Straits of Devastation POIs, Skill Points and Vistas

Note that this zone is very difficult to navigate.  There are Risen everywhere with fairly fast respawn times and a lot of pull/immobilize/cripple abilities.  Trying to get 100% completion alone would be hard unless you're very fast, can heal on the run and clear conditions.   Not to mention the very large space means that player density is lower, so you need to do a lot of the skill challenges alone and must be able to solo veteran mobs.

POIs

POI at Half Circle Cove:  Underground, in a tunnel.  Can enter from either the west or the southeast.

POI in the SW section of Fort Trinity (Caer Aval): There's some kooky things you can do to get to this POI, but the easiest thing is to just go through the story and it'll send you there.  The quest is "Temple of the Forgotten God (72).

Shark's Teeth Archipelago POI:  Enter underwater from the east.

POI NW of the Blighted Battleground (NE of Waywarde Way, SE of Xenarius Bayt): Map is below.

Vistas

Vista west of Fort Trinity:  Board the flying ship that's it on from the bridge to the east and then take the right path as you board.

Lightfoot Passage Vista: Inside a large cavern, reachable via the tunnels to the west.  Note that the entrance to the cavern is a blind turn so you need to constantly be searching the right hand wall to see it (or use the map for reference).  It's also a jump puzzle getting up to the top, but a fairly straightforward on.  Just keep climbing branches going upwards and keep an eye on which branch actually leads to the vista.  If you need a solution, see the video here.

Vista/Skill point NW of Shark's Teeth Archipelago (Vizier's Tower):  This is a jump puzzle that is started by crossing the bridge to the southwest.  Map below only shows the crossing section.  Climb the tower to reach the top, which has a vista, a skill point (book reading) and a chest.  Opening the chest spawns a veteran mob and a dynamic event to kill him, which can be soloed.  Climbing the tower also gives you the achievement "Vizier's Tower".  Video solution is here.  There is no easy way off the tower (no water to jump into) so waypointing is likely your best bet.


Vista NE of Triumph Plaza:  Requires some jumping to get up there.  Approach from the west.  The only tricky part is that at one point you have to jump on some rocks to be able to get enough height to jump over a gap.

Skill points

Skill point NW of Shark's Teeth Archipelago (Vizier's Tower):  See the vista above for description on how to get there.  The skill point requires you to just read a book.


Skill point SE of Sentry Steppes and SW of Cathedral of Glorious Victory: Enter the temple from the north.  On your left is a stairwell heading up.  Go up it, and then on your right will be a ramp leading to the skill point.  It's a fight against a single veteran mob.

Skill point at Cathedral of Glorious Victory:  The first half is the same as the Sentry Steppes skill point (above).  Enter the temple, go up the stairs on your left, then run over the waypoint.  Skill point will be right in front of you.  The skill point is a commune.  Note that if you are hit while communing, you will have to restart.

This is guarded by an outer ring of veteran and normal Risen, and the point itself has 2 veteran Risen at it.
If you have at least two people you will be fine, but if you are alone, here are your options:

1. Lure the outer ring of mobs back to your friendly mobs at the waypoint.
2. For the inner ring, there is one stationary veteran and one patrolling.  You can try killing the stationary one while the patrolling one is out of range.
3. Alternatively, you can summon a pet that can tank, then have the stationary vet attack it while you commune.  I did this successfully as an Elementalist with my earth elemental.

Misc

Chest:  At the Chapel of Lady Glaive POI (west of Triumph Plaza) there is a Champion Risen Captain and a chest.



Straits of Devastation 100% completion reward (at level 80): 40 silver, 25400 xp, two level 71 exotics, 3 Basic Transmutation Stones, and 40 Linen Scraps.