GW2 Long Live the Lich Story and Map achievements guide.This is a work in progress.
Meta Achievement
The meta achievement for this episode will grant you 28 AP in total but requirements the completion of 38 achievements. You get a Corsair Jerkin as an armor piece for the reward in addition to the AP.
Story Achievements
Seized
Loquacious Orator – 1 AP
For this achievement you have to go through the trial dialogue multiple times and pick each option to fulfill the achievement. This may take a few more runs of the instance. Luckily you can just relog after finishing the trial to try again.
Dialogue 1
Stay Asleep, Sheep
Decimation – 1 AP
Kill 6 Awakened with a single bomb blast. Pretty easy to do as Canach actually does it for you when he throw bombs around.
Glory Hog – 1 AP
Plant seeds at all the locations before Canach has a chance to help. Canach plant at exactly three locations in sequential order . Go to these locations and plant the seeds before Canach and you should get the achievement pretty easily.
Silent but Deadly – 3 AP
Never raise suspicion to the point that champions are deployed again you. Generally pretty easy to get. Just don’t get close to the champions inside the instance and you should get this achievement easily. If you get detected by anything, remember to use #1 skill to stop stun them and then #2 if necessary to kill.
Trip the Quantum Fantastic – 1 AP
Disorient 25 Awakened with the Quantum Mass Displacement Matrix. To do this you will need to use the #4 skill in rapid succession. Basically you want to run right in front of an awakened mob (make sure he detects you so move around a bit) and then immediately to his behind when he detects you. As soon as he turns to face you, immediately teleport to his behind again while staying as close to the Awakened as possible. Repeat as long your heat level allows; after a few teleports, the awakened will get disoriented and you will get the achievement pop up. You don’t have to do it to 25 different Awakened and can just pick the same one to do it over and over.
Be My Guest
This section is still a work in progress due to the constant DC in the final instance.
Captive Audience – 1 AP
Listen to all of Joko’s taunts
Dexterous and Flexible – 3 AP
Avoid every laser trap in the Moon Fortress
Whistling in the Dark – 1 AP
Successfully defend Canach while he arms the bomb in under six minutes. This one is pretty easy to get. The timer starts only when Canach goes to the door and arm the bomb. You have plenty of time to defeat the Awakened waves before they reach Canach. There is a champion that spawns at the end of the waves.
Roller Beetle Mount Collections
There are four achievements for the Roller Beetle mount collection/unlock. You can read the full guide here.
The following achievements are relayed to the Banner of Dauntless Commander which require several achievements/collections to craft. To start the achievements in this series you will need to talk to Lady Camilla in the Allied Encampments.
Banner of the Commander is an exotic backpiece while the Banner of the Dauntless Commander is an Ascended backpiece.
Tyrian Service Medal – 1 AP
For this achievement you have to do some of the world bosses in Tyria and then do the Temple events in Orr
Cannoneer’s Service Mark
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Cannoneer’s Distinction
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Cannoneer’s Ribbon
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Slayer’s Medallion
Kill the Awakened abomination in Kourna. This is an event that occurs near the Gandara Main Approach POI. You will need to kill the Champion Awakened Abomination.
Golemneer’s Certification
Reprogram a golem in Kourna. You will find Research Maggin south of Allied Encampment a bit past the thorn wall. He will ask you for help with an escort event. Escort him and his golem and then fight the Plague Golem at the end for the item.
Defender’s Mark
Defender the thorn mark wall against the Awakened attackers in Kourna. These are events of Awakened attacking the Thorn wall. For this item you will need to make sure the Awakened attackers don’t destroy the wall.
Naturalist’s Crest
Regrow the thorn wall in Kourna. For this item, the previous event to fail and the thorn wall needs to be destroyed. This will trigger the subsequent event to repair the wall.
Caravaner’s Recognition
Defend the caravan from the loyalist attackers in Kourma. This event starts from the Allied Encampment and goes to the Arkjok Farmlands.
Inventor’s Merit
Help test an asuran “Rez-o-Matic” golem in Kourna. Event starts in Allied Encampment. Look for Researcher Siris. Escort him to test his Rez-o-Matic device and defeat the Veteran creature at the end of the escort for the achievement.
Banner Ornament
Complete the last instance Be My Guest for the item.
Valor Beyond Valor – 1 AP
You will need to complete the Gandaran Service Medal and Tyrian Service Medal from above for this achievement.
