Talk:Hidden Arcana

Special Collections

I'd like to set up an article for the Special Collections and archive all the books and interactable objects. I'd like to know if anyone has already started this somewhere or if they'd like to help. If not, I will create a page this afternoon. Qiff (talk) 10:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

I think Durmand Priory Basement beat you to the index, although that list might include non-book items. If you want, I suppose you could have the books listed in one group and items like the ugly bust in another. Also, don't forget to include the books that are only unlocked after talking to the Archivist. --Rognik (talk) 12:21, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

After I wrote this, I thought it was possible the collection was under Durmand Priory Basement. I'll check what I can add, thanks. Qiff (talk) 08:20, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Approaching Ela Makkay

I see there are Priory/non-Priory versions but my OoW and Vigil characters were greeted with "Welcome, Scholar" anyway. --Sialor (talk) 00:31, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

I noticed that on my Vigil character. —Dr Ishmael 02:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Happened on my sylvari Vigil character. Have yet to run through on any others thus far. Konig 06:24, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

No such thing

The second phase description says you have to "Then you need to find yourself a Fragility shield, and then kill the Vortex Crystal of the same color as your buff." Except there's only one vortex crystal, and it has no color, and you can't kill it. So, can someone please write and ACCURATE description? Daddicus (talk)

Never mind; I fixed it. Daddicus (talk)

"Shadow" of the Dragon - a misnomer for Mordremoth's champion?

In the dialogue, Ela Makkay says "Zhaitan ruled shadow and death" as its spheres of influence, but the Shadow of the Dragon is obviously not Zhaitan's champion. --210.186.163.10 22:23, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Zhaitan doesn't have a monopoly on shadow or death. The Shadow of the Dragon is a metaphorical name - like Claw of Jormag - to signify that the dragon is a "shadow of Mordremoth". It originates from the Dream, a non-physical place, and is Mordremoth's hold within it. Just like the Claw of Jormag isn't a literal claw nor does it mean that Jormag's sphere of influence is claws, the Shadow of the Dragon isn't a literal shadow nor does it mean that Mordremoth's sphere of influence is shadow. Konig 23:12, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Second Phase Crystal Boss Issue

During the second phase of the final boss of the glint area, the fragile circles end up spawning inside the red aoes that instant kill you, since it uses the same ranged attack to spawn the circle aoes on the fragility buff. Is there any way to get the fragility buffs to spawn outside the circles he spawns? 71.87.112.38 05:32, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I just finished this thing for the umpteenth time. The fragility buffs do spawn, sometimes, outside the red killer circles. --Morganfey (talk) 01:29, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Audio/Text mismatch?

When speaking with the Historian near the interactive items Bloodstone and Koss on Koss, the arcanist that tells him to "shh" actually audibly says, "Quiet!" in a really old man voice. Anyone else notice this? EDIT: forgot to sign. 50.30.164.30 02:54, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Buggyyyy

Did a rerun of Hidden Arcana today with a guildie, after two failed tries at Exposed Weaknesses we followed that tip of going 100% to 0% in one go, then it popped for me but not for them O.o Love how inconsistently buggy the game is... -- kazerniel (talk | contribs) 16:01, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Kudos, ArenaNet

It is in my professional opinion that after the introduction of this single story mission Guild Wars 2, as a whole, a worse product because of it --SugarInFurs (talk) 12:33, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Exposed Weaknesses: Redux

As noted in the main page, you can not restart any of the boss battles until after you defeat them. For the final battle, this is not available until after Marjory & Kas have their conversation, and after this point, Marjory just stands around and does nothing. While she might not do any significant damage, she is helpful is healing you if you go down. As such, as annoying and time consuming it may be, if you are trying to solo this, it may be easier to just exist & restart the instance than finish off the boss and then fight it again without Marjory to heal you. Solvar (talk) 00:46, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Still buggy in July 2023...

It's just kicked me out again just before the Facet of Darkness... I tried to take off an armour piece to disable my Rock Dog to stop him attacking the little orb thing across the 'field' then it crashed... It's annoying because the 3 or so story steps I just did to finish 'Return to Silverwastes 1' were short and easy, but this one is longer.. I'll change my armour before I try again, but sadly no time now :( It's also annoying because it's the last 'tick' I need for Return to SW1 Honnaja 12:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)