The Desolation
This article is about the The Desolation
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Map of The Desolation
- Levels
- 80
- Type
- Zone
- Region
- Crystal Desert
- Connects to
- Elon Riverlands (N, NE)
Domain of Vabbi (SE) - Pets
- Rock Gazelle
- API
- 1226
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The Desolation is a harsh landscape that is the central home for Palawa Joko and his forces. Once plentiful and luscious land, it had suffered cataclysmic changes centuries ago during the war between rebel god Abaddon and other gods. The Mouth of Torment now forever scars the place of the disastrous events, connecting Tyria with the Realm of Torment.
In the past two centuries since Joko has conquered Elona, the Elon River had been diverted, flooding the northern section of the Desolation, and The Bone Wall erected to mark the northern border of Joko's domain. The Bone Palace, the residence of the undead king, stands in the south.
The Desolation is an nigh-inhospitable place for mortals, which made it the ideal staging ground for Joko's invasion of Elona. For any Elonian seeking to defect north, the sulfurous sands and hordes of Awakened that patrol the land are lethal obstacles.
History[edit]
Before the Exodus of the Gods, the lands that make up the Desolation were considered a lush and beautiful landscape,[1][2] and was home to the Forgotten's empire.[3] When Abaddon rebelled against the other Six Gods and laid siege to the Gates of Heaven, the war raged across the shores and islands of the Crystal Sea, and where Abaddon was struck down became a crater called the Ruptured Heart.[4][5] Abaddon's defeat altered the landscape and created a tear in reality, connecting the land to the Realm of Torment that is the Mouth of Torment. From the Mouth of Torment, the influence of Abaddon and the Realm of Torment slowly seeped into the world, poisoning and warping the landscape into the sulfurous wasteland it is today.
In the decades following this, the Primeval Kings spread their reign further north, settling Vabbi and the Desolation, establishing the Dynastic Tombs and reaching further north into the Crystal Desert in 29 AE.[6] They had also established Morah as a guard over the Mouth of Torment. However, due to Abaddon's spreading influence through the Mouth of Torment, Morah succumbed and fell nearly two hundred years later.
At some point, Sahlahja was established in the Desolation as well, being ruled by its own king during the Shattered Dynasty. It too eventually fell to the spread of the sulfurous haze as well as to Palawa Joko when he first attempted to conquer Elona.[7] Since Joko's appearance and building of the Bone Palace, the only settlements that was able to be founded was Lannur, which Turai Ossa had established before moving his doomed Great Pilgrimage further north into the Crystal Desert. After this, the sulfurous sands became too deadly for mortals to cross into the land.
In 1075 AE, Abaddon's Margonite forces mustered in the Desolation and the landscape was transformed by countless tendrils that mimicked the hair of Abaddon's mask. After being freed, Palawa Joko assisted the Order of the Sunspears in crossing the Desolation in return for their help in reclaiming his throne and a number of his forces. With Abaddon's death that year, the sulfurous sands began to recede slowly, making the Desolation more hospitable over time.[8] With Palawa Joko's second conquest of Elona, he had established new settlements in edges of the Desolation, the most prominent of which being Purity, which became one of Vabbi's largest source of farmed food. In the years of Joko's reign, the Order of Shadows splintered from the Order of Whispers and established the Chantry of Shadows overlooking both the Mouth of Torment and the Bone Palace.[9]
Getting there[edit]
- From Elon Riverlands: the portal is south from Stoneyard Rest — .
- From Domain of Vabbi: the portal is just above and to the northwest of Cragged Vale Waypoint — . Note that this portal will be locked if you haven't already accessed the Desolation in another way on this character.
