So what's left for an obsessive person to do once they've achieved Grandmaster Cartographer but spend a while screenshotting it and photoshop-stitching it together???
I know in the "New Titles" thread there have been people with difficulties finding what they're missing, and I know I found the zoomed-out maps mostly helpful but sometimes lacking, so I thought I'd contribute this gem to the community. The rad, pink arrows point to regions I know can be revealed, but that I haven't bothered to reventure to. Other areas could be missing, but what's shown is good enough to get you that 100%. Green arrows point to areas that are Pvp-only arenas, or that used to be Pvp arena staging grounds and are no longer accessible (since now everything is on the battle isles).
If you do find something that you have more complete than my own map, let me know!
[Note: I'd recommend right click-save as, since it's a 5.5mb jpeg]
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Zoomed-out maps:
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Just as an FYI, I know I am missing two spots in Lornar's Pass, one tiny dot in Snake's Dance, another dot in Grenth's Footprint, a smidge in Frost Gate, a bit of the Gates of Kryta island chain. All of these are on my to-do list. If you find any OTHER spots, lemme know! Thanks.
edit: Running list of thanks: Hengis Stone, Carinae Dragonblood, Buzzer, Evilsod, nickthemenace, ophidian409 for suggested areas of further mapping improvement.
Full-scale Grandmaster Cartography Map Aid
Leighwyn
Buzzer
Thankyou.
Just what I needed
Just what I needed
Manic Smile
awsome job
M1h4iL
Omg, I thought I was a perfectionist, but this is WAY too far, you must have spent hours achieving that. gj
Hengis
Asolutely awesome!
This will certainly help me find the final 4% that I am missing!
I do have one little area on my map that you seem to have missed though.
At the very south of the D'Alessio Seaboard mission there is a chain of islands with Sand Drakes on the beach. I am pretty sure you can go further south than is shown on your map. I think I filled in about 0.2% in that area.
I am at work at the moment to I can't attach a screen shot, but if you have trouble finding where I mean I will attach a screen shot for you tonight.
Regards,
Hengis
This will certainly help me find the final 4% that I am missing!
I do have one little area on my map that you seem to have missed though.
At the very south of the D'Alessio Seaboard mission there is a chain of islands with Sand Drakes on the beach. I am pretty sure you can go further south than is shown on your map. I think I filled in about 0.2% in that area.
I am at work at the moment to I can't attach a screen shot, but if you have trouble finding where I mean I will attach a screen shot for you tonight.
Regards,
Hengis
Unkillable Cat
Nice work man, big Karma cookies for you!
ophidian409
oh i thought u needed to 100% reveal the map to get GM title, nice to hear u haven't revealed some area
Artisan
I'll admit that this is one of my aspirations, I'm working on getting it as well...
kratimas
Cronos Khan
great job, I am almost 5% there >< just got master cartographer last night
Cherno
That's great! I thought you had to reveal every single nook and cranny of the map to get to the 100%. I was about to give up because I was sick of following along all the outside walls all the time.
Arduin
Forever in your debt, Leighwyn
BTW, I noticed you've also uncovered the shroud above the random arena's, do they count towards the 100% too?
BTW, I noticed you've also uncovered the shroud above the random arena's, do they count towards the 100% too?
Maxiemonster
Thanks alot. I would never think of me having about another 0.5% to explore in Borliss Pass ^^ Going there immidiatly.
I hope I'll get to 100% soon, still have 6% to go..
I hope I'll get to 100% soon, still have 6% to go..
Inde
Here's a 100% fully explored map by TC Fish that has been uploaded to the gallery.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/gallery...e.php?pos=-231
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/gallery...e.php?pos=-231
Loralai
Exceptional job to anyone who has completed this. Nicely done!
Sohgin
Awesome. Thanks for doing this.
I have noticed that everyone who has 100% was able to get the old arena areas uncovered. That really screws those of us who didn't get there before they closed them. Especially someone like me who only needs .3%
I have noticed that everyone who has 100% was able to get the old arena areas uncovered. That really screws those of us who didn't get there before they closed them. Especially someone like me who only needs .3%
Leighwyn
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And mine may not have labels, but it is cloud and shadow free, which I feel helps If you have 90ish% revealed I'm willing to bet you know where everything is by looks anyway hehAnd in reply to Arduinna, I don't know if it counts or not but I don't believe it completely matters since that "staging" area of RA was pretty small, and there are areas I didn't map. Just seems like a trade-off if it turns out that the area is part of the percentage.
