Black Moa
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| Black Moa | |
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| Affiliation | Echovald Forest wildlife |
| Type | Charmable animal |
| Level(s) | 5, 20 |
| Campaign | Factions |
| Map(s) | |
 Location of the Black Moa | |
This article is about the charmable animal. For the collector during Farewell to Gaile, see Black Moa (collector).
The Black Moa is a fearsome subspecies of Moa Bird that somehow made it to the Echovald Forest. It has assaulted many locals and even hunters such as Zho and Nehdukah. It is feared, respected and legendary among the Kurzicks. Capturing or killing it is the objective of the quest The Beak of Darkness.
[edit] Locations
- Echovald Forest
- Ferndale (southwest from Aspenwood Gate, after reaching the last part of The Beak of Darkness quest or completing it)
- The Battle Isles
- Zaishen Menagerie Grounds (levels 5, 12, 15, and 20, depending on unlock progress)
[edit] Quests
Quests involved in:
[edit] Notes
- The Black Moa can be displayed on the "Fellowship" monument in the Hall of Monuments.
- Taking a Black Moa Bird to the entrance of the Sunspear Great Hall will make Nehdukah and his friends there run away. The reason can be seen in the dialogue for the quest Hog Hunt.
- There is no Black Moa miniature, but there is a Black Moa Chick.
- Black Moa deal slashing damage.
- Unlocking cost: 3
plus 100
or 30,000 Balthazar Faction (Prestige, Cantha)
[edit] Trivia
- Moa is the name of a flightless bird that, until it was hunted to extinction by the local Maori, occupied the country of New Zealand. In appearance, the moa of Guild Wars resemble the Phorusrhacids, predatory flightless birds that once inhabited areas of South America during the Cenozoic period[1].
- The Black Moa is unique in another way. In the Zaishen Menagerie, its chicks are not just sized down versions of itself. They are, in fact, the Black Moa Chick miniature.
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