Gates of Kryta (mission)

Mission Objectives
Secure a safe place for your people to settle.
 * Make contact with the local authorities at Lion's Arch.
 * Head south across the beach to find Justiciar Hablion.
 * Help Justiciar Hablion clear the swamp of undead.
 * BONUS Retrieve the Orrian text and have it translated.

Primary
Travel along the path, mostly south, killing undead until you reach the village. After speaking to the Justicar (A on the map), continue through the gate and south along the beaches (be careful there, there are some Lightning Drakes on the sandy beach that can kill your whole party if you engage more than one group at a time). Talk to Justiciar Hablion (B on the map). Help Hablion clear the swamps of the undead and kill the boss at location C on the map.

It can be quite hard to clear the swamps, even with the extra soldiers provided, since you tend to get overrun, and even player-controlled characters often stand in the poison water needlessly! If you get into trouble, run back to the soldiers standing above the swamp and they will help kill for you.

Note: do not make the mistake of following Justicar Hablion for the entire mission. He takes a different path than that of the main mission, and you will waste a significant amount of time if you follow him instead of his forces (it is very clear when they split paths).

Bonus
To get this bonus, you have to talk to a pig (Oink) who is found to the left behind the gate at the very beginning of the mission (1 on the map). Return him to his owner in the village: the little boy Cheswick, son of Orrian Historian McClain (2 on the map). When approaching them, do not talk to either, as this has broken the bonus on at least one occasion. Instead, wait for the conversation between them to finish; the son will then say, "thank you for returning Oink," and you will be awarded the bonus from his father.

Collect the tome from a chest in the water at the north end of the fjord (3 on the map) even though the father will tell you it is in a cove to the southwest, and return it to the historian in the village. The map is slightly incorrect as you have to go a bit farther southeast before turning northward. Also be careful, as opening the chest will trigger some quite high level spawns (L17 Smoke Phantoms, 3 at a time). You will also be ambushed twice more in the fjord while returning the tome to the historian.

Tip: The easiest way to get past the Smoke Phantoms is to have the whole party retreat to the beach after clearing the way to the chest, and have a single Warrior with the Sprint skill (a Ranger with Dodge should work too) fetch the text. He can simply outrun the phantoms without being hit more than a couple of times.

Tip: If you fight the Smoke Phantoms, make sure that whoever is going to pick up the tome knows to drop it immediately. This ensures that the whole party is ready to fight.

Tip: A very cheap way to complete the bonus is to grab the text and then kill a Mergoyle or other nearby enemy on the cliffs above the water. Now use Necrotic Traversal or Consume Corpse. You will be teleported up and out, thereby avoiding the Smoke Phantoms altogether, and it is an easy run back to McClain.

Tip: The Smoke Phantoms' most deadly spell is Chain Lightning, but it loses effectiveness if it only hits one target. Therefore, do your best to spread out and minimize the damage (this is especially relevant to Monks and other soft targets).

Tip: If you have it, or if you manage to find a skilled Elementalist, use Maelstrom or Meteor Shower as soon as the phantoms spawn. Both are effective at shutting down the phantoms and make the fights much, much easier.

Bosses

 * Haja Bloodwail, location C
 * Sayad the Bloodless
 * Ijan the Cursed
 * Bakkir the Forsaken
 * Onan the Spiritless
 * Nazeem the Damned

Skill Capture

 * Scourge Healing from Ijan the Cursed (not available before The Royal Papers quest at Fishermen's Haven).
 * Vengeance from Ijan the Cursed (not available before The Forgotten Ones quest at Destiny's Gorge).
 * Animate Bone Minions from Bakkir the Forsaken (not available before The Royal Papers quest at Fishermen's Haven).

Additional Notes
The players will be in Lion's Arch at the completion of this mission.

Players looking for a cartographer title can find a path hidden behind the house where Oink is found. This path is described in the Grandmaster cartography guide. The shoreline can also be scraped for about .4%, as compared to a normal mission run.