Pongmei Valley

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.

Pongmei Valley
Campaign	Factions
Region	Kaineng City
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Boreas Seabed Maatu Keep Sunjiang District Tanglewood Copse
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Pongmei Valley, a small hilly area adjacent to the Echovald Forest and the Jade Sea, is the only part of Kaineng City which hasn't been covered by urban sprawl.

Getting there

Exit from Boreas Seabed, Maatu Keep or Tanglewood Copse, or travel through Sunjiang District.

Shrines

Resurrection shrines with bounties

• Kurzick Priest → Blessing of the Kurzicks
  • At the exit into Tanglewood Copse (if controlled by the Kurzicks).
• Luxon Priest → Blessing of the Luxons
  • At the exit into Boreas Seabed
  • At the exit into Tanglewood Copse (if controlled by the Luxons).

Resurrection shrines with a statue

• Avatar of Dwayna
  • East, at the exit into Boreas Seabed.
• Champion of Balthazar
  • Northwest, at the exit into Maatu Keep.
• Lyssa's Muse
  • Northeast, at the exit into Sunjiang District.
• Melandru's Watcher
  • Southwest, at the exit into Tanglewood Copse.
• Voice of Grenth
  • Center, south of the ruins, near Gong Mei and Zingyao.

NPCs

These quests will affect the spawns in this area:

• City Under Attack
• Stemming the Tide
• The Convocation
• The Count's Daughter

Allies

Services

• 10 (20) Luci (collector for 2 Guardian Moss)
• 20 (20) Gong Mei (merchant)
• 20 (20) Zingyao (weaponsmith)

Faction allies

• 20 (20) Kurzick Guards or 20 (20) Luxon Guards
• 20 (20) Kurzick Merchants or 20 (20) Luxon Merchants
• 20 (20) Kurzick Priests or 20 (20) Luxon Priests

Other allies

• 20 (20) Seaguard Lykaios
• 20 (20) Canthan Guards
• 20 (20) Giant Turtle
• 10 (20) Kurzick Travelers
• 10 (20) Luxon Travelers

Charmable animals

Animals

• 3 Crane
• 15 Elder Crane
• 5 Reef Lurker (red)
• 15 Tiger

Foes

Afflicted

• 20 (26) Afflicted Warrior
• 20 (26) Afflicted Ranger
• 20 (26) Afflicted Monk
• 20 (26) Afflicted Necromancer
• 20 (26) Afflicted Mesmer
• 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

Kirin

• 23 (26) Stone Scale Kirin

Plants

• 23 (26) Undergrowth
• 28 (30) Island Guardian
• 24 (26) Dragon Moss

Wallows

• 24 (26) Rot Wallow

Wardens

• 19 (25) Warden of the Leaf

Yeti

• 24 (26) Yeti
• 24 (26) Yeti
• 24 (26) Yeti

Bosses

Afflicted

• 24 (30) The Afflicted Hakaru → Weapon of Quickening

Humans (Am Fah)

• 24 (30) Meynsang the Sadistic → Spike Trap (Meynsang's Longbow)
• 24 (30) Xuekao, the Deceptive → Assassin's Promise (Daggers of Xuekao)

Yeti

• 28 (30) Arrahhsh Mountainclub → Battle Rage (Arrahhsh's Aegis)

Notes

• The yetis in this area charm the elder pets when you get into compass range. If you stay out of compass range and let heroes and henchmen kill the yeti, you can tame an elder crane or tiger.
• Chests can produce a wide variety of weapon skins, some of which are typically only found in the Jade Sea and the Echovald Forest.
• As you approach Xuekao, the Deceptive, groups of Am Fah and Jade Brotherhood will spawn and fight each other; you can either join the brawl or let them fight it out and dispose of what remains.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests requires defeating around 146 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 127 to 168.
  • You will not gain a faction bonus for vanquishing this area. However, you can acquire blessings to gain points while killing foes from the Luxon Priest near Boreas Seabed or the Kurzick Priest next to Tanglewood Copse.
  • Use caution near Xuekao, to avoid getting surrounded.
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 2.58% to the Canthan Cartographer title.

Trivia

• Called "Pongmei Foothills" in early beta.

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