Convergences
“Journey into Inner Nayos to confront the Kryptis on their turf and close an unstable rift from the other side.
Difficulty scales based on group size.
Requires completion of the Duress chapter of the Secrets of the Obscure story to enter.[sic]— In-game description
Convergences is a group instance during night supporting up to 50 players. It requires the expansion Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure to enter.
Getting there[edit]
- Opened via the Convergences portal at The Wizard's Tower in Rift Hunter Lounge.
- Private instance can be created with a squad at any time. It requires Unstable Kryptis Motivation to open.
- Public instance opens every 3 hours at XX:30, starting from 01:30 for 10 minutes until XX:40.
Event schedule[edit]
Start times: 01:30, 04:30, 07:30, 10:30, 13:30, 16:30, 19:30, 22:30
Locations[edit]
Area | Area objectives |
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Incursion Point | |
The Spire | |
The Killing Fields | |
Twisted Cathedral | |
Valley of the Damned | |
Watcher of the Woods |
Objectives[edit]
- Interact with the unstable Kryptis rift to begin.
- Zojja has arrived to help with the unstable Kryptis rift.
- Kryptis defenders arrive in: x seconds.
- Work with Zojja to close the rifts in the area.
- Zojja
- Essence for Resurrection Spell
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- Heroes Alive: x (Number of Players Alive)
- Kryptis siege engines active: x
- Defend Zojja and empower her with essence!
- Champion Avatar of Gluttony, Rage, Envy or Despair (Champions may be the same for two or three of the events.)
- Champion Avatar of Gluttony, Rage, Envy or Despair
- Champion Avatar of Gluttony, Rage, Envy or Despair
- Islands cleared: x/4
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Lieutenants defeated x/5
- Champion High Kryptis General
[Group Event] Defeat lieutenants to draw out and defeat their general.
- Islands cleared: x/4
- Demon Knight, Sorrow, Dreadwing, or Hell Sister
[Group Event] Defeat the legendary creature.
Rewards[edit]
- Bonus Chest (once a day)
- One of the following:
- Common:
- Piece of Unidentified Gear (1-3) or higher rarity
- Rare:
- Supreme Rune of Holding (1-5)
- Amalgamated Gemstone (1)
- Skyscale Weapon Box (1)
- Common:
- One of the following:
- A random Sinful, Abomination, Skyforged or Skyscale weapon.
- Rabid Skyscale Axe
- Rabid Skyscale Dagger
- Rabid Skyscale Focus
- Rabid Skyscale Greatsword
- Rabid Skyscale Hammer
- Rabid Skyscale Longbow
- Rabid Skyscale Mace
- Rabid Skyscale Pistol
- Rabid Skyscale Rifle
- Rabid Skyscale Scepter
- Rabid Skyscale Shield
- Rabid Skyscale Short Bow
- Rabid Skyscale Staff
- Rabid Skyscale Sword
- Rabid Skyscale Torch
- Rabid Skyscale Warhorn
- Magi's Skyforged Axe
- Magi's Skyforged Longbow
- Magi's Skyforged Short Bow
- Magi's Skyforged Dagger
- Magi's Skyforged Focus
- Magi's Skyforged Greatsword
- Magi's Skyforged Hammer
- Magi's Skyforged Mace
- Magi's Skyforged Pistol
- Magi's Skyforged Rifle
- Magi's Skyforged Scepter
- Magi's Skyforged Shield
- Magi's Skyforged Staff
- Magi's Skyforged Sword
- Magi's Skyforged Torch
- Magi's Skyforged Warhorn
- Viper's Abomination Axe
- Viper's Abomination Longbow
- Viper's Abomination Short Bow
- Viper's Abomination Dagger
- Viper's Abomination Focus
- Viper's Abomination Greatsword
- Viper's Abomination Hammer
- Viper's Abomination Mace
- Viper's Abomination Pistol
- Viper's Abomination Rifle
- Viper's Abomination Scepter
- Viper's Abomination Shield
- Viper's Abomination Staff
- Viper's Abomination Sword
- Viper's Abomination Torch
- Viper's Abomination Warhorn
- Envy's Bite
- Despair's Lament
- Gluttony's Platter
- Avarice's Command
- Rage's Fist
- Malice's Heartstring
- Regret's Memory
- Convergence: Hero's Choice Chest
- Thimble of Liquid Karma (2)
- 2
- 2,000
- 53,340
- Spirit Shard
- Bonus Chest
- Concealed Unstable Kryptis Essence Coffer
- Piece of Rare Unidentified Gear (2) each with a chance of being replaced with a random Exotic weapon or armor.
