Kaineng Blackout

Kaineng Blackout

Location

New Kaineng City
(Cantha)

Event type

Meta event

Level

80

Total events

23

Kaineng Blackout is a level 80 meta event that occurs in New Kaineng City. The power grid in the city is malfunctioning and thieves are taking advantage of the situation. You must stabilize districts and labs throughout the city and help technicians repair any damage.

After stabilizing most of the city, it's discovered that there is a corruption spreading throughout the power grid. You must help Yao and Officer Mizuki find the source of the corruption, isolate it, and purge it.

Event schedule

Previous period

Next period

00:00 UTC

Objectives

Before Meta Event Start 15 mins (or when a new instance of the map is created)

• The power grid is operating as expected, minus a flicker or two in the lower districts.

Meta Event Start

• The grid has gone haywire. Spread out through the city and restore order for the repair crews!
  • Power zones stabilized: x/7
  • Grid overwhelmed in: 10:00
  • Complete events to restore order near the Nahpui Lab (80)
    • Current Order Level near Nahpui Lab
    • 
      • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
      • Catch the battery thief! (80)
      • Protect the technicians from the Unchained Risen attackers (80)
      • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
      • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Bori Ward
    • Current Order Level in Bori Ward
    • 
      • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
      • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
      • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
      • Catch the battery thief! (80)
      • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Baedal Hill
    • Current Order Level in Baedal Hill
    • 
      • Catch the battery thief! (80)
      • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
      • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
      • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Lutgardis Plaza
    • Current Order Level in Lutgardis Plaza
    • 
      • Catch the battery thief! (80)
      • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
      • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
      • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
      • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Cobble Ward
    • Current Order Level in Cobble Ward
    • 
      • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
      • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
      • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
      • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
      • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Gwangsan Hill
    • Current Order Level in Gwangsan Hill
    • 
      • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
      • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
      • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
      • Jade Brotherhood Agent (80)
  • Complete events to restore order around New Kaineng Municipal Power Plant 01
    • Current Order Level near the Power Plant
    • 
      • Gather the spilled volatile batteries! (80)
      • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
      • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
      • Stop the security mech before it self-destructs! (80)

• Something is wrong at the Nahpui and Sunjiang Labs. Aid them!
  • Lab events start in: 2:30

• The Labs are under attack! Secure them and bring them back online.
  • Labs secured: x/2
  • Labs overwhelmed in: 10:00
    • [Group Event] Defend the technicians while they redirect the power! (80) (north side)
    • [Group Event] Prevent Jade Brotherhood from stealing batteries (80) (south side)

• Yao and Mizuki are locking down the breaker boxes, pushing the corruption toward the substations. Aid them!
  • Substations secured: x/2
  • Grid overwhelmed in: 16:00
    • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the North Lab breaker box (80).
      • [Group Event] Capture the North Lab breaker box (80)
        • Hold the North Lab breaker box (80)
        • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
          • [Group Event] Capture the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
            • Hold the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
            • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the Baedal Hill substation (80)
              • [Group Event] Capture the Baedal Hill breaker box (80)
                • [Group Event] Defeat the jade-tech mechanisms to purge the corruption (80)
    • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
      • [Group Event] Capture the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
        • Hold the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
        • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
          • [Group Event] Capture the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
            • Hold the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
            • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Gwangsan Hill substation (80)
              • [Group Event] Capture the Gwangsan Hill breaker box (80)
                • [Group Event] Purge the corruption from the jade tech (80)

• The corruption has nowhere to hide! It's going to emerge at the power plant!
  • Time until the corruption emerges: 2:00

• Purge the corruption at the power plant!
  • Corruption escapes in: 15:00
  • [Group Event] Destroy the corruption before the system overloads! (80)

If successful:

• The corruption has been eradicated from the city's power grid.

If failed:

• The grid was overwhelmed. Joon isn't going to be very happy about this.

Rewards

Daily

• One bonus event chest with
  • New Kaineng City: Hero's Choice Chest (guaranteed) (once per day per account)

Weekly

• Jade Gate Statuette (guaranteed) (once per week per account)

Repeatable

Related achievements

• Gravity: Catalyst's Authorization Papers — As an elementalist, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Percussive Maintenance: Mechanist's Stamp — As an engineer, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Possession: Specter's Authorization Papers — As a thief, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.
• Purifier: Willbender's Stamp — As a guardian, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Quietus: Harbinger's Authorization Papers — As a necromancer, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.
• The Keenest Cut: Bladesworn's Stamp — As a warrior, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.

Dialogue

Before meta start

Officer of Ministry of Transit: Attention, citizens of New Kaineng! We're receiving reports of power outages across the city. Do not be alarmed.

Officer of Ministry of Transit: Several transportation systems have been suspended until further notice. Xunlai Jade is aware and acting accordingly.

While power zones are being stabilized

Officer of Ministry of Transit: Please return to your homes, lock your doors, and avoid household appliances powered by jade batteries."

After power zones are stablized

Officer of Ministry of Transit: Citizens of New Kaineng. We have received multiple distress calls from the Nahpui and Sunjiang Labs. Please send help.

