GW2 Bazaar of the Four Winds achievement guide with detailed
walkthroughs and videos on getting all the achievements related to the
Bazaar of the Four Winds update.
Bazaar of the Four Winds achievements are divided into 3 categories:
Bazaar of Four Winds/Zephyr Sanctum exploration achievements, kite
achievements, and Sanctum Sprint achievements.
The character that consumes this item will have a Quartz Crystal
Formation appear in their home instance that can be mined once a day
per account. It will appear in all home instances for all your
characters once but you mine it in one home instance, it disappears
on all other home instances until daily reset.
Lessons from the Sky – Complete the scavenger hunt by finding 40 sky
crystals
Reward: Zephyr Sanctum Model
Place this model on the ground and you can view a cinematic showing
off Zephyr Sanctum in any city
Achievement point summary
Achievement
Pts.
Achievement
Pts.
Bazaar Ambassador
50
Kookoochoo the Incredulous
5
Ascent to Zephyr Sanctum
3
Lessons from the Sky
26
Best. Dive. Ever.
5
Like Clockwork
15
Colossal Kites
5
Parachute Pilferer
16
Crowd Favourite
10
Pickup Completionist
9
Crystal Obsessed
21
Poor Man’s Kite
5
Diverse Trader
9
Sanctum Sprint
1
Grandmaster of Om
10
Sanctum Sprinter
10
Kite Bombing
5
Speedy Sprinter
5
Kites of Iron
5
Strangers from the Sky
5
Kites of the Night
5
Voyage to the Bazaar
5
Kites over Caledon
5
World vs. Kite
5
Total
240
Bazaar of the Four Winds exploration achievements
Strangers from the Sky – Talk to Captain Magnus/Ellen Kiel in Lion’s Arch – 5 achievement points
Head to Lion’s Arch and check in with Captain Magnus at the Main
Haven Headquarters in Fort Marriner
Voyage to the Bazaar – 5 achievement points
Arrive at Bazaar of Four Winds by taking a ship from Sanctum Harbor
Diverse Trader – Meet up with 5 traders – 9 achievement points
Speak with all traders in the Bazaar of the Four Winds. From the
Bazaar Docks Waypoint, take a right and you will see the group of
five traders you need for your achievement.
Ascend to Zephyr Sanctum – Approach six important characters – 3 achievement points
Speak to the Sun Adept, Wind Adept, Poyaqui, Lighting Adept, , Evon
Gnashblade, and Ellen Kiel on your way to Zephyr Sanctum
Kookoochoo the Incredulous –- Watch the hourly firework show – 5 achievement points
Watch Kookoochoo the Incredulous’s breathtaking fire breathing show.
This show takes place not far from Sky Docks Waypoint and occurs
every hour (but not necessarily on the hour).
Lessons from the Sky – Find 40 Sky Crystals – 26 achievement points.
Find and activate sky crystals throughout Labyrinthine Cliffs. There
are 52 Sky Crystals hidden in Bazaar of Four Winds/Zephyr Sanctum,
you only need to find 40 for the achievement.
Best Dive Ever – Find the diving goggles and dive off it – 5 achievement points
Perform the highest dive ever off the edge of Zephyr Sanctum. You
will need the Assisted Leap (#1 skill) and Lighting Pull (#3)
skill to attempt this. The diving goggles are located in the back of
Zephyr Sanctum on the wooden structure above. I have marked the
start location to get this dive. You can either figure it out
yourself or watch the video.
Grandmaster of Om – Defeat Poyaqui in Belcher’s Bluff – 10 achievement points
Defeat Poyaqui, the Grandmaster of Om, in a game of Belcher’s Bluff
before Zephyr Sanctum departs. You must have defeated the five
Masters of Om before you can challenge Poyaqui.
Transform quartz crystals into charged quartz crystals at a place of
power. Places of power are basically skill challenge locations with
an orb that you can commune with. There are many located in Tyria
but the easiest one to reach is probably the one outside Shaemoor
Garrison in Queensdale.
Quartz Crystals are tradeable but Charged Quartz Crystals are
account bound and used for crafting.
Quartz Crystals can be obtained from kite baskets, mined from Quartz
Crystal Formation in Labyrinthine Cliffs and your home instance,
from Zephyr Sanctum supply boxes, and from finishing Sanctum
Sprints.
Note that since you only make 1 Charged Quartz Crystal per day, this
achievement will take 8 days to complete.
Find fallen kite baskets throughout Tyria, and loot their contents.
