Destabilized Magic

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Qadim's machinations are causing ripples outside the Mystic Forge, touching certain world bosses in Central Tyria with condensed ley energy. From June 11 to June 25, defeat these powerful enemies to mine colorful crystal essence. Bring essences to skritt near the Mystic Forge to create shiny weapons—and then consult with the skritt to learn how you can make your shiny weapons even shinier.

— Official website

Contributing events

Meta event	Event for reward	Zone	Waypoint for start of meta event chain
Secrets in the Swamp	Defeat the shadow behemoth	Queensdale	Godslost Waypoint —
The Frozen Maw	Kill the Svanir shaman chief to break his control over the ice elemental	Wayfarer Foothills	Vendrake's Homestead Waypoint —
Thaumanova Reactor Fallout	Destroy the fire elemental created from chaotic energy fusing with the C.L.E.A.N. 5000's energy core	Metrica Province	Muridian Waypoint —
The Battle for Wychmire Swamp	Defeat the great jungle wurm	Caledon Forest	Falias Thorp Waypoint —
Kralkatorrik's Legacy	Slay the Shatterer	Blazeridge Steppes	Lowland Burns Waypoint —
Seraph Assault on Centaur Camps	Defeat Ulgoth the Modniir and his minions	Harathi Hinterlands	Junction Camp Waypoint —  Arcallion Waypoint —  Bridgewatch Camp Waypoint —  Trebusha's Overlook Waypoint —  Cloven Hoof Waypoint —
-	Defeat the Inquest's golem Mark II	Mount Maelstrom	Old Sledge Site Waypoint —
Breaking the Claw of Jormag	Defeat the Claw of Jormag	Frostgorge Sound	Earthshake Waypoint —
The Campaign Against Taidha Covington	Kill Admiral Taidha Covington	Bloodtide Coast	Laughing Gull Waypoint —
The Battle for Mount Maelstrom	Kill the megadestroyer before it blows everyone up	Mount Maelstrom	Maelstrom's Waypoint —
Island Control	Defeat the Karka Queen threatening the settlements	Southsun Cove	Pearl Islet Waypoint —  Pride Point Waypoint —  Camp Karka Waypoint —  Kiel's Outpost Waypoint —
Danger at Fabled Djannor	Defeat Tequatl the Sunless	Sparkfly Fen	Splintered Coast Waypoint —  Brooloonu Waypoint —  Caer Brier Waypoint —
Triple Trouble	-	Bloodtide Coast	Firthside Vigil Waypoint —

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Rewards

• One of the following Ley-Line (mining) nodes appears after each boss:
  • Azure Ley-Line Node
  • Crimson Ley-Line Node
  • Emerald Ley-Line Node
  • Saffron Ley-Line Node
• You can loot only one Ley-Line Node from each boss per day per account.

Notes

• The Ley-Line nodes each drop a single Condensed Ley-Line Essence, of the same 'color' as the node.
• These essences are used in the creation of Shiny and Ultra Shiny weapons (the upgraded version of the first set), along with other materials.
• There are five of each and the full set requires 18 azure, 18 crimson, 12 saffron, and 12 emerald essences or only half that for just the Shiny skins.
• A pair of essences of one color can be converted to a single essence of any of the others.