Side Stories

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Achievements related to ongoing events throughout Tyria.

— In-game description

Side Stories is an achievement group that tracks the progress of different achievement-based plots.

Categories

• Decade of the Dragons
• The Wizard's Vault
• Current Events
• Conservation of Magic
• Justice of the Blade
• Anomalous Occurrences
• Transfer Chaser
• Knight of the Thorn
• Portal Panic
• Roller Beetle Racing
• Living World Return
  • Return to Gates of Maguuma and Entanglement
  • Return to The Dragon's Reach
  • Return to Echoes of the Past and Tangled Paths
  • Return to Seeds of Truth and Point of No Return
  • Return to Out of the Shadows
  • Return to Rising Flames
  • Return to A Crack in the Ice
  • Return to The Head of the Snake
  • Return to Flashpoint
  • Return to One Path Ends
  • Return to Daybreak
  • Return to A Bug in the System
  • Return to Long Live the Lich
  • Return to A Star to Guide Us
  • Return to All or Nothing
  • Return to War Eternal
  • Return to Bound by Blood
  • Return to Whisper in the Dark
  • Return to Shadow in the Ice
  • Return to Steel and Fire
  • Return to No Quarter
  • Return to Jormag Rising
  • Return to Champions
• Wrath of the Twisted Marionette
  • The Origins of Madness
  • Revenge of the Marionette

Notes

• The side stories tie into the main story in the following order:
  •  The Origins of Madness — Takes place as a vision of the past from after The Icebrood Saga Episode 5 Champions showing Living World Season 1 Episode 16 The Origins of Madness. (First introduced on 21 January, 2014, later reintroduced on 13 July 2021.)
  •  Revenge of the Marionette — Takes place as a vision of the past from after The Icebrood Saga Episode 5 Champions showing Living World Season 1 Episode 16 The Origins of Madness. (Introduced on 13 July 2021.)
  •  Knight of the Thorn — Takes place after the end of Heart of Thorns. (Introduced on 22 February 2017.)
  •  Conservation of Magic — Takes place before and during Living World Season 3. (Introduced on 3 May 2016 and expanded on 1 June 2016.)
  •  Justice of the Blade — Takes place before, during and after Living World Season 3 Episode 1 Out of the Shadows. (Introduced on 17 May 2016 and expanded on 14 June 2016.)
  •  Anomalous Occurrences — Takes place before and during Living World Season 3. (Introduced on 28 June 2016 and expanded on 8 August 2016.)
  • Transfer Chaser — Takes place before Living World Season 3 Episode 2 Rising Flames. Seis Burntheart's current dialogue takes place after Episode 5 Flashpoint. (Introduced on 23 August 2016.)
  •  Portal Panic: Awakening Threat & Reawakening Threat — Take place between Living World Season 4 Episode 1 Daybreak and Episode 3 Long Live the Lich. (Introduced on 9 January 2018.)
  •  Roller Beetle Racing — Takes place after Living World Season 4 Episode 3 Long Live the Lich. (Introduced on 26 November 2018.)
  •  Portal Panic: Rift Stalkers — Takes place between Living World Season 4 Episode 4 A Star to Guide Us and Episode 6 War Eternal. (Introduced on 9 April 2019.)
  •  Current Events and Living World Return — Takes place after The Icebrood Saga Episode 5 Champions. (Introduced on 25 May 2021.)

Trivia

• This group was added in the August 8, 2017 game update.
• Originally all of these achievements were under Current Events, within the General achievement group. During this time, most achievements were hidden until obtained.
• After the split, the Current Events group was not present until the January 9, 2018 game update.

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Achievement groups

Daily Character Adventure Guide Bonus Events Festivals Story Journal General World vs. World Janthir Wilds Secrets of the Obscure End of Dragons Path of Fire Heart of Thorns Side Stories Player vs. Player Raids Fractals of the Mists Collections Strike Missions Historical