Map completion

Example reward screen of map completion.

Map completion is the act of visiting all points of interest, vistas, waypoints and completing all renown hearts and hero challenges within a given zone. After a zone has been completed, a blue bonus chest will appear that the player can then open and receive a reward. In addition, the player will receive a mail pertaining to the accomplishment except for city maps. Completing all zones in the five regions of Tyria — Ascalon, Kryta, Shiverpeak Mountains, Maguuma Jungle, and Ruins of Orr — is required for world completion.

You can complete most maps without uncovering all of its areas (those are tracked by the regional Explorer achievements); for example, you do not need to find most jumping puzzles, since these are in secluded areas without any map objectives to discover. If you complete the zone while in an instance, such as a home instance, the accomplishment will display the next time your character re-enters the area. The bonus chest can be reserved to be opened at a later time. The rewards for city maps are limited to the standard amount of experience and a single Transmutation Charge.

The legends at the top left corner of the map show the remaining points for world completion and completion of the current map. Moving the mouse pointer over each entry in the legend will make any revealed point or scout pointing to not yet revealed renown hearts flash on the map, making them much easier to find. For maps with repeatable renown hearts, a single completion of the heart is sufficient to count for map completion.

Display

World completion information is maintained for each character in your account. The Character selection screen displays the percentage world completion for each character. Both the world completion and zone completion for the current character are displayed using the world map (M key). These both include a progress bar displaying the percentage completed. If you hover the mouse over the zone name. It will trigger a popup that displays the zone's completion track, unless a new waypoint or point of interest was added since your last visit. These displays may include:

• Completed and total Renown Hearts
• Completed and total Waypoints
• Completed and total Points of Interest
• Completed and total Hero Challenges
• Completed and total Vistas

There are account-wide achievements related to map completion, which may be displayed in the Hero panel with the tab Achievements > General > Explorer. They are each worth a total of 25 () Achievement Points.

• Ascalon Explorer
• Krytan Explorer
• Maguuma Explorer
• Shiverpeak Explorer

Another account-wide achievement for world completion may be displayed in the Hero panel with the tab Achievements > General > Hero. it is worth a total of 20 () Achievement Points and awards the title "Been there. Done that."

Reward

Explorable zones

Rewards for completion of explorable zones scale up to the top level of that zone. For example, the map completion of Fireheart Rise can give rewards up to level 70. In addition, the rarity of the items received scale with the level of that zone, from Masterwork to Rare to Exotic.

• Coins (amount scales with the level of the area)
• Experience (10% of level at the time map was completed)
• 2 random pieces of equipment (approximate to level of the area)
• 1 Transmutation Charge or 1 Black Lion Chest Key (except for Southsun Cove).
  • Drop rate research here
• 40 random crafting materials, 40 Map Currency or 20 random ingredients available in the zone

Reward rarity and tier per zone

Masterwork
Zone	Level	Tier
Plains of Ashford Queensdale Caledon Forest Metrica Province Wayfarer Foothills	1-15	1
Diessa Plateau Kessex Hills Brisban Wildlands Snowden Drifts	15-25	2
Gendarran Fields	25-35	2
Lornar's Pass	25-40	3
Fields of Ruin	30-40	3
Harathi Hinterlands	35-45	3

Rare
Zone	Level	Tier
Blazeridge Steppes Dredgehaunt Cliffs	40-50	4
Bloodtide Coast	45-55	4
Iron Marches Timberline Falls	50-60	4
Sparkfly Fen	55-65	4

Exotic
Zone	Level	Tier
Fireheart Rise	60-70	4
Mount Maelstrom	60-70	4/5
Straits of Devastation	70-75	5
Frostgorge Sound	70-80	6
Malchor's Leap	75-80	6
Cursed Shore	80	6

Southsun Cove

• 10 Karka Shells
• 1 Transmutation Charge
• 8001 at level 80

Cities

• Experience (10% of level at the time map was completed)
• 1 Transmutation Charge

Notes

• The experience reward is determined based on your character's level at the time of map completion, regardless of when you open the chest.

World completion

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  Reward window for world completion

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  World completion on the map
  (Shows after reaching level 15)

World completion requires completing all the following maps:

• All six cities.
• The 25 explorable zones of Central Tyria, excluding Southsun Cove and zones in the Maguuma Wastes (Dry Top and The Silverwastes).
• The Chantry of Secrets.

Zone	Level	Renown Hearts	Hero Challenges	Waypoints	Vistas	Points of Interest
Black Citadel	-	-	-	12	5	17
Divinity's Reach	-	-	-	13	6	21
Hoelbrak	-	-	-	14	5	24
Rata Sum	-	-	-	9	5	19
The Grove	-	-	-	4	6	19
Lion's Arch	-	-	-	13	11	26
Chantry of Secrets	-	-	-	-	-	1
Plains of Ashford	1-15	18	6	18	10	17
Queensdale	1-15	17	7	16	9	21
Caledon Forest	1-15	19	7	18	8	20
Metrica Province	1-15	16	8	16	9	23
Wayfarer Foothills	1-15	15	8	17	10	20
Diessa Plateau	15-25	15	8	19	10	17
Kessex Hills	15-25	14	5	16	9	20
Brisban Wildlands	15-25	16	8	13	7	20
Snowden Drifts	15-25	13	6	19	6	11
Gendarran Fields	25-35	11	7	22	8	17
Lornar's Pass	25-40	15	9	17	10	43
Fields of Ruin	30-40	13	5	17	6	20
Harathi Hinterlands	35-45	11	6	15	8	15
Blazeridge Steppes	40-50	15	5	18	5	10
Dredgehaunt Cliffs	40-50	11	6	18	8	24
Bloodtide Coast	45-55	13	6	15	7	18
Iron Marches	50-60	13	6	14	8	14
Timberline Falls	50-60	11	5	19	6	13
Sparkfly Fen	55-65	13	6	17	5	20
Fireheart Rise	60-70	12	7	18	8	16
Mount Maelstrom	60-70	11	7	17	7	32
Straits of Devastation	70-75	-	12	20	6	30
Frostgorge Sound	70-80	11	7	16	8	20
Malchor's Leap	75-80	-	15	13	5	37
Cursed Shore	80	-	17	13	5	28
Total	-	303	189	486	226	653

