Gyala Hatchery (mission)



''This is a mission entry. For information on the location Gyala Hatchery, see Gyala Hatchery (Location). For information on the explorable area Gyala Hatchery, see Gyala Hatchery (Explorable).''

Objectives
Escort the young turtles to the leviathan pits. At least one young turtle must survive

Point Defense Strategy
Most enemies will go directly for your Young Turtles, so make sure to try to stop the incoming enemies before they are even in range of the turtles.

Petras will give you up to three Smoke Canisters. Siege Turtles will aim their siege fire at the location where you drop the canisters. Make sure to position the canisters slightly ahead of the enemies' path, as the siege weapons have a firing delay on the order of 10 to 15 seconds. The knockdown area of the siege attack is huge, so your enemies will spend lots of time on the ground. Bringing skills that profit from knockdown will have a big advantage. If you want to be safe, you want to put the canisters where the young turtles are (it won't hurt them).

Be especially careful about the Kurzick Juggernauts. If they get within melee range, they will toss the turtles on their back using their special ability Juggernaut Toss. Turtles on their backs have no firepower and are easy kills for the Juggernauts. Use the siege power of the turtles on the Juggernauts as much as possible. Needless to say, if your Siege Turtles die, completing the mission will become next to impossible.

You will often get attacked from multiple sides, so coordinating the defense will be key. Decide who will carry the smoke canisters before starting the mission.

After you reach the gates of the Leviathan Pits with the turtle caravan a cutscene will trigger. The mission doesn't end here. After the cutscene you will have to fight and defeat a group of afflicted to complete mission.

This mission requires the smoke canisters to be moved all the time. Completing it with fewer than 3 human players can be difficult.

Tips:
 * Slow the Juggernauts down with Ward Against Foes, Water Magic hexes, the crippled condition, and so on.
 * Prot Monks should bring Aegis, Guardian and other counters to physical damage sources, as most of the Kurzick you will encounter will be warriors or rangers.
 * Curses necromancers should bring Spiteful Spirit and Reckless Haste for use on the Kurzick rangers, who will often be clumped. Another alternative is to use the minions of 2 minion masters as shields for the incoming attacks. Using Enfeebling Blood on Kurzick warriors attacking the young turtles is also very effective.
 * Bringing a Ritualist with Shelter, Union and Displacement will prove to be quite helpful, as the Young Turtles are also affected by the positive effects of these spirits.
 * Area defense skills like "Watch Yourself!", "Shields Up!", Ward Against Harm, etc. are also very useful, as they will affect the turtles too.

Careful Pulling Strategy


An alternative strategy for completing the mission is to leave the turtles in their starting position and clear the path ahead using a different route. This method takes more time but lets you pull mobs at your leisure. The map to the right does not show the optimal path, but is there for reference to the numbered points.

At the start of the mission, don’t walk to the NPCs standing in front of you. Run to the right of the map as fast as you can towards the western wall of the mission area until the face of Petras no longer appears in the dialogue. Make sure no one stays at the start of the mission or walks to the NPCs. The AI for the turtle caravan will not trigger and they will stay in their place. This allows you to clear the path ahead and return afterwards.

Run to the end of the mission until just before the Leviathan Pits area (use the map to the right). You will not encounter any Kurzicks until the group right in front of the gates of the Leviathan Pits. Killing Kurzick groups will often spawn more groups that run to your location. When this happens, it is vital that you get out of the way, or else you will be overwhelmed. The easiest way to pull such groups apart is often to intercept one as it runs to your location, while avoiding the rest.

Start by killing the group with the two Kurzick Juggernauts near point 1. When this group is finished off, two groups of Kurzicks will run to point 2, one from the northwest and one from the southwest. Run southwest to intercept one group and kill it, then return to point 2 to kill the other group. This makes two more groups spawn, again one from the southwest and one from the northwest. As before, intercept the one from the southwest, then return to point 2 to kill the group from the northwest.

Once point 2 is clear, you can head to point 3 to clear the Kurzicks there. After this, backtrack and approach point 5 from the west. Clear a group, then head back to the west and approach point 6 from the west. Pull the groups apart as best you can, and pull the mobs quite a ways so that you have time to clear most of the Kurzicks before their slower juggernauts arrive.

Head east to point 4 and clear the small group there, then head back west to point 5. Kurzicks will invade from the southwest and northwest. Go intercept the group coming from the southwest, then return to pull apart and clear the groups at point 5.

Clear a group at point 7 and then many Kurzicks will run to that point. Most come from the north, but a small group comes from the southwest. Head to the southwest to intercept that group. It can take a while to pull the various groups apart at point 7.

Finally, return to the caravan at point 8. Drop a smoke canister in the middle of the turtles, and then target and kill the juggernauts immediately. They come from the south and are the main threat to your caravan. Most of the Kurzicks will rush the Young Turtles and be slaughtered by the Siege Turtles. That leaves only a few Kurzick Monks to mop up.

The rest of the route will be clear except that you will be attacked by a group of four Kurzicks from the north a little before the caravan reaches point 6.

The Afflicted
After arriving at the Pits, a cinematic will play. The mission is not yet over at this point. Small waves of afflicted will attack through one of the gates. Players may either let them close in, allowing use of the siege turtles, or fight the battle outside the gates, keeping the afflicted far from the turtles. Any Luxon or Kurzick NPCs that survived the cinematic will join in the fight as the afflicted approach them.

Master's Reward
Master's reward is to keep all of the young turtles alive, not just one of them. This doesn't require different tactics, but merely better execution.

Allies

 * 20 Pet - Elder Crab
 * 15 Young Turtle
 * 20 Endre
 * 24 Siege Turtle
 * 20 Argo

Foes
Afflicted Kurzicks
 * 28 Kurzick Juggernaut
 * 24 Afflicted Warrior
 * 24 Afflicted Monk
 * 24 Afflicted Necromancer
 * 24 Afflicted Mesmer
 * 24 Afflicted Elementalist
 * 24 Afflicted Assassin
 * 24 Afflicted Ritualist
 * 20 Kurzick Warrior
 * 20 Kurzick Ranger
 * 20 Kurzick Necromancer
 * 20 Kurzick Mesmer
 * 20 Kurzick Elementalist
 * 20 Kurzick Monk

Follow-up

 * Upon completion of the mission players will find themselves in: Leviathan Pits
 * To continue the storyline, take on the following Primary Quest: Journey to the Whirlpool