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{{quotation|[[Login screen announcements]]|On June 27th, at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT), [[Cantha]] prepares for the Dragon Festival with decorations and festive [[drop]]s, and [[Shing Jea Boardwalk]] opens just one day later! Three days of historical reenactments start June 29th at 4 AM Pacific, leading up to the [[Emperor Kisu|Emperor's]] special visit every two hours starting at 2 AM Pacific on July 1st. For more information, visit http://www.guildwars.com/.}}

{{Quotation|[https://www.guildwars.com/en/events Official website]|The Dragon Festival is almost upon us and Cantha is ready to roll out the red carpet. Time to stock up on [[Bottle Rocket|bottle rockets]], gorge on [[Red Bean Cake|red bean cakes]], and collect enough [[Victory Token|victory tokens]] for your pick of festival hats.}}

The [[Dragon Festival]] is a [[special event]] that occurs annually from June 27, 19:00, to July 4, 19:00 UTC ([https://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Template_talk%3ASpecial_events_lookup&diff=2559921&oldid=2559054 source]).

[[File:Dragon Festival 2007.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Shing Jea Monastery decorated for the Dragon Festival.]]

==History==
The Dragon Festival is an ancient Canthan tradition. After the assassination of [[Emperor Angsiyan]] at the hands of [[Shiro Tagachi]] and the catastrophe of the Jade Wind which threatened to wipe out and destroy the empire of Cantha, newly crowned emperor, [[Emperor Hanjai]], the son of Angsiyan, turned this ancient tradition into a large scale celebration in order to unite the empire in its reconstruction.

The festival marks the anniversary of establishing the settlement on [[Shing Jea Island]] as well as the expansion of [[Kaineng City]] to accommodate the refugees from the areas hit hardest by the Jade Wind. The Dragon Festival has come to symbolize the survival of the Empire of the Dragon (Cantha) in the face of that calamity.

== Mission and final event schedule ==
All times are listed in both Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) and UTC. UTC times in ''italics'' are on the next day. Missions are available from [[Captain Rujiyo]] for 30 minutes.
{| style="min-width: 750px; border: 1px solid silver; text-align: right;"
|- style="background: #CCC; color: #333; font-style: italic; text-align: center; "
! Time table
| style="width: 70px;" | PDT || style="width: 40px;font-weight: bold;" | '''UTC'''
| style="width: 70px;" | PDT || style="width: 40px;font-weight: bold;" | '''UTC'''
| style="width: 70px;" | PDT || style="width: 40px;font-weight: bold;" | '''UTC'''
| style="width: 70px;" | PDT || style="width: 40px;font-weight: bold;" | '''UTC'''
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | June 27
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Decorations are applied to [[Kaineng Center]] and [[Shing Jea Monastery]]. [[Victory Token]]s begin to [[drop]] from [[Player versus Environment|PvE]] [[foe]]s.
| 12:00 PM || '''19:00'''
|
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | June 28
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Shing Jea Boardwalk]], [[Dragon Arena]], and [[Rollerbeetle Races]] open. [[Imperial Guard Hanso]] appears and begins offering festival quests.
| 12:00 PM || '''19:00'''
|
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | June 29
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Haiju Lagoon (mission)|Mission one (Haiju Lagoon)]] – rewards 50 tokens
| 4:00 AM || '''11:00'''
| 12:00 PM || '''19:00'''
| 8:00 PM || '''''3:00'''''
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Jaya Bluffs (mission)|Mission two (Jaya Bluffs)]] – rewards 50 tokens
| 8:00 AM || '''15:00'''
| 4:00 PM || '''23:00'''
| 12:00 AM || '''''7:00'''''
|
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | June 30
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Tsumei Village (mission)|Mission three (Tsumei Village)]] – rewards 75 tokens
| 2:00 AM || '''9:00'''
| 8:00 AM || '''15:00'''
| 2:00 PM || '''21:00'''
| 8:00 PM || '''''3:00'''''
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Seitung Harbor (mission)|Mission four (Seitung Harbor)]] – rewards 75 tokens
| 4:00 AM || '''11:00'''
| 10:00 AM || '''17:00'''
| 4:00 PM || '''23:00'''
| 10:00 PM || '''''5:00'''''
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | July 1
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Tsumei Village (mission 2)|Mission five (Tsumei Village)]] – rewards 100 tokens
| 1:00 AM || '''8:00'''
| 7:00 AM || '''14:00'''
| 1:00 PM || '''20:00'''
| 7:00 PM || '''''2:00'''''
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Seitung Harbor (mission 2)|Mission six (Seitung Harbor)]] – rewards 100 tokens
| 3:00 AM || '''10:00'''
| 9:00 AM || '''16:00'''
| 3:00 PM || '''22:00'''
| 9:00 PM || '''''4:00'''''
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Shing Jea Monastery (mission)|Mission seven (Shing Jea Monastery)]] – rewards 100 tokens
| 5:00 AM || '''12:00'''
| 11:00 AM || '''18:00'''
| 5:00 PM || '''''0:00'''''
| 11:00 PM || '''''6:00'''''
|-
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | Final event
| colspan="8" style="text-align: left;" | Every two hours beginning at 2:00 AM / '''9:00''' (UTC); Last final event begins at 11:59 PM / '''''6:59''''' (UTC)
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | July 4
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Dragon Festival ends.
| 12:00 PM || '''19:00'''
|
|- style="background: #EEE;"
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em;" | July 4 until July 11
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align: left;" | [[Imperial Supply Master Kagno]], [[Noblewoman Sun Li]], [[Seiji (collector)|Seiji]], and [[Sheng Yi]] remain in Shing Jea Monastery.
|}

