Guild Wars 2

My simple question is this:

How do I know which areas are left unexplored?

The hint you get is from achievments, for example Krytia 174/175 etc but there’s no way of knowing which area is missing. This wouldn’t be a big problem if the edges of most maps weren’t so jagged. I don’t mind teleporting around wasting gold but it feels I could spend an eternity doing it without result.

Any maps out that features fog? All the ones I’ve seen are datamined and show areas revealed that could never be revealed etc.

I wish too , I’m at 171/172 Shiverpeaks and looking at the maps, everything is un-artsy…
More details would be awesome

The last two I needed for Kryta were both in Queensdale. They were Beggar’s Burrow, and Windloss Delves. Beggar’s Burrow will fog the map, so it’s not too hard to find. Windloss Delves did not display any visual fog on the map before I found it, but instead looked like a normal mountain.

There is a “wedge” of fog in Harathi Hinterlands, that you can get pretty far into, but it will not lead to a discovery.

The wiki maps are kinda nice,
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Zone

You have to go through zone by zone, but they show every heart/poi/vista, named area, etc. You can zoom in on the maps and they’re fairly detailed.

Not sure if this will help you, but it’s a start. Sorry, that’s all I got.

Yeah what you have to do is go to the zone on the wiki, it has a list of areas which you will then need to look at your map and tick off. Pain in thekitten I know but at the moment the only way to do it. And by the way, 100% map (so the “Been there, done that” achievement/title, star and gifts) is by getting 100% in each zone, which is completely separate to the Explorer achievements. I have 100% map and still 170/172 Shiverpeaks, 160/165 Maguuma etc.

Thanks guys there’s some real good info here and fast too! I shall go through the checklist, not as fast as a map or ingame indicator but it will work, much apriciated.

@Eridani: Yea realize they are different things, want both ><

@Any dev’s reading: sub-category for the acievment would make this alot less painfull.

Do you need 175/175 krytia achievement in order to get 100% world completion?
I thought only vista’s, points of interest, tasks and teleports.

If no, whats the point of getting 175/175 krytia achievement?
Title?

Changxd.1248:

Do you need 175/175 krytia achievement in order to get 100% world completion?
I thought only vista’s, points of interest, tasks and teleports.

If no, whats the point of getting 175/175 krytia achievement?
Title?

There are two parts.

To get the star next to your name, and the two Gifts of Exploration, you need to get all of the vistas, points of interest, skill challenges, hearts, and waypoints in all of the open world PvE maps, the Chantry of Secrets, and in the four WvW maps.

To get the “Been There, Done That” title, you must complete the area completion achivements. These are Kryta 175, Orr 60, Maguuma 165, Shiverpeaks 172, and Ascalon 175. I believe you need the above 100% map completion as well, but I am not certain.

Edit: Forgot the Chantry of Secrets.

Well using the method outlined by you guys here I managed to get it all done, a bit painfull but not That bad either.

I am working on a complete checklist on a single page to help people get the explorer achievements.

So far I have Kryta and Orr fully listed. I will be filling out another region or two this afternoon.

Here’s the link if you need Kryta or Orr or if you want to keep an eye out for the other zones in the next day or two:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

i am hoping for a TexMod sometime in the future. an overlay would be helpful for me to pick out things i still need to work on.

i also wish for a world map window that displays completeness of a zone when i hover my mouse over it, so i don’t have to travel into a zone and read the loading screen.

I had the same problem
Turns out I was missing ‘the tail of the serpant’ area east of Coil Waypoint in Timberline Falls
It’s pretty well hidden
As well as the ‘Griffonrook’ run area/jumping puzzle in Lornar’s Pass

http://gw2cartographers.com/ This is what I use. Just look for the spots on here you have missed.

gw2cartographers doesn’t look like it would help with the explorer achievements as the sub-area names aren’t even shown.

gw2cartographers is how i finished cleaning up the explorable areas. the map is nice, but you do have to keep switching to it and count all the points ma few times trying to figure out which ones are missing. i bought the strategy guide, and some of the hearts and skill points were in different areas in the map flipper calendar thing.

following the cartographer map got me to my 92%…now i just need to get the WvW and dungeons, i think.