I didn't think to add this during video creation, so I'm going to add it here. If you have trouble getting certain achievements done (for example: not enough people to do a boss kill you need even though its open world) look under achievements -> daily -> daily living world season 3. There will be a zone with dailies in it so it will be higher trafficed. The day I write this it is daily ember bay, so it is a lot easier to get stuff done in ember bay today due to all the people there. Hope this helps!
Have to say Mukluk ,you have helped so much with getting some of these achievements started! I got the one from Bloodstone fen , I noticed how little I was actually missing. ( just did the Lake Doric one today)
@@KHALK008 Yes I did! It was my first legendary trinket and I had so much fun that I started Vision right after, and then Conflux, and then Prismatic Champion's Regalia and I'm currently working on Aurene's Bite and Legendary Runes (1/7 already). By the six Gods, I hadn't realise how much I achieved in a year!! Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention!
We who have lost everything and will be coming back as new players appreciate all these guides Mukluk on how to get gold, get the best gear with minimal effort and steady playing. Bravo Global Icon Bravo Sir.........
I finished my aurora today and I really enjoyed the whole process to get it :) I followed your step by step guide throughout my journey and really appreciate the work you put in this video. Thanks a lot! I can still proudly say: "I have a life!" :D
@@ViviLouF This. I needed those damned masks. So I sat down today and did it, Taco made it a little easier, at least with the puzzle part. I got really frustrated and just walked away for a while, moving the toon every half hour or so. About 6 hours total, 15 deaths per foot of advancement or so, but I got it. Yes it takes time, yes it's annoying as hell, but my god, did I feel good when I finished.
Just a little hint for people who don't like the Dragon's Stand meta or don't have time for it: There are three Blighting Pods that spawn regardless of meta completion. Their exact spots vary, but they will generally be towards the end of the lanes, one each. Since you only need one Crystalline Ore for this, you can use a mount or other sneaky method and just open any one of these on any Dragon's Stand map. Opening a pod is guaranteed to drop you at least one ore and there you go.
I just had two of my IRL friends come back to the game to play through LS 3-5 and POF as we've all taken a break from GW2. I had decided this was going to be my goal and your video was perfect timing. Thanks! Found your channel last night and I've already subbed and been enjoying your gw2 content!
do the draconis mons hearts every day - and get all 5 of the shards each day. You'll need 16*5=80 of them (as stated in the video). You don't have to progress anything else if you don't have time - just keep the fragments to make druid runestones. If you have only a few minutes online in a day (e.g. real life requirements), just buy the single fragment at the draconis mons mariner's landing Supplymaster Hanjo - just requires 1000 UM and no time investment. I just finished aurora last night and this was the biggest stumbling block/time gate. Everything else was just plugging away a little each day.
How is getting 1000 unbound magic faster than completing a heart? I'd say time investment to get 1000 UM is order of magnitude larger that to complete just one heart.
Wished I saw this before working on Aurora, I got stuck on getting that druid backpack as my last achievement, and didn’t start pre grinding for it at the start l. …so I watch the video for Vision and saw that too had a few day grind to it. So I work on both, and now I’m the happy owner of both Vision and Aurora
Xunlai Electrum Ingot is not timegated itself, but one of the components is. Be sure to be dilligent with your four daily craftings to avoid such situations!
True, I leveled jeweler specifically for this purpose. Imagine my surprise, when I was able to craft 2 Xunlai Ingots at once :D Only then I realized it's actually the Lump of Mithrillium that's making it time-gated. Well, at least I have a jeweler now.
I watched this also and quickly leveled up jewelcrafting for the same reason. But I get to 400 and I don't see a daily cooldown anymore. I crafted two of em right off to test it. Did they remove it? It's Dec 13, 2023 but I can't find anything on google about it. The GW2wiki page doesn't mention the time gate either.
With the coming story achievements, the maps will likely be fairly populated again for a time. It will be a good chance to work on a lot of these collections.
5:30 I just farmed the hound mantle during the anniversary boost, because I completely agree.... Screw that. 😂 It only took an hour or 2 with all the xp boost stacking. 😂
@@Cuiva you know it's funny you comment on this now, I got the achievement last week when doing the "return to..." achievement and didn't even try to do it... well thanks for the tip anyway
By doing the "long-step-pve-achievements" you get quite a lot of stuff that can be sold (Even unbound Magic), also in these days with mounts the farm is waaayyy shorter so don't give up.. you can make it!!
@@fernaxv farm? You mean like doing brainless stuff over and over for gold? Not for me, it's boring af. All my gold come from weekly raids and daily fractals (when I have time)
I finally started Aurora this week. Overall not bad until I got to Draconis Mons. I'd seriously rather do chalice 16 times than have to do all 4 hearts 16 days in a row.
