Dust Mites

Dust Mites

Race

Elemental

Level

80

Location

Crystal Desert
(Elona)
Maguuma Wastes
(Tyria)
Thistlevine Ravine
(Verdant Brink)

Dust Mites are elemental creatures found in arid regions throughout Tyria. They appear to be several floating clusters of rock and sand.

Locations

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis
  • Amnoon Farms
  • Diviner's Passage
  • Elona Reach
  • Hatari Tablelands
  • Kusini Crossing
  • Mekele Bluffs
  • Sifuri Sand Sea
  • The Sinking Ruins

• Desert Highlands
  • Brightwater Inlet

• Domain of Istan
  • Churrhir Cliffs
  • Modri Caverns
  • Plains of Jarin

• Domain of Kourna
  • Allied Encampment
  • Arkjok Farmlands
  • Bitterfly Bayou
  • Dabiji Hollows
  • Elon Basin
  • Front Line
  • Kodonur Crossing
  • Ntouka Pond
  • Veldrunner Drifts
  • Yohlon Bluffs

• Domain of Vabbi
  • Eastern Mihan Hillsides
  • Kaluun Ravine
  • Western Mihan Hillsides

• Elon Riverlands
  • Abandoned Barrows
  • Augury Rock
  • Arid Gladefields
  • Prophet's Path
  • Skyward Reach

• Jahai Bluffs
  • Crescent's Prosperity
  • Prosperity's Approach

• The Desolation
  • Sand Jackal Run

Heart of Maguuma

• Verdant Brink
  • Thistlevine Ravine

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Prospect Valley
  • Treadrock Uplands
  • Uplands Oasis (During related events only)
  • Unswept Uplands

• The Silverwastes
  • Camp Resolve
  • Northern Silverwastes
  • Northeastern Silverwastes

Story involvement

Living World Season 2

• Episode 1: Gates of Maguuma
  • Fallen Hopes

Event involvement

Protect the Maguuma Shaman as she casts a spell to cleanse the oasis (80)

Cull the encroaching dust mites threatening the Zephyrites (80)

Escort Haze to safety (80)

Protect Researcher Eway while he examines inert dust mites (80)

Combat abilities

Abilities

• Blinds

Skills

• Sand Swipe - Melee auto-attack that cleaves and  blinds for 20 seconds.
• Sand Blast - Point-blank area of effect attack that  blinds for 20 seconds. 1 second cast time. 200 range.

Stolen skills

•   Blinding Tuft
•   Bone Crack
•   Throw Gunk
•   Tooth Stab

Drops

Name	Type	Rarity	Quantity
Charged Lodestone	Crafting material	FExotic	1
Dust Cloud (only drops if the The North Wind collection is active)	Accessory	FExotic	1
Foxfire Cluster	Crafting material	ERare	1
Ley-Infused Sand (only drops in Crystal Desert)	Crafting material	ERare	1
Onyx Lodestone	Crafting material	FExotic	1
Opal Crystal	Crafting material	DMasterwork	1
Opal Shard	Crafting material	CFine	1
Pile of Crystalline Dust	Crafting material	ERare	1-2
Pile of Incandescent Dust	Crafting material	CFine	1-2
Pile of Silky Sand	Gizmo, Crafting material	BBasic	1-5
Powerful Venom Sac	Crafting material	ERare	1
Shocking Crystal	Trophy	AJunk	1-2
Trader's Key	Service	ERare	1
Pile of Coarse Sand (only drops in Crystal Desert)	Crafting material	CFine	0-1

Notes

• Dust Mites were added to the game with the July 1st, 2014 update, as part of the Gates of Maguuma release.
• One or three of them are summoned whenever a Dust Mite Twister or one of higher rank dies.

Trivia

• Dust mites are actually microscopic bugs that live in household dust.

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