The Battle Isles

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The Battle Isles
Continent	The Battle Isles
Town	Great Temple of Balthazar
Neighbor(s)	None
Campaign	Core
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The Battle Isles revealed

The Battle Isles are the home of the Zaishen Order, and a sacred place for those who practice the art of war.

All "high level" PvP arenas for Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall are located within the Battle Isles. This is the place where players from all three chapters can meet, team up, and compete against each other.

Contents 1 Getting there 2 Towns and outposts 3 Missions 4 Arenas 5 Explorable areas 6 Trivia

[edit] Getting there

PvP characters are created directly in the Great Temple of Balthazar, the only town on these islands, and they cannot leave the Battle Isles, except to go to Fort Aspenwood or The Jade Quarry.

Role-playing characters must reach a port (and sometimes solve a quest) in their campaign to have the ability to travel from one continent to another (like the Battle Isles).

Ports are located at the following locations:

• Prophecies (Tyria)
  • Lion's Arch
• Factions (Cantha)
  • Kaineng Center
• Nightfall (Elona)
  • Kamadan, Jewel of Istan

To map travel to the Battle Isles a player must click on the ship symbol near the harbor on the World Map.

[edit] Towns and outposts

• Great Temple of Balthazar (town)
• Guild Hall (only available if the player is member of a guild)
• Zaishen Menagerie

Mission outposts:

• Zaishen Challenge (unlocked after completing all training sessions in the Training Arena)
• Zaishen Elite (unlocked after winning against at least 5 (out of 6) different NPC teams in the Zaishen Challenge)

Arena outposts:

• Random Arenas (unlocked after talking to the Canthan Ferry Captain)
• Team Arenas (unlocked after winning 5-in-a-row matched in Random Arenas)
• Heroes' Ascent (unlocked after winning a total of 5 matches in the Team Arenas)
• Hero Battles (outpost) (unlocked after unlocking at least 3 Heroes onto your account, which requires Nightfall or Eye of the North)

[edit] Missions

• Zaishen Challenge
• Zaishen Elite

[edit] Arenas

• Training Arena (talk to the Master of Paths near the exit to the Great Temple of Balthazar to be transported there)
• Random Arenas
• Team Arenas
• Heroes' Ascent
• Hero Battles

[edit] Explorable areas

• Isle of the Nameless
• Isle of the Nameless (PvP)
• Zaishen Menagerie Grounds

[edit] Trivia

• For Guild Wars Prophecies players the "low level" Ascalon Arena and Shiverpeak Arena remained open when the Battle Isles became accessible, but the Competition Arena (at Lion's Arch), the Team Arena (at Droknar's Forge) and the Tomb of the Primeval Kings were closed down.

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Core regions
The Battle Isles • The Mists
Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall • Eye of the North