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Advancing on the Blighting Towers

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Advancing on the Blighting Towers

Advancing on the Blighting Towers is a map meta event that occurs in Dragon's Stand. The Pact has finally entered Mordremoth's domain, and are assaulting the dragon's defenses in order to reach and finally deal with the jungle dragon itself.

Objectives[edit]

  • Map closes in: 2:00:00

Walkthrough[edit]

The map meta event consists of three separate assault lanes, each with their own event chain. A minimum of 15 players are needed to begin the assault, with 5 players gathered around the Pact Tactician for each lane. The first phase follows the below pattern thrice:

This phase only requires escorting the Pact troops to the Blighting Towers to progress; however, each completed reinforcement event strengthens the Pact escort troops and spawns two additional Noxious Pods at the nearby camp.

Each lane that reaches the Blighting Towers applies Empowered (Hearts and Minds).png1 Morale Boost to all dolyaks, speeding up the escort event. The second phase begins once all three assault lanes reach the towers:

Players in each lane are split into two groups: a small group takes down the boss, and a larger group circles around the tower to disable the Ley Energy Collectors and prevent the Veteran Mordrem Preservers from restoring the Collectors. The Mordrem Commander will be invulnerable if any Collecter is up, making it imperative that they are not restored by the Mordrem Preservers. Furthermore, a defeated boss will revive to full health and needs to be killed again if one of its Collectors is restored. The event will not succeed until all three Mordrem Commanders are defeated. This means the main group must continue circling the tower to ensure the Collectors stay down even if their Mordrem Commander is defeated.

Event schedule[edit]

Previous 2 hoursNext 2 hours
00:00 UTC

Meta events[edit]

Northern Assault
Event star (tango icon).png [Group Event] Gather around Tactician Jazmei for a head count (80)
Event hand (map icon).png Bring Chakata shiny wyvern crystals to get the skritt to join the fight (80)
Event collect (tango icon).png Glide up to gather Mordrem vine pods and return them to Briallen (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Success: Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Defend the planted mushrooms until they reach maturity (80)
Event hand (map icon).png Bring meat from the saurian nests to build a pile to attract wyverns (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event swords (tango icon).png Help Gammalon Vineripper destroy the brambles and clear a path to the Exalted (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Help Spleecta turn the Exalted machine back on (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Northern Barbed Gate (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat Mordremoth's Commander (80)
Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Stavemaster Adryn approaches (80)
Central Assault
Event star (tango icon).png [Group Event] Gather around Tactician Dutch for a head count (80)
Event collect (tango icon).png Retrieve engine parts to keep the cannons online (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Help Grumlukl create his bombs (80)
Event swords (tango icon).png Defeat the mushrooms to rescue the trapped Itzel (80) (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Success: Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event collect (tango icon).png Toss salvaged scrap to Overseer Braeden so that he can build barricades (80)
Event swords (tango icon).png Destroy the Mordrem prisons and get the soldiers to their chopper alive (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event collect (tango icon).png Climb up and retrieve the flamethrower supplies (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Defend Alara the Wolf as she builds turrets (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Central Barbed Gate (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat Mordremoth's commander (80)
Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Blademaster Diarmid Approaches (80)
Southern Assault
Event star (tango icon).png [Group Event] Gather around Tactician Ranara for a head count (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Defend Splort as he activates lasers (80)
Event dialogue (map icon).png Destroy ley-line collectors to gather energy for the Rata Novus device (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Success: Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Escort Dolyak to the camp before the assault (80)
Event swords (tango icon).png Kill the chak preventing the pets from returning to their ogre masters (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Event shield (tango icon).png Protect Skeln Razorfist while he builds thumpers (80)
Event cog (tango icon).png Calm angry beetles down by stomping nodules inside the chak nest (80)
Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Escort troops to the Southern Barbed Gate (80)
Failure: Event shield (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defend the camp (80)
Success: Event flag (tango icon).png [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
Success: Event swords (tango icon).png [Group Event] Defeat Axemaster Hareth (80)
Event boss (tango icon).png [Group Event] Axemaster Hareth approaches (80)
Map Meta Icons
  • Pact Assault Staging (map icon).png - Indicates a Pact Camp and how far into Dragon's Stand the Pact's assault has progressed

Map Meta Rewards[edit]

Percentage Tier 1 Map meta chest blue closed.png Tier 2 Map meta chest green closed.png
Tier Text

The blighting towers have been destroyed! Push on to the Dragon's Domain

≤ 25%
? Experience.png
53,340 Experience.png
Spirit Shard.pngSpirit Shard
Bag of Rare Gear.pngBag of Rare Gear
Machete.pngMachete
Heirloom Seed Pouch.pngNoxious Seed Pod
50%
? Experience.png
53,340 Experience.png
Spirit Shard.pngSpirit Shard
Bag of Rare Gear.pngBag of Rare Gear
Machete.pngMachete
Heirloom Seed Pouch.pngNoxious Seed Pod
100% ≤
? Experience.png
53,340 Experience.png
Spirit Shard.pngSpirit Shard
Bag of Rare Gear.pngBag of Rare Gear
Bag of Gear.pngBag of Gear
Machete.pngMachete (3)
Heirloom Seed Pouch.pngNoxious Seed Pod (3)

Notes[edit]

  • If the meta event is not completed within the 2 hour time limit, Mordremoth blasts the entire map, killing and pushing everyone back to the Pact Base Camp on the north-east edge of the map, while also wiping all progress made by the events across its domain.
    • Viewing the cinematic for the meta failure counts as a vista for the Daily Heart of Maguuma Vista Viewer achievement. It also completes the vista in Central Barbed Gate for map completion.
    • The map timer is paused after the Blighting Towers phase succeeds, allowing the final battle to take place without the pressure of a timer.
  • Noxious Pods will also spawn at each base claimed, with additional pods spawned for each of the bonus events successfully cleared.
  • The theme for each lane corresponds to a previous Heart of Thorns map zone: North (Auric Basin), Central (Verdant Brink), South (Tangled Depths)
  • The Northern Lane is slightly more forgiving for players new to the meta after saving the exalted, as Exalted Sages will revive downed players.
  • The Southern Lane is generally the last group to reach the Blighting Towers due to several events requiring to wait for NPCs or enemies to spawn before progress can occur. Event scaling therefore has a much more noticeable effect in this lane, with some events taking significantly longer to complete due to event upscaling.