Jaka Itzel

Jaka Itzel

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Map of Jaka Itzel

Location within Verdant Brink

Level

80

Type

Area

Zone

Verdant Brink
(Heart of Maguuma)

Connects to

Forsaken Thicket (NE)
Heartless Pass (S)
Wyvern Cliffs (W)

Image(s)

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Jaka Itzel is an area in Verdant Brink. It is the home of the Itzel hylek tribe.

Objectives

Waypoints

Jaka Itzel Waypoint —

Points of Interest

Batrach Falls —

Dwelling of the Kaanas —

Temple of Ameyalli —

Vistas

Jaka Itzel Vista —

The vista appears to require a jump to a narrow vertical piece of wood over a long fall, but if you walk along the higher branch beside it you'll hit a space where you can interact. If you can't find it try inching towards it on the thick bend in the branch.

Adventures

Bugs in the Branches

Raids

Forsaken Thicket

Events

Defeat Mayatl the Fierce (80)

Defeat the Mordrem invaders to clear the village (80)

Defeat the hylek zealots and their converts (80)

Douse the fires to save the village (80)

Fill the Itzel villagers' food baskets with insect larvae (80)

Help Itzel Hunters defeat creatures. Keep Itzel Hunters alive (80)

Kill the rampaging Mordrem (80)

Stop sun zealots from indoctrinating the Itzel (80)

NPCs

Allies

Hylek

• Follower of Zintl
• High Priest Copuul
• Itzel
• Itzel Bladedancer
• Itzel Shadowleaper
• Itzel Villager
• Kaana Miatli
• Veteran Jaka Itzel Guard
• Zintl Cavalier

Humans

• Vigil Crusader
• Whispers Keeper

Insect

• Giant Beetle

Norn

• Vigil Recruit

Services

Anvil

Crusader Goff (Only during Night and the Enemy)

Itzel Mastery Vendor

Itzel Scout (Only during Securing Verdant Brink)

Nuhoch Mastery Vendor

Supplymaster Kani

Foes

Ambient creatures

• Sparkfly

Grubs

• Jungle Grub

Porcines

• Jungle Boar

Saurians

• Pocket Raptor
• Smokescale
• Veteran Arrowhead

Spiders

• Jungle Spider
• Veteran Jungle Spider

Vampire Beasts

• Vampire Beast Crawler
• Vampire Beast Mauler

Ambient dialogue

At Jaka Itzel

Itzel Bladedancer: Kaana, we lack the weapons to withstand another attack.

Kaana Miatli: Gather a party to search the dead for weapons.

Itzel Bladedancer: At once, Kaana.

Itzel Shadowleaper: Kaana, last night's assault wiped out our food stores.

Kaana Miatli: Form a gathering party to search the trees for grubs. My village will not go hungry.

Itzel Shadowleaper: Yes, Kaana.

Itzel Bladedancer: Copuul, why does the jungle attack us? What did we do wrong?

High Priest Copuul: It's not a question of wrong, child. The jungle provides, does it not?

Itzel Bladedancer: Yes. Food, water, light, warmth.

High Priest Copuul: The jungle doesn't provide these things for free. We must earn them.

Itzel Bladedancer: But why does the jungle want to harm us now?

High Priest Copuul: That is something the jungle challenges us to discover.

Kaana Miatli: You, go into the jungle. Learn why our home turns against us.

Kaana Miatli: Return before the sun sets. When night falls, we will need every spear.

Itzel Shadowleaper: Yes, Kaana.

Itzel Shadowleaper: Kaana, I tried to look for food but can't find enough for the village.

Itzel Bladedancer: I couldn't gather enough weapons alone.

Kaana Miatli: Both of you stock up on food and continue your search. The jungle provides.

Itzel Bladedancer: At once, Kaana.

Itzel Shadowleaper: Yes, Kaana.

Nuhoch Stomper (1): Utogi, why haven't you returned?

Nuhoch Stomper (2): We need you. Monsters stalk our village. We could use your insight in stopping them.

Lore Seeker Utogi: If you want our people to survive, leave me be. Let me learn here with the Itzel.

Nuhoch Stomper (1): Fine! We'll tell everyone back home that you're busy playing with your new friends.

