Secure the area around Dryground Village

Help train Sylvari, remove corrupted mushrooms, and defeat hostile enemies around Dryground Village. — Heart objective

Secure the area around Dryground Village

Location

Thundertroll Swamp
(Sparkfly Fen)

Level

62

Type

Regular

Renown NPC

Laudren

Assistance

Dryground Village is a bit safer.

Scout

Alardin

Reward

2  70 
540 
7,880 

Map

Interactive map

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Help train Sylvari, remove corrupted mushrooms, and defeat hostile enemies around Dryground Village.

— Heart objective

Walkthrough

Contributing actions

• Duel Warden Ranger, Warden Scout, Warden Shield — 10% heart progress

Bugs:

• Dueling may sometimes not give heart progress. ^{[verification requested]}
• The NPCs may get stuck in their recovery state, preventing future duels.

• Kill wildlife:
  • Black Raptors, Scaled Drakes, Skale, Skelk Lurkers — 4% heart progress
  • Jungle Trolls — 6% heart progress
• Kill Risen:
  • Risen Brutes and Risen Thralls at Jinotl Deadgrounds — 4% heart progress
  • Along the western border — 4% heart progress
  • Along the northern border — No heart progress
• Destroy Corrupted Mushrooms — 5% heart progress
• Fix Hylek Region Markers — 5% heart progress
• Revive NPCs — 5% heart progress

Contributing events

• The events do not give progress on completion, but their enemies will.
• Prevent Risen from killing all the sylvari guards! (63)
  • Kill Risen — 5% heart progress
  • Event enemies do not give progress after event completion
• Defeat the Risen at the Jinotl Deadgrounds (63)
  • Kill Risen — 9% heart progress
• Save the sylvari from the Inquest (63)
  • Kill Inquest Operative and Inquest Technician — 5% heart progress
  • Kill Veteran Inquest Operative — >90% heart progress ^{[verification requested]}
• Destroy the Nightmare Court's thorn wolves (64)
  • Kill Thorn Wolves — 5% heart progress
• [Group Event] Slay the massive jungle troll (63)
  • Kill Champion Jungle Troll — 25% heart progress

Completion message

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A Note of Thanks

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Dryground Village is grateful for your generous assistance. The village defenses are all we have against the hostile creatures that stalk the area. Without them, we would be in great danger.

Please continue to be a boon to those in need.

— Laudren

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You get:

2  70

540

7,880

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Merchant Unlocked: Laudren

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Sparkfly Fen