More Than a Hero– 5 AP
Craft Banner of the Commander. The recipe to craft this is automatically learned (500 Tailor, Leatherwork, Armorsmith) when you talk to Lady Camilla. However to craft it you will need the following ingredients purchased from Lady Camilla
More Than a Hero, a Symbol – 5 AP, Dauntless title
Craft Banner of the Dauntless Commander. This probably requires the Heroic Banner Ornament from the Valor Beyond Valor achievement to complete. It also requires another piece from the vendor that costs 500 Inscribed Shards.
Map Achievements
General Map Achievements
Rude Awakening – 3 AP
Kill enough Awakened until you have 25 of their blood.
Pond Scum - 1 AP
For this you need to kill the Legendary Crazed Broodmother at Ntouka Pond. You can enter the pond area via the sand portal at the marked location.
Still Waters Run Deep – 2 AP
Delve to the deepest point of Ntouka Pond. Basically just swim to the Mastery Insight location and you will receive this achievement.
Dances with Cacti – 1 AP
There is an event that starts periodically at Idol of the Choya POI. You need to talk to Researcher Tebb to start the event and wait until he transform you into a choya. Join the dance initially as choya and then leave the choya form, climb to the rock in the middle and then do /dance to get the achievement.
Debbie’s Cakes – 2 AP
You need to do this heart perfectly to get cakes from Debbie. When you use the torch to burn the crops, only burn the diseased crops and not the regular crops. Turn off auto-attack so you don’t accidentally swing the torch and burn the good crops. If done correctly, you will be able to purchase cakes from Clan Marshal the heart vendor by Arkjok Farmlands after you complete the daily heart. You need to do this heart correctly 4 times for the achievement and the cake can be bought only once per account per day (you can buy 3x cake per day). If burning infected crops it is too tedious you can try mix in some rat meat to progress the heart.
I can See My House – 1 AP
Go to the mountain with the Griffon Master Course and then mount on your Roller Beetle mount. You may have to do this a couple times for the achievement to trigger.
Taking All Their Secrets – 3 AP
You basically need to do the Containing the Scarab Plague meta 10 times and loot the chests each time. To loot the chest you will need to consume the Access Card from killing the Champion Inquest that spawns after the Plague Golem. He only spawns with 10% HP left so you will need to get some hits in or you won’t get the access card. This will give you a 10 min buff. With this buff, enter one of the rooms with red terminals marked on the map below and you will be teleported to inside the chest room. You can also get a mesmer to port you in if you don’t have an access card.
Thing That Wouldn’t Leave – 1 AP
Overstay your welcome in the Awakened Inquest Plague research lab. Inside Research Vault Alpha, which you can access by pressing a panel from the outside (above and outside the Hollows on the same level of the POI), if you do the event to clear the Inquest Lab then stay in the lab after, wait for about a minute and you will be kicked out and granted the achievement.
FTT 100 Achievements
FTT 100 Intro to Field Tech Turret Dynamics – 1 AP
Talk to Krew Leader Drazz at Allied Encampement and he will tell you about the turret right next to him. This will allow you to interact with the turret, completing this achievement and unlocking others in the series.
FTT 101-107 Core Turret Dynamics – 3 AP
This is more of a farming achievement. You will need to slaughter Awakened Inquest by the masses in Kourna until you collect all of the scraps in the collection as they are random drops off them. Once you completed the collection or parts of the collection for a specific type of turret, you can go back to Krew Leader Drazz and learn all types of field turrets. This will allow you to recconfigure the Inquest turrets to different types to fulfill the other FTT achievements.
Mastery Insights & Races
Mastery Insights
Allied Encampment Mastery Insight
Pretty straight forward. Just hop to the top of the tower with your springer.
Bokoss Prison Ruins Mastery Insight
This Mastery Insight requires the Tier 2 Roller Beetle ability to break through walls to reach.
Dabiji Hollows Mastery Insight
This one is slightly tricky. You enter the tunnels through the eastern side and then look for some easy rocks you can hop on with your springer. As you progress higher, you will find a narrow passage you can’t get through by normal means. What you need to do here is to swap to a thinner mount (i.e. jackal) and use the dismount boost to boost you over the ledge past the narrow passage.
Dunlon Springs Mastery Insight
Another straightforward Mastery Insight. Just springer hop your way and then drop down to the springs for this insight.
