Dungeon

A dungeon is an underground area within the Depths of Tyria that usually requires an associated quest to fully explore. Dungeons consist of one to five levels and share common characteristics that differ from other explorable areas in the game.

Characteristics

• All dungeons have an associated, repeatable quest. Most require that all members have the quest or certain doors in the dungeon will be sealed, preventing the party from moving forward.
  • There are two versions of the Heart of the Shiverpeaks:
    • The first version spawns when you have the primary quest of the same name is active. Completion requires killing Cyndr the Mountain Heart
    • The second spawns if the quest is not active and requires killing Magmus.
  • Two dungeons cannot be entered without the relevant quest: Fronis Irontoe's Lair and Cathedral of Flames.
• Dungeons with multiple levels must be completed in sequence: reaching the deepest section always requires navigating any upper levels.
• Defeating the final dungeon boss spawns a Dungeon chest, which can drop unique items and gold items with skins that are unique to the dungeon.

List of dungeons

• Arachni's Haunt
• Bloodstone Caves
• Bogroot Growths
• Catacombs of Kathandrax
• Cathedral of Flames
• Darkrime Delves
• Fronis Irontoe's Lair
• Frostmaw's Burrows
• Heart of the Shiverpeaks
• Oola's Lab
• Ooze Pit
• Raven's Point
• Rragar's Menagerie
• Secret Lair of the Snowmen
• Sepulchre of Dragrimmar
• Shards of Orr
• Slavers' Exile (Elite), which requires completing four subdungeons:
  • Justiciar Thommis (Dungeon)
  • Selvetarm (Dungeon)
  • Forgewight (Dungeon)
  • Duncan the Black (Dungeon)
• Vloxen Excavations

Dungeon reward chests and Reputation Points received for completion

These dungeon reward chests are the only source of the listed weapons:

Dungeon	Chest name	Rare Caster Staves	Rare Martial Weapons	Reputation Points Received(Half Points for repeats)
Catacombs of Kathandrax	Chest of Kathandrax	Astral Staff	Emerald Blade	Ebon Vanguard Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Rragar's Menagerie	Hidesplitter's Chest	Goldhorn Staff	Clockwork Scythe Demon Tongue Scythe Dryad Bow	Ebon Vanguard Points (3000-Normal and 4500-Hard).
Cathedral of Flames	Murakai's Chest		Notched Blade	Ebon Vanguard Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Ooze Pit	Prismatic Chest	Chrysocola Staff Prismatic Focus	Cerulean Edge	Dwarven Points (1000-Normal and 1500-Hard).
Darkrime Delves	Havok's Chest	Cobalt Staff	Stygian Reaver Violet Edge	Norn Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Frostmaw's Burrows	Chest of Burrows	Icicle Staff	Bonecage Scythe Demoncrest Spear Demon Fangs Silverwing Recurve Bow Tentacle Scythe	Norn Points (3000-Normal and 4500-Hard).
Sepulchre of Dragrimmar	Dragrimmar Chest	Turquoise Staff		Dwarven Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Raven's Point	Destroyer Chest		Aureate Blade Eaglecrest Axe Wingcrest Maul	Norn Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Vloxen Excavations	Zoldark's Chest			Dwarven Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Bogroot Growths	Bogroot Chest	Frog Scepter Moldavite Staff	Emerald Edge	Asuran Points (1000-Normal and 1500-Hard).
Bloodstone Caves	Eldritch Chest	Ancient Moss Staff Topaz Scepter		Dwarven Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Shards of Orr	Fendi's Chest	Bone Dragon Staff Suntouched Staff	Golden Hammer	Asuran Points (3000-Normal and 4500-Hard).
Oola's Lab	Oola's Chest	Crystal Flame Staff	Clockwork Scythe Signet Shield Steelhead Scythe Storm Daggers	Asuran (500-Normal and 750-Hard).
Arachni's Haunt	Arachni's Spoils	Insectoid Staff	Insectoid Scythe	Asuran Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).
Slavers' Exile	Chest of the Slaver Hierophant's Chest	Onyx Scepter Onyx Staff	Amethyst Aegis Fiery Embersteel Blade Pyroclastic Axe Voltaic Spear	Norn Points (5000-Normal and 7500-Hard).
Fronis Irontoe's Lair	Irontoe's Chest			Dwarven Points (500-Normal and 750-Hard).
Secret Lair of the Snowmen	Chest of Wintersday Past			Dwarven Points (500-Normal and 750-Hard).
Heart of the Shiverpeaks	Mountain Heart Chest	Embercrest Staff	Singing Blade	Dwarven Points (1500-Normal and 2250-Hard).

In addition, these items are available from reward chests in multiple dungeons:

• Legendary Sword
• Runic Blade

Notes

• Technically, dungeons are a series of chained instances that are programmatically similar to any outdoor area.
• Completing the dungeon is equivalent to completing the quest.
  • First time completions will grant points toward the Master of the North title: 10 in Normal mode and 20 in hard mode.
  • Completion fills in the appropriate entry in the Master Dungeon Guide.
• Dungeons are marked on the World Map with the following icons:
  • A dungeon that has not been completed (Normal Mode).
  • File:DungeonIncompleteHMIcon.png A dungeon that has not been completed (Hard Mode).
  • A dungeon that has been completed.

Related articles

• Master Dungeon Guide
• General collectors (Depths of Tyria)

Trivia

• Several dungeons have elements resembling levels in the Legend of Zelda series.