GW2 Jackaloping Along achievement guide with detailed walkthrough. GW2 Jackaloping Along is an explorer achievement added with the Halloween patch. This achievement can be obtained in Frostgorge Sound, Snowden Drifts, Wayfarer Foothills and Lornar’s Pass . Note that this achievement involves a treasure chest that spawns a skritt burglar. The chest disappears if someone else has recently looted it and moves to another location.
Tips
- Press ctrl down while looking for these chests as it will highlight their names.
- Best to do this with a friend so you can find the skritt burgler faster and reduce the waypoint costs ****
- Do not use any pets/clones if possible as the skritt may transform your pet instead. This is especially a concern for rangers.
- Focus on low damage attacks so you don’t kill the skritt burgler too quickly.
Frostgorge Sound (5 locations)
Frostgorge Sound possible location #1– Wayward Climb
Head to Ridgerock Camp Waypoint and head north. You may see a chest at the location indicated below. if so, opening it will spawn a Skritt Burglar.
Follow him along (while attacking him) and he will turn you to a Jacklop and grant you the achievement! If you manage to kill the Skritt Burglar, he will drop a big bag with 3-4 items (mostly green items).
*Frostgorge Sound possible location #2* – Arundon Vale
Reader sipertruk discovered another possible location for the chest. Thanks Theo for the verification.
*Frostgorge Sound possible location #3* – Bore Lynch
Reader Jayntree found a third possible location for the chest, in the minds in the SW part of the zone. Reader Pomphe DrakkarLake provided an addition pic for this location.
*Frostgorge Sound possible location #4* – Stonesledge Draft
There is supposedly a chest south of the circular ramp in one of the Dredge tent/shacks at SW corner of the map.
*Frostgorge Sound possible location #5* – Trionic Lattice – Unverified
In the canyon below filled with ice elementals and ice imps, there is supposedly a chest in there. The circle draws an approximate location.
Snowden Drifts (5 locations)
Snowden Drifts possible location #1 – Song of Final Exile
Reader Karu found the chest in this location on the very south of Snowden Drifts.
*Snowden Drifts possible location #2* – Hrothgar’s Pass
The chest is NE of Hrothgar’s Pass, near a big rock not far from the main road.
*Snowden Drifts possible location #3* – Trapper’s Labyrinth
There is supposedly to be a chest between the the Frostgorge portal and the vista in the snowy area.
*Snowden Drifts possible location #4* – Villmark Foothils
There is supposedly a chest between just west of Drakentelt.
*Snowden Drifts possible location #5* – Isenfall Gullies
Check around this area.
Wayfarer Foothills (5 locations)
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #1– Darkriven Bluffs
Reader Elicha found the chest north of the Darkriven waypoint in Wayfarer Foothills (Hermit’s Watch POI)
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #2 – Solitude Vale
Elicha found another location way north in Wayfarer Foothills.
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #3 – Moleberia – Unverified
Check the Moleberia, especially the SW corner.
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #4 – Hunter’s Lake near the Frozen Maw POI/Skill Challenge
Wayfarer Foothills possible location #5 – Check around Osenfold Shear
Lornar’s Pass (1 location)
Lornar’s Pass possible location #1 – Nentor Valley – Unverified
Check the grawl caves to see if there are any chests.
Archived Disqus comments
BeerSeeker
No box for me unfortunately… It looks like one the same NPC as the one from Chicken Scrambe. And that might be another place where he can spawn. Maybe he turn people into random animals?
Dulfy
The theory right now is that chest cycle between different locations within the same zone once discovered but the transformation is zone specific. We need to find the other locations the chest cycles to within the zone.
sipertruk
Hello, I found a chest for this near the Magellan’s achievement , see the screen shot included for exact place.
Dulfy
cool, thanks! 😀
Jayntree
After two hrs searching we found another one in the mines in the southwest part of the zone.
Dulfy
cool ty!
CrimsonSock
Man that Mcbrutus is awesome to run around with you for hours looking for that thing!
Moramoth
I can concur with Jayntree at that 3rd possible locale, just got the achievement there. Thanks!
Bikkstah
Rangers put your pets away. I noticed he kept casting the illusion on my pet, but never on me.
DeejayCastellano
Found in spot #3 for me but not in the shown chest location. I found mine on the same , upper level area but more west abit!
Pomphe DrakkarLake
Regarding location 3: Two pictures showing the location of the chest and the path the skritt takes.
