Dragon's Stand
This article is about the open world zone. For the achievement category, see Dragon's Stand (achievements). For the story instance, see Dragon's Stand (Heart of Thorns). Dragon's Stand
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Map of Dragon's Stand
- Levels
- 80
- Type
- Zone
- Region
- Heart of Maguuma
- Connects to
- Tangled Depths (NE)
- Pets
- Electric Wyvern
Tiger - API
- 1041
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Dragon's Stand is an explorable zone in the Heart of Maguuma region, located to the south of Tangled Depths. It is the deepest part of the Heart of Maguuma, where the Pact have set up a base on the outskirts, ready to engage in a zone-wide push into the Dragon's Domain. They face heavy resistance from swarms of Mordrem, elite Commanders, and the Mouth of Mordremoth, the Elder Dragon's physical form.
This entire map is dedicated to its meta event, which starts every 2 hours. Some of the areas as well as hero and mastery points are locked until the meta event has progressed to a certain stage. Players that wish to participate in the meta event, and/or completely discover all of this map, are advised to enter the map a few minutes before the meta event starts and check for groups in LFG. Several areas of the map are completely closed to players and only open by progressing the meta event.
Events and Noxious Pods in the Dragon's Stand are the primary methods of acquisition for Leystone armor and Crystalline Ore.
Getting there[edit]
- From Tangled Depths: through one of the zone portals, either south of the Dragon's Passage near Dragon's Passage Waypoint — or south of the Ley-Line Confluence. The latter portal is only available for a period of time after successful completion of the Chak Gerent meta event.
Map completion[edit]
Barbed Thorn (30) or 
Leaf Fossil (30) or 
Evergreen Lodestone (1)
Gift of the Jungle- One of the following, depending on your profession:
- Chance at one of the following:
Locations[edit]
Upon entering the Dragon's Stand, characters automatically discover all the Waypoints in the area. Most of them remain contested until the meta event has reached that stage.
Interactive map[edit]
Events[edit]
Advancing on the Blighting Towers[edit]
- Orientation
There is a map-wide meta event involving killing Mordremoth's commanders and pushing the Mordrem back into his territory. If the meta event is not completed within the 2 hour time limit, Mordremoth blasts the entire map, killing and pushing everyone back to the Pact Base Camp on the north-east edge of the map, while also wiping all progress made by the events across its domain. Destroying all three Blighting Towers results in the timer being paused, allowing the final battle to take place without the pressure of a timer.
- Preparation
There are three lanes (north, middle and south), each with their own chain of events leading the Pact towards one of three Blighting Towers. The Pact must gather equipment and allied forces along the way, while destroying Mordrem Spitfires and claiming their locations as forward encampments. At the start of the meta event, and after taking each one of the forward camps, 2 events will occur per lane. By quickly clearing these events, the push can be much faster. Noxious Pods will also spawn at each base claimed, with additional pods spawned for each of the bonus events successfully cleared.
After claiming the first Spitfire in a lane, that lane's respective Legendary Mordrem Commander will spawn near their Gate to the Blighted Towers, and begin slowly marching towards the Pact convoy. These Legendary enemies will delay the escort and preparatory events alike, so engaging them in battle before they disrupt the push is crucial. These will respawn periodically.
- North - Adryn, the Stavemaster
- Middle - Diarmid, the Blademaster
- South - Hareth, the Axemaster
- The Blighting Towers
All three lanes must reach the gates to begin the tower phase.
When the gates open, each lane will enter a room with a boss in the center. The boss is invincible unless all three Ley Line Harvesting pods are destroyed. After all pods are destroyed, the Veteran Mordrem Preservers which keep spawning around the room (90 seconds after the last one was defeated) need to be taken out continuously. If they are allowed to reach the center, they will heal the pods or spawn them. If a pod spawns, the boss becomes invincible again. If the boss is already defeated when a pod spawns, it is revived. All three Legendary Commanders must be dead simultaneously for map events to continue.
The usual tactic for this part of the meta event is to use two commanders and groups on each tower, one commander squad with 10 members, and the other commander squad with the rest. The larger squad runs continuously around the tower destroying the pods and defeating the three preservers (as they respawn), while the smaller squad engages the Legendary Mordrem Commander in the center. Speed Boost Mushrooms and Adrenal Mushrooms are available in the center area, greatly boosting the boss' defeat if used well.