These kite baskets can be found in all open world zones except for
Orr (they are all marked on the map) . Each zone usually have \~10
Zephyr Sanctum Kite Basket, which yield 2 Kite Basket Supplies that
count toward the achievement (which means you only need to open 30
Zephyr Sanctum Kite Basket)
Basket at each location can be looted once per day per account.
Find all seven of the large kites hidden across Tyria and the Mists
Kites over Caledon
Kites of the Night
Kites of Iron
Poor Man’s Kite
Kite Bombing
Colossal Kite
World vs. Kite
Kites over Caledon – Find the kite in Spekk’s Lab of Caledon Forest – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Spekk’s Lab in Caledon Forest. The
kite is all the way at the end of the puzzle and require puzzle
completion.
Kites of the Night – Find the kite in Forsaken Halls of Dredgehaunt Cliffs- 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Forsaken Halls in Dredgehaunt Cliffs.
If the door to Forsaken Halls is not open, you will need to visit
Gerrvid in the tavern near Snowslide Ravine and escort him to open
the door.
Make sure you interact with the closed door and read the text on
it before talking to Gerrvid or he won’t let you read his books.
Use torch to shoo off the skelks and grubs which are immune to
damage. You will need to escort Gerrvid to the second door and then
look for 5 door pieces to open the door to the next area. Once that
door opens, you can dump Gerrvid as the kite is in that second area.
Kites of Iron – Find the kite in Pig Iron Quarry in Fireheart Rise – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Pig Iron Quarry in Fireheart Rise. You
will need to complete Pig Iron Quarry jumping puzzle as the kite is
at the very end with the jumping puzzle chest.
It is advised that you jump to the kite right away to get the
achievement and then fight the veteran shaman since he has attacks
with knockbacks that can push you off and make you redo the puzzle.
Poor Man’s Kite – Find the kite in Begger’s Burrow in Queensdale – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Beggar’s Burrow in Queensdale. Fairly
easy kite to get. You can either clear out the bandits or just run
through them as the kite is not far from the entrance.
Kite Bombing – Find the Kite in Griffonrook Run in Lornar’s Pass – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Griffonrook Run in Lornar’s Pass. The
kite is about 70% of the way into the puzzle so you do not need to
complete the puzzle. Also, don’t grab the bomb offered by the Norn
NPC unless you want to do it on hardcore mode.
The entrance to the Griffonrook Run jumping puzzle is this little
hole in the water. Look carefully or you may miss it.
Colossal Kites – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in the Cliffside Fractal in the Fractal
of the Mists. This kite is NOT near the entrance so it would be
very hard to solo it. It is best to get a group and then set
difficulty to level 1 and keep zoning into the fractal and then exit
it until you get Cliffside fractal.
You will need to defeat the first boss and then grab the hammer he
drops. Grab the hammer and head to the first seal. You will need to
kill a cultist to activate the #4 skill which allow you to hit the
seal.
Once you get past the seal, run up the windy stair/platforms (use
stability if you need it) and then you should see the kite at top of
the platform (image submitted by Nijjion on reddit)
World vs. Kite – 5 achievement points
Find the large kite hidden in Obsidian Sanctum (World vs World).
Unlike last time, the kite is not at the very end of the puzzle but
rather about 90% of the way in (it is on top of the large dome with
caged animals below). You will need to complete majority of the
Obsidian Sanctum jumping puzzle nonetheless.
Remember that there are 3 entrances to Obsidian Sanctum, depending
on which keep your World control.
Sanctum Sprint achievements
Sanctum Sprint – Find the Aspect Master – 1 achievement point
Find and speak with the Sanctum Spirit activity master in Zephyr
Sanctum. Talk to the Aspect Master just south of Sky Docks waypoint
(crossed flags on your map) will complete this achievement.
Pickup Completionist – Use 7 unique pick up items – 9 achievement points
In Sanctum Sprint, use every possible pickup item at least once.
Tier 1: 1
Tier 2: 3
Tier 3: 7
Speedy Sprinter – Place top 3 – 5 achievement points
Place among the top three racers in Sanctum Sprint
Sanctum Sprinter – Place first – 10 achievement points
Place first in Sanctum Sprint
Title: Sanctum Sprinter
Frequent Sprinter – Run 15 races of Sanctum Sprint – 0 achievement points
This achievement can be completed infinite times until Sanctum
Sprint goes away. You get a loot bag for its completion, which
contain a rare item.
Archived Disqus comments
ChamGen
Do any of these achievements give titles?
Colton
At least on the Sanctum Sprinter – Place first.
