A Study in Gold
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A Study in Gold is an achievement in Tarir that involves reading the various lore tablets hidden around the city.
Achievement[edit]
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Speak to Sage Laural at Westgate to receive an auric viewer, then scan the tablets in the city for clues to Herta's location.
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4 Tablets Found | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tablets[edit]
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1 | Westgate: Next to Sage Laural Sage Laural is at the south end of the rectangular room south of the Westgate. The first tablet is behind her. |
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2 | Legacy Pillars: Southwest Starting at the Southgate, glide northwest and then northeast along the pillared structure. The tablet is close to the center of the city (southwest of Legacy Pillars). |
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3 | Legacy Pillars: Southeast As above, but head northeast and then northwest from the Southgate. |
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4 | Legacy Pillars: Northwest Head southwest and then southeast from the Northgate along the top of the walled structure. |
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5 | Northgate: Where Water Flows Vertically Head east from the Northgate to the bridge crossing in front the waterfall. The tablet is behind the waterfall. |
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6 | Eastgate: Where the Falls End and Nature Begins Drop down into the water below the Eastgate, and then head south from the top of the river. |
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7 | Eastgate: A Great View of a Mighty Tree Start from the Southgate. Head northeast and walk to the tablet just east of the ledge with the foliage. Alternatively glide blindly south from the top of the western arch of the eastgate. Very close to tablet #3. |
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8 | Southgate: Tucked Away Southwest Starting from the Southgate, head down the stairs towards the Westgate, but look for the hidden room on your left halfway there. |
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9 | Westgate: The Way Has Decayed Unless You Fly At the Westgate, head down the northeast ramp. Look towards the center of the city (into the area of the Octovine fight), and glide hugging the right wall. By hugging the right wall you will perform a U-turn which will leave you below the Westgate. The plinth is on a platform just under the arches. |
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10 | Southgate: Entrance Directly in front of the Southgate entrance. |
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11 | Northgate: Entrance Directly in front of the Northgate entrance. |
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12 | Southgate: You'll Only Be Able to Reach This from Very High Up Southwest of the Westgate entrance, use the bouncing mushrooms to reach the Luminate's Throne, go past the mastery point at the top of the stairs, and glide towards the southwest corner of Tarir, this way it requires tier 5 mastery of gliding. If you glide hugging the right wall you should be able to find ledge to rest high enough to reach tablet with 2 more glides even without tier 5 mastery. It is on a ledge that is lit up by a torch. |
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13 | Luminate's Throne: The Jungle Grows Even Up Here Similar to above, use the bouncing mushrooms to access the Luminate's Throne, then head left at the staircase that leads to the point of interest marker. Foliage hides a hidden tablet room. |
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14 | Northgate: Where We Lay Our Masks to Rest Only accessible when the city is preparing defenses; requires Exalted Acceptance. Get teleported to the Fallen Masks adventure by talking to the NPC on the ground level between the Westgate and Northgate. The tablet is at the topmost ledge on the north side of the room. |
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15 | Trial Rooms: Heavy Foliage Hides This One After the meta event has been completed, drop down into the area beneath the city and head north (through the normally closed door). The tablet is slightly north off the main path in the foliage. |
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16 | Trial Rooms: Glint's Words Guide Us Drop down into the basement area beneath the city, and then head to the dead end room to the southeast. |
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17 | Inner Chamber: One Day There Will Be Another This tablet requires completion of the Exalted Markings mastery. In the same room as tablet #16, there is an Exalted Portal to Inner Chamber; once through the portal, interact with the door to gain access to the Inner Chamber. The tablet is on the ground level at the back of the room; if you continue drawing a line from the end of the entry path, it will point exactly to the tablet. |
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Interactive map[edit]
Use the controls on the right to switch between the ground and basement level maps.

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Ground level |
Basement level |
Notes[edit]
- The Auric Viewer must be in your inventory when interacting with tablets to progress the achievement.
- Gliding, Bouncing Mushrooms, Exalted Acceptance, and Exalted Markings are required to access all the tablet locations.
- The fifth tablet originally read "Glaust herself was a defender of civilization, at great risk to herself, and Kralkatorrik understood the depth of her betrayal and killed her for it," which conflicted with the fact that the last Forgotten's speech had taken place before Glint's death. The discrepancy was noted, and the text was changed in one of the patches in 2016.[1]
Trivia[edit]
- The name of this achievement is a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet.
References[edit]
- ^ Post by Scott McGough in "Massive continuity error (A Study in Gold)", Old Guild Wars 2 Official Forum (Archived)