Guild Wars 2: Secrets Of The Obscure - A New Friend Achievement Guide (2024)

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  • How To Start A New Friend Achievement

  • Abandoned Eggs

  • Skyscale Egg Infusions Collection

  • Skyscale Growing Comforts Collection

  • Skyscale Saddle Materials Collection

  • Rising Spirits Mastery And Completing A New Friend

Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure is the fourth expansion in the long-running MMO. This time, you will be sent to islands in the sky to deal with the mysterious new threat of the Kryptis. Before you start exploring the islands in earnest, you may want to recruit a new friend to help you: a Skyscale.

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The Skyscale is an extremely versatile mount that can fly, climb up vertical walls, and generally make exploration much easier. In Secrets of the Obscure, by completing the A New Friend achievement, you can recruit a Skyscale of your own. Below, we'll take a look at how to complete every step of this achievement.

How To Start A New Friend Achievement

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To start the A New Friend achievement and start unlocking your Skyscale, you need to own the Secrets of the Obscure expansion and train the first Flight Training Mastery, "Who Rescues Whom?". After that, the collection will automatically start, showing you your first step of finding an abandoned Skyscale egg.

Abandoned Eggs

The first step in this collection is to find an abandoned egg somewhere around Skywatch Archipelago or Amnytas. Which nest has the egg is random, so you may need to search all of them before you find it. However, once you get the egg, you can move on to the next step. After you've obtained your egg, talk to Skyscale Trainer Dyanne near the Beacon of Ages to continue.

Skyscale Egg Infusions Collection

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Now that you have your Skyscale egg, you need to infuse it with various elements found across Tyria.

Infusion

Location

Description

Water

Castavall Waypoint, Bloodtide Coast

Swim down from the Waypoint to the bottom of the lake, then interact with the Concentration of Magic.

Fire

Junker's Waypoint, The Black Citadel

Head southeast from the Waypoint and jump into the Great Imperial Smelter.

Ice

Bitterfrost Frontier

Run into any of the Ice Storms found around the map and get frozen.

Earth

Prosperity Waypoint, Dry Top

Jump into the quicksand next to the Waypoint.

Air

Hidden Garden, Mount Maelstrom

Complete the Cantle of Sky portion of the Hidden Garden jumping puzzle in Mount Maelstrom and interact with the Concentration of Magic.

Life

Anywhere

Revive 20 allies. The Temple of Kormir Waypoint in the Crystal Oasis has a large group of fallen allies.

Blood

Blood Hill Camps, Gendarran Fields

Kill 100 enemies in the area.

Growth

Reckoner's Waypoint, The Grove

Head northwest from the Waypoint to the Gardenroot Tunnel and place your egg in the dirt.

Death

Murdered Dreams Waypoint, Cursed Shore

Head west from the Waypoint and interact with the coffin.

Spirit

Dewclaw Waypoint, Iron Marches

Move north from the Waypoint to the Hero Point, and interact with it.

Fear

Fallen Angels Garrison Waypoint, Fields of Ruin

Head to the farm to the south, then attack the chickens until Angry Chickens appear. You need to be hit by one of the Angry Chickens to complete this step.

Courage

Anywhere

Defeat four World Bosses. You can track this achievement with the Courageous status effect.

Alternatively, you can purchase the necessary enchantments for infusing your Skyscale egg from Dyanne, but the cost of each item is incredibly high, and not worth it at all. We don't recommend purchasing any of these enchantments, as they are relatively easy to get the normal way.

Skyscale Growing Comforts Collection

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Next, you'll need to give your Skyscale various items to facilitate its growth. You can find each item you need as well as how to get it in the table below.

Item

How To Obtain

Skyscale Treat

Give Dyanne 12 Pieces of Skyscale Food.

  • Crafted in the Mystic Forge with the following ingredients
    • 2 Slab of Red Meat (24 total)
    • 1 Charged Quartz Crystal (12 total)
    • 5 Glob of Ectoplasm (60 total)
    • 25 Pile of Bloodstone Dust (300 total)

Tasty Kryptis Skin

Random drop from Kryptis enemies.

Tasty Trail Raiton

Random drop from Jotun enemies.

Tasty Devourer Carapace

Random drop from Devourer enemies.

Tasty Chak Legs

Random drop from Chak enemies.

Tasty Moss-Covered Bark

Random drop from Treant enemies.

