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**cosyfiep** · Jul 11, 2012, 05:07 PM // 17:07

ah...never knew that, though by the time my characters got to jq or fa they were all level 20 already....so learned something new!

akelarumi · Jul 11, 2012, 11:46 PM // 23:46

Didn't know that either, factions has a lot of lean way to be honest. I got 100 % in the time that fa and jq where still serious things (so scraping the edges wasn't polite) and still got it easdy. I did use the portal jumping bug at eredon terrace though (using sin skills to jump past the portal to that town, making it possible to get to the "end of the world"and get some stuff explored that couldn't be explored in a regular way. You can use that to make up for partsin fa/jq and other bits and pieces)

I used the skill heart of shadow for it. just go to the town and exit, pull the foes there to the portal, stand between the portal and the foes and use "heart of shadow" bout 1/10 times you will get teleported behind the portal into the town (without zoning) cause of that you can get into the "owners" area of the outpost wich has a glitch to get behind over the hills between the normal world and the edge of the the world (the area where the developers stopped putting textures and ground and where the world ends). In this case it gave me roughly 1% extra exploration (and that is a lot extra lean way for factions)

Anyways OP has done it, so gz on your title

Swater96 · Aug 16, 2012, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Hello fellow Gurus! Today I am in need of some advice, because let's face it..The Canthan city can be a little tricky to navigate.

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Meow Ren · Aug 16, 2012, 09:05 PM // 21:05

#1 -- Vizunah Square (Local Quarter) outpost. It looks as though your carto character is a non-native, so you will need to join up with a native toon who has the Mayhem in the Market quest active to get there. You can hop to the Marketplace outpost and ask in local chat to see if anyone has it open. If not, send me a PM and I can dust off my Mayhem ferry

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#2 -- Arborstone Explorable. Leave from Altrumm Ruins or from Arborstone if your character has completed The Count's Daughter.

#4 -- Sunjiang District Explorable. Leave from Zin Ku Corridor, you need to hug the wall. The lower lefthand corner....it's been awhile so I can't recall if it's accessible from Sunjiang or the surrounding outposts...or possibly from Pongmei Valley.

carnage-runner · Aug 16, 2012, 09:10 PM // 21:10

If you check out the wiki you'll see about 3 or 4 different methods to get a few % from semi hidden areas.

akelarumi · Aug 16, 2012, 10:17 PM // 22:17

the spot in image one on the left side in budek byway is by the way reachable without any fight, if you go to number one of this map you should get that part.

For number 4:

The spot to the right (middle part) is the easiest. Go out from zin ku and hug the left wall (you need to go down to the water). The spot above that might be in the same part, but otherwise it is in Tahnakai temple (explorable area). the last spot is also in Sunjiang district explorable area, atfer you did the first part, continue south, but instead of going left (south) where the ranger/necro boss is to the valley, go ahead to the west and start hugging the left wall again.

Panache · May 19, 2013, 08:01 PM // 20:01

What the heck is this area and how do I get to it?

**cosyfiep** · May 19, 2013, 09:59 PM // 21:59

shing jea arena...talk to the arena guard in shing jea to take you there (if you are higher than level 11? you wont be able to 'enter battle' but you can still run around the area), if you do woc you will also be there for the final battle quest.

Panache · May 19, 2013, 10:56 PM // 22:56

Of course it's something that simple, hahaha! Thank you so much!!! That got me my 100%, as well as Legendary Cartographer, AND 'People know me'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pulsedriver · Dec 07, 2013, 09:51 PM // 21:51

Hi everyone!

I'm stuck with Canthan cartography: i'm at 99.8%, already unfogged everything with Texmod BUT Fort Aspenwood, Jade Quarry and the Imperial Sanctum portal jump inaccessible area (should be 0.2-0.3%).

This is the point: FA and JQ never start. I simply can't unfog these zones because no one joins. I'm pretty frustrated about it.

I'm trying the simple shadow step technique already used in Eredon Terrace and Shing Jea Monastery but I can't let it work with Paisu Palace and Imperial Sanctum. I even watched the videos on youtube but in 2 hours of trying, it continues to zone out. It doesn't work how shown.

Anybody knows if shadow step still works with Paisu Palace and Imperial Sanctum (youtube videos are 2-3 years old)? Any suggestion to obtain 100% cartography without FA and JQ?

**Marty Silverblade** · Dec 07, 2013, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Try looking for a group for FA/JQ when those are the daily Zaishen Missions. If you're going to get in, your best chance is on those days. Alternatively, if you find an active guild, perhaps you can get together enough people to help you out.

Regarding jumping into inaccessible areas, my understanding is that they're now literally inaccessible. There was a change a while back (Feb 2013) to shadow steps that changed the behaviour and made such things no longer work. I'm not an expert on such tactics though, so I may be wrong.

**cosyfiep** · Dec 08, 2013, 02:49 AM // 02:49

or wait for the week that there is the faction support bonus (on top of fa/jq) there might be even a few people doing it those days...its not for a few weeks, but it might be easier then to access those arenas.

Pulsedriver · Dec 08, 2013, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Thank you for your hints

But, in the end, I've been able to reach 100% without FA/JQ, by scraping some VERY tiny texture left behind and watching the JQ luxon cinematic, which added the last 0.1%. I totally forgot about it.

So this title is still possible without mapping FA and JQ, but is a real pain. Extreme precision and portal jumping in Shing Jea Monastery and Eredon Terrace are required...

Sally Mindtrickster · Jun 27, 2015, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Hello everyone,
I've been thinking about it for years in GW...
do you have any idea, how do I map the area visible in the screenshot?
I was never able to map it from Pongmei, Boreas mission, outpost nor explorable.
Any hints? I would be dearly grateful

Boreas.jpg

**cosyfiep** · Jun 27, 2015, 04:55 PM // 16:55

it is in the outpost, you need to scrap the upper part really well for it to pop (the area north of the storage).

Sally Mindtrickster · Jun 28, 2015, 10:19 AM // 10:19

You are totally right, it worked - thank you!