Special Forces Training Area

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A place to hone your skills against a host of different combat golems.

— In-game description

Special Forces Training Area is a training area built in a cave system beneath Lion's Arch. Players can add or remove boons, conditions, and effects and check their own damage against dummy golems of varying strength and size.

Getting there[edit]

From Lion's Arch: The portal to the left of the entrances to the Lion's Arch Aerodrome.
From Lion's Arch Aerodrome: The portal next to the bank.
From Eye of the North: Asura gate after purchasing the link from Mechanist Ninn.
From Arborstone: Speak to Lyra by the Strikes portal if you have bought the link in Eye of the North as described above.

Technician: Welcome! Feel free to approach the console and begin combat practice. If you have any questions, I'm all ears. Ha!

Technician: Hi there! Use the console to begin combat testing. If you have any inquiries, come speak to me.

Technician: A deadly raid squad is a happy raid squad! Practice your skills using our state-of-the-art golems.

If a free or core player tries to enter from Lion's Arch Aerodrome the following message appears "This feature requires upgrading to Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire. "Path of Fire" may be purchased at http://www.Guildwars2.com." But the player can still enter.

The instance is affected by Day and night. Most importantly, Sigil of the Night and some food will change their effects live while players are in the instance.
If a member of the squad leaves the instance, other players will not be kicked from the instance and those left inside will remain within the squad.
If the squad leader disbands the squad while inside the instance, a new squad will automatically be formed on those still within the instance. The squad leader is kicked from the instance and immediately removed from the squad.
Players in the instance will gain the special action skill Mushroom King's Blessing, which allows them to refresh skills on a 5-second cooldown.
Every 20% of golem HP, player DPS will be shown in the combat chat tab; this is the only area of the game that displays such information.
In order to have multiple people in the same instance of the Training Area, the players must be in a party together and must enter the instance at the same time.
When playing as a Thief, it is possible to spawn a soldier to practice reviving when stealing from the golem that carries the Unstable Artifact

Sigils that gain a stacking bonus on a kill will gain a charge when the soldier despawns.