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|Splash Image=Splash_Ouroboros_H.jpg
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|Type of Zone=Co-op Social Zone
|Level Range=15-50
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|Task Force Contact=''none''
|Event=''none''
|Exploration Badges={{BadgeLink|Chrononaut}}
|Plaques=''none''
|Day Jobs={{BadgeLink|Chronologist}}
|Enemies=''none''
|Connecting Zones=[[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], [[Talos Island]], [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]], [[Echo: Atlas Park]], [[Echo: Dark Astoria]], [[Echo: Faultline]], [[Echo: Galaxy City]], [[Echo: Rikti Crash Site]], [[Cimerora]]
|Lines=''none''
|VidiotMap=Ouroboros
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== Overview ==
[[File:OuroborosBase1.jpg|350px]]

The headquarters of the mysterious [[Menders of Ouroboros]]. Heroes and villains can both visit this zone. There are contacts with story arc missions here, as well as the [[Flashback]] system.  The available contacts and flashback missions/arcs vary with a player's alignment and level.



== Contacts ==
=== Regular Contacts ===
* [[The Pilgrim]]
* [[Mender Lazarus]]
* [[Mender Silos]]
* [[Mender Ramiel]]
* [[Pillar of Ice and Flame]]

=== Hero Contacts ===
* [[Twilight's Son]]

=== Villain Contacts ===
* [[Mender Tesseract]]

=== Notable NPCs ===
* [[Mender Valen]]
* [[Prometheus]]

== Neighborhoods ==
There are no neighborhoods explicitly marked on the Ouroboros map.  However, the following [[Media:Ouroboros_Ouroboros_loop.ogg|music]] will play in the background while in the zone.

== Exploration Badges ==

{{Badges in zone}}

== Day Jobs ==

{{Day job locations
| zone = Chronologist
}}

== Stores ==
* [[Mender Roebuck]] sells inspirations.
* [[Luna]] sells [[Super Inspirations]] and converts [[Empyrean_Merit_Salvage|Empyrean]] and [[Astral_Merit_Salvage|Astral]] Merits. Also sells [[Event_Badges#Anniversary_Badges|Anniversary Badges]] during Anniversary month.

== Transfer Points ==
* The only ways to get to Ouroboros are the [[Ouroboros Portal]] temporary power and the [[Mission Transporter]] [[Super Booster|booster power]], provided that someone on the team has a [[Door Mission]] in the zone.
* Heroes can leave through the exit portal to [[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], or [[Talos Island]]. 
* The portal can also be used to enter some outdoor instance missions such as "Board Train". Using the portal to exit Ouroboros a player will get the normal selection of zones to travel to and one that places them inside that mission. 
** These do not need to be time travel missions and every player on a team can use this option not just the owner of the mission.
* Villains can exit to [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]].
* The Ouroboros Echo Teleporter at the west end of the compound allows access to [[Echo: Rikti Crash Site]] and [[Echo: Dark Astoria]]; for heroes, it also offers access to [[Echo: Atlas Park]], [[Echo: Galaxy City]], and [[Echo: Faultline]].
* All players can access [[Cimerora]] from the exit portal, provided they have unlocked the ability to do so. Unlocking access requires either the [[History in the Making Badge]] or the [[Temporal Strife Badge]].

== Trivia ==
* An Ouroboros is the symbol of the dragon eating its own tail, which has existed for centuries throughout Norse, Greek, African, Hindu, and many other systems of mythology. It is also a central image throughout the novel "The Worm Ouroboros" by E.R. Eddison.
* [[Flower Knight]] and an Ouroboros NPC can be found talking to each other in this zone. One such interchange includes the zone's pronunciation: "It's pronounced or-oh-boar-os."
* [[Mender Lazarus]] tells players that time travel is limited to 5730 years forward or backward, calling it the Carbon Law. This is probably a reference to the half-life of [[wikipedia:Carbon-14]], which is also 5730 years (±40).

== Notes ==
* This zone was added to the game for [[Hero|Heroes]] and [[Villain]]s in [[Issue 11]].
* There used to be two separate Ouroboros zones, one for Heroes and one for Villains. They were merged into one co-operative zone in [[Issue 25]].

== See Also == 
* [[Entrusted with the Secret Badge]]

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