Map completion[edit]
- Chance at one of the following:
- One of the following, depending on your profession:
- 8001
Locations[edit]
Interactive map[edit]
Events[edit]
- Meta events
- Junundu Rising
Collect sulfur crystals for Chessa's junundu lure (80)- Collect sulfur crystals for Kane's junundu lure (80)
- Collect sulfur crystals for Larano's junundu lure (80)
[Group Event] Destroy the Awakened trebuchets (80)- [Group Event] Destroy the Forged cannons (80)
- Maws of Torment
- [Group Event] Weaken West Maw defenses for the demolitionist assault (80)
- [Group Event] Help destroy the West Realm Portal (80)
- [Group Event] Weaken North Maw defenses for the demolitionist assault (80)
- [Group Event] Help destroy the North Realm Portal (80)
- [Group Event] Weaken East Maw defenses for the demolitionist assault (80)
- [Group Event] Help destroy the East Realm Portal (80)
[Group Event] Defeat the Legendary Forged Demolisher (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Perturbed Choya) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Ley-Charged Ooze) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Zawadi the Turncoat) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Muckstalker) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Awakened Abhorrence) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Forged Lieutenant) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Sulfurscale) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Xadd Honn Tarr) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Thrash Tailclobber) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Forged Proliferator) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Aszar, Swinging Pendulum) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Monifa the Wrathful) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion Crackedhoof) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion King Jahnus) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the champion bounty (Champion the Necrophage) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Awakened Hoarder) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Forged Rampager) (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Legendary bounty (Legendary Queen Ishraa) (80)
- Other events
- Collect intel reports from Shadows dead drops (80)
- Collect relics for Meymo and Kyrisah (80)
- Defeat the Canid Throneguard to open the throne doors (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Champion Sulfurous Ooze (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Elder Air Djinn (80)
- Defeat the Forged raiding party (80)
- Destroy the Forged cannons so the Chantry gate can reopen (80)
- Mount race
Help recover the stranded villager's lost mount (80)- Help Rebel Keyon steal weapons from the garrison (80)
- Help the refugee caravan (80)
- [Group Event] Kill the Awakened reinforcements before they reach the Zayan Gate (80)
- [Group Event] Kill the Forged reinforcements before they reach the Shattered Ravines (80)
- Patrol the area near the Mouth of Torment with Redeemer Kossan
- Protect wandering spirits from ghost eaters (80)
- Stop informants from delivering spy reports to the raven posts (80)
- Stop the sneaking saboteurs before they poison all the scarecrows in the fields (80)
Stop the caffeinated skritt burglar before it escapes with the treasure (80)- Weaken Annealed Abominations, and use Tether to bring them to Maziz (80)
- Priory Historian Elisa's events
- Gather wood for the fire for an Experience boost (80)
- Gather wood for the fire for a Karma boost (80)
- Gather wood for the fire for a Magic Find boost (80)
Pets[edit]
Crafting resources[edit]
- Resource nodes
Mithril Ore- Orichalcum Ore
Ancient Sapling- Mebahya Sapling
Cluster of Desert Herbs- Desert Vegetables
- Flax
- Mussels
References[edit]
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The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on The Desolation. |
- ^ Sky Scholar
- ^ The Mouth of Torment
- ^ Lair of the Forgotten
- ^ Horde of Darkness
- Priest Kehmtut: To finish this business, you will need firepower like you have never wielded before. The force you just defeated is nothing compared to what now rises in the Alkali Pan. To reach Varesh, you must face the Horde of Darkness...the very Margonites who fought the gods when Abaddon stormed the gates of heaven.
- ^ Facing the Truth
- Kormir: Thirteen hundred years ago, Abaddon and his army of fanatics waged a war ranging across the shores and islands of the Crystal Sea.
- Kormir: The battle was so ferocious that the ocean boiled away, leaving behind the desert you see today.
- Kormir: When the gods finally struck down Abbadon, his fall warped and ravaged these lands, creating the Desolation.
- ^ Unified Timeline, page 29, Guild Wars Nightfall manual
- ^ A Deal's a Deal
- Sahlahjar the Dead: I too made an unfortunate deal with Palawa Joko. I was a prince and, until my father died, had lived a life full of honor and the trappings of royalty, but free of duty. Running the kingdom was more than I could handle. With my people soon to feel the brunt of Palawa's attack, I made a deal with him: I would serve him if he would spare my people. Unfortunately, it cost me my everlasting soul, for he killed my people and made me his undying minion.
- ^ Chessa
- ^ Order of Whispers Mission Dispatches
