Dragon Bash/Festival content
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The following is a list of open world content that occurs during the Dragon Bash festival all around Hoelbrak. It can be only experienced during the festival.
Events[edit]
Services[edit]
Vendors[edit]
- Dragon Bash Merchant (Weekly)
- Dragon Bash Merchant (Weapons)
- Dragon Bash Merchant (Prizes)
- Dragon Bash Merchant (Potions)
- Dragon Bash Merchant (Candy)
- Sparking Stone (Without map icon. Standing right next to Dragon Bash Merchant (Weapons))[note 1]
Activities[edit]
- Halstein (Dragon Arena) (Dragon Arena)
- Piñata Bashing (NPC) (Piñata Bashing)
- Time Trial (NPC) (Time Trial: Dragon Bash Rally)
Mount rentals[edit]
NPCs[edit]
At Biergarten[edit]
At Hall of Legends[edit]
- Announcer
- Crimson Moa
- Green Moa
- Logan's Lover
- Meep the Second
- Moa Trainer Kappa
- Mystic Forgery
- Pygmy Moa
- Reveler
- The Fightin' Commander
- Tigg
- Tipping the Skales
At Lake Mourn[edit]
At Might and Main[edit]
At The Great Lodge[edit]
- Braham Eirsson[note 1][note 2]
- Matias Jernmus
- Myrun Skialkin[note 1][note 2]
- Olra[note 1][note 2]
- Ranir[note 1][note 2]
At Trade Commons[edit]
At Veins of the Dragon[edit]
At Eye of the North[edit]
Other places[edit]
- Hrodun (at Mourn's Tears)
- Knut Whitebear (walking through the city)
- Matias Jernmus (at The Great Lodge)
- Raven Shaman (in all major cities)
- Reveler (all around the city)
Historical NPCs[edit]
Objects[edit]
Ambient dialogue[edit]
Knut Whitebear's tour of Hoelbrak[edit]
- (The Knut hologram at Might and Main comes to life.)
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Hello there, weary traveler.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: YES YOU. Over here.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: The great city of Hoelbrak proudly presents this year's Dragon Bash!
- Holo Knut Whitebear: I'm your host. Knut Whitebear...Master of the Lodge.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: But then again, you already knew that.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Behold the magical sights and sounds as we celebrate the slaying of the Elder Dragons...
- Holo Knut Whitebear: ...and remember those lost in the war against them. If you would please, join me in a moment of silence.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Noble warriors of Tyria, my food and ale are yours...for a price.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Hoelbrak has hosted its fair share of moots...but perhaps none as glorious as this.
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Let the revelry commence. Good hunting!
- Holo Knut Whitebear: Only one take? Excellent!
- (The hologram disappeares and Knut runs in to greet the gathered revelers.)
- Knut Whitebear: It's an illusion conceived by our asuran technology expert. The resemblance is uncanny, isn't it?
- Knut Whitebear: Don't ask me how it works.
- Reveler (female sylvari): Your speech was very...charismatic.
- Knut Whitebear: Huh? Oh, my speech. Some skaald wrote it.
- Knut Whitebear: But yes. I do give the words a bit more fervor.
- Knut Whitebear: Well, let's get on with the tour. There are many things to see and not a lot of time to see them.
- Knut Whitebear: Welcome to Dragon Bash!
- (One of the following lines randomly during the tour.)
- Knut Whitebear: Thanks for coming. Enjoy!
- Knut Whitebear: Good to see you!
- Knut Whitebear: I hope everybody's enjoying themselves.
- Knut Whitebear: You looking for Knut Whitebear? He's busy.
- Knut Whitebear: Hey, enjoy the moot!
- (The tour reaches the Hall of Legends.)
- Knut Whitebear: And here we have the moa race! A time honored tradition.
- Knut Whitebear: Go on, make a wager. It's no fun if you don't have your hide in the game.
- Knut Whitebear: Not to mention we're over budget.
