Goemm's Lab

Goemm's Lab

Map of Goemm's Lab

Type

Jumping puzzle

Area

Cuatl Morass
(Metrica Province)

Image(s)

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Goemm's Lab is a jumping puzzle located in the skies above Metrica Province. At the end there is a veteran Goemm the Mad and a Magnificent Chest and a gate back to the Cuatl Morass.

Locations and objectives

Events

Defeat Goemm the Mad (13)

Getting there

The entrance is a cave obscured by greenery, between  Cuatl Waypoint — and Oola's Hero Challenge to the south.

Go south from the waypoint, following the cliff to the east. About two thirds of the way to the hero challenge, you'll find an opening in the cliff, obscured by foliage: go inside. Once inside the cave, jump up the floating stepping stones to the north and then east. Keep jumping north across small floating islands until you emerge from the cave, now facing west and overlooking the waypoint.

The entrance portal is just ahead: carefully jump over one last set of floating stepping stones, bearing in mind that the fall will kill you. The gap between the stepping stones varies a bit, so change how far you jump accordingly. A chest is available to loot just by the entrance portal.

Walkthrough

Search YouTube for videos related to Goemm's Lab. Level 1 : Windy Station & Stormy Station Level 2 : Chilly Station & Goemm's Lab To reach Goemm and his lab, you will use a series of asura portals to transfer between "stations," each gate requiring you to become tuned first by interacting with an Attuner Device. The effect lasts 20 minutes and persists if you fall; it only expires if you log out or die. Without the proper attunement, the portal will transport you to the previous station rather than next one. The second and third Attuner Devices are each guarded by a veteran, so you might find it faster to run past the foe rather than slug it out. Once you reach the lab, you will trigger an event to defeat Goemm. If you fall along the way, any Golem Assistant can teleport you to any of the stations you have previously reached, so at worst, you only have to retrace your steps in the current station. Windy Station In this station, the you need to avoid gusts of wind that blow you back. Jump across the series of horizontal arrowhead-shaped platforms to a series of grass-covered rocks. Jump from rock to rock, stopping at the fifth one for the path to the Attuner Device. (1) Look below the right side of the rock for the path to the southeast. Drop carefully down to each of the next three platforms (it may be easier to back off the rock), then make three routine jumps to the platform with the Cave Bat. Avoid or kill the Cave Bat, use the Attuner Device, and then enter the nearby portal. After arriving on the large platform, look for the vine bridge on the west side. From this point forward, all the vine bridges have strong gusts of wind blowing across them. This bridge has two gust channels: the first has less frequent, longer-lasting gusts while the second has more frequent, shorter gusts. These gusts are periodic and will repeat the same pattern after awhile. There is a safe spot between the two channels; however, it is easier to time it correctly than it is to run all the way across in one motion. You can also use a  Stability skill to not get knocked down while crossing. The next bridge has gust channels along the entire length of the bridge which blow at the same time. Cross after the one long gust or the two short gusts. Jump off the bridge onto the landing on the far side. Head west and make a long jump down to the lower platform on the next island. Hop up to the main portion of the platform then head north to the Asura Gate. Avoid or kill the bats before jumping across. Take the gate to Stormy Station. (1) Down and right for Attunement. Straight and left to continue. Stormy Station In this station, you get hit by lightning bolts. This will cause you to be in combat, slowing your movement speed and making it more difficult to jump. Jump horizontally across the series of six floating rocks and stop on the last one. Move as quickly as possible to avoid the lightning that will strike on the first five. All these jumps are possible in combat without a swiftness buff. There will be a giant tree root on the right. Jump down onto it. Walk down the branch until it splits. (2) For Attunement, head down the smaller branch on the right. Fall down to the floating rock, jump to the next floating rock, tree branch and one last rock followed by the platform with a gate. There will be a Veteran Air Elemental in front of the gate. You can fight it or run past it and grab the attunement on the left. Once you are attuned, head through the gate. Jump across the arrow platforms back to the giant root. Continue across the series of rocks to the series of roots. Between the roots is a gust of wind, wait for it to finish blowing before attempting the jump. Historically, the root between the first root and the gust of wind was reachable. That is no longer the case after an update, and old recordings show an impossible jump as result. From the last root, go across the 3 arrow platforms quickly, once again trying to avoid the lightning strikes. Head through the gate to the Chilly Station. Shortcut route To the right of the lightning rocks, jump down to the platform below and in front of the starting one. From there, move past the leaves in the way and jump down onto the big tree root. For Attunement head down the smaller branch on the