Talk:Gate of Desolation (mission)

Discussion
I would bet that this is the mission where we get to ride the sand wurms. According to the map, this mission will most likely take place in The Sulfurous Wastes, and the manual clearly states that heroes have ridden wurms 'safe from the sulfuric clouds'. Planeforger 04:48, 25 October 2006 (CDT)
 * It is (not sure if we need this anymore since we have the description written) -- Dfscott 11:50, 10 November 2006 (CST)

Henchies
This mission is do-able with Heroes and Henchmen Neon 06:11, 3 November 2006 (CST)
 * Very much so. In fact, I removed the comment about "don't try this with heroes/henchies" -- Dfscott 11:50, 10 November 2006 (CST)

Queen Aijundu
Queen Aijundu's level 28 and she's a ranger boss. She doesn't use any Ranger skills, but she has a Ranger boss aura, and that was good enough for the Frostfire Dryder bosses. -- Gordon Ecker 18:26, 30 November 2006 (CST)

Request
I have tried this mission ten times with heroes and henchmen and have failed every time.

What strategies work best?

I play a Ranger/Monk.

Trapping isn't working.
 * Concentrating poison and bleeding on Queen Aijundu works until she burrows away at half health and is out of range.

Staying out of aggro range of the undead Queen Aijundu sends in isn't working. Chakeh The Lonely keeps rez'ing everybody so just a general grind isn't working either. Glenn Gladewarden 00:53, 1 December 2006 (CST)
 * Try using interrupts to shut down Chakeh's rez attempts, or use Ignorance to disable his rez skill (Signet of Return) altogether. Maybe bring an N/Me hero to counter the Awakened Defilers with corpse denial and hex removal (Well of Darkness and Faintheartedness can almost completely shut down your melee people).  Well of Silence can shut down the Cavaliers and, in turn, the Blademasters, because two of their skills rely on being under the effect of a Shout/Chant.
 * Those are just general ideas that I came up with from looking at the monsters' skill listings. Someone else might have more specific advice for you as a ranger, since I've never played one myself.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] (talk|contribs) 02:43, 2 December 2006 (CST)

Already Beat - Retry
Is it possible to get the Wurms to summon from the very beginning, if you've already complete this mission? &mdash; Rapta   (talk|contribs) 23:46, 5 January 2007 (CST)
 * Also taking into consideration that having enemies aggroed prohibits the summoning of the Junundu. &mdash; Rapta  [[image:Rapta_Icon1.gif|19px]] (talk|contribs) 23:47, 5 January 2007 (CST)

Wurms and SOC
When in a wurm, all your skill except SOC are replaced with wurm skills. However, if you have not yet captured the wurm elite skill, you can put SOC in skill slot 4 as that slot is useless. If partying with players who have completed the mission and captured the elite wurm skill, that player and his/her heroes will have the elite. This is worth mentioning as putting the SOC in a slot other than 4 will deprive one of a wurm skill. Crimson Butcher 16:44, 7 January 2007 (CST)


 * It's mentioned in the Junundu article - since it's not specific to this mission, there's no need to mention it here. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] (talk|contribs) 20:39, 7 January 2007 (CST)

Note on Bonus
A note was just added to the Bonus that you must speak with Queen Aijundu before rescuing any of the Junundu Young to complete the Bonus. I am disputing this because when I first did the mission, I didn't know what the bonus was so I never spoke with Aijundu, but once I found a Junundu Young the Bonus objective popped up. I found all 3 Young and received the Master's Reward. This was a couple months ago though, and Anet may have altered the conditions since then, so I'm not going to remove it outright just yet. I have a character almost to this mission, and I will try test this claim within the next few days. &mdash;Dr Ishmael (talk|contribs) 13:35, 10 January 2007 (CST)
 * Confirmed - you do not have to speak with Queen Aijundu to complete the bonus. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] (talk|contribs) 23:22, 14 January 2007 (CST)

Pets
It's a bug I guess:Pets will turn into wurms.Later on in the game they'll die when you turn into wurm mode.Add that?Kinda handy to have 16 worms :D Patrickssj6 16:41, 21 March 2007 (CDT)

Leave Junundu
I was just doing this mission, and I accidentally pressed 8, Leave Junundu, instead of 7, Junudu Wail, to heal. Oddly, I left the Junundu and quickly ran to a ledge before Sulfurous Haze effect killed me. Somehow, I managed to survive (My heroes/hench party died, so I ran along with my pet). I scaled the wall back to a wurm spoor, and then tunneled back to where I had been, then quickly tunneled across a sulfur flat through a group and got to the final cutscene and beat the mish. It appears that: A)You CAN Leave Junundu in the middle of the sulfur if you are next to a cliff, and B) Sticking to the walls makes it possible to avoid Sulfurous Haze. I have screenshots to prove if people doubt this, but I'm wondering if people have had a similar experience, or this was some lucky glitch. Nhnowell 21:21, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Wurms in Rocky Terrain
If you stand in the rocky terrain that wurms normally can't go through and have another player activate a Spoor you will be transformed into a wurm in the rocky terrain. I don't know if it's possible to transform your henchmen by flagging them ahead, then activating a spoor. It seems like this is the only area where this is possible, since everywhere else you have to touch the spoor yourself, whereas in this mission only one person has to touch the spoor to change the whole party. I've only done this twice, so feel free to do additional tests. Also, I don't know if this should go under the article's Notes section, or if it should have a Bug box. Perrsun 18:54, 28 June 2007 (CDT)