Prologue: Bound by Blood (Story Journal)

Total achievements: 80 – 286AP

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1 Prologue: Bound by Blood (Story Journal)

2 “Bound by Blood” Mastery – 30AP

3 Story Completion Achievements – 5AP

4 Story Instance Achievements – 25AP

5 Map Achievements – 1MP – 179AP

5.1 Mastery Insights – 2MP – 2AP

5.2 Adventures Achievements – 26AP

6 Collection Achievements – 5AP

7 Strike Missions Achievements – 9AP

“Bound by Blood” Mastery – 30AP

This is the meta achievement and you need to complete at least 54 of the 72 eligible achievements. The rewards for this are 30AP and the new emote /rockout. (Note: you can also obtain this new emote from the reward track at PvP and WvW)

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Story Completion Achievements – 5AP

Coming Home – 1AP

Once you complete the story chapter “Coming Home” you will earn this achievement.

Revels & Rivals – 1AP

Once you complete the story chapter “Revels & Rivals” you will earn this achievement.

Bad Blood – 1AP

Once you complete the story chapter “Bad Blood” you will earn this achievement.

Deeper and Deeper – 1AP

Once you complete the story chapter “Deeper and Deeper” you will earn this achievement.

A Race to Arms – 1AP

Once you complete the story chapter “A Race to Arms” you will earn this achievement.

Meet Your Imperator (Hidden) – 0AP

To earn this hidden achievement you need to play the story with a Charr character:

Characters that selected Blood Legion during character creation will complete the achievement during the story instance “Coming Home”.
Characters that selected Ash or Iron Legion will get credit upon completing the task for Malice Swordshadow or Smodur the Unflinching, respectively, during the “Revels & Rivals” story step.

Story Instance Achievements – 25AP

Hasty Harpooning – 3AP
Story Instance: Coming Home

To earn this achievement when a Champion Branded Siege Devourer spawns, you need to tie him down with the four harpoons around the arena in under 2 minutes.

Model Diplomat – 1AP
Story Instance: Coming Home

To earn this achievement you need to simply use the emote /cheer when Bangar Ruinbringer says: Let Tyria hear you!. during the speech.

Talk of the Town – 1AP
Story Instance: Coming Home

You will earn this achievement automatically when you complete “Coming Home” story instance and you talk with the NPC’s before leave.

Chaperone – 1AP
Story Step: Revels & Rivals

This achievement requires you to check Braham after 4 certain transmissions. Unfortunately it is not possible to replay only this story step. You have to replay the whole story, so try to get it done in one playthrough. Start with reading the mail and then follow the green star. You will start with Coming Home story step and then you can continue to Revels & Rivals story step.

I recommend that you do this achievement and Cub Consoler at same time, so you don’t have to open this episode a second time.

Once you have completed your first event in the “Participate in events to reassure the legions about your presence.” stage, visit the Rank ‘n’ File Pub to trigger a conversation between Braham & Ryland. [&BAQMAAA=] Then finish all of the events needed to move on to the next part of the chapter.
Once you have completed speaking to the first imperator, you’ll get a conversation from Braham over the intercoms. Visit him in the corn field at the Rusty Meadows. [&BP8LAAA=]
After talking to the second imperator, you’ll get another conversation from Braham over the intercoms telling you he’s in The Ooze Pit. You will find him to the west of the Contender’s Colosseum, in the stands with Ryland. [&BP0LAAA=]
After talking to the third imperator, once again Braham comes over the coms. He’s attending the concert at Blood Stand Stage in The Crag. Visit him in the stands to complete the achievement. [&BBkMAAA=]

Cub Consoler – 1AP
Story Step: Revels & Rivals

To earn this achievement, which can be done during a Chaperone achievement playthrough, after you check Braham on the first transmission and finish all the events, go to talk with Crecia and then speak with Efram Greetsglory of the Flame Legion.