Tasty Wurm Segment

Random drop from Wurm enemies.

Tasty Ooze-Cured Meat

Random drop from Ooze enemies.

Forged Ankle Joint

Random drop from Forged enemies.

Bird Whistle

Purchased from Gortho in Gladefall Run in the Iron Marches for 2 gold.

Plush Quaggan

Purchased from Sven Edson in the Wizard's Tower for 10 gold.

Heavy-Duty Dolyak Blanket

Purchased from Herder Lyot in Bouldermouth Vale in Lornar's Pass for 3 gold.

Receipt for Skyscale Comforts

Speak to Dyanne after you've obtained all other items in this collection.

Skyscale Saddle Materials Collection

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Finally, you'll need to purchase the following items in this collection to craft a saddle for your new Skyscale.

Item

Materials

Where To Buy

Stardust-Infused Leather

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Pinch of Stardust

Faction Provisioner at Bastion of the Natural in Amnytas.

Mist-Infused Saddle Oil

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Pinch of Stardust

Faction Provisioner at Bastion of the Obscure in Amnytas.

Jade-Spuin Silk Thread

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Static Charge

Faction Provisioner at Jade Mech Habitation Zone 03 in Skywatch Archipelago.

Durable Saddle Hardware

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Essence of Despair

Faction Provisioner at Bastion of Strength in Amnytas.

Rich Maguuman Mahogany

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Essence of Despair

Faction Provisioner at Rata Novus Promenade in Skywatch Archipelago.

Saddlebag of Holding

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Pinch of Stardust

Faction Provisioner at Bastion of Balance in Amnytas.

Dedrimor Rivets

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Static Charge

Faction Provisioner at Droknar's Light in Skywatch Archipelago.

Garenhoff-Wave Cloth

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Essence of Despair

Faction Provisioner at Wizard's Ascent in Skywatch Archipelago.

Elonian Sandpaper

2 Provisioner Tokens

125 Static Charge

Faction Provisioner at Skyward Marches in Skywatch Archipelago.

Extra-Sticky Tar

3 Provisioner Tokens

125 Essence of Despair

Faction Provisioner at Bastion of Knowledge in Amnytas.

Receipt for Skyscale Saddle Parts

None

Talk to Dyanne after obtaining every other item in this collection.

In total, you'll need 29 Provisioner Tokens, 375 Static Charges, 375 Pinches of Stardust, and 500 Essences of Despair. You can get Provisioner Tokens from the Faction Provisioners by delivering a variety of items, often of the time-gated variety.

For example, you can trade 5 Globs of Ectoplasm for a Token once a day, or you can trade an unlimited amount of Lumps of Mithrilium, which can only be crafted once a day. If you're starting from scratch, it may take a few days or some extra gold to collect all the Tokens you need.

Static Charges and Pinches of Stardust can be earned by completing events or other objectives in Skywatch Archipelago and Amnytas, respectively. Likewise, Essences of Despair can be earned from all Tiers of Rift Hunt Bounties, which can be found in Secrets of the Obscure maps and in other maps around Tyria.

Rising Spirits Mastery And Completing A New Friend

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After completing the Skyscale Egg Infusions, Skyscale Growing Comforts, and Skyscale Saddle Materials Collections, all that's left is to train the Rising Spirits Mastery in the Flight Training track. This is the final Mastery of the track, so you'll need a total of 25 Mastery Points to fully unlock this Mastery. You can do this while collecting the items above.

Once that's done, return to Dyanne at the Beacon of Ages and she will reward you with a Skyscale.

Completing this achievement will also unlock the A New Look achievement collection, which will reward you with the Kryptis Skyscale Skin. Even if you've already unlocked the Skyscale in Path of Fire, it's worth doing A New Friend to eventually unlock this exclusive skin.

Next: Guild Wars 2: How To Earn The Skyscale Mount

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Guild Wars 2: Secrets Of The Obscure - A New Friend Achievement Guide (2024)

FAQs

How to permanently unlock Skyscale with Secrets of the Obscure? ›

To start the A New Friend achievement and start unlocking your Skyscale, you need to own the Secrets of the Obscure expansion and train the first Flight Training Mastery, "Who Rescues Whom?". After that, the collection will automatically start, showing you your first step of finding an abandoned Skyscale egg.

