Tips and Maps for 100% Tyria Exploration (No Map Checks)
Mr. Diggles
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Originally Posted by Zeke_T_Freak
Okay gang, I am stuck at 99.8% ARGGGG I CAN TASTE IT!!
Anyway here is a link to my most recent map as of 10/12/06
its 1280 by 960 You may have already tried this, but its something to double check while waiting for your map to get analyzed. Your map looks pretty similiar to mine when I was struggling for that last 0.2%. Where I found it was by hugging the walls in Kryta and Ascalon. The area behind Oink in Gates of Kryta, the area in Ascalon city before your enter the Great Wall, and hugging the wall in the Ascalon missions. Doing those things bumped me from 99.7% to 100%. And it was easy since the monsters are such a low level. Good luck
Anyway here is a link to my most recent map as of 10/12/06
its 1280 by 960 You may have already tried this, but its something to double check while waiting for your map to get analyzed. Your map looks pretty similiar to mine when I was struggling for that last 0.2%. Where I found it was by hugging the walls in Kryta and Ascalon. The area behind Oink in Gates of Kryta, the area in Ascalon city before your enter the Great Wall, and hugging the wall in the Ascalon missions. Doing those things bumped me from 99.7% to 100%. And it was easy since the monsters are such a low level. Good luck
Zeke_T_Freak
Yeah that area is clean clean clean! I got a feeling its the area at the southside of Beacons heading towards Dreadnoughts drift. Currently I am on the hunt for the Elite cap title so as I wander for those I am hugging and squeezing walls and tunnels right and left...just can't seem to find that final flipping .2. Thanks for the advice though
Niila
Thank you very much! Grandmaster cartographer easily archieved by scraping in tomb of primeval kings. Now to the cantha!
Zeke_T_Freak
I thought TOPK did not count for mapping
AC10
The interior of ToPK does not count. The area where you form your party does.
Dogma Blutlust
Hey, i am stuck at 99.1% now 
i know there something left on Thunderkeept buts not o.9%
could u help with ur great analysis please?
here is my map, its 1024*768
i know there something left on Thunderkeept buts not o.9%
could u help with ur great analysis please?
here is my map, its 1024*768
Keeper of Birds
Ack- OK, I think I got it right this time- no pins included. Thanks!
Indian
Luciora, i need you One more time, previously when you helped me i gained exat 1.0% and i cleared all places you spotted, still .2% missing
thanx a bunch, you are a savior
thanx a bunch, you are a savior
Marty Silverblade
Dam, I needed to remove the city markers? Dam. Oh well, here it is without them.
Luciora
Congrats Niila and Mr Diggles 
I'll check the following maps this afternoon quick :
- Marty (Thanks for removing the pins)
- Keeper (Thanks for removing the pins)
- Indian (We will quickly find the last 0.2%, it will be a couple of wall creep areas )
- Dogman
- Zeke
Check back in a while for the maps
I'll check the following maps this afternoon quick :
- Marty (Thanks for removing the pins
- Keeper (Thanks for removing the pins
- Indian (We will quickly find the last 0.2%, it will be a couple of wall creep areas )
- Dogman
- Zeke
Check back in a while for the maps
The Silver Star
Need 4.5 or so been looking and only getting little bits that dont seem to add towards title :/
Marty Silverblade
Every bit in your map that 'pops out', will add towards your title (with the exceptions of PvP arenas, pre-searing, the battle isles [because of course they belong to neither Tyria, Cantha or Elona, and I don't see Anet adding a 'Battle Isles explorer title] and all those other bits). It's just that each 'pop' only removes about (just a rough estimate) 0.04% of the map, so unless you're 'popping' the third time you won't actually see an increase.
madamesabina
98.5%!!!
3rd times' a charm?
Thanks in advance!!!
3rd times' a charm?
Thanks in advance!!!
Kiseiko
madamesabina: From a brief glance, I think you still need to clear Rurik's path in the Frost Gate mission.
madamesabina
i already cleared rurik's path with nec transversal.
Zeke_T_Freak
Must be hard to spot that 0.1% I am missing since you dont have the map back yet...LOL! I will keep checking back.
lennymon
Madamesabina, I definitely see a spot just out of beacons, to the east in lornars up in the corner. Sorry I dont have any photoshop resources but, that might be 0,2 or 0,3%
Silverstar, I can spot some on the west wall just as you enter mineral springs as well as ne wall of talus chute by ice breaker which will give you something to start with.
Marty, might be a could cover.. but looks like sw beach area in hell prec, possibly the skipped area in cutscene as well as west edge of abaddons?
Silverstar, I can spot some on the west wall just as you enter mineral springs as well as ne wall of talus chute by ice breaker which will give you something to start with.
Marty, might be a could cover.. but looks like sw beach area in hell prec, possibly the skipped area in cutscene as well as west edge of abaddons?
Marty Silverblade
I don't have photoshop but to me it looks like you're missing a huge chunk of Ice Floe (where Marhan's Grotto is).