Select the correct option for each cub:

Prisca: “I’m sorry. But sometimes, with a little patience, things get better.”
Flame Cub (Middle): “Peace’s a tough mission. Flame Legion elders need your help to complete it.”
Flame Cub (East): “You’ll always be Flame Legion, but the legions need each other.”

Swift Justice – 3AP
Story Instance: Bad Blood

To earn this achievement, you to need to simply defeat the Charr thugs in under 30 seconds. If you can, use your raptor mount to pull them together as soon they spawn and kill them fast.

Staying In Character – 3AP
Story Instance: Deeper and Deeper

To complete this achievement, when Veteran Ulixes Swiftreaver dialog box prompts, you have to select the option “You expect me to leave an important prisoner to subordinates?”, then just simply listen to the rest of the conversation and you will earn the achievement.

Note: You can’t get both achievements (Staying In Character – Straight-Up Fight) on a single run, you need to replay the instance for the other.

Straight-Up Fight – 3AP
Story Instance: Deeper and Deeper

To complete this achievement, when Veteran Ulixes Swiftreaver dialog box prompts, you have to select the option “Get back! This asura’s under my protection!”, then you have to kill those five assassins to earn the achievement.

Note: You can’t get both achievements (Staying In Character – Straight-Up Fight) on a single run, you need to replay the instance for the other

Flash Freeze – 3AP
Story Instance: A Race to Arms

To earn this achievement you need to escape the Bitter Horn within the time limit. After you defeat the Icebrood Construct, you need to run fast.

Your character will receive the Hypothermia effect which can be alleviated by standing next to a flaming torch.
Being downed will cause your character to lose eligibility for this achievement.
Movement speed and teleportation skills will make this achievement much easier – consider adding these skills prior to engaging the Icebrood Construct. Once the fight starts, you’ll be unable to change your skills until after the fight and you are able to get near some torches to temporarily remove Frostbite. The Hypothermia effect also disables mounts during this story step.
Perhaps the easier way to obtain the achievement is to use gliding. Once the fight with the construct has ended, approach the ledge to the right of the path you came from. Once the Frostbite kicks in, quickly glide down to the closest torch, and wait until your health has mostly refilled. From there quickly rush to the bonfire via movement skills.

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Too Slippery – 3AP
Story Instance: A Race to Arms

To complete this achievement, you need to defeat the Icebrood Construct under 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Untouchable – 3AP
Story Instance: A Race to Arms

To earn this achievement, you need to defeat the Icebrood Construct without being struck by any spiral ice bombs.

You need to avoid all the icy bombs and you can do it very easily if you just stay inside the bosses hitbox.

Map Achievements – 1MP – 179AP

A Carved Path – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to solve the Ash Legion code to gain access to their real camp, which is Recon Cove – [&BBEMAAA=] . This is also usually the last POI that you might need to finish your map completion.

Enter Malice Swordshadow’s tent at the Ash Legion Camp – [&BPULAAA=] in Devourer’s Ridge. To the right of her is a small cabinet with four symbols carved onto it. Memorize them. The exact combination of symbols changes daily.

There is a total of 8 possible symbols: Smiley Face, Tree, Animal, Fire, Claw, Mountain, Tail, Waves.

Now head south into The Wardowns. Scattered about this area are eight trees onto which a unique symbol has been carved; your job is to seek out the four whose symbols match the ones you found in Malice’s tent and activate each tree in the correct order. You will hear a clicking sound if you selected the correct tree, but will be inflicted with burning if you select the wrong one or activated it out of order, and will have to start over with the first symbol.

Upon activating the final tree, a dialogue window will pop up informing you that a secret chute has opened. Enter it to access Recon Cove and complete the achievement.

Additional Secrets of the Khan-Ur – 10AP

Once you get Secrets of the Khan-Ur achievement by opening the Chest of Khan-Ur for first time, you will unlock this one, which requires you to open the chest a total of 10 times. Keep in mind this is time-gated since you can only open the chest once per day.

