The Grove POIs and Vistas

Vista SE of the Upper Commons: On the NE side of the large house, there are a series of mushroom steps that lead you to the roof.  Walk over to the vista after climbing.

Vista next to the Upper Commons Waypoint: There are mushroom steps leading from the nearby ramp path up to the vista.

Vista NW of the Garden of Dusk: You have to jump onto the area from above.  There is a cave that leads upwards south of the vista on the ground level, and you can jump from up there.

Vista east of Caledon waypoint: There are some mushroom steps that start from the inside of the tree and rise up along the outside to the vista.

"How do I get to the roof of The Grove (Omphalon Chamber)?":  There are elevators on the 3rd level (2nd from the top).  You can see them on the map with the elevator up arrow symbol.  There are two POIs up there as well.


Completion (at level 55):
6,820 xp, 1 copper, 3 Basic Transmutation Stones

List of Areas

List of completed areas for which there are guides:

Black Citadel (city)
The Grove (city)
Hoelbrak (city)
Lion's Arch (city)
Rata Sum (city)


Caledon Forest (1-15, Sylvari start area)
Metrica Province (1-15, Asura start area)
Plains of Ashford (1-15, Charr start area)
Wayfarer Foothills (1-15, Norn start area)
Queensdale (1-15, Human start area)

Diessa Plateau (15-25)
Kessex Hills (15-25)
Snowden Drifts (15-25)

Lornar's Pass (25-40)
Fields of Ruin (30-40)

Harathi Hinterlands (35-45)

Blazeridge Steppes (40-50)
Dredgehaunt Cliffs (40-50)

Bloodtide Coast (45-55)

Timberline Falls (50-60)
Iron Marches (50-60)

Sparkfly Fen (55-65)

Fireheart Rise (60-70)
Mount Malestrom (60-70)

Straits of Devastation (70-75)
Frostgorge Sound (70-80)
Malchor's Leap (75-80)

Dredgehaunt Cliffs POIs, Skill Points and Vistas

POI behind the door in Dostoev Sky Peak ("Tomb of Stoneskin"): You need an item, "Dwarven Key", to open the door.  Only way to get it is as a random drop off a mob (any mob, as far as I know, but possibly dredge).  You can also wait for someone else to come by and open it (it stays open for some time).  Inside you get the POI and one chest.

Skill point and POI SW of Steelbrachen: These are both in Dissun's Mine.  You can enter the mine through the north entrance (just SW of the "Steelbrachen" title), which will have skritt in front of it as a hint.

Vista in Toran Hollow: Climb the rocks a little south of the Toran Hollow waypoint that lead to the larger level above you.  Follow that to the vista.

Vista west of Snowslide Ravine: Climb on top of the roof of the lodge to the east.  You can use that to access the same level as the vista.

Vista in Dostoev Sky Peak caves: This one is a pain to get to, and I would not suggest trying it solo if you can help it (pair up with someone else in the area if you need to).  The vista is on a platform near the ceiling.  To start, enter a small cave on the bottom floor of the main chamber.  The cave is in the SE part of the chamber, and slopes upwards in a circle to a platform.  There should be a tower in front of you- climb that.  About halfway up the tower, there will be a locked gate- ignore it for now.  Keep going up the tower to find an iron chain at the end.  Pull that and run back down to the gate, which will be open for a short period.  The timer isn't THAT short- if you run at normal speed you should make it back with time to spare, but I would definitely not suggest stopping to fight any dredges.  Once you're through the gate just keep climbing until you reach the vista.  There is also a "dredge chest" at the vista (same as a normal chest).  Note that there are MANY dredge along this path and unless you have a very good running/protection/healing build it's extremely unlikely you'll be able to run through them all.  Additionally, there is a veteran dredge at the vista itself on patrol, and you can't use a vista while in combat, so your best bet is to just clear the dredge as you climb.  Respawn rates are fairly fast (at most 90 seconds) so be quick about it.

Vista east of Frostland Melt (in the castle): Go up the ramp inside the castle (south side) and when it comes up to the area east of the Vista, jump to the west and onto the platform that has the vista on it.  May need a speed boost to make the jump.

Vista in Dociu Excavation (south of Black Earth Coalmine): go through the back path of the castle east of Frostland Melt (to the west of the Vista).  This will lead you up behind the vista.  Go across the bridge onto some large tanks, then walk over to the vista.

Vista SW of Tribulation Rift:  This is a long one to get to.  There is a dynamic event at the end with a special veteran mob, so I would not do this solo unless you're at least 51 (leve cap for the area) or have a good solo build.  Start climbing the wooden plank tower NE of the vista.  It's in the "ula" in "Tribulation".   Climb ALL THE WAY to the top- don't stop short no matter how tempting it looks.  Some of the jumps are a little tricky, but they're all essentially jump curves to the left to make it to the next plank.  Trust me, all of them are doable.  At the VERY top (again, do not stop short) is a beam that walks you NW and over to the cliff face.  There are a bunch of wooden platforms here that lead to the vista.  Once you reach the vista, there will be a veteran earth elemental.  It will fight you, then at about 50% hp it will disappear and spawn 4 minions.  Kill the minions, and it will spawn again still injured and you finish it.  There is also a splendid chest here shaped like a barrel.