- 50
- 500
- 13,335
- 200% Participation Rewards and Successful Event:
- Deluxe Gear Box (15)
- Essence of Despair (12-25) (Based on Participation)(25-50 with Convergence Mastery)
- Essence of Greed (5-10) (Based on Participation)(10-20 with Convergence Mastery)
- Essence of Triumph (2-5) (Based on Participation)(5-10 with Convergence Mastery)
- 1,200
- 64,008
- Chance at Mini Corrupted
- 200% Participation Rewards and Unsuccessful Event:
- Deluxe Gear Box (7)
- Essence of Despair (12-25) (Based on Participation)
- Essence of Greed (5-10) (Based on Participation)
- Essence of Triumph (2-5) (Based on Participation)
- 960
- 51,207
Walkthrough[edit]
Mechanics[edit]
- If Zojja dies, the instance will fail and all players will be returned to The Wizard's Tower.
- When Kryptis are defeated, they drop Kryptis Essence on the ground. This essence then can be collected by running over it. The more essence you pick up, the more damage you do, but the less total health you have. You can carry up to 25 stacks at a time without the Essence Attunement Mastery, or up to 50 stacks with the Mastery. Going into a Downed state will cause you to drop all stacks of essence that can be picked up by others or by yourself, once you're up again.
- Turning in essence to Zojja heals her, and powers her Resurrection Spell, that resurrects your allies who died and were turned into wisps.
- Once the final phase begins and the Legendary Kryptis spawns, Zojja becomes immune to all forms of standard healing, and can be healed with essence.
- Kryptis siege engines will occasionally spawn in the four corners of the map. Destroy these to prevent them damaging Zojja.
- If a player joins a Convergence instance that has already started, they will spawn as a wisp awaiting the completion of the current resurrection spell bar.
- If a player dies, they will enter Wisp Form with the special skills below. Some abilities are only available with certain masteries unlocked. These players are invulnerable and may heal, buff, or revive downed players. With the Wisp Pockets Mastery, they will be able to collect Kryptis Essence and bring it to Zojja, speeding up their own resurrection. They can hit their jump keybind to move around more easily.
- Wisp skills
# | Skill | Description | ||
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1 | Ethereal Healing | ¾ | Fire a projectile that heals and applies barrier to allies. | |
2 | Healing Rain | 30 | Heal, cure conditions, and grant regeneration to allies once every second. | |
3 | Ward against Evil | 30 | Allies within target area receive stability, protection, and aegis. | |
4 | Watchful Spirit | 180 | Shadowstep to the target point and revive downed players within the radius. | |
5 | Ride the Ley Line | 5 | Focus unbound magic to create a ley line and propel yourself forward. Warning: Crossing streams with other ley lines is deadly! |
- Gliding skills
# | Skill | Description | ||
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7 | Focused Magic | 1 | ½Shoot a beam at your foe. The farther away they are, the less damage you deal. | |
8 | Unstable Magic Volley | 1 | 5 | Release a volley of unstable magic on the target area, damaging and knocking down foes, and applying a random condition. |
9 | Pacified Magical Storm | 20 | Call down a pacified magical storm on the target area, healing, curing conditions from allies, and granting regeneration to allies once every second. | |
0 | Ride the Ley Line | 5 | Focus unbound magic to create a ley line and propel yourself forward. Warning: Crossing streams with other ley lines is deadly! |
Phase 1: Start[edit]
It is recommended to have Superior Sigil of the Night, Superior Sigil of Demon Slaying and Powerful Potion of Demon Slaying.
The group initially spawns in a central starting island where Zojja will ask to confirm if they are ready. Once the event starts, small groups of typical Kryptis enemies will spawn. Concurrently, 2-minute timer will begin for Kryptis reinforcements to arrive.
After a brief introduction on Kryptis Essence, groups of Avatar of Spite will begin to spawn on the central island in an anti-clockwise direction from northwest, southeast and northeast of the central island. These Avatar of Spite chase Zojja to apply their explosion mechanic (they turn invulnerable as they begin exploding). Breaking their defiance bar will stop them in their tracks temporarily for you to burst them down. In addition, siege engines will also spawn in a clockwise direction on the other 4 corner islands of the map starting from the southwest island and should be destroyed to protect Zojja. Their seige attacks can be seen as darker orange circles within Zojja's hitbox. The Kryptis enemies that spawn around the seige engines despawn together with them being taken down. Both anti-clockwise and clockwise spawns continue throughout phase 1 and 2.