Check the Secrets of the Khan-Ur achievement below for more information on how to be able to open the chest.

Amateur Mixologist – 3AP

To complete this achievement, you need to serve a total of 30 drinks on the event called “Help the bartender keep the customers liquored up!”, that spawns periodically on the Lower Blood Keep – Rank ‘n’ File Pub – [&BAQMAAA=] .

The goal of this event is to quickly serve drinks to patrons. When a patron calls out for a drink, a timer will appear above their head in the shape of a circle. The circle will slowly fill as they wait. When the circle is full, the happiness rating for the event decreases. You cannot serve the wrong drink to a patron; nothing will happen when you try to talk with them if you are holding the wrong drink.

You can check which drink a patron is requesting without waiting for them to call out by targeting them and looking at their buff, which will state which drink they’ve ordered.

An Eye for Detail (Hidden) – 3AP

Once you completed the puzzle of “A Carved Path” achievement and you get access to Recon Cove, talk to Marjory Delaqua near the entrance and choose the last option. You will get the Special action skill Present Evidence as well as a riddle. Use the ground targeted skill to point out what Marjory is looking for.

Pretty bold to set up next to Kralk’s emergency zone, but I think I’ve figured out their contingency plan. Can you point it out?
- The floating crystal in the machine.
I appreciate a stiff drink on special occasions, but one of Malice’s spies is clearly a regular at the bar. Who is it?
- The charr whose footsteps lead to the bar.
Charr are known for their gruff exterior, but someone here clearly has a soft side. What gave them away?
- The cushions of the left bed, under which is a quaggan plush.
Malice thinks her security is second to none, but I’ve spotted a skritt scurrying around. How did they get past the sentries?
- A small box marked with the Pact logo, on top of the crates behind the machine next to Marjory. It sometimes jiggles and opens, showing two small eyes.
All right. One more. Let’s see if you can find the best detective in this room.
- Yourself. Aim at your feet to complete. Alternatively you can aim at Marjory Delaqua.

Ballooning Targets – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to shoot every single target balloon at least once, during the event called “Shoot targets to demonstrate your marksmanship to the cubs”, that spawns periodically on Training Grounds – Sniper’s Square – [&BBUMAAA=] .

There is a total of 25 balloons and there is currently no way to know directly which targets have and have not been tagged towards this achievement, meaning you could be missing any one of the targets available.

If you’re struggling to find many missing targets then try only aiming for targets in sets, such as only aiming for close range targets on your first time around then moving to the furthest targets, also keep in mind that targets you’ve already hit re-spawn fairly quickly so if your event lasts long enough you will cycle back around and potentially be hitting the same targets.

Billowing Bellows – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to pump the bellows 15 times in a row without error, on the event called “Keep the furnace firing to help manufacture new plate metal!”, that spawns periodically on Iron Legion Camp – Santia’s Forge – [&BPILAAA=] .

Interact with the orange cog and simply press the right skill 15 times in a row without error.

Bodyguarded – 3AP

This achievement can be earned during the first event of Doomlore’s Shrine meta-event “[Group Event] Escort the shaman to Doomlore Shrine (80)”, that starts at Rally Pavilion – [&BAUMAAA=] . Simply you need to complete the event without letting the Flame Legion shaman getting downed.

Brand Stomped – 10AP

To complete this achievement you need to repair a total of 10 Broken Brand Stompers around Grothmar Valley. Here is the map with the locations:

Cattle Custodian – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to get rid of the devourers without losing a single cow during the event called “Lure the devourers into the portal before they kill the cattle”, that spawns at Fangstorm’s Farmhouse – [&BAMMAAA=] .

Your objective is to lure hostile devourers into the portal in front of Gorrik marked with the orange icon. To do that, pick up the Patented Pheromone Recycler 2.0. Your cast bar will change to 3 skills. Use Extraction Bold (skill 1) on hostile devourers to make them drop a Devourer Pheromone Sac. Then pick it up from the ground, which will charge Pheromone Spray (skill 2). Next, spray a hostile devourer. The spray fires in a small cone in front of you, so you can spray a small group of devourers if they are close together. That will make them friendly for a short amount of time and they will follow you. Lead them to the portal. You can use Rush (skill 3) to gain Swiftness.

