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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

NOTE The purpose of this thread is NOT to tell people what is the most efficient way to farm Empyreal Fragments. If you don’t like exploring or hunting chests, please go to another thread.

Calling all Tyrian Explorers!

We know that Empyreal Fragments drop from chests all over the world, and that we have a nifty list of the chest locations here:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_basic_chests

However, the list is incomplete! There are plenty more chests in the world. I found two myself with only a bit of searching and added them to the list. It’s a wiki article so you can edit it yourself. However, if you don’t want to do that, just post your findings in this thread.

All you who love exploring and discovery, let’s unite and fill this list to the brim!

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

Added one more chest for Lornar’s Pass.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

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Another one added to Lornar’s Pass.

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Posted by: ilr.9675

ilr.9675

Well that’s certainly ambitious… and I was planning to eventually contribute to it.
But I think getting the JP/Minidungeon ones finalized first is more important.

Especially since we’re still waiting for Josh’s followup on whether it’s intended or a bug that some major/magnificent chests aren’t dropping any at all.

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Posted by: Astralporing.1957

Astralporing.1957

Remember that not all of those chests give out empyreals. The one in Jotun camp in Wayfarer (the one with potato farm) doesn’t. So some of the jumping puzzle chests.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

True. Most of them do, however, and for anyone who hates dungeons and/or WvW opening these chests is the only way to get Empyreal Fragments.

Besides, I find discovering and documenting these chests a ton more fun than running the same 6 chests in Queensdale every day

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Posted by: Avatara.1042

Avatara.1042

Nice work, bro. Keep it up.

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Posted by: Lisa.6102

Lisa.6102

Thanks for this Tom

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

Remember that not all of those chests give out empyreals. The one in Jotun camp in Wayfarer (the one with potato farm) doesn’t. So some of the jumping puzzle chests.

That one doesn’t behave like other chests anyway. No progress bar when opening. You just run up, F and get one item.

Edit: There is one in Lornar’s Pass at Ironhammer’s Crypt but I haven’t been able to figure out how to make it appear. It isn’t always there but I’ve opened at least twice.

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Posted by: yanoch.7051

yanoch.7051

Best way to get them is in WvW. Last friday I got 150 of them in about 4-5 hours.(Maybe more I didn’t really paid attention…) As a WvWer my issue are with the draconite. I have been doing the temple zerg run on my server last week and made about 200 ish. I will be done with components after the next temple zerg.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

Best way to get them is in WvW. Last friday I got 150 of them in about 4-5 hours. As a WvWer my issue are with the draconite. I have been doing the temple zerg run on my server last week and made about 200 ish. I will be done with components after the next temple zerg.

Thank you, we know that. That is not the point of this thread.

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Posted by: thehipone.6812

thehipone.6812

I love how Snowden Drifts isn’t even on the list. Maybe when I get home I’ll take an alt on a run through there to check for some chests and pick strawberries. I’m convinced that Snowden is the least played zone in the game and therefore needs a big hug.

EDIT: real life kinda kept me from this. But all I found was:
Snowden Drifts
NE part of Darkhoof heights – Grand Chest guarded by Champ Snow Troll Leader
Only other one was in King Jalis’ refuge.

I did many event chains and kept an eye out for caves, tents, etc. that may hold chests but didn’t find any. However, I did find an Asura who is afraid of owls, a sleeping Dolyak (I let him lie) and a fishing pole in the lake.

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Posted by: Ommu.1649

Ommu.1649

Best way to get them is in WvW. Last friday I got 150 of them in about 4-5 hours.(Maybe more I didn’t really paid attention…) As a WvWer my issue are with the draconite. I have been doing the temple zerg run on my server last week and made about 200 ish. I will be done with components after the next temple zerg.

Nope, I can get 100 in 2 hours by running to the basic chests. It took longer the first time to figure some out but now its easy. If you have stealth you don’t even have to clear any mobs.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

I love how Snowden Drifts isn’t even on the list. Maybe when I get home I’ll take an alt on a run through there to check for some chests and pick strawberries. I’m convinced that Snowden is the least played zone in the game and therefore needs a big hug.

That would be awesome. I’ll be finishing my tour through Lornar’s Pass today and the next zone I will be exploring is Dredgehault Cliffs.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

Edit: There is one in Lornar’s Pass at Ironhammer’s Crypt but I haven’t been able to figure out how to make it appear. It isn’t always there but I’ve opened at least twice.

If you can figure out how to trigger that chest, let me know

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Posted by: Shemsu.8721

Shemsu.8721

This is a nice list, but for those who want to gather them a bit faster, WvW focus on camps/towers (most groups do) is an easy 100 per hour, plus many champ bags

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Posted by: Sola.7250

Sola.7250

It’s not that hard to get 50 per day just doing chests and JP’s on a couple of maps.

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Posted by: Sola.7250

Sola.7250

Tom Gore – thanks for the list, could you put JP (jumping puzzles) for locations, it not always clear which locations are JP’s which are not!

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Posted by: colesy.8490

colesy.8490

Running dungeons is so much quicker guys. SE p1 is 4 minutes, COF p1 is 5.5 minutes, AC p1/3 are like 10 minutes.

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Posted by: Ommu.1649

Ommu.1649

This is a nice list, but for those who want to gather them a bit faster, WvW focus on camps/towers (most groups do) is an easy 100 per hour, plus many champ bags

Don’t they drop 4 per camp and 8 per tower? That means you would need to cap 15 camps and 5 towers in an hour to get that rate.

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Posted by: Shemsu.8721

Shemsu.8721

This is a nice list, but for those who want to gather them a bit faster, WvW focus on camps/towers (most groups do) is an easy 100 per hour, plus many champ bags

Don’t they drop 4 per camp and 8 per tower? That means you would need to cap 15 camps and 5 towers in an hour to get that rate.

I’ve actually not paid attention to each, i thought it was somewhat randomized, but i’ve been averaging 100 an hour everytime i play. Just dont play wvw for dragonite, the drop on keeps and sm is terrible for that.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore – thanks for the list, could you put JP (jumping puzzles) for locations, it not always clear which locations are JP’s which are not!

I haven’t listed JPs and I think there should be discussion if those should be included at all, since there are other lists for those.

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Posted by: ixie.9271

ixie.9271

It’s odd we don’t get them in the SAB chests

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Posted by: Coldin.2840

Coldin.2840

It’s odd we don’t get them in the SAB chests

Well, SAB is kind of it’s own thing, separate from the rest of the game.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

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Turns out Dredgehaunt Cliffs was pretty well documented already. Didn’t find any new chests there.

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

Missing one in Rebel’s Seclusion in Fireheart Rise, on the way to the big chest there is a smaller one guarded by a ghost. It is easy to walk past without seeing it. It is near the rich platinum vein.

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Posted by: Player Character.9467

Player Character.9467

20 per dungeon path, go.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

Tom Gore.4035

Edited the first post to clarify this thread isn’t about finding the fastest way to farm Empyreal Fragments.

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Posted by: Tom Gore.4035

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Also looks like there are separate lists for Splendid Chests and Grand Chests.

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Posted by: Rex.8954

Rex.8954

This was a great idea, but merges together information from all kinds of chests including jumping puzzles (which some people hate) and chests without Empyreals.

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