Lore Seeker Utogi: I came here because I'd learned all I could at home.

Lore Seeker Utogi: Our survival may depend on this knowledge.

Nuhoch Stomper (1): (sigh) He won't listen.

Nuhoch Stomper (2): How can you do this, Utogi? I've spoken up for you before, but now–

Lore Seeker Utogi: You're frustrated and you don't understand. You forget the trials of your ancestors, who came west to find a new home.

Lore Seeker Utogi: The search for a home where they could live and believe how they wished might have killed them, if not for the Itzel.

Nuhoch Stomper (1): So you bow and lick at their feet while we fight the jungle?

Lore Seeker Utogi: Look around you. The Itzel battle the jungle, too. They also carry the age-old secrets of their home.

Lore Seeker Utogi: The choice is yours. Stay and learn, or return with ignorance.

Kaana Miatli: There's fighting in the temple!

High Priest Copuul: Kaana, this is worse than I thought. The sun worshipers are turning our own against us.

High Priest Copuul: They're trying to force us to accept their "light".

Kaana Miatli: That will never happen. These outsiders make us fight our own kin. I will make them suffer.

Kaana Miatli: Has Utogi returned?

High Priest Copuul: No, and I fear for what he may be doing on our behalf.

Kaana Miatli: Welcome back.

Kaana Miatli: It's good to see you again.

Lore Seeker Utogi: Thank you, Kaana.

High Priest Copuul: The sky is clear, the beast is dead. Praise Ameyalli.

Lore Seeker Utogi: As I planned.

High Priest Copuul: The village is at peace, and our larders are full. Ameyalli gives us her blessing.

Kaana Miatli: Then we use this blessing to prepare. Night always comes. Our strength must be ready to fight it.

Itzel Villager (1): Did you make it to the top of the vine? What did you see?

Itzel Villager (2): More vines and fire. The smell on the breeze is burning wood and rotting meat.

Vigil Crusader: A true warrior needs a weapon for every day of the week.

Vigil Recruit: Wow. That's quality armor.

Vigil Crusader: Why, thank you.

Itzel Scout: You're not Mordrem. Can you help us?

Kaana Miatli Night is coming. You know what to do.

If the commander is a sylvari:

Itzel Villager: Welcome, Commander. Some still think your kind are Mordrem, but I say you are living living proof of Ameyalli's benevolence.

<Character name>: Thank you. My people are also guided and protected by a benevolent mother. I hope you can meet her someday.

Otherwise:

Itzel Villager: Greetings, Commander. I hope our scouts have been as helpful to you as you were to us.

<Character name>: Absolutely. I'm proud to have the Jaka Itzel as my allies. We'll do great things together.

During Night and the Enemy

Itzel Villager: The sun is setting! get ready!

High Priest Copuul: Seek shelter and arm yourselves!

Itzel Villager: No more play! The night is here!

Itzel Villager: Watch the tress!

Kaana Miatli: They attack us at night.

High Priest Copuul: We were weak. Unprepared. They overran our village.

<Character name>: Don't lose hope. Help is here.

Kaana Miatli The jungle, Ameyalli, blesses you.

Zintl members outside the village when Itzel are hunting for food

Follower of Zintl: The jungle may fail you, but the sun god provides. Help yourself.

Follower of Zintl: You look so hungry. Please, take some of our eggs. Grow strong in the sun!

Follower of Zintl: We hate to see you starving.

At the entrance to the Forsaken Thicket

Whispers Keeper: Our platoon was ambushed. Half of us are either dead or missing. Please, we need your help!

Whispers Keeper: They came out of nowhere and killed without mercy. Now they've got our soldiers. We have to get them back!

Whispers Keeper: Slaughtered in the blink of an eye. Who will avenge the fallen?

Whispers Keeper: Pack your gear and get ready to fight!

Whispers Keeper: We have to act now, or they're all going to die!

Objects

• Adrenal Mushroom
• Airship Cargo
• Bouncing Mushroom
• Chest (Near Mayatl the Fierce)
• Pact Supplies (During night)
• Speed Boost Mushroom

Crafting resources

Resource nodes

Mithril Ore

Flax

Mussels

Palm Sapling

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Verdant Brink