Posts to do with regional Explorer Achievements and 100% Map Completion crop up all the time on the Players Helping Players forum. So, I thought I’d put together a guide which covers some of the more commonly confused aspects of map completion vs explorer achievements as well as commonly missed and newly added areas for both. Much of this information is available from various wiki pages but I hope the community finds it useful bought together into one post.
The difference between 100% Map Completion and regional Explorer Achievements
100% Map Completion – requires you to visit every point of interest, vista and waypoint and complete every renown heart and skill challenge in the following areas:
A star next to your character’s name in game (viewable by other players)
An account wide title Been There, Done That
The Map Completion Account Medal on your character select screen
Regional Explorer Achievements – requires you to discover/unfog all of the white-named areas in each of the maps of a geographical region.
It has nothing to do with points of interest, waypoints, hearts, etc. It is only about revealing the areas named in white text on your map.
Each region is made up of a number of maps and includes at least one city map. This guide provides a breakdown of which maps make up which regions and also includes all the white-named areas on each map that you are looking to discover.
These achievements are account wide; each character can discover an area but it is only counted for the achievement the first time. If you are searching for missing areas I would recommend you use the character with highest % map completion on your account.
A lot of the white named map areas don’t contain things necessary for 100% map completion so it is completely feasible to have 100% map and not all of the explorer achievements. Likewise, you can have a explorer achievement completed without having visited or completed everything you need for map completion in that area.
Rewards – Regional Explorer Achievements reward you with achievement points (that is all) between 20-25 points per completed region.
How to identify what you’re missing
Missing Areas for 100% Map Completion? – hints and tips
Check that you have visited and 100% completed all six cities.
Check that you have visited every explorable map. One that can be easily missed due to its isolated location is Fields of Ruin.
Check the list below for additional locations added since launch.
Open your world map [M] and hover your mouse over the name of each city/zone to see a pop-up of current completion for that area – check they are all 100%.
If you honestly think you have visited and completed everything and have still not received your rewards for overall completion – revisit the Chantry of Secrets, enter the instance and have a good run around the inside. Time and time again players report that this is what triggers the release of rewards for them (don’t ask me why!).
Missing Areas for Regional Explorer Achievements? – hints and tips
You do not have to revisit maps in order to check which areas you have already uncovered (don’t waste the waypoint costs) – just open your world map and zoom in until the white-named areas are visible. Use this guide to cross reference your world map – the areas are listed in the order they appear on the map left to right, top to bottom. Use your character with highest % map completion to do the check.
Look for ‘fogged’ areas within a map, particularly if they are surrounded by unfogged areas or are at the edge of the map but protruding inwards as if there should be something there.
Make sure you double check the six cities – they count too.
If you are only missing a small number of areas within a region try using the list of commonly missed and newly added areas below.
Ascalon Explorer
[Includes: Black Citadel, Plains of Ashford, Diessa Plateau, Fields of Ruin, Blazeridge Steppes, Iron Marches and Fireheart Rise] Plains of Ashford – Langmar Estate (added Feb 2013) Diessa Plateau – The Wurm’s Gullet Fields of Ruin – Last Stand Shelter Blazeridge Steppes – Agrak Kraal Fireheart Rise – Rebel’s Seclusion; Vexa’s Lab
January 2014 – Lornar’s Pass – Maw’s Rise POI was replaced by Marionette’s Landing (as part of the Origins of Madness Living Story patch)
If anyone else can think of anything else that needs adding to this, through your own experience or advice in previous threads please post below and I’ll edit. If people think it would be useful please link this thread to any new explorer/map completion questions posted on the forum.
I think that shiverstone caves in sparkfly fen should be listed as well. The undiscovered artwork is a bit hard to see, no map exploration elements in it and no common place to go to
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Juist a small note. Marionette’s landing has only be renamed, the ingame code is still the same, so you don’t have to rediscover it. If you got Maw’s Rise you also got Marionette’s landing. if you didnt got the firts, you wont have the second. So it shouldnt be on the list.
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Hi there nice post here. i was able to complete most of it but i am still missing one maguuma explorer part.
i already re-visited all the areas liste here and in the wiki but i am still stuck at 166/167
i have 100% completion on ALL maps.
@GodWood – a last ditch solution is to cross check your Maguuma maps against this list
The areas are listed according to their position on the map, so if you start in the top left of the map and read left to right, top to bottom, they should be in order. You don’t need to physically visit each area, just open your world map and zoom into the first Maguuma map until the white-named areas appear, then check them against the list linked above. If you have all the white-named areas move on to the next Maguuma map and repeat.
This is a time consuming process but if you are down to just one missing area and it isn’t one of the commonly missed ones listed above then its the only way I know to do it.
Just a quick warning to add for the next days, there seems to be a bug with map completion if you finish your 100% map exploration by one of the two new POI of Lion Arch, preventing you from getting your last reward (gift of exploration being the biggest problem). So if you’re exploring only for the sake of the gift, make sure you don’t finish your map exploration by those two.
Just a quick warning to add for the next days, there seems to be a bug with map completion if you finish your 100% map exploration by one of the two new POI of Lion Arch, preventing you from getting your last reward (gift of exploration being the biggest problem). So if you’re exploring only for the sake of the gift, make sure you don’t finish your map exploration by those two.
I think this is wrong information. Yes there is a bug. I do not think it has to do with a specific point doing last and there are no indications it is.
If you hit this bug, please see the thread in the bug sections. you can make a support ticket and support will solve it for you.
Arise, ye farmers of all nations
Arise, opressed of Tyria!
I think this is wrong information. Yes there is a bug. I do not think it has to do with a specific point doing last and there are no indications it is.
If you hit this bug, please see the thread in the bug sections. you can make a support ticket and support will solve it for you.
One of my guildie did and that’s as many information as he could get, sorry if I scared anyone. The thread you mention seems to confirm what I say though as all the people complaining ended their exploration by LA.
@GodWood – a last ditch solution is to cross check your Maguuma maps against this list
The areas are listed according to their position on the map, so if you start in the top left of the map and read left to right, top to bottom, they should be in order. You don’t need to physically visit each area, just open your world map and zoom into the first Maguuma map until the white-named areas appear, then check them against the list linked above. If you have all the white-named areas move on to the next Maguuma map and repeat.
This is a time consuming process but if you are down to just one missing area and it isn’t one of the commonly missed ones listed above then its the only way I know to do it.
Good luck
thx will try that. and IF i am able to complete it i will post the location that was missing
Just bumping this as its been updated with some new map completion areas added to the game and also I’ve seen a few posts asking for help with explorer/world completion in game.
I have all Areas of on the list for Orr, but I am still missing one area. I have 1 area missing. I am unsure as to where to look now.
In Cursed Shore you probably need to visit The Artesian Waters. From the Cathederal of Verdance POI go toward the back heading east and jump in the water. Keeping going east-northeast.
