Jumping puzzle

This article is about jumping puzzles. For jumping puzzle achievement category, see Jumping Puzzles.

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Jumping puzzles are discoverable environmental challenges that test your exploration and aerial abilities. Search these puzzles out to learn what secrets they hold!

— In-game description

Goemm's Lab jumping puzzle in Metrica Province

Jumping puzzles are puzzles with platforming elements found in many zones and instances that require the player to find the correct route to the end of the puzzle. The reward for solving the puzzle resets daily (per account) and is typically a Grand Chest, Splendid Chest, or Magnificent Chest. Completing a jumping puzzle will also reward the player with an achievement. Jumping puzzles in Central Tyria zones have a dedicated category of achievements, Jumping Puzzles. Some common themes for the puzzles are environments matching the theme of the zone, veteran enemies guarding the end chest, other hidden chests, and false endings.

List of jumping puzzles

The list primarily includes the jumping puzzles that are identified as such through their respective achievements. Some other environmental and jumping puzzles are not be listed, from hard to reach vistas and mastery insights to mini-dungeons and others.

Jumping puzzle	Zone	Nearest waypoint	Achievement category	Notes
Ascalon
Loreclaw Expanse	Plains of Ashford	Loreclaw Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Entrance under the water east of the waypoint, or up the cliff southeast of it.
Crimson Plateau	Diessa Plateau	Redreave Mill Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Rock structure south of the waypoint, entrance is on its southeast corner.
Grendich Gamble	Diessa Plateau	Blasted Moors Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Just north of the waypoint. This ends with a Rich Silver Vein, no chest.
Wall Breach Blitz	Diessa Plateau	Breached Wall Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Southwest of the waypoint (part of nearby vista). This ends with a Hero Challenge, no chest.
Branded Mine	Fields of Ruin	Tenaebron Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Southwest of Varim's Run.
Behem Gauntlet	Blazeridge Steppes	Behem Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Behind the spider cave east of the waypoint.
Craze's Folly	Blazeridge Steppes	Terra Carorunda Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Northeast of the waypoint.
Chaos Crystal Cavern	Iron Marches	Old Piken Ruins Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	West of the waypoint, down a deep pit.
Pig Iron Quarry	Fireheart Rise	Severed Breach Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Northeast of the waypoint on top of the island.
Gauntlet of the Khan-Ur	Grothmar Valley	Dalada Forest Waypoint —	Prologue: Bound by Blood	Northwest of the waypoint, hidden to the left of the Cavern of the Khan-Ur.
Cantha
Trials of the Tengu	Seitung Province	Monastery Waypoint —	Seitung Province	East of the waypoint, or Northwest from Village Waypoint.
Wind through the Walls	New Kaineng City	Lutgardis Plaza Waypoint —	New Kaineng City	Located in the Northeastern edge of Old Kaineng.
Crystal Desert
Displaced Vizier's Tower	Jahai Bluffs	Yatendi Village Waypoint —	A Star to Guide Us	Northwest of the waypoint.
Heart of Maguuma
Verdant Brink Insight: Canopy Over Pact Encampment	Verdant Brink	Pact Encampment Waypoint —	Mastery Insights	In the canopy near Matriarch's Perch.
Egg Bearer	Auric Basin	Forgotten City Waypoint —	Auric Basin	In the Inner Chamber of Tarir.
Highest Gear	Auric Basin	Westwatch Waypoint —	Auric Basin	Just past the Ancient Golem Part hero challenge.
Disco Dancing Delver	Tangled Depths	Ogre Camp Waypoint —	Tangled Depths	Underneath The Great Tree, accessible through the underwater tunnels. No chest, but the achievement requires reaching the top.
Master Mushroom Spelunker	Tangled Depths	Rata Novus Waypoint —	Tangled Depths	Starting at Rata Novus Command Center, jump/glide through the wall from the stairs to mushroom area far below.
Janthir
Treetop Beehive	Lowland Shore	Harvest Den Waypoint —	Lowland Shore	At Apiary Holt.
Vale Brazier	Lowland Shore	Hot Springs Waypoint —	Lowland Shore	At Lamplighter's Perch.
