Meta event

The meta event Pact troops, move out! in the event assistant. In the current state of the meta event, the dynamic event Defend the Pact soldiers at Hope Falls is active.

A meta event (often referred to as just 'meta') is a series of dynamic events that tells the story of an explorable zone. For example, a meta event might tell the story of a norn area in danger of being corrupted by the Sons of Svanir, or a human region constantly threatened by centaur armies. Meta events are meant to provide immersion, as well as orientation about the state of an area. There are generally two or more meta events in each zone. These meta events are usually made up of 5 to 20 events chaining and branching in various directions.

Meta events are displayed in the event assistant, framing the actual dynamic event that marks the state of the meta event. They stand out because they are displayed even if no events are currently running. However, unlike dynamic events, meta events are neither completed nor do they provide experience points or rewards of their own. However, if players succeed at certain meta events, hidden areas of the world may become accessible for a period of time.

List of meta events

Ascalon

Blazeridge Steppes

• Kralkatorrik's Legacy (levels 47-50)
• The Ogre Assault (levels 41-43)
• The Steeleye Span (levels 43-43)

Diessa Plateau

• A Celebration of Meat (level 16)
• Flame Legion Battles (levels 23-25)
• The Dredge Assault (level 17)

Fields of Ruin

• Ogre Wars (levels 31-34)

Fireheart Rise

• Assault on Atrox: Uniting the Grawl (levels 63-64)
• The Battle for Buloh Crossing (level 62)
• The Battle for the Flame Citadel and Senecus Castrum (levels 67-70)
• The Pact Campaign Against the Flame Legion (levels 66-67)

Iron Marches

• Devouring the Brand (levels 56-59)

Plains of Ashford

• Battle in the Vault (level 6)
• The Battle for Ascalon City (levels 12-14)

Grothmar Valley

• A Concert for the Ages (level 80)
• Ceremony of the Sacred Flame (level 80)
• The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine (level 80)
• The Ooze Pit Trials (level 80)

Cantha

Seitung Province

• Aetherblade Assault (level 80)

New Kaineng City

• Kaineng Blackout (level 80)

Arborstone

• Club Canach (level 80)

The Echovald Wilds

• The Gang War of Echovald (level 80)

Dragon's End

• Preparations: North (level 80)
• Preparations: Central (level 80)
• Preparations: South (level 80)
• The Battle for the Jade Sea (level 80)

Gyala Delve

• The Jade Crisis (level 80)

Crystal Desert

Crystal Oasis

• Casino Blitz (level 80)

Desert Highlands

• The Search for Buried Treasure (level 80)

Elon Riverlands

• The Path to Ascension (level 80)

The Desolation

• Maws of Torment (level 80)
• Junundu Rising (level 80)

Domain of Vabbi

• Forged with Fire (level 80)
• Serpents' Ire (level 80)

Domain of Istan

• Palawadan, Jewel of Istan (level 80)
• Sunspear Uprising (level 80)

Sandswept Isles

• Gathering Storms (level 80)
• The Specimen Chamber (level 80)

Domain of Kourna

• Containing the Scarab Plague (level 80)

Jahai Bluffs

• Dangerous Prey (level 80)
• Hunt the Hunter (level 80)

Dragonfall

• The Battle of Dragonfall (level 80)
• Olmakhan Camp Operations (level 80)
• Crystal Bloom Camp Operations (level 80)
• Mist Warden Camp Operations (level 80)
• Break the Crystal Dragon (level 80)

Heart of Maguuma

Auric Basin

• Battle in Tarir (level 80)
• Defending Tarir (level 80)

Bloodstone Fen

• Bloodstone Maw (level 80)
• Fragmented Wastes (level 80)
• The spirits mostly come out at night. Mostly... (level 80)

Dragon's Stand

• Advancing on the Blighting Towers (level 80)
• Dragon's Stand (meta event) (level 80)

Tangled Depths

• Advancing Across Tangled Roots (level 80)
• Against the Chak Gerent (level 80)

Verdant Brink

• Night and the Enemy (level 80)
• Securing Verdant Brink (level 80)

Horn of Maguuma

Skywatch Archipelago

• Unlocking the Wizard's Tower (level 80)

Amnytas

• The Defense of Amnytas (level 80)

Inner Nayos

• Into the Spider's Lair (level 80)
• The Fangs That Gnash (level 80)
• The Road to Heitor (level 80)

Janthir

Janthir Syntri

• Of Mists and Monsters (level 80)

