Whisper in the Dark (Story Journal)

Total achievements: 39 – 234AP

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1 Whisper in the Dark (Story Journal)

2 “Whisper in the Dark” Mastery – 25AP

3 Story Completion Achievements – 1MP – 0AP

4 Story Instance Achievements – 1MP – 7AP

5 Map Achievements – 2MP – 72AP

5.1 Mastery Insights – 4MP – 4AP

5.2 Light Puzzles Achievements – 9AP

6 Collection Achievements – 2MP – 87AP

7 Strike Missions Achievements – 30AP

“Whisper in the Dark” Mastery – 25AP

This is the meta achievement and you need to complete at least 20 of the 27 eligible achievements. The rewards for this are 25AP and the Prize of the Boneskinner backpack skin.

Story Completion Achievements – 1MP – 0AP

Silence – 0AP

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

What’s Left Behind – 0AP

Once you complete the story chapter “What’s Left Behind” you will earn this achievement.

The Wind and Nothing More – 0AP

Once you complete the story chapter “The Wind and Nothing More” you will earn this achievement.

The Invitation – 1MP – 0AP

Once you complete the story chapter “The Invitation” you will earn this achievement.

Story Instance Achievements – 1MP – 7AP

Ice-Bound – 1MP – 1AP
Story Instance: Silence

After some introductory dialogue, enter the northern building with Braham. The door will lock behind you. To escape, wait for the door into General’s Quarters to open and pick up the Ancient Scepter on the table; this will complete the Ice-Bound achievement.

Raven Lens Scholar – 3AP
Story Instance: Silence

This achievement is really easy. When you complete the instance, do not leave, go back to the building and search for “Research Notes”. The 5 you have to collect are found on the map with these locations.

Ice Try – 3AP
Story Instance: The Invitation

To earn this achievement, you need to find Fraenir after he obscures himself by turning into a blizzard and hiding behind one of the randomly-selected ice pillars at the edges of the room (not the three in the center), and must be approached within five seconds.
The simplest way to accomplish this is with a full party; have each party member stand near a pillar and attack him at range so that they can quickly run behind the pillar if he hides at theirs. Solo players may also attempt this method, but will have to contend with high odds of him not hiding at their pillar. As a solo player it is recommended you do this with a high mobility class and react fast.

Map Achievements – 2MP – 72AP

Bjora Marches Historian – 5AP

To earn this achievement you need to find and collect three books around East Bjora Marches, here is their location:

1- A burden: Within Asgeir’s Legacy, only accessible after completing the Storms of Winter meta event.

2- Research Notes: Ancient Raven Lens: On a shelf in the library of Raven Sanctum. (Found in the open-world version, not the story instance.) To be able to see the notes, you must have completed the Raven Lens Scholar achievement mentioned above in the “Silence” story instance.

3- What’s Happening?: Dropped by the Boneskinner in Aberrant Forest during the final step of The Hunger.

Constant Vigilance – 5AP

To earn this achievement you need to defeat the Boneskinner in the Aberrant Forest without losing any survivor. The boss will gain a Defiance Bar periodically, and if you don’t break it in time he will eat the survivors. This event scales too much so the recommendation is doing it with a small party and break the bar as soon as possible each time.

East Bjora Marches Treasure Hunter – 1MP – 3AP

This achievement requires you to find 11 Norn Chests around East Bjora Marches, here is the map with their locations:

Essence Looter – 3AP

This achievement requires you to find and open the glowing essence chests around East Bjora Marches, they are a total of 9 chests and you will need mastery tier 1 to open the small chests and tier 2 to open medium chests. Here is the map with their locations:

Essence Manipulation 101 – 1AP

To earn this achievement you need to talk with Researcher Yarixx and complete the tutorial on essence manipulation.

Everyone’s a Critic (Hidden) – 1AP

To earn this achievement you need to kill the Veteran Enraged Cook, he will only spawn during the events happening in the skirmish camps in the Svanir Plateau area, and when you are prompted to destroy weapon racks, you need to destroy Cook Supplies aswell.

