A New Friend

A New Friend is an achievement to obtain the Skyscale mount via the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion.

Achievement

A New Friend	Horn of Maguuma	5
Raise a skyscale by completing skyscale collections for Skyscale Trainer Dyanne. Prerequisite: Unlocked Who Rescues Whom? Reward: Astral Ward Skyscale Mount Unlock Objectives: 7 objectives in total Find an abandoned skyscale egg. Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne at the Beacon of Ages. Complete Skyscale Egg Infusions. Complete Skyscale Growing Comforts. Complete Skyscale Saddle Materials. Train Rising Spirits in Flight Training Mastery. ... Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne at the Beacon of Ages.	Completed 7 Steps	5

Walkthrough

Note

Since you require Rising Spirits, which is the last step of the Flight Training mastery track, it may be a good idea to train this mastery track at the same time while you do the other steps if you haven't trained it yet. Additionally, training the first Flight Training mastery, Who Rescues Whom?, is required in order to see Abandoned Skyscale Nests.

First Step

The first step is to plunder Abandoned Skyscale Nests which are located around Skywatch Archipelago or Amnytas.

The number of nests needed to visit is random, often taking between 10-20 nests. Visiting nests until you find the egg, completes the "Find an abandoned skyscale egg" step.

The nests respawn with the weekly reset on Sundays. Already visited nests can still give the egg.

Skywatch Archipelago

Area	Map	Nearest Waypoint	Closest landmark	Location	Notes
Wizard's Ascent		Beacon of Ages Waypoint —	Skywatch Lookout —		West of Skyscale Trainer Dyanne
Devastated Garenhoff		Garenhoff Refugee Camp Waypoint —	Abandoned Lab —		South of the Vista
Stargaze Ridge		Garenhoff Refugee Camp Waypoint —	Fragmented Passage —		To the East of the name's location on the map
The Soaring Aerie		Rata Novus Promenade Waypoint —	Cloudview Lake —		On the northwest edge of The Soaring Aerie island.
Southern Wizard's Tower		Droknar's Light Waypoint —	Wizard's Tower South Gate —		On a ledge under the main island.
Droknar's Light		Droknar's Light Waypoint —	Southern Wizard's Tower Vista —		On one of the islands leading up to the Southern Wizard's Tower
Shattered Atoll		Droknar's Light Waypoint —	Mabon's Resolve —		Behind the pillar, a bit to the South
Jade Mech Habitation Zone 03		Kestrel's Vow Waypoint —	Conquered Plaza —		At the top of a building. Can be reached by using the Zip Lines just west of the waypoint, also just South East of the gate.
Skyward Marches		Astral Ward Encampment Waypoint —	Ruins of Rhawat —		Inside the ruins of a building
Skyward Marches		Astral Ward Encampment Waypoint —	Farisan Village —		On top of the light gray mountain, beside the black pointy peak
Skyward Marches		Astral Ward Encampment Waypoint —	Lyhr's Design —		On a small floating island to the Northwest of  Lyhr's Design —

Amnytas

Area	Map	Nearest Waypoint	Closest landmark	Location	Notes
Bastion of the Natural		Bastion of the Natural Waypoint —	Nature's Shore Meditation Circle —		On the ledge below Nature's Shore Meditation Circle.
Bastion of the Natural		Bastion of the Natural Waypoint —	Bastionmere —		Next to two bears on the ground level. Also possible to reach by gliding down from Bastion of the Obscure.
Bastion of the Natural		Bastion of the Natural Waypoint —	Creature Corral —		On raised outcrop northeast of Creature Corral.
The World Spire		Bastion of the Celestial Waypoint —	Spire's Heart —		On the eastern ledge below central platform.
Bastion of Balance		Bastion of Balance Waypoint —	Equilibrium Glade —		South of Equilibrium Glade, on a ledge below.
Bastion of Balance		Bastion of Balance Waypoint —	Thaumaturgy Park —		West of Thaumaturgy Park, on top of the cliff.
Bastion of the Obscure		Bastion of the Obscure Waypoint —	Lonesome Steeple —		West of Lonesome Steeple, on a ledge.
Bastion of Knowledge		Bastion of Knowledge Waypoint —	Isgarren's Tower —		South of Isgarren's Tower, on a pillar.
Bastion of Strength		Bastion of Strength Waypoint —	Mabon's Tower —		North of Mabon's Tower.
Bastion of Strength		Bastion of Strength Waypoint —	Bastion of Strength Waypoint —		North of the waypoint.
Bastion of the Obscure		Bastion of the Obscure Waypoint —	Spiritual Center —		To the north west of the Bastion of the Obscure waypoint, on the western edge near a grouping of trees.

Second Step

Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne at the Beacon of Ages to unlock the collections Skyscale Egg Infusions, Skyscale Growing Comforts and Skyscale Saddle Materials.

Third Step

Complete the Skyscale Egg Infusions collection.