left. Fall down to the floating rock, jump to the next floating rock, tree branch and one last rock followed by the platform with a gate. There will be a Veteran Air Elemental in front of the gate. You can fight it or run past it and grab the attunement on the left. Once you are attuned, head through the gate. Jump across the arrow platforms back to the giant root. Now fall on purpose so that you are back on the Stormy Station starting platform. Again, jump down to the platform to the right of the lighting rocks. To the right on the other side from the tree root jump down to the platform with the Asura gate. Go through the gate to the Chilly Station. (2) Down and right for Attunement. Left and across to continue. Chilly Station Jump down the series of rocks to the other side. There will be gusts of wind coming from below you. Try to move through quickly to avoid them. If you get chilled, cleanse it or wait for it to pass before making the next jump. As you run across the next area, there will be a small gap with a gust of wind. Wait for the wind to stop blowing then jump across. (3) The next area is on your left. After you jump across, there will be an ice elemental. Defeat it or avoid it and jump across and down to the sloping rock below. To get the attunement turn around and jump across the small series of rocks and roots. Run through the next area, defeating or avoiding the vampire bat. Jump down and across the series of floating rocks to the next area. Jump up the rocks on the left. There will be a Veteran Ice Elemental here. Defeat or avoid it and hit the attunement device on the left. Head through the gate. Jump across the 2 arrow platforms At this point you can jump down onto the large rock and kill the ice elemental here or avoid the area altogether by jumping down to the next set of four arrow platforms on your left; you can get chilled here, too. Even if you avoid the elemental, it will still attack you, putting you into combat and perhaps chilling you, which will make subsequent jumping more difficult. Jump across the 4 arrows behind the ice elemental. Continue across the series of floating rocks to the gate. Head through the gate to Goemm's Lab. (3) Avoid the wind trap and circle around following the green arrow. Down and right for attunement. Left and upwards to continue. Goemm's Lab Jump from each stepping stone to the center area. Pick up the Aetherblade Cache Once you reach the center, an event will trigger to defeat Goemm the Mad (13) who will be waiting for you to enter the building. After defeating Goemm, continue across to the horizontal arrow-shaped platforms. Cross these to reach the final platform. This completes the Goemm's Lab Puzzle Achievement. There should be a Magnificent Chest sitting in front of the gate. The Lost Skyscale will also be here, if applicable. Exit through the gate and jump down the platforms to reach the ground. Tips If you fall, you will be transported back to the starting platform. Stability allows you to walk through the gusts. Speed boosts can help you jump farther and pass obstacles quicker; they can also throw off your timing if you are not used to them. Getting hit by lightning puts you in combat mode, preventing you from jumping as far. You can avoid this using blocking skills or avoiding the lightning; you can counter the slower speed by using swiftness. If you are about to die, it might be better to leap off and restart. Dying removes attunements and requires waiting for someone to resurrect you, whereas falling merely takes you back to the first station. Goemm casts a magic ability that will jump between all nearby players, dealing damage every hit. Stay spread out, if you can. Shortcut There is a shortcut to the end of this jumping puzzle, with the following requirements: Gliding unlocked. One of the following mounts: A Springer with the High Vault mastery. A Skyscale (no masteries required). Start from  Desider Atum Waypoint — and head northeast across the bridge, into the asuran settlement there. Your goal is the roof of the tallest structure in the settlement, the one containing Tralx and Crut. A simple path is to jump onto the triangular archway above the local Banker, then jump north onto the roof. From the southeast corner of the grass-covered roof, jump east towards the cluster of big leaves on the mountain. You're aiming for the tip of the lowest leaf closest to you: it's just close enough to reach with a Springer leap while moving forwards constantly. Once you're on the leaf, the goal is to gain height for gliding, dismount, and then immediately deploy your glider. The way to achieve this depends on your mount: If you're on a Springer, jump east as high and far as you can (You'll be dismounted due to  Mounts Disabled). If you're on a Skyscale, fly directly up, as high as you can, and then dismount at the top. Either way, deploy your glider immediately and continue east, steering around the large invisible collider on the mountain. You want to land on the rock ledge on the south and east side of the mountain: don't glide too far or you'll fall to your death in the  no-fly zone. Follow the ledge around the mountain east and then north, staying close to the cliff. Jump down a short way north towards the asura gate. Walk through the gate to collect the Magnificent Chest and receive credit for the jumping puzzle. An overview of the shortcut route. Yellow: mounts, cyan: gliding, green: walking. A map of the shortcut path from Desider Atum Waypoint to the exit portal.

