Jade Bot
“Unlock the Canthan Jade Tech Mastery track to equip and level up your very own jade bot. This helpful (and adorable) friend can help you find hidden treasures, power up new weapons, enhance your travel, and more!
— Official site
Jade Bots are unique companions available exclusively through the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons expansion. Once unlocked, they can be used for a variety of activities, such as to light up lanterns, open chests or earn buffs. Many of their functions are only available in Cantha maps, with the main exceptions being the attribute bonus and modules.
Unlocking[edit]
- The mastery and jade bot are unlocked via The Scenic Route story step in the End of Dragons expansion.
- Any character where the player wishes to use all jade bot functions has to have equipped a Power Core.
Mechanics[edit]
- Before having access to a jade bot the game will display the message:
“You've encountered jade technology that requires a jade bot to make use of it. Unlock the Jade Bot Mastery line to obtain a jade bot! You can do this as you progress through the End of Dragons story.
— Jade Technology, in-game hint
- All functions are available in the open world. The availability of functions in other places (PvP, WvW, instanced content) is determined on a case-by-case basis.
- By interacting with a Jade Bot Terminal, players can gain a remote control over the jade bot, allowing independent piloting. While being controlled, jade bots can interact with some objects, such as Jade Batteries, Jade Tech Lanterns and levers.
- In New Kaineng City, a Jade Bot Terminal can be used to take direct control of the jade bot to fly it around the city (almost) freely, like a drone, to get new views. The range of how far you can fly with the bot is limited.
- The jade bot can be used to solve puzzles with the free-flight, such as in certain End of Dragons story instances. It can also be used to access otherwise locked locations, like Mi-Shen's Lab, through vents.
- It can reveal hidden treasures via special Treasure Hunter Protocol 1-3 Modules or increase loot from defeated foes through Scavenger Protocol Modules.
Related masteries[edit]
| Mastery | XP required | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gliding Booster
|
381,000 | 1 
|
Your jade bot can now give you an upward boost while you are gliding. You can now craft tier-1 and tier-2 power cores. |
 Multicharge
|
635,000 | 2
|
Upgrade your jade bot to carry up to 4 jade energy charges at a time. |
 Jade Tech Waypoint
|
1,016,000 | 3
|
Upgrade your jade bot to be able to set up a personal waypoint for you. |
 Energy Efficiency
|
1,524,000 | 4
|
Upgrade your jade bot to gather more energy from jade tech batteries. Additionally, your jade bot can now absorb energy from zip lines. |
 Rescue Protocol
|
2,159,000 | 5
|
Upgrade your jade bot to assist you in rallying when you are downed. This skill is not available in PvP, WvW, raids, fractals or strikes. |
| Total | 5,715,000 | 15
|
List of Jade Bot skills[edit]
# Skill 
Description 3 Ascend Fly your bot straight up. 4 Descend Fly your bot straight down. 5 Deactivate Bot Deactivate your bot and return focus to yourself. 6 Action Camera Toggle Toggles the action camera on and off for the player.
- During the story instance The Future in Jade
# Skill
Description 1 Scan 3 Scan the energy signatures of nearby jade tech. 1 
Deactivate Bot
Deactivate your bot and return focus to yourself. 3 Ascend Fly your bot straight up. 4 Descend Fly your bot straight down. 5 Action Camera Toggle Toggles the action camera on and off for the player.
- During the story chapter Weight of the World
# Skill
Description Deploy Bot 1 Deploy your remote-controlled bot to scout the area.
- Flying out of range:
- Out of range!
- Return to the flight area or you will be disconnected.
Equipment[edit]
The jade bot can be customized at any Jade Bot Workbench in Cantha with a multitude of modules. Some can be purchased from Xunlai Jade Sales Associates and others can be crafted by 
jewelers.
A jade bot has three Slots in its hero panel section:
Power Core[edit]
- One Power Core has to be equipped in order to access the jade bot's functionality on each character.
- Power Cores are equipable by all 80 level characters, even on accounts without End of Dragons.[1]
- One Jade Bot Core: Tier 1 per character is provided as a story reward for completing The Scenic Route.
- Additional Power Cores can be acquired through:
- Purchase in the trading post.
- Crafting with a level 400 jeweler after unlocking the Gliding Booster mastery and purchasing the corresponding recipes.
- Additional Power Cores can be acquired through:
- Doesn't provide the attribute boost in PvP and WvW.
- 10 tiers exist, the Jade Bot Core: Tier 6 allows using the Service Chip Module.
Module: Sensory Array[edit]
- Different types exist, only one can be equipped at a time.
- Scavenger Protocol: Scans corpses for materials or trophies.
- Recycler: Turns junk items into
karma, ascended materials or 
Jade Slivers. - Enhancer/Booster: Increases the damage of your Siege Turtle, or enhances mount's energy recovery.
- Works in the open world, instanced content (raids/fractals/strike missions) and some in WvW too; see the main page for detailed overview.
- Not equipable on accounts without End of Dragons, as players cannot use the Jade Bot Workbench without the Jade Bots mastery track.
Module: Service Chip[edit]
- Enhances the jade bot's abilities.
- Skiff supercharger: increases Skiff speed.
- Jade Assistant: Gliding Booster improves Jade Bot Glide Booster height.
- Rescue Protocol Recharge: shortens Rescue Protocol cooldown.
- Treasure Hunter Protocol: finds hidden chests.
- Works on every chest in the open world, even outside of Cantha.
- Not equipable on accounts without End of Dragons, as players cannot use the Jade Bot Workbench without the Jade Bots mastery track.
Lore[edit]
Jade bots are small jade mechs created from dragonjade by Xunlai Jade. They provide day-to-day aid for Canthans who can afford them, as the dragonjade technology is very expensive. They are also used as help with transportation through Cantha via Zip Lines and can be deployed for security purposes or scanning mined jade.
Jade Bot skins[edit]
Jade Bot skins can be unlocked account-wide by purchasing them in the Gem Store. The skins have only cosmetic effects; there are no gameplay advantages associated with them.
List of Jade Bot skins[edit]
- See also: Gallery of Jade Bot skins
Gallery[edit]
As previewed in the Jade Bots trailer.
As previewed during Guild Chat - Episode 118.
Idle animation 1 (open to play).
Idle animation 2 (open to play).
Idle animation 3 (open to play).
Animations (open to play).
Notes[edit]
- You cannot turn off visibility of other player's jade bots, but the bots are not visible at all times, only spawning when deployed for specific actions.[1]
- Many of the animations are implemented via skill effects, as the devs were concerned about server performance of having another entity spawn for each player.[1]
- Cannot be named in-game.[1]
Trivia[edit]
- During remote control while on the ground as well as in the jade bot panel, the bot has idle animations, one of them being a dancing animation.
- Movement speed during remote control is 600 units/sec for backward and forward movement, and 300 units/sec for ascend, descend, and sideways movements.
- The controlls during remote control are similar to under water movement.
External links[edit]
- Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons - Jade Bots, YouTube.com
- Guild Chat Episode 118 - Jade Tech Mastery Preview, YouTube.com
References[edit]
