Curse

Jeremy Winston · Sep 03, 2006, 09:51 PM // 21:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livingston

If you only have 60% then you obviously haven't beat the game yet.

Not to detract from the great work here, but I ran my Tyrian character through Factions as fast as possible, and, although I did have a fair amount of the island uncovered for getting the preview event and getting the Protector title, I only had 54% and change after completing the game.

Uh.. any suggestions on getting the other 46%?

Actually, I'm up to 79%, working from the south up. I'm looking forward to using all the various techniques you've shown us.

Thanks,

Jeremy

Livingston · Sep 04, 2006, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy Winston

Not to detract from the great work here, but I ran my Tyrian character through Factions as fast as possible, and, although I did have a fair amount of the island uncovered for getting the preview event and getting the Protector title, I only had 54% and change after completing the game.

Uh.. any suggestions on getting the other 46%?

Actually, I'm up to 79%, working from the south up. I'm looking forward to using all the various techniques you've shown us.

Thanks,

Jeremy

LOL :P

That was assuming that you were at least trying to make some effort to uncover fog in order to get the title.

But fair enough, I'll update it.

Livingston

(Also remember to give the thread a good rating if it helped you out

)

RTSFirebat · Sep 04, 2006, 11:54 AM // 11:54

Livingston.

Your be pleased to know I'm going to sticky this now. You've done some fine work with this thread

But I suggest extending one of the exisiting sections for a PM list.

Oh and well done on the forum title by the way. What you do to get that?

Livingston · Sep 04, 2006, 01:37 PM // 13:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTSFirebat

Livingston.

Your be pleased to know I'm going to sticky this now. You've done some fine work with this thread

But I suggest extending one of the exisiting sections for a PM list.

Oh and well done on the forum title by the way. What you do to get that?

Thank you Firebat. ^_^

As for the FT, it's a secret for now (but its unrelated to this thread, though it may have helped me get it, dunno) ... I'll PM you.

Livingston

fawking hostile · Sep 05, 2006, 01:47 AM // 01:47

got my grandmaster tonight with help from the advice here and from a couple buddies. nice to finally be done

Dwiggit · Sep 05, 2006, 03:09 AM // 03:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livingston

Shiro Specific Questions

1) How do I get the NW and NE corners of the area where you fight Shiro?

In order to get these areas you must be banished by Shiro. This is what happens when members of your party disappear and are replaced by Shiroken Constructs.

2) Does Shiro banish you to different areas?

No. He will only banish you to the NW area. To uncover the NE corner, once you have been banished you need to face the NE direction and walk very slowly, hugging the wall. If you do this correctly you will discover a small corner that will take you closer to the NE and it will uncover that area.

Do you actually go to the NE area, or just close enough to uncover it?
A screen shot of the map to with a path drawn on it would be helpful.

Thanks!
Dwig

Livingston · Sep 05, 2006, 04:52 AM // 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by fawking hostile

got my grandmaster tonight with help from the advice here and from a couple buddies. nice to finally be done

Nice. Congratulations!

Don't forget to rate the thread ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwiggit

Do you actually go to the NE area, or just close enough to uncover it?
A screen shot of the map to with a path drawn on it would be helpful.

Thanks!
Dwig

In the section that you quoted, it says that you will only be banished to the NW spot, you then wall hug to uncover the NE area. But I'll see what I can do about getting a map.

Livingston

Enko · Sep 06, 2006, 03:53 AM // 03:53

well i'm at 99.9% now and the last place that I need is in Jade Quarry so if anyone else needs it, send me a message so we can get it done.

btw, while recruiting people to go to Jade Quarry, some guy in Aspenwood claimed that Tyrian characters can get into the starter area outside of Shing Jea Monastery. As far as I know, that's not true, right?

Zegorzalek · Sep 06, 2006, 08:57 PM // 20:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enko

well i'm at 99.9% now and the last place that I need is in Jade Quarry so if anyone else needs it, send me a message so we can get it done.

btw, while recruiting people to go to Jade Quarry, some guy in Aspenwood claimed that Tyrian characters can get into the starter area outside of Shing Jea Monastery. As far as I know, that's not true, right?

You could get in there during the Dragon Festival when the festival games were set up on the training grounds. It uncovers about .3%. Accomplished this with all my tyrian charas, as there was no guarantee if you could get in after the fact. I believe it was a "festival" opening, and now it used again for training new charas. Who knows, maybe next event they will open it again. Either way, if you wall hug you should be able to get your 100% as I did ... still with a sizeable portion of shezun tunnels covered and the .1% from the shiro banish area still covered. There is at least .3-.5% flex room me-thinks.

