Desert Highlands

Desert Highlands

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Map of Desert Highlands

Levels

80

Type

Zone

Within 

Crystal Desert

Connects to

Crystal Oasis (S)

Pets

Fanged Iboga

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The Desert Highlands is an explorable zone in the northern Crystal Desert. It includes both the Tomb of the Primeval Kings and Glint's Lair.

Getting there

The Desert Highlands can be reached by using the Diviner's Gate, located to the north of Crystal Oasis. Following the road leading from Elona Reach to the Diviner's Passage will lead you to the gate. The gate is used during The Sacrifice story step, but it can be used to enter the map prior to starting the story.

Locations

Area	Effective level	Area objectives
Auburn Hills	80	Pitch in around Lommuld Kraal (80) Lommuld Kraal Waypoint Highjump Gap Lommuld Kraal Sabkha Watchpost Veteran Yandra Stonetusk Bounty Board
Brightwater Inlet	80	Help the Pricklepatch Hollow choya, or don't (80) Brightwater Waypoint Nimbose Butte Pricklepatch Hollow Vantage Scree 2 Vistas Desert Highlands Insight: Brightwater Hollow
Diviner's Reach	80	Help the Makali community (80) Makali Outpost Waypoint Makali Outpost Desert Highlands Insight: Makali Outpost Bounty Board
Enchanted Bluffs	80	Palace of Aban Transcendent Falls 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: Palace of Aban
Fortune's Vale	80	Derelict Delve Waypoint Derelict Delve Overreach Chasm Veteran Jubua the Wildfire 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: Derelict Perch Desert Highlands Insight: Overreach Spider Nest Bounty Board Highlands Griffon Master
Lifeblood Ravine	80	Closed Passage Lifeblood Falls Lifeblood Waterhole Glowing Campfire 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: Lifeblood Falls Grub Ledge
Prophet's Fall	80	Glint's Lair Glint's Lair 1 Vista
Salt Flats	80	Awakened Garrison Kanuz Cache Giant's Tea Table Godfall Tower Dusty Bones 2 Vistas Desert Highlands Insight: Above the Flats Desert Highlands Insight: Kanuz Overlook Cavalier Express Parcel Run Griffon Roost
Stampede Uplands	80	Help out around Highjump Ranch (80) Highjump Ranch Waypoint Highjump Ranch Radiant Falls Wayment Seep 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: Highjump Rise Mount: Springer
The Sunderlands	80	Craggip Kraal The Watchtower Branded Crystal Desert Highlands Insight: Base of the Watchtower Desert Highlands Insight: Sunderlands Crater
Tomb of the Primeval Kings	80	The Portal Eternal Fire 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: The Tombs
Transcendent Bay	80	Discarded Vessels Desert Highlands Insight: Discarded Vessels
Windshear Scarps	80	Giant's Steps Giant's Bough Desert Highlands Insight: Giant's Bough Highlands Griffon Expert
Winter's Teeth	80	Altar of Dakhma Jinx Hollow Standstill Lake Windchill Pass 1 Vista Desert Highlands Insight: Standstill Spire

Events

Meta events

• The Search for Buried Treasure

Bounties

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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Avel Stonejaw) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Awakened Occultist) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Balthazar's Lost) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Chieftain Krella) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Crackling Brandspark) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Dhael Skyspeaker) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Havocwreaker) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Ignis) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Mandulis) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Matriarch Sheerfeather) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Sandsnare) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Silkears the Fierce) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Snag Seizeclaw) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Wayfarer) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Ellutherius Wintergust) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Forged Tormentor) (80)
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  [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Wissper Inssani) (80)

Other events

• 
  Ask Queen Nadijeh for military support (80)
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  [Group Event] Assault the Mordant Crescent's encampment before reinforcements arrive (80)
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  [Group Event] Defend Second Spear Nayrim from the Awakened (80)
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    Escort Second Spear Nayrim to potential shelter (80)
    • 
      [Group Event] Defend Second Spear Nayrim against Mordant Crescent and Awakened attacks (80)
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  Defend the kraal against the Branded (80)
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  Escort ogres through the mountains (80)
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  Help Drolgg gather wood for repairs (80)
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    Defend Drolgg while he repairs the gates (80)
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  Help Elof recover buried artifacts (80)
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  Help Explorer Jeppa recover lost supplies (80)
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    Defend Explorer Jeppa from the giant (80)
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  Help Yumug return to his kraal with the supplies (80)
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  Help the Cavaliers collect water from their extractors (80)
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  Help the diviner find water (Asho) (80)
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  Help the diviner find water (Dameer) (80)
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  Help the diviner find water (Yumna) (80)
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  Help the explorers search for buried treasure (Baligh) (80)
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  Help the explorers search for buried treasure (Ife) (80)
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  Help the explorers search for buried treasure (Tawil) (80)
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  Intimidate creatures and tame them with a flute (80)
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  Sign up for a mount race (80)
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    Reach the finish line! (80)
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  Stop the caffeinated skritt burglar before it escapes with the treasure (80)
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  Kill Gatekeepers and take their keys to free hostages (80)
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  Use your mount's Alpha Roar to coax escaped young pets to follow you back to the pen (80)

Priory Historian Elisa's events

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  Gather wood for the fire for an Experience boost (80)
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  Gather wood for the fire for a Karma boost (80)
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  Gather wood for the fire for a Magic Find boost (80)

Pets

Juvenile Fanged Iboga

• Stampede Uplands

Crafting resources

Resource nodes

Mussels

Lentils

Desert Vegetables

Cluster of Desert Herbs

Flax

Ancient Sapling

Mebahya Sapling

Mithril Ore

Orichalcum Ore

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Zones

Ascalon

Plains of Ashford (1-15) • Diessa Plateau (15-25) • Fields of Ruin (30-40)
Blazeridge Steppes (40-50) • Iron Marches (50-60) • Fireheart Rise (60-70)

Crystal Desert

Crystal Oasis (80) • Desert Highlands (80) • Elon Riverlands (80)
The Desolation (80) • Domain of Vabbi (80) • Domain of Istan (80)
Sandswept Isles (80)

Heart of Maguuma

Verdant Brink (80) • Auric Basin (80) • Tangled Depths (80)
Dragon's Stand (80) • Bloodstone Fen (80)

Kryta

Queensdale (1-15) • Kessex Hills (15-25) • Gendarran Fields (25-35)
Harathi Hinterlands (35-45) • Bloodtide Coast (45-55)
Southsun Cove (80) • Lake Doric (80)

Maguuma Jungle

Caledon Forest (1-15) • Metrica Province (1-15) • Brisban Wildlands (15-25)
Sparkfly Fen (55-65) • Mount Maelstrom (60-70)

Maguuma Wastes

Dry Top (80) • The Silverwastes (80)

Ring of Fire

Ember Bay (80) • Draconis Mons (80)

Ruins of Orr

Straits of Devastation (70-75) • Malchor's Leap (75-80) • Cursed Shore (80)
Siren's Landing (80)

Shiverpeak Mountains

Wayfarer Foothills (1-15) • Snowden Drifts (15-25) • Lornar's Pass (25-40)
Dredgehaunt Cliffs (40-50) • Timberline Falls (50-60)
Frostgorge Sound (70-80) • Bitterfrost Frontier (80)