Kryta

Bloodtide Coast

• The Campaign Against Taidha Covington (levels 49-50)
• Triple Trouble (levels 52-55)

Gendarran Fields

• Assault on Ascalon Settlement (levels 27-30)

Harathi Hinterlands

• Assault on Thunder Rock (levels 35-37)
• Seraph Assault on Centaur Camps (levels 39-43)

Kessex Hills

• The Battle for Northeast Kessex Hills (levels 16-18)
• The Battle of Fort Salma (levels 21-25)

Lake Doric

• Lake Doric White Mantle Control (level 80)

Queensdale

• Secrets in the Swamp (levels 10-15)
• The Battle for Beetletun (levels 11-13)

Southsun Cove

• Island Control (level 80)

Maguuma Jungle

Brisban Wildlands

• Skrittsburgh Center (levels 17-20)

Caledon Forest

• Champion of the Sun (levels 10-12)
• The Battle for Wychmire Swamp (levels 14-15)

Metrica Province

• Power Overwhelming (level 13)
• Thaumanova Reactor Fallout (levels 14-15)

Mount Maelstrom

• The Battle for Mount Maelstrom (levels 64-66)
• Toil for the Coil (levels 68-70)

Sparkfly Fen

• Assault on Fort Cadence (levels 55-56)
• Danger at Fabled Djannor (levels 64-65)
• Protecting the Zintl Holy Grounds (levels 57-58)

Maguuma Wastes

Dry Top

• Crash Site (level 80)
• Sandstorm! (level 80)

The Silverwastes

• Foothold (level 80)
• The Breach (level 80)
• Mordrem Vinewrath (level 80)
• Time Out (level 80)

Ring of Fire

Draconis Mons

• Cull the destroyers (level 80)

Ruins of Orr

Cursed Shore

• Gates of Arah (level 80)
• Pact Operation Southern Advancement (level 80)
• Temple of Grenth (level 80)
• Temple of Melandru (level 80)

Malchor's Leap

• Bashing Bauxite Alchemicals (level 79)
• Cathedral of Eternal Radiance (level 78)
• Cathedral of Zephyrs (level 79)
• Pact troops, move out! (levels 75-76)
• The Path to Arah (levels 78-79)
• The Road to Ruin (level 77)

Siren's Landing

• Orrian Shrine Power Grid (level 80)

Straits of Devastation

• Central Invasion of Orr (levels 71-74)
• Northern Invasion of Orr (levels 71-74)
• Southern Invasion of Orr (levels 71-75)
• Temple of Balthazar (level 75)

Shiverpeak Mountains

Bitterfrost Frontier

• Beacons of Koda (level 80)

Bjora Marches

• East: Storms of Winter (level 80)
• West: Champion of the Ice Dragon (level 80)

Dredgehaunt Cliffs

• In Pursuit of Knowledge (levels 46-50)

Frostgorge Sound

• Abetting a Revolution (level 75)
• Breaking the Claw of Jormag (level 80)

Lornar's Pass

• An Unlikely Pirate (level 36)
• Steam Insurgence (levels 30-32)

Snowden Drifts

• The Kodan Claw (levels 19-20)

Timberline Falls

• Nonmoa lake (levels 59-60)

Wayfarer Foothills

• Assault on Svanir's Dome (levels 15)
• The Frozen Maw (level 10)

Thunderhead Peaks

• Thunderhead Keep (level 80)
• The Oil Floes (level 80)

Drizzlewood Coast

• South: Battle Cry (level 80)
  • Southwest:
    • Vloxen Mine (level 80)
    • Fort Defiance (level 80)
    • Leadfoot Village (level 80)
  • Southeast:
    • Petraj Overlook (level 80)
    • Port Cascadia (level 80)
    • Lighthouse Point (level 80)
• North (First half): Alluring Sabotage (level 80)
• North (Second half): Assault on the Frost Citadel (level 80)

Special meta events

• Shadow of the Mad King
  • Gendarran Fields
    • Advisor of the Lunatic Court
  • Lion's Arch
    • Shadow of the Mad King
  • Kessex Hills
    • The Mad Engineer
  • Queensdale
    • Knocking On The Door
• The Lost Shores
  • Lion's Arch
    • Invasion of Lion's Arch
  • Southsun Cove
    • The Lost Shores

Trivia

Meta events during the beta tests

• Divinity's Reach, March 2012 beta
  • Inquest Invasion
• Plains of Ashford, June 2012 beta
  • Repel the invading dragon forces
  • Destroy and corrupt everything in your master's image