Carinae · Sep 06, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwiggit

Do you actually go to the NE area, or just close enough to uncover it?
A screen shot of the map to with a path drawn on it would be helpful.

After Shiro banishes you, hug the Eastern edge of the cliff and go north. Really grind against the cliff edge, like you wanna fall off.

Hit the very very north most and east most corner (upper right) and that will uncover the NE area.

Don't be shy or worried about dying. Really root into the NE corner and you'll get it.

Taeron · Sep 07, 2006, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Congrats for the sticky Livingston ^^ thanks for helping and synthetizing all the data collected on the 100% map threads and improving it for us :P

Dwiggit · Sep 07, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood

After Shiro banishes you, hug the Eastern edge of the cliff and go north. Really grind against the cliff edge, like you wanna fall off.

Hit the very very north most and east most corner (upper right) and that will uncover the NE area.

Don't be shy or worried about dying. Really root into the NE corner and you'll get it.

Thanks! Got it now!

At 98.9% and still waiting to get into Jade Quarry!

Dwig

RossMM · Sep 07, 2006, 10:03 PM // 22:03

Well yesterday talking to some of the people I had in my second THK group of the day (never had a worse PUG group than the first, and never had a better PUG than the last), I asked them about their Explorer titles. I've had >95% on my warrior (Tyria) and assassin (Cantha) for a while now but I reckon it's time to go for the 100%. So I came looking for tips other than the wiki ones (it's far too general for a serious explorer, IMHO).

So anyway, I found this guide and I'd just like to say great work :¬) I've been concentrating on getting 100% for my assassin just because it's easier than Tyria and with the help of the five maps showing commonly-missed places (great idea) and places I was skeptical about I've gone from 98.3% to 99.4%.

I checked all the locations on those maps against mine and looked at the ones that didn't match, and I've crossed off all but five places. Three I think I have but mine look slightly more obscured than yours, and two seem to be right at the edge of Jade Quarry (I thought I'd explored it during the event but oh well). Still, good advice in the article and it's great for those of us who want to come to the title with as little help (out of game) as possible.

But now that I'm stuck again, I guess I just need to work out how to contrast layers in PSP :¬/

Shyft the Pyro · Sep 08, 2006, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Since Livingston was kind enough to label commonly missed spots, I thought I'd go through them and point out how to reach them. Most of these are going to be simple, straightforward directions like "SW corner of Zone X" meaning "check southwest corner of zone X," but some spots are trickier than others and will receive more attention.

If you'd like specific directions to a particular spot or want your map compared to make sure you've cleared as much as you could have, please head on over to the 100% Canthan Cartography discussion thread and post there. Even if I can't answer you, someone definitely will

Shing Jea Island

1. North wall of Minister Cho's Estate explorable. Check the beach on both sides of the rock outcropping.
2. NW corner of Minister Cho's Estate explorable.
3-6. West wall of Kinya Province. Make sure to go as far west as you can on all islands and beaches.
7. SW corner of Panjiang Peninsula. Check from east (dock) and north (beach).
8. Middle of Panjiang Peninsula. Walk the edges of the bay.
9-10. The "mountain spot" west of Tsumei Village. This spot cannot be cleared completely, but 9 can be reached from SE corner of Kinya Province and 10 from NE corner of Panjiang Peninsula. Go as far NW as you can when exiting Tsumei Village to clear 10.
11. East wall of Panjiang Peninsula.
12. Shing Jea Arena. The battle area of this arena is open to characters level 10 and under. The staging area of this arena is open to all characters. Talk to the arena guard in Shing Jea Monastery to enter.
13. SW corner of Shing Jea Monastery outpost, behind the Xunlai Agents.
14. For Tyrian characters who never entered Monastery Overlook, parts of that zone can be cleared from Saoshang Trail and the docks of Seitung Harbor.
15. The docks of Seitung Harbor. Make sure to go as far south as you can.
16. SW corner of Zen Daijun explorable. Gates leading to this area are closed in the mission.
17. The south wall of Zen Daijun explorable. This area may be open for exploration in the mission but the north path is much easier for mission completion.
18. SE corner of Zen Daijun explorable. Gates leading to this area are closed in the mission.
19. SE corner of Haiju Lagoon. Make sure to check behind the resurrection shrine.
20. East wall of Haiju Lagoon. Clear from the "Sentimental Treasures" quest island north of the spot. Beware of the Ritualist boss.
21. Hanzing Pier, endpoint for "Captured Son" quest. Go as far east as possible.
22-23. North wall of Haiju Lagoon. Go as far into the water as possible.
24. North wall of Jaya Bluffs. Instead of just exploring it from Zuuyun Point (where the road below goes into the mountain), walk the cliffs to the east and west.
25. Sizhou Hall, endpoint for "Looking for Trouble" primary quest.