Ntouka Pond Mastery Insight
Use the jackal portal at the location pointed by the arrow on the map below to get into the Pond area and then swim down to reach the Mastery Insight at the very bottom.
Races
Roller Beetle Training – 2 AP
This map has the new Roller Beetle racing which rewards 2 AP for reaching the silver and gold ranks. Use spacebar to boost (remember your endurance recharges after passing through each checkpoint) and then use Mount ability 2 (I bound mine to V) to drift around tight corners.
Griffon Expert – 2 AP
Griffon Expert is a short course with some tight turns but rather easy to get gold once you know the route.
Griffon Master – 2 AP
Meta Achievement
The meta achievement for this episode will grant you 28 AP in total but requirements the completion of 38 achievements. You get a Corsair Jerkin as an armor piece for the reward in addition to the AP.
Story Achievements
Seized
Loquacious Orator – 1 AP
For this achievement you have to go through the trial dialogue multiple times and pick each option to fulfill the achievement. This may take a few more runs of the instance. Luckily you can just relog after finishing the trial to try again.
Dialogue 1
- If it please the court, I’ll speak
- This ‘creature’ is an associate of mine
- Your Honor, did you have Gorrik examined?
- Look at him? what’s that supposed to mean?
- So you admit you have no medical proof that he’s infected or contagiuous
- Your honor, Gorrik is working to prevent an outbreak
- Its’s the Scarab plague
- I can’t say any more, Your Honor
- Ask to speak (If it pleases the court, I’ll speak)
- Defend your friend’s honor (This ‘creature is an associate of mine)
- Find an error in the court’s process (Your Honor, did you have Gorrik examined?)
- Explain the circumstances (Your Honor, Gorrik is working to PREVENT an outbreak)
- Call out racial bias (‘”Look at him”? What’s that suppose to mean?)
- Ask for proof (So you admit you have no medical proof that he’s infected or contagious)
- Tell the truth (Its’s the Scarab Plague)
- Ask for the councilor’s trust (I can’t say any more, Your Honor)
- Require you to have completed the final instance Be My Guest first
- Kill all the Scarabs in 30 seconds or less. The Scarab phase is right after Faren meets the guests from the ship. Make sure you are on a mount and you should have no trouble finishing it in 30 seconds.
Stay Asleep, Sheep
- Require you to have completed the final instance Be My Guest first
- Keep Istari the Inexorable from Awakening your allies. During the fight with him from 100% to 50%, he may have a small breakbar if you don’t damage him quick enough. If this happens, break his breakbar ASAP to prevent him from awakening your allies.
Decimation – 1 AP
Kill 6 Awakened with a single bomb blast. Pretty easy to do as Canach actually does it for you when he throw bombs around.
Glory Hog – 1 AP
Plant seeds at all the locations before Canach has a chance to help. Canach plant at exactly three locations in sequential order . Go to these locations and plant the seeds before Canach and you should get the achievement pretty easily.
Silent but Deadly – 3 AP
Never raise suspicion to the point that champions are deployed again you. Generally pretty easy to get. Just don’t get close to the champions inside the instance and you should get this achievement easily. If you get detected by anything, remember to use #1 skill to stop stun them and then #2 if necessary to kill.
Trip the Quantum Fantastic – 1 AP
Disorient 25 Awakened with the Quantum Mass Displacement Matrix. To do this you will need to use the #4 skill in rapid succession. Basically you want to run right in front of an awakened mob (make sure he detects you so move around a bit) and then immediately to his behind when he detects you. As soon as he turns to face you, immediately teleport to his behind again while staying as close to the Awakened as possible. Repeat as long your heat level allows; after a few teleports, the awakened will get disoriented and you will get the achievement pop up. You don’t have to do it to 25 different Awakened and can just pick the same one to do it over and over.
Be My Guest
This section is still a work in progress due to the constant DC in the final instance.
Captive Audience – 1 AP
Listen to all of Joko’s taunts
Dexterous and Flexible – 3 AP
Avoid every laser trap in the Moon Fortress
Whistling in the Dark – 1 AP
Successfully defend Canach while he arms the bomb in under six minutes. This one is pretty easy to get. The timer starts only when Canach goes to the door and arm the bomb. You have plenty of time to defeat the Awakened waves before they reach Canach. There is a champion that spawns at the end of the waves.