- Reveler (male sylvari): Absolutely not. I have no desire to feed that filthy beast.
- Knut Whitebear: Nonsense. These creatures are magnificent! Kappa said they're mostly free of parasites.
- Reveler (male sylvari): I was referring to the corrupt moa-racing industry. It's unethical!
- Reveler (male sylvari): These beautiful creatures spend their days in cages, only being let out to race. They deserve to roam Tyria freely.
- Knut Whitebear: Nonsense! The moa breeders love their animals.
- Knut Whitebear: Just look at how happy they are to be running free along a predefined course. How majestic!
- Knut Whitebear: Moving on!
- (The tour reaches Hero's Compass.)
- Knut Whitebear: Here you'll fight some of the world's most dangerous creatures, thanks to our little asura and his hologram magitech.
- Knut Whitebear: Tell me, how do you think you'll fare against the Eye of Zhaitan? The Megadestroyer? The Vinetooth? Eh? Eh!
- Reveler (female human): Honestly, with ease. They're just holograms.
- Knut Whitebear: Ah, a warrior after my own heart. I prefer the real thing myself.
- Knut Whitebear: If death isn't on the table...what's the point?
- (The tour reaches the upper level of Trade Commons, one random line.)
- Knut Whitebear: Feeling feisty? Festive? Why not take out your aggressions on a dragon piñata?
- Knut Whitebear: There's no feeling like punching Jormag straight in his mealy maw and watching his guts fall out. Figuratively speaking.
- Knut Whitebear: Who's ready to bash a dragon? See how many you can crush. I dare you to beat my record. (laugh)
- (The tour reaches the lower level of the Trade Commons.)
- Reveler (female human): Have you ever won?
- Knut Whitebear: I've never raced. It wouldn't be fair to the others.
- Knut Whitebear: Besides, I don't need a mount. My legs can get the job done just fine.
- Knut Whitebear: The course is extra challenging this year. We've gone so far as—
- Reveler (female asura): Thrilling! Where can I sign up?
- Knut Whitebear: That race promoter is somewhere around here. Onwards.
- (The tour concludes at the Great Lodge.)
- Knut Whitebear: And that concludes our glorious tour of Hoelbrak. Where has the time gone?
- Knut Whitebear: Enjoy the Dragon Bash. Spirits willing, we'll see each other again. And next time the ale's on you.
- (Knut retreats to one of the hearths while the revelers run into the lodge before disappearing.)
At Might and Main[edit]
- Reveler (asura): Name another being that could absorb and filter all rogue magic in the world? You can't!
- Reveler (asura): Theoretically, if we were to try, it would eat us from the inside out!
- Reveler (charr): Does your jaw ever get tired form flapping all the time?
- Reveler (asura): I wonder what they feel when they do it...
- Reveler (charr): (sigh) Whatever happened to the good old days, you know? When the world wasn't falling apart?
- Reveler (charr): When dragons were an unstoppable force to be killed. Now all of a sudden you want to talk about their "feelings."
- Reveler (asura): Hunt them all down? Surely you can't be serious.
- Reveler (norn): Elder or not. ALL dragons are a threat. Destruction is in their nature.
- Reveler (norn): Don't believe me? Why don't you go up to one and find out.
- At Might and Main[note 1]
- Local (female): Well, we did it, I guess. All the Elder Dragons have been...bashed.
- Local (male): There's one more.
- Local (female): Maybe.
- Local (male): There is.
- Local (female): What's it matter to you?
- Local (male): Jormag, and the Sons, are gone, and that's a good thing.
- Local (male): I just believe the stories, and that there is one more dragon...
- Local (male): More powerful than all the others. Deep beneath the seas. Surrounded by tentacled beasts of terrible ferocity.
- Local (male): "S."
- Local (female): Okay, okay, I think you need to go talk to a shaman.
- Local (male): No, no! I just find it interesting.
