Statue of Abaddon

Statue of Abaddon

Location

Special Collections
(Hidden Arcana)
Abaddon's Reliquary
(Siren's Landing)
Silent Vale
(The Desolation)

Type

Statue

Interact

No

Destructible

No

Other images

Interactive map (floor -13)

“

"Abaddon! Lord of the Everlasting Depths, Keeper of Secrets, open mine eyes and bestow upon me the knowledge of the Abyss..."
—from the Scriptures of Abaddon, giver of magic

— Statue Plaque

Statues of Abaddon can be found rarely across Tyria. Depicting the now-dead god Abaddon, the most well-known statue is found in the Durmand Priory's Special Collections, just inside its entrance. Abaddon is portrayed as a man wearing a toga, clawed gloves, and a tentacled, six-eyed mask. His left hand is outstretched with the palm facing up, and his right hand holds a scroll.

In the domed ceiling above the statue is an arcane illustration that depicts Lord Odran's map of The Mists, originally seen on the backgrounds of Guild Wars manual pages and website, and the message (in Ascalonian) "Beware the danger of secrets kept".

Locations

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Hidden Arcana
  • Special Collections

Ruins of Orr

• Straits of Devastation
  • Temple of the Forgotten God
    • Cathedral of Hidden Depths
• Siren's Landing
  • Abaddon's Reliquary

Crystal Desert

• The Desolation
  • Silent Vale

Story involvement

Personal Story

• Chapter 8: Victory or Death
  • Temple of the Forgotten God

Living World Season 2

• Episode 5: Echoes of the Past
  • Hidden Arcana
• Episode 8: Point of No Return
  • Arcana Obscura

Gallery

• 

  Alternate view from cutscene

• 

  View of dome illustration above the statue

Related achievements

• The Desolation: Dance Till You Drop — One of the last remaining vestiges of Abaddon's power is his abiding hatred of dance. (2)
• The Desolation: Path of the Gods — Kneel at the statues of each human god. (7)
• Coalescence I: Unbridled: Meditation Log: The Desolation

See also

• Shrine

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Statue of Abaddon.

• If the player does the dance emote (/dance) in front of the Abaddon statue in the Desolation or during Hidden Arcana, they will be hit with massive damage, sending them into the downed state, a reference to how dancing in front of Abaddon in Guild Wars Nightfall would result in him dancing before the whole party is auto-killed with the message "You got served!" appearing.