Heart of the Obscure Research

This article is about the mastery. For the lore artifact, see Heart of the Obscure.

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During your adventures, you'll master the Heart of the Obscure, a mystical artifact, and unlock additional capabilities as you train with it. You'll need to use its strange powers to track and destroy rifts, facing new dangers as you progress

— Official site

Heart of the Obscure Research^[1] is a mastery that allows players to hunt and close Kryptis Rifts during Rift Hunting with the use of the eponymous Heart of the Obscure object. It will be available exclusively through the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion.

Mechanics[edit]

The Heart of the Obscure can be used to track, hunt and close Kryptis Rifts throughout the world. See Rift Hunting for more details.
After leveling the appropriate masteries, the Heart can also create updrafts or ley lines as well as open Minor and Greater Arcane Chests in select locations in the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure zones.

Related masteries[edit]

The Heart of the Obscure is a Mastery allowing players to close fissures and stop the invasions of the Kryptis. It is available exclusively through the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion.

Mastery	XP required	Points	Description
Rift Guidance	381,000	2	The Heart of the Obscure can be used to find small Kryptis rifts.
Updraft Generator	635,000	3	Learn to channel the power of the Heart into updraft generators.
Lesser Arcane Treasures	1,016,000	4	Learn to use the Heart to unlock lesser arcane treasures in Secrets of the Obscure maps.
Ley-Loom Operation	1,524,000	5	Learn to use the Heart to weave latent ley energy though ley looms into functional ley lines.
Greater Arcane Treasures	2,540,000	6	Learn to channel the power of the Heart to unlock Greater Arcane Chests in Secrets of the Obscure maps.
Total	6,096,000	20