Explorer

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Explorer is an achievement category involving exploration of locations in Tyria. There is an achievement for each explorable region
in Tyria, each consisting of multiple zones. The other achievements involve various activities throughout Tyria and the Skritt Burglar.
The areas that players typically have trouble finding are listed at the bottom of the article.

Total achievements: 35 420

Achievement (General)

Krytan Explorer 25
Explore all areas in Kryta.You've explored the war-torn hills of humanity's home. 50 areas
5
100 areas
5
150 areas
5
175 areas
10

Orr Explorer 20
Explore all areas in Orr.You've explored the land once doomed to the ocean by 20 areas
Vizier Khilbron. 5
40 areas
5
60 areas
10

Maguuma Explorer 25
Explore all areas in Maguuma.You've explored the lush region that cradles the 50 areas
sylvari and provides refuge to the asura. 5
100 areas
5
150 areas
5
167 areas
10

Shiverpeak Explorer 25
Explore all areas in the Shiverpeaks.You've explored the frozen stomping 50 areas
grounds of the legendary norn. 5
100 areas
5
150 areas
5
175 areas
10

Ascalon Explorer 25
Explore all areas in Ascalon.You've explored the ancestral territory of the charr. 50 areas
5
100 areas
5
150 areas
5
177 areas
10

Dive Master 18
Find and use 38 diving locations.Leave no tides unchallenged. 1 Diving Location
1
10 Diving Locations
2
22 Diving Locations
5
38 Diving Locations
10
Legendary Collector 25
Soulbind 5 unique Legendary items.Owner of some of the rarest items in Tyria. 1 Unique Legendary Item
5
2 Unique Legendary Items
5
3 Unique Legendary Items
5
4 Unique Legendary Items
5
5 Unique Legendary Items
5

Speedy Reader 10
Read the complete history of the founding of Ebonhawke in one day.Broken Explorer Achievement
into twenty volumes for easy reading! 10
Suggested Locations:
Fields of Ruin

Cleaning Up the Neighborhood 10

Tore down all the separatist propaganda posters in one day.Professional Explorer Achievement
propaganda poster purger. 10
Suggested Locations:
Fields of Ruin

Windy Cave Treasure 10

Find the treasure of the Windy Cave.Bring a jacket. It's breezy. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Lornar's Pass

Tears of Itlaocol 10
Solve the puzzle of Itlaocol.Sadness, or joy? Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Caledon Forest

Don't Touch the Shiny 10

Offend the skritt in the Ruins of the Unseen.You touched the shiny, didn't you? Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Caledon Forest

Forsaken Fortune 10
Discover the hidden riches of Forsaken Halls.Delving into darkness. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Dredgehaunt Cliffs

Vexa's Lab 10
Find the center of Vexa's Lab.Breach the lab's security. Breach it good. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Fireheart Rise

Magellan's Memento 10
Uncover the riches that doomed Francis Magellan.Some prayers go Exploration Achievement
unanswered. 10
Suggested Locations:
Frostgorge Sound

The Long Way Around 10

Find a way to reach Fryxx.Fryxx will know if you take the short way around. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Straits of Devastation

Ship of Sorrows 10
Seek lost riches off Orr's shores.Straits within straits. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Straits of Devastation

Beaker's Empty Belly 10

Ease Beaker's appetite.Better than empty Beaker's belly. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Lornar's Pass

Forgotten Stream 10
Locate the stream deep beneath Orr.Seriously, who put a door here? Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Cursed Shore

Grounded 10
Recover lost valuables within a beached ship.It's more of a dirge than an Exploration Achievement
anthem, really. 10
Suggested Locations:
Cursed Shore

Goff's Loot 10
Find Goff's loot.Finders keepers. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Kessex Hills

Rebel's Seclusion 10
Explore Rebel's Seclusion.It isn't grave robbing if they fight back, right?. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Fireheart Rise

Bad Neighborhood 10
Infiltrate the bandit's hideout.Plug your nose and grab the goods. Exploration Achievement
Suggested Locations: 10
Queensdale

Jackaloping Along 10
Get transformed into a jackalope by the Skritt Burglar.Hop a mile in a Exploration Achievement
jackalope's horns. 10

Behind the Mask 10

Get transformed into a raccoon by the Skritt Burglar.Wander around in raccoon Exploration Achievement
form. 10

Chicken Scramble 10
Get transformed into a chicken by the Skritt Burglar.Experience a real bird's- Exploration Achievement
eye view. 10

A Waddle to Remember 10
Get transformed into a baby siamoth by the Skritt Burglar.Shake things up as a Exploration Achievement
baby siamoth. 10

Toxicity Trampler 5
Defeat the Mordrem champion in Iron Marches without being poisoned. Avoided poisoning by the Mordrem
Champion 5

Mordrem Problems 5
Successfully complete all five Mordrem events in Iron Marches. Completed All Iron Marches Mordrem
Events 5

Boomyaks 5
Keep all explosive-laden dolyaks alive on the trip to Barrowstead's gate in Kept the Dolyaks alive
Frostgorge Sound. 5

Bottoms Up 5
Drink nectars dropped by the Mordrem champion in Iron Marches to nullify its Drank 15 Mordrem Nectars
poison. 5

Finish What You Started 5

Successfully complete all five Breaking the Ice events in Frostgorge Sound. Completed All Breaking the Ice Events
5
Not On My Watch 5
Capture and defend Coiled Watch in Frostgorge Sound without any casualties. Didn't Lose an Ally at Coiled Watch
5

History Buff 2
Find the plaques around Tyria about Cobiah Marriner's life. 12 Marriner Plaques Read
2
Reward: Sea of Sorrows

Twice-Told Legend 25
Present a matching pair of bound legendary weapons to Historian Dozza in 2 Legendary Weapons Bound
Divinity's Reach.Some legends are so great, they must be experienced twice. 25

Title: Twice-Told Legend

Suggested Locations:
Palace Waypoint

Commonly missed areas

Kryta
 Windloss Delves in Queensdale
 Beggar's Burrow in Queensdale
 Draithor's Demesnes in Kessex Hills
 Hidden Ourobon in Harathi Hinterlands
 Claw Island (only accessible via the personal story)
 Chantry of Secrets instance location, in Bloodtide Coast
Northern Shiverpeaks
 Doldenvan Passage in Wayfarer Foothills
 Griffonrook Run in Lornar's Pass
 Forsaken Halls and Ulukk's Hunger in Dredgehaunt Cliffs
 Tribulation Caverns in Dredgehaunt Cliffs
 Lair of the Coil in Timberline Falls
Maguuma Jungle
 Calx's Hideout in Metrica Province
 Cubular Fells in Mount Maelstrom
 Dierdre's Steps in Mount Maelstrom
Notes[edit]
Anomaly:
Explorer achievements tier descriptions don't follow the usual Title Case conventions.
 A checklist of all areas for the Explorer achievements may be found here.