Factions FAQ

Opeth: Unwanted Guests is the one with the Kirin yes? and Lost Treasure with some guy and his lost love. For both, the reward is at the end as both the NPCs who give the quests accompany you throughout it's duration. The rewards are claimed on the spot when the obejectives met and i think you may have to repeat the quest again to claim reward. Zunraa is of the Kirin species ^_^

There's my problem. Neither of the NPCs have an exclamation mark over their head and neither of the quests are on my quest log. I've made sure several times that I havn't minimized the tab for any of the quests.

So - I'm a little confused here still. Do I need 10k faction to get to House zu Heltzer? I'm stuck. Also - found out my guild is aligned with Kurzick, but don't remember if I picked Befriend the Luxons or Befriend the Kurzicks. I've ben stuck for like a week with no primary quests, and I've done all I could find Frustrating - never had this problem in Prophecies... maybe they should give you "Hint" NPC's or something on what to do... Ok no worries as the whole Luxon/Kurzick thing isn't very permanent meaning you can switch if you chose the wrong side.

If I knew the last thing you did then I could help you o_O. Anyway.. uh heres a guide to befriending the kurzicks starting from Zin Ku Corridor after Tahhnakai Temple quest:

Quest: Meeting with the emperor - Given at Zin Ku Corridor

Quest: The Count's Daughter - Given at Zin Ku Corridor

Quest: The Count's Daughter - Updated outside Maatu Keep

Mission: Arborstone - From Tanglewood Copse go outside to Arborstone (explorable) and then talk to the lift operator.

Mission: Boreas Seabed - From Altrumm Ruins after Arborstone grab quest and head back to Pongmei Valley and then trek to Boreas Seabed.

Quest: City Under Attack - Given at Zos Shivros Channel

Quest: Battle in the Sewers - Given at Raisu Pavilion by Emperor's Hand after reward from City Under attack.

Mission: Sunjiang District - Led here by Battle in the Sewers.

Quest: Journey to Cavalon/Journey to House zu Heltzer - Given by Jamei at Maatu Keep after you finish Sunjiang District. These quests allow you access to HzH and Cavalon where you can buy stuff and craft armor.

Quest: Befriending the Kurzicks/Befriending the Luxons - Given by Elder Rhea (luxon) or Count zu Heltzer (kurzick). These quests require you get obtain 10000 unspent Kurzick/Luxon faction. The quests at the cities give some faction, as do repeatable quests and missions. Once you have the 10k points then talk to Elder/Count and claim reward.

Note: If you are there for the armor or jade/amber then there is no need to befriend them first. As long as you have positive favor for the Kurzicks for instance, then the armor crafters will talk to you and you will be able to craft the armor. Befriending a faction is required to advance through the storyline as the quests needed to get to Gyala Hatchery/Eternal Grove can only be gotten after you befriend them.

Hope that helps

Seeing that search is down, and I don't want to create a new thread, may as well ask here:

So I've just completed both attribute quests. Lost Treasure and Unwanted Guests. I recall recieving the reward for the Lost Treasure, but not too sure about Unwanted Guests. When I press 'H' to check my statistics, it shows I've only earned 185 of 200 attribute points possible.

The biggest problem is: When I return to the NPC that gives out the quest, they do not have an exclamation mark above their head. At the Lost Treasure NPC, when I talk to him, he thanks me for helping him retrieve his wife. When I am at Zunraa, he talks about protecting his valley and what not.

This could only mean:
1. one of my attribute rewards have been deemed 'void'
2. I have not recieved the reward at all, though there no longer is a quest with either of the quest names in my Quest Summary.

Oh, please let there be a solution, I don't want to delete my prescious Mesmer which I've spent several thousands of gold on her.
I have the same problem, I completed both quests, finishing unwanted guests last in which i checked my attribute level and it is only ay 185. How the hell can this be?

can a tyria character do the first 2 mission in starter island in cantha? No, not yet.

I was wondering, if my guild is alegned Kurzick and i want one char to be Kurzick and the other to be Luxon, will this affect my gameplay? Like, not being able to become Luxon, etc.? If your guild is aligned with one side, the only thing that means is that you can only do alliance battles for that side. Plus, you can only buy favor for your alliance with that faction (in hopes of accumulating enough favor to control a town).

As far as your character being aligned to one side or another, the only thing that really matters is as I mentioned it before. If you have more favor for one side over the other, then you can deal with that faction. Otherwise, they will ignore you. You can temporarily "align" with one side by acquiring faction for that side. Then, you can easily "align" yourself with the other side by doing quests for the other side. A common practice would be to to get faction for one side to get either favor your your alliance or jade/amber if you're not interesting in controlling a town, then get faction for the other side to only get jade/amber. As I warned before, spend all your faction for one side before gaining faction for another side because you lose faction from both side when you redeem faction.

If your guild is aligned with one side, the only thing that means is that you can only do alliance battles for that side. Plus, you can only buy favor for your alliance with that faction (in hopes of accumulating enough favor to control a town).

As far as your character being aligned to one side or another, the only thing that really matters is as I mentioned it before. If you have more favor for one side over the other, then you can deal with that faction. Otherwise, they will ignore you. You can temporarily "align" with one side by acquiring faction for that side. Then, you can easily "align" yourself with the other side by doing quests for the other side. A common practice would be to to get faction for one side to get either favor your your alliance or jade/amber if you're not interesting in controlling a town, then get faction for the other side to only get jade/amber. As I warned before, spend all your faction for one side before gaining faction for another side because you lose faction from both side when you redeem faction.
Ok, thats kind of what i figured. Thanks for the help.

sorry for the noob question but...

unlike at chapter 1, you don't get skills (not the elites.. i noe you have to cap them) as rewards from quests? My character is canthan born (ritualist) and so far i've only been getting exp, gold and commendations from quests. i just did the Convocation Mission (where you need to kill a big purple giant squid - luxon mish) and haven't gotten a single skill reward since Shing Jea Island.. are you supposed to buy the skills.. as in all of em? im at 1000 per skill now and i don't wana spend any more -___- Yes, you have to buy them all. Anet's reasoning is that it would cut down on 'cookie cutter' builds and that people would be free to experiment and use whatever skills they wanted rather than being limited to a certain set of skills until you reached the end of the game.

1 question.............If my guild is Luxon can i still go to the House zu Heltzer? Yes, no matter what you or guild are aligned with, you can always access both capitals. Simply because you can take both Journey to Cavalon and Journey to House zu Heltzer and enter Cavalon/Hzh.

IF your guild is Luxon, you can still be a Kurzick but that just means you wont have faction to contribute to guild.

1 question.............If my guild is Luxon can i still go to the House zu Heltzer? Scroll up and you'd see that I already answered that question before.