Grothmar Valley Last POI

[Lord of the Fire.6870]

@Ryukai.6524 said:

@Lord of the Fire.6870 said:How do I decode this?

The trees south of the camp in the Wardowns area have the same pictures scratched into the trunks, you click the trees that match the same pictures. Left is the first one, right is the last one. If you click the wrong tree you get burned and it resets so you have to start back at the first tree again.

Yeah I already found out by the way there are more trees with symbols today the code is another including other trees/symbols.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Here's a map of all 8 trees: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Recon_Cove

[Tukaram.8256]

I stumbled onto one of the trees (there was a chest up in the branches). It said 'touch' and I did... had no idea what it was ha ha.Thanks for posting. :)

[Tukaram.8256]

I must say that running around 45 minutes looking for trees is a great example of everything wrong with gaming. What a horrid thing. Who comes up with this?

[Eloc Freidon.5692]

@Tekoneiric.6817 said:I think it would have been better if Marjory had dropped hints about the place after going to the map and when the player finds she rewards them with a portal scroll to the map; which upon use drops them into the hidden area.

Its fine that you have to do the code every day because getting in there is a daily.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Personally, I thought the Vista in Khan-Ur's Gauntlet was more of a challenge.

[Tukaram.8256]

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Personally, I thought the Vista in Khan-Ur's Gauntlet was more of a challenge.

Teleport to friend is easy ha ha :)

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

That it is, but I'm always the first of the friends.Besides, I'd rather do map completion myself, at least once.

[Cronospere.8143]

Its genious. I completely missed this. Well done dev team.

[Ryukai.6524]

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Personally, I thought the Vista in Khan-Ur's Gauntlet was more of a challenge.

You can get to it without doing the entire jumping puzzle, just swim over to it, then hop, skip and jump up the 2 flights of stairs....

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Yes, I know. After much trial and error.
Regardless, touching 4 trees is much easier.

[Linken.6345]

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Yes, I know. After much trial and error.

Regardless, touching 4 trees is much easier.

Nah I would say its easier swim over to it and walking up afew stairs, then finding the right 4 trees in a forest of them.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Sigh. Yes, after knowing you could do that, of course.

[Hellcop.4981]

I enjoyed this POI, thanks for letting me know about the code on the table.

[Boogiepop Void.6473]

It's too hard to see the carvings. Even knowing where they are finding the trees again takes upwards of 10 min each if you have bad luck.

[Ashantara.8731]

@Tukaram.8256 said:I must say that running around 45 minutes looking for trees is a great example of everything wrong with gaming. What a horrid thing. Who comes up with this?

This only takes like 3 minutes, not 45, once you know the locations (help: Wiki) and look up the code at the small drawer in the tent first thing.

[Tukaram.8256]

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@Tukaram.8256 said:I must say that running around 45 minutes looking for trees is a great example of everything wrong with gaming. What a horrid thing. Who comes up with this?

This only takes like 3 minutes, not 45, once you know the locations (help: Wiki) and look up the code at the small drawer in the tent first thing.

The pic shows the general location of the trees - but not which tree is which. The code on the desk changes daily, but the trees seem to be the same. Maybe I will fix the map to show which tree is which.

[anninke.7469]

Yesterday, I spent about 15 minutes (felt much longer, though) running around hugging trees and getting totally confused several times. Then, when walking my dog IRL, I caught myself circling trees and looking for markings... :D

[Andy.5981]

@Knighthonor.4061 said:Where was the clue about this given?

I wondered that too, certainly I missed the hint on my first play through of the story and the zone.

On the second play through I listened carefully to the NPCS.

It turns out the clue is given when you go to speak to Malice Swordshadow during the storyline, you need to listen to her carefully.

[Charrbeque.8729]

There's a guide on the wiki for it. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/A_Carved_Path

[Ayrilana.1396]

@Boogiepop Void.6473 said:It's too hard to see the carvings. Even knowing where they are finding the trees again takes upwards of 10 min each if you have bad luck.

It only takes a few minutes. It’s also not based on luck because you’re only checking five trees which don’t move.

[Ol Nik.2518]

@"Ashantara.8731" said:The trees change daily. There are six of them. The daily pattern is shown on the table next to Malice, or so I was told.

What camera settings do you use? I can never see the symbols that clear. I play the smallest asura and the camera height is adjusted to the height of my character.

[Tukaram.8256]

@"Charrbeque.8729" said:There's a guide on the wiki for it. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/A_Carved_Path

Glad to see the map got upgraded to show which symbol is where. I was getting pics of them, to make a new map. Now I do have to finish ha ha :)

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Boogiepop Void.6473 said:It's too hard to see the carvings. Even knowing where they are finding the trees again takes upwards of 10 min each if you have bad luck.

It only takes a few minutes. It’s also not based on luck because you’re only checking five trees which don’t move.

I believe there are 8 different markings/trees.

[Chichimec.9364]

@"Charrbeque.8729" said:There's a guide on the wiki for it. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/A_Carved_Path

Ah, thanks for the link and kudos to the person who created that page. My charr holo is currently living in Gothmar Valley as he really, really wants the Bloodbound title. This link will help him get the requisite dailies done. :)

Oh, let me make sure I've got this right though - the marks used and the order to use them in changes every day, but the marks on the trees do not change. The same tree holds the same mark every day. Is that right?