===Final event===
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| startutc = July 1 {{CURRENTYEAR}} 09:01
| endutc = July 2 {{CURRENTYEAR}} 07:01
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[[Emperor Kisu]] will appear in Shing Jea Monastery every two hours beginning on July 1 at 2:00 AM PDT (9:00 UTC). He will award all [[character]]s by placing a [[Festival Prize]] in their [[inventory]] as soon as he arrives. Then [[Celestial Charge]]s will start to [[spawn]] around Shing Jea Monastery which players are required to deliver to the [[Imperial Sorcerer]]s before being caught by a [[Grasp of Insanity (actor)|Grasp of Insanity]]. A player will receive one Festival Prize for each charge they deliver to an Imperial Sorcerer. One point is rewarded to the [[Cantha]]ns for each charge delivered while the Grasps receive a point for each charge destroyed (i.e. being caught by a Grasp while holding a charge will cause your character to be [[Death|dead]] for a short amount of time and the destruction of the charge). At the conclusion of the fifteen minutes, the highest scoring side "wins". A win for the Canthans results in a celebration complete with fireworks and Festival Prizes (between 12 and 26 Festival Prizes were awarded in [[Dragon Festival 2011|2011]]; they will continue to be added to your inventory for several minutes after each finale ends, at the rate of about 1 to 3 each minute). A win for the Grasps results in them going crazy and killing any player they touch.

[[File:Dragon Festival finale locations.jpg|thumb|left|Location of Celestial Charges and Imperial Sorcerers.]]
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== Quests ==
There are four [[quest]]s given by [[Imperial Guard Hanso]] during each Dragon Festival, which now celebrate the defeat of the demon invasion during the [[Dragon Festival 2006|first of these Festivals]]. Since 2007, all quests are re-enactments of the earlier events and the [[Lesser Grasp]]s are replaced with [[Lesser Grasp (actor)|actors]]. Each quest is a pre-requisite for the next:

# [[The Rampaging Yetis]] (rewards 40 [[Victory Token]]s)
# [[The Shrine of Maat]] (rewards 50 Victory Tokens)
# [[A Strange Request]] (rewards 60 Victory Tokens)
# [[Darkness at Kaitan]] (rewards 90 Victory Tokens)

This quest given by [[Noblewoman Sun Li]]:
# [[Spirit of the Celebration]]

== Missions ==
There are also seven [[mission]]s that occur during each Dragon Festival. Each mission has 3–4 scheduled start times each day, when [[Captain Rujiyo]] calls heroes to arms for the missions (''"Captain Rujiyo urgently requests the help of capable heroes at [[Shing Jea Monastery]]!"'' appears in the [[chat window]] of every logged in character). The missions are only available for 30 minutes after the initial request. As noted above, there was an actual demon invasion during the original 2006 festival; subsequent Dragon Festivals celebrate victory by re-enacting the events, replacing the original monsters with actors and the rifts with pinwheels. The seven missions are:
# [[Haiju Lagoon (mission)|Haiju Lagoon]]
# [[Jaya Bluffs (mission)|Jaya Bluffs]]
# [[Tsumei Village (mission)|Tsumei Village]]
# [[Seitung Harbor (mission)|Seitung Harbor]]
# [[Tsumei Village (mission 2)|Tsumei Village (2)]]
# [[Seitung Harbor (mission 2)|Seitung Harbor (2)]]
# [[Shing Jea Monastery (mission)|Shing Jea Monastery]]

