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Thymesia is a souls-like action RPG set in the Kingdom of Hermes, once a thriving kingdom, now infested by terrifying monsters and creatures. It’s up to the mysterious character, known only as Corvus, to find out why his kingdom ended this way.

Wielding the power of disease as a weapon, Corvus must fight through the dark and desolate kingdom while trying to recover his lost memories through stories and lore pieces. Therefore, in the following guide, we will show you where to find all 22 Royal Garden Stories in Thymesia , following the same order as in the table below, to unveil the truth behind the disaster.

Also, if you need help finding all 33 Sea of Trees Stories , refer to our corresponding guide.

Where To Find the Royal Garden Main Quest Stories

Most of the Royal Garden Stories can be found on your way to the Hanged Queen boss, but some of them will require a bit of exploring to find. So, to avoid missing any stories, we will go over all 11 Royal Garden Main Quest Stories locations and show you how to collect them.

Story #1 – Notes on Hermes Life Garden 01

Start the Royal Garden Main Quest, activate the nearby beacon, use any memory shards left, and pick the spear plague weapon because it’s very effective against shield-wielding enemies, which you will encounter the most. Now, go down the two sets of stairs and deal with the shield-wielding enemy.

Follow the path to the right, up the stairs, and deal with the bow-wielding and shield-wielding enemies, then kill the corrupted shield-wielding enemy looking over the railing. Collect the Notes on Hermes Life Garden 01 in the left corner.

Royal Garden Stories #1: Notes on Hermes Life Garden 01

Story #2 – Notes on Hermes Life Garden 02

Go back down the stairs, through the short tunnel, and take the narrow path to the left. Climb the stairs, deal with the enemies you encounter, take the wooden ramp on the right, and follow the path until you face a twin-swords-wielding mini-boss. Once you defeat him, pick up the Notes on Hermes Life Garden 02 behind his location, in front of the large wooden gate.

Also, at the top of the ramp, right in front, there is a ladder that you can release to unlock a shortcut.

Story #3 – Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02

Now, go back down the wooden ramp and follow the path down the right stairs, dealing with the enemies along the way. Eventually, you will reach a wooden platform with a scythe-wielding enemy guarding the story. Take him out and collect the Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02 .

Story #4 – Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 01

Jump down from the platform and defeat the greatsword-wielding mini-boss. Going up the stairs will lead you to a dead-end area with a garden and to a gate that unlocks a shortcut near the second story we found. Now, take the path down next to the stairs and deal with the enemies along the way (most shield-wielding) until you reach the indoor botanical garden.

As you turn right inside, you will see a new type of enemy, a mini-boss wielding the blood blade. By now, you might be low on potions and maybe health, so you can either try to snatch the Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 01 and run until you reach the next beacon or go for the beacon first and return to grab the story and defeat the mini-boss too. It’s up to you.

Royal Garden Story #4: Experienced Researcher's Notebook 01

Also, if you die here, respawn at the beacon, keep running, and avoid fighting to preserve potions until you reach this place again.

Story #5 – Folk Potions Research Report 01

Make your way through the enemies until you reach the next beacon, activate it, rest, and tweak your loadout if needed. In the following building on the left, you will face a couple of enemies and another blood-blade-wielding mini-boss right next to our story.

While the mini-boss is with his back turned, kill the normal enemies around by luring them over to you using throwable feathers, then go for the mini-boss. Once you’re done, collect the Folk Potions Research Report 01 off the shelf.

Royal Garden Story #5: Folk Potions Research Report 01

In the next room, there is a twin daggers-wielding mini-boss to defeat and a Mint ingredient behind her. After you defeat her, you can return to the beacon to rest and refill your potions.

Story #6 – Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 02

Going to the right, you will reach an open area with a library on the left side and an elevator on the right side with a halberd-wielding mini-boss patrolling the area. Once you defeat him, grab the Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 02 from the far-end corner of the library.

