Graven Monolith

Graven Monolith
File:Graven Monolith.jpg File:Graven Monolith Mesmer.jpg Graven Monolith Mesmer File:Graven Monolith Dervish.jpg Graven Monolith Dervish File:Graven Monolith Paragon.jpg Graven Monolith Paragon
Affiliation	The Desolation wildlife
Type	Monolith
Professions	Mesmer Dervish Paragon
Level(s)	22 (26)
Campaign	Nightfall
Image(s)
File:Monolith concept art.jpg Concept art by Kekai Kotaki.

Graven Monoliths are constructs that lurk in places desecrated by margonites. They are the only monoliths encountered anywhere, excluding the single appearance of the Apocrypha.

Locations

• The Desolation
  • Crystal Overlook
  • Joko's Domain
  • The Alkali Pan
  • The Ruptured Heart
  • The Sulfurous Wastes (only if A Show of Force has not been completed)
• Realm of Torment
  • Domain of Secrets
  • Nightfallen Garden
  • Nightfallen Jahai

Missions

• Realm of Torment
  • Abaddon's Gate

Skills

Tablet form

• Reform Carvings Reform Carvings (monster skill)

Mesmer

16 Illusion Magic (20 Illusion Magic in Hard mode)

• File:Clumsiness.jpg Clumsiness
• File:Conjure Phantasm.jpg Conjure Phantasm
• File:Crippling Anguish.jpg Crippling Anguish (elite)
• File:Ether Feast.jpg Ether Feast
• File:Signet of Humility.jpg Signet of Humility
• Reform Carvings Reform Carvings (monster skill)

Paragon

• File:Anthem of Envy.jpg Anthem of Envy
• File:Anthem of Guidance.jpg Anthem of Guidance (elite)
• File:Ballad of Restoration.jpg Ballad of Restoration
• File:Mending Refrain.jpg Mending Refrain
• File:Mighty Throw.jpg Mighty Throw
• Reform Carvings Reform Carvings (monster skill)

Dervish

• File:Aura of Thorns.jpg Aura of Thorns
• File:Dust Cloak.jpg Dust Cloak
• File:Ebon Dust Aura.jpg Ebon Dust Aura (elite)
• File:Eremite's Attack.jpg Eremite's Attack
• File:Mystic Vigor.jpg Mystic Vigor
• File:Rending Sweep.jpg Rending Sweep
• Reform Carvings Reform Carvings (monster skill)

Armor ratings

All forms have the same armor ratings

Armor ratings
Blunt damage	106	Piercing damage	106	Slashing damage	106
Cold damage	66	Earth damage	66	Fire damage	66	Lightning damage	66

Items dropped

• Inscribed Shard

Notes

• In their tablet form, they appear to be immobile and will activate Reform Carvings immediately after being aggroed; this causes them to revert to the tablet form before assuming a new form.
  • Their most common form is as a Mesmer; they also use this whenever they are alone when attacked.
    • Their Mesmer form resembles a naga.
  • They turn into Dervishes when they are low on health.
    • Their Dervish form resembles drakes.
  • They sometimes turn into Paragons when they are within earshot of their allies.
    • Their Paragon form resembles krakens.

Bug.When knocked down in tablet form, Graven Monoliths sometimes get stuck and stop performing any actions.

Trivia

• Their dying animation will be one of the forms they had before first using Reform Carvings.
• On occasion you may see a graven monolith wielding an Aureate Aegis.
• The Graven Monolith is one of very few types of NPCs that can use skills from three different professions.