@@MuklukTH-cam It's really easy if you start from the top and use position rewinder or ports. Normal path might be a bit much, but I still might consider it. I'm burned out on hearts from map completion. :P
ive done this onу and looks easier than complete jahai bluggs achievements for vision/ special items in awakening ive easily got from wvw likу with vision
i started working on this 2 months ago and got as far a needing a meta in lake doric near the resivor but it never triggers nor is there ever anyone in the zone doing metas. i gave up on it and moved onto other aspirations
I lost my 7 Legendary Runes. I deleted a character and lost them all. :(... This was around 3 weeks before the Armory...grrrrr I HATE the Devs for forcing people play crap they DONT want to play. JP, WvW or even PvP !
Curious about the Chalice of tears jp. If I park my character after completing it once, can I jump onto another character and get to the point of having to do it again, then switch back to the first character, will I get credit the second time? I think this worked for dailies
There will periodically be daily quests in draconis mons, it is much easier to get those done on the days of the daily quests for those struggling with that.
question bro about the Wayfarers henge...if i'm going to the the hearts everyday, will it unlock the henge achievement instead of doing the Druid stone to unlock the next step up to wayfarers henge achievement?
250 of each LWS3 currencies... That did it, I will not farm that shit. That is not fun, that is not even an achievement farm or something, that is pure jerk fest. No leggy trinket is worth a jerk fest =)
You know what really sucks? I"m like 99% sure I didn't pick up the coin at the end, but I've done it with the help of a friendly mesmer once. This was before I had all my gliding masteries and barely started the game. These 2 people literally held my hand through it all and the mes kept helping me when I couldn't make it on my own. This was one of my most shocking experiences in an MMO ever. Kind of sad how that helpfulness in OW goes away in so many game modes.
Because of this JP I have a heart condition! But the rewinder, 12 cans of Stella, a spliff, some blow, heroin & a bottle of Jack tis possible. Just lol JK the rewinder is the saviour for this one! Good luck mate.
The Legendary Armory has made these grinds so much more worth it. That being said, these grinds just solidify my notion that going for all the mounts is the first step.
@@RecklessFables yep, the skyscale is a bit annoying to get (not that much nowadays, since there are the returns achieves that give 250 from each map currency that you need for the skyscale) but once you get it, it changes your open world experience by a LOT. It is so much easier/less annoying to traverse the world with the skyscale holy crap.
For lake doric reward track, don't choose the wrong chest at the end as I did or you'll have to do it all again 😅 there are two similarly worded chests
My major additional tip: If you’re having a hard time doing the LW3 achievements, there is a LW3 Daily achievement section that rotates maps. Wait until that map is the one you need and the population will be much greater than normal
I finished Aurora today and I just wanted to say thank you so much for the guide! The tip with crafting the Xunlai Ingots while working on the first step was such a lifesaver... well, goldsaver! 🤭
AND: Now with the Seasons of the Dragons achievement that gives you a legendary amulet at the end, the Season 3 zones are much more alive than they've never been. This makes doing the bosses in the various zones SO much more easier and actually doable for zones like Bloodstone Fen, a zone that was practically a ghost town. Now is the most optimal time to do Aurora and Vision!
How in the world do I have all of these sentient things and not realize they could be put in the mystic forge for a single item? lol Now the sad reality that I could have had a lot of this done if I knew I needed to combine those items and start Aurora. lol
The rewind device is pretty awesome. I am a terrible jumper. Even with it though I gave up on this puzzle about half way through. I saw this awesome mesmer advertising in chat. Actually he has a hoard of mesmer characters stationed all around the puzzle check points and the chest - so professional - and just ports you sequentially. You barely even see any lava up close its all done from the rim on top. UP/DOWN/UP So worth it for me.
If you REALLY don't wanna do chalice a second time (bc... understandable), get all of the other items for gleam of sentience required, get every coin except for the ones in the JP, complete the jp up until you get all the required coins. Then use a handy dandy portable mystic forge (the permanent, account bound once used one can be made by following this recipe / bought off the tp: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge_Conduit_(container) and the single use one can be crafted / bought: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge_Node) Throw all of your converters into it, unlock the big boy converter and Aurora achievements, and continue on with the jp! It's a big work around but if you're horrible at or hate jps, chalice is one of (if not THE) worst imo, so it's worth it to avoid doing it a second time. Plus if you don't have the portable MF I think it's pretty handy and worth having! I love having it for DW because I can throw all my medallions into it and hopefully get an amalgamated :D
important note: xunlai ingots are NOT timegated, rather the mithrillium is. it's 50 mithril ingots, relatively cheap and used in many set 2 legendarys and ascended weapons and armours. make 1 at every opportunity.
It's a relief you can skip meta achieves with PVP/WvW. Was really disappointed when working on Vision when you couldn't do that in jahai. Ironically though, doing the Elegy collection was really great. And I didn't realize how good the story for it was until I played through it again (I was hammering through for skyscale on round 1). Also I'm super poor and have the precursors for like 3 legendaries, but not the cash to convert them >.
Done Vision before starting on Aurora, and looking back, it seema that Aurora have easier steps if compared to Vision (apart from the 16 days time gated Druid stones), i believe this arises where LS4 achievement required for getting the mastery is actually way more than LS3 (LS3 around 20ish, LS4 have up to 38, and this cannot be skipped using wvw, yes the Jahai Bluffs) There are basically only 2 issues (minor) with Aurora, which is the druid stone and the Chalice of Tears (which i done 4 times, during : LS3 Ember bay release, return of ember bay, getting the gleam of sentience, and for aurora master) apart from that, aurora is pretty easier compared to Vision (3000 kalkratoric ore, unskippable Jahai bluffs mastery, funerary incense(for this i do not have a problem due to pre LS4 release, we just grind bounty hunting in Crystal Desert)
Thanks for the guide, Mukluk! I'll add, for those that are a little lukewarm on doing WvW for the Reward Track, I personally found "Flashpoint", "Out of the Shadows" and "Rising Flames" masteries to be pretty easy to finish off so I'd advise checking how close you are to getting those complete before jumping into WvW - it might save you a few dozen hours farming there. I found that "The Head of the Snake" (Lake Doric), "A Crack in the Ice" (Bitterfrost Frontier) and "One Path Ends" (Siren's Landing) Masteries to take longer to finish and might be worth the 4 to 8 hours of grinding WvW on each one in order to finish their Reward Tracks.
Another side note: For the Draconis Mons "A Henge Away from Home" achievement you literaly need to do 3 other collections to even unlock it. The Druid Stone - 7 items Awakening the Druid Stone - 14 items Sprouting the Druid Stone - 21 items Wich means, to do the "A Henge Away from Home" achievement you need to collect/deliver 74 items. God damn this is so much fkin work... especialy since i haven't even done "The Druid Stone" achievement yet ^^
@@ClerifyGames I personally havent ran into a bot as the map is huge. Once you get to lvl 80 you will never run into one. TO many great things to do with parties to have bots ruin it for ya. And ive not ran into bots in pvp myself. There are a few types of pvp modes. I say get to lvl 80 and get the main quest out the way. get some mounts and explore the game and then when ur ready for pvp..dont pvp lol get gear for pvp first. Its takes about a month or 2 of daily logging and grinding to get the gear and then after you have gear try your hand in pvp.
These videos on the accessories really helped me to demystify these grinds, they are way more doable than I thought (even though they are very time-consuming). I think I'll start doing one achiev a day until I get that "precursor" done.
Lamo, i remember the staff and shield from Lake Doric when I was doing it. I didn't have enough karma to buy them lol. I went to Dragonfall to farm karma :p
Another awesome guide for me to actualy follow in some years when i get the time and the materials to do the item. Thanks Muk, for always thinking in the future
Made Aurora a couple years back, and it was pretty time consuming, especially with the time gated collections and achievements. I paid a couple of mesmers handsomely for porting me around that dreadful JP 😂 twice! Have to say that Vision was considerably easier. Thanks to pvp/wvw reward tracks, you can get the required corsair armor pieces without having to actually fully finish story achivements. If you only want one of them, again,.I found Vision easier to get than Aurora.
cannot believe i already did gleam of sentience just because i didnt want the ore the fragments and the dust in my inventory ....i still remember chalice of tears .....lots of tears
Steps? Whatever. 1000-1300g worth of stuff for mystic tribute(depending of you capabilities of getting clovers directly) is where the problem is for mere mortals playing the game D: You could asc gear a couple of characters for that monnies.
The Token Collection in Ember Bay is one of the worst things i'v done in the game... but other than that i acually miss working on Legendaries like Aurora. Was a lot of fun and it usually takes you to some places you didn't even know existed in the game.
Popping in, in 2024. Still a very useful guide! Slowly worming my way through the Mastery achievements, and dreading the inevitable money/material sink that is the gift crafting. But itll be worth it, i hope. Thanks for the guide Mukluk ❤
That’s too much work for one item. I have a life. But I also have an ascended back item and about 67yrs left before that “life” problem fixes its self. So might as well start now. Slow and steady. Thanks for the guide 😊
Anybody watching this here is a tip: For the mastery/reward track items, check how many more achivements you need first. I completed the houndskin mantle reward track, then the next day U completed the mastery randomly while progressing the Henge away from home achi chain, so I wasted a full reward track completion...