Waypoint north of Tribulation Rift: follow the frozen river NW into the cave and there's the waypoint.  This is also the waypoint for an instance.

Rich Iron Vein:  Easternmost point in Kolkorensburg, guarded by a veteran cave spider.

Rich Iron Vein: Just inside the SW tunnel branch of Ratatosk, coming from the north entrance.

Dynamic event "Drive the dredge out of Fridgardr Lodge": A walled fort surrounded by dredge.  Kill the dredge near one of the gates and then either bash down the gate yourself or use an item from the NPC to destroy it.  Kill dredge to lower the general morale and kill the commander to complete the event.

Dynamic event "Help Edmund find and kill the arctodus" (2,975 xp, 225 karma, 1.11 silver for GOLD): Super easy event that you can do solo if need be, and should definitely participate in whenever you get a chance.  Edmund's camp is east of Nakrojos Pass in the SE section of the map.  Talk to him and he will talk about going to get a rug, and he ventures off to find a veteran arctodus.  You fight a handful of arctoduses along the way, but nothing some good AOE and maybe an elite skill won't solve.  He will then head home, which has no spawns, so unless you managed to skip some mobs you can just leave at this point.  After you finish the event you buy the recipe "Arctodus Amulet" from him.

Dynamic event "Escort Engineer Rytalt back to the Gray Citadel": Triggered by going into the Dociu Excavation cave which has the engineer locked in a cage.  The cage is the middle route, directly south of the "x" in Excavation.  You escort him north to the fort at Spearhead Bane.

Dynamic event "Prevent the dredge from capturing the skritt cave" (2,289 xp, 202 karma, 1.0 silver for GOLD): Easy dynamic event in Dissun's Mine.  Dredge will spawn from a couple places and head towards the center.  They spawn in packs of 4 from an APC, or packs of 3 if you kill the APC.  Molotov cocktails are on the ground to form fire walls to help you out if necessary, but honestly 1 person with a decent aoe could probably do this event.


Miscellaneous
"Though this tomb's been disturbed, an ancient magic seals the keyhole.  Check back later.":  Somebody has recently opened this tomb and it just closed.  Wait a little while for it to reset and then try opening it.

"What is a Dwarven Key?": This drops off of Sons of Svarnir and dredge in Dredgehaunt Cliffs only.  It opens one of several tombs, all of which spawn a veteran/champion mob and have a chest inside (and two of which have a POI as well.  After you leave this area you can toss the keys.

100% Map Completion:
6820 xp, 30.2 silver

I also got a Black Lion Key and two level 46 yellow (rare) items.

Ranger Pet Locations

Juvenile Boar:

• North of Thorn Pass Waypoint (by a Veteran boar), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Pig

• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Warthog

• East of the Renown Heart in Forge Plains, Fireheart Rise

Juvenile Ice Drake:

• Wyrmblood Lake, Dredgehaunt Cliffs, north of the Toran Hollow Waypoint
• Southwest and southeast of the POI in Grimstone Mol, Frostgorge Sound

Juvenile Salamander Drake:

• Relliatus Canyon (SE section), Blazeridge Steppes
• SW of Turmok's Last Stand, Blazeridge Steppes
• SW of the Skill Point at Lake Carnifex, Iron Marches

Juvenile Spider Hatchling

• End of Morgan's Run, Caledon Forest

Juvenile Forest Spider

• Next to the Renown Heart in Hellion Forest, Iron Marches

Juvenile Hyena

• East of Gunbreach Hills Waypoint, Plains of Ashford

Juvenile Eagle

• North of the Whisperwill Bogs heart, Bloodtide Coast
• South of Bento Canyon, Fields of Ruin

Juvenile Red Moa

• At the road intersection north of Devast District, Plains of Ashford
• East of Duskrend Overlook Waypoint, Plains of Ashford
• Apostate Waypoint, Fireheart Rise
• Breaktooth's Waypoint, Fireheart Rise

Juvenile Pink Moa

• Bard's Waypoint, Mount Maelstrom

Juvenile Blue Moa

• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile White Moa

• Glacial Collapse (east of the Renown Heart), Frostgorge Sound
• East of Frostwalk Tundra, Frostgorge Sound

Juvenile Armor Fish

• East of Behem Gauntlet (underwater, in the hidden path behind the waterfall), Blazeridge Steppes

Juvenile Black Bear

• North of Tawny ridge, Blazeridge Steppes

Juvenile Polar Bear

• Refuge Shore, Frostgorge Sound

Juvenile Murmellow

• Next to the west heart in Challdar Gorges

Juvenile Marsh Drake

• Just SW of Leemoola, quest giver for the "Protect the quaggans from the krait" quest, Sparkfly Fen
• SW of Saltflood Mire, Sparkfly Fen
• East of Saltflood Mire, Sparkfly Fen
• West of The Stychs, Mount Maelstrom

Juvenile Siamoth

• East of the Brooloonu Waypoint (slightly east of the scout there), Sparkfly Fen