Skyscale of ...	Nearest Waypoint	Map	In Game	Notes
Skyscale of Water	Castavall Waypoint —			Swim down from the waypoint into a tunnel and interact with the Concentration of Magic.
Skyscale of Fire	Junker's Waypoint —			Climb into the lava at the Great Imperial Smelter.
Skyscale of Ice	Sorrow's Eclipse Waypoint —  Earthshake Waypoint —			Run into an Ice Storm near the waypoint and get encased by ice. If you don't own LWS3 episode 3, you can get this objective through the Defeat the Claw of Jormag event in the second phase by get frozen by a Veteran Corrupted Ice Elemental on the uphill from the dragon.
Skyscale of Earth	Prosperity Waypoint —			Run from the waypoint into the quicksand.
Skyscale of Air				Complete the Cluster of Wind part of the hidden garden jumping puzzle in the north of the Hidden Garden.
Skyscale of Life	Anywhere			Revive 20 allies. See Skyscale of Life for tips for areas with easy revives. (Since this version of Skyscale of Blood - see next achievement below - requires you to be at Blood Hill, you can alternate reviving the Seraph at Nebo Terrace just south of Blood Hill and killing enemies at Blood Hill while waiting for enemies to respawn or Seraph to die.) Can be tracked with the  Life-Suffused effect.
Skyscale of Blood	Blood Hill Waypoint —			Kill 100 enemies around or within the Blood Hill Camps territory of Gendarran Fields. Can be tracked with the  Blood-Soaked effect.
Skyscale of Growth	Reckoner's Waypoint —			From the waypoint run northwest into the tunnel, then north. Interact with the plants next to Mender Earie
Skyscale of Death	Murdered Dreams Waypoint —			Run west from the waypoint. When you're at the hero point, turn north.
Skyscale of Spirit	Dewclaw Waypoint —			Interact with the hero point. (if applicable : need to have done the quartz charge)
Skyscale of Fear	Fallen Angels Garrison Waypoint —			Attack the chickens on the farm until Angry Chickens attack you.
Skyscale of Courage	See the World boss timer for upcoming world bosses.			Defeat 4 world bosses. Can be tracked via the  Courageous effect.

Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne after you have completed the above points.

Complete the Skyscale Growing Comforts collection.

Primary article: Skyscale Growing Comforts

In addition to the items dropped from defeating enemies of a certain species/group, you will need to purchase items from a few merchants around Tyria.

The Skyscale Treat requires 12 Piece of Skyscale Food, which can be purchased on the Trading Post, crafted using a Charged Quartz Crystal (which has a daily time gate), or purchased from Skyscale Trainer Dyanne.

Total cost will be: 15  + 12  + 24  + 60  + 300 

	Collectible	Type	Subtype	Vendor price	Map	Location	Notes
1	Skyscale Comforts List	Item	Service	—			Hint: You received this from Skyscale Trainer Dyanne near the Beacon of Ages.
2	Skyscale Treat	Item	Service	12			Hint: Bring 12 Pieces of Skyscale Food to Dyanne near the Beacon of Ages.  Beacon of Ages Waypoint —
3	Tasty Kryptis Skin	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat kryptis to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
4	Tasty Trail Ration	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat jotun to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
5	Tasty Devourer Carapace	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat devourers to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
6	Tasty Chak Legs	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat chak to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
7	Tasty Moss-Covered Bark	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat treants to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
8	Tasty Wurm Segment	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat wurms to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
9	Tasty Ooze-Cured Meat	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat oozes to obtain a treat for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
10	Forged Ankle Joint	Item	Service	—			Hint: Defeat Forged to obtain a toy for your skyscale. More likely to drop from champions.
11	Bird Whistle	Item	Service	2			Hint: Purchase a Bird Whistle from Gortho, Son of Malik, near Gladefall Run in the Iron Marches.  Gladefall Waypoint —
12	Plush Quaggan	Item	Service	10			Hint: Purchase a Quaggan Plush from Sven Edson in the Wizard's Tower.  Tower Courtyard Waypoint —
13	Heavy-Duty Dolyak Blanket	Item	Service	3			Hint: Purchase a Heavy-Duty Dolyak Blanket from Herder Lyot near Bouldermouth Vale in Lornar's Pass.  Afgar's Waypoint —
14	Receipt for Skyscale Comforts	Item	Service	—			Hint: Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne near the Beacon of Ages once you've finished this list.  Beacon of Ages Waypoint —
Total				12  + 15

Complete the Skyscale Saddle Materials collection.

Total cost will be: 30  + 375  + 375  + 500 

Material	Nearest Waypoint	Cost
Stardust-Infused Leather	Bastion of the Natural Waypoint —	3  + 125
Mist-Infused Saddle Oil	Bastion of the Obscure Waypoint —	3  + 125
Jade-Spun Silk Thread	Kestrel's Vow Waypoint —	3  + 125
Durable Saddle Hardware	Bastion of Strength Waypoint —	3  + 125
Rich Maguuman Mahogany	Rata Novus Promenade Waypoint —	3  + 125
Saddlebag of Holding	Bastion of Balance Waypoint —	3  + 125
Deldrimor Rivets	Droknar's Light Waypoint —	3  + 125
Garenhoff-Weave Cloth	Beacon of Ages Waypoint —	3  + 125
Elonian Sandpaper	Astral Ward Encampment Waypoint —	3  + 125
Extra-Sticky Tar	Bastion of Knowledge Waypoint —	3  + 125

Talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne after you have completed the above points.

Notes

• One hour after completing the A New Friend achievement, the "A New Look" achievement will unlock.

Mail

After unlocking the A New Friend achievement

Skyscale Trainer Dyamme Skyscales Commander, Since you had to borrow one of my skyscales, I was thinking you might crave the opportunity to raise your own; a partner to take you on your journeys away from the tower. We try to ethically source our whelps from eggs that have been abandoned, so your first step will be to check any abandoned skyscale nests you may find and bring me an egg. I will help guide you through the rest. You can find me at my post near the Beacon of Ages. —Dyanne

(for players who already own the skyscale)

Skyscale Trainer Dyamme Skyscales Commander, I noticed that you had your own skyscale and guided it with remarkable skill. Since you're familiar with raising them, I was hoping you might be willing to help us raise another for the Astral Ward. We try to ethically source our whelps from eggs that have been abandoned, so your first step will be to check any abandoned skyscale nests you may find and bring me an egg. I will help guide you through the rest. You can find me at my post near the Beacon of Ages. —Dyanne

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A New Friend Collections

Skyscale Egg Infusions Skyscale Growing Comforts Skyscale Saddle Materials

See also

• A New Look