Story #7 – Greenhouse Procurement Order

From here, follow the hallway, deal with the enemies along the way, and turn right into a dead-end with a couple of wooden barrels, a broken cart, and a scythe-wielding enemy lying on the ground. Kill the enemy and destroy the nearby wooden barrels to reveal the Greenhouse Procurement Order for you to collect.

Story #8 – Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 01

Proceed inside the library, and immediately on the right, you will see the Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 01 glowing near the middle of the shelf.

Story #9 – Introduction to Alchemy

Proceed further inside the library, and you will see the library’s floor is covered in vile blood, and human-shaped creatures will start spawning that can be dealt with in 3-combo hits. Hallway through the corridor, you will find the Introduction to Alchemy on the left side of the library.

Story #10 – Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 03

Keep going further until you face the vile blood mini-boss wielding a whip responsible for the human-shaped creatures made of vile blood. Defeat the mini-boss and collect the Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 03 off the library’s shelf on the left side.

Story #11 – Last Page of Researcher’s Journal

Now, turn around and keep going through the library until you find an elevator. On the opposite side of the elevator, collect the Last Page of Researcher’s Journal tucked in a corner on top of a stack of books.

Where To Find the Royal Garden Sub Quest 1 Stories

Most parts of the Royal Garden Sub Quest 1 Stories can be found on bookshelves near the end of the quest, but a couple of them can be easily missed if you don’t pay enough attention to them. So, to make sure you collect every story during Sub Quest 1, we will go over all 11 Royal Garden Stories locations and show you where to find them.

Story #1 – Folk Potions Research Report 02

Start the Royal Garden Sub Quest 1, activate the nearby beacon, and return to the Hanged Queen lair. Go to the back of the lair to find the Folk Potions Research Report 02 next to giant red crystals.

Story #2 – Alchemy Researcher’s Letter of Complaint

Return to the beacon, enter the library covered in vile blood, and follow the corridor until you can turn left into another corridor. By the end of this corridor, you will reach two sets of stairs, one leading back to the library’s elevator and the other to the Alchemy Researcher’s Letter of Complaint .

Story #3 – Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 04

Now, turn around and keep going ahead until you reach the open area where you defeated the mini-boss spawning human-shaped creatures. You will encounter two spear-wielding enemies spawning from the blood, two corrupted shield-wielding enemies and a blood blade-wielding mini-boss looking at the library.

Kill the regular enemies first without disturbing the mini-boss, then go for the mini-boss, who will drop the Key to Greenhouse 2nd Floor required to progress the quest. Once you’re done, collect the Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 04 .

Royal Garden Story #3: Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 04

Story #4 – Giant Tree Experiment Records 01

Now, follow the rightmost path, which leads out of the library, and deal with the enemies along the way. In the hallway, on the way out, collect the Giant Tree Experiment Records 01 off the bookshelf.

Story #5 – Novice Researcher’s Letter of Complaint

Proceed outside of the library, activate the nearby beacon, and follow the right path. At the end of the path, you will reach an open area with the Greenhouse Elevator and a twin swords-wielding mini-boss patrolling the area. Once you defeat him, go behind the Greenhouse Elevator, kill the nearby scythe-wielding enemy, and collect the Novice Researcher’s Letter of Complaint .

Stories #6 & 7 – Vile Blood Experiment Records 01 & Underground Shift Complaints

Now, a few steps ahead, you will find a gate on the left that you can open using the Key to Greenhouse 2nd Floor we previously acquired. Open the gate, proceed up the stairs, and right in front of you, a blood-blade-wielding mini-boss guards the Vile Blood Experiment Records 01 story. A few steps ahead from the previous story, you will find the Underground Shift Complaints on the bookshelf guarded by a spear-wielding enemy and a shield-wielding enemy.

Stories #8 & 9 – Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 03 & Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 02

Now, keep going ahead, kill the corrupted shield-wielding enemy to receive Key to Library Elevator, and pick up Key to Greenhouse Elevator off the table. Take out the bow-wielding enemy before the Greenhouse Elevator and interact with the elevator. From here, return to the beacon outside the library and rest if needed.

