A guide to all the achievements for the Rising Flames story episode
(Living World Season 3 Episode 2).
Sept 25 – Added the new hidden achievement – The Friendly Ghost (see
under misc).
Rising Flames Mastery – 5 AP, Dragonscale Epaulettes
- There are 29 achievements available on the list (including an
unmarked achievement called Patron where you need to give 1000 gold
to the circus Ringmaster) and you need to do 23 achievements to
complete the meta. So you can skip a couple of the difficult ones
like the jumping puzzle, Mursaat tokens, or Hungry Hal.
- Here is what the Dragonscale Headdress and Epaulets looks like
together. They are identical among male/females and different armor
weights.
Story Achievements
Automatic Story Achievements – 0 AP, 1 Mastery
The following achievements are automatically rewarded at end of the
story instances and grant no AP
- Beat Taimi’s Game
- Destroyer Sampler
- One Head Better than None
- The Machine in the Flame
- Trip to the Circus
- Old Foes, Old Ghosts
- Dragon Vigil – 1 Mastery Point
Simulation Top Ten – 10 AP
- Complete Taimi’s Game Story instance without being defeated (can be
downed) . What you need to watch out for are the lava spots created
when the destroyers die. They can be cleared up by using the orb
that spawns in the simulation room. Getting downed in one of the
lava spots is a sure way to get yourself killed and fail this
achievement.
No Bombs Allowed – 1 AP
- Stop the destroyer bombs from exploding in the Dragon Vigil
instance. The bombs you have to pick up are those pustules that are
regularly placed against the shield in the middle. They have a timer
before they explode so you just need to pick up all pustules that
are placed during the fight and throw them back at the destroyers,
which will also advance your I’m Rubber; You’re Destroyer
achievement as well.
I’m Rubber; You’re Destroyer – 1 AP
- Kill 40 Destroyers with their own pustule bombs in the Dragon Vigil
story instance. This requires repeating the instance multiple times
since a single instance won’t have enough destroyers for you to
finish the achievement in one go. The bombs leaves a burning field
once they explode so just kill the destroyers while the burning
field is still active to receive credit.
- If you are in party with other players, only the player who throws
the bomb will advance their achievement, the kill credit is not
shared.
Maintain Aurene’s Shield –2 AP, Draconic Headdress Box
- Don’t let Aurene’s Shield drop below 50% HP in the Dragon Vigil
Instance. Can be a bit tricky to do solo depending on your class but
very easy with two players since the mobs don’t really scale.
Remember to use the pustule bombs on the Destroyer of Hope to remove
its Aura of Death, which allow you to deal massive damage to it for
a short period as well.
Dragon Duty – 10 AP, 1 Mastery
- Complete the Dragon’s Vigil story instance without being defeated.
You can get downed, just not completely dead. Easier with two
players compared to solo.
Ember Bay Event Achievements
Ember Bay has a bunch of events chains that are happening in various
parts of the map. Each event chain will start with a preevent and then
usually end with a boss fight that also grant you achievements.
Event Map
Broodmother Down By The Bay – 3 AP
- Kill the Broodmother west of Castaway Circus Waypoint
Krackin’Karka – 3 AP
- Kill the champion Karka near Ashen Skerries. There is a pre-event to
escort
Dominating the Dominator – 3 AP
- Kill the Molten Dominator near Burning Grotto. If you have Thermal
Propulsion, you can use the Thermal Tubes southmost of Promontory
Waypoint to get straight inside the Furnace Chamber where the
Dominator event spawns. There is a pre-event where you will need to
rescue some skritts before the dominator spawns. Killing the Molten
Dominator will spawn updrafts in the Furnace Chamber that allow you
access to a Thermal Tube up top that can carry you to the Metal
Mountain and beyond.
Queen of the Fire Islands – 3 AP
- Defeat the Circus Sloth in the Performance Field. There is usually a
pre-event escort before the Sloth Queen comes out.
Return of the Jade Construct – 3 AP
- Kill the Jade Construct near Caliph’s Steps. He is a fairly
challenging boss that requires quite a few players.
