Go for the Gold
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Go for the Gold is a treasure hunt for Golden Lost Badges found mostly underground in The Silverwastes. It takes place in the same locale as the Retrospective Runaround jumping puzzle.
Achievement[edit]
| Go for the Gold | The Silverwastes | 1  30
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| Find all the golden lost badges hidden throughout the Silverwastes. |
1 Golden Lost Badge Found | 1
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| 2 Golden Lost Badges Found | 1
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| 3 Golden Lost Badges Found | 1
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| 4 Golden Lost Badges Found | 1
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Walkthrough[edit]
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It has been suggested that this article or section should be rewritten, because: This walkthrough is a horrible mess, and should be rewritten, particularly the second table. Could use images. |
Most of the badges are located underground. Milestones look like rocks with flags, once you approach them. In this guide the springer and the glider were used.
Milestones[edit]
The milestones are parts of the jumping puzzle:
- 1st milestone: start from the
Drydock Grotto Waypoint — and go to the top of the 
SS Topsy-Turvy — , then go south. You will see the Velocity Elixir, which is just before the milestone. - 2nd milestones: turn slightly from the 1st milestone and a tower, don't fall into the hole. From the next Velocity Elixir, turn left and proceed to the ledge forming an arc, just before the 3rd Velocity Elixir. The milestone is above this ledge.
- 3rd milestone: go to the 3rd Velocity Elixir, then go ahead, but follow the left wall. When you reach 4th Velocity Elixir, jump to the light, so that you'll reach the surface. Then cross the bridge, and you'll reach the milestone.
- 4th milestone: follow along the wall to another Velocity Elixir and a hole to your left. At the bottom is a row of arches. Follow them and The milestone is just after the last one, near the Velocity Elixir.
- 5th milestone: keep going west and jump to the surface. Go west, until you reach the hole. Jump to it, and you'll get the milestone.
- 6th milestone: After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole to the Velocity Elixir. Hug the wall and go toward the sand stream. Go to the wood planks. From the second plank, you'll be able to see the Velocity Elixir down you. Glide there, then go slightly right.
The other milestones are not needed to complete the achievement, therefore they're not described here.
Using mounts and gliding[edit]
| Objective | Closest landmark | Walkthrough | |
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| 1 | Golden Lost Badge #1 | Camp Resolve Waypoint — 3rd milestone |
The badge is exactly south to the waypoint, above the white tent. The badge is on the cliff. |
| 2 | Golden Lost Badge #2 | Camp Resolve Waypoint — 3rd milestone |
Starting from the waypoint, use your springer to jump on the west cliffs above. Head just to the west of the scout icon (don't fall!). The badge is north of the scout, on the left edge of the long rock bridge. |
| 3 | Golden Lost Badge #3 | Camp Resolve Waypoint — 2nd milestone |
Go from the 2nd milestone, follow the left wall, pass the Velocity Elixir. Don't turn to the 3rd milestone, instead continue to follow the wall. The badge is near the next stone "door". |
| 4 | Golden Lost Badge #4 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy — 1st milestone |
Underground, stand on top of the SS Topsy-Turvy and walk down it, instead of turning right towards the Velocity Elixir and 1st milestone, go left along the ledge to the end. Face the wall towards the south and use the springer to high jump up to a small ledge. Jump up again to a small piece of wood. Jump up again to a wooden plank. Hop onto the little ledge just next to the wooden plank and go all the way into the corner and face slightly southeast. High jump up thru a small hole in the ceiling. Turn sharp right and head northwest, under a burning helicopter. Turn left and go towards/under palm trees. Drop off a small ledge. Drop of a bigger ledge on the left. Hug the wall on your right to a ledge that drops into a large room with many chains. At the foot of the drop is a gap. Through the gap is a room full of lamps. Go through and glide south to a large rock with the badge on it and a skritt hole next to it.