Once inside the library covered in vile blood, follow the corridor, hugging the right side, then immediately take a turn to the right. At the end of this corridor, climb the stairs on the left, jump down, and go straight inside the elevator in front of you (avoid fighting the nearby enemies). Following the catwalk, you will find the Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 03 right guarded by a blood blade-wielding mini-boss.

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After you kill the mini-boss, walk a few steps ahead and collect the Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 02 near the end of the catwalk.

Stories #10 & 11 – Pure Blood Experiment Records 01 & Sea of Trees Researcher’s Secret Letter

Jump down onto the next catwalk to find the Pure Blood Experiment Records 01 story guarded by a spear-wielding enemy. Take him out, collect the Royal Garden Story and keep going ahead until you face another blood blade-wielding mini-boss. Defeat the mini-boss to receive the Key to Underground Laboratory and collect the Sea of Trees Researcher’s Secret Letter .

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Royal Garden

Royal Garden is the second main location after the tutorial in Thymesia .

Once a habitat for the cultivation of plant crops, the Royal Garden became the center of the teaching of alchemy in the Kingdom of Hermes. After the outbreak of the Plague, novices and scholars obtained the fundamentals of alchemy under the guidance of Emerald . Soon after she was done, she buried herself in her own researches and seemed to collaborate with everyone in the Kingdom.

The task of the alchemists was to research Vile Blood and produce and transform it into Pure Blood . It is stated that Pure Blood was only gained by a procedure being able to convert certain amounts of Vile Blood, so any production of Pure Blood required the same amount of Vile Blood to be created in the first place. It is also hinted that the experiments and researches on Pure Blood were seen as unproductive and a waste of time and energy; at least in the early stages of discovery.

1.1.1 First beacon
1.1.2 Second beacon
1.1.3 Third beacon
1.2.1 First beacon
1.2.2 Second beacon
1.3.1 First Beacon
1.3.2 Second beacon
1.3.3 Third beacon
1.4.1 First beacon
1.4.2 Second beacon

Walkthrough [ ]

Main quest [ ], first beacon [ ].

Light up the beacon chair ahead.
Go down the stairs, and then down one flight of stairs to the right.
Take the stairs up to the right. Be careful of the highly accurate bow elite here.
To the right up here is a shield elite. Take care of him and read Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 01 .
Go back down the stairs and take the other flight of stairs down. There is a shield elite whose patrol takes him here periodically.
Go down the stairs to the left through the short passage, and then down the next set to the left.
Continue ahead and take the stairs up and around.
There is a shield elite here along with a regular scythe enemy.
Continue up the stairs and ramp to the upper level. This level is patrolled by a twin sword miniboss who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
Release the ladder up here for a shortcut back to the beacon chair.
Go to the door at the end of this level and read Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 02 .
Return down the ramp and take the stairs down to the right to find a few regular enemies.
Continue downstairs to the right and take the left for a fight with a shield elite.
Proceed left down the stairs to find Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02 .
Drop down for a fight with a greatsword miniboss that drops an alchemy potion. Beware the patrolling regular enemies that may join the fight.
Go up the stairs across from the dropdown point and follow the path to an iron gate.
Open the gate and go through for a fight against a scythe elite and a regular enemy. There's a Collection of Memories Lv1 here to pick up under the barrels.
Turn around, go up the stairs here and open the iron gate at the end to open a shortcut back.
Return to the area of the greatsword miniboss fight.
Go around and down the stairs ahead and to the right, where there will be a shield elite
There's a Collection of Memories Lv1 on the table here.
Continue up the stairs ahead to the left and take the right and the next right.
Go down the stairs to the left and into the greenhouse ahead to the far wall.
Turn around to find a blood blade miniboss by the table who drops an Alchemy Enhancer .
Once he's defeated, read Experienced Researcher's Notebook 01 on the table where the miniboss was waiting.
Go left from the table, and then right. There is an scythe elite here.
Go right and through the opening, then proceed left to the corner, and turn left.
Go to the little area to the left to pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.
Turn around and go across into the greenhouse. There's a scythe elite here.
Continue out the other side of the greenhouse and continue to find a beacon chair ahead on the right.

