Challenge Mote

Challenge Mote

Location

Living World
Fractals of the Mists
(Fractals of the Mists)
Spirit Vale
(Forsaken Thicket)
Stronghold of the Faithful
(Forsaken Thicket)
Bastion of the Penitent
(Heart of Maguuma)
Hall of Chains
(The Mists)

Interact

Yes

Destructible

No

Other images

A red Challenge Mote found in Forging Steel and Sunqua Peak.

Challenge Motes are small interactive objects in a form of will-o'-wisps, which, when interacted with, allow the player to activate and acquire challenge achievements during Living World story instances, Fractals of the Mists dungeon, Convergences, Strike Missions, and Raids.

In Living World instances, players can interact with a Challenge Mote to retry the event for achievements. In Raids, Fractals, Strike Missions, and Convergences, Challenge Motes are used to activate a higher difficulty Challenge Mode or Legendary Challenge Mode version of an event or instance.

List of challenges

Story

Living World Season 2

•  Echoes of the Past
  • Strength Without Sacrifice
  • Better Red Than Dead
  • Exposed Weaknesses
  • Exposed Weaknesses: Redux
•  The Dragon's Reach, Part 2
  • Mote Master
•  Tangled Paths
  • Dancer in the Dark
•  Seeds of Truth
  • Unforgiving Infiltration
  • Wicked Rodeo
•  Point of No Return
  • Rock Dodger
  • Shrubsplosives
  • Smotherer Smiter

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

•  Heart of Thorns: Act 4
  • Migraine

Fractals of the Mists

•  Legendary Backpacks
  • Aquatic Ruin Challenge Mote
  • Swampland Challenge Mote
  • Uncategorized Challenge Mote
  • Snowblind Challenge Mote
  • Volcanic Challenge Mote
  • Cliffside Challenge Mote
  • Underground Facility Challenge Mote
  • Aetherblade Challenge Mote

•  Nightmare Fractal
  • Nightmare scale 96
•  Shattered Observatory Fractal
  • Shattered Observatory scale 97
•  Sunqua Peak Fractal
  • Sunqua Peak scale 98
•  Silent Surf Fractal
  • Silent Surf scale 99
•  Lonely Tower Fractal
  • Lonely Tower scale 100

Raids

•  Stronghold of the Faithful
  • Keep Construct

•  Bastion of the Penitent
  • Cairn the Indomitable
  • Mursaat Overseer
  • Samarog
  • Deimos

•  Hall of Chains
  • Soulless Horror
  • The Voice in the Void

•  Mythwright Gambit
  • Conjured Amalgamate
  • Twin Largos: Nikare and Kenut
  • Qadim

•  The Key of Ahdashim
  • Cardinal Adina
  • Cardinal Sabir
  • Qadim the Peerless

Strikes

• Forging Steel (Only available in a Squad instance.)
• Aetherblade Hideout¹
• Xunlai Jade Junkyard¹
• Kaineng Overlook¹
• Harvest Temple¹
• Old Lion's Court¹
• Cosmic Observatory
• Temple of Febe (also has option for legendary challenge mode)

1. Extra difficult 'Title achievement' is only available with the Challenge Mote active, effectively presenting a third level of difficulty above normal and challenge mode (see  End of Dragons).

Dialogue

In Forging Steel

In warfare, many events and possibilities exist. You may add to your burden in hopes of recognition.

Challenges must be finalized before the Steel Warband leaves camp.

Letting the devourer tank become badly damaged fails the mission. (Activates Mission Challenge: Tank Escort)

Your enemies are greatly empowered.(Activates Mission Challenge: Powerful Foes)

Your final adversary is greatly toughened.(Activates Mission Challenge: Final Boss)

Your enemies are far more numerous.(Activates Mission Challenge: Horde of Foes)

Turn on every challenge!

Turn off every challenge.

This seems fine.

(Green Arrows will become Checkmarks when a challenge is selected.)

Strike Missions

The thrill of the challenge calls to you.

Accept the challenge and activate Challenge Mode.

Let's go.

In Fractals of the Mists

To unlock Fractal Challenge Motes, you must complete all achievements within each Fractal. This unlocks the Harbinger of Woe, who presents the following dialog options in each Fractal.

Nightmare, Shattered Observatory and Silent Surf

Your mind is inundated with dread as you approach the figure. Its body seems to radiate with hatred and despair.

Accept the harbinger's challenge.

Tremble in fear and back away.

Sunqua Peak

Even now, you beg for more. Your thirst for pain is... undeniable. Come then, take my challenge. Prove to me once more that you are the hero this realm needs.

Accept the harbinger's challenge.

Tremble in fear and back away.

Other

A voice whispers on the wind, daring you to test your mettle.

Activate combat!

Activate Boss Challenge mode?

Let's go!

I'm not ready for this.

Leave.

Raids

Challenge mote for hard mode.

Activate the challenge mote.

Notes

Bug:

The Challenge Mote might sometimes be invisible if a miniature is present in the instance. A workaround that works sometimes is to hide all miniatures, and then re-enter the instance.

• For the purpose of fractal challenge motes, players that are not present to receive the  Challenge Mote Activated! effect when challenge mode is instigated will not receive achievement credit for killing the boss. (this is outdated information, you can gain credit even if not present when the fractal started)
• Usually abbreviated in LFG as "CM", e.g. "Nightmare 98 CM" for "Fractal level 98, Challenge Mote."
• All challenge motes for Echoes of the Past allow retry of the boss (and achievement) after it is defeated.
• Fractal challenges for the Legendary Backpacks all reduce healing for the final boss fight by 80%.

See also

• Golden Slubling
• Soup Pot
• Emboldened Mote