I was crafting Xunlai while doing druid stone achivo. just finish druid stone and all the first collection yesterday. what I'd suggest is that a lot of Aurora achievements tie to events in lwss3 maps which can be empty, so plan for it, look at the lwss3 daily and go to the daily map to do the collection. Because there will always be more people on the daily map and it makes the whole collection much easier. For the items that need you to finish story masteries, I ended up doing it all. I feel like the achievements are much easier compared to lwss4 for Vision except the Siren's landing one but WvW is also another choice to get it. Ps. f*ck the RNG in the collection. SOme items took me more than a week lol. I understand why a lot of people hate it and they get rid of it for the Vision collection lol
By the time I was down to just the wvw items I had actually finished the draconic mons achievements, and was 2 away from some of the other zone achievements - so check how close you are before diving into wvw because you might accidentally be closer than you think.
i wouldn't have minded all the mountain of achievements and collections but honestly having to spend around 1,6K gold on top of all that every time i wanna craft a legendary item, it gets annoying pretty fast . personally i'd like it if it was one way or the other . either splash a ton of gold for it or make it require a lengthy list of achievments and collections . but both ? seems a little off putting
I didn't think to add this during video creation, so I'm going to add it here. If you have trouble getting certain achievements done (for example: not enough people to do a boss kill you need even though its open world) look under achievements -> daily -> daily living world season 3. There will be a zone with dailies in it so it will be higher trafficed. The day I write this it is daily ember bay, so it is a lot easier to get stuff done in ember bay today due to all the people there.
Hope this helps!
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@@jasonwolf7278 Done, thanks!
Have to say Mukluk ,you have helped so much with getting some of these achievements started! I got the one from Bloodstone fen , I noticed how little I was actually missing. ( just did the Lake Doric one today)
THAT is helpful. Trying to finish Siren's and no one ever around for 3 champions...frustrating.
Does this still work?
That's too much work for an item BUT i dont have a life, so im already half way there lol
Good luck fellow NoLife
@@bertoandon9681 fellow "father: you play all day long what are you gonna do with your life"
That’s too much work, I have a life, but I’m a glutton for punishment - also half way done 😂
1 year later, did you get it ? 🤣🤣🤣
I started working on it yesterday. No life either
@@KHALK008 Yes I did! It was my first legendary trinket and I had so much fun that I started Vision right after, and then Conflux, and then Prismatic Champion's Regalia and I'm currently working on Aurene's Bite and Legendary Runes (1/7 already).
By the six Gods, I hadn't realise how much I achieved in a year!! Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention!
We who have lost everything and will be coming back as new players appreciate all these guides Mukluk on how to get gold, get the best gear with minimal effort and steady playing. Bravo Global Icon Bravo Sir.........
I finished my aurora today and I really enjoyed the whole process to get it :)
I followed your step by step guide throughout my journey and really appreciate the work you put in this video. Thanks a lot!
I can still proudly say: "I have a life!" :D
“You have to do Chalice of Tears”
“You have to do Chalice of Tears again”
This video has successfully discouraged me from getting Aurora xD.
With Taco and Position rewinder it's pretty easy. I don't know why people find it hard. Once you done it , it becomes easier and easier
@@ViviLouF I know, I just suck at both the jumping part and the puzzle part of jumping puzzle lol
@@notaseraf Then tryhard, never give up and you'll get it, that's how I do everything in video games lol
Or you can find a Mesmer 😆
@@ViviLouF This. I needed those damned masks. So I sat down today and did it, Taco made it a little easier, at least with the puzzle part. I got really frustrated and just walked away for a while, moving the toon every half hour or so. About 6 hours total, 15 deaths per foot of advancement or so, but I got it. Yes it takes time, yes it's annoying as hell, but my god, did I feel good when I finished.
Every time I saw someone with the combo, i keep asking myself "where do that skin come off ?" Finally got the answer, thank you !!
Just a little hint for people who don't like the Dragon's Stand meta or don't have time for it: There are three Blighting Pods that spawn regardless of meta completion. Their exact spots vary, but they will generally be towards the end of the lanes, one each. Since you only need one Crystalline Ore for this, you can use a mount or other sneaky method and just open any one of these on any Dragon's Stand map. Opening a pod is guaranteed to drop you at least one ore and there you go.
I just had two of my IRL friends come back to the game to play through LS 3-5 and POF as we've all taken a break from GW2.
I had decided this was going to be my goal and your video was perfect timing. Thanks! Found your channel last night and I've already subbed and been enjoying your gw2 content!
do the draconis mons hearts every day - and get all 5 of the shards each day. You'll need 16*5=80 of them (as stated in the video). You don't have to progress anything else if you don't have time - just keep the fragments to make druid runestones. If you have only a few minutes online in a day (e.g. real life requirements), just buy the single fragment at the draconis mons mariner's landing Supplymaster Hanjo - just requires 1000 UM and no time investment. I just finished aurora last night and this was the biggest stumbling block/time gate. Everything else was just plugging away a little each day.
How is getting 1000 unbound magic faster than completing a heart?
I'd say time investment to get 1000 UM is order of magnitude larger that to complete just one heart.
Even if you made this video 30 minutes long, I'd still watch it. Just means more Mukluk!
Great guide, Muk. Thanks for sharing, and for the points about getting those items on the PVP reward track instead.
