Giant Beetle

Giant Beetle

Race

Insect

Level

80

Locations

• Crystal Desert
  
• Heart of Maguuma
  (Tyria)
  
• Maguuma Wastes
  (Tyria)
  
• Ring of Fire
  (Tyria)
  
• The Mists

Giant Beetles are a type of insect found in the Maguuma regions. They have an impenetrable shell that leaves them vulnerable only to attacks from the front. In the Heart of Maguuma region, they are part of teams comprised of Followers of Zintl, and are often used as mounts by Zintl Cavaliers.

Locations

Castora

• Eternity's Garden
  • The Mothmarsh
  • Venomgrove Observatory

Crystal Desert

• Elon Riverlands
  • Arid Gladefields
  • Elon Riverbank
  • Shoals of Sovereignty
  • Vulture Drifts

• Jahai Bluffs (Summoned by rifts)
  • Kodonur Temple
  • Prosperity's Approach
  • Rilohn River
  • Venta Pass

Heart of Maguuma

• Verdant Brink
  • Heartless Pass
  • Jaka Itzel (only during related events)
  • Wyvern Cliffs
  • Shrouded Ruins
  • Stonetwist Paths
  • Skyclaw Peaks
  • Noble Ledges
  • Broken Bluffs

• Auric Basin
  • Northwatch Descent
  • Burnisher Quarry

• Dragon's Stand
  • Northern Barbed Gate

• Bloodstone Fen
  • Haunted Canyons

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Challenger Cliffs

• The Silverwastes
  • Far Silverwastes

Ring of Fire

• Draconis Mons
  • Blistering Abyss
  • Heathen's Hold
  • Scalding Gorge

The Mists

• Red Desert Borderlands
  • Osprey's Palace

Story involvement

Heart of Thorns story

• Act I
  • The Jungle Provides

Event involvement

Gather insect parts from nearby beetles (80)

Help Itzel Hunters defeat creatures. Keep Itzel Hunters alive (80)

Repel the Branded invasion and close the rifts (80)

Combat abilities

Abilities

• Charges
• Vulnerable from the Front

Skills

• Bite - Melee auto-attack that cleaves. 200 range.
• Trample - The beetle charges at its target, dealing damage and  knocking down in a point-blank area of effect as it travels. At the end of the charge enemies in front of the beetle are  launched over the beetle. 1.75 second cast time. 15 second recharge. 1000 range.

Stolen skills

•   Tooth Stab
•   Throw Scale
•   Throw Gunk

Drops

Name	Type	Rarity	Quantity
Beetle Remains (only drops if the Gather insect parts from nearby beetles event is active) (only drops in Challenger Cliffs)	Event item, Trophy	BBasic	1
Glob of Globby Gloop	Trophy	AJunk	1
Potent Venom Sac	Crafting material	CFine	1

Notes

• Control effects will flip the Beetle upside-down, leaving it vulnerable to damage from any direction.

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Giant Beetle

Young Beetle • Adolescent Beetle • Giant Beetle • Veteran Giant Beetle • Elite Giant Beetle • Champion Giant Beetle