- Local (female): You hear Visin went north?
- Local (male): Really?
- Local (female): Yeah, with the last resettlement group.
- Local (male): Didn't come back for the festival?
- Local (female): Must not've felt like celebrating.
Near Trade Commons[edit]
- Reveler (charr): You're looking at the winner of the Sausage Scepter, Hummus Hat, and grand prize of them all: Ghost Pepper Pants.
- Reveler (charr): No way you're going home with the Oyster Belt. Not on my watch.
- Reveler (asura): You'll just have to put your money where your snout is. I'm not leaving Dragon Bash without it!
- Reveler (charr): Heh. You can't possibly believe you can beat me. I'm a six-time champion!
- Reveler (asura): Oh, I'm certain of it.
- Reveler (charr): First to eat 100 oysters wins? Loser pays the bill?
- Reveler (asura): 100? That's cute. Cub.
- Reveler (charr): Who you callin' a cub?
- Reveler (asura): The kitty cat with the "widdle tummy." Make it 200 and you're on.
- Reveler (charr): No way you could eat that many. You'll choke! Or be... backed up... for days. I don't want your death on my conscience.
- Reveler (asura): Says the kitty who knows nothing about asuran anatomy. How do you know I don't have five stomachs?
- Reveler (charr): Maybe 'cause I cut open the last pointy-eared little runt who got on my nerves. And he only had ONE stomach.
- Reveler (asura): You don't want my death on your conscience.
Near Veins of the Dragon[edit]
- Reveler (norn): Elder Dragons will be the end of us!
- Reveler (norn): They want nothing more than to enslave us to do their bidding. Subject us to their twisted whims.
- Reveler (norn): And when we've lived out our usefulness, we'll be tossed aside like trash. Casualties of their pointless wars.
- Reveler (norn): In death, we will rap upon the door of the Underworld. But even there, we will find no refuge.
- Reveler (norn): For these cruel masters will never let us go free.
- Reveler (female norn): He speaks to us.
- Son of Svanir: To you? Preposterous!
- Reveler (female norn): Laugh if you want, but know this: I hear everything he says.
- Reveler (female norn): You'd do well to listen.
- Reveler (female norn): You have no good reason to keep us out.
- Son of Svanir: Fratricide is something we frown on. Blame Jora.
- Reveler (female norn): Open your eyes! Before they're opened for you.
- Reveler (female norn): Dragon will rise, and on that day you will see what I'm capable of.
- Reveler (female norn): And then you'll answer to me.
- Son of Svanir: (dismissive grunt)
Inside Veins of the Dragon[edit]
- Icebrood Claymore: You continue to live in fear. In open defiance of a greater being.
- Icebrood Claymore: But I ask you this: why fear that which can make you stronger? Why not embrace the ultimate Spirit?
- Icebrood Claymore: Transcend your existence and forge your legend with Jormag.
- Icebrood Claymore: It's the only way.
- Icebrood Claymore: Praise Jormag.
- Icebrood Claymore: He speaks to me. Speaks to all of us.
- Icebrood Claymore: Have you heard the call?
- Icebrood Claymore: Listen closely and you will hear His name.
- Icebrood Claymore: You cannot win against a force of nature.
At Lake Mourn[edit]
- One of the following:
- Reveler (female human): You lost and you know it.
- Reveler (female human): You know I won.
- Reveler (female human): Better luck next time.
- Reveler (female human): Charlatan.
- Reveler (female human): Fraud.
- One of the following:
- Reveler (male human): Liar.
- Reveler (male human): Don't even bother.
- Reveler (male human): Cheater.
- Reveler (male human): Slowpoke.
- Reveler (female norn): I'm already up to 30 kills!
- Reveler (male norn): Of what?
- Reveler (female norn): Holo minions.
- Reveler (male norn): You call that hunting?
- Reveler (male norn): I killed 35.