Champion of All – 4AP

To earn this achievement, you need to represent all four Legions during the event called “Participate in the demolition derby!”, that spawns on All-Legion Commons – [&BA8MAAA=] .

Basically you will need to complete this event at least four times to be able to select each different Legion.

Demolition Derby Don – 3AP

To complete this achievement you need to eliminate a total of 30 enemies during the event called “Participate in the demolition derby!”, that spawns on All-Legion Commons – [&BA8MAAA=] .

Divide by Zero – 3AP

During the meta-event The Ooze Pit Trials that happens at Contender’s Colosseum – [&BP0LAAA=] , on the last phase of the boss, it will split into 3 elite rank oozes, you need to kill all three before they divide into more, you can easily see a big red circle on the ground getting bigger indicating the time left you have.

Eyes for Ears – 10AP

To get this achievement, you need to find 16 listening devices hidden around Grothmar Valley. First you need to gain access to Recon Cove and talk with Iovis Nearspecter to get a Listening Device Sweeper.
Note: If your character is a Charr from the Blood Legion, you will need to talk with Ferox Keenaxe at the Lower Blood Keep instead.

With the achievement active, the listening devices become more visible and emit a sinister chirping sound (affected by Environmental Volume). Double-click on the Listening Device Sweeper to activate the special marking skill Identify Device and use it on each listening device. Here is the map with all the locations:

Gauntlet of the Khan-Ur – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to complete the jumping puzzle within the Khan-Ur’s Gauntlet area of Grothmar Valley.

From Dalada Forest Waypoint – [&BA4MAAA=] , head north-east. The entrance is marked by a single Hatched Chili Pepper Bush.

Generation Gap – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to defeat a total of 25 angry charr youth. The event where you can do this, is called “Shoo the whippersnappers off of the old Fangstorm’s lawn before he snaps!” at Soul’s Hearth – [&BP8LAAA=] .

The goal is to keep Blood Cubs and Miscreants away from Erasmus Fangstorm and his house. Interact/”Shoo” Blood Cubs and Miscreants away from Fangstorm’s property. You need to keep both the east and west lawns secure by ensuring that there are no cubs or miscreants in each area. Continue to hold these lawns until the last of the kids leave, indicated by the top “Kids shooed off the lawn” bar. You can’t “shoo” Miscreants/Adults off the lawn so easily. They’ll become hostile after interacting with them and you have to pacify them.

Grothmar Tribune – 5AP

This achievement is time-gated and to earn it, you need to complete the daily map achievement a total of 15 times.

Once you complete it, you will earn the title “Bloodbound” and a Grothmar Legionnaire Weapon Requisition.

Grothmar Valley Historian – 10AP

To earn this achievement, you need to find all 30 Ancient Coins in Grothmar Valley. Here is the map with the locations:

Heads up! (Hidden) – 1AP

To earn this hidden achievement, you need to get hit by falling props during the Metal Legion Concert.

Be treading water when a tank gets flung into the lake when Pyrotorrick spawns just before 2:00 during the third song. There will be another tank already underwater at the correct location, allowing you to check you’re in the right spot.

Hot Feet – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to complete the short jumping puzzle near the Eternal Cauldron – [&BAcMAAA=] without healing.

To start the puzzle, one needs to speak with the Flame Legion Smoke Shaman near the Eternal Flame brazier. You simply need to carry the torch to the chest above near the Vista and while you doing it, your health will decrease.

There is a super easy way to get this, you can use any portal skill on the chest, then as soon you talk with the shaman for the torch, port back up and done.

Hotshot – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to shoot 10 balloons without missing or dropping your rifle., during the event called “Shoot targets to demonstrate your marksmanship to the cubs”, that spawns periodically on Training Grounds – Sniper’s Square – [&BBUMAAA=] .