Once the 2-minute timer ends, the reinforcements are 3 Kryptis Champion Avatars to be slain in order to progress to phase 2.
Zojja is also able to be healed by most spells and abilities affecting friendly targets. In addition to the healing she receives from turning-in essences, it is good to have dedicated healers remain nearby Zojja to keep her alive during phases 1 and 2.
Phase 2: Clear Islands[edit]
The objectives to defend Zojja from Avatars of Spite and siege engines from phase 1 continues. The Avatars of Spite on the central island will now begin spawning in an anti-clockwise direction while Seige Engines continue their occasional clockwise spawns. Like in the previous phase, Zojja can still be healed normally during this phase, so having healers prioritize her defense remains important.
All four corner islands of the map will now need to be cleared. 5 Champion Kryptis Lieutenants will spawn on each of the islands followed by a Champion Kryptis General. Defeating each Champion Kryptis General will clear each island individually. Both lieutenants and generals have random Unstable Magic Abilities abilities. When a specific island is cleared of its Champion Kryptis General, the seige engine on that island will also stop its spawn. After all four islands are cleared, phases 1 and 2 are fully completed.
Phase 3 then begins with a legendary creature spawning on one of the 4 corner islands. The party/players who were responsible for the central island defense/healing of Zojja should also remember to completely destroy the last batch of Avatars of Spite or they will continue chasing to where Zojja teleported (Legendary Creature spawn) to and explode on her.
Phase 3: Legendary Creature[edit]
A Legendary creature (Demon Knight, Sorrow, Dreadwing (NPC) or Hell Sister) will now spawn. The creature chosen is random per instance, though the available options alternate each week at Tuesday 00:00[verification requested]; only Sorrow and Demon Knight are available one week, and only Dreadwing and Hell Sister are available the following week.
[edit]
The Legendary creature scatters Kryptis Essence around itself every time it loses 10% health and just before it teleports to the next random island at every 25% health interval. In addition, Zojja now becomes immune to all forms of healing except turned-in Kryptis Essence so it is especially important to continue doing so in order to heal her and charge up her resurrection spell. She also takes more damage now.
At its final 25% health, the Legendary Creature always teleports to the central island (starting area).
Demon Knight[edit]
Demon Knight is the easier legendary to deal with. Its most dangerous attack has a charge up animation; at this point it needs to be stunned to stop this attack. While it charges the attack, it also deals a massive amount of damage to the surrounding area. His second dangerous attack is a meteor shower. Players will be marked with numerical icons and have a yellowish aura around their computer screens. These players should move away from the group. After a short period, a meteor shot will then shoot down on the area following the numerical numbers, with another shot shortly after. It is preferable to NOT move towards Zojja when marked.
Sorrow[edit]
Sorrow is the harder enemy. The best way to deal with this enemy is to stun it while it has a defiance bar up, giving you a lot more free time to kill it without it flying around. Be careful when it spawns its Sorrow's Brood as these little wyverns like to focus Zojja. A preferable and safer way to deal with this legendary creature is to chase its rear and continue attacking. When Sorrow flies up to spawn more brood be careful because at the end it will fall back down pretty much killing everyone under it. You can also use your Gliding skills when you are kicked up into the sky.
Dreadwing[edit]
Hell Sister[edit]
Achievements[edit]
Avatar of Spite Annihilator | Convergences | 5 |
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Defeat 100 Avatars of Spite.Spit in spite's eye.
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Defeated 100 Avatars of Spite | 5 |
- While defending Zojja during phase one, waves of Avatar of Spites will spawn. These enemies will then charge to Zojja and explode on impact. There are three spawning locations for these enemies. Starting from west side, followed from south-east and lastly from north-east. These enemies are marked by icons.
Convergence Creature Crusher | Convergences | 5 |
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Defeat 500 enemies in Convergences. Siege engines, veterans, elites, champions, and legendaries give more progress. (At 200%, player participation kills grant a fixed amount.)Bash the demon! Smash the demon! Drive it right back into its den! Bash the demon! Smash the demon! May it never rise up again!
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Defeated 500 Enemies in Convergences | 5 |
- Killing and destroying Kryptis will grant points towards this achievement. Normal enemies give 2 points, Avatars of Spite give 5 points, elite enemies and siege engines give 25 points, champion enemies give 50 points, and legendary enemies give 100 points.
