Thunderhead Peaks

Currency		Info
Branded Mass		Gathered from Metas (Thunderhead Keep, Oil Floes), caches, nodes, hearts, map bonus rewards
Volatile Magic		Gathered from all mobs, meta, most events, caches, Inscribed Shards (consumed), Glyph of Volatility

How to:

Follow the recommended priority of events. Ideally, the events should be in order to get the most amount of gold, but sometimes that's not the case. Follow the list as close as possible to get most of your time's worth. Use your best judgement to which event should be done next. Also, consider the distance between the current event and the next event and jduge if it's worth the time to travel or not.

If you're the commander, make sure to communicate with the squad on where you're going to and have a relatively steady pace so most can still follow easily.

Have a build that can provide decent DPS (so the event champs/bosses don't take a long time), can provide good mobility, and good AoEs to tag multiple mobs. Check some farming builds here:
Meta Battle Open World Builds

Great

Meh

Avoid

Oil Floes, Thunderhead Keep 2-3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 4, 1

Event #

Criteria

Upscale

Extra

#	Qty	Name	Description	Upscale
1	1	Help Logan, Canach, and Rytlock train Corsairs	Super long event. No loot from mobs and extremely out of the way
2	1	Take back the Deldrimor Ruins	If #3 fails, this eventually spawns. Destroy branded and people trapped in crystals
3	1	Defend the Deldrimor Ruins from the mist rift attack	Similar event as Jahai's rifts. Defeat Branded enemies	Possible champ(s)
4	1	Find shinies in the snow for Garaff	Gathering event. Nothing special
5	3	Help Tirabikkr look for the Light of Deldrimor	Has 3 possible routes. 3 waves of Branded	Possible champ(s)
6	1	Kill the Branded Forgotten	Quick champion event	1 Guaranteed champ
7	1	Defend the Zephyrites from the Branded	Defense event. Champion at the end if upscaled	Possible champ(s)
8	1	Help Pepperseed deliver Zephyrite supplies to Forge	Simple escort with lots of waves of Branded	Possible champ(s)
9	1	Escort Pepperseed back to the Zephyrite Docks	Simple escort with lots of waves of Branded	Possible champ(s)
10	1	Hunt down the champion ice hydra	Event spawns after the Oil Floes meta. When the Hydra runs, mount up and use the special skill to stop it. Need a couple people	1 Guaranteed champ

When the meta begins, there's generally a champ or two at the start, depending on the upscale. In general, I see most zergs run counterclockwise to kill all the mobs

After the first event is complete, at the gear marker, there are traps that can be placed. There is a crystal in the center that needs to be protected from the Branded. Use the traps to prevent a Sapper or other mobs from attacking it

When the defense phase starts, a strat is to defend one side so that the zerg can achieve the most loot while still protecting the center. With that said, the zerg can also defeat one champion Riftstalker at a time for bonus loot.

The final boss has a defense shield that needs to taken down by going back to the Gear symbol and picking up Dragonblood Spears. Use your special skill to attack the boss to decrease the defense shield to make it vulnerable. From there, watch out for telegraph skills

After all events are complete, there are a couple new Branded nodes throughout the area that can be gathered for a chance of getting more Volatile Magic and Branded Masses

#	Qty	Name	Description	Upscale	Extra
1	1	Clear the Branded from the keep	Simple event of killing all Branded	Possible champ(s)
2	1	Repair defenses and place mines	Place mines around the center crystal to prevent mobs from coming
3	1	Repel invading Branded	Depending on the commander, defend one side. There are two sides that will be filled with Branded	1 Guaranteed champ
4	2	Defeat the Riftstalker	There are two that spawn. One at the east and one at the west	1 Guaranteed champ
5	1	Defeat the Wratherbringer	Use Dragonblood Spears to remove its defenses. Watch out for telegraphed AoEs	1 Guaranteed champ	Boss chest, chance for Serpentite Jewel, Dragon Crystal nodes

The first event is a long escort. There are three oil rigs that need to be defended eventually. Ever oil rig that the escort goes to, there is a pause to defend the NPCs from Branded.

Once the NPC finishes with an oil rig, people need to stay to keep defending. At least 10 people is recommended as there will be a lot of upscaled mobs. As the NPC reaches the third rig, there is going be a champion Hydra at each rig.

Event #2 is collecting oil and returning it to the pipes. There's going to be a bucket looking symbol that will give you a special action key to sweep the oil. All 3 rigs will have to do this at the same time.

The final boss is a giant turd. It leaves giant oil slicks on the ground as it moves, making it hard to keep up. The boss generally jumps back at the center, creating a shockwave.

When the boss is defeated, as with Thunderhead Keep's meta, there will be extra Dragon Crystal nodes that will spawn

#	Qty	Name	Description	Upscale	Extra
1	1	Help Minter Mikhail restore and defend the oil drills	Description above	Possible champ(s)
2	1	Use oil reclamation pumps to clean up the spills	Description above
3	1	Defeat Sulypix before it drains your reclaim oil	Description above	1 Guaranteed champ	Boss chest, chance for Serpentite Jewel, 3 Dragon Crystal nodes

These are the categories for how abundant the nodes are available in this zone

High Quantity

Meh Quantity

Low Quantity

Node

Criteria

Cooldown

Type	Node	Info	Cooldown
Ore	Dragon Crystal	Recieve extra Volatile Magic and Dragonite Ore	24 hours
Ore	Iron Ore	Chance to receive lumps	1 hour
Ore	Platinum Ore	Chance to receive shards	1 hour
Ore	Mithril Ore	Chance to receive crystals	1 hour
Ore	Orichalcum Ore	Chance to receive rare orbs	24 hours
Wood	Cypress Sapling	Chance to receive Foxfire Clusters, Hidden Troves (crystals)	1 hour
Wood	Ancient Sapling	Chance to receive Foxfire Clusters, Hidden Treasures (orbs), or rare Palm Lumber Cores	24 hours
Plant	Mature Herb	Chance to receive Rosemary, Thyme, Garlic, Black Peppercorn, and the rare Varietal Peppercorn Seed	1 hour
Plant	Winter Root Vegetable	Chance to recieve Beet, Turnip, Parsnip, and Rutabaga	1 hour
Plant	Snow Truffle		1 hour