1DERYRS
Dulfy, quick update for the guide… this sentence:
The character that consumes this item will have a Quartz Crystal
Formation appear in their home instance (and only that character’s
home instance) that can be mined once a day.
is not accurate. Anet made a post in the official forums stating
that the Node will appear in ALL characters home instances
regardless of which character consumes the item
Dulfy
thanks corrected
jo
wvw eb jp again? ffs anet gfy
axion
hey dulfy can you make the embedded YouTube videos in the future
larger? I can not read your commentary unless I go to the youtube
page or full screen the video :/
Trent
Where is the Fractal Kite…? Not near the entrance…!
Trent
After the First Set you destroy with the hammer, and go up with
the windy statues.
Synfulmo
Thanks for that info. Just managed to solo the first dude
and get up there by myself(Ranger can solo this it just
takes about 20 mins of kiting and careful dodging/pet
swapping). Also I am only lvl 53 so yeah any 80 with pet
traits can easily clear the cliffside
Yulan
I believe you can do the whole fractal in under 20
minutes while in a group.. Why solo?
N30S
good luck finding a group with a lvl 53 ranger \^\^
ezedepas
I LOVE Duulfy hahaha 🙂 Saludos desde ARGENTINA
Andrew Wojtkowski
Why the heck do they keep making things in Obsidian Sanctum?
Perhaps some of you are on servers where people don’t camp the
portals, but Jade Quarry is a bunch of *********s
Aleastor
I’m actually on Jade Quarry, when I ran the achievement for the
Pirates solo, there were individuals from all three T1 servers…
all of which were friendly and waved at eachother, allowing
others to pass without conflict.
Kalastrear
I hate jade quarry. I’m from SoR and couldnt get 10% in w/o
getting ganked
TripleA
You forgot to mention the 2 new achievements in the Explorer section
(Fields of Ruin)
Dulfy
Ya I am aware of them, should be a guide up for them later
today.
Synfulmo
Everytime I try to read Gerrvid’s books he tells me to quit peekin
at his research. How do I get past this?
Dulfy
May need to wait like 10-15 minutes and see. Someone said that
worked for them.
Kalastrear
you ahve to read the text on the gate in order for it to
work, it took me a while to figure it out
Dulfy
Ah that makes sense
Kalastrear
Yea took me a while to figure out. Sanctum of Rall
thanks you
Valento
Actually you must first talk to him BEFORE
reading the books..
Kalastrear
yea but you have to read the note on the
door, then talk to him, then read the books,
then talk to him agian.
Apsylar
if someone has recently completed the entire
mini-dungeon, the instance will reset. This
causes the ‘interact’ with the inscription
on the door to have to respawn and it does
not do so instantly. This is likely the
10-15mins wait people are having to do.
Kalastrear
i have 6/7 things for the perfect completionsist.. help? NVM i got
it
MtthwRddl
I got stuck at 5 of the pickups. I couldn’t figure out what I
was missing. Perhaps it’s the fake power up not hitting anyone
and thus not counting as being used, or the grounded power up
not learning a power up used on you not counting as being used.
I don’t know.
löx
you have to use the skills AGAINST other Players … maybe no
other player runned in your FakeItem? (the Exploding item
bag)
Kalastrear
yea it was that i used it against another toon and got
it right away. yay ore!
Jesse Primeaux
I found a vendor to exchange tickets for the helm and the back
pieces…. Are there any other skins that are available? Also it said
it took my crystal quartz to my home instance. I am guessing that is
divinity’s reach (hume). but where exactly did they put it in there?
The only instance i know of is the queen’s palace and its not in
there. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Dulfy
There are no other skins and your home instance is in Salama
District.
Arjen
Do you have to wait 24h after you charged a quartz crystal or does
it reset after midnight?
Dulfy
Daily reset time
Arjen
Awesome, thank you!
MtthwRddl
I think I just lost 50+ quartz crystals. Don’t know how. I had 70+
before going to Queensdale, and then I opened a fortune, opened up a
few more baskets, and then checked my inventory and saw I only had
25 quartz crystals. What the heck happened?
MtthwRddl
Didn’t lose them. They are considered crafting materials, so I
accidentally sent them to my crafting storage.
Atratzu
Great guides, as usual. I never realized you were a thief, Dulfy. 😛
Its still missing a few maps, but Dulfy if you want to put these
images up for people to see, please feel free to do so! If you want
larger quality images from me, just drop me an ask at my Tumblr. c:
The Spirit Molecule
can someone explain to me, what the fuck is a ”home instance” ?
