Maishang Hills

Maishang Hills
Basic Info
Campaign: Factions Type: Explorable area Part of: The Jade Sea
Neighbor(s)
Archipelagos, Bai Paasu Reach, Eredon Terrace, Gyala Hatchery
Map
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Description

Situated between the Luxon capital of Cavalon and the Gyala Hatchery, these winding hills are swarming with Naga and Rot Wallows. The air is thick with corruption, and travelers who have no means of dealing with conditions will meet a quick end.

Exits

Neighbor Cities, Missions, Outposts

• North-west: Bai Paasu Reach
• North-east: Eredon Terrace
• South-east: Gyala Hatchery (Locked until the completion of Stolen Eggs.)

Neighbor Areas

• South-west: Archipelagos

Bestiary

Mobile patrols of Naga are everywhere. Every few twists of the tricky mountain passes brings you face to face with an Island Guardian and his flock of Rot Wallows. Near the shores of the Jade Sea are the dreaded Kappa.

Monsters

Humans

• Kurzicks
  • 20 Kurzick Warrior (only during In the Army (Luxon))
  • 20 Sergeant Rodrik (only during Stolen Eggs)
  • 20 Kurzick Ranger (only during In the Army (Luxon))
  • 20 Kurzick Assassin (only during In the Army (Luxon))
• Outcasts
  • 22 Outcast Warrior (only during Stolen Eggs)
  • 23 Bandit Leader (only during Stolen Eggs)
  • 21 Outcast Deathhand (only during Stolen Eggs)
  • 22 Outcast Assassin (only during Stolen Eggs)

Naga

• 23 (26) Naga Warrior
• 24 (26) Naga Archer
• 24 (26) Naga Ritualist

Others

• 28 (30) Island Guardian (Plant)
• 24 (26) Rot Wallow (Wallow)
• 23 (26) Kappa (Turtle)
• 28 (30) Oni (Demon)

Bosses

• 24 General Kaimer Vasburg (no elite), during Attack the Kurzicks! quest
• 28 (30) Stsou Swiftscale (Escape), not during the Attack the Kurzicks! quest
• 28 (30) Sessk, Woe Spreader (Discord)
• 28 (30) Seacrash, Elder Guardian (Unsteady Ground)
• 28 (30) Sarss, Stormscale (Lightning Surge)
• 28 (30) Ssaresh Rattler (Siphon Strength), not during Stolen Eggs quest

Pets

• 3 Tiger
• 5 Reef Lurker

NPCs

• Elysia (Merchant)
• Hannai (near Gyala Hatchery)
• Hatchery Keeper Gratian (near Gyala Hatchery)
• Khim (near Gyala Hatchery)
• Luxon Guard
• Luxon Merchant
• Luxon Priest
• Recruiter Lysandra (near Bai Paasu Reach)
• Scoutmaster Theron (near Eredon Terrace)
• Tahwaj Zing
• During the quest In the Army (Luxon):
  • Luxon Elementalist Recruit
  • Luxon Assassin Recruit
  • Luxon Ranger Recruit
  • Luxon Warrior Recruit
  • Luxon Mesmer Recruit
  • Luxon Necromancer Recruit
  • Luxon Monk Recruit
  • Luxon Ritualist Recruit

Collectors

• Losi Hapatu (Collector)

Quests

Maishang Hills

• Scoutmaster Theron: Scouting Maishang Hills
• Recruiter Lysandra: In the Army (Luxon)

Shrines and Blessings

• Balthazar: Northeast, by Eredon Terrace¹; northeast of center².
• Dwayna: Southwest, by Archipelagos².
• Grenth: Northwest, by Bai Paasu Reach¹.
• Lyssa: Center².
• Melandru: Southeast, by Gyala Hatchery (location)¹.

1. Faction-controlled shrine.
2. Unoccupied shrine.

Notes

• For the Vanquisher title, you need to kill 169-283 enemies in this area in Hard Mode.
• Having Scouting Maishang Hills active will cause more Luxon chests to appear, generally near the spawned Kurzicks.
  • In hard mode, In the Army (Luxon) will display this behavior instead of the aforementioned quest.
• This area will net approximately 21,000 Luxon faction per run in hard mode, if you take both quests and kill most of the area's Tigers and Reef Lurkers (they will yield about 1250 points by themselves). Clearing the area takes about an hour.
• The shrine just outside of Eredon Terrace appears to have both a Balthazar statue and a Dwayna statue, overlapping each other.

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