Evilsod
Yeah it seems like the old Droknars Team Arena is still counting towards it.
Man this map is really helping my pc slow down...
Very nice job btw
Edit: The solution to Windows Viewer and Adobe Photo Viewer was simple.
MS Paint ftw! Microsoft actually developed somet useful for once
Man this map is really helping my pc slow down...
Very nice job btw
Edit: The solution to Windows Viewer and Adobe Photo Viewer was simple.
MS Paint ftw! Microsoft actually developed somet useful for once
Racthoh
Like the others said, thanks a lot.
Carinae
I don't believe the OP's map nor TC Fish's map are fully complete. However, I'm sure they are 100% Grandmasters (as am I, and I KNOW I'm missing two little spots)
To the OP: Look between The Great Northern Wall and Piken Square. You can get all of the fog there, except one dot the size of a dime.
There seems to be about .3% leeway, where you can get the Title withoput uncovering the whole TRUE 100%.
I wonder if the arenas count as BONUS areas, and they make up that .3%, so if you map the arenas, you get a little room to miss a spot here or there.
To the OP: Look between The Great Northern Wall and Piken Square. You can get all of the fog there, except one dot the size of a dime.
There seems to be about .3% leeway, where you can get the Title withoput uncovering the whole TRUE 100%.
I wonder if the arenas count as BONUS areas, and they make up that .3%, so if you map the arenas, you get a little room to miss a spot here or there.
Indian
thanks a lot man, time to get my gear n run
Alleji
Hmm... doesn't look that different than my 89%, except your edges are a lot cleaner, but I guess that's what counts.
Congrats on the title. I have different things to worry about (like getting 4 more characters through Cantha >.>) but I'll definitely try to do some exploration this summer :P
Congrats on the title. I have different things to worry about (like getting 4 more characters through Cantha >.>) but I'll definitely try to do some exploration this summer :P
Leighwyn
Thanks to Hengis Stone and Carinae Dragonblood for the suggested areas to further explore; Carinae's was easy enough to get to so I've updated the map with the extra bits of Ascalon revealed. The spot in D'Alessio will have to wait till later, since you can't simply run there (gotta clear the village 
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Thanks again for the input! Much appreciated
)Thanks again for the input! Much appreciated
inscribed
What is the area north east of Henge of Denravi? I can't seem to get there, I've redone Aurora Glade and looked all around the area where you fight the guardian, but no way to get there. Looks like Henge of Denravi use to have an exit going there, but its closed off now. Was it an old arena thats blocked off now, or what?
The Herbalizer
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What is the area north east of Henge of Denravi? I can't seem to get there, I've redone Aurora Glade and looked all around the area where you fight the guardian, but no way to get there. Looks like Henge of Denravi use to have an exit going there, but its closed off now. Was it an old arena thats blocked off now, or what?
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Carinae
The Denravi Arena.
Leighwyn
Yes, it's the Denravi Arena. To get access to that area in today's game, you need to do a little PvP (Random or Team arena, either suffices). As has been discussed, the area probably does count toward achieving 100% but, also mentioned before, you thankfully don't need to reveal everything to get to that point.
In response to the question being asked, I added some neon green arrows to the map showing areas that you either can't get to any longer or that are pvp arenas.
In response to the question being asked, I added some neon green arrows to the map showing areas that you either can't get to any longer or that are pvp arenas.
Hengis
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Thanks to Hengis Stone and Carinae Dragonblood for the suggested areas to further explore; Carinae's was easy enough to get to so I've updated the map with the extra bits of Ascalon revealed. The spot in D'Alessio will have to wait till later, since you can't simply run there (gotta clear the village
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On a positive note though, I reached 96.7% last night with the help of your maps.. That elusive 3.3% still remains to be found though!
