Guild Wars 2

I am currently a lvl 13 warrior and have recently started the GW2 game. I noticed that most of where these weapon caches are have very strong enemies that aggro me almost instantaneously. I can generally get past most of them; however, every once in a while I get overwhelmed or one of the mobs will use a ranged attack and knock me down in one hit. I have been trying to get as many waypoints as possible and if I get knocked down I will just port to that waypoint. I am at a standstill now though as it seems that this content is not meant for newbies which is quite unfortunate and I am not able to progress further. Any assistance on this or any of the other weapon caches that are in high level enemy areas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Does anyone know the shortest path with least enemy resistance from Lion’s Arch to get to Timberline Falls for the cache?

Erm… Well… As a lvl 13, that’s a tough one.

The quickest way is to go to Hoelbrak (the norn city), and take the south exit through Dredgehaunt cliffs (40-50 lvl map). Stick to the right side of the map, and take the exit in the south. That leads directly to Timberline Falls (50-60 lvl map).

From there, you’re going to have to follow the mountain and hook a left, to go up and around. The cache is just before the jumping puzzle starts, but you do have to get to the starting area. There are a few enemies there.

The way to get there via leveling up is to go north from Hoelbrak to Wayfarer Foothills (1-15), stick to the northwest of the map to find the exit to Snowden Drifts (15-25 lvl map), stay to the southern part of the map, and in the southwest there’s an exit to Lornar’s Pass (25-40lvl map). From there, take the southern exit (which is… really… REALLY far south) to Timberline Falls. You’ll be on the complete other side of the map than where you want to be for the cache, but you may have gained a few levels if you fight your way there.

edit: from Lions Arch, you can get into Gendarran Fields (north map- take the most northeastern exit from LA), and go over to Lornars, then continue down!

Thank you very much for the suggestions! I am guessing that this content is not quite for low level or people just starting their first character on GW2? That is quite unfortunate as you would think ANet would entice newcomers but this content really is just frustrating to newbies and would shy them away.

Are you on an NA server? I applaud your wanting to push a level 13 into that territory but I think it might help you to have a bodyguard. I’m heading off for a short work thing; I should be available by 1:30 or 2 pm Eastern to guest over to you and escort you places. I know that’s a few hours from now, sorry

I haven’t done the Timberline cache yet so I’d get that done in the course of helping you. Can you shoot me a PM on these forums so I know if you do want my aid? Note, I won’t see it until I’m home from work.

A lot of the times, the dungeons in the events will level you up to 80 in order for you to enjoy the content. Living story did that with the Southsun event, too.

I know I have run a low level character through Dredgehaunt without too much trouble (just… don’t go into the mountain!). It also helps if you have a guildy nearby or some such.

Though, also, keep in mind (since everyone keeps reminding me this!) that you only need to do a certain number of achievements for the mini. It does seem like several of the caches are in high level areas. Mount Maelstrom being one of them. :-/

Thank you everyone for the elaborated answers. I believe this will assist me in trying to run a low lvl char through the area by myself and have backup as needed to progress further. Thanks!

@Donari.5237 I sent you a PM. Let me know if that will work for you.

If you are newbie, focus on levening, doing personal story, story dungeons. Living stories are generally just updates for bored people who already did everything in the game.

@Mortifer yes I realize part of this, but I liked the rewards that they were giving out and lvling to 80, which I can imagine takes a bit of time to do, on top of that it is a challenge to navigate and find newer waypoints, lvling at the same time. I just don’t believe it is fair to the newbies for ANet to introduce this living story content say that anyone can do it, but oh by the way some of the achievements are in very high lvl places that you won’t have a chance to get to unless by some miracle you dodge all the high lvl monsters or have a buddy that can tag along with you. They basically are shutting out new potential players and since the content is non-repeatble, they will never get a chance to get these achievements and they will just be there empty in your list forever for all your characters.

Mortifer.2946:

If you are newbie, focus on levening, doing personal story, story dungeons. Living stories are generally just updates for bored people who already did everything in the game.

Except they are one time only, and if the new players are completionists (like I am), they need to do the LS stuff too, while its available.

BTW OP, it can be done, you just need to figure out the path of least resistance (ie. path with least enemies). I had to do something similar for the Halloween content (ran a lvl 7 to Sparkfly Fen, to see one of the ghosts to get the Mad King back piece). Persistence and paying attention (knowing when to dodge) are your best friends when trying to do this stuff.

(You could also always try to guest on a high pop server, and follow other people who are going to the caches.)