Bogroot Growths

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Bogroot Growths
Campaign	Eye of the North
Region	Depths of Tyria
Type	Dungeon
Levels	2
Reward chest	Bogroot Chest
Required quest	Tekks's War or Giriff's War
Party size	8
Exit(s)	Sparkfly Swamp Heart of the Shiverpeaks
Images
Getting there from Gadd's Encampment
Map of the first level.
Map of the second level.

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Bogroot Growths, a complex of caverns just outside Sparkfly Swamp, is a war zone. The caverns are home to two frogmen tribes, the Ophil and the Gokir. The habitats of these tribes collided due to some... unfortunate miscalculations... during an Asuran digging expedition, forcing the antagonistic creatures uncomfortably close to each other. Both groups now vie for dominance, with each side supported by one of two Asuran observers. We were asked to choose a side in this inter-clan war and bring an end to the bloodshed... for the sake of progress, of course.

— Master Dungeon Guide

[edit] NPCs

• 20 Giriff (only during Giriff's War)
• 20 Tekks (only during Tekk's War)

[edit] Allies

[edit] Blessings

• 1 Beacon of Droknar (Provides Dwarven Raider)

[edit] Other allies

• 20 Onkk [Collector]
• 20 Blonk [Collector]
• 1 Hidden Treasure
• 24 (24) Dwarven Ghosts Two and four hidden treasures can be found on the first level.

[edit] Foes

Charmable animals

• 5 Albino Rat (level 2 only)

Heket

• Gokir (Allied during Giriff's War)
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Gokir Amini
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Gokir Tlamatini
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Gokir Nahualli
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Gokir Cuicani
• Ophil (Allied during Tekk's War)
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Ophil Amini
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Ophil Tlamatini
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Ophil Nahualli
  • 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Ophil Cuicani

Plants

• 24 Blooming Nettle
• 20 (26) Nettle Seedling
• 20 (26) Fanged Ayahuasca
• 15 (25) Parasitic Growth (level 2 only)
• 28 (30) Savage Oakheart (level 1 only)
• 10 (24) Fungal Spore (level 2 only)
• 15 (25) Nettle Spore

Incubi

• 20 (26) Stormcloud Incubus (level 2 only)

Insects (level 2 only)

• 20 (26) Thorn Beetle Queen
• 20 (26) Ghosteater Beetle
• 20 (26) Thorn Beetle

[edit] Bosses

Heket

• 24 Gokir Patriarch(two on level 1, one on level 2, during Tekks's War) → Spirit's Strength
• 24 (30) Ophil Patriarch (two on level 1, one on level 2, during Giriff's War) → Spirit's Strength

[edit] Boss-like foes

• 29 (32) Khabuus (level 2, during Giriff's War)
• 29 (32) Z'him Monns (level 2, during Tekks's War)

[edit] Objects

• Area Map
• Scrap of Parchment
• Torn Cloth
• Boss Lock

Chests

• Locked Chest
• Bogroot Chest

[edit] Notes

• 1000 Asuran reputation points are awarded for completing this dungeon for the first time in normal mode, and 500 points are awarded for subsequent completions. 1500 Asuran reputation points are awarded for completing this dungeon in hard mode for the first time, and 750 points are awarded for subsequent completions.
• You need only finish one of the two quests to get credit in the Master Dungeon Guide.
• Upon entering the dungeon, there is a gate to the first level of Heart of the Shiverpeaks that is only open if you have one of the quests Giriff's War or Tekks's War.
• You can repeat this dungeon after clearing it, as long as you wait out the 3 minute clock after killing the Dungeon Boss. It will take you back to the gate entrance in Sparkfly Swamp, where you can pick up either quest again.
• During Giriff's War, Ophil are more common than Gokir, Z'him Monns and Gokir Patriarchs will not spawn and some Gokir are allies.
• During Tekks's War, Gokir are more common than Ophil, Khabuus and Ophil Patriarchs will not spawn and some Ophil are allies.
• Most mobs in the dungeon are of the same species and come in large numbers so skills which inflict Disease are a good idea. Edge of Extinction is particularly devastating to the large mobs and can greatly speed up dungeon runs
• There are many corpses in this dungeon so bringing a minion master is a good idea.
• Blooming Nettles are monks and spawn Nettle Spores which turn into Nettle Seedlings. It is much easier to kill Blooming Nettles first to prevent being overrun.
• Discord builds with Necromancer Heroes is effective in this dungeon.

Anomaly.

A boulder trap can be seen on first level on the upper part of the map but it apparently doesn't trigger.

[edit] Trivia

• This dungeon has many references to the online machinima series Red vs. Blue, which is based around the Red Team fighting the Blue Team. The quest NPCs and the dungeon boss names are phonetic derivations from those of the Red vs. Blue universe (Tekks from Tex of the Blue team, Khabuus is Caboose, Giriff is Grif, and Z'him Monns from Simmons). Finally, the dungeon's name has the same initials as Blood Gulch, the Halo map on which the first few seasons of Red vs Blue was filmed.