Guild Wars 2

Hello guys, I’m just trying to figure out how to find things. If I want to complete the maps I’m having a little trouble with this. Sometimes if I have one or two things left in a certain area I can’t find them. When I pull up the map I look everywhere but have no clue where the places I’m searching for are located.

Is there an easy way to find points of interest or whatever I’m missing for map completion? Is there anything I can click on which will help guide me to what I need to find? Thanks much for anyone who can direct me

You can hover over the symbols in the top left corner when you open the map, they will highlight any undiscovered Points of Interest, Waypoints etc when you hover over each of the symbol. If there are any of these in undiscovered areas (areas not uncovered in the map that is) it will direct you to the scout that you can talk to to direct you close to these areas.

Alternatively, there’s also the Content Guide, which will act like a compass as you travel through each map, showing you not just Points of Interest and Waypoints and stuff, but also undiscovered areas.

You can access the content guide in options. It’s set to ‘off’ by default.

Try speaking to scouts, look for areas that look foggy

Iceman.9074

Best bet is to hit the Wiki and cross check maps. I had to do this a lot since some points are not always shown even when the map is opened up.

What penelopehannibal said is good stuff.

For general exploration I always find it easiest to go around the edges of the map first, so I know the size of the area I’m working with, and have the perimeter setup so I know then that everything else will be in the middle somewhere. (with a few exceptions that might be on the edge of the map accessed via a port in the middle etc).

Also for Tyria maps remember that although the mini map is just one level, the maps are still technically multi-layered, so there’s quite a few POI which are accessed from underwater tunnels or caves.

If all else fails, cross checking your map against a full one on wiki etc helps, and asking in map chat can be helpful, as some maps have ones which people might commonly miss, so people in the map might automatically have an idea of which ones you’re missing.

If you’re on an EU server then feel free to drop me a message anytime I’m on if you want some help finding any missing places.

Back in the day crossing checking maps was the only way to find the last things needed for 100% map completion. The content guide makes cross checking maps obsolete.

For map completion, choose the option to ‘Disable Events and Personal Story.’ With that selected, the min-map will only point you towards undiscovered map items such as hearts, PoIs and vistas.

Thanks so much for all the info guys… rock on!