Wished I saw this before working on Aurora, I got stuck on getting that druid backpack as my last achievement, and didn’t start pre grinding for it at the start l. …so I watch the video for Vision and saw that too had a few day grind to it. So I work on both, and now I’m the happy owner of both Vision and Aurora
Xunlai Electrum Ingot is not timegated itself, but one of the components is. Be sure to be dilligent with your four daily craftings to avoid such situations!
True, I leveled jeweler specifically for this purpose. Imagine my surprise, when I was able to craft 2 Xunlai Ingots at once :D Only then I realized it's actually the Lump of Mithrillium that's making it time-gated. Well, at least I have a jeweler now.
Glad I rewatched this cause I had totally forgot about the xunlay ingots and their daily crafting limit. Need to add that to my daily routine.
I watched this also and quickly leveled up jewelcrafting for the same reason. But I get to 400 and I don't see a daily cooldown anymore. I crafted two of em right off to test it. Did they remove it? It's Dec 13, 2023 but I can't find anything on google about it. The GW2wiki page doesn't mention the time gate either.
Just crafted mine. Thanks for the guide!
Thanks for the guide, I need to see how many of these tasks I already have and didn't even know it. :)
With the coming story achievements, the maps will likely be fairly populated again for a time. It will be a good chance to work on a lot of these collections.
I love how u explain all the process broth
As a mesmer main, I have made so much money selling chalice of tears run. Easiest gold farm once you know how to portal people around
5:30 I just farmed the hound mantle during the anniversary boost, because I completely agree.... Screw that. 😂 It only took an hour or 2 with all the xp boost stacking. 😂
I have been 1 achievement away from the Bitterfrost's gloves and you are telling me I COULD JUST PVP THEM?!
GODAMN ICE BEAST AND ICE SPELL
YAP
I feel you man. Doing that "not getting frozen" solo achievement is hard af xD
for the "Not being frozen" Achivement, I just let Braham and Gorm fight the boss till all the minions were gone, then I went in and bonked him.
@@Cuiva you know it's funny you comment on this now, I got the achievement last week when doing the "return to..." achievement and didn't even try to do it...
well thanks for the tip anyway
Great guide. Thanks!
Just finished mine, thanks to your guide! Thank you Mukluk!
Thank you Mr Muk!
Thanks muk
helpful, thank you :)
Just crafted legendary backpack. I need just 1k gold for Coalescence/Aurora (ignoring the achievements). Pretty expensive for my budget right now :c
By doing the "long-step-pve-achievements" you get quite a lot of stuff that can be sold (Even unbound Magic), also in these days with mounts the farm is waaayyy shorter so don't give up.. you can make it!!
@@fernaxv farm? You mean like doing brainless stuff over and over for gold? Not for me, it's boring af. All my gold come from weekly raids and daily fractals (when I have time)
Do a bunch of achievements and you are rewarded with a bill. Stupid game lol.
I finally started Aurora this week. Overall not bad until I got to Draconis Mons. I'd seriously rather do chalice 16 times than have to do all 4 hearts 16 days in a row.
I'm not saying I liked the hearts but 16 chalices?!?!
@@MuklukTH-cam It's really easy if you start from the top and use position rewinder or ports. Normal path might be a bit much, but I still might consider it. I'm burned out on hearts from map completion. :P
I have been playing the game since launch on and off and I still do not have any legendary items. Maybe I should get on that
Now we just need a shortcut for those mystic coins (going up in price as of this moment) and will be done and happy
ive done this onу and looks easier than complete jahai bluggs achievements for vision/ special items in awakening ive easily got from wvw likу with vision
i started working on this 2 months ago and got as far a needing a meta in lake doric near the resivor but it never triggers nor is there ever anyone in the zone doing metas. i gave up on it and moved onto other aspirations
I finally finished it, druid stones were the worst 😂
The worst part was the wayfarer's henge, I was gutted when I found out I needed to do a whole backpack as well.
I lost my 7 Legendary Runes. I deleted a character and lost them all. :(...
This was around 3 weeks before the Armory...grrrrr
I HATE the Devs for forcing people play crap they DONT want to play. JP, WvW or even PvP !
Curious about the Chalice of tears jp. If I park my character after completing it once, can I jump onto another character and get to the point of having to do it again, then switch back to the first character, will I get credit the second time? I think this worked for dailies
Draconis Mons... I feel your pain :(
Most of this is soloable, some of it isn't, I remember really struggling to get people together for the ignis and aestus boss fights in Draconis Mons
There will periodically be daily quests in draconis mons, it is much easier to get those done on the days of the daily quests for those struggling with that.
question bro about the Wayfarers henge...if i'm going to the the hearts everyday, will it unlock the henge achievement instead of doing the Druid stone to unlock the next step up to wayfarers henge achievement?
no it wont u need to actually do the collections
How much money does it cost to get aurora? I really need to know before I decide to get started xD
I don't remember if it costed me any, I just remember it took time. But skim the video it should tell you any expenses I'm forgetting.