Queen's Confidence	Lowland Shore	Autumn's Vale Waypoint —	Lowland Shore	Inside Queen's Confidence.
Kryta
Troll's End	Memory of Old Lion's Arch	Trader's Forum Waypoint (Memory of Old Lion's Arch) —	Jumping Puzzles	Start off at Trader's Forum Waypoint, head northeast. Swim across the canal and climb the ramps of the wooden tower, then take the long wooden bridge back towards Trader's Forum. Continue until the walkway makes a hairpin turn. From the edge of the walkway, look down. The entrance is a deep well covered with plants that you must fall into.
Troll's Revenge	Lion's Arch	Fort Marriner Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Start off at the Fort Marriner Waypoint, run along the bridge until you reach the last archway on the right side. The jumping puzzle starts after jumping over the barrels to the wooden planks on the left.
Urmaug's Secret	Lion's Arch	Guild Bluff Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the northeast, starting behind Urmaug.
Weyandt's Revenge	Lion's Arch	Farshore Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the Sharkmaw Caverns, starting behind Tokk's Mill.
Demongrub Pits	Queensdale	Godslost Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the southeast.
The Collapsed Observatory	Kessex Hills	Cereboth Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the southeast.
Swashbuckler's Cove	Gendarran Fields	Cornucopian Fields Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Roughly south of Stonefish Beach point of interest.
Not So Secret	Gendarran Fields	Broadhollow Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Follow the noises south of Broadhollow Waypoint to a mechanical jump pad.
Fawcett's Bounty	Harathi Hinterlands	Arcallion Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	North of Arca Lake. If you fall into a pit near the start, you will earn the Fawcett's Revenge achievement.
Professor Portmatt's Lab	Bloodtide Coast	Sorrowful Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	West of the waypoint. The whole puzzle is underwater.
Skipping Stones	Southsun Cove	Lion Point Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the cave south of the waypoint.
Under New Management	Southsun Cove	Pearl Islet Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	East of the waypoint.
Maguuma Jungle
Dark Reverie	Caledon Forest	Spiral Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Immediately after the Morgan's Leap jumping puzzle, inside the Dreamdark Enclave.
Morgan's Leap	Caledon Forest	Spiral Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	At the Morgan's Spiral hero point.
Spekks's Laboratory	Caledon Forest	Gleaner's Cove Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In Sandycove Beach, follow the river west from Bay Haven to its source.
Spelunker's Delve	Caledon Forest	Astorea Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	South of the point of interest Danador's Kennel. Follow the road south through the Jungle Trolls.
Goemm's Lab	Metrica Province	Cuatl Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	South of the waypoint, hidden by trees; entrance between rocks.
Conundrum Cubed	Mount Maelstrom	Govoran Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Through a small passage directly north of the waypoint.
Hidden Garden	Mount Maelstrom	Criterion Waypoint —  Avernan Waypoint —  Oxbow Isle Waypoint —  Irwin Isle Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Accessed through the Mysterious Portal, after killing one of four Keepers.
Hexfoundry Unhinged	Sparkfly Fen	Darkweather Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	In the southeast.
Verarium Delves	Sparkfly Fen	Ocean's Gullet Waypoint —	0	In the southwest.
Maguuma Wastes
Prospect Valley Crash Site	Dry Top	Prosperity Waypoint —	Dry Top	At the center of Crash Site.
Retrospective Runaround	The Silverwastes	Drydock Grotto Waypoint —	The Silverwastes	Starting in the Drydock Grotto at SS Topsy-Turvy.
Ring of Fire
Skip up the Volcano	Ember Bay	Castaway Circus Waypoint —	Rising Flames	Also known as Chalice of Tears. Inside the Sopor Titanum volcano starting at the Chalice of Tears.
Searing Ascent	Draconis Mons	Heathen's Hold Waypoint —	Flashpoint	Starting at the Searing Ascent point of interest.