Sinsko
It’s typically the 2nd or 3rd place you go on your personal
story… your personal home instance is in whatever city is
designated by your character’s race. When you are about to zone
in you are given a prompt and it it says ‘(HOME)’ – not too
difficult to find at all,
Where do you mine the Quartz once you’ve gotten the Gift?
Dulfy
Your home instance in various cities.
Dee
Thanks, is there a specific place in the instance where I
can find the node? I used mine on my Sylvari. Or, will it
appear in the other character races homes too?
Dulfy
Any of the home instances will have it but once you
mined in one it will disappear on all other instances
until daily reset
Amadahy
Is the “Kites over Caledon” location in the jumping ‘mesmerable’ (as
it were) if someone would be willing to (with tip, of course) pull
me up to it? Or must the puzzle be done ‘as is’ to that point?
I’ve never attempted that one, but it looks ‘timed’ to me, and I
don’t do very well on the jumps under pressure (clock tower, et al).
I can jump, and have done quite well so far (for me), and I just
have this one and the WvW one left. Actually did my first fractal
for this…and we completed the fractal, even though 3 of us really
just wanted the kite and had never done a fractal. Good times. 🙂
TIA
Dulfy
There are alot checkpoints inside the jumping puzzle though to
make it easier. I think it might be portable if you can get
there (floor is mostly lava)
plskin
it is, jump towards the right and you will fall in slow
motion (maybe a bug or because of the invisible wall), then
jjump towards the checkpoint below or to the lava heal and
tada drop the port
computerkate
I just make people jump from 6th station to end. Get
yourself there at some point, die to go to the
beginning, put down 1 portal there, talk to lab
assistant, put second at 6th station. You could probably
even jump across before doing that, but I don’t. Anyone
portaled to 6th who dies or whatever can then talk to
the lab assistant to get back to 6th (though not any
earlier ones since they hadn’t reached them).
consciousthirteen
You can remove all armor and backpiece to avoid damage. Then
each part has a checkpoint so it’s not that aggravating.
Talsera
I wouldl be willing to go behind you and keep the things turned
on as it were, look up Talsera on Dragonbrand 🙂
Archived Disqus comments
ChamGen
Do any of these achievements give titles?
Colton
At least on the Sanctum Sprinter – Place first.
1DERYRS
Dulfy, quick update for the guide… this sentence:
The character that consumes this item will have a Quartz Crystal Formation appear in their home instance (and only that character’s home instance) that can be mined once a day.
is not accurate. Anet made a post in the official forums stating that the Node will appear in ALL characters home instances regardless of which character consumes the item
Dulfy
thanks corrected
jo
wvw eb jp again? ffs anet gfy
axion
hey dulfy can you make the embedded YouTube videos in the future larger? I can not read your commentary unless I go to the youtube page or full screen the video :/
Trent
Where is the Fractal Kite…? Not near the entrance…!
Trent
After the First Set you destroy with the hammer, and go up with the windy statues.
Synfulmo
Thanks for that info. Just managed to solo the first dude and get up there by myself(Ranger can solo this it just takes about 20 mins of kiting and careful dodging/pet swapping). Also I am only lvl 53 so yeah any 80 with pet traits can easily clear the cliffside
Yulan
I believe you can do the whole fractal in under 20 minutes while in a group.. Why solo?
N30S
good luck finding a group with a lvl 53 ranger \^\^
ezedepas
I LOVE Duulfy hahaha 🙂 Saludos desde ARGENTINA
Andrew Wojtkowski
Why the heck do they keep making things in Obsidian Sanctum?
Perhaps some of you are on servers where people don’t camp the portals, but Jade Quarry is a bunch of *********s
Aleastor
I’m actually on Jade Quarry, when I ran the achievement for the Pirates solo, there were individuals from all three T1 servers… all of which were friendly and waved at eachother, allowing others to pass without conflict.
Kalastrear
I hate jade quarry. I’m from SoR and couldnt get 10% in w/o getting ganked
TripleA
You forgot to mention the 2 new achievements in the Explorer section (Fields of Ruin)
Dulfy
Ya I am aware of them, should be a guide up for them later today.
Synfulmo
Everytime I try to read Gerrvid’s books he tells me to quit peekin at his research. How do I get past this?
Dulfy
May need to wait like 10-15 minutes and see. Someone said that worked for them.
Kalastrear
you ahve to read the text on the gate in order for it to work, it took me a while to figure it out
Dulfy
Ah that makes sense
Kalastrear
Yea took me a while to figure out. Sanctum of Rall thanks you
Valento
Actually you must first talk to him BEFORE reading the books..
