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Let magical energy and alchemical potions combine as you bring the energies of asura and hylek together to create and charge a more perfect weapon, gaining the Gift of the Catalyst, the penultimate step in your journey to gain HOPE, the legendary pistol.

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HOPE IV: The Catalyst

HOPE IV: The Catalyst is a item set achievement worth 3 points over 2 tiers.

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    Take the Charged Dwarven Spell Trap, Energized Soul Battery Fragment, Case of Corrupted Phials, and Chaotic Magic to the Metal Forest on Pyrite Peninsula in Malchor's Leap to combine them into Transcendent Energy.
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    Speak with Ogden, in the Durmand Priory within Lornar's Pass, to obtain this.
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    Activate the Dwarven Spell Trap before defeating the Fleshreaver inside the cave at Onager Bivouac in Fireheart Rise to collect its ancient magic.
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    Activate the Dwarven Spell Trap before defeating the Legendary Karka Queen in Southsun Cove to collect her ancient magic.
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    Activate the Dwarven Spell Trap before defeating Fleshgrazer inside Forsaken Fortune in Dredgehaunt Cliffs to collect its ancient magic.
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    Speak with Countess Anise in the Throne Room of Divinity's Reach to obtain the Soul Battery Fragment.
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    Activate the Soul Battery Fragment before defeating the Legendary Risen High Wizard at the Narthex in Cursed Shore to capture its soul energy.
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    Activate the Soul Battery Fragment before defeating the Risen King, located inside the Reliquary Vault of Cursed Shore, to capture its soul energy.
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    Activate the Soul Battery Fragment before defeating the Champion Risen Knight, located near the Dwayna Statue in Malchor's Leap, to capture its soul energy.
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    Activate the Soul Battery Fragment before defeating Karas the Undying, west of Rayhan Bayt in Malchor's Leap, to capture its soul energy.
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    Speak with the Priestess of Dwayna, at the Plaza of Dwayna in Divinity's Reach, to purchase Pure Crystalline Phials.
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    Corrupt a Pure Crystalline Phial in your inventory by defeating a Veteran Branded Spark found east of Skara Braevus in Blazeridge Steppes.
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    Corrupt a Pure Crystalline Phial in your inventory by defeating a Champion Icebrood Quaggan, one of which is located inside the cave in the south of Leopard's Tail Valley of Frostgorge Sound.
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    Corrupt a Pure Crystalline Phial in your inventory by defeating the Champion Risen Wraith at the Cathedral of Eternal Radiance in Malchor's Leap.
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    Corrupt a Pure Crystalline Phial in your inventory by defeating Vinetooth Prime inside Vinetooth's Den in Auric Basin.
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    Corrupt a Pure Crystalline Phial in your inventory by defeating the Shadow Behemoth when it arises in Godslost Swamp of Queensdale.
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    Combine five different corrupted crystalline phials into the Case of Corrupted Crystalline Phials.
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    Gather and combine the three chaotic energies with a piece of Crystallized Magic to create the Chaotic Magic.
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    Found by looting the chest in Spekk's Laboratory in Caledon Forest.
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    With the Crystallized Magic in your inventory, gather the searing's chaotic energy by looting the chest at the end of the Urban Battlegrounds Fractal.
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    With the Crystallized Magic in your inventory, gather chaotic ectoplasmic energy by looting the Ascalonian ghosts found at the Old Piken Ruins in Iron Marches.
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    With the Crystallized Magic in your inventory, gather chaotic ley-line energy by defeating earth elementals near Omadd's Machine within the Cavern of the Shining Lights in Dry Top.
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    Take the Concentrated Volatile Substance, Ichor Alkahest, Arachnid Venom Decanter, and Concentrated Maguuma Bacteria to the Alchemy Mixing Table near Atlalli, Master Alchemist in the Hunting Banks of Timberline Falls, to create the Alchemical Catalyst.
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    With an Empty Hylek Flask in your inventory, mix the four volatile ingredients to form the Concentrated Volatile Substance.
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    Recipe purchased from Atlalli, Mastery Alchemist at the Hunting Banks of Timberline Falls.
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    A volatile ingredient looted from the Veteran Matriarch after rescuing Wark from the infatuated harpy inside the western ruins of the Shattered Palisades in Blazeridge Steppes.
