Forsaken Thicket

Forsaken Thicket

Map of Forsaken Thicket

Levels

80

Type

Raid

Region

Heart of Maguuma

Connects to

Verdant Brink, Lion's Arch Aerodrome

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A Pact squad has gone missing in hostile territory, but the deadly forest isn't the only risk to the rescue operation. The area holds dark secrets and strange magic.

— In-game description

Forsaken Thicket is the first raid to be released in Guild Wars 2. Attempts at bosses within this raid and completing events award Magnetite Shards, the zone's currency.

Getting there

• Using the portal in Lion's Arch Aerodrome. You must join a raid Squad before you can enter the portal.
• The portal for entering the raid is located in the far northeast corner of the Verdant Brink map. There is an icon that shows the portal on the game map. The portal can be reached by heading east from Jaka Itzel Waypoint, or north from Shipwreck Peak Waypoint. You must join a raid Squad before you can enter the portal.

Wings

• Spirit Vale
• Salvation Pass
• Stronghold of the Faithful

Locations

Area	Area objectives
Spirit Vale	Abandoned Outpost Bandit's Rest Gorseval's Perch Mysterious Pylons River of Spirits The Skillet
Salvation Pass	Slothasor's Den Burn Pit Prison Camp Dead Man's Gorge Labor Camp Temple of Salvation Salvation Pass vista
Stronghold of the Faithful	Tunnel of Respite Fountain of Cleansing Zealot's Bastion Twisted Castle Temple of Awakening

Notes

• Spirit Vale, the first wing of Forsaken Thicket, was released with the November 17, 2015 game update.

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Raids

Forsaken Thicket (Spirit Vale • Salvation Pass • Stronghold of the Faithful) • Bastion of the Penitent
Hall of Chains • Mythwright Gambit • The Key of Ahdashim

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Forsaken Thicket

Spirit Vale	Vale Guardian (chest) Spirit Woods Gorseval the Multifarious (chest) Sabetha the Saboteur (chest)
Salvation Pass	Slothasor (chest) Prison Camp (chest) Matthias Gabrel (chest)
Stronghold of the Faithful	Siege the Stronghold (chest) Keep Construct (chest) Twisted Castle Xera (chest)