Guild Wars 2

Does this event work at all? I have been in Caledon Forest sitting at Falias Thorp the last 3.5 hours and it never starts.

The waypoint is not contested and Gamarien is alive, but nothing. Do I even have the right start point? The meta event text never changes either. It has been constantly “The forces of darkness have been driven back. An uneasy calm has fallen over the swamp.”

And no star over Gamarien ever.

If anyone has done this meta event lately, can you please tell me if I have been doing anything wrong?

On the other hand, the event “Defend Falias Thorp from the Nightmare Court.” seems to spawn every 5 minutes.

Yes, Gamarien is the NPC start point for the event. Like Secrets in the Swamp in Queensdale, Battle of Wychmire Swamp is on a fairly long cooldown, about 2 – 3 hours. If you’ve been waiting there for longer than that, then chances are that there is a pre-event near the swamp that must be completed first before Gamarien will start his event, or said pre-event is bugged and preventing Battle of Wychmire Swamp from starting. (For example, the Shadow Behemoth event could be blocked if the Ale Delivery event at the nearby Monastery was bugged.)

Try checking around the Swamp and completing any outstanding events that may be around, like the Mosshearts under attack from Fire Imps or the Champion Jungle Troll to the N.

About three months ago I posted a similar thread asking a similar question.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/events/The-Battle-for-Wychmire-Swamp/499155

Here is the post:

How often is the The Battle for Wychmire Swamp in Caledon Forest supposed to occur?

Last night we sat in a full party and completed Defend Falias Thorp from the Nightmare Court half a dozen times and Defeat the jungle troll champion about the same number of times.

In the time it took to complete those events, plus some other random ones thrown in the mix, not once did the Meta for The Battle for Wychmire Swamp begin.

All of us took turns talking to Gamarien to no avail.

In contrast the Fozen Maw event in the Wayfarer Foothills seems to be on a very fast reset timer.

Is there anything we need to do in order to spur the reset or setup the event to start before we talk to Gamarien? Is the event just bugged or something?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

Still no answer other than the reset timer for this particular event is measured in lunar cycles not hours or minutes.

For the OP, I can confirm that it does work. I started it up a day or two ago as I progressed a character through the area. I can’t comment on any potential prerequisites or the cooldown timer, though.