- Reveler (female norn): The small ones are worth half credit. By my math... you've killed 17 and a quarter. Try harder.
- Reveler (male norn): Yeah, yeah, whatever.
- Reveler (female norn): Undefeated! The skaalds will sing of my epic victories.
- Reveler (male norn): "Killing" light-show puppets hardly counts as an epic victory. Besides, they'll be busy crooning about my good looks.
- Reveler (male norn): Which pose you think they'll use when they carve me out of stone? I want my statue to look impressive.
- Reveler (female norn): (laugh) How about the one when the vinetooth knocked you on your face?
At Southern Watchpost[edit]
- Reveler (human): They have no interest in coexisting with us.
- Reveler (sylvari): If we turn on them—ALL of them—how do you think they'll react?
- Reveler (sylvari): They are creatures like you and me. Except they fear nothing.
- Reveler (human): It's just the way of the world. Predator and prey. Kill or be killed. Nothing personal.
- Reveler (sylvari): The difference here is that you're not killing for food, but for sport.
- Reveler (human): No. I'm saying we kill to protect our own.
- Reveler (human): I'm sorry, but self-preservation is not a crime.
- Reveler (sylvari): Your life isn't the only one that matters.
- Reveler (human): Disagree.
At Hall of Legends[edit]
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): He just went ahead and changed the whole thing without even asking me first.
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): He didn't even thank me in the speech. Or give me credit!
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): And the biggest insult? He paid me in zhaitaffy. Zhaitaffy!
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): What am I supposed to do with all this... sticky, sugary slop?
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): I know he's Knut Whitebear, "norn legend" and all...
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): But I'm Bodmodr Svartkelson!
- Reveler (human): Uh, who?
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): Bodmodr Svartkelson... world-renowned skaald...
- Reveler (human): Wow. Huh. Really rolls of the tongue, doesn't it.
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): All right, maybe not "world renowned" but... the best skaald in Hoelbrak?
- Reveler (Bodmodr Svartkelson): Top 23?
At Peeta's Gate[edit]
- Reveler (asura): I wonder what the commander's doing right now...
- Reveler (asura): Have you heard the rumor? The Pact commander is actually three skritt in a suit of armor!
- Reveler (asura): I heard the Pact commander is tinier than a dust mite. Smaller than me, even!
- Reveler (asura): I wonder if the commander likes zhaitaffy...
- Reveler (asura): Do you think the commander is a Snargle Goldclaw fan?
- Reveler (asura): Do you think... do you think the commander wears regular clothes, or...
- Reveler (asura): Gluten allergy or no?
- Reveler (asura): Leather or chain mail?
- Reveler (asura): I bet the commander looks resplendent in vermilion...
- Reveler (asura): I heard the Commander is as tall as an ogre, and sturdier than an oakheart!"
- Reveler (female): Let's go to the Dragon Arena first.
- Reveler (male): There's probably a line to get in. Let's do the mount race instead. We can always come back later.
- Reveler (female): Oh, come on. Don't be a mopey moa. I want to see how many holos I can smash!
- Reveler (male): You go ahead. I'll wait here.
- Reveler (female): You're just going to sit there and watch me win?
- Reveler (male): Somebody needs to warm those holos up for the main event. Soften 'em up for me, would you?
- Reveler (female): (laughs) Really?
- Reveler (male): All right. Fine. I'll join you. But no whining when I get the first kill.
Inside the Great Lodge[note 1][note 2][edit]
- Braham Eirsson: You, uh, been enjoying the festivities?
- Myrun Skialkin: Oh yes, I've got a record to defend.
- Braham Eirsson: Oh yeah?
- Myrun Skialkin: Mm-hmm, highest score in the Hologram Stampede, while blindfolded.
- Braham Eirsson: Blindfolded? Huh—nice.
- Myrun Skialkin: And you?
- Braham Eirsson: I had some starcake.
- Myrun Skialkin: Mmm, no one makes it like Asta.