Guild Wars 2

So I was playing a level 5 mesmer, and I decided to make a run for the Shatterer event. I made it before it spawned, did meager damage to it, but at the end I received no medal, no exp, and no chest. First time I had done it with any character today, so I was slightly confused. Can underleveled characters not receive exp from events in higher level areas? I have looked for an answer, but could not find one. Any help with this would be appreciated

Define “meager damage”. You have to do a certain amount of damage to go over a “threshold” that allows you to receive credit for a NPC or event. You may have simply done far to little damage to have “tagged” the event.

Ah. So I’m guessing 2 per strike on the Shatterer isn’t enough to warrant a reward, is it?

Correct. Pretty much anyone of appropriate level who made it before he died and landed even one hit on him probably did more damage than you did the entire fight, so…