The Ascent

Overview

The Ascent is a secluded zone reached only from the back of Stillmoon Temple. The zone is split into two halves, the bottom half being easier with pumas, spiders, goblins, and a few kirin. After clicking to the top the difficulty ramps up with denser mobs, many seeing invis. There are 6 loot dropping rares, but not a lot of information on them. Like Stillmoon, all mobs in the zone can drop:

Rare Mobs

crazed statue
No PH, just a two hour static respawn. Hits for up to 470 and casts:
Drops - Cherry Blossom Belt, Shield of the Silver Serpent
Grunk the wicked
PH is a roaming "an Ascent laborer" near the top of the mountain. No fight data.
Drops - Gloves of the Shifting Sands, Sword of Focused Thought
Ice Vein
PH is a static "an Ascent laborer" at the top of the mountain. No fight data.
Drops - Harmonic Chain Boots, Glyphed Stone of Defense
puma matron
PH assumed to be a puma near zone in. No fight data.
Drops - Sleeves of the Light Earth, Ring of the Moon Shadow
Venom
PH is a spider, but no data on which. No fight data.
Drops - Cherry Blossom Necklace, Jewel of the Mind's Eye
Wounded Claw
PH is a roaming Kirin. No fight data.
Drops - Cap of the Summer Winds, Earring of the Still Moon

Quests

Mask of the Hidden

For this quest you will need to purchase a Broken Mask of the Hidden from the currency vendor for 500 crystals. Into this container place Eye of Yar`Lir from the Yar'Lir raid and Eye of Vishimtar from the Vishimtar raid to create Mask of the Hidden. Equip the mask and head to the upper region of the zone to get an emote:

As you don the mask, your vision blurs for a moment. As your eyes come into focus, you see a glittering path guiding you... somewhere.

This triggers a path that leads to "a mysterious chest" at the very top of the Ascent. The chest will contain a reward specific to your class: