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The Dryad and the Demigod
You follow Hermia's directions to the valley. Hyrsam has invited you to witness his musical plea to the mysterious Door to Faraway. He promises a performance that will change the Feywild forever.
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The Dryad and the Demigod | |
Heroic level: | None |
Epic level: | 32 (considered Legendary) |
Tier 4 end game raid![]()
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Duration: | long |
Heroic XP: | N/A |
Epic XP: | ♦41,182Normal ♥42,179Hard ♠43,177Elite |
Takes place in: | Valley of the Door |
Bestowed by: | Hermia |
NPC contact: | Hermia |
Quest acquired in: | Wynwood Hall |
Patron: | The Summer Court |
Base favor: | 10 |
Free to Play: | No |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Hermia, Hyrsam's loyal messenger, has been looking for you on his behalf to invite you to some special event. Seek out the Owl by the Valley of the Door to Faraway.
Flagging
This raid does not require flagging.
Objectives
- Break Hyrsam's control of the gate
- Prepare your group then speak with Hawthorn to challenge Hyrsam
- Balance the South East Door Stones
- Balance the South West Door Stones
- Balance the North East Door Stones
- Balance the North West Door Stones
- Rally to Hawthorn
- Defeat the Fomorian King
- Protect Hawthorn from Corruption
- (Optional) Contain the Fire Beetle swarm — no XP
- (Optional) Deal with the Vorpal Chipmunk — no XP
- (Optional) Stop the Giant Bear — no XP
What to Expect
- Protection mission (but not escort mission) If Hawthorn's corruption reaches 100% due to being trampled by unicorns the raid will fail.
Tips and Misc
- The raid doesn't lock out until after speaking to Hawthorn and challenging Hyrsam, allowing you to buff and assign teams.
- There are four groups of stones, in the South East; South West; North West; and North East.
- A random number of the 4 puzzle guardians will be inactive upon approach rather than attacking on sight. These can be Bluffed and the fight avoided.
- Bluff DC:
- ♦74Normal fail, ♦75Normal success
- ♥79Hard fail, ♥80Hard success
- ♠??Elite there is no observed bluff chance on elite and above, have to fight all 4 guardians.
This raid takes place on a large meadow.
Separate your group into two teams:
- One team in the center can defend Hawthorn (usually by tanking 3 unicorns + killing some trash).
- Second team runs off to solve 4 puzzles + deals with trash spawning from the portal (beetles, chipmunk, bear). This team should include a bluffer on difficulties below elite. On elite and higher, all guardians must be killed.
Puzzle solution: All puzzles can be solved by pressing buttons 12342, unless the leftmost stone is lit, then it is 44321.
Phase 1: Send the puzzle team to the SE corner to do the puzzle. After the puzzle is done, there is usually a long wait before Hyrsam will start talking. Several waves of fire beetles will eventually come out of the door. After the first wave, the barrier to the SW is unlocked. On difficulties below elite, you can send a small group with a bluffer to do the puzzle while everyone else kills the beetles. Phase 2 will start once the fire beetle swarm is contained and the SW puzzle is solved.
Phase 2: A chipmunk will come out of the portal. The barrier to the NE stones will be unlocked shortly. After the NE stones are balanced, phase 3 will start.
Phase 3: A giant bear will come out of the portal. Importantly, it has a roar that seems to cover a large area and can reach all the way to Hawthorne. The roar does more damage the farther away you are and can easily one shot you even on hard difficulty. The barrier to the NW stones will be unlocked shortly. After the NW stones are balanced, everyone will be teleported to Hawthorne for the last phase.
Phase 4: The Fomorian King will fight the party with Scath. Have someone kite Scath around while someone tanks the king and faces him away from the party. As he gets low on HP, he will call for help from Hyrsam. He is unkillable and will not die at zero HP, you have to wait for the cutscene to finish playing before the raid will end. Scath can be killed but she has high HP and is usually just kited.
Defend Hawthorn, kill trash and occasional bosses, solve puzzles, win.
Special mechanic: Hyrsam occasionally plays a fairly lethal song, asking you to move as he plays. Watch out for DM text and arrows above your character's head and move accordingly: Strafe left, strafe right, run forward, run back. Your character does not actually have to move (you can bump into an obstacle, that's not a problem), and you can also turn around while doing the moves. If you fail to move as commanded, your character takes significant damage.
