Embark Beach

Embark Beach
Campaign	Core
Region	The Battle Isles
Type	Port
Party size	8
Exit(s)	None
Images
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Embark Beach serves as a staging ground for the Zaishen Order. Heroes from the world over gather here to find allies and fight back against the threats facing Tyria.

— in-game description

Embark Beach is an outpost run by the Zaishen Order. Every Cooperative Mission outpost, and Eye of the North town and outpost is accessible from this location if it is already available to the character. The outpost is intended to make it easier for people to form parties with players from outside their guild or alliance.

Getting there

The available methods for getting here depend on several factors:

• If you have unlocked a Port town, use Map travel and click the boat icon on the World Map to select Embark Beach from the list. If Embark Beach doesn't show up in the list, travel to the Great Temple of Balthazar first, then use Map travel to go to Embark Beach.
• If you have completed a campaign, or if you have unlocked travel to all campaigns, you can talk to any Zaishen Scout (if there is one at your current location). ^{[verification requested]}
• If you haven't unlocked a port town, you can only get there by joining the party of someone who meets the requirements to use a Zaishen Scout, while they use a Zaishen Scout to travel to Embark Beach.

Exits

How you can quickly exit depends on whether or not you have a Port town unlocked:

• If you have, you can exit via Map travel to select a different unlocked outpost in the Battle Isles, or click the boat icon to select any unlocked Port town.
• If you have not, you can only speak to the appropriate travel NPC for your Campaign and click a place your character has been before in the dialog choices (usually, one of the first choices).

Campaign	NPC	Continent	Approximate map location
Prophecies	Kenai	Tyria	Bottom of the map, near the big ship.
Factions	Shirayuki	Cantha	Left/middle of map.
Nightfall	Zinshao	Elona	Top/right of map.
Eye of the North	Nagi	Northern Region	Bottom of the map, near the big ship.

Quests available

• Zaishen Bounty
  • Zaishen Bounties
• Zaishen Mission
  • Zaishen Missions
• Zaishen Vanquish
  • Zaishen Vanquishes

NPCs

Asura

• 20 Kwat (consumable crafter)
• 20 Wukk

Dwarves

• 24 Alcus Nailbiter (consumable crafter)

Norn

• 20 Eyja (consumable crafter)
• 20 Karjnir the Bold

Humans

• 20 Foreman the Crier
• 15 Xunlai Agent (storage upgrades)

Humans (Ebon Vanguard)

• 20 Edwin (consumable crafter)

Humans (Zaishen Order)

Tyrian camp

• 10 Shad (material trader)
• 2 Argus (rare material trader)
• 15 Magi Ket (rare scroll trader)
• 20 Ozem (merchant)
• 20 Kenai (Tyrian Travel)
• 20 Nagi (Northern Travel)
• 10 Haddon (dye trader)
• 2 Angel (rune trader)

Canthan camp

• 20 Natsuko (merchant)
• 20 Shirayuki (Canthan Travel)
• 20 Xue Fang (dye trader)
• 20 Mahseh (rune trader)
• 20 Yutake (material trader)
• 20 Jiazhen Li (rare material trader)
• 20 Zhou Pak (rare scroll trader)

Elonian camp

• 10 Ahjek
• 20 Harfehla (rare scroll trader)
• 20 Hesham (rune trader)
• 10 Barlom (dye trader)
• 20 Zinshao (Elonian Travel)
• 10 Shatam (merchant)
• 10 Kahlim (material trader)
• 10 Duuja (rare material trader)

Dock

• 20 Ceira, Sworn to Fire
• 10 Fylinn, Sworn to Winds
• 20 Jessie Llam (Zaishen Gold Rewards)
• 20 Merrise, Sworn to Seas
• 10 Palora, Sworn to Earth
• 20 Pokhe (Zaishen Silver Rewards)
• 2 Ra B'erte Jii
• 20 Tesla (Zaishen Copper Rewards)
• 20 Zehnchu (Zaishen Challenge)

Inanimate creatures

• 24 Xunlai Chest (storage)
• 24 Zaishen Mission
• 24 Zaishen Bounty
• 24 Zaishen Vanquish

Notes

• Embark Beach is the only outpost in the Battle Isles that is inaccessible to PvP-only characters.
• This outpost is not accessible to characters on trial accounts.
• Once your character has a Port town unlocked, it is possible to go to Embark Beach without ever speaking to a Zaishen Scout; just use Map travel to go to the Great Temple of Balthazar, then use it again to go to Embark Beach.
• If you have a party of 8 formed in a Factions (Cantha) location and wish to do a mission for that number of people in Prophecies (Tyria) it is generally quick to get there via Map travel, rather than using Embark Beach (provided all party members have both Prophecies and EoTN available); the party leader just brings up the World Map to click on the Asura Gate to travel to Boreal Station, then uses Map travel again to travel to the mission outpost.

Anomaly.The boat is in the wrong position on the compass and Mission Map.

Trivia

• Introduced in the March 3, 2011 update.
• This outpost is located in the same spot originally planned for the Xunlai Market (an earlier planned feature that was never implemented).
• Until the March 10, 2011 update, there were two copies of Hesham (rune trader) in the outpost.
  • The second Hesham was renamed into "Mahseh", which is "Hesham" backwards.
• Corporal Bane and his helicopter appear in Embark Beach during April Fools' Day from 2011 onward.
• If you look at the position of the people in the Elonian Camp, they make a smiley face.

External links

• GuildWars.com: Destination Embark Beach (archived)

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