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{{Location infobox
| id = 1330
| region id = 2
| continent id = 1
| waypoints = 3
| points-of-interest = 31
| vistas = 10
| levels = 80
| type = Zone
| within = Ascalon
| location tree = Tyria; Ascalon
| requires = lws5
| loading-screen = Grothmar Valley loading screen.jpg
}}
[[Grothmar Valley]] is a [[zone]] available via [[Living World Season 5]] episode [[Prologue: Bound by Blood]]. Located in the [[Blood Legion Homelands]], this is the territory of the [[Charr]] of the [[Blood Legion]] and the location of their headquarters known as the [[Blood Keep]]. [[Kralkatorrik's Emergence Zone]] can be found here, which was created years ago when the [[Elder Dragon]] [[Kralkatorrik]] awoke from his slumber and flew south, forming the [[Dragonbrand]]. The area was later reclaimed by [[Aurene]] and her prismatic crystals.

== Getting there ==
* Complete the Story mission [[Coming Home]] from [[The Icebrood Saga]], [[Prologue: Bound by Blood]].
* Using a {{item icon|Grothmar Valley Portal Scroll}} after unlocking and purchasing it on one character.
* Using [[Teleport to Friend]] on a party member in the zone, if the appropriate story episode has been unlocked as above.
* Using the [[Vigil Chopper]] located east of [[Jora's Keep]] in [[Bjora Marches]].
* Enter the [[Shiverpeaks Pass]] raid encounter (through any [[raid]] entrance, for example [[Eye of the North]]'s [[Ancient Gate]]), then exit through the zone portal or talk to [[Blood Legion Captain (Strike Mission)|Blood Legion Captain]] behind you, and choose the first option ("''Yes.''")

== Completion rewards ==
* {{rewards item|Hatched Chili|qty=25}}
* {{rewards item|"Recovered" Charr Artifact}}
* One of the following:
** {{rewards item|Transmutation Charge (item)|chance=chance}}
** {{rewards item|Black Lion Key|chance=chance}} (rare)

== Locations ==
{| {{STDT|sortable pve locations}}
{{Location table header|showLevel=false}}
|-
| [[Bitter Horn]]
|
: —
|-
| [[Burning Effigy]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Unity's Beacon]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Burning Effigy Vista
|-
| [[Cavern of the Khan-Ur]] {{#info:Accessed from a cave entrance northwest of the text "Dalada Forest" on the world map}}
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Vault of the Khan-Ur]]

|-
| [[Dalada Forest]]
|
: {{map icon|waypoint}} Dalada Forest Waypoint
: {{map icon|adventure}} [[Time Trial: Grothmar Grand Tour]]
|-
| [[Devourer's Ridge]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Ash Legion Camp]]
|-
| [[Doomlore Ruins]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Cathedral of Flames Gate]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Doomlore Shrine]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Doomlore Ruins Vista
|-
| [[Festival Promenade]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Rally Pavilion]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[All-Legion Commons]]
|-
| [[Flame Legion Camp]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Eternal Cauldron]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Flame Legion Camp Vista
|-
| [[Iron Legion Camp]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Santia's Forge]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Iron Legion Camp Vista
|-
| [[Khan-Ur's Gauntlet]] {{#info:Accessed from a concealed entrance adjacent to [[Vault of the Khan-Ur]].}}
|
: {{map icon|vista}} Khan-Ur's Gauntlet Vista
: {{map icon|jumping puzzle}} [[Khan-Ur's Gauntlet]]
: {{map icon|mastery icebrood saga}} [[Grothmar Valley Insight: Branching Out]]
|-
| [[Kralkatorrik's Emergence Zone]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Aurene's Grace]]
: {{map icon|adventure}} [[Grothmar Valley Skyscale Trial]]
: {{map icon|adventure}} [[Time Trial: Grothmar Crater Circuit]]
: {{map icon|mastery icebrood saga}} [[Grothmar Valley Insight: Shimmering Spire]]
|-
| [[Longeye's Landslide]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Blood Dam]]
|-
| [[Lower Blood Keep]]
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: {{map icon|waypoint}} Blood Keep Waypoint
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Auris's Workshop]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Keep Kitchen]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Blood Keep Main Gate]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Rank 'n' File Pub]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Lower Blood Keep Vista
|-
| [[Rusty Meadows]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Soul's Hearth]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Fangstorm's Farmhouse]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Rusty Meadows Vista
|-
| [[Sacnoth Stream]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Blood Lagoon]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Band's Bivouac]]
: {{map icon|vista}} Sacnoth Stream Vista
|-
| [[Shattered Steppes]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Recon Cove]]
: {{map icon|adventure}} [[Ash Training Course]]
|-
| [[Shiverpeaks Pass (area)|Shiverpeaks Pass]]
|
: —
|-
| [[The Brig]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Stockade]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Warden's Office]]
|-
| [[The Crag]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Blood Stand Stage]]
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| [[The Ooze Pit]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Contender's Colosseum]]
: {{map icon|vista}} The Ooze Pit Vista
|-
| [[The Overlook]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Priory Research Station]]
: {{map icon|vista}} The Overlook Vista
|-
| [[The Wardowns]]
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: {{map icon|waypoint}} Wardowns Waypoint
|-
| [[Training Grounds]]
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: {{map icon|poi}} [[Sniper's Square]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Shiver Gate]]
: {{map icon|strike}} [[Shiverpeaks Pass]]
|-
| [[Tribunes' Trench]]
|
: —
|-
| [[Upper Blood Keep]]
|
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Imperator Ruinbringer's Office]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Blood Legion Fahrar]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[War Room (Grothmar Valley)|War Room]]
: {{map icon|poi}} [[Great Hall]]
|}