Ruins of Orr
Vizier's Tower	Straits of Devastation	Lone Post Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	On the island directly east of the waypoint. This ends with a hero challenge, a vista, and, if it's not on cooldown, an Orrian Chest that can be triggered to activate an event that spawns a Grand Chest.
Antre of Adjournment	Malchor's Leap	Valley of Lyss Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	A tunnel in the water north of the bridge directly east of the Valley of Lyss Waypoint.
Scavenger's Chasm	Malchor's Leap	Valley of Lyss Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	South of the map near Hope Falls point of interest you can drop down to a Mithril Ore.
Buried Archives	Cursed Shore	Shipwreck Rock Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	On the west shore of Mausollus Sea, about midway between the Cathedral of Silence and Mausollus Sea.
Abaddon's Ascent	Siren's Landing	Camp Reclamation Waypoint —	One Path Ends	Northeast of the starting waypoint.
Shiverpeak Mountains
Shaman's Rookery	Wayfarer Foothills	Zelechor Hot Springs Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	North of The Osenfold Shear.
King Jalis's Refuge	Snowden Drifts	Snowhawk Landing Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Central east area.
Griffonrook Run	Lornar's Pass	False Lake Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Southwest of the waypoint. Entrance is in the water south of the waypoint - look for the purple glow to the right of the wooden house ruins.
Tribulation Caverns	Dredgehaunt Cliffs	Sorrow's Embrace Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Immediately after the Tribulation Rift Scaffolding jumping puzzle, a cleft west of the vista.
Tribulation Rift Scaffolding	Dredgehaunt Cliffs	Sorrow's Embrace Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Southwest corner at the vista.
Coddler's Cove	Timberline Falls	Okarinoo Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Inside Mellagan's Grotto: the entrance starts directly south of the Okarinoo point of interest.
Only Zuhl	Timberline Falls	Foundation 86 Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	North of the waypoint, inside a big cave.
Shattered Ice Ruins	Frostgorge Sound	Ice Floe Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	East of the waypoint, starting underwater.
The Mists
Armistice Bastion	Armistice Bastion	Lounge Atrium Waypoint —	0	North of the waypoint.
Obsidian Sanctum	Obsidian Sanctum	Obsidian Sanctum Waypoint (Blue) —  Obsidian Sanctum Waypoint (Green) —  Obsidian Sanctum Waypoint (Red) —	Jumping Puzzles	Accessed from the three keeps in Eternal Battlegrounds or the World vs. World panel.
Mistwrought Vault	Alpine Borderlands	Green World Citadel Waypoint —  Blue World Citadel Waypoint —	Jumping Puzzles	Depending on the specific Borderlands map, this puzzle is also known as Emerald Sanctum (Green) or Sapphire Sanctum (Blue). Since the permanent introduction of the Red Desert Borderlands, the analogous Garnet Sanctum (Red) has been retired.
Mistlock Mountaineer	Fractals of the Mists	Fort Marriner Waypoint —	Fractals of the Mists	In the Mistlock Observatory.
Festivals
Winter Wonderland	Enchanted Snow Globe	Crown Pavilion Waypoint —	Various	Accessible during Wintersday only.
Mad King's Clock Tower	Mad King's Realm	Trader's Forum Waypoint —	Various	Accessible during Halloween only.
Stopped Clock Tower	Mad King's Realm	Trader's Forum Waypoint —	Various	Accessible during Halloween only.

Notes

• Completing jumping puzzles that reward chests at the end counts as events for the related Wizard's Vault objectives, except in Caledon Forest, Metrica Province, Wayfarer Foothills, Plains of Ashford, and Queensdale.

Trivia

• Brisban Wildlands is the only Central Tyrian zone without a jumping puzzle, as Proxemics Lab is considered a Guild Puzzle rather than a jumping puzzle.
• Players can create their own jumping puzzles with decorations inside their guild hall and homesteads.
• In addition to the 4 listed jumping puzzles in Caledon Forest, there is an unfinished puzzle that starts south of Town of Cathal Waypoint.

See also

• Super Adventure Box
• Guild Puzzle
• Mini-dungeon
• Luminiferous - light puzzles within Bjora Marches