Speedrun

Items#

• 4x Infused Corrupted Coating
• 2x Infused Corrupted Ward Potion
• 1x Infused Beast Ward Potion
• 1x Infused Beast Coating
• 1x Powerful Honing Stone

Team Composition#

Here is a basic speedrunning layout. Ideally everyone will have a void protection set or at a minimum have a void protection amulet for the final boss fight with Zhou.

If the mutation has silence then consider swapping the rapier for another GS or spear.

Target Scorecard#

There is room for one respawn. You can play around with the tolerances on our Expedition Scorecard Calculator.

Strategy#

Start#

• Tank takes the aggro of the musketeer.
• DPS kill the musketeer.
• The healer and tank leave when the musketeer is around 25% HP.
• The rest of the team runs to the right and then through the gap to the left of the house and back on the path and into the cave.

Cave#

• Tank must drop down from the ledge first.
• Tank goes straight to Evoker Yau and taunts them. Try to time the shockwave with their pillar ability.
• DPS should try to group the swarmers using GA and GS.
• Once Evoker Yau is dead move toward the corruption banner near the exit side of the cave.
• Group the swarmers and cleave them down.
• Once the Monolith is able to be closed the healer should start that.
• DPS and Tank move toward the door.

Northern Shore#

• One DPS (not the one with GA) should equip a hatchet with a carnelean in it.
• That DPS player then runs through the middle and grabs aggro of as many mobs as they can.
• The tank lights the barrels for the ship.
• Another DPS lights the barrels at the doors.
• Healer lights the fireworks on the platform.
• Once the doors are broken open the two DPS, tank and healer run straight to Commander Chen and the maidens.
• The DPS with the taunt hatchet makes sure to grab the respawn point and then grabs the aggro of Maiden Jingfei and the mobs and runs back toward the ships. They then wait for the call from the rest of the team that they are in the Marble Courtyard and then they die and wait for Maiden Jingfei to start retreating and then respawn and joins the team in the courtyard. Make sure to swap back from the carnelean hatchet!

Marble Courtyard#

• The DPS with the GA should grav the maidens and Commander Chen together.
• The tank then taunts both maidens and Commander Chen.
• The DPS should try to cleave down all three if possible but focus on the maidens if Commander Chen movesaway slightly.
• Once Commander Chen and the maidens are dead run through the door and down the steps.

Western Piers#

• At the bottom of the stairs, jump over the fence to the right just after the respawn point.
• Run just to the right of the rock and then go to the boat at the start of the water. Jump up onto the middle boat and then onto the pier.
• Everyone except healer should group onto Figgy (hound) and Lieutenant Bolin on the right near the crates.
• Healer should put sacred and orb down on the group and then light the keg.
• Focus on grouping the waves of enemies in the choke point at the crates.
  • Scream from the VG, Ice wall from IG and shockwave from WH should be enough CC to trap the mobs in the chokepoint.
• One DPS should stand at the back towards the hut at the start of each wave to bring those mobs back to the group.
• Make sure that the musketeers are brought into the clump or you will have to move to them and kill them.
• At the start of the third wave, the tank should aggro everything and the entire teams runs back up the stairs and to the second pier.
  • It is important that the aggro of mobs doesn’t change or the mobs will run back and destroy the keg before it can explode.
  • The keg should blow up just after you get to the second pier.
• Light the keg on the second pier as soon as the first keg blows up.
• Group the waves of mobs using Gravity Well and Ice Shower just in front of the keg and cleave the mobs down.
• Make sure to bring the musketeers in.
• Once the keg explodes move toward the Isabella fight.

Imperial Wharf#

• Group in Isabella at the door. The tank should stand on the door side.
• DPS Isabella. She will transition at 80% HP but you should be able to get her to 70% which will make the next part slightly easier.
• When Isabella teleports to the other side hide behind the cage next to where she is standing so you can avoid the cannon blast she summons.
• Move towards Isabella once the cannons have fired.
• DPS Isabella down. She will transition again at 60% HP.
• Everyone should apply a Beast ward potion and a Beast Coating at this point.
• The tank should stand near the door and taunt both Oro and Joven.
• DPS both Oro and Joven down. This is a DPS check because if you can’t DPS them down in time they’ll kill the tank and wipe the team.
• Once both Oro and Joven are dead, everyone that applied a beast ward/coating need to apply corrupted ward/coatings.

Barracks#

• Run through the door and up the road to the platform at the end, skipping Evoker Guang
• Group mobs onto [Captain Kaiwei]](https://nwdb.info/db/creature/dynasty_summoner_named_dg_ebonscale_01) and cleave everything down. Must focus Captain Kaiwei to be able to move to the next zone.
• Once Captain Kaiwei is dead, run through the door and swap to your void protection set/amulet.
  • This is one of the few times that elemental aversion is worth it on a set.

Empress Zhou#

• Tank stands on the door side of where Zhou respawns.
• DPS down Zhou as fast as possible. See the mechanics section for Zhou to ensure you stay inside the Dragon Round attack.
• You should be able to kill Zhou before she finishes shooting the pearl pedestals.

VODS#

Here are some videos of roughly this strategy being used.