Verm the Burnin’ Wurm – 3 AP
- Kill the giant lava wurm Vermingus in Fractured Caldera.
Collecting Coalescence – 3 AP
- Unlike the other event achievements, only the pre-event counts for
this achievement. The event you are looking for is a 3 minute event
called Defeat the dragon minions before they absorb too much
ley-line magic. You need to do the pre-event in 3 different
locations for the achievement to complete. Failures on the event
counts too.
Skrilla’s Benefactor – 5 AP
- Skrilla has an event in Skritt Anchorage where you need to donate to
her 3 times to complete this achievement for 5 AP. Could be 3 copper
or 3 gold, your choice.
Task Master – 5 AP
Complete the 5 hearts around Ember Bay
- Skritt encampment
- Asuran researchers
- Circus
- Scientist Vratt
- Mursaat Fortress
Collectible Achievements/Jumping Puzzle
Cami’s Final Voyage – 10 AP
Tablets of the Unseen – 10 AP
Token Collector – 40 AP
Skip up the Volcano – 10 AP, 1 Mastery
- This is the Chalice of Tears jumping puzzle, which is fairly
difficult and you can no longer get the achievement by
portals/waypoint to friend at the end of the jumping puzzle since
the Sept 22 hotfix. See guide
here
on how to navigate the jumping puzzle.
Misc Achievements
Hidden Achievement – The Friendly Ghost – 3 AP
- Bring Captain Grumby 7 pieces of the Pieces of Damaged Ship you can
find on the NW beaches of the map. Each piece only spawn once a day
so you will need to do this for 7 days in total.
Ember Bay Insight: Bleeding Pulpit – 1 AP, 1 Mastery
- Easy to reach Mastery Insight here in the Ashen Skerries
Ember Bay Insight: Caliph’s Steps– 1 AP, 1 Mastery
- Need to defeat the Jade Construct to access this mastery point since
it is in lava otherwise. After defeating him platforms will spawn
under the mastery point, allowing you to access the mastery.
Walking on Fire – 1 AP
- Go south of Crumbling Trail Waypoint and you will see a lava tunnel
connecting to Smoldering Inlet outside. Inside the tunnel is lava
and updrafts. Glide through the tunnel (or run through lava) and you
will get the achievement as soon as you make through the tunnel to
the other side.
Metal Mountain – 1 AP, 1 Mastery Point
- You can access the Metal Mountain via two ways. One is gliding to it
from end of the Chalice of Tears jumping puzzle. The other way is
via the Thermal Tubes on top of Burning Grotto which is only
accessible via updrafts that spawns once you have defeated the
Molten Dominator.
Hungry Hal – 8 AP, 1 Mastery, Good Apple title
- There is a NPC named Hal on a ledge near Performance Field that
wants 50 apples in exchange for 8 AP, 1 Mastery Point and a title.
His ledge can be reach most easily via the Thermal Tube nearby, you
just glide off once it shoot you it the air towards Hal.
- Apples can be obtained from the apple trees in the little island
south of him. You can only carry 1 apple at a time so this is rather
tedious achievement. However, there is an easier way to do this
until it is hotfixed.
- You can open the dialogue box to chat with Hal, while the dialogue
box is open, use your drop bundle key (\~) and drop the apple. Then
click the option to give the apple. He won’t get the apple but it
will count for the achievement. Repeat this 50 times.
Archived Disqus comments
Moku
You don’t actually have to give Skrilla any gold. 3 times 1 copper got me the achievement
Ds1405
Me too! I only spent 3 copper.. skritts have enough shinies already XD
Team Lazy
I think the text is misleading. Whatever you click it will give her 1 gold.
Urosh Uchiha Novakovic
I actually clicked silver 3 times and got the achie, not sure how much money it took from me though.
Mihai Pop
I don’t think this works anymore. I just gave her 3 copper and it didn’t give me the achi. Also, now it does mention you need to give her 3 gold.
nadrian3k
So..in order to “repeat” the instance for “I’m rubber; You’re destroyer” I have to restart the instance..if you finish it you need to do the WHOLE episode from 0..so to repeat just THAT particular mission, i have to intentionally d/c before the end of the mission and get back ingame?