Second beacon [ ]

The miniboss isn't easily alerted, so there's clear opportunity to clear out the other enemies before fighting the miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
Read Folk Potions Research Report 01 by where the miniboss was waiting.
Go up the short set of stairs into the next room for a fight with a katar miniboss, who also drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
Pick up Mint by the red crystal when done.
Backtrack down the stairs, out of this room, and into the area ahead for a fight with a halberd miniboss who drops an Alchemy Enhancer.
On the end of the curving bookcases, read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 02 .
From here, go back around to the right to the bookcases here and take the right path.
There is a shield elite patrolling this path.
At the end, go right and break the barrels to find Greenhouse Procurement Order .
Turn around and continue ahead between the rows of bookcases. Read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 01 on the right.
Weak enemies will periodically emerge from the blood. They are easily defeated, but may continue to emerge from previously cleared out spots, and may be a threat if allowed to become a swarm.
Read Introduction to Alchemy on the left side.
Continue ahead past the bookcases on the right, turn around, and take the path immediately on the other side.
If available, show Emerald items you've discovered for Collection of Memories Lv2 and more doses of story.
Head back down the stairs, then go up the stairs and drop down the other side. There is a shield elite here.
Read Last Page of Researcher's Journal here. Continue forward from the stairs and follow the path ahead to the next beacon chair.

Third beacon [ ]

From the chair, backtrack to the bookcase with the Last Page of Researcher's Journal and follow the path right out into the larger area.
Beware when the miniboss retreats into the blood before taking any meaningful hits. This usually indicates it's about to perform its critical attack.
Pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1 behind the miniboss's initial location. Back to the right is Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 03 to read.
Return to the beacon chair.
Continue on through the other door to find the boss, the Hanged Queen .
Defeat her for Hanged Queen's Core , a Forgotten Feather , and some Blood Storm skill shards.
Upon returning to Philosopher's Hill , the Hermes' Answer: Research Notebook can be found.

Sub Quest 1 [ ]