Roller Beetle Mount Collections
There are four achievements for the Roller Beetle mount collection/unlock. You can read the full guide here.
- Beetle Juice – 3 AP
- Beetle Saddle – 3 AP
- Beetle Feed – 5 AP, 1 Mastery Insight
The following achievements are relayed to the Banner of Dauntless Commander which require several achievements/collections to craft. To start the achievements in this series you will need to talk to Lady Camilla in the Allied Encampments.
Banner of the Commander is an exotic backpiece while the Banner of the Dauntless Commander is an Ascended backpiece.
Tyrian Service Medal – 1 AP
For this achievement you have to do some of the world bosses in Tyria and then do the Temple events in Orr
- World Bosses (use this timer to see when the bosses spawn)
- Shadow Behemoth (Queensdale)
- Fire Elemental (Metrica)
- Shatterer (Blazeridge)
- Great Jungle Wurm (Caledeon)
- Tequatl the Sunless (Sparkfly)
- Golem Mark II (Maelstrom)
- Claw of Jormag (Frostgorge)
- Orr temple events (For most temple events, only killing the Risen Priest during either capture or defend counts for this achievement and other events in the meta do not with the exception of the Balthazar event).
- Cathedral of Glorious Victory (Balthazar – Straits of Devastation) – The capture of Altar of Betrayal triggers the achievement.
- Cathedral of Eternal Radiance (Lyssa – Malchor’s Leap)
- Cathedral of Zephyrs (Dwayna – Malchor’s Leap)
- Cathedral of Verdance (Melandru – Cursed Shore)
- Cathedral of Silence (Grenth – Cursed Shore)
Cannoneer’s Service Mark
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Cannoneer’s Distinction
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Cannoneer’s Ribbon
Shut down Inquest cannons in Kourna.The event that grant the item for this collection is not the Reprogram cannon event during the meta. Rather, occasionally the cannons would have an event to Disabled the Awakened cannon before it can fire. Complete that for the item. You can probably just stand and wait at each of the cannons you need until the event pops up.
Slayer’s Medallion
Kill the Awakened abomination in Kourna. This is an event that occurs near the Gandara Main Approach POI. You will need to kill the Champion Awakened Abomination.
Golemneer’s Certification
Reprogram a golem in Kourna. You will find Research Maggin south of Allied Encampment a bit past the thorn wall. He will ask you for help with an escort event. Escort him and his golem and then fight the Plague Golem at the end for the item.
Defender’s Mark
Defender the thorn mark wall against the Awakened attackers in Kourna. These are events of Awakened attacking the Thorn wall. For this item you will need to make sure the Awakened attackers don’t destroy the wall.
Naturalist’s Crest
Regrow the thorn wall in Kourna. For this item, the previous event to fail and the thorn wall needs to be destroyed. This will trigger the subsequent event to repair the wall.
Caravaner’s Recognition
Defend the caravan from the loyalist attackers in Kourma. This event starts from the Allied Encampment and goes to the Arkjok Farmlands.
Inventor’s Merit
Help test an asuran “Rez-o-Matic” golem in Kourna. Event starts in Allied Encampment. Look for Researcher Siris. Escort him to test his Rez-o-Matic device and defeat the Veteran creature at the end of the escort for the achievement.
Banner Ornament
Complete the last instance Be My Guest for the item.
Valor Beyond Valor – 1 AP
You will need to complete the Gandaran Service Medal and Tyrian Service Medal from above for this achievement.
More Than a Hero– 5 AP
Craft Banner of the Commander. The recipe to craft this is automatically learned (500 Tailor, Leatherwork, Armorsmith) when you talk to Lady Camilla. However to craft it you will need the following ingredients purchased from Lady Camilla
- Lacquered Banner Pole – 100 Inscribed Shards and Vial of Awakening Blood from Rude Awakening achievement (kill enough Awakened until you collect 25 Awakened Blood)
- Banner Pennon – Recipe costs 100 Inscribed Shards to purchase.
More Than a Hero, a Symbol – 5 AP, Dauntless title
Craft Banner of the Dauntless Commander. This probably requires the Heroic Banner Ornament from the Valor Beyond Valor achievement to complete. It also requires another piece from the vendor that costs 500 Inscribed Shards.
Map Achievements
General Map Achievements
Rude Awakening – 3 AP
Kill enough Awakened until you have 25 of their blood.
