Guild Wars 2

Are they still active? I’ve lingered around Orr temples for a week now to get a chance at completing Astralaria IV collection – and no dice! The temples stay protected and no boss appears. Am I missing the timer? Last time I did anything Orr related was when Arah was the big cheese way before HoT. I’ve asked map several times and either A: no answer or B: no one is sure anymore. the only boss timers I find anymore are the World Bosses such as Jormag, Jungle Wurm etc.
Sorry if I come off stupid or clueless, I just want to know if there is a way to catch an Orr temple boss so I can move on.

Unfortunately, there’s no real way to track when the Orr temples will go to their defense events or when the taking events will start. Your best bet to catch a temple as it’s just starting to be taken is to hop into the map right after a patch; all temples will be contested because of the patch, which means they’ll be ready to start. You could also try keeping an eye on the LFG, just in case.

You should also keep an eye out for when one of the dailies is Cursed Shore/Malchor’s Leap/Straits of Devastation event completer. More instances of the map than usual will be opening when it’s hosting one of the dailies.

They aren’t on the clock, but they are on a timer. There are even folks who regularly clear all six of the temples. The timers haven’t changed significantly in four years, but very few people have ever been familiar with the exact timing, which is why no one ever answers when someone asks, “am I missing a timer?”

That said, the events were updated so that collection items now drop in both defense of a cleansed temple as well as retaking them. You can participate in either.

The bets way I’ve found to get to each on time is to park a toon at the relevant temple and swap to it periodically while I’m online. At some point, one of the relevant pre-events will be up or, even luckier, the actual defense/assault will be in progress.

The ideal time is, of course, near reset and/or just after a patch. However the above method has worked for me during off-peak times too.

Ah this exact thing has basically halted my work on Astralaria completely.

I’ve parked characters there and no luck for the past two days. And I even live in off-peak times. It really sucks.

Orr Temples Guide and map. If you hover over the little orange event icons it’ll show the timings.

If the temple’s already captured by the Pact then it’ll take 1 to 1.5 hours for the risens to attack it again, and if you let the risens retake the temple, the chain will restart.