Kalastrear
yea but you have to read the note on the door, then talk to him, then read the books, then talk to him agian.
Apsylar
if someone has recently completed the entire mini-dungeon, the instance will reset. This causes the ‘interact’ with the inscription on the door to have to respawn and it does not do so instantly. This is likely the 10-15mins wait people are having to do.
Kalastrear
i have 6/7 things for the perfect completionsist.. help? NVM i got it
MtthwRddl
I got stuck at 5 of the pickups. I couldn’t figure out what I was missing. Perhaps it’s the fake power up not hitting anyone and thus not counting as being used, or the grounded power up not learning a power up used on you not counting as being used. I don’t know.
löx
you have to use the skills AGAINST other Players … maybe no other player runned in your FakeItem? (the Exploding item bag)
Kalastrear
yea it was that i used it against another toon and got it right away. yay ore!
Jesse Primeaux
I found a vendor to exchange tickets for the helm and the back pieces…. Are there any other skins that are available? Also it said it took my crystal quartz to my home instance. I am guessing that is divinity’s reach (hume). but where exactly did they put it in there? The only instance i know of is the queen’s palace and its not in there. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Dulfy
There are no other skins and your home instance is in Salama District.
Arjen
Do you have to wait 24h after you charged a quartz crystal or does it reset after midnight?
Dulfy
Daily reset time
Arjen
Awesome, thank you!
MtthwRddl
I think I just lost 50+ quartz crystals. Don’t know how. I had 70+ before going to Queensdale, and then I opened a fortune, opened up a few more baskets, and then checked my inventory and saw I only had 25 quartz crystals. What the heck happened?
MtthwRddl
Didn’t lose them. They are considered crafting materials, so I accidentally sent them to my crafting storage.
Atratzu
Great guides, as usual. I never realized you were a thief, Dulfy. 😛
PeeWee
Thief of my heart 🙂
BlackAvalon
I’m working on putting together a map set of the Zephyr Sanctum Kite Basket spawn locations here: http://whatsernameanyways.tumblr.com/post/55158403336
Its still missing a few maps, but Dulfy if you want to put these images up for people to see, please feel free to do so! If you want larger quality images from me, just drop me an ask at my Tumblr. c:
The Spirit Molecule
can someone explain to me, what the fuck is a ”home instance” ?
Sinsko
It’s typically the 2nd or 3rd place you go on your personal story… your personal home instance is in whatever city is designated by your character’s race. When you are about to zone in you are given a prompt and it it says ‘(HOME)’ – not too difficult to find at all,
If you’re still confused: http://bit.ly/15yLXEE
Dee
Where do you mine the Quartz once you’ve gotten the Gift?
Dulfy
Your home instance in various cities.
Dee
Thanks, is there a specific place in the instance where I can find the node? I used mine on my Sylvari. Or, will it appear in the other character races homes too?
Dulfy
Any of the home instances will have it but once you mined in one it will disappear on all other instances until daily reset
Amadahy
Is the “Kites over Caledon” location in the jumping ‘mesmerable’ (as it were) if someone would be willing to (with tip, of course) pull me up to it? Or must the puzzle be done ‘as is’ to that point?
I’ve never attempted that one, but it looks ‘timed’ to me, and I don’t do very well on the jumps under pressure (clock tower, et al). I can jump, and have done quite well so far (for me), and I just have this one and the WvW one left. Actually did my first fractal for this…and we completed the fractal, even though 3 of us really just wanted the kite and had never done a fractal. Good times. 🙂
TIA
Dulfy
There are alot checkpoints inside the jumping puzzle though to make it easier. I think it might be portable if you can get there (floor is mostly lava)
plskin
it is, jump towards the right and you will fall in slow motion (maybe a bug or because of the invisible wall), then jjump towards the checkpoint below or to the lava heal and tada drop the port
computerkate
I just make people jump from 6th station to end. Get yourself there at some point, die to go to the beginning, put down 1 portal there, talk to lab assistant, put second at 6th station. You could probably even jump across before doing that, but I don’t. Anyone portaled to 6th who dies or whatever can then talk to the lab assistant to get back to 6th (though not any earlier ones since they hadn’t reached them).
consciousthirteen
You can remove all armor and backpiece to avoid damage. Then each part has a checkpoint so it’s not that aggravating.
Talsera
I wouldl be willing to go behind you and keep the things turned on as it were, look up Talsera on Dragonbrand 🙂
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