Defend the Vigil siege engineers as they attack the toxic offshoot

Defend the Vigil siege engineers as they attack the toxic offshoot

Location

Duskstruck Moors
The Wendon Steps
Cereboth Canyon
Earthworks Bluff
Meremoot Hill
Almuten Estates
Guardian's Pass

Event type

Group event

Level

17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30

Preceded by

Rescue the Vigil engineers

API

API, #2, ...

#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14

Defend the Vigil siege engineers as they attack the toxic offshoot is a group event that can take place in different areas throughout Kryta and the Maguuma Jungle. The Toxic Offshoot is a towering toxic plant that afflicts players in a point-blank area of effect with Toxic Pollen every second for 10 seconds.

Objectives

• Time until germination: x/10:00
• Vigil siege engineers alive: x/3
• Toxic Offshoot
• 

Map of event locations

This event shares its locations with the other two Toxic Offshoot events:

• [Group Event] Escort the Vigil siegemaster to the toxic offshoot (80)
• [Group Event] Use powder kegs to destroy the toxic offshoot (24, 16, 19, 20, 27, 29)

Rewards

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	682	95	22
Silver	580	81	19
Bronze	512	71	17

These are the expected rewards for a level 17 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	802	108	25
Silver	681	92	21
Bronze	601	81	19

These are the expected rewards for a level 20 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	838	112	26
Silver	713	96	22
Bronze	629	85	20

These are the expected rewards for a level 21 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	1,037	130	30
Silver	881	111	26
Bronze	778	98	23

These are the expected rewards for a level 25 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	1,213	144	34
Silver	1,031	123	28
Bronze	910	108	25

These are the expected rewards for a level 28 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

Reward tier	Experience	Karma	Coin
Gold	1,346	153	36
Silver	1,144	131	30
Bronze	1,009	115	27

These are the expected rewards for a level 30 player. Higher level players receive dynamically adjusted rewards.

• Experience, Karma, and Coin rewards vary depending on the level of the event.
• Spawns a Toxic Seedling each time the event is completed, which can be harvested for:
  • 3-5 Pristine Toxic Spore Sample

NPCs

Allies

• Vigil Siege Engineer

Foes

• Champion Hallucination (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Assassin (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Bulwark (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Courtier (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Damoss (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Husk (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Hypnoss (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Knight (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Nimross (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Sorcerer (Only when upscaled)
• Champion Toxic Spider (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Hallucination (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Assassin (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Bulwark (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Courtier (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Damoss (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Husk (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Hypnoss (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Knight (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Nimross (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Sorcerer (Only when upscaled)
• Elite Toxic Spider (Only when upscaled)
• Hallucination
• Toxic Assassin
• Toxic Bulwark
• Toxic Courtier
• Toxic Damoss
• Toxic Husk
• Toxic Hypnoss
• Toxic Knight
• Toxic Nimross
• Toxic Sorcerer
• Toxic Spider
• Veteran Hallucination
• Veteran Toxic Assassin
• Veteran Toxic Bulwark
• Veteran Toxic Courtier
• Veteran Toxic Damoss
• Veteran Toxic Husk
• Veteran Toxic Hypnoss
• Veteran Toxic Knight
• Veteran Toxic Nimross
• Veteran Toxic Sorcerer
• Veteran Toxic Spider

Objects

Objects

• Healing Turret (placed by Siege Engineers)
• Vigil Mortar (built by Siege Engineers)

Destructible

• Toxic Mortar

Dialogue

(One of each)

Attacking the Toxic Offshoot

• Vigil Siege Engineer (charr): Ha! That spore doesn't stand a chance.
• Vigil Siege Engineer (sylvari): A little help here? I can't take down this spore by myself.

Attacking an enemy

• Vigil Siege Engineer (charr): Ba. I'll take care of this myself.
• Vigil Siege Engineer (sylvari): We're going to do this. We're going to be alright.

Engineer dies

• Vigil Siege Engineer (charr): (scream) You filth—
• Vigil Siege Engineer (sylvari): (scream)

Event success

• Vigil Siege Engineer (charr): At last!
• Vigil Siege Engineer (sylvari):

Trivia

• This event was added to the game with the October 29th, 2013 update, as part of the Tower of Nightmares release.

Related achievements

• Tower of Nightmares: Toxic Siege Gardener — Use mortars to bring down a toxic offshoot. (1)