Genius Operated Living Enchanted Manifestation

This article has an associated Zaishen Challenge Quest.

Objectives

Mamp in Rata Sum will brief you on the defenses. (disappears from Quest Log after speaking to Mamp)
Protect each golem kiln as it heats up.
Learn how to deploy golems into battle.
Raze the Destroyer hive.
Drop an Asuran beacon obtained from Sokka to summon golem reinforcements.
Defeat the Bringers of Destruction protecting the hive.

Bug! The Bringers of Destruction appear when objective 4 is given. If either is destroyed before the final objective is given, the mission will never recognize their deaths, and you will have to resign.

Obtained from

Mamp in Rata Sum

Scrying Pool in Hall of Monuments (after first completion, select "I seek guidance" option)

Requirements

A Little Help

Rewards

Mode	Experience points	Asura reputation points
Mode	Experience points	First time	Repeats
Normal	2,500	1,000	100¹
Hard	2,500	1,500	150

¹ Only if below rank 8.

Walkthrough

This quest consists of two stages. The first stage is to protect the Northern Golem Kiln and the Eastern Golem Kiln from the Destroyer attackers while they warm up to full operating temperature. Gadd will assist at the eastern kiln, while Oola assists at the northern kiln. Should Gadd, Oola, or Sokka be killed, they will resurrect once the area is clear of enemies. The destroyers will attack the kilns in groups of two at slightly staggered intervals, the interval being long enough that you shouldn't have any trouble killing the first pair before the next arrives. The northern kiln will be attacked by warriors, rangers, and Destroyers of Hope, while the eastern kiln will see warriors, rangers, and Destroyers of Thoughts.

One strategy for this stage is to split the party and defend both kilns at once. Since the destroyers only attack in pairs, the reduced party size isn't much of a problem, as long as each half-party has a good balance of healing and damage output.

Another strategy is to move back and forth between the two kilns. This allows the party to focus on a higher damage output instead of redundant healing. This is probably the best strategy if you are doing the mission alone in hard mode with heroes and henchmen, as the AI can't deal with the destroyers very efficiently on its own.

After the kilns are warmed up, the destroyers will stop attacking, and you can speak to Sokka to get an Asuran Beacon. When you drop the beacon, a G.O.L.E.M. 1.0 will be summoned to that location. You have to wait a certain time after using a beacon for a second G.O.L.E.M. 1.0 to be produced, and you can only have two G.O.L.E.M. 1.0s active at a time. Each golem will follow whoever summoned it, and that player can speak to the golem to make it hold position if you need to.

The second stage of the quest is a forward assault on the destroyer hive. Cross either of the bridges that the destroyers were attacking from and clear out the destroyers on the other side. At the top of the hill you will find a paired Destroyer of Earth and Destroyer of Lives, be careful not to aggro them while dealing with the other destroyers.

On the other side of the hill is the hive, with a number of Destroyer Spawns and two Bringers of Destruction. The bringers can be pulled out of the ashy area and killed without triggering any of the spawns, which will hatch into fullsize destroyers. When both Bringers of Destruction are dead, a cutscene will play, and the party will be returned to Rata Sum

Creatures

NPCs

Allies

Asuras
- 20 Sokka
- 20 Oola
- 20 Gadd
Golems
- 20 Eastern Golem Kiln
- 20 Northern Golem Kiln
- 20 G.O.L.E.M. 1.0

Monsters

Destroyers
- 16 (28) Destroyer Spawn
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Bones
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Flesh
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Sinew
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Earth
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Deeds
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Hordes
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Hope
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Thoughts
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Lives
- 28 (30) Destroyer of Compassion

Bosses

Destroyers
- 28 (30) Bringer of Destruction (Skull Crack)

Dialogues

Briefing from the Scrying Pool.

Quest Log:

"These golems don't just make themselves, you know... although that's not a bad idea. But for now, this process takes some time. I'm sure our enemies don't want us to finish. Make yourself useful and defend this G.O.L.E.M. foundry from the attacking Destroyers."