Immaculate Champ – 3AP

During the meta-event The Ooze Pit Trials that happens at Contender’s Colosseum – [&BP0LAAA=] , you need to avoid being hit by any ooze explosion, keep in mind that you will need to participate in the event from the start to the end to get credit for the achivement.

Khan-Ur’s Right Hand – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to complete the Khan-Ur’s Gauntlet jumping puzzle under 5 minutes. Here a video guide on how to do it:

Credit to Vallun for the video.

Light it up! – 3AP

To get this achievement you need to complete a total of 10 times the Ceremony of the Sacred Flame event, also known as the Effigy meta-event, which starts at Eternal Cauldron – [&BAcMAAA=] .

Master Concert Promoter – 5AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete the Metal Concert meta-event at Blood Stand Stage – [&BBkMAAA=] , with the maximum level of hype, this can be easily done with enough people participating and completing many of the mini events.

Master Seeker – 3AP

To earn this achievement, you need to win a game of hide-and-seek within 60 seconds. Calix is a Charr cub located at Lower Blood Keep in Grothmar Valley that you can play hide-and-seek with.

For more details on the mini game, check below the Renowned Seeker achievement.

Master Sous-Chef – 5AP

To complete this achievement, you need to prepare a total of 100 ingredients for the chef during the event called “Help Chef Mellitus prepare dishes for the festival”, that spawns at Keep Kitchen – [&BPsLAAA=] .

Master of Ceremonies – 5AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete all the mini events during Metal Concert meta-event at Blood Stand Stage – [&BBkMAAA=] .

Break up the fight!
Catch the leaping charr!
Charge the amps!
Cheer!
Cover for injured dancers!
Defeat the powerful spark!
Hit the firework targets!
Jump in the mosh pit!
Kill the sparks!
Pump up the crowd!
Repair the faulty wires!
Run the perimeter!
Salute!
Stop the amp from blowing!
Stop the haywire concert finale!

No Ingredients Wasted – 3AP

To complete this achievement, you need to prepare a total of 10 ingredients in a row in a single event for the chef during the event called “Help Chef Mellitus prepare dishes for the festival”, that spawns at Keep Kitchen – [&BPsLAAA=] .

Ooze Master – 3AP

To complete this achievement, you need to do the meta-event The Ooze Pit Trials that happens at Contender’s Colosseum – [&BP0LAAA=] and simply kill the final boss for first time.

Party Guardian – 1MP – 4AP

This achievement requires you to defeat all 6 threats to Grothmar’s festivities.

One champion will spawn following each of the four meta-events of Grothmar Valley, regardless of that meta’s success. The champion will appear almost immediately after the Concert and the Ceremony of the Sacred Flame, but you must wait until the Contender’s Colosseum closes after The Ooze Pit Trials, and for Shaman Brightblaze to return to the Flame Legion Camp after The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine.

Devourer – Dalada Forest
Parasite Devourer – Devourer’s Ridge
River Drake – Sacnoth Stream
Ghost Captain – Dalada Forest
Ghost Mage – Doomlore Ruins
Rogue Prisoner – The Brig

Pass the Torch – 5AP

To get this achievement you need to pass a total of 100 torches during the Ceremony of the Sacred Flame event, also known as the Effigy meta-event, which starts at Eternal Cauldron – [&BAcMAAA=] .

Pick up a Sacred Torch from the ground, lit it with Brazier and throw it to another player without lighted torch.

Pepper Picker – 3AP

This achievement requires you to collect 200 Hatched Chilis in Grothmar Valley, you can get them from gathering, events, and rewards.

Pest Control – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to destroy a total of 100 devourer nests. They are around the map, but honestly instead of looking for their locations in the map, you should just stay at one location and keep destroying the same nest, because they respawn very quickly.

