The Predator I: The Experimental Rifle

The Predator I: The Experimental Rifle is a Legendary Weapons collection achievement to gain the precursor weapon, The Hunter, for the legendary rifle, The Predator. This collection is the first step to obtain the first tier of the precursor, The Hunter Experiment.

Achievement[edit]

The Predator I: The Experimental Rifle	Legendary Weapons	3
The rifle, whether it fires bullets or magical rays, is one of the most complex weapons in Tyria. Understand its wonders by researching the technology of such weapons as you take your first steps in the personal journey to create the legendary precursor known as The Hunter. Prerequisite: Revered Antiquarian Unlock Item: The Predator Vol. 1 Reward: Chest of Technology Collection	Collected 17 Items	3

Collection items[edit]

	Collectible	Type	Subtype	Notes
1	Functional Steam Gizmo	Item	Trophy	Collect a functional Steam Gizmo from a steam creature found primarily in Lornar's Pass.
2	Salvaged Aetherblade Power Source	Item	Trophy	Collect an Aetherblade Power Source from the Aetherblade Base in the Broadhollow Bluffs of Gendarran Fields.
3	Scarlet's Research Notes	Item	Trophy	Find Scarlet's research notes in her secret lair in Dry Top.
4	Scarlet's Prototype Mechanism	Item	Trophy	Find the prototype mechanism left behind in Scarlet's hideout in Lornar's Pass.
5	Dredge Sniper Rifle	Item	Trophy	Find and kill the Grey Terror somewhere near the Grey Road in Dredgehaunt Cliffs.
6	"Black Powder and Its Uses"	Item	Trophy	Read the book on black powder found inside the Durmand Priory in Lornar's Pass.
7	Prototype Dredge Weapon	Item	Trophy	Find the Prototype Dredge Weapon in Wayfarer Foothills.
8	Molten Engineer Notes	Item	Trophy	Notes found in the chest from the Molten Furnace Fractal on the weapons testing being done by the Molten Engineers.
9	Iron Legion Schematics	Item	Trophy	Purchased from Legionnaire Crunchbone in Fields of Ruin after assisting the charr delegation.
10	Sweptweave Schematic	Item	Accessory	Purchased from Torruh Sweptweave after helping her disrupt the Separatist activities.
11	Intercepted Inquest Calculations	Item	Accessory	Purchased from EVAC-U-ATOR 9000 on the Jinx Isle in Malchor's Leap after defeating the Mark V Golem.
12	Pact Sniper Rifle	Item	Trophy	Collected from a barrel of sniper rifles from the Dry Step Mesas of Verdant Brink.
13	Mai Trin Airship Weapons Manual	Item	Trophy	Weapon manual for Mai Trin's airship obtained from Mai Trin's chest after defeating her in her boss fractal.
14	Thaumanova Research Notes	Item	Trophy	Acquire the notes of the researchers from the chest inside the Thaumanova Reactor Fractal.
15	Experimental Rifle	Item	Consumable	Purchased from Agent Livilla in the Karst Plains of Malchor's Leap after defeating the Inquest Ornithologist.
16	Asuran Experimental Weapon	Item	Trophy	Collect an experimental weapon from a weapon rack near the Quandry Scratch in Mount Maelstrom.
17	Decrypted Weapons Research	Item	Trophy	Decrypt Professor Portmatt's weapon research from the console inside his lab in Bloodtide Coast.