Astral Ward

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Complete the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure story chapter The Missing Facet to unlock the Astral Ward Mastery track.

Mastery levels: 6
Mastery points: 27
Experience: 11,049,000

Mastery levels

1. Astral Amenities
Mastery points
2
Experience
508,000
Learn to channel the energies of the Wizard's Tower to rest and relax.
Gain an experience enhancement while within the Wizard's Tower.
2. Astral Craft
Mastery points
3
Experience
1,016,000
Gain access to purchasing Astral Ward armor and the recipes to craft common and uncommon Kryptis Motivations for use in rift hunting.
Astral armor and motivation recipes can be purchased from Lyhr in the Wizard's Tower. Uncommon Kryptis Motivations can be used with the Heart of the Obscure to find tier 2 Kryptis rifts. Using a motivation on a Kryptis rift results in bonus essences when it is sealed.
3. Emotion Control
Mastery points
4
Experience
1,524,000
Gain access to purchasing the recipe to craft rare Kryptis Motivations for use in rift hunting.
Rare Kryptis Motivations can be used with the Heart of the Obscure to find tier 3 Kryptis rifts. Beware! These rifts should not be attempted alone!
4. Rift Mastery
Mastery points
5
Experience
2,159,000
Learn to extract greater amounts of Kryptis essence from rifts.
Receive more Kryptis essences when closing rifts. Kryptis essences are powerful crafting materials used in baits, weapons, armors, and legendary armors.
5. Obsidian Armor Crafting
Mastery points
6
Experience
2,540,000
Gain access to final crafting recipes for legendary armor.
The legendary Obsidian armor recipes can be bought from Lyhr in the Wizard's Tower.
6. Wayfinder Mastery
Mastery points
7
Experience
3,302,000
Train this mastery to gain bonus effects:
• Add new services to the Wizard's Tower to upgrade Obsidian armor or to exchange various map currencies and materials.
• Open arcane chests with ease.
• Provide some protections against Eparch in the Citadel of Zakiros.
• Loot a daily coffer from the Into the Spider's Lair meta-event that contains particularly rare items.
Mastery over the Horn of Maguuma has granted multiple bonuses:
• Junior Archivist's Aide Conri can enhance Obsidian armor with a cosmetic upgrade! He can be found next to the Forge of Timelessness.
• Gharr Leadclaw can exchange currency, materials, and more! He can be found west of Empyrean Plaza next to a thornsprout bloom.
• Arcane chests take significantly less time to open.
• You are able to reduce the rate of emotion stacks Eparch consumes.
• Successful completions of the Into the Spider's Lair meta-event grant a daily reward that contains particularly rare items.

Mastery Insights

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Mastery levels

1. Astral Amenities

2. Astral Craft

3. Emotion Control

4. Rift Mastery

5. Obsidian Armor Crafting

6. Wayfinder Mastery

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