Emotional Baggage | Convergences | 5 |
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Collect 500 Kryptis essences in Convergences.
(Gain less progress when collecting essence as a wisp with the Wisp Pockets Mastery.)I'm completely fine, honestly!
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Collected 500 Kryptis Essence | 5 |
- Every Kryptis that is killed should drop a red orb on the ground. These are essences that can be collected giving Kryptis Essence effect.
Kryptis Turret Killer | Convergences | 5 |
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Destroy 25 Kryptis turrets.Those skyscale adventures have trained you for this. It's true!
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Defeated 25 Kryptis Turrets | 5 |
- Destroy 25 Kryptis turrets that can be found in the air all over the area. Can be destroyed by using fireball of your skyscale. These turrets can have Demonic Seal effect making them invulnerable until dashing through it on a skyscale. They do respawn after a while.
Siege Engine Stomper | Convergences | 5 |
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Destroy 20 siege engines.Smash or be smashed.
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Destroyed 20 Siege Engines | 5 |
- There are total of four siege engines. They spawn clockwise starting with south-west corner and are marked by icon. Each siege engine destroyed grants 5 points of progress.
NPCs[edit]
Allies[edit]
Foes[edit]
- Terrorling
- Avatar of Spite
- The Corrupted
- The Craven
- The Cursed
- The Tormented
- Incarnation of Cruelty
- Incarnation of Judgement
- Incarnation of Terror
- Elite Avatar of Despair
- Elite Avatar of Envy
- Elite Avatar of Gluttony
- Elite Avatar of Malice
- Elite Avatar of Rage
- Elite Avatar of Regret
- Champion High Kryptis General
- Champion High Kryptis Lieutenant
- Demon Knight / Sorrow / Dreadwing / Hell Sister (boss)
- Sorrow's Brood / Dreadling
Objects[edit]
- Bouncing Mushroom
- Skyscale Launcher
- Unstable Kryptis Rift
- Kryptis Sentinel
- Kryptis Drainer
- Southwest Siege Engine
- Northwest Siege Engine
- Southeast Siege Engine
- Northeast Siege Engine
Dialogue[edit]
- Pre-Event start
- Zojja: Portaled in as soon as we lost track of your astral fluctuation. I'll need to focus on maintaining our tether to Tyria.
- Zojja: The nearest waypoint is a little out of range, so reviving will be a challenge... Luckily, Mabon taught me a few tricks.
- Zojja: Resurrection spells take a lot of magic. The best source of that here is going to be the essence that Eparch's grunts drop.
- Zojja: Bring that essence to me, and I'll do the rest.
- Zojja: If it looks like I'm about to go down, I'll try to pull us back to Tyria. Hopefully we'll make it back in time for tea...
- Upon catapults spawning
- Zojja: Little hard to concentrate with catapults lobbing stones at my face! Deal with them!
- When enough essence has been collected to revive allies
- Zojja: Reviving our fallen!
- Zojja: Let me raise you up! Feel the healing energies flow through your veins–rise!
- High Kyptis event
- Zojja: I can feel the demonic essence in those High Kyptis. Take them down, and I can throw that power back in their face.
- Zojja: Collect enough, and I might even be able to cast some additional protections...
- Zojja: Be careful though. Demonic essence will drain your life force. Plus, there is the whole "possession" thing to worry about...
- Event to slay Generals
- Zojja: Even more of Eparch's personal cortege. Take them out. Let's see if we can entice their leader to make an entrance.
OR
- Zojja: More High Kryptis! Damn it, Eparch. Spread out to defeat them! Maybe we can lure out whoever's pulling their strings.
- Upon the boss losing 25% health
- Zojja: We've wounded it! Keep up with it, and I'll use that essence to give us a little extra juice.
- Zojja: Move! Move! MOVE!
- Event to slay the final boss
- Zojja: It's making its way to the center island. We can end this here and now!
- Upon successful completion of the Convergence
- Zojja: Finally... Whew. Nayos is not my scene. Let's head back; breathe in some fresh air?
The Convergence has been calmed, and Zojja will teleport the group back to the Wizard's Tower soon.
- Upon failing to complete the Convergence
- Zojja: I... can't hold on. No choice-I'm pulling us back to Tyria!
Related achievements[edit]
- Convergences — Participating in Convergences. (60 1 )