== Interactive map ==
{{Interactive map}}

== Events ==
{{Event timer|lws5-gv}}
;Meta events
* {{event|A Concert for the Ages}}
** {{event|Stop the haywire concert finale!}}
*** {{event|A Concert for the Ages (event)}}

* {{event|Ceremony of the Sacred Flame}}
** {{event|Damage the elementals to help Flame Legion siphon their power!}}
*** {{event|Pass the flame from torch to torch to transport it to the upper brazier}}
**** {{event|Ignite the effigy with the Sacred Flame!}}

* {{event|The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine}}
** {{event|Escort the shaman to Doomlore Shrine}}
*** {{event|Defend the Flame Legion shaman as he casts his spell to summon Doomlore's Bane by force}}
**** {{event|Defeat Murakai, Doomlore's Bane}}

* {{event|The Ooze Pit Trials}}
** {{event|Capture control points, enable poison wells, and defeat immunized oozes}}
** {{event|Defeat the ley-crazed ooze!}} (x3)
** {{event|Defeat the grand champion ooze!}}
** {{event|Fill the center vent with oil}}
** {{event|Defeat oozes and deal with any obstructions}}

;Race events
* {{event|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Grand Tour)|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Grand Tour)}}
** {{event|Reach the finish line! (Grothmar Grand Tour)|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Grand Tour)}}

* {{event|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Crater Circuit)|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Crater Circuit)}}
** {{event|Reach the finish line! (Grothmar Crater Circuit)|A race is starting soon! (Grothmar Crater Circuit)}}

;Other events
* {{event|Help the cubs defeat Kasmeer's illusions!}}
** {{event|Help the cubs defeat illusory foes to build warband cohesion}}
*** {{event|Defeat the very real devourer before the cubs are forced to retreat!}}
* {{event|Keep the furnace firing to help manufacture new plate metal!}}
** {{event|Participate in the demolition derby!}}
* {{event|Lure the devourers into the portal before they kill the cattle}}
** {{event|Shoo the whippersnappers off of the old Fangstorm's lawn before he snaps!}}
*** {{event|Defeat the drunk legionnaire!}}
* [[Defeat the threat to the festivities!]] (x6)
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Broodmother)}} ([[Champion River Drake Broodmother]])
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Devourer)}} ([[Champion Devourer]])
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Ghost Captain)}} ([[Champion Ancient Ghost Captain (Defeat the threat to the festivities)|Champion Ancient Ghost Captain]])
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Ghost Mage)}} ([[Champion Ancient Ghost Mage]])
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Parasite Devourer)}} ([[Champion Parasite Devourer]])
** {{event|Defeat the threat to the festivities! (Valg Portermauler)}} ([[Champion Valg Portermauler]])
* {{event|Help Chef Mellitus prepare dishes for the festival}}
* {{event|Help the bartender keep the customers liquored up!}}
* {{event|Shoot targets to demonstrate your marksmanship to the cubs}}

== Map bonus rewards ==
{{map bonus reward}}

== Crafting resources ==
: {{gathering icon|mine}} [[Mithril Ore (node)|Mithril Ore]]
: {{gathering icon|mine}} [[Rich Mithril Vein]]
: {{gathering icon|mine}} [[Orichalcum Ore (node)|Orichalcum Ore]]
: {{gathering icon|mine}} [[Rich Orichalcum Vein]]
: {{gathering icon|Hatched Chili Pepper Bush}} [[Hatched Chili Pepper Bush]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Cayenne Pepper]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Cabbage]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Lettuce]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Potato]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Strawberry]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Sugar Pumpkin]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Zucchini]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Mussels]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Asparagus]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Raspberries]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Verdant Herbs]]
: {{gathering icon|plant}} [[Portobello Mushrooms]]
: {{gathering icon|wood}} [[Ancient Sapling]]
: {{gathering icon|wood}} [[Red Oak Sapling]]