Friendly Breakups – 3AP

During the the meta event Storms of Winter you will be periodically affected by “Freezing Cold” and once you reach 20 stacks, you will be “Frozen”. You need to destroy the ice around you or destroy the ice on other allies frozen a total of 20 times to earn this achievement.

Give In (Hidden) – 0AP

This hidden achievement is simply earned by using the /sleep emote while you are in East Bjora Marches.

Hunting Champions – 6AP

To complete this achievement you need to kill all the 11 champions around East Bjora Marches. Here is the map with their locations:

Junior Investigator – 3AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete a total of 10 times the event of Investigator Eleni. This event is called Search for evidence of the massacre at Jora’s Keep and spawns very often south and north of Jora’s Keep.

Just Resting – 1AP

For this achievement you need to find Bright Shore, which is a starving kodan merchant located in the Aberrant Forest, specifically at Ruined Hut – [&BB4MAAA=]. This achievement will allow you to do The Hunger collection.

Mysteries of the Raven Sanctum – 10AP

To complete this achievement you need to explore all the different possible combination to the Raven’s Trial in the Raven Sanctum. There are eight possible outcomes dependent on the choices you make. You may complete Raven’s trial once per day per character. Alternatively, you can repeat the story mission and complete the trials.

Save the Healers – Save the Historical record – Let the Queen die
Save the Healers – Save the Historical record – Let the Prince die
Save the Healers – Save the Spell tome – Let the Queen die
Save the Healers – Save the Spell tome – Let the Prince die
Save the Wounded – Save the Historical record – Let the Queen die
Save the Wounded – Save the Historical record – Let the Prince die
Save the Wounded – Save the Spell tome – Let the Queen die
Save the Wounded – Save the Spell tome – Let the Prince die

Raven’s Favor – 1MP – 25AP

To earn this achievement you need to complete the meta event Storms of Winter a total of 15 times.

Stop Hitting Yourself – 1AP

In the Ravenfrost Caverns an event called “Kill the Acolytes” or “Stop the Svanir Ritual” will spawn periodically. During it you need to kill your doppelganger to earn this achievement.

Supernatural – 5AP

This achievement is earned by doing the pre-event that leads to the fight with the Boneskinner in the Aberrant Forest. This event starts at Jora’s Keep and is called “Escort the relief crew to the Aberrant Forest”. Keep in mind that you will need to complete all 3 steps:

Escort the Vigil relief crew into the Aberrant Forest.
Clear the forest of aberrant creatures for the Vigil relief crew.
Defeat the boneskinner hunting the Vigil relief crew in the Aberrant Forest.

Sweet Surrender (Hidden) – 0AP

To get this achievement you need to use a Boneskinner Tonic or Endless Boneskinner Tonic in Bjora Marches. Both of them may be purchased from Anette Eymundrdottir in Jora’s Keep. Note that using the endless tonic via the Novelty panel will not work.

Mastery Insights – 4MP – 4AP

Bjora Marches Insight: Aberrant Forest – 1MP – 1AP

From Jora’s Keep Waypoint — [&BCcMAAA=] go west along the road and turn south near Raven’s Gate — [&BCIMAAA=] Continue going south and cross the Aberrant Forest. Use Springer or the Raven Gate (requires Raven’s Flight Mastery) west of the Mastery Insight to get to the ledge where the Mastery Insight is.

Bjora Marches Insight: Asgeir’s Legacy – 1MP – 1AP

After completing the Storms of Winter meta event chain, Asgeir’s Legacy will become accessible. The Mastery Point commune objective may be reached by simply walking up to it. It may be beneficial to kill the nearby champions first.

Bjora Marches Insight: Fallen Mountain Overlook – 1MP – 1AP

Start from the Jora’s Keep Waypoint — [&BCcMAAA=] Exit the keep to the west and head north. You can get up onto the ledge using a Springer or a nearby Bouncing Mushroom. If you head south from Bear Shrine – [&BDQMAAA=] you’ll already be on the level of the insight.