Picante – 3AP

To get this achievement, you need to spend at least 300 Hatched Chilis at the Rally Provisioner vendor. You can find one near the Ooze Pits, and another in the Lower Blood Keep.

Pledged – 3AP

To complete this achievement, you need to do the meta-event The Ooze Pit Trials that happens at Contender’s Colosseum – [&BP0LAAA=] while pledged to all three legions. At the start of the event you have to choose one of three legions to pledge, so basically you need to complete the event at least 3 times.

Professional Bouncer – 10AP

To earn this achievement during the Metal Concert meta-event at Blood Stand Stage – [&BBkMAAA=] , you need to kill a total of 500 crazed fans.

Prolific Popper – 5AP

To earn this achievement, you need to shoot a total of 300 targets, during the event called “Shoot targets to demonstrate your marksmanship to the cubs”, that spawns periodically on Training Grounds – Sniper’s Square – [&BBUMAAA=] .

Renowned Seeker – 3AP

For this achievement you need to win a total of 20 games of hide-and-seek.

To start the mini-game you need to talk to Calix who is a charr cub located at Lower Blood Keep in Grothmar Valley. You will have four minutes to find him, which can be tracked via a blue timer icon on your buff bar. Here you can see a map with his location, and all the possible hiding spots.

Merely finding him is not enough, even though he acknowledges that he has been found; you must actually speak with him to be credited with the appropriate achievement(s).

Secrets of the Khan-Ur – 5AP

To earn this achievement, you need to open the chest at Vault of the Khan-Ur – [&BBIMAAA=] for first time.

The vault can be opened once per day upon collecting all the Legion Keys from the Grothmar Valley meta-events or purchasing them on the TP.

Each meta-event will award one different key once per day:

Ash Legion Key: earned from The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine
Blood Legion Key: earned from The Ooze Pit Trials
Flame Legion Key: earned from Ceremony of the Sacred Flame (Effigy)
Iron Legion Key: earned from A Concert for the Ages (Metal Concert)

Spiritbane – 3AP

To earn this achievement, during the meta-event The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine, you need to defeat the final boss Murakai, Doomlore’s Bane at Doomlore Shrine – [&BAEMAAA=] .

Stealing the Limelight (Hidden) – 1AP

During the Metal Concert meta-event at Blood Stand Stage – [&BBkMAAA=] , play any musical instrument novelty on or near the stage and you will get this hidden achievement.

Teacher’s Assistants – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to kill a total of 250 Kasmeer’s illusions in her training event.

The event is called “Help the cubs defeat Kasmeer’s illusions!”, and occurs in Tribunes’ Trench area and The Wardowns area.

The Show Must Go On – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete the Metal Concert meta-event at Blood Stand Stage – [&BBkMAAA=] without the band being defeated.

Shortly before the beginning of the concert, players are asked to keep the crowd focused on the show. This can be achieved by completing the various mini events that spawn rapidly and randomly during each of the three songs. It is also advised to defeat any Crazed Fans that appear, since they will try to down the individual band members, removing their line from the audio. The band members can be healed to prevent them from getting downed. The “boss” of the event is Pyrotorrick, who appears on stage near the end of the final song.

Under Her Wing – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete Kasmeer’s training event without a single cub being transported away.

The event is called “Help the cubs defeat illusory foes to build warband cohesion”, and occurs in Tribunes’ Trench area and The Wardowns area.

Once the event begins, use Kasmeer’s portal. The cubs are fairly self-sufficient, but the best way to keep the enemies away from them is to hold aggro at a spot slightly away from Kasmeer. The cubs’ health bars do not appear on the event sidebar in the UI, so be careful. When she summons the enemies, they will appear in a stack somewhat ahead on the trail. At this time, you can drop lots of AoE on them to damage them en masse. You can also use skills which push or pull enemies to move them away from the cubs. Be wary of dangerous enemies like the Branded Hydra or the Mordrem, who can harm the cubs via AoE even if you have aggro.

