Defeat the Karka Queen threatening the settlements

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Defeat the Karka Queen threatening the settlements

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Four possible event locations

Defeat the Karka Queen threatening the settlements is a level-80 group event that can occur in Driftglass Springs or Southsun Shoals.

This event will not start until all four settlements have been reclaimed from the karka via the Island Control meta event.

Event schedule[edit]

During the daily schedule (below) or at nearly any time using a Guild World Event:

Event Start Countdown Zone Area Waypoint link
Karka Queen 02:00 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs
Karka Queen 06:00 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs
Karka Queen 10:30 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs
Karka Queen 15:00 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs
Karka Queen 18:00 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs
Karka Queen 23:00 ... Southsun Cove Driftglass Springs

Objectives[edit]

  • Karka Queen
  • Event bar.jpg Event boss (tango icon).png
  • Time until Karka Queen flees: 10:00

Rewards[edit]

Reward tier Experience Karma Coin
Gold 26,670 Experience.png 378 Karma 88 Copper coin
Silver 20,003 Experience.png 284 Karma 66 Copper coin
Bronze 13,335 Experience.png 189 Karma 44 Copper coin
These are the expected rewards for a level 80 player.

Walkthrough[edit]

The Karka Queen will randomly spawn near any of these four locations: Pride Point Waypoint, Kiel's Outpost Waypoint, Steampipe Steading, or Camp Karka Waypoint. Players typically wait south of Steampipe Steading since the other three spawn points have waypoints nearby.

During the fight, the Karka Queen gains extremely high damage reduction due to the Armored effect. The stacks must be removed by throwing the Karka Eggs that periodically spawn in the area at her so that she can be killed before the event time limit runs out. She will occasionally regain 15 stacks of the buff.

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Related achievements[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Completing the event historically unlocked the Crazed Karka Queen Killer achievement.
  • The open-world chest reward was originally limited to once per day per character. The June 11th, 2013 update removed this limit, allowing players to obtain the bonus award as often as the queen was killed, to encourage completion of the event. In February 2014, purportedly in response to abuse of this mechanic, this was changed again to its current limit of once per day per account. [citation needed]
  • The title gained from the achievement "Killer Queen" is a direct reference to the rock band Queen and their song by the same name.