Dark Ken
Could someone analyze my map and circle what I'm missing please? I'm stuck at 95% and don't know where to go next.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/163/gw95ts7.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/163/gw95ts7.jpg
lennymon
I just wanna say thanks to everyone! And especially Luciora for helping me get those last couple spots. The last 0.1% was a random find out of Port Sledge. Wish I had gotten arenas
Lapis - looks like edges of thunderhead as well, but you'll want to retake that photo with shift key to remove pins
Dark Ken, sorry no photoshop (yet) but by eyeball, the north walls of Iron Mines, and Grenths footprint, west wall of thunderhead, as well as outside keep and se corner on avicara path, and talus chute east wall up in the hills (its a tricky path - just hug right wall and you should find your way up there but Im pretty sure there's a post with a map in this forum somewhere, heh).
Lapis - looks like edges of thunderhead as well, but you'll want to retake that photo with shift key to remove pins
Dark Ken, sorry no photoshop (yet) but by eyeball, the north walls of Iron Mines, and Grenths footprint, west wall of thunderhead, as well as outside keep and se corner on avicara path, and talus chute east wall up in the hills (its a tricky path - just hug right wall and you should find your way up there but Im pretty sure there's a post with a map in this forum somewhere, heh).
Zeke_T_Freak
Don't know what part of Grenths Footprint it was but I was with Secsi Franzwald capping and all of a sudden I was looking at my Elite numbers capped and saw it...100%. I was so friggin happy cause I been scratching my head wonder where the heck it was!!
Thanks everyone who helped!!
Thanks everyone who helped!!
Marty Silverblade
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Originally Posted by lapis_narakia
Also, there's an island south of Perdition rock that I have 3/4 uncovered...I don't remember every being there before and I'd like to know whether that spot counts for the map and how to get back there. I've been told it's the old Fire Island Chain arena, which is impossible for me because the arena was long gone by the time I reached the Fire Island Chain.
Yep, that's the old arena. You don't need to have it explored to get 100% exploration, but if you do it will make life just a bit easier. You can get there if you visited RA or TA and you were taken to that particular map. You can't get back there anymore.
Luciora
OK finally here are a few maps
Madame and Lapis - Please retake your screenshots, full screen and resolutions of 1024x768 or 1280x1024 please. Also try to save the jpg file with a highish quality as it make it rather hard to compare maps when the quality has dropped too much.
Indian, I'm still trying to find that last couple spots for you Can you retake your screenshot at 1280x1024 and save jpg with quality 8 or 9? I'm following edges all over the map to find the last spots now and this would make it a bit easier
Madame and Lapis - Please retake your screenshots, full screen and resolutions of 1024x768 or 1280x1024 please. Also try to save the jpg file with a highish quality as it make it rather hard to compare maps when the quality has dropped too much.
Indian, I'm still trying to find that last couple spots for you
Dogma Blutlust
thx i am going to get it
madamesabina
Duly noted and done. Thanks in advance.
Dogma Blutlust
oh yeah thx Luciora
without our help I missed this title
without our help I missed this title
bsinkk
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Originally Posted by bsinkk
One thing everyone keeps missing is that you can necro traversal (or consume corpse) UNDER a bridge and you will be placed on top of the bridge. I have used this 'trick' on occassion to access the charr area of Northern Wall (with no timer) and Ruricks Path in Frost Gate.
For the northern wall, lure the last boss just before the cut-scene (or one of his henchies) under the overpass (so-to-speak) and kill 'im. Then traversal or consume your way to the TOP of the overpass. Make sure you run the correct way as to NOT trigger the cutscene and timer. You won't be free and clear tho cuz there are still Charr out there. If you go all the way back to the last bridge, you will trip the part of the quest that gives you an "added: " message about finding an alternate path back and will open the gate. Helpful if you need assistance with those pesky Charr.
Frost Gate is about as simple. Remember the cave with the Dryder Spiders? Inside of it is an overpass which the good Prince uses. If you kill a spider underneath and then consume/traversal... then your on top.
Hope it helps. Have fun out there. Some have reported that this doesn't work for them. I have done it a number of times, each with success.
For the northern wall, lure the last boss just before the cut-scene (or one of his henchies) under the overpass (so-to-speak) and kill 'im. Then traversal or consume your way to the TOP of the overpass. Make sure you run the correct way as to NOT trigger the cutscene and timer. You won't be free and clear tho cuz there are still Charr out there. If you go all the way back to the last bridge, you will trip the part of the quest that gives you an "added: " message about finding an alternate path back and will open the gate. Helpful if you need assistance with those pesky Charr.
Frost Gate is about as simple. Remember the cave with the Dryder Spiders? Inside of it is an overpass which the good Prince uses. If you kill a spider underneath and then consume/traversal... then your on top.
Hope it helps. Have fun out there. Some have reported that this doesn't work for them. I have done it a number of times, each with success.