Kaineng City

1. West wall of Wajjun Bazaar. Head NW from Nahpui Quarter. Easiest if "Seek Out Brother Tosai" quest from Kaineng Center is active, as it turns all regular Am Fah spawns in Wajjun Bazaar into NPCs rather than enemies.
2-3. Make sure to hug the edges of the island as closely as possible - you can uncover some spots in the water that show as a "vertical line" glitch on the world map the way west edge of Dunes of Despair mission in Tyria does. The "U" map and zoomed-in overview map don't show this line.
4. West wall of Kaineng Center outpost. Go SW past the armor crafters or NW past the Canthan Ambassador to reach the docks.
5-6. NW and NE corners of Bejunkan Pier. Check the edges of both levels (up the stairs and down at the docks).
7-9. North wall of Raisu Palace explorable. To clear 8, walk the piers.
10. NE corner of Imperial Sanctum mission, accessible only from Shiro's banishment path. Hug the cliff as closely as possible. If this spot does not clear immediately, walk back along the edge from the first spirit to the east side of the banishment area. For tips on getting banished, see this thread.
11. SW corner of Imperial Sanctum mission, accessible only from the battle area. Shiro always banishes players to the same path. To uncover the rest of the area, walk the edges of the battle area without engaging Shiro.
12. Tahnnakai Temple explorable. This area cannot be reached during the mission due to locked gates. In the explorable, make sure to walk both the east and the west side, as they form separate paths and do not link up.
13. South wall of Dragon's Throat outpost. Dragon's Throat is bugged in that you cannot clear any fog from inside the outpost and the PC marker does not show up on the overview map (the same way it does not show up inside Dragon's Throat mission). To clear this, walk out into Shadow's Passage and get as close to the portal without zoning back in as possible.
14-15. East and south walls of Vizunah Square mission.
16. North wall of Shenzun Tunnels. Start from Tahnnakai Temple and go west; you'll only need to fight/run past one mob of Am Fah.
17. SE corner of Undercity. This is one of the spots where Xaquang Skyway does not coincide with Undercity, so this spot must be cleared from below.
18. Center of Shenzun Tunnels. Many people miss this spot when following the "To Tahnnakai Temple" quest.
19. NW corner of Sunjiang District explorable. Parts of this spot may be cleared from east wall of Shenzun Tunnels.
20. This spot can be cleared from inside Zin Ku Corridor outpost. Hug the corner directly NE of the spot.
21. SE corner of Tahnnakai Temple explorable. A lot of people miss it when rushing to Vizu during the mission. A related spot further south is the east wall of Zin Ku Corridor, behind the weaponsmith.
22. East wall of Sunjiang District explorable.

"Middle Cantha"

1. SE corner of Nahpui Quarter mission and SW corner of Nahpui Quarter explorable. You cannot clear this spot completely but can hug the edges closely, especially since a lot of people don't clear all they can in the burned-out home of Am Fah (south wall of Nahpui Quarter explorable).
2. South wall of Shenzun Tunnels. Most easily reached by starting in Senji's Corner and going through Nahpui Quarter explorable.
3. NW corner of Pongmei Valley.
4. The "farmland spot" east of Maatu Keep. The best way to clear this spot is to hit SW corner of Sunjiang District explorable, but you may need to hug the walls in all surrounding areas - SE corner of Shenzun Tunnels, east wall of Maatu Keep and north wall in Pongmei Valley - as well. Sunjiang District mission won't let you reach the SW corner of the zone as the area is closed off by a gate.
5. East wall of Pongmei Valley and north wall of Boreas Seabed outpost. To get the north wall of Boreas Seabed outpost, use the bridge behind the Xunlai Agent.
6. North wall of Boreas Seabed explorable.
7. North wall of Mount Qinkai.
8-9. South wall of Pongmei Valley.
10. West wall of Mount Qinkai.
11. NW corner of Arborstone explorable.
12. West wall of Arborstone explorable.
13. SE corner of Arborstone explorable or NW corner of Ferndale, depending on which side of this spot you're missing.
14. North wall of Ferndale.
15. West wall of Kurzick Aspenwood Gate outpost.
16. This spot is cleared by asking the Luxon Commander in Luxon Fort Aspenwood outpost to Replay the mission cinematic.
17. NW corner of Jade Quarry battle area. To clear this spot, check behind the guardpost NE of the yellow quarry. Make sure to hug the walls inside the yellow quarry as well.
18. East wall of Jade Quarry battle area. Check the east wall of the Luxon starting area, behind the guardpost north of the green quarry, and inside the green quarry.
19. SW corner of Jade Quarry battle area. Check the west wall of the Kurzick starting area and behind the guardpost SW of the yellow quarry.
20. East wall of Ferndale.