== Related achievements ==
* {{Achievement icon|Daily Icebrood Saga}} (Cycles through each map in release order; replaces the retired {{Achievement icon|Daily Grothmar Valley}} category) 
* {{Achievement|"Bound by Blood" Mastery}}
* {{Achievement| Return to Grothmar Valley}}
* {{Achievement|Home Sweet Homestead: Grothmar Valley}}

== Ambient dialogue ==
Through the entire Grothmar Valley, the following announcements can be heard:
:'''[[Varinia Stormsounder|Minister of Morale]]:''' ''Become more than you are, and win a home with a [[High Legion|legion]]! [[Gladium|Gladia]], get ready to showcase your skills at the Ooze Pit trials!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Gladia, prepare yourselves! The Ooze Pit offers a chance to flaunt your skill and win a home with a legion! Trials open soon!''

:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Soon [[Metal Legion]] will make the [[Blood Stand Stage|Blood Stand]] shake. Don't miss the show!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Metal Legion fans! The band's coming to the Blood Stand—live and uncensored!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Metal Legion has taken the Blood Stand stage! As the cubs say, they'll fry your fur and bash your bones!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Now on the Blood Stand stage: Metal Legion! Go now! The mosh pit is murderous!''

:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''A bonfire of healing will rage soon at the [[Flame Legion]] [[Flame Legion Camp|camp]]! Join in, and burn away the past in the light of the future!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Let's commemorate the return of our Flame Legion sisters and brothers with a great conflagration!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Flame Legion sets things ablaze with truly feverish zeal! Don't miss this epic inferno. Head to their camp now!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''The fires of unification have been lit! Head to the Flame Legion camp to bask in a renewed [[charr]] spirit!''

:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Attention, celebrants! For your safety, the [[Doomlore Ruins]] are off limits! This isn't the time to stir up ancient spirits!''
:'''Minister of Morale:''' ''Due to spectral infestation, the Doomlore Ruins are off-limits during the celebration. That's an order.''

;The announcements below can be heard after completing [[Coming Home]] and until completion of [[A Race to Arms]]
:'''[[Bangar Ruinbringer]]:''' ''Your cubs are the next generation of [[legionnaire]]s, [[centurion]]s, and [[tribune]]s.
:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''Show them what it means to be charr. Strength. Loyalty. Victory.''

:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''Charr! Celebrate future conquests, not just present triumphs. Anticipate the sweet taste of victory—and spit out the rest.''

:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''[[Blood Legion]]—finest infantry in the world, the charr's relentless right arm—has set up challenges throughout the festival.''
:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''Show the [[Tyria (world)|world]] what makes the charr a force to be reckoned with.''

:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''[[Iron Legion]] brought their war machines with them—destruction incarnate! Be sure to check out their expo.''
:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''And [[Ash Legion|Ash]] is here, of course—if you can find them. Their quietly lethal methods are well worth learning.''

:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''I brought [[Flame Legion]] here to make amends. They are charr. Embrace them.''
:'''Bangar Ruinbringer:''' ''Let their numbers and very literal firepower strengthen us. Together we are mighty—and not to be crossed.''

== Notes ==
* This zone is part of Ascalon, and counts for all Ascalon related daily achievements.
* [[Experience]] gained on this map goes towards [[Icebrood Saga mastery tracks]].
* The [[Gauntlet of the Khan-Ur]] is a hidden jumping puzzle containing a vista and an [[Ancient Grothmar Coin]]. It is left of the meta reward gate ([[Vault of the Khan-Ur]] point of interest), and behind a mass of foliage along the wall. Players must light all 4 braziers to open the final reward chest.
** Players do not need to do the full jumping puzzle to reach either the coin, or the vista. Both can be reached after players reach the water.
* After finishing the [[Bad Blood (Bound by Blood)|Bad Blood]] story step on any character, the western half of Grothmar Valley features permanent light snowfall.

== Trivia ==
* It is located in the [[Blood Legion Homelands]], mechanically part of [[Ascalon]].
* Likely a portmanteau of [[gw1:Grothmar Wardowns|Grothmar Wardowns]] and [[gw1:Sacnoth Valley|Sacnoth Valley]], two adjacent zones in [[gw1:Guild Wars Eye of the North|Guild Wars: Eye of the North]].
* Before the release of [[Whisper in the Dark]] experience gained on this map went towards [[Path of Fire mastery tracks]].

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