Ancient One
Once you’ve completed the episode the first time, you can reactivate it for achievements and go to any of the instances. There’s no need to re-do the entire episode from the beginning. Just go to the start point under Tarir with Rising Flames selected in your story journal.
nadrian3k
I just did that..but there’s no star at the tarir event..the only event star i get is at the start of the whole thing even tho i fully finished everything.
jimbob
same problem here
Urosh Uchiha Novakovic
That’s because there is a bug with the game counting you actually finished the story.\ https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/53wsgm/completionist_issue_with_rising_flames/
Dennis van Nierop
This seems to have been fixed now. There’s a purple star for me at the Tarir Underground section before the Egg Room.
guest20151008
Didn’t get credit for “Maintain Aurene’s Shield”. It was on a guardian character. Somewhat buggy at the beginning as I skipped the cutscene and began fighting some destroyers before moving to the center of the dias and having the Exalted only then instruct us to defend the shield.
Lumx
for Collecting Coalescence, you’ll still receive achievement point even if you fail the defense event
Aria of the FENG
The ‘Patron’ achievement is (now?) under the Tradesman tab in the achievements panel.
Nosferatuvn
hi,\ i have finish the Story and all archivement, but i dont have the yellow star for “Master Achievment Reward” someone knows why?\ I have not only the Tradesman – > Patron achivement – do i really need them for the master achivement?
Dulfy
It is bugged right now and requires that Patron achievement. You can wait for a hotfix though rather than spending 1k gold.
Raizel
Unluckily they just fixed the Hungry Hal bug (did it just in time :P) with latest patch.
Dennis van Nierop
I’ve just tried this the ‘normal/nerfed’ way and it’s already doing my head in. Trees also don’t seem to respawn apples that quickly.
Knight_ldr
Hi Dulfy, this Meta achievement has changed.
It now only requires 23 individual achievements to complete.
Brian Stoepker
Since when does Dulfy endorse exploits? :/
Barbecow
There is a secret achievement on reddit. You have to hand in 7 pieces of ship thingy to the ghost. You can hand only one per day. It rewards with 10k karma and 3AP.\ https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/54ic8x/new_hidden_achievement_in_ember_bay_spoilers/
Thetruthísntalwayspopular
The apple one is just pathetic. Way to go Anet for GRIND.
Eggbutt
It’s actually mocking other MMOs’ fetch quests. ANet hate things like this, and it’s a one-off, just for a laugh.
Thetruthísntalwayspopular
Yeah Hilarious. It’s so funny that they also do fetch quests under the guise of “collections”……
iquaniqua
Can i replay the dragon vigil to try and get the achievements there, or must i redo the whole episode?
Harr
You don’t need to redo the whole episode to replay Dragon Vigil. Once you have finished the whole episode, you can go back to your Story Journal and restart the Episode for Rising Flames. After that, you can just go to the purple star to start the Dragon Vigil again (in Tarir). 🙂
Ysabet Aillard
Ember Bay Insight: Bleeding Pulpit – 1 AP, 1 Mastery –> Its right name is: “Ember Bay Insight: Ashen Skerries”
Roel Reyes
Is the trick for hungry hal still do able at this time?
YeFox
No it isn’t
John
Buh\ Mer\ 🙁
John
Do you only get one apple a day from each tree? Or does it take like an hour, few hours, several hours for the fruit to come back?
Xionema
There’s an error. In the “Skrilla’s Benefactor” achievement, it can only be acomplished with gold donations, copper won’t work.
Killy2250
Anyone know if you need to collect 7 pieces for ‘The Friendly Ghost’ and hand them in at the same time? I’ve been collecting them for 4-5days and just handing them in immediately so I hope I don’t have to start over….
Suricata Liu
for the im rubber ur destroyer. just dont care about the destroyer of hope and use bomb on minion. shield always regen u cant fail