Help Shore up Hylek Defenses

Bring firefly essence to alchemy tables, set spike traps, and stomp Orrian grub holes. — Heart objective

Help Shore up Hylek Defenses

Location

Jelako Cliffrise
(Bloodtide Coast)

Level

54

Renown NPC

Explorer Malcolm

Assistance

Explorer Malcom and the Lapatl hylek thank you.

Scout

Careena Warmwaters

Reward

2  40 
480 
5,176 

Map

Interactive map

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Bring firefly essence to alchemy tables, set spike traps, and stomp Orrian grub holes.

— Heart objective

Help Shore up Hylek Defenses is a renown heart in Jelako Cliffrise, Bloodtide Coast.

Walkthrough

Contributing actions

• Kill Risen — 8% heart progress
• Kill Fireflies — 5% heart progress
  • Bring Firefly Essence to an Alchemy Table — 8% heart progress, but each Firefly drops between 1-3 Firefly Essence
• Set Hylek Spike Traps — 8% heart progress
• Stomp Orrian Grub Holes — 5% heart progress
  • Kill the Risen Grub that spawns — 5% heart progress^{[verification requested]}
• Revive hylek or other NPCs — 5% heart progress

Bug:

There are several invisible Risen Grubs around Orrian Grub Holes that can be killed for heart progression.

Contributing events

• Protect the Lapatl Chieftain from the undead (54)
• Retake the Lapatl Grounds by killing the undead (54)

Completion message

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Lapatl Grounds Still Secure

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We're managing to hold out against the undead. It is, however, unlikely that conditions will improve. If I weren't assigned here, I'd gladly go south and face the threat head on.

— Explorer Malcolm, Durmand Priory

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You get:

2  40

480

5,176

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Merchant Unlocked: Explorer Malcolm

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Bloodtide Coast