GW2 Dragon Bash Festival guide
A guide to the GW2 Dragon Bash Festival introduced with the game update on June 11.
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GW2 Wintersday event guide
A comprehensive GW2 Wintersday guide to all the events, items and activities that are part of the GW2’s Wintersday event hosted by Toymaker Tixx. Updated multiple times a day as I gather more information.
Nightmare EC Firebrand and Stormcaller operation guide
Nightmare Explosive Conflict EC Operation guide for Fireband and Stormcaller with detailed strategy and video. Firebrand and Stormcaller are the second bosses in Nightmare EC. This pair requires very high DPS due to the tight enrage timer and revised mechanics that prevents you from getting a second Double Destruction per shield phase.
GW2 Beaker’s Empty Belly achievement guide
GW2 Beaker’s Empty Belly achievement guide with detailed instructions and video walkthrough. Beaker’s Empty Belly is actually a very easy achievement to acquire located in Lornar’s Pass. You need to head to the location of Griffionrook Run jumping puzzle to start this achievement but you do not need to complete the jumping puzzle to get this achievement. However, if you havn’t gotten the jumping puzzle achievement yet for Griffonrook Run, you might as well since you are in the same area.
GW2 Mad King’s Clock Tower Jumping puzzle guide
GW2 Mad King’s Clock Tower Jumping puzzle guide with detailed instructions and video walkthrough. Mad King’s Clocktower is a jumping puzzle only available during Halloween festival.
GW2 Shadow of the Mad King Mad Memoires ACT 2 guide
GW2 Shadow of the Mad King Mad Memoires Act II quest guide with detailed walkthrough. Click here if you did not do ACT I yet as you will need to complete ACT I first.
GW2 Chicken Scramble achievement guide
GW2 Chicken Scramble achievement guide with detailed walkthrough. Chicken Scramble is an explorer achievement introduced with the Halloween patch for an achievement obtainable in Bloodtide Coast, Queensdale, Gendarran Fields and Kessex Hills. This one involves opening chests in these zones to spawn Skritt burglars that will transform you into a chicken for this achievement. Like the other skritt burgler involving achievements, there isn’t one spot for the chest to spawn. Instead, there are a number of possible locations.
Tips
- Press ctrl down while looking for these chests as it will highlight their names.
- Best to do this with a friend so you can find the skritt burgler faster and reduce the waypoint costs
- Do not use any pets/clones if possible as the skritt may transform your pet instead. This is especially a concern for rangers.
- Focus on low damage attacks so you don’t kill the skritt burgler too quickly
Bloodtide Coast
Bloodtide Coast possible location #1 – north of Remanda Saltmarsh
Image and location submitted by Rbn, note that the second image in German.
Bloodtide Coast possible location #2 – east of Challdar Gorges
Image and location taken from DrRiceBowl with additional images/help from Pomphe DrakkarLake
Bloodtide Coast possible location #3 – east of Momoztli Grounds
Reader L Ch F was able to locate a skritt burgler spawning chest below the bridge at the indicated location not far from LA entrance. Thanks Theo for the verification.
Bloodtide Coast possible location #4 – Wraithwalker Woods
Reader Slur found a chest on the SE corner of Bloodtide Coast
Queensdale
Queesndale possible location #1 – east of Altar Brook Vale
Check these spots in Queensdale, submitted by reader BeerSeeker
Queesndale possible location #2 – west of Phinney Ridge– Unverified
Check the bear caves near Phinney Ridge
Queesndale possible location #3 – east of Township of Claypool
Start of the spider caves east of Township of Claypool
Queesndale possible location #4 – Olaf Escarpments
Submitted by Reader Xewell
Queesndale possible location #5 – Altar’s Windings (Queensdale)
Check both locations
Kessex Hills
Kessex Hills possible location #1 – Earthwork Bluff– Unverified
Check the entire camp, hold down ctrl to highlight any treasure chest nearby.
Kessex Hills possible location #2 – Manefire Hills
Check the tent with the Veteran Centaur Trainer
Gendarran Fields
Gendarran Fields possible location #1 – Traveler’s Dale
Submitted by Reader Omura Falk, this one is located on the SW corner of Gendarran Fields.
Gendarran Fields possible location #2 – Ascalon Settlments
Gendarran Fields possible location #3– Shiverspur Front
Gendarran Fields possible location #4 – Almuten Estates
Gendarran Fields possible location #5 – Blood hill Camps
See Halloween Patch Explorer achievements guide for other achievements.
GW2 Behind the Mask achievement guide
GW2 Behind the Mask achievement guide with detailed walkthrough. Behind the Mask is an explorer achievement released with the new Halloween patch. It is also a skritt burglar/treasure chest related achievement and therefore will have a number of possible locations within the zone. For this achievement, you will want to look for chests in Plains of Ashford, Diessa Plateau, Fireheart Rise and Fields of Ruin.
Tips
- Press ctrl down while looking for these chests as it will highlight their names.
- Best to do this with a friend so you can find the skritt burgler faster and reduce the waypoint costs
- Do not use any pets/clones if possible as the skritt may transform your pet instead. This is especially a concern for rangers.
- Focus on low damage attacks so you don’t kill the skritt burgler too quickly
Plains of Ashford (5 locations)
Plains of Ashford possible location #1 – NE of Cadem Forest
Location submitted by reader/redditor Ayesafaile, I was also able to get the achievement at this location.