The original route (without mounts) is easier and faster and doesn't require glitching through the map |
| 5 | Golden Lost Badge #5 | 5th milestone | After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole, but not all the way down. The badge is on the wooden plank. |
| 6 | Golden Lost Badge #6 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy —
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On the bottom of SS Topsy-Turvy. From the middle of the rope bridge leading to the ship, jump off the left side and glide forward to land on the beam sticking out from large cabin below the ship |
| 7 | Golden Lost Badge #7 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy —
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In the bottom of the central tower of the SS Topsy-Turvy. To reach the tower start in the northern part of the ship. There are two long windows and hanging nets. Exit through the left window and follow the ledge to enter through the right window (pay attention to the ledge, there's a hole). Follow planks and hanging nets to the tower and go to the bottom of it. The badge is under the stairs. |
| 8 | Golden Lost Badge #8 | Quarrel Gully | Start from the badge #13 and get even higher, using the springer. Go to the velocity elixir in the southwest corner, then head east and use your springer one more time. You'll see two golden badges at once: one will be to your left (14), and another — to your right (#8) which is up a steep slope in the corner, just before the hanging lanterns. Near last Milestone (#9). |
| 9 | Golden Lost Badge #9 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy — 2nd milestone |
After milestone 1, before milestone 2. Reach the velocity elixir, then turn left as usual. It is on the long angled ledge before reaching milestone 2. |
| 10 | Golden Lost Badge #10 | Charnel Grounds —
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On the very northwest corner of the Far Silverwastes, northwest to the point of interest and exactly west from the skritt tunnel, where the beetles are. There's a small corner with multiple small stones. |
| 11 | Golden Lost Badge #11 | Charnel Grounds —
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Next to the skritt tunnel to Northwest Silverwastes (North of Far Silverwaste) and north-west to the point of interest. |
| 12 | Golden Lost Badge #12 | Charnel Grounds —
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On top of rocks just west of the point of interest. |
| 13 | Golden Lost Badge #13 | Quarrel Gully | From the badge #15, jump with the springer up and up to the velocity elixir, then do one more jump on the long broken wood bridge. The badge is on the south end of the bridge, in an alcove at the very corner. |
| 14 | Golden Lost Badge #14 | Quarrel Gully | Start from the badge #13 and get even higher, using the springer. Go to the velocity elixir in the southwest corner, then head east and use your springer one more time. You'll see two golden badges at once: one will be to your left (14), and another — to your right (#8) which is up a steep slope in the corner, just before the hanging lanterns. Near the 9th checkpoint. |
| 15 | Golden Lost Badge #15 | Quarrel Gully | From the badge #18, pass the skritt tunnel and onto the sandhill. Immediately to the left, jump with the springer onto the ledge. Head south a short way and fall down. Turn slightly right and head southwest. Just beyond the skritt tunnel go between two big rocks to the sandhill and turn around, then jump on the left rock. |
| 16 | Golden Lost Badge #16 | Sand Dune Caverns —
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From the badge #18, pass the skritt tunnel and onto the sandhill. Immediately to the left, jump with the springer onto the ledge. Head south a short way and fall down. Turn slightly right and head southwest. Turn right just before the skritt tunnel. The badge is among the rocks under the slope. |
| 17 | Golden Lost Badge #17 | Camp Resolve Waypoint — 3rd milestone |
Use your springer to jump onto the cliff west to the waypoint. The badge is in a triangular hole in the rock plateau, on the left just big enough for a mount to drop into. |
| 18 | Golden Lost Badge #18 | Sand Dune Caverns — 6th milestone |
Head west from the 6th milestone, following the left wall, until you reach a rope fence. Fall down all the way to the sandy bottom. Head forward in the same direction until you see a skritt tunnel. Slightly downhill and around the rock from the skritt tunnel is very small crevasse leading into a small "cave". The badge is on your right as you enter the cave. This can be made safer using gliding. You can run to this badge from the dive achievement pool under the SS Topsy-Turvy. Jump out of the pool towards the southwest, pass a skritt tunnel on the right, under a low overhang, over a sandhill, continue west and right before another small sandhill, to the left is skritt tunnel mentioned above. |
| 19 | Golden Lost Badge #19 | 6th milestone | Head west from the 6th milestone, following the left wall, until you reach a rope fence. The badge is in a window in the left wall, so you can glide there. |
| 20 | Golden Lost Badge #20 | 5th milestone | After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole to the Velocity Elixir. Hug the wall and go toward the sand stream. Go past the wood platforms to the wood planks, from which you can see a stair-like rock on the opposite wall. Glide there and go right, until you reach the badge. |
| 21 | Golden Lost Badge #21 | 5th milestone | After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole to the Scritt Tunnel (below the elixir). Head northeast to the sand stream. Go to the right edge of the ledge just before the abyss. |
| 22 | Golden Lost Badge #22 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy —
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From the top of the SS Topsy-Turvy, glide to right alcove in the wall to the west of the SS Topsy Turvy, above the planks. It is just to the right of the fat rope used for the non-gliding solution to #23. |
| 23 | Golden Lost Badge #23 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy — 1st Milestone |
On a ledge above the first Velocity Elixir, just before the 1st milestone. You can springer to it. Alternatively, from the top of the SS Topsy-Turvy, jump down to a fat rope off the west side, glide south to a rock ledge. Glide from this ledge to the badge. Same path as #30. |
| 24 | Golden Lost Badge #24 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint —
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On the ledge with plants just east of the waypoint. Walk up the large rock stairs leading out of Drydock Grotto. Glide from the top of the stairs to the ledge with the badge. |
| 25 | Golden Lost Badge #25 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint —  Skritt Ledge
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Across the bridge from the Skritt Ledge hero challenge. Climb up or glide down to the hero challenge, cross the wooden bridge to the nook carved into the stone. |
| 26 | Golden Lost Badge #26 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — Skritt Ledge
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Glide from the hero challenge to the big rock resembling the stairs. Use your springer to jump onto the cliff at the end of the rock, then jump to the wooden bridge above. Cross the bridge and glide to the wooden beams and planks, which lead to the badge. Glide to the basket, where the badge is. |
| 27 | Golden Lost Badge #27 | Camp Resolve Waypoint — 3rd milestone |
From milestone 3, go west and jump to the pedestal cave like normally for the puzzle, then jump & glide if you need to from one arch to another. The badge is near the end of the arches and slightly above on your right, directly across from the Velocity Elixir which you don't normally reach on the ledge to the left. Use your springer to reach it. |
| 28 | Golden Lost Badge #28 | 4th milestone | Proceed to the west and jump to the surface. Proceed all the way west to the vista icon, then drop down on the ledge just above the vista. Proceed just a bit more to the west and drop down one more ledge. |
| 29 | Golden Lost Badge #29 | 4th & 5th milestone | From the badge #28, head west, until you reach the hole. Drop down a bit, then head north-west into a small room. If you look at the Velocity Elixir, the badge is on your right, in the small cave in the wall. |
| 30 | Golden Lost Badge #30 | Drydock Grotto Waypoint — SS Topsy-Turvy — 1st Milestone |
Use your springer to jump onto a tower above the 1st milestone. |
Original way (no mounts or gliding)[edit]
- "Break" : going for this badge will not allow you to continue the puzzle. Drop down and use a skritt tunnel (you can pay a gold or silver to the Kit so that you'll be teleported back to your last or previous milestone), or restart from waypoint.
- "Combine" : don't forget to get those other badges while you're there.
- WP : Drydock Grotto Waypoint —
- Milestone 8 and 9 : Quarrel Gully, the ending part of the puzzle.
| Number | Milestone | Break | Combine | Walkthrough |
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| 1 | 3 | N | - | The badge is exactly south to Camp Resolve Waypoint — . Before you cross the bridge that leads to milestone 3, go to the right along the south wall. Jump up 2 rocks to reach the higher ledge and keep following the south wall. The badge is in a corner above the white tent.
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| 2 | 3 | N | - | As soon as you reach the surface after the 2nd milestones, head to the Scout icon (don't fall!). The badge is north to it, on the left side of the cliff.
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| 3 | 2 | ? | ? | Go from the 2nd milestone, follow the left wall, pass the Velocity Elixir. Don't turn to the 3rd milestone, instead continue to follow the wall. The badge is near the next stone "door". |
| 4 | 1 | ? | ? | Underground after the 1st milestone. Proceed past the tower and drop into a hole between the two large rocks (almost directly under the plank to continue the course), turn around and drop again, then head a bit west, jumping up a few times and continue along the path until you reach a room full of lamps. Glide or jump with swiftness to the rock in front of you — the one with the skritt hole on it. The badge is near the hole. |
| 5 | 5 | ? | ? | After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole, but not all the way down. The badge is on the wooden plank. |
| 6 | WP | N | ? | On the bottom of SS Topsy-Turvy. |
| 7 | WP | N | ? | In the bottom of the central tower of the SS Topsy-Turvy. To reach the tower start inside the ship, exit through the window and follow the ledge to enter through another window, then follow planks and hanging nets to the tower. |
| 8 | 9 | N | 14 | Before reaching the end of the puzzle, climb on the left right before the room with suspicious rubble. |
| 9 | 2 | N | ? | After milestone 1, before milestone 2. Reach the velocity elixir, then turn left as usual. It is on the long angled ledge before reaching milestone 2. |
| 10 | - | N | 11, 12 | On the northwest corner of the Far Silverwastes, northwest to the point of interest and exactly west from the skritt tunnel. |
| 11 | - | N | 10, 12 | Next to the skritt tunnel to Northwest Silverwastes (North of Far Silverwaste) and north-west to Charnel Grounds — .
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| 12 | - | N | 10, 11 | On top of rocks just west of Charnel Grounds — .
