Guild Wars 2

Which map in Magus Falls is the easiest to complete as far as Map Completion for the Specialization Collection Achievements?

I did most of mine in verdant brink since it is the first map you enter and it is pretty easy. Dragonstand is probably the quickest and easiest to complete since there aren’t many poi’s or hero points, and all the waypoints are given to you. But you have to walk all the way through all the other maps which takes time. Auric basin is also easier and quicker then vb, but you need to do story or find a mesmer to get to the inner chamber. Tangled depths is just a pain until you learn the map pretty well.

Verdant Brink would probably be the quickest as there’s only 3 HP’s that have champs. DS can be done in under two hours. TD can be done in about 45 minutes if you’re with people for the HP’s. AB probably takes the longest with how spread out things are and the HP’s that require a group (for most people).

Verdant Brink – no mastery-gated map completion (just mastery points) beyond gliding/updraft (i.e., the first ones). Only 3 champion hero challenges (1 veteran), all of which can easily get help for by masking in map chat (compared to AB and TD which are reversed – only 3/4 communes – and unlike AB and DS none are gated behind the meta event’s success.

I would say Auric Basin is the second easiest if and only if you do not have ley line gliding – Dragon’s Stand is second easiest if you do, as you can get most stuff (basically all but 5 PoI and 1 vista and all hero challenges) at any time, and all hero challenges are communes (though gated behind the meta). Auric Basin often has hero trains, so it becomes easy once you find that. Main problem with AB is that one hero challenge is locked behind the meta’s successful completion, and a PoI/vista is locked behind story progress. You also need Nuhoch Wallows and Lean Gliding to get everything (without mesmer portals at least).

Tangled Depths is by far the hardest, IMHO, because not only is it gated behind masteries (need poison mastery – DS does for a PoI which you can easily run to and die), and most hero challenges are champions – furthermore, it’s harder to find trains for the challenges, as they’re in odd to reach places (looking at you, troll runestone and spiderbat guano!).

Don’t need ley-line gliding for DS. Leap skills or consumables that provide leaps will get you to the spider HP.