Ascalon Foothills

This article is about an explorable area. This name is also used for a Zaishen vanquish quest.

Ascalon Foothills
File:Ascalon Foothills.jpg
Campaign	Prophecies
Region	Ascalon
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Diessa Lowlands Traveler's Vale
Images
File:Ascalon Foothills map.jpg Interactive map Non-interactive maps

The Ascalon Foothills slopes up to the west to meet the cold sides of the Shiverpeaks. It is a small area populated by elementals and hydra, one of the most dangerous foes in the Ascalon region to the ill-prepared.

Getting there

Leave from Yak's Bend southeast through Traveler's Vale or from Nolani Academy or Grendich Courthouse and travel north/west (respectively) through Diessa Lowlands.

Shrines

Resurrection shrines

• Northwest, at the exit into Traveler's Vale.
• Southeast, at the exit into Diessa Lowlands.

Statue of Grenth

• North, along the edge where the terrain turns to snow.

NPCs

Allies

• 10 (20) Dael (collector for 3 Leathery Claws)
• 2 (20) Artisan Rudger (artisan)

Foes

Elementals

• 7 (23) Boulder Elemental
• 8 (23) Stone Fury

Hydras

• 10 (24) Hydra

Plants

• 10 (24) Singed Oak

Notes

• Interactive objects
  • Oswalt's Headstone
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 0.5% to the Tyrian Cartographer title.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 55 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 51 to 59 foes.
  • If starting from Yak's Bend or Borlis Pass, you can come to this area with a party size of 6. Consider continuing onwards into Diessa Lowlands with the larger group.

Trivia

• According to a list on Guild Wars Guru, which seems to list various beta locations, this zone was previously called Hillclimb. There was also another map called Ascalon Foothills, but it connected to Regent Valley, Pockmark Flats, and Eastern Frontier (called The Shift), which doesn't have a correlating location in the final version.

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