Juvenile Shark

• In the water cave with the Stone of Hazan Skill point (east of Leeshore Gauntlet), Sparkfly Fen

Juvenile Jungle Spider

• NW of Toade's Head, Sparkfly Fen
• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Jungle Stalker

• Southeast of the Stychs (near the vista), Mount Maelstrom

Juvenile Red Jellyfish:

• SW section of Treacherous Depths, Mount Maelstrom

Juvenile Blue Jellyfish:

• East of Sunken Droknah (by the rich platinum vein), Mount Maelstrom

Juvenile Fern Hound

• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Krytan Drakehound

• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Lashtail Devourer

• Lightfoot Passage (on the way to the jump puzzle), Straits of Devastation

Juvenile Carrion Devourer

• East of Champion's Shield, Iron Marches
• East of Keeper's Waypoint, Fireheart Rise

Juvenile Owl

• Northeast of the vista south of Trionic Lattice, Frostgorge Sound

Lornar's Pass POIs, Skill Points and Vistas

Skill point on the north side of the map (Icedevil's Needle): In a cave system.  Enter the caves from the south (just south of the heart/waypoint, take the left path and it will lead you there.  It's a commune point but it's guarded by a ton of mobs along the way with a veteran mob and a group at the point.  Mobs respawn pretty quickly.

Skill point west of Mistriven Gorge: NW of the skill point is a snow path that leads into a tunnel.  Enter the tunnel, and be on the lookout for a ramp on your right that leads upward.  There will be mystery meat at the skill point that you can grab and consume for the point.

Vista east of Nentor Valley: This one is easier to get to than it looks but not intuitive.  You need to scale the mountain from the north side.  There are sections of the cliff that you can walk up pretty easily but seem pretty steep.  Hang slightly left as you climb and you will see some rock outcroppings you can jump on.  Again, not super obvious that you can jump on them, but possible.  That will wind around the peak and reach the top.

Vista west of Reaper's Gate, north of False River Valley (just south of the skill point): Easy to get to.  Go through the cave system to the west of the vista (one entry is SW of the vista, at the end of a road) and take an EAST fork off of it at one point.  It will lead you outside onto a cliff.  Climb up some rocks to the vista.

Vista west of Winterthaw Snowfield (also north of Lost Delver's Ridge): Straight mountain face climb. Start from east and slightly to the north and scale the mountain.  Requires a small amount of jumping, mostly just recognizing what slopes are walkable and what are not.

Vista east of Venison Pass: Take the snow ramp up the mountain that starts from just north of the nearby heart ("Help Hunter Neida").  Follow that until you reach a 3-way fork.  Take the middle path and continue south, jumping along the rocks, until you reach the vista.

Vista NW of Demon's Maw (SE of Demon's Maw Waypoint): Walk all the way to the southern ledge next to the waypoint.  Walk forward slightly and onto the angled slab below you.  Jump on the slightly vertical rock in front of you.  Jump off that towards the vista, but angle to the right to make sure you don't fall.  Walk up to the vista.

Vista SE of Durmand Priory: Climb up into the Priory.  Find the armor repairer (right next to the trading post, armorsmith, weaponsmith) and jump off the railing headed south.  You can climb back up into the priory by using some stones to the west, though you'll likely need a swiftness boost to make it over the railing.

POI "under" Durmand Priory: This is located in an underground cavern full of ice wurms.  You can enter either through the north tunnel (located by the skill point west of Mistriven Gorge, take the UPPER path when you head into the tunnel with the cave trolls) or from the south.   The south path is easier.  South of the Asura gate in the Priory, the snow leads to a tunnel with cave bats inside and outside.  This will lead you to the POI.

Harathi Hinterlands POIs, Skill Points and Vistas

Thunder Rock Vista: there's a bunch of stone ledges leading to it.  It starts south and slightly to the west of the vista, against the face of the mountain.

Vista north of Wynchona Woods: There's a series of ledges that lead up to it.  The start point is directly south of the vista, on the other side of the bluff.

Dynamic event trigger: You can start a dynamic event by walking into "Restricted Zone XRB".  This is a POI north of the Splintered Teeth.  The event is to collect air elemental essences.  There are about six sparks outside with a moderate respawn rate- I suggest doing it with multiple people to speed up the process.  After you complete the collection quest event is a "defend for X time" event against constantly respawning sparks.  The sparks don't pose much of a threat but you fail the event if they manage to down the assistant.

Rata Sum POIs, Skill Points and Vistas

Vista on the top floor, in front of the College of Statics: This is a tricky one.  You will be climbing across the face of the pyramid.  Start from the left most corner and make your way up and across.  You will be climbing across tree roots, platforms, and a lot of blocks that jut out slightly.  There are times when you need to climb to the left in order to get enough height to make another jump.

Missing a POI?  Here are some non-obvious ones:

• On the top level, in the center, there is a teleporter to get you into the Arcane Council, which has a POI.
• On the top level, the SW set of portals lead to a total of 3 POIs, a Vista and a waypoint.
• On the top level, the SE set of portals lead to 2 POIs and a waypoint.

100% completion reward is 792 xp, 1 copper and 3 Basic Transmutation Stones.