Tips for tanking:
- You don't need to actually tank the horses, kiting works too. Intimidate or ranged DPS is recommended to pull back horses who wander off (they are teleporting)
- The horses deal a massive amount of evil damage. Alignment or Evil absorb items help, as well as high MRR.
- The horses can knock you down, having some sort of knockdown immunity is advised.
- The horses have a special aura, that dispells and blocks the deathward spell making you immune to it, while they also deal negative damage and drain levels.
- Energy drain immunities all work, such as:
- Being a Warforged
- Paladin KotC Improved Courage of Heaven
- Druid Nature's Protector Undying Beast
- Shadowdancer Epic Destiny, Sealed Soul
- Any Pale Master shroud
Bonus XP
Loot
- Chests: 1–2; both contain raid runes, threads, and chance for named loot
- 1 end chest guaranteed
- 1 possible for doing optionals; may be Greater Feytwisted (note that items are not guaranteed for everyone, unlike regular Feytwisted chests; however, runes & threads are.)
- NPC rewards:
Named Chest Drop
- Armored Unicorn - Mount (End chest, optional chest)
- Armored Black Unicorn - Mount (End chest, optional chest)
- Dismagicka - Orange Augment - ML 28 Bound to Account on Acquire
Bound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire (End chest, optional chest)
- Feareater - Purple Augment - ML 28 Bound to Account on Acquire
Bound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire (End chest, optional chest)
- Emerald of Bitter Wounds - Green Augment - ML 28 Bound to Account on Acquire
Bound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire (End chest, optional chest)
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Aerania, the Boltbow (edit) | Long Bow |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Obsidian Reaver (edit) | Dwarven War Axe |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Bottled Rainstorm (edit) | Trinket |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Staff of the Winter Solstice (edit) | Quarterstaff |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Vivace, the Dreamcarver (edit) | Rapier |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Staff of the Summer Solstice (edit) | Quarterstaff |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Valorius, the Flameblade (edit) | Scimitar |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Raellia, the Frostblade (edit) | Dagger |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Rauven of the Frost (edit) | Long Sword |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Mirana of the Flame (edit) | Falchion |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Autumn's Veil (edit) | Throwing Dagger |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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The Magmatic Cleaver (edit) | Great Axe |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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The Wicked Blade (edit) | Khopesh |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Bitterstar (edit) | Morningstar |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Aspect of the Wild Hunt (edit) | Helm |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Bitter Blade (edit) | Bastard Sword |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Salazar, Borne of Hemlock (edit) | Shuriken |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Driftwood (edit) | Rune Arm |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Eidolon of the Shadow (edit) | Great Sword |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, Greater feytwisted chest |
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Hyrsam's Fiddle (edit) | Orb |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Changestone (edit) | Trinket |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Bitter Edge (edit) | Long Sword |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Rune Lodestone (edit) | Necklace |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Icon of the Bitterwind (edit) | Trinket |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Esper, the Shadowblade (edit) | Short Sword |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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Blood of Blossoms (edit) | Trinket |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
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The Magmatic Reaver (edit) | Handaxe |
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29 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
The Dryad and the Demigod, End chest and optional chest |
Monsters
Name ( picture • New Monster ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Angerhorn Reveler ( view • edit ) | ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Fey | Satyr |
Bitter Water Reveler ( view • edit ) | ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Fey | Nymph |
Corrupted Unicorn ( view • edit ) | ●♦34Epic Normal ●♥38Epic Hard | Fey | Unicorn |
Giant Spark Beetle ( view • edit ) | ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Vermin | Insect |
Gigantic Bear ( view • edit ) | ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard | Animal | Bear |
Gigantic Chipmunk ( view • edit ) | ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard | Animal | Rat |
Guardian (stone golem) ( view • edit ) | ●♦35Epic Normal ●♥39Epic Hard | Fey | Giant |
Hardsong Reveler ( view • edit ) | ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Fey | Pixie |
King Irgroll ( view • edit ) | ●♦40Epic Normal ●♥45Epic Hard ●♠49Epic Elite | Giant | Giant |
Reaping Reveler ( view • edit ) | ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Fey | Redcap |
Scath ( view • edit ) | ●♦36Epic Normal ●♥40Epic Hard ●♠44Epic Elite | Fey | Unicorn |
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