The following areas do not count towards world completion:

• Dungeons.
• Hall of Monuments.
• Any of the original World vs. World maps.
• Edge of the Mists and Obsidian Sanctum.
• Heart of the Mists and any Structured PvP areas.
• Explorable zones that were added after the release of the game, such as Southsun Cove, and the zones in the Maguuma Wastes.
• All maps in the Heart of Maguuma region, added with the Heart of Thorns expansion.
• Claw Island, as it is a story instance only.
• All maps added with Living World Season 3.
• All maps added with the Path of Fire expansion.
• All maps added with Living World Season 4.
• All maps added with The Icebrood Saga (Living World Season 5).

Reward

Upon completing the last map required for world completion, a world completion icon will pop up next to the chest icon. In addition to the regular rewards for completion of the last map, players will receive:

• 2 Gifts of Exploration (for full completion on one character)
• A gold star on the character's nameplate (only for the character that achieved full completion), viewable by other players
• The title Been There, Done That, available to all characters on the account, and the corresponding achievement (awarded for map completion counted account-wide)

World completion notes

• This accomplishment was previously tracked by the Map Completion Medal on Account Medals (which have been removed), the Been There, Done That achievement, and the World Completion progress bar when you view the map.

Bugs:

• Some players reported that they did not receive the reward when they obtained the world completion achievement. For some, revisiting the Chantry of Secrets resolved the issue. A few were able to work around the issue by revisiting every map on the required list. Another fix is to go through the Asura gate in Lion's Arch to Black Citadel. If you encounter this issue and are not able to fix it on your own, you will have to contact ArenaNet support.
• If a character has attained map completion for a zone, and that zone, at a later date, has new items added, those new items need to be discovered in order to unlock the achievement, but not in order to get the world completion reward chest.

Commonly missed areas

All of the locations listed here contain map completion objectives - see the related section on the Explorer article for commonly missed areas with no objectives that don't contribute towards map completion.

Undiscovered area shown on mini-map.

Undiscovered area shown on main screen.

If an area has been missed on a map, that area will be marked on both the main screen and the minimap. Both areas have a fog of war, and are associated with an indicator. For the mini-map: If the undiscovered area is outside the player's mini-map visibility, the indicator will show at the edge of the mini-map, in the required direction of travel. For the main map: the undiscovered area information is located in the top right of the screen, above the Story and Tracked Achievements.

Kryta

• Draithor's Demesnes in Kessex Hills
• Chantry of Secrets instance location, in Bloodtide Coast

Heart of Maguuma

Heart of Maguuma maps do not count for world completion, but map completion is needed for some achievements and crafting recipes.

• Verdant Brink: Last Leap point of interest

Area objectives added since launch

If waypoints or points of interest have been added since you completed a map, you may need to revisit the maps and discover them to achieve world completion.

Zone	Location	Release
Caledon Forest	Help Delilah keep the farmer's fields safe (2)	2014-09-09 (September 2014 Feature Pack)
Brisban Wildlands	Proxemics Lab Waypoint	2013-02-26 (Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm)
Brisban Wildlands	Tangle Root Outpost	2014-07-01 (Gates of Maguuma)
Divinity's Reach	The Dead End	2013-06-11 (Dragon Bash)
Gendarran Fields	Second Aetherblade Site	2013-06-25 (Sky Pirates of Tyria)
Kessex Hills	Thunder Ridge Camp	2014-10-21 (Blood and Madness)
Kessex Hills	Tower of Nightmares	2013-10-29 (Tower of Nightmares)
Lion's Arch	Wreckage of the Breachmaker	2014-02-18 (Escape from Lion's Arch)
Lornar's Pass	Marionette's Landing	2014-01-21 (The Origins of Madness)
Lornar's Pass	False River Waypoint	2014-01-21 (The Origins of Madness)
Plains of Ashford	Help Tolona Ironrustler with her farm (2)	2014-09-09 (September 2014 Feature Pack)
Plains of Ashford	Langmar Estate Waypoint	2013-02-26 (Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm)
Plains of Ashford	Rid the training area of pests (3)	2014-09-09 (September 2014 Feature Pack)
Snowden Drifts	Angvar's Trove Waypoint	2013-05-28 (Last Stand at Southsun)
Wayfarer Foothills	Rugnar's Steading	2013-03-26 (Flame and Frost: The Razing)
Lion's Arch	Captain Kiel's Office	2017-08-09

See also

• Explorer
• Map completion/table

Trivia

• During beta testing, the coin reward for fully exploring a city was comparable to completing an explorable area. After release, city completion rewarded 1 , but that was removed as part of the 25 September 2012 update.
• Map completion in WvW maps was removed as a world completion requirement with the March 16, 2015 update.
• Having map completion used to give the Map Completion Account Medal