VIP Access (Hidden) – 0AP

To earn this hidden achievement, you simply need to buy a “Bootleg VIP Pass” from a Rally Provisioner. It costs 500 Hatched Chilis, 35.000 Karma and 2.500 Volatile Magic. You will unlock the title “Festival VIP”.

Well Watcher – 3AP

To earn this achievement, during the meta-event The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine, you need to defeat the final boss Murakai, Doomlore’s Bane at Doomlore Shrine – [&BAEMAAA=] without stepping into any of her wells. You will need to participate in the event from the start to end to get credit for the achievement.

Mastery Insights – 2MP – 2AP

Grothmar Valley Insight: Branching Out – 1MP – 1AP

The insight is within the Khan-Ur’s Gauntlet jumping puzzle area. The area can be accessed by going to the Vault of the Khan-Ur point of interest (by springer, griffon or skyscale) and then heading west into a concealed cave entrance.

The insight is on top of a tall mushroom stalk, on the west side of the first pond you would need to jump across. You do not need to carry the torches or light the braziers to access the insight point. Just follow the jumping puzzle up the first tree and out onto a branch to jump down onto the insight.

Grothmar Valley Insight: Shimmering Spire – 1MP – 1AP

The insight is located high up on a crystal formation along the northwest edge of Kralkatorrik’s Emergence Zone, just west of the vista and adventure starting point. Use springer or skyscale mounts to get up to the top of the crystal.

Adventures Achievements – 26AP

Ash Training Course: Gold – 3AP

This achievement will earn also the Silver medal one. To access this adventure you need to complete the puzzle “A Carved Path” to gain access to Recon Cove.

There are five document items scattered throughout the maze. There are dummy Ash Legion charr moving on fixed paths throughout the maze (forwards and backwards). Being scouted by the dummies (there is a small moment’s grace when they switch direction), or stepping through a laser will fail the adventure.

You can use objects to jump up on top of the walls, but bear in mind there are some scouts up here too.

Mounts and Gliders are disabled throughout this adventure.

Credit to GuideRanger for the video.

Ash Training Course: Silver – 2AP

See the Gold medal achievement above.

Crater Circuit: Gold Challenge – 3AP

This adventure is at Kralkatorrik’s Emergence Zone in which players need to move through all the rings as fast as possible. It is intended to be performed on a skimmer mount.

From Wardowns Waypoint – [&BPgLAAA=], head to Blood Stand Stage and then drop in the watery basin. The Time Trial NPC is by the water’s edge.

This race requires the player to be mounted on a skimmer only, Geyser Charge special action skill is available which will boost your skimmer forwards at a higher speed.

Credit to TheMagicalMuffinDruid for the video.

Crater Circuit: Silver Challenge – 2AP

See the Gold medal achievement above.

Crater Circuit: Top Three – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to end top 3 a total of 5 times on the race event that starts in Kralkatorrik’s Emergence Zone.

Event will spawn 28 minutes after the end of the previous one. Actual start of the race is 30 minutes after the previous one.
Players that have successfully registered for the race will have the Registered effect.
60 seconds before the race begins, text will appear on the screen of those who signed up saying: Be in the starting line when the race begins to qualify.
If you are the only participant you can get 3 races counting towards Crater Circuit: Top Three achievement in a single race.

Grothmar Grand Tour: Gold Challenge – 3AP

Time Trial: Grothmar Grand Tour is an adventure in Dalada Forest Waypoint – [&BA4MAAA=] in which players need to move through all the rings as fast as possible. This is the adventure version of the Grothmar Grand Tour.

Credit to [RACE] Reaper for the video.

Grothmar Grand Tour: Silver Challenge – 2AP

See the Gold medal achievement above.

Grothmar Grand Tour: Pole Position – 3AP

This is the race event in Dalada Forest Waypoint – [&BA4MAAA=] in which players need to move through all the rings as fast as possible. You need to end top 3 a total of 5 times.