@@MuklukTH-cam okay, thank you!
1901 gold
I got lucky and got the mantle skin from a black lion chest wardrobe unlock Basically skipping one of the most annoying steps
so i gotta finish living world season 3?
okay this gleam shit is too much
Sadly I don't have that kind of time for a gear piece :(
Chalice of tears. 😂😂😂
Can the effects be hidden? I want it but not the floating puff balls around me :/ lol
They cannot at this time, possibly down the road but not currently.
The only reason I want it is for the floating orbs lol.
@@garuda4361 not all of us are into the fasion wars lol each to their own 😀
i did flashpoint mastery.. still would..
250 of each LWS3 currencies... That did it, I will not farm that shit. That is not fun, that is not even an achievement farm or something, that is pure jerk fest. No leggy trinket is worth a jerk fest =)
You get 250 of each as an achievement reward while working on season of the dragons (the leggie amulet) if you wish to get it through that route.
@@MuklukTH-cam Well, I wish I knew that 7 months ago when I was doing all the story altogether with Season of the Dragons 😄
i'm fine with it taking time, but that ember bay jumping puzzle is a horror movie
agree lol
With Taco and position rewinder it's pretty simple
If you have TacO, its significantly easier. Shows where and when to jump, etc. Still hard, but less tear-your-hair-out awful
You know what really sucks? I"m like 99% sure I didn't pick up the coin at the end, but I've done it with the help of a friendly mesmer once. This was before I had all my gliding masteries and barely started the game. These 2 people literally held my hand through it all and the mes kept helping me when I couldn't make it on my own. This was one of my most shocking experiences in an MMO ever. Kind of sad how that helpfulness in OW goes away in so many game modes.
Because of this JP I have a heart condition! But the rewinder, 12 cans of Stella, a spliff, some blow, heroin & a bottle of Jack tis possible. Just lol JK the rewinder is the saviour for this one! Good luck mate.
The Legendary Armory has made these grinds so much more worth it. That being said, these grinds just solidify my notion that going for all the mounts is the first step.
I agree my friend got the game a few months ago and now that he has all the mounts he loves it.
I just got my skyscale. I feel like I finished the game, LOL
@@RecklessFables yep, the skyscale is a bit annoying to get (not that much nowadays, since there are the returns achieves that give 250 from each map currency that you need for the skyscale) but once you get it, it changes your open world experience by a LOT. It is so much easier/less annoying to traverse the world with the skyscale holy crap.
Agreed. Good choice.
@@RecklessFables seriously though lol
Hears "Chalice of Tears"
...
Nope. Nope, nope, nope
yes yes yes, i ts fun ..
everyone complaining about how long it all is, me only complaining about getting those mats.
For lake doric reward track, don't choose the wrong chest at the end as I did or you'll have to do it all again 😅 there are two similarly worded chests
My major additional tip: If you’re having a hard time doing the LW3 achievements, there is a LW3 Daily achievement section that rotates maps. Wait until that map is the one you need and the population will be much greater than normal
If you have commander Tag, people gather fast also , whatever the day ^^
Also ask to Guildmates if possible
thanks ^^
Start now doing it. since this Video so many ppl are on it 😀
@@ViviLouF Confirmed. If I want to see a boss dead, I just tag commander, maybe shout in chat. If it's the map meta I'll even set up LFG.
I finished Aurora today and I just wanted to say thank you so much for the guide! The tip with crafting the Xunlai Ingots while working on the first step was such a lifesaver... well, goldsaver! 🤭
AND:
Now with the Seasons of the Dragons achievement that gives you a legendary amulet at the end, the Season 3 zones are much more alive than they've never been. This makes doing the bosses in the various zones SO much more easier and actually doable for zones like Bloodstone Fen, a zone that was practically a ghost town. Now is the most optimal time to do Aurora and Vision!
Yep, mounts are also really helpful with that. Doing my aurora now and basically drakonis mons backpack is left to do
It is a lot of work for an item. But like any research paper, it's best done in bits. Not all at once like many people tend to do.
How was this comment listed two day ago when it was released a few hours ago?
@@ericcooke2661 I'm subscribed to Muk's twitch. Twitch subs and Patreon patrons get early access to new videos.
@@ericahess7508 Oh, none of my Patreon do that, they make an independent link.
Every legendary takes time. Not just this trinket.
@@hiimzdeny__2878 yup. They're not things you're gonna knock out in a day. They're multi-day projects.
I am confused. This was just uploaded minutes ago but we have a comment from yesterday
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Ohhh.. Okay
How in the world do I have all of these sentient things and not realize they could be put in the mystic forge for a single item? lol Now the sad reality that I could have had a lot of this done if I knew I needed to combine those items and start Aurora. lol
I love the "it doesn't sparkle it's just me" hahahahaha
This is too much time for one item, I have a life!