Reward

• Chest - at the start of the puzzle
• Magnificent Chest - at the end of the puzzle

NPCs

Allies

• Golem Assistant

Foes

• Goemm the Mad
• Ice Elemental
• Vampire Bat
• Veteran Air Elemental
• Veteran Ice Elemental

Related achievements

• Jumping Puzzles: Goemm's Lab — Complete the jumping puzzle. (10)
• Daily: Daily Goemm's Lab Jumping Puzzle — Complete the Goemm's Lab jumping puzzle in Metrica Province. (0) (Historical)
• Sky Pirates: Mad Cache — Loot the Aetherblade Cache in Goemm's Lab in Metrica Province. (5)
• Bolt III: Zap: Bottle of Goemm's Energy — Use a Capacitive Bottle to capture energy from a lightning strike at Goemm's Lab in Metrica Province.
• HOPE III: Prototype: Proximity Test: Goemm's Lab — Take the Synergetic Generator to Goemm's Lab in Metrica Province and test the energy reactions near the chest after defeating Goemm the Mad.
• Incinerator III: Spark: Volatile Compound — Use the low-pressure environment of Goemm's Lab high above Metrica Province to safely combine 10 Piles of Bloodstone Dust with Putrid Ichor at a Console to form a Volatile Compound.
• Skyscale Lost: Skyscale Lost—Goemm's Lab — Find your Skyscale in the Goemm's Lab jumping puzzle in Metrica Province.

Notes

• If you die during the puzzle, instead of just falling, you will have to be resurrected by an ally. If you are in combat when you fall, you might suffer falling damage instead of being teleported back to the first station.
• The puzzle had previously included an Aetherblade Cache, introduced with the original Sky Pirates of Tyria update. It was subsequently removed but has now been reintroduced as part of the Sky Pirates update, along with an associated achievement.
• At some point, the Cave Bat guarding the first attunement device was downgraded from a veteran to a normal rank.

Bugs:

• If you have completed the Buried Archives jumping puzzle in the same server reset period, you will be unable to loot the chest at Goemm's Lab.
• On occasion, attempting to return to the Stormy Station, the Golem Assistant will transport you to an unsafe location, causing you to fall immediately after you spawn and forcing you to restart the puzzle. To prevent this, take a step or two closer to the NPC before accepting the transportation offer.
• A few players have reported that, after falling from certain spots, they are transported back to the inquest complex in the northeast corner of Metrica Province. This removes any existing attunement, so that you would have to restart the puzzle.

Trivia

• Goemm, the boss at the end of the jumping puzzle, is the asura featured using Mirror Images on the Guild Wars 2 official Mesmer Page.

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Metrica Province