Event will spawn at the same time as the Ceremony of the Sacred Flame, The Haunting of Doomlore Shrine, The Ooze Pit Trials, and A Concert for the Ages meta event chains.
Players that have successfully registered for the race will have the Registered effect.
60 seconds before the race begins, text will appear on the screen of those who signed up saying: Be in the starting line when the race begins to qualify.

Grothmar Skyscale Challenge: Gold – 3AP

Grothmar Valley Skyscale Trial is an adventure in Kralkatorrik’s Emergence Zone in which the player needs to collect all the magic nodes.

Run south-east from the Dalada Forest Waypoint – [&BA4MAAA=] to the Priory Research Station. The Adventure is just south of the point of interest.

The objective is to guide your skyscale to all 15 magic nodes in the adventure area before the timer runs out. There is no order required for collecting the nodes.

The direction of mounts is heavily dependent on the direction of the camera. Use Action Camera Mode to make things easier.
Each time you grab an orb, it recharges your endurance. Dodge roll to get to the next node.

Credit to Nasbit for the video.

Grothmar Skyscale Challenge: Silver – 2AP

See the Gold medal achievement above.

Collection Achievements – 5AP

Merchandise Collector – 5AP

To complete this achievement, you need to unlock a total of 12 Reward Skins.
Note: The November 19, 2019 game update reduced the number of skins required to finish the final tier of this achievement from 15 to 12.

Ash Legion Banner Skin
- Buy it from Rally Provisioner for 1500 Volatile Magic and 100 Hatched Chili. Requires Well Watcher achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks.
Blood Legion Banner Skin
- Buy it from Rally Provisioner for 1500 Volatile Magic and 100 Hatched Chili. Requires Pledged achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks.
Flame Legion Banner Skin
- Buy it from Rally Provisioner for 1500 Volatile Magic and 100 Hatched Chili. Requires Pass the Torch achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks.
Iron Legion Banner Skin
- Buy it from Rally Provisioner for 1500 Volatile Magic and 100 Hatched Chili. Requires The Show Must Go On achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks.
Ashfall
- You can choose it from the chest after you complete Grothmar Tribune achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks, from the chest at Vault of Khan-Ur, and you can even buy it from the TP.
Bloodletter
- You can choose it from the chest after you complete Grothmar Tribune achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks, from the chest at Vault of Khan-Ur, and you can even buy it from the TP.
Flamewaker
- You can choose it from the chest after you complete Grothmar Tribune achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks, from the chest at Vault of Khan-Ur, and you can even buy it from the TP.
Ironsight Bolt Thrower
- You can choose it from the chest after you complete Grothmar Tribune achievement. Can also be obtained from PvP and WvW reward tracks, from the chest at Vault of Khan-Ur, and you can even buy it from the TP.
Ebon Epaulets
- You can get this as rare drop from the Shiverpeaks Pass Strike Mission or buy it from TP as Shoulders of the Ebon Vanguard Choice Chest. (Choosing a weight class only unlocks the skin for that weight class)
Ebon Pauldrons
- You can get this as rare drop from the Shiverpeaks Pass Strike Mission or buy it from TP as Shoulders of the Ebon Vanguard Choice Chest. (Choosing a weight class only unlocks the skin for that weight class)
Ebon Shoulders
- You can get this as rare drop from the Shiverpeaks Pass Strike Mission or buy it from TP as Shoulders of the Ebon Vanguard Choice Chest. (Choosing a weight class only unlocks the skin for that weight class)
Voice of Metal
- Buy it from Rally Provisioner for 2000 Volatile Magic and 250 Hatched Chili. Requires Master Concert Promoter achievement.

Gaze of Khan-Ur, Glance of Khan-Ur and Glower of Khan-Ur aren’t needed anymore for this collection, but if you still want to get them, the only possible way is from Visage of the Khan-Ur, which is a super rare drop from the Vault of Khan-Ur, or you can buy it from the TP aswell.