Bjora Marches Insight: Ravenfrost Caverns – 1MP – 1AP

From Jora’s Keep Waypoint, — [&BCcMAAA=] go south-west along the road towards the entrance to Ravenfrost Caverns. Open the Raven Lock at the entrance with Raven Bond Mastery and take the road on the left inside the cavern. Use Springer to reach the ledge where the Mastery Insight is.

Light Puzzles Achievements – 9AP

Luminary – 5AP

This is the sub-meta achievement for completing all the light puzzles on East Bjora Marches, once you complete it you will earn the title “Luminary”.

There are four puzzles throughout the eastern side of Bjora Marches. Completing each puzzle for the first time awards individual achievements in addition to progressing this one.

Interact with a Raven Light Shrine to start the light puzzle. This will start a stream of pulsing raven lights which emanate from the statue in a set direction. Interact with the mirror to rotate them to direct the light beams. Clear debris from mirrors and knock down walls by interacting as necessary. Successfully directing the light beam to the end of the puzzle, with the larger raven shrines, awards a once-a-day chest. Mirrors may be turned without the Raven Light being active, and may be moved out of order or before the Light reaches them.

Note that for the Asgeir’s Legacy puzzle, there is a nearby Raven Barrier Shrine (to the east of the start) which may be interacted with to protect against the cold. However, this puzzle is only available once this area is open. Otherwise, Raven’s Barrier is insufficient protection.

Lighting the Forest – 1AP

Lighting the Frozen Pass – 1AP

Lighting the Legacy – 1AP

Lighting the Mountains – 1AP

Collection Achievements – 2MP – 87AP

The Hunger – 1MP – 10AP

After you completed the achievement “Just Resting” at Ruined Hut – [&BB4MAAA=] you will be able to do The Hunger collection by speaking with Bright Shore and bring some food for him.

Keep in mind that you need to bring the items one by one, if you dont deliver the item, the next wont drop for you. Here is the list:

Imported Blood Orange: Seek the norn who knows how to obtain foreign goods. Purchase an Imported Blood Orange from Anette Eymundrdottir in Jora’s Keep.
Delivered Imported Blood Orange: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.
Rabbit Meat Chunk: Search the pass where the plains are open. Slay one of the ambient rabbits in Frozen Pass.
Delivered Rabbit Meat Chunk: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.
Deer Meat Chunk: Often found grazing on bushes. Slay one of the ambient deer found throughout the map.
Delivered Deer Meat Hunk: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.
Bear Flank: They roam where the spirit is honored. Slay an Arctodus, which can be found in the Fallen Mountains and Svanir Plateau.
Delivered Bear Flank: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.
Aberrant Warg Meat Chunk: Explore the forest. Slay an Aberrant Warg within the Aberrant Forest.
Delivered Aberrant Warg Meat Chunk: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.
Boneskinner Flank: It hunts. It waits. Slay the Boneskinner.
Delivered Boneskinner Flank: Give this to Bright Shore in the forest.

Ancient Weaponeer – 27AP

To complete this collection you need to buy and unlock all the Ancient Boreal Weapons, you can buy them directly from Anette Eymundrdottir in Jora’s Keep.

This collection will cost you a total of 32 Gold and 1200 Eternal Ice Shards. You can unlock a total of 12 weapons for free by completing the reward track from PvP and WvW, reducing the cost to only 8 Gold and 300 Eternal Ice Shards.

Master of the Ancestral Forge – 1MP – 50AP

This is the next step on the collection, and once you unlocked all the Ancient Boreal Weapons, you will be able to buy the recipes from Anette Eymundrdottir in Jora’s Keep to craft the Restored Boreal Weapons. This collection rewards 50AP, some skins like the Raven Scepter, and the title “Master of the Spirits”.

To unlock all the recipes, you will need a total of 32 Gold and 1600 Eternal Ice Shards.
Then to craft them you will a total of 160 Eltrite Ingots and other materials that you can buy from TP.