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| 13 | 8 | N | - | After taking the 5th Skritt Tunnel (1st one after the Velicity Elixir), you reach a long broken wooden "bridge". At the other end of the bridge, before jumping to the next plank, the badge is hidden in the corner on your right. |
| 14 | 9 | N | 8 | From badge #8, go back, hugging the (now) right wall and walking on the upper ledges (slightly above the path you used to reach the end of the puzzle). You'll reach badge #14. |
| 15 | 8 | Y | - | After taking the first Skritt tunnel, proceed along the wood planks on your left. When you reach rocks, you'll see the badge across the gap on your right. Jump directly to it with swiftness. |
| 16 | 8 | Y | - | After you reach milestone 8, follow the path until you have to drop down to the first Skritt tunnel of the end part. Instead of using it, face north and drop down then follow the left wall. Climb some rocks and you'll enter a small cave where you can find the badge. |
| 17 | 3 | N | ? | Start from the 3rd milestone, head east, and climb on some ledges to reach the badge. |
| 18 | 6 or WP | Y | - | Head west from the 6th milestone, following the left wall, until you reach a rope fence. Fall down. There is a little cave there on the bottom floor with the badge, just under the slop, near the skritt tunnel. You can run to this badge from the dive achievement pool under the SS Topsy-Turvy. |
| 19 | 6 | Y | - | Head west from the 6th milestone, following the left wall, until you reach a rope fence. The badge is in a window in the left wall. First, drop to the small wooden beam. From there, drop to the rope. Go up the rope and then jump your way to the badge.
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| 20 | 5 | Y | - | After milestone 5, follow the path down until you pass the second Velocity Exlixir, then continue towards the falling sand and jump around the corner to the two platforms. Below you you'll see the third Elixir, stay above it while jumping on the ledges and later the wooden beams. Your goal is the stone staircase across. |
| 21 | 5 | Y | - | After milestone 5 use swiftness to jump to the ledge next to it. Take a right and then drop down into the hole to the Scritt Tunnel. Head northeast to the sand stream. Go to the right edge of the ledge just before the abyss. |
| 22 | WP | N | 30 | From the top of the SS Topsy-Turvy, jump down to the fat rope used for the non-gliding solution to #30. The badge is to the right of the rope. |
| 23 | 1 | N | 26 | You must take the same path to #26, from the wooden planks below the basket, jump down with swiftness to a small plank with a fat rope near it (1). Then jump a series of wooden planks (2) and rocks (3,4) : once you reached rocks, don't use planks anymore. You have to jump around the corner at 4. (1) |
| 24 | WP | N | - | On the ledge with plants just east of the waypoint. You must climb the wooden planks which can be accessed via the fat rope on the northeast of the SS Topsy-Turvy, then follow the ledges to the East until you have to go down and jump through a few more planks to reach the badge. A mesmer with portal is recommanded. |
| 25 | WP | N | - | Across the bridge from the Skritt Ledge hero challenge. Climb up to the hero challenge, cross the wooden bridge to the nook carved into the stone. |
| 26 | WP | N | 23 | From Drydock Grotto waypoint run east and south to (1), climb up on the southern wall (2) and cross two rope bridges (3). Then climb up and you will see a badge in the hanging basket. Do the jumping puzzle with wooden beams and planks (4). (1) |
| 27 | 3 | N | - | After you reach checkpoint 3 at the end of a bridge, do not proceed forward through the usual path. Instead, go to the left (1) and drop down (2). Follow the right wall and turn right twice until you have to drop down again (3). There is only one way to the left until you reach a hole. Drop down so you eventually overlook the pillars room (4). The badge is on the other side : cross to it (4). You can then drop down again and go on with the puzzle.
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| 28 | 4 | N | 29 | When you reach milestone 4, go to the west and drop down to the platform with Valocity Elixir and keep going west following the usual puzzle path. Instead of going down, use the rocks on the left to climb and then go right : the badge is all the way to the back.
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| 29 | 4,5 | N | 28 | From the badge #28, head west, until you reach the hole. Drop down a bit, then head north-west into a small room. If you look at the Velocity Elixir, the badge is on your right, in the small cave in the wall. |
| 30 | WP | N | 22 | Start from the top of the SS Topsy-Turvy, jump down to a fat rope off the west side, drop down first on a ledge, head west onto the ledge slightly below, and follow it around a corner. Drop down a tiny bit to the next ledge, then jump to the tower. |
Notes[edit]
- Gliding and mounts each make the completion of this achievement much easier.
- The numbering system for this achievement was added in 2015 and as such older guides are outdated. A translation for most older guides can be found here.