Echovald Forest

1. East wall of Melandru's Hope.
2. NW corner of Melandru's Hope.
3. SW corner of Saint Anjeka's Shrine outpost, behind the henchmen.
4. SW corner of Drazach Thicket.
5. NW corner of Eternal Grove explorable.
6. SW corner of Mourning Veil Falls.
7. SW corner of Amatz Basin mission.
8. South wall of Mourning Veil Falls.
9-10. North wall of Morostav Trail.
11-12. NW corner of Unwaking Waters explorable.
13. NW corner of Luxon Unwaking Waters outpost or NE corner of Unwaking Waters explorable.
14. East wall of Silent Surf and south wall of Seafarer's Rest outpost.
15. South wall of Silent Surf, on the island.
16. East wall of Unwaking Waters explorable.
17. South wall of Unwaking Waters mission. Head south after coming out of the gate, but remember to help the other team finish the mission if they're not all henchmen to avoid giving cartographers a bad name

18-19. East wall of Morostav Trail.

Jade Sea

1. NW corner of Eredon Terrace outpost.
2. North wall of Maishang Hills.
3. South wall of Maishang Hills, SW corner of Maishang Hills (hug the wall facing east), and NE corner of Archipelagos.
4. SW corner of Maishang Hills (hug the wall facing west).
5. Zos Shivros Channel mission.
6. SE corner of Archipelagos.
7-9. West wall of Gyala Hatchery explorable. Sometimes the island above 7 also isn't completely cleared; check the west wall of the gated quarry next to it.
10. There is supposed to be a tiny island north of the Leviathan at this spot. To clear it, head west out of Leviathan Pits, kill the boss mob and the oni spawn on the big island, and squeeze into the southern corner of the big island as tightly as you can. Move around and change the direction you're facing to make sure you clear the spot.
11. NE corner of Silent Surf and west wall of Rhea's Crater.
12. SW corner of Aurios Mines mission.
13. NE corner of Aurios Mines mission.
14-15. North wall of Rhea's Crater. 14 is rather easy to clear, but 15 pops up only when heading east in the north hallway, up against a block of jade that juts out of the wall. Clearing the boss spawn west of 15 might help as well.
16. NE corner of Gyala Hatchery explorable.

Livingston · Sep 11, 2006, 01:27 PM // 13:27

Thank you to Shyft for the awesome location directions guide, I've added it to post #3.

Livingston

RossMM · Sep 11, 2006, 08:00 PM // 20:00

A big thanks to Livingston and Shyft from Sirio Drask!

]SK[ · Sep 11, 2006, 09:15 PM // 21:15

Nice guide. Found 0.3% for me. Still missing .2% now and getting stressed out.

RossMM · Sep 11, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

I personally found flicking between an image of Cantha I'd made and the Leighwyn map useful in finding spots (sometimes much less than 0.1%) that I'd missed, and then if they were shown on Livingston's maps I used Shyft's instructions to get to them. That way I got to my 100% with quite a few bits unexplored that I know I'm missing, but it took out a lot of the guesswork.

chugaboy · Sep 11, 2006, 11:16 PM // 23:16

First off.. fantastic post about this tiresome title.

I pulled off 100% in tyria and now working on Cantha.. I was able to get up to 99.5% I do have Jade Quarry left but I know that can't be worth .5%. I've compared my map to over 3 "100%" maps and I dont see the spots I need. Any help?

I will send whatever map images you want from me. I just need a little bit of help cause at this point a toaster in the tub sounds more apealing then trying to find the rest of my map lol

Thanks guys for the help!

chugaboy · Sep 12, 2006, 01:03 AM // 01:03

well.. was able to get into jade and got an additional .3% which puts me at 99.8% *sigh* im so lost