Okay, is my wife out of the room?
Right... Gonna work towards this bit by bit 🍻
The rewind device is pretty awesome. I am a terrible jumper. Even with it though I gave up on this puzzle about half way through. I saw this awesome mesmer advertising in chat. Actually he has a hoard of mesmer characters stationed all around the puzzle check points and the chest - so professional - and just ports you sequentially. You barely even see any lava up close its all done from the rim on top. UP/DOWN/UP So worth it for me.
If you REALLY don't wanna do chalice a second time (bc... understandable), get all of the other items for gleam of sentience required, get every coin except for the ones in the JP, complete the jp up until you get all the required coins.
Then use a handy dandy portable mystic forge (the permanent, account bound once used one can be made by following this recipe / bought off the tp: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge_Conduit_(container) and the single use one can be crafted / bought: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge_Node)
Throw all of your converters into it, unlock the big boy converter and Aurora achievements, and continue on with the jp!
It's a big work around but if you're horrible at or hate jps, chalice is one of (if not THE) worst imo, so it's worth it to avoid doing it a second time. Plus if you don't have the portable MF I think it's pretty handy and worth having! I love having it for DW because I can throw all my medallions into it and hopefully get an amalgamated :D
important note: xunlai ingots are NOT timegated, rather the mithrillium is. it's 50 mithril ingots, relatively cheap and used in many set 2 legendarys and ascended weapons and armours. make 1 at every opportunity.
It's a relief you can skip meta achieves with PVP/WvW. Was really disappointed when working on Vision when you couldn't do that in jahai. Ironically though, doing the Elegy collection was really great. And I didn't realize how good the story for it was until I played through it again (I was hammering through for skyscale on round 1). Also I'm super poor and have the precursors for like 3 legendaries, but not the cash to convert them >.
Done Vision before starting on Aurora, and looking back, it seema that Aurora have easier steps if compared to Vision (apart from the 16 days time gated Druid stones), i believe this arises where LS4 achievement required for getting the mastery is actually way more than LS3 (LS3 around 20ish, LS4 have up to 38, and this cannot be skipped using wvw, yes the Jahai Bluffs)
There are basically only 2 issues (minor) with Aurora, which is the druid stone and the Chalice of Tears (which i done 4 times, during : LS3 Ember bay release, return of ember bay, getting the gleam of sentience, and for aurora master) apart from that, aurora is pretty easier compared to Vision (3000 kalkratoric ore, unskippable Jahai bluffs mastery, funerary incense(for this i do not have a problem due to pre LS4 release, we just grind bounty hunting in Crystal Desert)
The prototype rewinder made chalice of tears tollerable. I do not know how anyone does it without it or a mesmer.
Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for the guide, Mukluk! I'll add, for those that are a little lukewarm on doing WvW for the Reward Track, I personally found "Flashpoint", "Out of the Shadows" and "Rising Flames" masteries to be pretty easy to finish off so I'd advise checking how close you are to getting those complete before jumping into WvW - it might save you a few dozen hours farming there.
I found that "The Head of the Snake" (Lake Doric), "A Crack in the Ice" (Bitterfrost Frontier) and "One Path Ends" (Siren's Landing) Masteries to take longer to finish and might be worth the 4 to 8 hours of grinding WvW on each one in order to finish their Reward Tracks.
Wait wtf a comment from yesterday?
The video is 6 minutes ago
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@@MuklukTH-cam ooh ty forgot about that
Patreons have early access(videos is actualy like 1-2 days old)
Another side note: For the Draconis Mons "A Henge Away from Home" achievement you literaly need to do 3 other collections to even unlock it.
The Druid Stone - 7 items
Awakening the Druid Stone - 14 items
Sprouting the Druid Stone - 21 items
Wich means, to do the "A Henge Away from Home" achievement you need to collect/deliver 74 items.
God damn this is so much fkin work... especialy since i haven't even done "The Druid Stone" achievement yet ^^
Oh noooooooooooooooo I was ready to start later today with the 16 stones, but it seems I need to finish the other things before that!
@@Pike27 Yep.
guild wars has so much stuff you can do lol. This game is so good
I just started playing, and it's been great! Saw a bot in action today tho... do you guys noticed them a lot? I've heard they are a issue in PvP
@@ClerifyGames I personally havent ran into a bot as the map is huge. Once you get to lvl 80 you will never run into one. TO many great things to do with parties to have bots ruin it for ya. And ive not ran into bots in pvp myself. There are a few types of pvp modes. I say get to lvl 80 and get the main quest out the way. get some mounts and explore the game and then when ur ready for pvp..dont pvp lol get gear for pvp first. Its takes about a month or 2 of daily logging and grinding to get the gear and then after you have gear try your hand in pvp.
*Me staring at dozens of XP boosters I never used*
I guess it's time to get into WvW. I only need to do two of the reward tracks.