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    A volatile ingredient occasionally looted from toxic oozes.
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    A volatile ingredient looted from Vilnia Shadowsong near the Raven Shaman's Power Source hidden within Darkhoof Heights in Snowden Drifts.
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    A volatile ingredient looted from the Mordrem Wyvern at Matriarch's Perch in Verdant Brink.
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    With an Empty Hylek Flask in your inventory, mix all four ichors together to create the Ichor Alkahest.
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    Speak with Atlalli, the Mastery Alchemist at the Hunting Grounds in Timberline Falls, to learn his secret ichor extraction technique.
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    After learning the special technique, achieve a rank of silver or better in the Haywire Punch-o-Matic Battle adventure within the Rata Novus Lane of Tangled Depths to gather the chak's ichor.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Champion Wasp Queen near the Ebonhawke Delegation in Fields of Ruin to gather her ichor.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Champion Branded Devourer Queen inside the Infestation in Iron Marches or the Champion Giant Branded Devourer in Sniper's Woods in Fields of Ruin to gather the ichor.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Legendary Chak Gerent in Tangled Depths to gather its ichor.
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    With an Empty Hylek Flask in your inventory, mix the four spider venoms to create the Arachnid Venom Decanter.
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    Speak with Eda in Queensdale to learn her spider venom extraction technique.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat Gargantula inside the cave at Wynchona Woods in Harathi Hinterlands and loot her venom.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Toxic Spider Queen just north of the Togatl Grounds in Kessex Hills and loot her venom.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Canyon Spider Queen located inside the Sweltering Canyons of Fireheart Rise and loot her venom.
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    After learning the special technique, defeat the Enraged Spider Queen outside the mansion of Almuten Estates in Gendarran Fields and loot her venom.
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    Speak with Jett, along the southern road exiting Griffonfall in Auric Basin, to obtain the M-PEC.
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    With an Empty Hylek Flask in your inventory, mix the six jungle bacteria to create the Concentrated Maguuma Bacteria.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating a Champion Mushroom Emperor in Tangled Depths, Auric Basin, or Dragon's Stand to gather its spores.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating a Veteran Bloodsucker inside the caves of Auric Basin to gather its enzymes.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating the Veteran Follower of Zintl outside the Capitzel Grounds in Auric Basin to gather their beetle's juice.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating a Veteran Deep Cave Troll found inside the damp caverns in either Auric Basin or Tangled Depths to gather its saliva.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating a Champion Arrowhead at Arrowhead Vale in Auric Basin to gather its mucus.
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    Activate the M-PEC before defeating a Champion Stonehead near the Griffonfall Pylon in Auric Basin to gather its salivary stone.
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    To complete the Catalytic Converter, combine the jungle dragon cores with the Incomplete Catalytic Converter and a Vision Crystal by channeling the Ancient Power Core inside the secret lab beneath the Decayed Hive in Tangled Depths.
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    Speak with G.O.X. 2.0 at Zinn's Office, located inside the Rata Novus Command Center in Tangeled Depths, to gain the Incomplete Catalytic Converter.
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    After obtaining the incomplete catalytic converter, gather the Blademaster's jungle dragon core by defeating Mordremoth's commander near the Central Blighting Tower in Dragon's Stand.
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    After obtaining the incomplete catalytic converter, gather the Axemaster's jungle dragon core by defeating Mordremoth's commander near the Southern Blighting Tower in Dragon's Stand.
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    After obtaining the incomplete catalytic converter, gather the Stavemaster's jungle dragon core by defeating Mordremoth's commander near the Northern Blighting Tower in Dragon's Stand.
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    After obtaining the incomplete catalytic converter, gather Mordremoth's core by slaying the Elder Dragon in Dragon's Stand.
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    Gather four soul energies to power the Soul Battery Fragment.
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    Use the Dwarven Spell Trap after gathering the three ancient magics to completely charge it.
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    Purchased from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs after training the Scholar of Secrets ability in the Legendary Crafting Mastery Track.
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