What I found during some trys on the chests introduced with the halloween patch:\ 1. I found that the skritt drops a total 5 small bags of loot (purple colored bags on the ground) at set amounts of hp left (they can contain rare items)\ 2. He will drop a bag of loot if you down him, containing 3 items of varying quality (never got more than masterwork quality here
3 He will at least try to transform you twice on his way and these transforms can miss – so do not blind him
Arya Beth Stark
Found at location 3. Someone else joined, got transformed and number three killed him. i could cry
Dulfy
doh! 🙁
Arya Beth Stark
found a chest, again. followed the skritt for about 100 miles 🙂 no transformation. then he disappeared 🙁
Celtica
Really can’t find this. Searched the three locations and ran around the areas to see if it could by nearby with no luck. There is surely more locations I’d now think. But your guides are great they are helping.
nightrunner
Try hanging ard a potential location ard 12am PST. I found mine at location 3 too
Celtica
Thanks, I left my character there and came back in a few hours and it was right in front of me.
Tass
I saw today how bots activate chest with skritt probably Jackalopp on frostgorge. http://imgur.com/a/01ius
Karu
Just found a chest for this one in Snowden Drifts. In the entrance of the Voice of Koda cave, a little east of Exile Waypoint.
Karu
Just adding a couple screenshots, since I found it there again..and finally managed to get the achievement for it.
Dulfy
ty, I will add in the locations!
Xtvo
This achievement, and the other ones involving the skritt burglar, can be really annoying, expensive, and time-consuming to get. I spent a couple hours and over 1g on waypoints trying to find the chests. Here’s what I learned from my experience; some of the info might be inaccurate though:
-When you’re chasing the skritt burglar, you have to attack him to make him transform you. Kind of like how he only drops loot bags at set amounts of health–it’s the same with his attacks. He throws random potions, I think each one gives you a condition (I remember getting chilled and some other stuff) OR transforms you into whatever you need for the achievement. So he might not even throw the transformation potion.\ -Try not to dodge roll or blind the skritt burglar, or his attacks will miss. If there are other NPCs or mobs nearby when you’re chasing him, he might attack them instead of you.\ -If you kill the skritt burglar and you didn’t get transformed, you’ll need to find the event again. But I don’t think the event resets instantly. I was never able to re-find the chest until at least 20 minutes after I last killed him. So don’t waste your gold on waypoints trying to find it again until a half hour or so has passed.
Костя Городилов
When doing it as ranger, set pet to passive. It transform pet instead of you and achievement is lost (
Elicha
Found 2 locations in wayfarer foothills 1. one north of the waypoint darkriven ,2. one in the svanir’s dome at the nothern end of the map
Dulfy
thanks, added it in 😀
Theo
Hi Dulfy, here’s a screenshot for location #2 http://i.imgur.com/7mxkaLl.jpg 🙂
Dulfy
Thank you I added in 🙂
Leonandra
I can confirm #8. Just got the achievement. 😉
[EMP] Atoma
Confirming possible location #8
Biggunuff
location #8 is good, found it there. no pic though
Comarex
location #4 is correct, just got my achievement there
Bali
Just to verify the location #4 – Frostgorge Sound – Stonesledge Draft\ I just got my achievement there.
Xaden Godrik
Here’s a pic to verify location #9
-Xaden Godrik
Travesty1989
Images for exact location of number 4.
Dominarian
Chest image for #6, I got jackaloped 4 times or so.. so cute xD
Baozef
Can confirm #8 exists.
Batman Nananananana
Chest 4 confirmed
Opal Faith
Just comfirming Number 8. Searched all morning til I found this one finally 🙂
Dulfy
Guide has being updated with all the screenshots above and new locations.
Guest
Here is a screen shot of Snowden Drifts possible location #5
Razinth
Here is a screen shot of: Snowden Drifts possible location #5
Dulfy
Got it, thanks 🙂
sebatyne
wayfarer foothills locatiion 5
Russ
Found it at Snowden location 1, but it transformed the Kodan guard next to it instead of me >:(
NikeSXT
Moleberia confirmed. Contact me for a screenshot.
Voltorsfury
Hi Duffy, I had all achievements but Jackaloping for a while, finally found a chest spawn at “Snowden Drifts possible location #2 – Hrothgar’s Pass.” I do apologize, but didn’t even think to get a screenshot of it! Too happy I finally found one.. Thanks a lot!
Sylten2
Found it at #2 Snowden. No transformation though.
Sylten2
Finally got it! Snowden Drifts location #5. Got another guy with me and both of us got transformed.
Sandra Ferreira
I got my achievement on the #5 location at the Frostgorge Sound 😀\ Didnt remember to print screen though :s\ But i can safely confirm theres a chest in that location 😀
Anders Faret Gjelsås
Apart from Trapper’s Labyrinth, all of Snowden Drifts is outdated. The chests are no longer there.
Anders Faret Gjelsås
Frostgorge Sound Location 1-3 is no more as of 29.06.2015 unless chests are random spawn. I got mine at #4.
Urud
Frostgorge Sound location #5 confirmed
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