Hollowshade Moors War Event

Hollowshade Moors is a dynamic zone on Luclin with a three-way war between Owlbears (north), Sonic Wolves (east), and Grimlings (south). Each faction controls its own territory by default, and wars erupt when specific named mobs are killed. The war cycles through attacks, defenses, and territory conquest until one faction dominates all three areas. Once one faction dominates all three areas, a named mob from that faction will spawn in the Vah Shir camp outside of Shar Vahl. Killing this named mob ends the war.

When the zone first loads or fully resets, all three factions occupy their home territories. This is the "balanced" state, and no war is active.

The war begins when you kill one of the named mobs tied to a faction. Contrary to popular belief, subsequent leader kills are ignored until the current war resolves.

• Kill an Owlbear named (Cha, Chu, Den Mother) — triggers a Sonic Wolf offensive; wolves march on owlbear territory
• Kill a Sonic Wolf named (Pack Leader, Ghowlik) — triggers a Grimling offensive; grimlings march on wolf territory
• Kill the Grimling Chieftain — triggers an Owlbear offensive; owlbears march on grimling territory

When a war starts, the attacking faction spawns 5 attackers that follow a waypoint path toward the defender's territory. The defending faction spawns 3–5 defenders at their home area. A 12-minute timer begins.

If the attackers reach their destination waypoint before being killed, they conquer the territory — the zone emotes announce the takeover, and the attacking faction now holds that area. The losing faction loses access to those spawns.

When the 12-minute timer ends, another war will start (if no single faction controls all three territories). The next attacker and defender are chosen with a 50/50 random chance between the eligible factions. Wars continue chaining until one faction dominates or the zone resets.

A faction that already holds two territories may be unable to defend a third attack — their forces are described as "stretched thin" and no defenders spawn.

The zone broadcasts emotes to all players to signal war events. These are your primary indication that something has changed or is about to change.

When a single faction controls all three territories, a powerful boss mob spawns and a special zone-wide emote fires. The Shar Vahl guard post also evacuates at this point — an NPC shouts, "Guards, merchants, we cannot win this battle! Grab what you can carry and retreat!" — and rain begins.

• All Owlbear: Skriat'Chakku (mother owlbear) spawns — "The moor is shaken by the piercing screech of the mother owlbear!"
• All Sonic Wolf: Gnarlick spawns — "The eerie howls of triumphant wolves emanate from every corner of the moor..."
• All Grimling: Garzemort (Grimling Prince) spawns — "The Grimling Chieftain shouts, 'All shall bear witness to the power of our master!'"

Killing the domination boss — Skriat'Chakku, Gnarlick, or Garzemort — resets the zone back to the default balanced state. Each boss has a unique death emote announcing the return to peace, all three factions retreat to their home territories, and the Shar Vahl guard post repopulates.

If you want to return the zone to default conditions quickly, triggering a war that leads to domination and then killing the boss is the most reliable path to a full reset.

Players often need a specific faction in a specific camp while they're farming essences or other items. Luckily, once a faction is in the preferred region, you can prevent the event from ever progressing — effectively locking the zone in place.