Disrupt the Nightmare Court at Briarthorn Den

Speak to Alarin to enter Briarthorn Den. Inside, defeat nightmare[sic] duelists, reassure hounds, clear thorn barriers, and help captives. — Heart objective

Disrupt the Nightmare Court at Briarthorn Den

Location

Morgan's Spiral
(Caledon Forest)

Level

6

Renown NPC

Warden Spy Alarin

Assistance

Nightmare Court disrupted.

Scout

Warden Arondele

Reward

60 
120 
416 

Map

Interactive map

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Speak to Alarin to enter Briarthorn Den. Inside, defeat nightmare[sic] duelists, reassure hounds, clear thorn barriers, and help captives.

— Heart objective

Disrupt the Nightmare Court at Briarthorn Den is a renown heart in Morgan's Spiral, Caledon Forest.

Walkthrough

Talk to Warden Spy Alarin to obtain a Nightmare Court Disguise, then enter Briarthorn Den and disrupt the Nightmare Court using the contributing actions below.

Note that this heart has actions which reduce heart progress, and give a stack of the debuff  Darkening Heart which deals damage over time:

• Scolding Imprisoned Hounds and Nightmare Pups — -8-9% heart progress
• Encouraging the Nightmare Alpha Hound in terrorizing Nightmare Recruits — -8-9% heart progress

Contributing actions

• Talk to Warden Spy Alarin to obtain a Nightmare Court Disguise, then:
  • Clear Thorn Barriers that enclose Nightmare Pups and Imprisoned Hounds — 5% heart progress
  • Play with the Nightmare Pups and reassure the Imprisoned Hounds — 8-9% heart progress
  • Challenge and defeat Nightmare Duelists — 15% heart progress
  • Destroy Weak Points in the briar fence — 5% heart progress
  • Fool Nightmare Court Guards into leaving in order to free Captive Villagers — 8% heart progress
  • Shoo the Nightmare Alpha Hound away from the Nightmare Recruits — 8% heart progress
  • Reassure captive sylvari — 9% heart progress

Completion message

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Withering the Nightmare

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I'm still impressed that you infiltrated the Nightmare Court. It takes a special kind of sneak to pull that off. My heart aches when I think about the terrible, terrorizing abuse they heap on the innocent. If they'd infected those poor souls with nightmare, it would have brought suffering to the entire region. You have our thanks.

— Alarin

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You get:

60

120

416

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Merchant Unlocked: Warden Spy Alarin

Notes

Anomaly:

If a Holosmith activates Photon Forge while disguised, they will be removed from Briarthorn and the disguise will be removed. If a Holosmith activates Photon Forge and then enters Briarthorn, Photon Forge will be disabled.

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Caledon Forest