Talk:Obsidian Sanctum

Still blank? Getting through the puzzle is fine, but there are hidden Mystic Fountains to help avoid the ganking nature of the puzzle. This puzzle attracts a very specific type of player and playstyle (mainly spawning camping at bottlenecks in large hidden groups or as actual lvl 80s picking off the under-geared). It would be nice to find out how many and where the Mystic Fountains are. There are at least 2 that I found. WAZ 11:30, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Found 3 Mystic Fountains. I heard rumor there are 8, but you know how rumor goes.

First one is at the very start. When you walk up to the crystal and it tells you to go left with the beam of light (after interacting with it), look right instead. In the water, you'll notice a stone floor raised into the air by mossy stone pillars. One pillar is slanted. Walk up it, and jump across the other pillars and follow the obvious jumps to the first fountain. It'll let you sneak past the first traps.

The second one is the most known from Youtube videos I imagine. Right after the first traps, but before climbing the spiral well, you'll see a rocky moss covered slope (right outside the room that is the ascending well). Jump up the slope and done.

The last one is at the very end. After climbing up the dome and jumping to the last set of spike traps, it is before the spike traps, to the right when facing the spike traps, and down some stairs. It is in the open view and not very hidden at all. (no clue if there are any more, but since they only last 4 min, it would help get by the room with the cages if there was another. I suspect there is one to avoid every "trap set".) WAZ 04:42, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

I have searched the place from top to bottom and those are the only three Mystic Fountains I could find. Basically, you can fairly easily get Stealth for the entire puzzle except for the dark room (although you could have about a minute of stealth left over by the time you reach the dark room, you'd have to memorize the room in order to get through it without the torches anyway) and thus the arena (which is right after the dark room but before the last Mystic Fountain. Also, the stealth lasts for 5 minutes (but displays 4m since it rounds down). 24.67.77.240 02:58, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Why no links to Youtube? Drunken Bulldog 06:46, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Night

Is it always night time in the Obsidian Sanctum? Will Sigil of the Night effect my DPS there? Thank you

Yes, it is always night there. --Ventriloquist 20:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Maybe something's changed, but ascalonian weapons aren't glowing for me right now indicating it is at least day some times 68.36.214.183 15:43, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Feedback 2015/09/30

Obsidian Sanctum is no longer accessed through Mystic Portals in the EBG Keeps, this was changed patch date November 26, 2013 and now you can enter OS via the WvW UI or a portal in Lion's Arch --68.108.6.251 14:19, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. G R E E N E R 17:46, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Once per account?

So, you can only do the JP once per account?
Other characters can't open the chest?
GfG anet..

I think that needs to be added to the page somewhere. Deathpunkin (talk) 04:23, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

It's described on the page for the chest https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Enormous_Mistwrought_Chest_(Obsidian_Sanctum) (Kalendraf (talk) 20:02, 25 July 2018 (UTC))

Seasonal Nodes

As of 10/21/2021 2 Candy Corn Nodes can be found along the Jumping Puzzle. They seem to be per character, not per account.

Blackout Cache Achievement

The Blackout Cache achievement (part of Sky Pirates group) is also tied to Obsidian Sanctum. Unlisted on the page, not quite sure how to go about adding it so just leaving this note.

Added, thanks for noticing. ~Sime 18:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC)