Map completion

Example reward screen of map completion.

Map completion is the act of visiting all Points of Interest, Vistas, Waypoints and completing all Renown Hearts and skill challenges on a given zone. After completion, a blue loot chest will appear that the player can then open and receive a reward. In addition, the player will receive a mail pertaining to the accomplishment if the map completed was not a city. Completing all maps in Tyria and World versus World is required for world completion.

Discovering all areas in the zone is not required, and it's possible to receive the map completion chest before visiting all areas (for example, many jumping puzzles are in secluded areas without any map objectives to discover). If the player is in an instance, home instance in cities for example, the accomplishment will display the next time the player enters the area. The player does not have to open the chest immediately. Leaving the zone by going into an instance, changing zone or logging out will open the chest for the player automatically. City maps have reduced rewards as exploration in these areas is harmless.

Reward

Zone	Level	Tier	Rarity
Plains of Ashford	1-15	1	DMasterwork
Queensdale	1-17	1
Caledon Forest	1-15	1
Metrica Province	1-15	1
Wayfarer Foothills	1-15	1
Diessa Plateau	15-25	2
Kessex Hills	15-25	2
Brisban Wildlands	15-25	2
Snowden Drifts	15-25	2
Gendarran Fields	25-35	2
Lornar's Pass	25-40	3
Fields of Ruin	30-40	3
Harathi Hinterlands	35-45	3	ERare
Blazeridge Steppes	40-50	4
Dredgehaunt Cliffs	40-50	4
Bloodtide Coast	45-55	4
Iron Marches	50-60	4
Timberline Falls	50-60	4
Sparkfly Fen	55-65	4
Fireheart Rise	60-70	4	FExotic
Mount Maelstrom	60-70	5
Straits of Devastation	70-75	5
Frostgorge Sound	70-80	6
Malchor's Leap	75-80	6
Cursed Shore	80	6

Explorable zones

Rewards for completion of explorable zones scale based on the top level of the zone. For example, fully mapping Fireheart Rise will give level 70 rewards. In addition, the rarity of the item scales with the zone, from Masterwork to Rare to Exotic.

• Coins (amount scales with the level of the area)
• 
  Experience (10% of level at the time map was completed)
• 2 random pieces of equipment (appropriate to level of the area)
• 3 Transmutation Stones or 1 Black Lion Chest Key
• 40 random crafting materials or 20 random ingredients available in the zone

Cities

• 
  Experience (10% of level at the time map was completed)
• 3 Transmutation Stones or 1 Black Lion Chest Key

World versus World

• 
  Experience (10% of current level)
• 3 Transmutation Stones or 1 Black Lion Chest Key
• 2 random siege blueprints
• 10 Badges of Honor

Notes

• The experience reward is determined based on your character's level at the time of map completion, regardless of when you open the chest.

World completion

World completion on the map

Reward window for world completion

World completion consists of completing all the following maps:

• All six cities
• All 25 explorable zones except Southsun Cove
• All four WvW maps
• The Chantry of Secrets

The following areas do not count towards world completion:

• Dungeons
• Hall of Monuments
• Heart of the Mists and any Structured PvP areas

Reward

Upon completing the last map required for world completion, a world completion icon will pop up next to the loot icon. In addition to the regular rewards for the last map, players will receive:

• 2 Gifts of Exploration
• A star next to the character's name, viewable by other players
• The title Been There, Done That, available to all characters on the account
• The Map Completion Account Medal.

World completion notes

• This accomplishment is tracked by the Map Completion Medal on Account Medals, the Been There, Done That achievement, and the World Completion progress bar whenever you view the map.
• Hovering the mouse pointer over a zone's name will trigger a popup that displays the zone's completion track.

Bugs:

• Some players reported that they did not receive the reward when they obtained the world completion achievement. For some, revisiting the Chantry of Secrets resolved the issue. A few were able to work around the issue by revisiting every map on the required list. Another fix is to go through the Asura gate in Lions Arch to Black Citadel. If you encounter this issue and are not able to fix it on your own, you will have to contact ArenaNet support.
• There is no completion track popup when you hover over Eternal Battlegrounds or Divinity's Reach.

See also

• Explorer
• Map completion/table

Trivia

• During beta testing, the coin reward for fully exploring a city was comparable to completing an explorable area. After release, city completion rewarded 1 , but that was removed as part of the 25 September 2012 update.