Do it, you might even like it!
These videos on the accessories really helped me to demystify these grinds, they are way more doable than I thought (even though they are very time-consuming). I think I'll start doing one achiev a day until I get that "precursor" done.
I came away with : There is a WvW track for that :
Not sure if possible, having the moving like button be clickable.
Love the vid.
Watching this again to reminisce my torment doing this
Lamo, i remember the staff and shield from Lake Doric when I was doing it. I didn't have enough karma to buy them lol. I went to Dragonfall to farm karma :p
Another awesome guide for me to actualy follow in some years when i get the time and the materials to do the item. Thanks Muk, for always thinking in the future
I got you covered future Laura 😆
Did future Laura do the collections yet? I'm almost done with part 1. Need 60k more karma to buy the final Lake Doric piece!
@@MuklukTH-cam AFTER A YEAR AND SOMETHING I FINALLY DID IT!!!! THANK YOU MUK!!!!!
thanks a TON for this video ^^ helped me alot! Greetings from Norway, have a nice Day/Night :D Thumbs up. Keep up the good work bud!
Made Aurora a couple years back, and it was pretty time consuming, especially with the time gated collections and achievements. I paid a couple of mesmers handsomely for porting me around that dreadful JP 😂 twice!
Have to say that Vision was considerably easier. Thanks to pvp/wvw reward tracks, you can get the required corsair armor pieces without having to actually fully finish story achivements.
If you only want one of them, again,.I found Vision easier to get than Aurora.
cannot believe i already did gleam of sentience just because i didnt want the ore the fragments and the dust in my inventory ....i still remember chalice of tears .....lots of tears
LOL... I have to stop watching these Legendary videos. I do think it's amazing that you went through it all and can actually explain it! :D
I always get to this achievements and think: Hey, its doable! I think I can make it! And then I see the mystic tribute.
i subbed and hit like button :)) im sure this is useful to me so again Thanks :D
Steps? Whatever. 1000-1300g worth of stuff for mystic tribute(depending of you capabilities of getting clovers directly) is where the problem is for mere mortals playing the game D: You could asc gear a couple of characters for that monnies.
Im damn close to end this collection :D i only need to pvp or wvw now \o/
The Token Collection in Ember Bay is one of the worst things i'v done in the game... but other than that i acually miss working on Legendaries like Aurora.
Was a lot of fun and it usually takes you to some places you didn't even know existed in the game.
Popping in, in 2024. Still a very useful guide! Slowly worming my way through the Mastery achievements, and dreading the inevitable money/material sink that is the gift crafting.
But itll be worth it, i hope. Thanks for the guide Mukluk ❤
That’s too much work for one item. I have a life. But I also have an ascended back item and about 67yrs left before that “life” problem fixes its self.
So might as well start now. Slow and steady. Thanks for the guide 😊
Waaaay too much crap to do lol
Anybody watching this here is a tip: For the mastery/reward track items, check how many more achivements you need first. I completed the houndskin mantle reward track, then the next day U completed the mastery randomly while progressing the Henge away from home achi chain, so I wasted a full reward track completion...
Got Vision from your other video and now from this, Aurora part 1 is complete. This is super duper helpful! Thanks!
Yeah, I'm still stuck on the bloody Chalice of Tears, for both Legendaries.
"slightly" hidden coins is the understatement of the century for the Mursaat Tokens.
I was crafting Xunlai while doing druid stone achivo. just finish druid stone and all the first collection yesterday. what I'd suggest is that a lot of Aurora achievements tie to events in lwss3 maps which can be empty, so plan for it, look at the lwss3 daily and go to the daily map to do the collection. Because there will always be more people on the daily map and it makes the whole collection much easier.
For the items that need you to finish story masteries, I ended up doing it all. I feel like the achievements are much easier compared to lwss4 for Vision except the Siren's landing one but WvW is also another choice to get it.
Ps. f*ck the RNG in the collection. SOme items took me more than a week lol. I understand why a lot of people hate it and they get rid of it for the Vision collection lol
Skipped these but now I'm doing them because of the armory. Slowly creeping my way through Vision...
By the time I was down to just the wvw items I had actually finished the draconic mons achievements, and was 2 away from some of the other zone achievements - so check how close you are before diving into wvw because you might accidentally be closer than you think.
i wouldn't have minded all the mountain of achievements and collections but honestly having to spend around 1,6K gold on top of all that every time i wanna craft a legendary item, it gets annoying pretty fast . personally i'd like it if it was one way or the other . either splash a ton of gold for it or make it require a lengthy list of achievments and collections . but both ? seems a little off putting
Once I've made aurora can i salvage the hero tokens 'ember bay hero' 'draconic mons hero' etc?
Was so happy when i realized i had done most of it without knowing :)
Uuuuugh... Gift of battle... Time to go die to sweat lords and being yelled at by sweat lords...