Nahpui Lab Dialogue

See [Group Event] Defend the technicians while they redirect the power! (80)

Sunjiang Lab Dialogue

See [Group Event] Prevent Jade Brotherhood from stealing batteries (80)

Before securing the substations

Yao: Hello? Hellooo? Can you hear me?

Officer Mizuki: Who is this? I don't have time for prank calls.

Yao: Not a prank call. This is Yao from Xunlai Jade, reporting from the Nahpui Lab—see that big switch to your left?

Officer Mizuki: Look, flashing "Xunlai Jade" isn't going to make me trust anything that a disembodied voice has to say.

Yao: I'll explain in a minute, ma'am. I need you to flip that big switch to your left, on the count of—

Officer Mizuki: Listen, kid, I'm not taking orders from a civilian.

Yao: Excuse me, Officer, but we don't have time to argue. There's something loose in the system.

Yao: If we don't expel it right now, things are going to get a lot worse than angry dumpling machines and petty theft.

Officer Mizuki: Fine, okay. The switch to my left?

Yao: Correct. The corruption is going to flee as soon as we release it into the grid, so get ready to move.

Yao: On the count of three...one, two, smile for the camera!

Starting the NPC escort to substations

Yao: I'm still testing a theory, but our corruption is...sentient? Its movements are intentional. Thoughtful.

Yao: I think we can force it out of each sector by locking the corresponding breaker box.

Yao: We don't have a lot of time. How well do you know the route along the power line?

Officer Mizuki: Like the back of my hand. I have to keep those scrapyard mutts from tampering with the substations every damn day.

Yao: Good. You take the three to the south and I'll take the north route. We'll meet at the power plant after— (static)

(Nahpui Lab)

Yao: There goes our connection. Eh, the cop seems smart enough. She'll figure it out.

Yao: The first breaker is in the lower district. Hope you've got a raptor, because we've got a lot of ground to cover.

(Sunjiang Lab)

Officer Mizuki: Yao? Damn, lost the signal.

Officer Mizuki: Well, we'd better hurry. I don't want to see things get any worse. The first breaker box isn't too far from here.

Escorting Yao to the substations

See [Group Event] Escort Yao to the North Lab breaker box (80)

Escorting Officer Mizuki to the substations

See [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)

Before starting the final meta event

Officer Mizuki: Yao, I take it? Glad to see you in one piece—heck, I'm glad to see you at all.

Yao: Officer. Welcome to New Kaineng Municipal Power Plant Zero One. I'd give you a tour, but...

Officer Mizuki: Do I even want to know what made that noise?

Yao: Probably not.

Yao: Let's see if I can override the security lockdown...

Yao: There we go. Ready?

Officer Mizuki: Guess so.

Starting the final meta event

Officer Mizuki: You wanna tell me what that thing is?

Yao: Joon sort of made the big guy over there as a...fail-safe, in case the city went under siege.

Officer Mizuki: Under siege from what?

Yao: She was going through a phase. "Oh no, what if the city is overrun by a bunch of ravenous monsters. Ahhh..."

Yao: She calmed down a bit. It's fine. We probably want to take it down, though. Fast.

Officer Mizuki: Lead the way.

After failing the final event

Yao: It...escaped. After all that work. Damn it.

Officer Mizuki: Left a hell of a mess behind, too. I'd better get out there. Check on the streets.

Yao: I'll be here, trying to get the grid back online.

Yao: Be careful.

After the final boss is defeated

Officer Mizuki: I don't know Joon personally, but if that's what she likes to work on for fun...

Yao: It's been a tough year.

Officer Mizuki: Those...sparks. What do you think they are?

Yao: I'm not sure, but they seem to be drawn to the jade. The mechs, the batteries. All of it.

Officer Mizuki: Kaineng is full of the stuff now. If that's really the case...

Yao: Yeah.

Officer Mizuki: If they ever come back... Well, we'll tackle that when the time comes.

Officer Mizuki: Sounds like you've got a lot of work to do.

Yao: And you've got a lot of panicked citizens out there, Officer.

Officer Mizuki: Call me Mizuki.

Yao: Mizuki. I guess I jumped the gun on my last introduction... I'm Yao—your local, mostly friendly agender engineer.

Yao: Give me a ring if you need a hand catching bad guys, yeah?

Officer Mizuki: Will do, Yao.

Speaking to Yao after the final boss has been defeated

Yao: I'd always wondered if this was sustainable—it was already a miracle.

Yao: What would I do if it weren't? I built my life around this stuff...

Yao: Joon built the world around this stuff. Well, our world. Cantha. The rest of Tyria seems to be just fine without it.

Yao: Life without jade tech... I don't know what that looks like, but I guess we have to start imagining.

Yao: I need to track down one of those little guys...the asura? Yeah, maybe they have an alternate power core for my arm.

Notes

Bug:

Enemies from hold breaker box events may fail to respawn after the meta-event ends and continue harassing nearby friendly NPCs. This can result in elite-ranked anomalies appearing around the breaker boxes during the day.

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