With the release of Dragonflight Season 2, a new event is showing up in Zaralek Cavern — Researchers Under Fire! In this event, you need to explore titan ruins in Zaralek Cavern and help the Dragonscale Expedition complete tasks while avoiding the Sundered Flame. You can check more about the weekly event in our Zaralek Cavern comprehensive guide! Zaralek Cavern Comprehensive Guide Below we have an excerpt that talks about how the event timers work.
Weekly Event — Researchers Under Fire Patch 10.1 adds a new weekly event, Researchers Under Fire. This weekly event happens by the Ruins of Drekazera, in central Zaralek Cavern.During this event, you help the joint forces of the Loamm Niffen and the Dragonscale Expedition with a variety of tasks.The event is inactive at the top of the hour for 30 minutes (x:00 to x:30) («The researchers will be starting an expedition to lift the Titan lockdown soon.») The event is active in Phase 1 for the next 20 minutes of the hour (:x30 to x:50). During this time, everyone in the area has to complete as many tasks for the research forces as possible. («Rannan and his team are in the field.
Assist them in lifting the titan mining camp lockdown.») From x:50 to x:55, the event will enter its final phase, in which the Sundered Flame will launch a direct attack at the researcher forces. You have 5 minutes to defeat the Sundered Flame forces and their leader, Captain Reykal. Once Reykal is defeated, you can talk to Rannan Korren to complete the event and earn its rewards.
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