Bukdek Byway

This article is about an explorable area. This name is also used for an explorable area during Winds of Change and a Zaishen vanquish quest.

Bukdek Byway
Campaign	Factions
Region	Kaineng City
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Kaineng Center Shadow's Passage The Marketplace The Undercity Tunnels Below Cantha Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter) Xaquang Skyway
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Bukdek Byway is a densely populated area of Kaineng City, with several levels of housing and confusing passages to navigate. The southeastern corner is controlled by the Am Fah of the Undercity while the Jade Brotherhood holds sway towards the northeast. The Afflicted have some presence in the center of the area.

Getting there

Factions characters will travel north from the Marketplace through here on their way to Kaineng Center for the first time. Non-Factions characters will be required to leave Kaineng Center and travel through this area as part of the primary quest Welcome to Cantha. Many secondary quests take place here.

Exits

• Kaineng Center (north)
• Shadow's Passage (northeast, only after the completion of the Vizunah Square mission)
• The Marketplace (southwest)
• The Undercity (southeast)
• Tunnels Below Cantha (northwest, via the Chasm; only for those with access to Guild Wars Eye of the North)
• Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter) (east)
• Xaquang Skyway (south, only after the completion of the Nahpui Quarter mission)

Shrines

Resurrection shrines with a statue

• Avatar of Dwayna
  • East, at the exit into Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter).
• Champion of Balthazar
  • Southeast, at the exit into the Undercity.
  • Northwest, at the exit into Kaineng Center.
• Lyssa's Muse
  • South, at the exit into Xaquang Skyway.
• Melandru's Watcher
  • Center, west of Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter), near Kyuzo.
• Voice of Grenth
  • Southwest, at the exit into the Marketplace.
  • Northeast, at the exit into Shadow's Passage .

Quests available

• Bryan
  • Going Home
• Aiko
  • Missing Daughter
• Minister Tahlen
  • Passing the Buck
• Nakai
  • Too High a Price (wait for dialogue)

NPCs

These quests will affect the spawns in this area:

• Chasing Zenmai
• Closer to the Stars
• The Drunken Master
• Eliminate the Am Fah
• Eliminate the Jade Brotherhood
• Finding The Oracle
• Missing Daughter
• The Afflicted Guard

Allies

Services

• 10 (20) Kyuzo (collector for 5 Venerable Mantid Pincers)
• 20 (20) Magistrate Raisung (collector for 5 Plague Idols)
• 20 (20) Oroku (armorer)
• 20 (20) Sheco (weaponsmith)
• 20 (20) Chifao Tan (merchant)
• 20 (20) Sihung Lung (material trader)
• 20 (20) Yong Yi (rare material trader)
• 10 (20) Chibichi the Tamer (pet tamer)
• 20 (20) Guardsman Chow

Other allies

• 8 (20) Bryan
• 20 (20) M.O.X. (only before acquiring M.O.X. as a hero)
• 2 (20) Aiko
• 1 (20) Chasm
• 20 (20) Imperial Guard Kozoko
• 10 (20) Minister Khannai
• 10 (20) Minister Onghsang
• 10 (20) Minister Tahlen
• 2 (20) Mitah
• 10 (20) Nakai
• 10 (20) Ransujun the Prophet
• 10 (20) Song San Nok
• 10 (20) Sunzu
• 10 (20) Taojo
• 20 (20) Canthan Guards
• 20 (20) Canthan Peasants
• 10 (20) Homeless Canthans

Foes

Afflicted

• 20 (26) Afflicted Ranger
• 20 (26) Afflicted Monk
• 20 (26) Afflicted Necromancer
• 20 (26) Afflicted Elementalist
• 20 (26) Afflicted Assassin
• 20 (26) Afflicted Ritualist

Humans (Am Fah)

• 20 (26) Am Fah Marksman
• 20 (26) Am Fah Healer
• 20 (26) Am Fah Necromancer
• 20 (26) Am Fah Assassin

Humans (Jade Brotherhood)

• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Knight
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Mesmer
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Mage
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Ritualist

Bosses

Humans (Jade Brotherhood; none of these will spawn during Chasing Zenmai)

• 24 (30) Wing, Three Blade → Triple Chop (Wing's Axe)
• 24 (30) Jin, the Purifier → Expel Hexes (The Purifier)
• 24 (30) Kenshi Steelhand → Palm Strike (Kenshi's Butterfly Daggers) (spawns twice during Eliminate the Jade Brotherhood, even if Chasing Zenmai is active)

Notes

• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 135 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 1 to 228.
  • If Chasing Zenmai is active, there are several ways you can get credit for vanquishing by killing fewer than 10 foes (depending on your starting outpost), since that quest allows you to enter a section initially devoid of any foes. Party members must not have Eliminate the Am Fah or Eliminate the Jade Brotherhood active.
    • With The Afflicted Guard active, only one kill is needed (start from Kaineng Center).
    • With The Drunken Master active and with The Afflicted Guard inactive; to get credit for the vanquish, you only need to defeat Drinkmaster Tahnu (if you start from Kaineng Center).
    • With neither of those active, take the Missing Daughter, which spawns around 10 foes.
    • Without those three quests active, you can still reduce the kill count to less than 60: approach Bryan from the west, but send only heroes and henchmen to him; do not let any players get within compass range. Defeat the three Jade Brotherhood groups that this triggers and clean-up the remaining mobs on the eastern side of the area (do not venture further west, as this will trigger additional foes, potentially raising the required number to the default).
    • Any party members that have completed Cleansing Bukdek Byway must also take Memories of Purity.
  • Initiate Zei Ri will help you vanquish if you have the quest Cleansing Bukdek Byway (or its hard mode equivalent) active, but only until the last Afflicted is killed.

Trivia

• There are at least two ambient animals in the area:
  • A napping cat, curled up near the shrine of Balthazar (southeast exit to the Undercity) that will occasionally flick its tail or stretch itself; it was modeled after Linsey Murdock's pet.
  • A dog, resembling a pug, in a trough up the left staircase after exiting Kaineng Center.

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