Griffonrook Run (jumping puzzle)

Griffonrook Run

Map of Griffonrook Run

Type

Jumping puzzle

Area

Griffonrook Run
(Lornar's Pass)

Image(s)

Start of the puzzle Interactive map

Getting there

Start from the map Lornar's Pass, then to the  False Lake Waypoint — in False Lake and head south. You can also start at the  Guutra's Homestead Waypoint — and head west. The entrance to the puzzle is located underwater on the left or west side of the river.

Follow the water's edge until you find a cluster of seaweeds and the stone foundations of a house. Do not enter the door of the house below. Instead, a tiny hole outside the roof of the house, above and to the right of the front door. Swim behind the bright green seaweed, you'll see a very faint purple hue below you that leads to the jumping puzzle. Work your way into the underwater tunnel and swim until you arrive at the chasm. Head north from here until you reach the teleportation stone. This will bring you up to the start of the course.

Walkthrough

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Entrance to the puzzle is underwater; pic was taken from above Use the Teleportation Stone to be teleported to Adventurer Thrada. Talk to Adventurer Thrada near the start of the course. You are tasked with carrying a bomb to the end of the course to open the chest. As this is a bundle, all your weapon skills are disabled for the duration. While carrying the bomb, you will have the  Volatility effect. The bomb will blow up if you are attacked by an enemy or drop it. Griffons have poor attack animations and they can hit you almost immediately or take a few seconds. They can also hit you in mid-air because of the delay. The bomb has a timer, which is 3 minutes. Hover your mouse cursor over the Volatility effect icon on your boon list to see the remaining time. The length of the fuse as well as the color of the smoke coming off of it, and the effect on your bar all give an indication of how much time you have left. The smoke color will go from grey, yellow, orange, red, then white before it blows. For the skyscale achievement, do not worry about the bomb. Just do puzzle as usual, and you will find the skyscale near the end. Follow the ledge east and do a hop around the wall, there is a platform on the other side. Hug the cliff face as you drop down on the deteriorating stone wall. Jump over the small gap onto a high enough step. Jump to your left toward the higher part of the cliff wall. Follow the cliff wall and run up the slope. At a nest to your right. Run past the griffon here, then turn left, continuing up the stone slope to the level above. (The griffon above here gets aggroed from below and will attack you immediately. Dodge past it.) Turn left looking off the nesting. Jump onto the narrow outlying pillar. Continue to jump down onto the platform. Keeping moving forward, jumping on a series of three platforms, avoiding the griffons. Head to the opposite side of the last platform and jump down to the lower platform. Jump to the nearby platform, keep in mind the gap is rather large. Continue to the next platform to your left. Facing the right side, jump down to the belying platform. You will take heavy fall damage and set upon by the nearby griffons, so move quickly and jump down to the lower platform on your right. Follow this path up the rock slope, heading up the the stairs at the turnaround while avoiding the griffon. Jump over the boulders and follow the left side to reach another set of stairs. Continue up these stairs and jump down to the next platform, dodging the griffon at the top. Turn left at the intersection and jump down. Grab the egg from the nest jutting out the right side of the platform to recover as well as to avoid the griffon. Keep moving forward until you reach the wall, then turn left, following the wall on your right side. Head up the slope, jumping over boulders and dodging the griffon. Turn left and head down the path, turning at where the griffon is. Jump onto the nearby rock face when possible and run to the end. Use the skill the bomb gives you to place it in front of the chest, and it will open. Tips If you lose the bomb, falling to your death allows you to restart immediately. Griffon eggs are scattered throughout the area that will provide benefits. Blue eggs will grant swiftness. Red eggs will completely restore health. Bring utility skills or traits that provide Swiftness, Stealth, Control, Block, or distracting Minions/Illusions. Disabling "Melee Attack Assist" in the General Options will enable you to run through foes. Thieves can take advantage of the Last Refuge trait that will stealth them and blind enemies with fall damage. It is possible to get the jumping puzzle achievement without carrying the bomb to the end and opening the final chest. Shortcut It is possible to waypoint with the bomb. If you have Jade Tech Waypoint, you can finish the puzzle normally, place your personal waypoint near the chest and return to Adventurer Thrada (eg. by dying in the jumping puzzle zone). Then take the bomb, use your waypoint and place the bomb on the chest. It is also possible to use the item Teleport to Friend to teleport to someone at the end of the puzzle while holding the bomb. Or otherwise, have a mesmer finish the puzzle, and wait by the chest. A second person picks up the bomb and waypoints to False Lake. The mesmer leaves a portal at the chest, and then also waypoints to create the exit portal. Bomber portals, puts down bomb, and boom! There is an additional solo way to "cheese" the bomb escort part of this puzzle by using mesmer portals, but the timing is fairly tight, so you need to move fast. Place the first portal by the chest and run to the green bridge. When you get to the crossroads part of the bridge, run off the right end. The water beneath you is deep enough to prevent fall damage. Swim straight ahead, and take the teleport orb up to the bomb NPC. Once you have the bomb, immediately open your map and waypoint to False Lake Waypoint (the closest one to you now) When you load in, immediately place your second portal and enter it. Put down bomb, and ka-boom! Treasure is yours!

Rewards

• Splendid Chest

NPCs

Allies

• Adventurer Thrada (37)

Enemies

• Eagle Griffon (37)

Related achievements

• Jumping Puzzles: Griffonrook Run — Complete the jumping puzzle. (10)
• Daily: Daily Griffonrook Run Jumping Puzzle — Complete the Griffonrook Run jumping puzzle in Lornar's Pass. (0)
• Sunrise III: Dawn:   Griffonrook Glow — Use the Illuminator to capture the light near the teleportation stone at the bottom of Griffonrook Run in Lornar's Pass.
• Astralaria IV: The Cosmos:   Star Chart: Great Spirit Raven — During the night, use the Celestial Cartographer's Gear near the chest of the Griffonrook Run in Lornar's Pass.
• Chuka and Champawat IV: Secluded Tour:   Griffonrook Feasibility Report — Complete the Griffonrook Run jumping puzzle in Lornar's Pass.
• Skyscale Lost:   Skyscale Lost—Griffonrook Run — Find your Skyscale in the Griffonrook Run jumping puzzle in Lornar's Pass.

Notes

• Gliding and mounts are disabled in this jumping puzzle.
• For players doing the Skyscale collection: you can skip the JP. Go to the rock formation by the waypoint (just out of the no mount/gliding Zone), then do the springer cancel trick > griffon > leap of faith onto the walls with a little bit luck/few tries. Then climb forward to the left up to the metal chest.
  • Alternatively, if you have not bought the griffon yet, it is possible to use raptor + bond of faith dismount to launch to the mountain from the same rock. then circle circle around to the left until you are on an outcropping that can see the final chest. There is section of mountainside north of the final chest (west of you) that is climbable terrain. from there you can basically just walk over to the skyscale.
• For players who simply want the achievement, you are not required to open the chest with the bomb. This can save you a headache.
• The chest has to be opened with a bomb, but not necessarily yours. If someone comes with a bomb and opens the chest, you can loot it.
• The chest is currently bugged so players may receive an empty chest. If this happens, log out and log back in, and you should be able to loot the chest.
• After an update a Splendid Chest was added approximately halfway through the jumping puzzle. It can be opened without a bomb.
• As of December 3, 2019 update: while holding the bomb, falling damage is now reduced by 50%.

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Jumping puzzles

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Lornar's Pass