 and above: Faceworms, their larvae and eggs, and the dark ones.
  • Forest of the Giant Serpent (pay_fild05), for base level 140 and above: the Faceworm Queens. With the field, the Queen went from an MVP to an ordinary mid-boss, and her card from an MVP card to an ordinary one.

The Eden Group's Payon representative, Payon Envoy Yangmin at moc_para01 51 31, explains both. 2025 note Two days after they opened, Teleport was enabled on both fields, the Queen's card stopped being announced server-wide when found, and it left the Boss Card Exchange Box. 2025 note A sentry in the Snake Forest gives hunting requests for it, and a singing serpent in the Giant Serpent's forest has the Bard's Song quests.

Getting there. Both are reached on foot. The game's navigation table joins the Snake Forest to pay_fild02 and pay_fild06, and the Forest of the Giant Serpent to pay_fild02 and to Morroc's moc_fild03. The dungeon itself is still entered where it always was, by the game's own tip: the Magic Scholar in the Dimensional Rift, at dali 80 60. Client

  1. To the Sentry Likely in game
    1 step · first to Sentry Geumseong pay_fild11 (53, 311)

    The Snake Forest’s first request, from Sentry Geumseong at pay_fild11 53 311.

Who stands in the forest

WhoWhereWhat for
Laid-back Dongdongpay_fild01 328 351Two quests, the first about the firewood the anxious man at Payon's gate is waiting for.
Idler Hanul, Archaeologistpay_fild01 310 342Episode 1's second to fourth steps. 2021 note
Gloomy Manpay_fild02 34 202The Magic Sword quests: Mysteltainn, Grimtooth, Executioner.
Monster Scholar Gonpay_fild04 33 172On the Poring field.
Forest Keeper Senapay_fild07 291 349The Forest Keeper's Wheel, and bear hunting. 2017 note
Herb Picking Ladypay_fild08 153 83—
Forest Keeper Duripay_fild09 91 164The Wheel's second part, and Horn hunting. 2017 note
Forest Keeper Hanapay_fild10 114 371The Wheel's third part, and the corrupted guardian spirit. 2017 note
Hunter Guild Memberpay_fild10 148 252Takes you to the Hunter Guild. 2018 note
Sentry Geumseongpay_fild11 53 311Faceworm hunting requests.
Singing Serpentpay_fild05 190 270The Bard's Song quests.

The Forest Keepers arrived two weeks after launch, in December 2017, with the Payon region's first quests: Sena, Duri and Hana, one on each of three fields. 2017 note Their chain, the Forest Keeper's Wheel, passes from one to the next.

  1. 1 step · first to Forest Keeper Sena pay_fild07 (291, 349)

    Starts with Forest Keeper Sena; parts 2 and 3 are Duri’s and Hana’s.

The Hunter Guild. Hunters, and Snipers after them, change jobs with Hunter Allan inside the Hunter Guild, and the way in is the guild member standing in the forest at pay_fild10 148 252. 2018 note 2018 note

A dimensional gate stands at pay_fild06 200 200 during the Spring Flower Festival, with no level limit. 2026 note

Quests

Every quest the game's own quest list ties to these fields — by where its steps send you, what it links, what it hunts, its title, or because a recorded play session saw someone here give it — grouped by who gives it.

Gloomy ManPayon Forest (34, 202)

Forest Keeper DuriPayon Forest (91, 164)

  • In gameForest Keeper's Wheel (2)A step sends you to Payon Forest; its text links a spot in Payon Forest; a recorded play session saw someone in Payon Forest give it or take it in.
  • In gameThe Culprit Gnawing the TreesA step sends you to Payon Forest; an in-game tip about Payon Forest covers it.
  • In gameHorn HuntingA step sends you to Payon Forest.

Forest Keeper HanaPayon Forest (114, 371)

Sentry GeumseongPayon Snake Forest (53, 311)

Forest Keeper SenaPayon Forest (291, 349)

  • In gameBear Hunting for the ForestA step sends you to Payon Forest; an in-game tip about Payon Forest covers it; a recorded play session saw someone in Payon Forest give it or take it in.
  • In gameStill Bear HuntingA step sends you to Payon Forest; a recorded play session saw someone in Payon Forest give it or take it in.

Laid-back DongdongPayon Forest (328, 351)

ArchaeologistPayon Forest (312, 353)

Idler HanulPayon Forest (310, 342)

Blacksmith WalterAlberta (43, 68)

Singing SerpentForest of the Giant Serpent (190, 270)

Giver not named

Started elsewhere

  • Likely in gameSpecial Order for Sharing Sweetness 5Its text names Payon Forest.
  • In gameHoney-like Laborfrom Anxious Middle-aged Man, Payon (173, 77) · A recorded play session saw someone in Payon Forest give it or take it in.
  • In gameI Only Trust You!from Anxious Middle-aged Man, Payon (173, 77) · A recorded play session saw someone in Payon Forest give it or take it in.
  • Not confirmedBigfoot Ringleader Huntingfrom Diligent Sogil, Inside Morroc Paradise Group (18, 35) · Hunts a monster found only in Payon Forest.
  • Not confirmedSolid Horn Huntingfrom Diligent Sogil, Inside Morroc Paradise Group (18, 35) · Hunts a monster found only in Payon Forest.

In the Payon guide

Since 2017

Everything the notices have said about the forest, oldest first.

  • 4 Dec 2017 The Forest Keepers — Sena, Duri and Hana — bring quests to the Payon region. 2017 note
  • 14 Feb 2018 pay_fild06 is one of the areas whose monsters stop respawning at fixed spots. 2018 note
  • Dec 2018 Hunters, then Snipers, change jobs at the Hunter Guild, reached from pay_fild10. 2018 note 2018 note
  • 25 Sep 2019 The Faceworm Nest opens as a memorial dungeon in the Dimensional Rift. 2019 note
  • 16 Jun 2021 Episode 1's first part sends new adventurers into the forest, to Hanul and the Archaeologist. 2021 note
  • 29 Sep 2021 The spawn rate of Poring in Payon Forest is adjusted. 2021 note
  • 20 Sep 2023 pay_fild06 is changed from a Fever area to a normal one; champion monsters are reworked. 2023 note
  • 2 Apr 2025 The developers announce that the Faceworm Nest's farming will move to a field entered after one clear. 2025 note
  • 17 Sep 2025 Payon Snake Forest and Forest of the Giant Serpent are added; the Faceworm Queen becomes a mid-boss. 2025 note
  • 19 Sep 2025 Teleport is enabled on the two new fields. 2025 note
  • 1 Apr 2026 A dimensional gate at pay_fild06 200 200 for the Spring Flower Festival. 2026 note