Turn around and go into the Hanged Queen boss arena. Search around to find Lavender and Folk Potions Research Report 02 .
Regular enemies may be mostly concealed in this area. Look for lighter spots on the surface to help find them.
There's a shield elite patrolling the path and a Collection of Memories Lv1 along the right side.
As usual, the blood blade miniboss will largely ignore what's happening around it. It's best to clear out all the enemies first.
When defeated, the miniboss will drop an Alchemy Enhancer and Key to Greenhouse 2nd Floor .
Read Alchemy Researcher's Notebook 04 , located at the miniboss's previous location.
Return to the path taken to reach this large area and take the path just to the right of that to the end and up the right set of stairs to find Alchemy Researcher's Letter of Complaint .
Again, return to the entrance of this path and take the other path to the right leading along the outside of this area. There is a shield elite patrolling this path.
Go through the corridors to the right and read Giant Tree Experiment Records 01 on the right.
Continue ahead to find the next beacon chair on the right.
Light up the beacon chair.
Go right from the beacon chair and take the curving path around. There is a shield elite patrolling the path and a scythe elite near the end.
There is a twin sword miniboss in the next area, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
Go behind the elevator to read Novice Researcher's Letter of Complaint .
Go back to the other side of elevator.
Don't open the gate yet. Instead, go past the gate into the greenhouse. One scythe elite and one shield elite are in the first room.
In the next room up the short set of stairs, there is a greatsword miniboss. He drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
Exit the greenhouse and open the gate to the right. Proceed through and pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1.
Go up the stairs to encounter another blood blade miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
Read the Vile Blood Experiment Records 01 on the bookshelf.
Continue along the curving path and read Underground Shift Complaints on the bookshelves ahead to the right.
Go farther ahead to find a shield elite patrolling ahead. A bow elite will also be firing arrows in this section, so it may be wise to pull the shield enemy back to a safer location to fight.
When defeated, the enemy gives up Key to Greenhouse Elevator .
Keep following the path ahead, being careful not to stop and give the bow enemy an easy shot. Take the left, defeat the enemy, and then return to the table to pick up Key to the Library Elevator .
Go back to where the bow enemy was and take the elevator down back to a location near the second beacon.
Backtrack almost all the way back to the first beacon chair until reaching the elevator passed earlier in the level.
Take the elevator up. Proceed ahead and left for another shield elite.
Continue down the path to find another blood blade miniboss, who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and the usual shards.
Read Experienced Researcher's Notebook 03 , and then continue on to find Experienced Researcher's Notebook 02 on the right bookcases.
Drop down and collect the Collection of Memories Lv1 below.
Proceed ahead and read Pure Blood Experiment Records 01 from a bookshelf on the right.
This miniboss is more alert than others of its kind, making it difficult, perhaps impossible, to fight the shield elite without her getting involved.
Defeat the miniboss for another Alchemy Enhancer and the Key to Underground Laboratory , achieving the quest objective, but there's still a little more to do.
Read the Sea of Trees Researcher's Secret Letter by where the miniboss was.
Go halfway down the stairs, up the ladder on the left, and drop down.
Follow the path to the open area, then turn around and take the outermost path on the right out of the blood.
Go through the corridors between the bookcases, open the gate on the left, and read Hermes Answer: Formula Research .

Underground Laboratory [ ]

First beacon [ ].

Light up the nearby beacon chair.
Proceed ahead to find a shield elite.
Continue following the path to find another shield elite patrolling. Pull him into the corridor to avoid fighting him while being shot at with arrows.
Take the first left ahead and go up the stairs and around for yet another shield enemy.
Continue ahead while being wary of arrows to read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 03 and grab Collection of Memories Lv1.
Return down the stairs and go left. Take the stairs ahead on the right to get to the bow elite and defeat him.
Up here, read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 01 .
Head back down the stairs and then down the stairs to the right.
Take the right path at the fork for a fight with a halberd miniboss who drops the usual Alchemy Enhancer
Go back to the fork, take the other path down the stairs and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1 along the way.
There's a scythe elite here. After dealing with him, read the Blood Written Letter 01 .
From the letter, go around and down to find the next Beacon Chair.
Light up the Beacon Chair.
From the chair, take the path leading down. Note that ghosts will spawn in this area. Continue to the fork.
There's a scythe elite on the left and a shield elite on the right. Because of the patrol route of the enemy on the right, it's safer to eliminate him first, and then take the left.
Pick up the Collection of Memories Lv1 here. Go back and take the right fork this time.
At the next fork, take the right to collect another Collection of Memories Lv1. Go back and take the left fork.
There's both a scythe elite and a shield elite ahead. It should be possible to fight and defeat the latter without the former noticing.
Continue through, take the left, and fight the whip miniboss at the bottom. Defeating it nets an Alchemy Enhancer, shards, and should stop the ghosts from spawning.
At the fork here, go around to the left for a short dead end with Blood Written Letter 02 .
Back to the fork, take the other path to yet another fork. There is a greatsword miniboss on the left fork dropping the usual Alchemy Enhancer and shards.
At this fork, take the left path to find Vile Blood Experiment Records 02 .
Head back to the fork and take the other path, picking up Collection of Memories Lv1 along the way.
Continue on down the path until reaching the next beacon chair along the right wall.
Continue ahead and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.
Drop down ahead for a boss battle against the Sound of the Abyss .
The boss drops 5800 Memory Shards, Sound of the Abyss' Core , a Forgotten Feather, and Vile Blood Shield skill shards.