Marty Silverblade
Thanks alot for that map comparison, it's so much less daunting with less circles
Luciora
Pleasure Marty :P I prefer having lots of circles though, means it is easier to get all those little spots you need to find The more you have uncovered the harder it gets to find the wall creep spots that didn't register the first 4 times you went by there
Congrats Dogma!!!
Thanks for the new map Madame, i'll be done with the comparision this afternoon. Same for your emailed map Lapis
The more you have uncovered the harder it gets to find the wall creep spots that didn't register the first 4 times you went by there Congrats Dogma!!!
Thanks for the new map Madame, i'll be done with the comparision this afternoon. Same for your emailed map Lapis
Richard King
hi !! 
my name in game is Warrior the King and i try to get the tittle Grand master cartographer but now i get 92.9% of map.. anyone can help with 7.1%... i post my map .....
thx all :P
my name in game is Warrior the King and i try to get the tittle Grand master cartographer but now i get 92.9% of map.. anyone can help with 7.1%... i post my map .....
thx all :P
Indian
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Originally Posted by Luciora
OK finally here are a few maps
Indian, I'm still trying to find that last couple spots for you Can you retake your screenshot at 1280x1024 and save jpg with quality 8 or 9? I'm following edges all over the map to find the last spots now and this would make it a bit easier
i kinda have problem now, i just got a new widescreen laptop, all screenshots are 1280x800 and i cant take 1280x1024 either.. still ill post 1280x800 just incase
thanx bro, you are doign great job
Indian, I'm still trying to find that last couple spots for you
i kinda have problem now, i just got a new widescreen laptop, all screenshots are 1280x800 and i cant take 1280x1024 either.. still ill post 1280x800 just incase
thanx bro, you are doign great job
lennymon
Indian, you *may* be able to set your screen at 1024x768 and take the shot, but it may be warped (I have a widescreen laptop also). If that won't work I'm planning on installing photoshop today at work, so I can use yours for a guinea pig run . Luciora, how do you do your comparisons so I can help? thanks
Edit: K Indian, PS installed and I took my own screeny at 1280x800, can you edit your last with your latest shiftshot at that res? I did what I could with the one on the last page though, but its 1024x768 and may not be current? anyhow, heres what I found.
edit#2: I have improved my technique, plus your new map can you do 1920x1200? I wanna screen all of them at that res.
. Luciora, how do you do your comparisons so I can help? thanksEdit: K Indian, PS installed and I took my own screeny at 1280x800, can you edit your last with your latest shiftshot at that res? I did what I could with the one on the last page though, but its 1024x768 and may not be current? anyhow, heres what I found.
edit#2: I have improved my technique, plus your new map
Ace_000
Hi!!....well im tryin to get 100% tyrian grandmaster cartographer.......the only thing.....im stuck like evrybody...................98.9%....and i dont know wher to go now....can you please help me....
Here's my map....
and thanx...
Here's my map....
and thanx...
lennymon
first try at this so I may have missed some Ace, it may be cloud cover at this res, but looks like almost the entire abaddons bonus area? the rest im pretty sure of
Ace_000
well the abbandons area and all the ring of fire islands is all cleared....
tho i still have to see the other ones......
thanks tho
tho i still have to see the other ones......
thanks tho
Pheff the Monk
Ok so i got 97.9% explored and i am not sure this map is the right size or if it will even load, so any tips or help would be...helpful. Please and Thank You.
PS. ok the figures, can someone tell me how to attach a image...?
PSS. Ya i just notticed my image was to large a file anyways u guy know for me to lower it? It was in 2.25 MB.
Try 2
PS. ok the figures, can someone tell me how to attach a image...?
PSS. Ya i just notticed my image was to large a file anyways u guy know for me to lower it? It was in 2.25 MB.
Try 2
lennymon
@Pheff: just hit the go advanced button, towards the bottom is manage attachments. This brings up a popup for uploading your pic. You can just edit your post to do this.
@Ace ok, still new at this, but figured out a new trick for comparing. I'll repost a new one a little later as I can see more spots and those that I gave you aren't 1.1% - Luciora is VERY good at these so I can't hope to compete, just trying to help Edit: Theres 2 spots you have that I dont (thanks) but here's my better effort:
@Ace ok, still new at this, but figured out a new trick for comparing. I'll repost a new one a little later as I can see more spots and those that I gave you aren't 1.1% - Luciora is VERY good at these so I can't hope to compete, just trying to help
Indian
ooh ty dude, hehe didnt see this post b4 sending u pm
Lorgbow
Hi it's again me
This time at 99.2
attached 3 maps with different cloudsystem
btw - i can't explore that NW corner of Ice Caves - was there about 3 times and nothing can someone show me the point of exploration? (I was from ice caves side and talus chute side)
This time at 99.2
attached 3 maps with different cloudsystem
btw - i can't explore that NW corner of Ice Caves - was there about 3 times and nothing
Mellyora Wylfre
Stuck at 97.7%- please help, and thanks in advance!