Guild Wars 2

From what I’ve observed noxious pods only stay up around 10 minutes once they spawn then they disappear(even if you’ve opened them) so whenever a new map opens you have 10 minutes to find 2-4 pods then all the pods on the map disappear except any pods you are lucky enough to find during events if you happen to be on a map doing events. Is this a bug(airship cargo in verdant brink never disappears once it spawns) or intended to keep people from farming them?

They are the rarest map chest because they hold special material. They spawn in the upper level of dragon stand in quite a large abundance after defeating mouth of mordremoth meta event. You are given 20 mins or so to navigate the newly opened areas and gather the pods while avoiding deadly creatures that try to stop you. Hope that helps!

I am aware that they spawn after you beat the boss(those one also vanish after about 10 minutes) and that they are suppose to be somewhat rare. What I want to know is if its a bug that they vanish after 10 minutes while all the chests you can open on all the other new maps never disappear. Basically if you don’t find the pods withing 10 minutes you aren’t going to get any pods. This is also somewhat frustrating because while you are doing events you generally don’t have time to go off looking for pods.

This does seem like a bug to me. They shouldn’t just disappear. I will have to keep an eye on one and see if I see that too.