Pond Scum - 1 AP
For this you need to kill the Legendary Crazed Broodmother at Ntouka Pond. You can enter the pond area via the sand portal at the marked location.
Still Waters Run Deep – 2 AP
Delve to the deepest point of Ntouka Pond. Basically just swim to the Mastery Insight location and you will receive this achievement.
Dances with Cacti – 1 AP
There is an event that starts periodically at Idol of the Choya POI. You need to talk to Researcher Tebb to start the event and wait until he transform you into a choya. Join the dance initially as choya and then leave the choya form, climb to the rock in the middle and then do /dance to get the achievement.
Debbie’s Cakes – 2 AP
You need to do this heart perfectly to get cakes from Debbie. When you use the torch to burn the crops, only burn the diseased crops and not the regular crops. Turn off auto-attack so you don’t accidentally swing the torch and burn the good crops. If done correctly, you will be able to purchase cakes from Clan Marshal the heart vendor by Arkjok Farmlands after you complete the daily heart. You need to do this heart correctly 4 times for the achievement and the cake can be bought only once per account per day (you can buy 3x cake per day). If burning infected crops it is too tedious you can try mix in some rat meat to progress the heart.
I can See My House – 1 AP
Go to the mountain with the Griffon Master Course and then mount on your Roller Beetle mount. You may have to do this a couple times for the achievement to trigger.
Taking All Their Secrets – 3 AP
You basically need to do the Containing the Scarab Plague meta 10 times and loot the chests each time. To loot the chest you will need to consume the Access Card from killing the Champion Inquest that spawns after the Plague Golem. He only spawns with 10% HP left so you will need to get some hits in or you won’t get the access card. This will give you a 10 min buff. With this buff, enter one of the rooms with red terminals marked on the map below and you will be teleported to inside the chest room. You can also get a mesmer to port you in if you don’t have an access card.
Thing That Wouldn’t Leave – 1 AP
Overstay your welcome in the Awakened Inquest Plague research lab. Inside Research Vault Alpha, which you can access by pressing a panel from the outside (above and outside the Hollows on the same level of the POI), if you do the event to clear the Inquest Lab then stay in the lab after, wait for about a minute and you will be kicked out and granted the achievement.
FTT 100 Achievements
FTT 100 Intro to Field Tech Turret Dynamics – 1 AP
Talk to Krew Leader Drazz at Allied Encampement and he will tell you about the turret right next to him. This will allow you to interact with the turret, completing this achievement and unlocking others in the series.
FTT 101-107 Core Turret Dynamics – 3 AP
This is more of a farming achievement. You will need to slaughter Awakened Inquest by the masses in Kourna until you collect all of the scraps in the collection as they are random drops off them. Once you completed the collection or parts of the collection for a specific type of turret, you can go back to Krew Leader Drazz and learn all types of field turrets. This will allow you to recconfigure the Inquest turrets to different types to fulfill the other FTT achievements.
Mastery Insights & Races
Mastery Insights
Allied Encampment Mastery Insight
Pretty straight forward. Just hop to the top of the tower with your springer.
Bokoss Prison Ruins Mastery Insight
This Mastery Insight requires the Tier 2 Roller Beetle ability to break through walls to reach.
Dabiji Hollows Mastery Insight
This one is slightly tricky. You enter the tunnels through the eastern side and then look for some easy rocks you can hop on with your springer. As you progress higher, you will find a narrow passage you can’t get through by normal means. What you need to do here is to swap to a thinner mount (i.e. jackal) and use the dismount boost to boost you over the ledge past the narrow passage.
Dunlon Springs Mastery Insight
Another straightforward Mastery Insight. Just springer hop your way and then drop down to the springs for this insight.
Ntouka Pond Mastery Insight
Use the jackal portal at the location pointed by the arrow on the map below to get into the Pond area and then swim down to reach the Mastery Insight at the very bottom.
Races
Roller Beetle Training – 2 AP
This map has the new Roller Beetle racing which rewards 2 AP for reaching the silver and gold ranks. Use spacebar to boost (remember your endurance recharges after passing through each checkpoint) and then use Mount ability 2 (I bound mine to V) to drift around tight corners.
Griffon Expert – 2 AP
Griffon Expert is a short course with some tight turns but rather easy to get gold once you know the route.
Griffon Master – 2 AP
