Veteran Karka Egg Layer

Veteran Karka Egg Layer

Race

Karka

Level

80

Rank

Veteran

Location

Bakestone Cavern
(Southsun Cove)

Image(s)

Appearance at 75% health. Appearance at 50% health. Appearance at 25% health. Appearance without  Armored.

Veteran Karka Egg Layers are large karka that lay eggs which spawn Karka Hatchlings.

Location

Kryta

• Southsun Cove
  • Bakestone Cavern (During related events only)

Historical locations

Kryta

• Lion's Arch
  • Fort Marriner (During related events only)

Maguuma Jungle

• Caledon Forest
  • Morgan's Spiral (During related events only)

Event involvement

Help Lionguard Demolitionist Varrv plant explosives in karka nests (80)

Historical events

[Group Event] Deal with invading karka and collect samples for Research Assistant Bardus (80)

[Group Event] Drive the invading karka out of Morgan's Spiral (5)

Utilize the Lionguard's new solvent to defeat the karka invading Lion's Arch (80)

Combat abilities

Abilities

• Lays Eggs

Behavior

• Karka have two health bars; the first acts as their shell's "durability", while the second is their actual health. Each time the shell loses 25% of its total durability, the karka will evade for 2 seconds and gain  Aegis,  Resolution or  Regeneration for 30 seconds. Once the shell's durability has been depleted, it will break, removing the  Armored effect and exposing the karka's health.

Effects

•  Armored — Incoming damage decreased.

Skills

• Spawn Hatchlings - Spawns a few Karka Eggs, which after a few seconds become Karka Hatchlings.
• Stomp - A stomp attack that  knocks down players for approximately 5-7 seconds
• Unknown skill - Spews pools of acid that inflict  Poisoned
• Spit - Leaves a pool of acid that inflicts damage
• Unknown skill - Grants a semi-permanent  Stability