Melandru's Hope

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

Melandru's Hope
Campaign	Factions
Region	Echovald Forest
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Brauer Academy Jade Flats (Kurzick) Lutgardis Conservatory
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Melandru's Hope is the part of Echovald Forest that has the largest amount of flourishing fauna, thus the name, giving hope that the effects of the Jade Wind are finally being overcome. Unfortunately, this area has large populations of Mantids, Dredge, and Wardens.

Getting there

This area is largely optional if not for the Jade Quarry primary quest that leads to Jade Flats (Kurzick). It's also possible that one may be following the secondary quests of Rhythm Drinker Drum, The Beak of Darkness, Artistic Endeavors, or Charting the Forests when one first enters this area.

Shrines

Resurrection shrines with bounties

• Kurzick Priest → Blessing of the Kurzicks
  • At the exit into Brauer Academy (if under Kurzick control).
  • At the exit into Jade Flats (Kurzick).
  • At the exit into Lutgardis Conservatory (if under Kurzick control).
• Luxon Priest → Blessing of the Luxons
  • At the exit into Brauer Academy (if under Luxon control).
  • At the exit into Lutgardis Conservatory (if under Luxon control).

Resurrection shrines with a statue

• Avatar of Dwayna
  • East, towards the center.
• Champion of Balthazar
  • Northeast, at the exit into Jade Flats (Kurzick).
  • Southwest, at the exit into Brauer Academy.
• Melandru's Watcher
  • West, at the exit into Lutgardis Conservatory.

Quests available

• Scoutmaster Arne
  • Securing Echovald Forest

NPCs

Allies

• 20 Kurzick Guards or 20 Luxon Guards
• 20 Kurzick Merchants or 20 Luxon Merchants
• 20 Kurzick Priests or 20 Luxon Priests
• 20 (20) Erik Lutgardis
• 20 (20) Scoutmaster Arne

Charmable animals

Animals

• 5, 15 White Tiger (see Salke Fur Friend regarding the level 15 Elder White Tiger)

Foes

Dredge

• 24 (26) Dredge Guardian
• 24 (26) Dredge Gatherer
• 24 (26) Dredge Gardener
• 24 (26) Dredge Gutter

Gaki

• 22 (26) Pain Hungry Gaki
• 22 (26) Skill Hungry Gaki

Kirin

• 23 (26) Stone Scale Kirin

Mantis

• 24 (26) Mantis Mender
• 24 (26) Mantis Dreamweaver
• 23 (26) Mantis Stormcaller
• 24 (26) Mantis Hunter

Oni

• 28 (30) Oni

Plants

• 23 (26) Undergrowth
• 24 (26) Dragon Moss

Wallows

• 24 (26) Fungal Wallow

Wardens

• 21 (26) Warden of the Tree
• 24 (26) Warden of Forests
• 21 (26) Warden of the Branch
• 24 (26) Warden of Earth
• 20 (26) Warden of the Summer
• 24 (26) Warden of Seasons

Bosses

Dredge

• 28 (30) Nundak The Archer → Archer's Signet (Nundak's Recurve Bow)

Mantis

• 24 (30) Byzzr Wingmender → Empathic Removal (Byzzr's Benediction)
• 24 (30) Chkkr Locust Lord → Locust's Fury (Chkkr's Pincers)
• 28 (30) Chkkr Brightclaw → Spirit Light Weapon (Brightclaw)

Wallow

• 28 (30) Rot Foulbelly → Weaken Knees (Rot's Putrescence)

Warden

• 28 (30) Salke Fur Friend → Heal as One

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki has an article on Melandru's Hope.

• These quests will affect the spawns in this area:
  • Artistic Endeavors (adds a few additional Dredge foes)
  • Rhythm Drinker Drum (adds a single Drinker foe)
  • Securing Echovald Forest (adds lots of Luxon foes)
• The bosses Nundak The Archer and Rot Foulbelly are part of the same mob and can't be pulled separately.
• Exploring this area will contribute approximately 3.3% towards Canthan Cartographer title.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 177 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 157 to 228 foes.
  • There are several hidden foes around Chkkr Brightclaw and Byzzr Wingmender that appear once each boss is aggro'd.

Trivia

• Using the Securing Echovald Forest quest, Melandru's Hope was the location where Kurzick Fast faction farming ("FFF") and Hero fast faction farming ("HFFF") were carried out.

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