Jaya Bluffs (mission)

Jaya Bluffs
Event	Dragon Festival
Region	Shing Jea Island
Type	Cooperative
Party size	4

A special mission that is only available during the Dragon Festival.

Mission information

Objectives

• Destroy the "chaos rifts" in Jaya Bluffs. [0..8] of 8 rifts destroyed.

Reward

• 50 Victory Tokens

Walkthrough

Enter via Captain Rujiyo in Shing Jea Monastery

• Opening the mission map will show you the locations of the rifts. Red flags are open rifts, blue ones are closed ones.
  • Rifts can only be seen they are in an uncovered part of the map, so make sure to explore the bits of Jaya Bluffs where the rifts will be beforehand.
• The Chaos Rifts can be reopened by patrolling mobs, so be sure you kill all enemies in the surrounding area.
• There are many popups so move slowly from rift to rift.
  • Sometimes two pop-up groups can be placed right next to each other, so avoid rushing forwards when one appears.
• Whenever possible, backtrack to the next rift, to prevent from spawning new pop up mobs.

Strategies

Only some of the pop-up groups are noted here, generally the more dangerous ones: as there are fewer rifts to the east than the west, it's easier to start there (just be wary of the pop-up group just north of the spawn point). At the first eastern rift, just northeast of the starting point, there are 3 wandering patrols that have to be taken care of and a pop-up group a bit south of the rift at the cliff wall. At the second rift, just north of the first one, there are two overlapping patrols, one being a larger one of 4 mobs. The third rift is east of the second one, and on the path there are 2 more pop-up groups. On the rift itself is one large group of enemies, and though a few can be pulled away it will be a tough fight. After that it'll be best to backtrack to start with the five western rifts to lessen the amount of pop-ups.

From the starting points, the fourth rift is on a frozen lake to the northwest (be wary that the lake will slow anyone who stops on it). The fifth rift is most easily reached by heading northwest around the mountain and then going straight south, being mindful of Wrathful Storm pop-ups. After that, backtrack to the fourth rift and then head northwest to the small island monastery. There are pop-ups on the bridge to the sixth rift, with a big group on the rift itself and another pop-up group at the other bridge. Cross the western bridge and head south to get to a split where the seventh rift is to the south and the eighth rift to the north. Both rifts are guarded by a larger group of 4 enemies, so be careful.

Tips

• Bring hexes and skills that inflict conditions and spam targets for your heroes, they will quickly dispose of the foes.
• Make your target priority Wrathful Storms (area of effect damage), Banished Dream Riders, Scythes of Chaos, then Grasps of Insanity.
  • If your party can spread apart to avoid having 2 or more party members being hit by the Wrathful Storms' area of effect damage, then the target priority can be Banished Dream Riders, Scythes of Chaos, Wrathful Storms, then Grasps of Insanity.

NPCs

Foes

Demons

• 28 (30) Grasp of Insanity (actor)
• 24 (26) Scythe of Chaos (actor)
• 28 (30) Wrathful Storm (actor)
• 24 (26) Torment Claw (actor)

Ghosts

• 28 (30) Banished Dream Rider (actor)

Dialogue

Introductory dialogue

Captain Rujiyo: "Places, everyone, places. *Ahem* Canthans, our troops report enemy forces arriving en masse. Check in with me to receive battle orders!"

Imperial Guard Musashi: "Captain, enemy forces sighted in Jaya Bluffs. Numerous rifts and creature movement reported."

Captain Rujiyo: "We have no troops to spare. What of the mainland reinforcements?"

Imperial Guard Musashi: "No sign of them, Captain."

Captain Rujiyo: "I'll bet my battle scars that damn Celestial Ministry is holding them up with paperwork. Curse them!"

Captain Rujiyo: "We're must [sic] recruit mercenaries and capable fighters to deal with them in the mountains."

Captain Rujiyo: "Musashi, get to Jaya Bluffs and keep an eye on the enemy. I'll send help as soon as it's available."

Imperial Guard Musashi: "Right away, sir! (Oh, and sir? Nice work. That felt really believable to me.)"

Entry dialogue

Captain Rujiyo

"My troops have received reports of rifts opening in the mountains of Jaya Bluffs. The enemy is using these portals to summon troops to storm the island. We've called for additional forces, but they won't arrive in time. We could use your help. Will you serve the emperor and destroy these rifts in Jaya Bluffs?"

 Accept: "Yes, I am ready to help the emperor."

 Decline: "Not right now, I'm busy."

Notes

• This mission is only available for a 30 minute period on the schedule set for the Dragon Festival.
• The average completion time for the quest is 20 minutes.
• The actors share the same racial traits as the creatures they imitate and thus only corpses from Demon and Wurm actors are exploitable.

Trivia

• In addition to the monsters listed above, Terrorweb Dryders also appeared during Dragon Festival 2006.
• In subsequent years, all quests and missions were re-enactments of the first year's events. As such, the original monsters were replaced with actors and the rifts with pinwheels.
• 50 Jade Wind Orbs was the reward in 2006