Underground Laboratory - Sub Quest 1 [ ]

Move ahead. There is a patrolling shield elite who frequently comes close to the two regular enemies here.
When the enemies are dealt with, read Message in Blood 03 on the left.
As ghosts spawn in the pool, it might be worth pulling the miniboss out to fight him, even if it's a cramped area to fight.
Follow the path around to a fork. Take the left one find a scythe elite standing near red crystals. Clear them out and read Vile Blood Experiment Records 00 .
Return to the fork and take the other path, where a shield elite is patrolling.
Continue to the next fork. Take the left for a Collection of Memories Lv1.
Go back and take the other path to another fork up a set of stairs.
Go right and take the Collection of Memories Lv1.
Go back, and take the other path to the next beacon chair.
It may be worth pulling him to the beacon chair to avoid ghost spawns, but beware of the shield enemy behind that may join in if he's alive.
Proceed ahead carefully, as there is a bow elite up the path a ways. Deal with him and the two regular enemies and read Derivative Research 01 .
It may be worth pulling the shield enemy back into the corridor to be able to fight him without being shot at with arrows.
An alternative strategy is to sprint ahead to the bow enemy, kill him, and drop down to lose the pursuing enemies, who will likely revert to their standard positions.
There is a Collection of Memories Lv1 around the right wall outside of the little corridor.
From here, turn around, go up the stairs and continue around to a fork, dodging arrows along the way.
Continue around to he left to finally reach the bow enemy, though he has another shield elite guarding him.
When clear, read the Vile Blood Experiment Records 03 here.
Go back to the fork and take the other path, where there will again be incoming arrows from a bow elite above. There is cover tight in to the rocks ahead.
Sprint up the left stairs, ignoring enemies for now. At the top, go right and drop down.
Sprint up the stairs ahead, ignoring the two shield elites for now, and continue around to the bow elite at the top of the ridge.
Eliminate the bow elite quickly and drop down.
Clear out enemies and backtrack to the ridge where the bow enemy was. Drop down onto the small wooden ledge below and read Experiment No.1 Observation Report 02 .
Drop down and take the path ahead into the pool. A whip miniboss is here to fight who drops an Alchemy Enhancer and skill shards.
Read Derivative Research 02 .
Continue down the passage and pick up Collection of Memories Lv1.

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Thymesia – All 11 Story Bits (Chapter – Royal Garden) Story Guide

Story Bits is one of the many collectibles that can be found and discovered within Thymesia. They are pieces of documents that tell the player more about the world and their locations.

These documents can be found throughout the entire game and in specific chapters. Getting them all will unlock the Memory Weaver trophy achievement

This page will be focused on trying to locate all of the story bits that can be found within Chapter – Royal Garden (Story) . There is a total of 11 story bits to be found within this specific chapter.

( NOTE: Chapter – Royal Garden (Story) Story Bit Locations )

( NOTE: Chapter – Royal Garden (Sub Quest) Story Bit Locations )

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STORY BIT LOCATIONS

STORY BIT: Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 01 GUIDE: From the beacon head down the steps and turn right and follow the next set of steps to our blue glowing collectible.

STORY BIT: Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 02 GUIDE: From the previous collectible backtrack down the stairs and continue right. Then head left through an archway.

Turn and head left at the next junction and then keep going right and head up. From there the collectible is on the left.

STORY BIT: Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02 GUIDE: Backtrack a bit and this time head down the steps and turn right. Keep following the path down and you will find this one.

STORY BIT: Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 01 GUIDE: Drop down to the ground below and head under the stairs, head down. Turn left at the junction and head back up again. Follow the next set of stairs down.

Continue on until you find the story bit collectible.

STORY BIT: Folk Potions Research Report 01 GUIDE: Head right and keep going, pass through the following building structure. Here there will be a beacon.

Turn left of the beacon and left again to find this one.