Dream World

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Dream World
Release	24 July 2006 (Update)
Kingdom	None
Members	Yes
Music	Waking Dream
Teleports	? (edit)
Features
Banks	-
Altars	-
Obelisks	-
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The Dream World is the realm that players are required to go to in the quests Lunar Diplomacy, Dream Mentor and Blood Runs Deep. The only known means of access is through burning Soaked kindling or using a Potion of Shared Dreaming on the Ceremonial Brazier located on Lunar Isle, and reading about one's life from a lectern is the only known means of exiting from the dream. The history of the player is contained within the book My life, which serves as an exit during Lunar Diplomacy. Similarly, during Blood Runs Deep, the player and Baba Yaga read Our Lives to escape from Silas's dream.

One popular hypothesis about the existence of the dream realm is that it doesn't actually exist at all, but is really a hallucination experienced as a result of inhaling the fumes released from burning soaked kindling. This theory is backed up by renowned scholar and librarian of the Library of Varrock Reldo, who discussed what he thought about Dream worlds and other similar planes of existence in Postbag from the Hedge 42. He stated that:

“	I have heard of many other realms attached to our own but invisible to the uninitiated - lands of fairies, mists, shadows and even a dreamscape where your personal inadequacies are confronted - and I have little doubt that at least some of these are real. I imagine that the majority, however, are allegorical terms to explain some universal human concern, mythologised over the ages to help us understand them in terms we can appreciate.	”
— Reldo, Varrock Librarian

A player enters the Dream World.

Although, this hypothesis doesn't necessarily explain why you are able to die a real death in the dream world, or why real-world items can be brought into and out of it as well as be used (such as healing yourself with food that does not reappear due to everything not being real). It is possible that your death in the dream world is a metaphor for something going wrong in the dream process, and it is also possible that you are still able to use real items, even in your hallucinogenic state.

Quests

• Lunar Diplomacy
• Dream Mentor
• Blood Runs Deep

Personalities

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  Cyrisus, during Dream Mentor

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  Ethereal Man/Lady, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Expert, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Fluke, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Guide, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Mimic, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Numerator, during Lunar Diplomacy

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  Ethereal Perceptive, during Lunar Diplomacy

Monsters

The following monsters are encountered in the Dream World

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  Me, level 84 (only fought during Lunar Diplomacy)

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  The Inadequacy, level 98 (during Dream Mentor)

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  The Everlasting, level 93 (during Dream Mentor)

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  The Untouchable, level 98 (during Dream Mentor)

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  The Illusive, level 88 (during Dream Mentor)

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  A Doubt, level 77 (during Dream Mentor)

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  Dagannoth, level 98 (during Blood Runs Deep)

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  Wallasalki, level 91 (during Blood Runs Deep)

Music

• Waking Dream
• Dreamstate
• Inadequacy
• Everlasting
• Untouchable
• Illusive

Gallery

"A game of chance" map

"Communicating with numbers" map

"Anything you can do..." map

"Chop, chop, chop away" map

"The race is on!" map

"Where am I?" map

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • Bloom no longer causes the Dreamland in Lunar Diplomacy to appear black and white.

• patch 11 January 2010 (Update):
  • The lunar dream world no longer interferes with pets and their growth status.

• update 24 July 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The map of "A game of chance" resembles a die.
• The map of "Anything you can do..." resembles a quaver.
• The map of "The Race is On!" resembles an hourglass.
• The map of "Communicating with numbers" resembles a speech bubble.