Iron Horse Mine

This article is about an explorable area. This name is also used for a Zaishen vanquish quest.

Iron Horse Mine
Campaign	Prophecies
Region	Northern Shiverpeaks
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Anvil Rock Traveler's Vale
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The Iron Horse Mine is large area to the northwest of Yak's Bend that houses a productive Stone Summit mine. It likely drew its name from the large amount of mining machinery placed in the mine. The Stone Summit dwarves patrol only a short distance from their mine entrances, leaving the Snow Ettins still roaming along the east and the Frostfire Dryders in the west.

Getting there

Travel northwest from Yak's Bend through Traveler's Vale. Alternatively, travel the northeast from Ice Tooth Cave via Anvil Rock.

Shrines

Resurrection shrines

• Northwest, at the exit into Anvil Rock.
• Southeast, at the exit into Traveler's Vale.

NPCs

Allies

Services

• 10 (20) Norin Stonegrimm (collector for 5 Frostfire Fangs)

Charmable animals

Animals

• 5 (5) Snow Wolf (mostly in the northwest)

Foes

Dryders

• 10 (24) Frostfire Dryder

Dwarves (Stone Summit)

• 10 (24) Stone Summit Crusher
• 9 (23) Summit Axe Wielder
• 13 (24) Summit Beastmaster
• 9 (23) Stone Summit Scout
• 11 (24) Dolyak Rider
• 10 (24) Stone Summit Howler
• 10 (24) Stone Summit Sage

Elementals (Stone Summit)

• 10 (24) Ice Golem

Ettins

• 11 (24) Snow Ettin

Minotaurs

• 10 (24) Minotaur

Bosses

Dryders

• 12 (27) Frostfire Dryder
• 12 (27) Frostfire Dryder
• 12 (27) Frostfire Dryder

Dwarves (Stone Summit)

• 13 (27) Fendar Stonestance
• 13 (27) Garris Nightwatch
• 13 (27) Shalis Ironmantle

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki has an article on Iron Horse Mines.

• The Minaar's Trouble, Minaar's Worry, Stone Summit Beastmasters, and The Wayward Monk quests affect the spawns in this area.
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 1.4% to the Tyrian Cartographer title.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 180 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 160 to 194 foes.
  • The Dolyak Riders may prove difficult to kill with their use of Mark of Protection. Consider bringing enchantment removal or interrupts; although, it will also work by getting the Dolyak Rider to use Mark of Protection on another foe before focusing on killing the Dolyak Rider.
  • Consider coming from Ice Tooth Cave rather than Yak's Bend. Traveler's Vale contains large numbers of Stone Summit, whereas in Anvil Rock you will face only Minotaurs and a few Frostfire Dryders.
  • With patience, it is possible to bring a party of eight from Temple of the Ages.
  • Some Stone Summit groups have long patrol paths, so to find them you might need to revisit places you've already cleared.

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