==Items==
{| {{STDT|+=text-align:center;}}
|-style="background:#FDA;"
! Icon !! Item !! Icon !! Item
|-
| [[File:Bottle of Rice Wine.png]]
| [[Bottle of Rice Wine]]
| [[File:Bottle Rocket.png]]
| [[Bottle Rocket]]
|-
| [[File:Champagne Popper.png]]
| [[Champagne Popper]]
| [[File:Crème Brûlée.png]]
| [[Crème Brûlée]]
|-
| [[File:Dragon Festival Grab Bag.png]]
| [[Dragon Festival Grab Bag]]
| [[File:Festival Prize.png]]
| [[Festival Prize]]
|-
| [[File:Flask of Firewater.png]]
| [[Flask of Firewater]]
| [[File:Imperial Mask Token.png]]
| [[Imperial Mask Token]]
|-
| [[File:Red Bean Cake.png]]
| [[Red Bean Cake]]
| [[File:Sparkler.png]]
| [[Sparkler]]
|-
| [[File:Sugary Blue Drink.png]]
| [[Sugary Blue Drink]]
| [[File:Victory Token.png]]
| [[Victory Token]]
|}

===Headgear===
Starting with [[Dragon Festival 2012]], the Day of the Tengu mask and each Dragon Festival mask can be obtained from [[Imperial Supply Master Kagno]] for one [[Imperial Mask Token]].
{| {{STDT|+=text-align:center;}}
|-style="background:#FDA;"
! Year !! [[Day of the Tengu 2006|2006]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2006|2006]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2007|2007]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2008|2008]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2009|2009]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2010|2010]]!! [[Dragon Festival 2011|2011]]
|-style="background:#FDA;"
! Mask !! style="background:white"|[[File:Tengu Mask.png]] [[Tengu Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Dragon Mask.png]] [[Dragon Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Demon Mask.png]] [[Demon Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Grasping Mask.png]] [[Grasping Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Imperial Dragon Mask.png]] [[Imperial Dragon Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Sinister Dragon Mask.png]] [[Sinister Dragon Mask]]!! style="background:white"|[[File:Mirthful_Dragon_Mask.png]] [[Mirthful Dragon Mask]]
|}

==NPCs==
The following Dragon Festival [[NPC]]s appear with [[Shing Jea Boardwalk#NPCs|Shing Jea Boardwalk event NPCs]]. Imperial Supply Master Kagno and Noblewoman Sun Li begin [[spawn]]ing on the first day (June 27) of the Dragon Festival when decorations are applied, and continue to appear for one week after the Dragon Festival ends. Excluding Captain Rujiyo and Acolyte Norge who begin spawning on the third day (June 29, when the [[#Mission and final event schedule|first of the Dragon Festival missions]] is offered) and fourth day (June 30) respectively, the rest of the Dragon Festival and Shing Jea Boardwalk event NPCs begin spawning on the second day (June 28).

[[Image:Chaos rift prop.jpg|200px|right]]

;Shing Jea Monastery
*[[Acolyte Norge]]
*[[Captain Rujiyo]]
*[[Imperial Guard Hanso]]
*[[Imperial Supply Master Kagno]]
*[[Master of Ceremonies (Dragon Festival)|Master of Ceremonies]]
*[[Noblewoman Sun Li]]
Only during finales:
*[[Emperor Kisu]]
*[[Grasp of Insanity (actor)|Grasp of Insanity]]
*[[Imperial Sorcerer]]
*[[The Fury (actor)|The Fury]]
;[[Kaineng Center]]
*[[Imperial Guard Lein]]
*Master of Ceremonies

== External links ==
{{gw2w|Dragon Bash}}
* [https://www.guildwars.com/en/events/dragon Dragon Festival on the official Guild Wars website]

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