Pockmark Flats

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

Pockmark Flats
Campaign	Prophecies
Region	Ascalon
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Eastern Frontier Regent Valley Serenity Temple
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A ruined landscape

The Pockmark Flats is the name of the large area to the southeast of Ascalon City. In the northern half of the area, shards of what is possibly the largest crystal to have crashed into Ascalon during the Searing lay embedded in the blasted earth, surrounded by a moat of tar. Judging from the scant ruins in the blasted area, a sizable Ascalon community must have been wiped out in an instant. Further testament to the destruction wrought on that fateful day is an extensive stretch of ruins and broken architecture in the southern half of the Flats, with a series of uneven trails winding through the tragic landscape.

Getting there

Several secondary quests of the Ascalon region lead here. This area is located south of the Eastern Frontier and due east of Serenity Temple.

Shrines

Resurrection shrines

• Northwest, at the exit into Serenity Temple.
• North, at the exit into the Eastern Frontier.
• Southwest, at the exit into Regent Valley.

NPCs

Allies

Services

• 1 (20) Nicanor Gannel (collector for 3 Scorched Lodestones)
• 1 (20) Ouran Odwin (collector for 3 Stormy Eyes)

Charmable animals

Animals

• 3 Moa Bird

Foes

Devourers

• 4 (22) Carrion Devourer
• 1 (22) Crimson Devourer
• 4 (22) Whiptail Devourer
• 3 (22) Plague Devourer

Elementals

• 3 (22) Hulking Stone Elemental
• 5 (23) Stone Elemental

Gargoyles

• 4, 8 (22) Shatter Gargoyle
• 3 (22) Flash Gargoyle
• 2 (22) Resurrect Gargoyle

Riders

• 7 (23) Storm Rider

Bosses

Devourers

• 9 (27) Gnash Underfoot
• 9 (27) Hurl Foulspine
• 9 (27) Fester Fang

Gargoyles

• 9 (27) Rif Telourau
• 9 (27) Spasmo Thunderbolt

Riders

• 9 (27) Larrk Etherburn

Landmarks

• Pockmark crystal

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki has an article on Pockmark Roughs.

• There is a resurrection point just inside the small walled area near the Serenity Temple portal, but no visible shrine.
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 1.6% to the Tyrian Cartographer title.
• These quests will affect the spawns in this area:
  • Frontier Gate Fugitives
  • Replacement Healers
  • The Geomancer's Test
  • Unnatural Creatures

• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 170 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 135 to 234 foes.
  • There are numerous Devourer pop-ups throughout the zone, with a large number in the northern valley surrounding the Searing Crystal.
  • The Geomancer's Test will significantly increase the number of foes, and Replacement Healers will add Devona as an ally.
• There appear to be three variations of spawns in the crater valley; you should be able to tell which shortly after exiting Serenity Temple:
  • Riders: Patrols of Storm Riders swirl around crevices, and then circle the valley counter-clockwise around the crystal; there is a separate group that stays near the center. When vanquishing, move clockwise to avoid missing any. (Rough estimate: 80% of visits.)
  • Elementals: The crater contains patrols of Stone Elementals instead. (Roughly 10% of visits.)
  • Gargoyles: The spawns are gargoyles and there appear to be fewer devourer pop-ups. (Roughly 10% of visits.)

Anomaly.The collector Nicanor Gannel does not always appear; his presence might be tied to the type of spawns in the crystal valley.

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