Hengis
Dragou Du Porzan
Leighwyn, your map was good enough to teach this old dog new tricks! Though I had the 100% exploration title already, it was pointed out to me that I was missing the Dunes of Despair bonus area. After clearing up that oversight I used your map to check for any other deficiencies and found that I was missing a small bit to the SE of The Falls and the whole Charr staging area in The Great Northern Wall (which I guess you were missing as well when you first posted your map). I've now cleared those areas, and I probably never would have noticed I was missing them without your excellent map to use as a reference. Good job, mate!
Studio Ghibli
Curious.
Does Pre-Searing count toward this?
.. or, a better question..
What doesn't count toward this?
Does Pre-Searing count toward this?
.. or, a better question..
What doesn't count toward this?
The Herbalizer
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Curious.
Does Pre-Searing count toward this? .. or, a better question.. What doesn't count toward this? |
Leighwyn
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found that I was missing a small bit to the SE of The Falls
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TriX
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What doesn't count toward this?
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Viruzzz
theres a spot at the back of the dragons lair area that aparently isn't uncovered
Evilsod
With this map i've gone from 97.8% to 98.9%.
The only part that is pissing me off is that i've found at least 4 areas that haven't been revealed on that map, and i'm still not even close!!!!
Seriously is everyone sure that FoW/UW don't count towards this.
There is almost no way in hell there is 1.1% left in Tyria without including areas you can't actually reach in zones. The only place where there is even the slightest chance theres that much left is UW where i've only been the Village and Smites (ie, trapper)
The only part that is pissing me off is that i've found at least 4 areas that haven't been revealed on that map, and i'm still not even close!!!!
Seriously is everyone sure that FoW/UW don't count towards this.
There is almost no way in hell there is 1.1% left in Tyria without including areas you can't actually reach in zones. The only place where there is even the slightest chance theres that much left is UW where i've only been the Village and Smites (ie, trapper)
Leighwyn
Sadly, those things don't count. It's anything you can immediately see when you hit M, as far as everyone can tell. My own experience was much the same...when titles were first introduced, I started out at 97.1% and thought for sure I had everything revealed. Turns out, some areas didn't have the cleanest borders and I eventually got to the 100% goal.
If it helps, places I needed improvement on were....borlis, frost gate, divinity, surmia (the lake was HUGE), north gate-piken area, north edge of mineral, "secret" area of talus chute, edges of iron mines, and the dunes secret area.
Annd please share the love about those areas you've found if you can remember them. I've gotta know!
If it helps, places I needed improvement on were....borlis, frost gate, divinity, surmia (the lake was HUGE), north gate-piken area, north edge of mineral, "secret" area of talus chute, edges of iron mines, and the dunes secret area.
Annd please share the love about those areas you've found if you can remember them. I've gotta know!
Carinae
What Talus chute secret?
zerulus
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Yes, it's the Denravi Arena. To get access to that area in today's game, you need to do a little PvP (Random or Team arena, either suffices). As has been discussed, the area probably does count toward achieving 100% but, also mentioned before, you thankfully don't need to reveal everything to get to that point.
In response to the question being asked, I added some neon green arrows to the map showing areas that you either can't get to any longer or that are pvp arenas. |
Leighwyn
In reply to Carinae, it isn't exactly secret, thats what the quotes were for It's the path that lets you get the section between Talus Chute and Ice Caves, where you walk up random hills you shouldn't be able to and can see a vast sea of ice when you look east (since the game doesnt render anything outside the zone). I attached two pics showing the area.
In reply to zerulus, I think you can still map the arenas while you're playing on them. Like, you could get the Henge arena mapped by running around in it when you randomly spawn there. The staging areas of Droknar and Random arenas, though, are probably never accessible again.
It's the path that lets you get the section between Talus Chute and Ice Caves, where you walk up random hills you shouldn't be able to and can see a vast sea of ice when you look east (since the game doesnt render anything outside the zone). I attached two pics showing the area.In reply to zerulus, I think you can still map the arenas while you're playing on them. Like, you could get the Henge arena mapped by running around in it when you randomly spawn there. The staging areas of Droknar and Random arenas, though, are probably never accessible again.
LifeInfusion
Thanks for the map. I doubt I will ever get 100% though. At roughly 85%