[Group Event] Gather around Tactician Jazmei for a head count (80)
Bring Chakata shiny wyvern crystals to get the skritt to join the fight (80) 
Glide up to gather Mordrem vine pods and return them to Briallen (80)
[Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
[Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
Defend the planted mushrooms until they reach maturity (80) - Bring meat from the saurian nests to build a pile to attract wyverns (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
[Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
- Help Gammalon Vineripper destroy the brambles and clear a path to the Exalted (80)
- Help Spleecta turn the Exalted machine back on (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Northern Barbed Gate (80)
- [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat Mordremoth's Commander (80)
- [Group Event] Stavemaster Adryn approaches (80)
- Defend the camp (Dragon's Stand)
- [Group Event] Gather around Tactician Dutch for a head count (80)
- Retrieve engine parts to keep the cannons online (80)
- Help Grumlukl create his bombs (80)
- Defeat the mushrooms to rescue the trapped Itzel (80) (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
- Toss salvaged scrap to Overseer Braeden so that he can build barricades (80)
- Destroy the Mordrem prisons and get the soldiers to their chopper alive (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
- Climb up and retrieve the flamethrower supplies (80)
- Defend Alara the Wolf as she builds turrets (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Central Barbed Gate (80)
- [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat Mordremoth's commander (80)
- [Group Event] Blademaster Diarmid Approaches (80)
- Defend the camp (Dragon's Stand)
- [Group Event] Gather around Tactician Ranara for a head count (80)
- Defend Splort as he activates lasers (80)
Destroy ley-line collectors to gather energy for the Rata Novus device (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
- Escort Dolyak to the camp before the assault (80)
- Kill the chak preventing the pets from returning to their ogre masters (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Mordrem spitfire (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat the Mordrem Spitfire (80)
- Protect Skeln Razorfist while he builds thumpers (80)
Calm angry beetles down by stomping nodules inside the chak nest (80)
- [Group Event] Escort troops to the Southern Barbed Gate (80)
- [Group Event] Hold the area while the Pact prepares to breach the gate (80)
- [Group Event] Defeat Axemaster Hareth (80)
- [Group Event] Axemaster Hareth approaches (80)
- Defend the camp (Dragon's Stand)
Dragon's Stand (meta event)[edit]
After defeating the three commanders, the timer is stopped, and the Dragon's Domain becomes available to enter. The Updraft Use mastery is required to navigate this area; any further Gliding masteries will help the process. In particular, Ley Line Gliding makes navigation much easier as the islands are directly connected by these channels.
Soon afterwards, the Mouth of Mordremoth attacks. To achieve success, groups must split their numbers across each island. The Mouth or a section of its body will attack islands at random and expose itself to attacks. Using control effects when the breakbar is active is recommended as this will prevent Mordremoth from eating the island (if this happens, anticipate having to glide away). Soon after passing a 25% health mark, Mordremoth's commanders will appear on three of the islands, two of them (Diarmid and Hareth's islands) will be wrapped around by Mordremoth's body and if they are not killed within a timer, those two islands will be destroyed; Adryn gives buffs to the two other commanders, requiring his death as well.
The primary source of damage in this fight comes from the mortar shells, which can be taken from a fallen Pact chopper that spawns periodically. The majority of the characters present should collect these mortars and make their way to the Mouth of Mordremoth's head. A smaller group should attack the head directly, using control skills at a slow pace. This will keep the head from destroying the island, and buy as much time as possible for the mortars to arrive. After the initial mortar shell phase, a Legendary Mordrem Wyvern arrives to attack islands with its Flame Trail attack, leaving line AoEs across the island which deal a large amount of damage, 
Burning, and 
Crippled.
Attack the Mouth of Mordremoth's head while evading its attacks (80)
Attack the dragon's body while evading its attacks (80)
After these two simultaneous events, the following event cycle repeats until groups either succeed or fail the Dragon's Stand (80) meta event:
- Attack the Mouth of Mordremoth's head while evading its attacks (80)
- Attack the dragon's body while evading its attacks (80)
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- Attack the Mouth of Mordremoth's head while evading its attacks (80)
- Attack the dragon's body while evading its attacks (80)
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- Defeat and stop the Mordrem commander from growing enough explosive pustules to destroy the island (80)
- Defeat and stop the Mordrem commander from shielding allies inside the coils (80)
- Attack the Mouth of Mordremoth's head while evading its attacks (80)
- Attack the dragon's body while evading its attacks (80)
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- Return to beginning of cycle
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Upon defeating the Mouth of Mordremoth, a cinematic will play showing its death - after which one can glide into the updrafts to the reward chest atop the tree, where one can also find a Crystalline Ore Collector vendor.
After the Mouth of Mordremoth is defeated, special areas on the map will be opened containing Noxious Pods that are opened using Machetes. There are multiple "secret sections" like this that are open only on mapwide victory. Red arrows on the map will hint at where the secret passage to these "hidden" sections containing the pods are (the only source for Crystalline Ore in the game apart from personal story rewards). During this period, Rangers can find and charm 2 pets available only on this map, the Juvenile Tiger and Juvenile Electric Wyvern. The Juvenile Tiger can also be found in Draconis Mons, at Mariner Landing.
- [Group Event] Find and slay the treasure mushroom! (80)
- Search the area around the fallen dragon for treasure!
- Kill the mushroom emperor (80)
- Kill the spider queen (80)
- Kill the stonehead (80)
- Kill the wyvern (80)
Pets[edit]
Related achievements[edit]
- Primary article: Dragon's Stand (achievements)
Decade of the Dragons: Decade of Heroes: Dragon's Stand — Complete 10 events in Dragon's Stand. (1
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Notes[edit]
- Deserted Coast and Thorn Hollow were formerly listed in the Dragon's Stand Explorer achievement, despite never having been accessible in-game.
- There is an end of the world that can be reached from Chak Nest. This end of the world doesn't trigger any message when reached.
Trivia[edit]
- It is possible to view the Asuran city of Rata Sum in the distance from using bouncing mushrooms in Exhumed Delve by the Second Southern Checkpoint. Doing so will grant the Sum Viewer achievement.