Cutscene 1

Before the Battle
<party leader>:	"Livia, I'm sorry about you and Gadd."
Livia:	"I learned a great deal from him that can help Kryta. Tell me, have you ever heard of the Scepter of Orr?"
Vekk:	"Just stop yelling and look at my calculations!"
Gadd:	"I don't need to look at your calculations. I know it will work."
Vekk:	"Well, the rest of us don't share your confidence."
<party leader>:	"What's the problem now?"
Gadd:	"This HACK is telling me I don't know how to format a crystal array!"
Vekk:	"I'm TRYING to say that you run a greater risk putting the crystals in a serial pattern than in parallel."
Gadd:	"You'll get twice the power this way."
Vekk:	"That's too much power, too fast! You'd flood the enchantment buffers!"
Gadd:	"Don't lecture me! I was formatting crystals before you were born."
<party leader>:	"Both of you, quiet! If you want to achieve anything, you have to stop squabbling."
Lork:	"Vekk! Gadd! The Destroyers!"
Gadd:	"Now what?"
Lork:	"The Destroyers! They're coming up from below! Hordes of them!"
Vekk:	"We're almost done with the golems, but we're not ready yet."
<party leader>:	"We can go hold them off."
Vekk:	"Should I come with you?"
Gadd:	"Go, go. You're just underfoot here."
Vekk:	"Remember: parallel, not serial!"
Gadd:	"Yes, yes. So noted."
Gadd:	"How do they expect me to get any work done with all these interruptions?"

Protect each golem kiln as it heats up:
Gadd:	"Destroyer swarms are headed this way. Here is what we need to do: protect the golem kilns while they heat up. Once they get to the correct temperature, Vekk's human friend here can summon the magical brutes into battle."
Oola:	"Brutes? The Destroyers don't stand a chance against my magnificent golems!"
Gadd:	"Your golems? These things would be worthless junk without my power source."
Oola:	"Hrumph! Gadd's never lets anything like reality get in the way when it comes to claiming all the credit."
Sokka:	"Enough arguing. Here they come!"

Learn how to deploy golems into battle:
Oola:	"It takes some time for the kilns to produce a golem squad, but once they are ready you'll be able to summon them to the front lines."
Gadd:	"It's quite ingenious; we've miniaturized the magic of an Asura Gate into handy, portable beacons. Young Sokka, here, will accompany you with a pack full of beacons."
Gadd:	"Obtain a beacon from him whenever a golem is ready to deploy. Drop it anywhere on the battlefield and a golem will gate into your position."
Oola:	"Fight your way to the hive and destroy it. The golems will overwhelm the hive, if our hypotheses are correct."
Gadd:	"Of course they will. I'm never wrong!"

Drop an Asuran beacon obtained from Sokka:
Sokka:	"A golem is ready to be deployed!"
Sokka:	"Wow. This stuff is so cool! Toss me some work. I'm a team player." Accept: "The golems are ready for deployment. Sokka, hand me a beacon." Reject: "Never mind."

Defeat the Bringers of Destruction protecting the hive:
Sokka:	"Oh, my! What is that thing?"

Cutscene 2

Warning: The following text contains spoilers relating to the plot of Eye of the North.

Price of Victory
Ogden Stonehealer:	"That's a good day's fight!"
Vekk:	"It would have been harder without the golems."
<party leader>:	"Gadd and Oola got everything working just in the nick of time."
<party leader>:	"Oola, I was just telling Vekk about your golems."
Oola:	"Vekk, I have bad news. It's Gadd."
Vekk:	"What's he upset about now?"
Oola:	"He . . . He was trying to boost the power of the last golem."
Vekk:	"What are you saying?"
Oola:	"There was an explosion. He didn't make it. I'm sorry."
<party leader>:	"I don't understand. They hated each other. They argued all the time."
Oola:	"Fathers and sons argue sometimes. That doesn't mean they don't care."
<scene changes>
Vekk:	"My father believed in the Eternal Alchemy. We are all part of a larger equation."
Vekk:	"And so we commend Gadd's remains to that greater equation."
Vekk:	"His ashes return to the universe, but his knowledge remains with us."
<party leader>:	"Vekk, we are all sorry."
Vekk:	"He died the way he lived: focused on his goal, and consequences be damned. I tried to warn him."
Livia:	"I know. I understand the need to protect the ones you love."
Livia:	"Always remember, he gave us a great victory."
Vekk:	"I don't know how many such victories I can stand."

Notes

During this quest, barricades will block off the rest of Riven Earth on all paths except one. When you reach the Destroyer hive (where the Bringer of Destruction is), head east, and you'll be able to explore the entire area free of enemies.

Eye of the North storyline quests