Guild Wars 2

I had been wondering, does anyone know if spirits other than wolf can be found in the open world? For anyone who doesn’t know, you can find wolf atop the cliff near his shrine/heart quest when the sons of svanir have been driven away (if not, you just talk to the shaman to start the event.)

This has proven fairly difficult for me to google, I can barely even find anything on the fact that you can see Wolf, so I thought I would ask my fellow norn.

In Dredgehaunt Cliffs, there’s a Bear shrine with an event where you can summon the Bear spirit in order to test your strength against it. That’s the only other one I’ve found so far.

Oh that’s right I do recall that now… guess I forgot in the op. Thanks!

I always considered the ghosts flying around the foothills to be Raven

Zaxares.5419:

In Dredgehaunt Cliffs, there’s a Bear shrine with an event where you can summon the Bear spirit in order to test your strength against it. That’s the only other one I’ve found so far.

That’s not actually Bear though is it? I always assumed it’s just one of… well her lesser spirits she sends when we call for a challenge there. After all, no norn would be able to face up to one of the spirits and best them, right? Additionally one would think Bear would be quite large! Though in saying that Minotaur (which you can see in your PS) isn’t particularly so, so perhaps that’s just a fallacy on my part.

I’ve always thought it is a shame we can’t see any others, though I guess there’s reasons for it, for at least a few. In Raven’s Lodge they talk about him flying high up above the clouds and seeing all, so I just assume that’s where he is, and why we can’t see him. It would be great if we could see him from time to time up in the sky though if we looked up, kind of like you see Jormag (or one of it’s Lt’s. in the Snowden Drifts etc).

Snow Leopard, well she’s so sneaky I just assumed none would never be as cunning or skillful as her and so never catch a glimpse as she stalks about. Don’t really know for Bear though, perhaps that is Bear that comes up in the cliffs? shrugs

Just checked at the Bear’s Jaw Shrine in the Dredgehaunt Cliffs, and Shaman Lorna there speaks about ‘even a group of fighters would struggle against spirit bear’s strength’. From the way she talks it makes me think (e.g. lack of capitalisation of ‘bear’) this isn’t true ‘Bear’ as such. In addition the spirit that comes is simply named a ‘veteran bear spirit’. Bear herself would surely be immensely greater!

Tarn.1374:

Just checked at the Bear’s Jaw Shrine in the Dredgehaunt Cliffs, and Shaman Lorna there speaks about ‘even a group of fighters would struggle against spirit bear’s strength’. From the way she talks it makes me think (e.g. lack of capitalisation of ‘bear’) this isn’t true ‘Bear’ as such. In addition the spirit that comes is simply named a ‘veteran bear spirit’. Bear herself would surely be immensely greater!

Yeah I actually did this map completion for the first time in a while yesterday and noticed it was only ‘Veteran Bear Spirit.’ Wish we could see the others!

Lindelle.3718:

Tarn.1374:

Just checked at the Bear’s Jaw Shrine in the Dredgehaunt Cliffs, and Shaman Lorna there speaks about ‘even a group of fighters would struggle against spirit bear’s strength’. From the way she talks it makes me think (e.g. lack of capitalisation of ‘bear’) this isn’t true ‘Bear’ as such. In addition the spirit that comes is simply named a ‘veteran bear spirit’. Bear herself would surely be immensely greater!

Yeah I actually did this map completion for the first time in a while yesterday and noticed it was only ‘Veteran Bear Spirit.’ Wish we could see the others!

Indeed! I was thinking about this a little more whilst wandering about the snowy mountains. A rare meta event where one of the spirits showed up somewhere in the mountains would be great. And they could be themed based on the spirit.

For example:

• Wolf could have events tailored to working as a team (as opposed to working as individuals in a large group).
• Bear could have some sort of meta event where value would be placed upon when to and when not to attack; one of the teachings of bear that many forget. After all, attacking all the time with rage and brute force is more akin with Minotaur, not Bear.
• Raven could have cryptic events in some way that make you think, or the like.
• And Snow Leopard, well her missions could be somewhat more covert or akin to her in some other manner.

Really I was just thinking off the top of my head (and it shows) but it would be nice to see some interaction with them, especially when we – as norn – head back into the Northern Shiverpeaks and take on Jormag. After all, some spirits died to enable us – the norn – to flee south with the aid of the remaining others. So I’m sure Wolf, Bear, Raven and Snow Leopard are just as keen as the rest of us to smite that ice-dragon nice and painfully.

In Harathi Hinterlands you can find Dolyak Spirits, very fun to follow one and see they charging at bandits

I know they are simple spirits from dead Dolyaks, but still interesting.