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.
| No. | Royal Garden Main Quest | Royal Garden Sub Quest 1 |
| 1. | Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 01 | Folk Potions Research Report 02 |
| 2. | Notes on Hermes Life: Garden 02 | Alchemy’s Researcher’s Letter of Complaint |
| 3. | Diary of an Unknown Soldier 02 | Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 04 |
| 4. | Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 01 | Giant Tree Experiment Records 01 |
| 5. | Folk Potions Research Report 01 | Novice Researcher’s Letter of Complaint |
| 6. | Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 02 | Vile Blood Experiment Records 01 |
| 7. | Greenhouse Procurement Order | Underground Shift Complaints |
| 8. | Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 01 | Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 03 |
| 9. | Introduction to Alchemy | Experienced Researcher’s Notebook 02 |
| 10. | Alchemy Researcher’s Notebook 03 | Pure Blood Experiment Records 01 |
| 11. | Last Page of Researcher’s Journal | Sea of Trees Researcher’s Secret Letter |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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