How often do the abandoned skyscale nests respawn? ›

The number of nests needed to visit is random, often taking between 10-20 nests. Visiting nests until you find the egg, completes the "Find an abandoned skyscale egg" step. The nests respawn with the weekly reset on Sundays. Already visited nests can still give the egg.

How do you find abandoned eggs in Skyscale? ›

Find Abandoned Egg

The first step on the collection is to find an abandoned egg. You can do this by interacting with Abandoned Skyscale Nests around Skywatch Archipelago or Amnytas. Check the maps with the locations below. NOTE: The egg drop is random and once you interact with a nest it will dissapear.

How to unlock skyscale soto gw2? ›

After you obtain the saddle, Gorrik will suggest investigating a number of reality rifts to get used to flying with your skyscale, while at the same time assisting his research. You will have to travel to 27 maps and close one rift on each. After completing this collection you will unlock your Skyscale.

Is Griffon better than Skyscale? ›

Griffon is faster over distance, but the skyscale has more versatility. The Griffon all told, can be obtained after a few hours and 250g. The skyscale on the other hand takes at minumum, 3 days up to 12 days, or more depending on how you go about gathering the item reqs.

What are the odds of getting an abandoned skyscale nest? ›

You have a 1/remaining nests chance of getting the egg to progress the collection. So the denominator is changing with each clear. 1/20 chance for first nest, 1/19 for second, 1/18 for third, and so on till last nest is 1/1 chance in other words a 100% chance.

How long can Skyscale fly? ›

Unlike the Griffon, a skyscale is able to hover in the air indefinitely, and can freely ascend and descend in place (for example, ascending by 500 units will cost around 37% of the green flight meter above the Endurance bar, then descending 500 units will refill that same 37% of the flight meter).

How many times can I feed my Skyscale gw2? ›

A happy skyscale can be fed up to 4 times daily.

Where are the Leviathan eggs? ›

Five Sea Emperor Leviathan Eggs are located in the Primary Containment Facility along with the last adult Sea Emperor Leviathan. Two more were taken by the Precursors; one was dissected prematurely in the Dissection Lab, while another one is on display in the Egg lab.

How do you hatch dragon cave eggs? ›

Eggs require views, unique views, and clicks to grow and hatch into a hatchling. The best ratio of views, unique views, and clicks is unknown, but seems to be influenced by the breed of the egg, whether the egg is on the same scroll as its parents, and the time remaining on its "time until death" timer.

Where is the Griffon egg in gw2? ›

From the Griffon roost, go north toward the Hatari Tablelands and fly to the ledge where the nest is. If you miss you can jump up the ledges after fighting choya and get your egg.

How to unlock Griffon GW2? ›

Players must reach the Sunspear Sanctuary after completing the Path of Fire story. There, they can interact with the Remains of the Last Spearmarshal and answer "I'll see what I can do." This unlocks the "Open Skies" collections which, once completed, unlocks the griffon mount.

How to get Skyscale mount? ›

After completing the final part of War Eternal, players will receive a mail from Gorrik. Visiting him in the Skyscale Eyrie will start the collections that eventually unlock the skyscale.

How do you get Skyscale of fear? ›

The item is acquired once the event ends. You answer some questions correctly from the podium and kill awakened along the way. Hint: Get attacked by angry chickens at Ebonhawke in Fields of Ruin. Fallen Angels Garrison Waypoint — [&BFEBAAA=] until Angry Chickens appear.

How to get skyscale gw2 2024? ›

First, complete Descent, the final story step of the War Eternal, episode 6 of the season. Once you're back at Lion's Arch, you'll receive mail from Gorrik, inviting you back to Dragonfall. Once there, you can find him next to the Skyscale Eyrie point of interest. Talk to him to begin the collection achievements.

How to unlock kryptis skyscale? ›

Use the arcane osmogrifier with the Heart of the Obscure on the sick skyscale near Skyscale Trainer Dyanne. This will finish the collection and unlock the Kryptis Skyscale.

How do I get to skyscale of life? ›

Start the collection by speaking with the priestess of Dwayna at the Plaza of Dwayna in Divinity's reach. After that, the Skyscale of life demands you to revive 18 allies in total. You can do it anywhere with plenty of NPCs.

Where are the abandoned skyscale nests? ›

Abandoned Skyscale Nests can be found scattered around Skywatch Archipelago and Amnytas. They show up while A New Friend is active and an abandoned skyscale egg has not yet been found.

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