Plains of Ashford possible location #2 – NW of Loreclaw Expanse
Redditor Kholdy found another possible location for the chest. This one is in SE Plains of Ashford.
Plains of Ashford possible location #3 – The Toppled Wall
Submitted by anonymous reader and Vertigo.NE of Ascalonian Catacombs entrance there is a tunnel with two ghosts (one veteran) at the end that will chat for a bit before attacking you. This tunnel might contain a chest.
Plains of Ashford possible location #4 – SE of Victor’s Presidium
Reader Nickchanger found a chest at this location on the SW portion of Plains of Ashford.
Plains of Ashford possible location #5 – Martyr’s Woods- Unverified
South of Martyr’s Waypoint
Fireheart Rise (5 locations)
Fireheart Rise possible location #1 – Toughstone
Reader Jayntree found a chest in Fireheart Rise NE portion (Toughstone area)
Fireheart Rise possible location #2 – Onager Bivouac
Reader Stoon and Xewell found the chest at this location on the NW portion of Fireheart Rise.
Fireheart Rise possible location #3 – Forge Plains
Reader Nameo found this chest in Fireheart Rise.
Fireheart Rise possible location #4 – Apostate Wastes
Try these caves filled with spiders and veteran spiders
Fireheart Rise possible location #5– Switchback Canyons
Diessa Plateau (4 locations)
Diessa Plateau possible location #1– Burrows of Moledavia – Unverified
Diessa Plateau possible location #2 – Incendio Templum
SE corner of Incendio Templum
Diessa Plateau possible location #3– Ruins of Oldgate
Diessa Plateau possible location #4 – Spider Nest Caverns
Fields of Ruin (2 locations)
Fields of Ruin possible location #1 – Thunderbreak Hills – Unverified
Fields of Ruin possible location #2 – Wildin Narrows
See Halloween Patch Explorer achievements guide for other achievements.
GW2 Jackaloping Along achievement guide
GW2 Jackaloping Along achievement guide with detailed walkthrough. GW2 Jackaloping Along is an explorer achievement added with the Halloween patch. This achievement can be obtained in Frostgorge Sound, Snowden Drifts, Wayfarer Foothills and Lornar’s Pass . Note that this achievement involves a treasure chest that spawns a skritt burglar. The chest disappears if someone else has recently looted it and moves to another location.
Tips
- Press ctrl down while looking for these chests as it will highlight their names.
- Best to do this with a friend so you can find the skritt burgler faster and reduce the waypoint costs
- Do not use any pets/clones if possible as the skritt may transform your pet instead. This is especially a concern for rangers.
- Focus on low damage attacks so you don’t kill the skritt burgler too quickly.
Frostgorge Sound (5 locations)
Frostgorge Sound possible location #1– Wayward Climb
Head to Ridgerock Camp Waypoint and head north. You may see a chest at the location indicated below. if so, opening it will spawn a Skritt Burglar.
Follow him along (while attacking him) and he will turn you to a Jacklop and grant you the achievement! If you manage to kill the Skritt Burglar, he will drop a big bag with 3-4 items (mostly green items).
Frostgorge Sound possible location #2 – Arundon Vale
Reader sipertruk discovered another possible location for the chest. Thanks Theo for the verification.
Frostgorge Sound possible location #3 – Bore Lynch
Reader Jayntree found a third possible location for the chest, in the minds in the SW part of the zone. Reader Pomphe DrakkarLake provided an addition pic for this location.
Frostgorge Sound possible location #4 – Stonesledge Draft
There is supposedly a chest south of the circular ramp in one of the Dredge tent/shacks at SW corner of the map.
Frostgorge Sound possible location #5 – Trionic Lattice – Unverified
In the canyon below filled with ice elementals and ice imps, there is supposedly a chest in there. The circle draws an approximate location.
Snowden Drifts (5 locations)
Snowden Drifts possible location #1 – Song of Final Exile
Reader Karu found the chest in this location on the very south of Snowden Drifts.
Snowden Drifts possible location #2 – Hrothgar’s Pass
The chest is NE of Hrothgar’s Pass, near a big rock not far from the main road.
Snowden Drifts possible location #3 – Trapper’s Labyrinth
There is supposedly to be a chest between the the Frostgorge portal and the vista in the snowy area.
Snowden Drifts possible location #4 – Villmark Foothils
There is supposedly a chest between just west of Drakentelt.
Snowden Drifts possible location #5 – Isenfall Gullies
Check around this area.
Wayfarer Foothills (5 locations)
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #1– Darkriven Bluffs
Reader Elicha found the chest north of the Darkriven waypoint in Wayfarer Foothills (Hermit’s Watch POI)
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #2 – Solitude Vale
Elicha found another location way north in Wayfarer Foothills.
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #3 – Moleberia – Unverified
Check the Moleberia, especially the SW corner.
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #4 – Hunter’s Lake near the Frozen Maw POI/Skill Challenge
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #5 – Check around Osenfold Shear
Lornar’s Pass (1 location)
Lornar’s Pass possible location #1 – Nentor Valley – Unverified
Check the grawl caves to see if there are any chests.
See Halloween Patch Explorer achievements guide for other achievements.
GW2 The Long Way Around achievement guide
GW2 The Long Way Around achievement guide with detailed description and video walkthrough. The Long Way Around is an explorer achievement introduced with the Halloween patch for an activity in Straits of Devastation. The activity itself is largely risk free as there are no mobs around but there is a timer on it and it can be quite annoying/frustrating (achievement originally discovered by Taeril)