Rata Sum

Rata Sum

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Map of Rata Sum

Type

City

Region

Maguuma Jungle

Connects to

Metrica Province
Lion's Arch

Pets

Pink Moa
Red Jellyfish
Siamoth

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Rata Sum

Rata Sum (pronounced rata soom) is the capital city of the asura and is in the form of a giant, floating cube. When the Great Destroyer drove them from their homes in the Depths of Tyria 250 years ago, they arrived at the ruins of some previous civilization, setting up geomystical generators for power within these already fortified confines and establishing the area as their new capital. The aesthetic sensibilities of these ruins are reflected in modern asuran architecture.

Originally a hastily erected outpost protected by ruins, Rata Sum is now a geometrical masterpiece and testament to the asura's unstoppable ability to progress.

Locations

Area	Map completion
Advanced Metamystics Lab	—
Applied Development Lab (home instance)	Engaged Demo Station Creator's Commons
Apprentice Carrels	Apprentice Waypoint The Aquatarium 1 Vista
Arkentia Valley	Lion's Arch
Auxiliary Study Rooms	Auxiliary Waypoint Inquest Recruiting Station
College of Dynamics	PR-1000 Prototype Golem
College of Statics	The Magihedron 1 Vista
College of Synergetics	Thamaturgic Calculus
Council Level (instance)	Arcane Council
Creator's Commons	Magicat Court Waypoint Magustan Court Waypoint Metrical Court Waypoint Applied Development Lab Snaff Memorial Lab Rata Sum Port Authority 1 Vista
Dynamics Union	Artisan Hall
Frick Hall	—
Idea Incubation Lab	Incubation Waypoint Usability Station Creator's Commons
Interdisciplinary Accessium	Accountancy Waypoint
Lower Research Stacks	Research Waypoint Peacemakers Headquarters
Magus Valley	—
Polymock Arenas	Statics Union (currently inactive)
Rata Sum Port Authority	Port Waypoint Antidawn Anchorage Dawnside Quay 1 Vista Creator's Commons Creator's Commons
Riven Valley	Metrica Province Idea Incubation Lab Rata Sum Port Authority
Statics Union	Forge Hall Polymock Atrium Vigil Recruiting Station Polymock Arenas (currently inactive)
Synergetics Union	Dept. of Arcane Eye Priory Recruiting Station Skinner Hall 1 Vista
Snaff Memorial Lab (instance)	Zojja's Workstation (Don't Touch!) Creator's Commons
Skibo Hall	—
Tark Hall	—
The Golem Mines	1 Vista

Pet Acquisition

Pink Moa

Frick Hall (the bottom level of the primary structure, on the northern wall)

Red Jellyfish

Rata Sum Port Authority (end of Dawnside Quay pier)

Siamoth

Tark Hall (on the south end)

Gallery

Maps

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  Substrata (Level 1)

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  Union Accessium (Level 2)

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  Council Floor (Level 4)

Screenshots

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  Apprentice Carrels

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  Council Level

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  Creator's Commons

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  Idea Incubation Lab

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  Rata Sum Port Authority

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  The Golem Mines

Concept art

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See also

• Rata Sum, Capital of the Asura

Notes

• Advanced Metamystics Lab is only accessible during Forging Permission and Hazardous Environment.
• Although mechanically counting for the Maguuma Explorer, in lore it is part of the Tarnished Coast.

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Rata Sum.

• 'Rata Sum' is an anagram of 'Mursaat'.
• Two of the possible translations from Latin of "Rata Sum" are "I have calculated" and "I am certain."
• Currently, travel to the Polymock Arenas is not yet available. Through map exploitation, this area could be explored, but now the player will die upon landing. They'll be revived in a Peacemaker jail cell.

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Cities

Black Citadel • Divinity's Reach • Hoelbrak • Lion's Arch • Rata Sum • The Grove