The Origins of Madness

This article is about the Living World episode. For the achievement category, see The Origins of Madness (achievements).

The heroes of Tyria face a battle on two fronts; their beloved land is imperiled as never before. From under the sun-baked sands of Bloodtide Coast, a gigantic, three-headed jungle wurms has arisen to threaten all who come within its domain. In the mountains of Lornar's Pass, Scarlet's latest creation — a towering, mechanical monstrosity — is wreaking destruction. — Official website

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The heroes of Tyria face a battle on two fronts; their beloved land is imperiled as never before. From under the sun-baked sands of Bloodtide Coast, a gigantic, three-headed jungle wurms has arisen to threaten all who come within its domain. In the mountains of Lornar's Pass, Scarlet's latest creation — a towering, mechanical monstrosity — is wreaking destruction.

— Official website

The Origins of Madness is the release launched on January 21, 2014, lasting until February 18, 2014. The release consists of the introduction of the Twisted Marionette Weapon Test meta event and three wurm world boss events. The meta event is the Living World portion of the content, pitting players against the Twisted Marionette and Scarlet's minions. The wurms are a set of three world bosses that are a similar challenge to Tequatl.

Features

Living World Season 1

Episode 16 - The Origins of Madness

• The Origins of Madness
• The Origins of Madness: A Moment's Peace
• New asura character, Taimi, is introduced in the storyline

New Achievements

•  The Origins of Madness
•  Triple Trouble

Updated Areas

• Bloodtide Coast
  • Challdar Gorges
  • Mournful Depths
  • Sanguine Bay
• Lornar's Pass
  • Durmand Priory
    • Scarlet's Secret Lair
  • False River Valley
    • Maw's Rise - Removed
  • Winterthaw Snowfield

New World Bosses

• Triple Trouble in Bloodtide Coast
  • Amber Great Jungle Wurm: Whisperwill Bogs South of  Bogside Camp Waypoint —  Bogside Camp Waypoint —
  • Cobalt Great Jungle Wurm: Mournful Depths On Beach North of  Jelako Cliffrise Vista —
  • Crimson Great Jungle Wurm: Challdar Gorges Outside of Caves SE of  Glorious Drill Collective #4 —
• Twisted Marionette in Lornar's Pass

New Materials

• Watchwork Mechanism

New Rewards

Skins and Equipment

• Annelid Rifle
• Wurmslayer's armor
  • Wurmslayer's armor (light)
    • Wurmslayer's Masque
    • Wurmslayer's Epaulets
    • Wurmslayer's Wristguards
  • Wurmslayer's armor (medium)
    • Wurmslayer's Visage
    • Wurmslayer's Shoulderguard
    • Wurmslayer's Grips
  • Wurmslayer's armor (heavy)
    • Wurmslayer's Visor
    • Wurmslayer's Pauldrons
    • Wurmslayer's Warfists

Items

• Aetherblade Cypher
• Amulet of Triple Curiosity
• Bag of Aetherblade Code Fragments
• Bag of Watchwork Code Fragments
• Bag of Toxic Code Fragments
• Bag of Molten Code Fragments
• Connie's Lost Wedding Ring
• Daily Wurm Chest
• Hoard of the Marionette Warden
  • Hoard of the Marionette Warden I
  • Hoard of the Marionette Warden II
  • Hoard of the Marionette Warden III
  • Hoard of the Marionette Warden IV
  • Hoard of the Marionette Warden V
• Keeper's Armor Chest
• Keeper's Weapon Chest
• Molten Cypher
• Pile of Regurgitated Armor
• Power Core
• Scarlet Briar's Journal
• Scarlet's Lockbox Cypher
• Scarlet's Spare Keys
• The Wurm's Bronze Chest
• The Wurm's Golden Chest
• The Wurm's Silver Chest
• Toxic Cypher
• Watchwork Cypher

Recipes

• Recipe: Satchel of Zealot's Exalted Armor
• Recipe: Zealot's Intricate Gossamer Insignia

Minis

• Mini Cobalt Great Jungle Wurm Head
• Mini Twisted Watchwork Moa

Content Updates

Gem Store

• Great Jungle Wurm 3 Pack
  • Mini Amber Great Jungle Wurm
  • Mini Crimson Great Jungle Wurm
  • Mini Cobalt Great Jungle Wurm
• Permanent Great Jungle Wurm Finisher
• Watchwork Mining Pick
• Mask of the Silent Skin

Living World

Primary article: The Origins of Madness (living world)

Instances

• The Origins of Madness: A Moment's Peace

Twisted Marionette Weapon Test

The marionette towers above the heroes.

Primary article: Twisted Marionette Weapon Test

The Origins of Madness release focuses on the Twisted Marionette world boss and the corresponding Twisted Marionette Weapon Test meta event. Players must guard 5 gates from Scarlet's minions and destroy the generators to prevent the railgun from firing and take down the gigantic watchwork marionette. The meta event starts every 2 hours and alternates with the wurm event to avoid overlapping. The Twisted Marionette event occurs on even hours (PST) with the wurms starting on odd hours (PST).

Mail

After the update, the following mail was sent to all players:

Marjory Delaqua, Delaqua Investigations New Threats Are Upon Us <Character name>, I'm asking friends to meet me in Lornar's Pass, where Scarlet's dropped some new type of twisted monstrosity from one of her portals. Local Priory observers are convinces that she's planning to set off a doomsday weapon in their remote end of the Shiverpeaks. They say she's recalling her twisted watchwork troops from all over Tyria to power her weapon test, and I say that we need to shut it down before a lot of innocents get killed. One more thing. You know those mysterious probe devices that have been found all over Tyria? I've heard that the Vigil are looking into three of those discovered only recently in Bloodtide Coast. These are dangerous times, and I'm sure those Vigil crusaders would appreciate your help reaching the investigation sites. —Marjory Delaqua

Gallery

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Soundtrack

The Origins of Madness
Track	Title	Length	Composer	Download
1	Twisted Marionette Battle, Part 1	3:45	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud
2	Twisted Marionette Battle, Part 2	1:36	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud

External links

• Official release page
• Official teaser trailer
• Guild Wars 2 Facebook image teaser
• Exclusive preview of Guild Wars 2's Origin of Madness release, Massively
• Guild Wars 2 to explore The Origins of Madness next week, PCGamer
• http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/68534/guild-wars-2s-origin-of-madness-set-for-january-21st, Gametrailers
• It’s the Beginning of the End in Guild Wars 2: The Origins of Madness, GameFront
• Guild Wars 2 Origins of Madness Trailer Reveals Huge New Threats , Gamebreaker
• Guild Wars 2 brings an end to its living world storyline with Origins of Madness on Jan. 21, Polygon
• Guild Wars 2's Origins of Madness out on January 21, Destructoid
• Guild Wars 2 News - Origins of Madness Sees the Return of Scarlet Briar, MMORPG

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Living World Season 1 original story releases

Flame and Frost (Prelude•The Gathering Storm•The Razing•Retribution) The Secret of Southsun Last Stand at Southsun Dragon Bash Sky Pirates of Tyria Cutthroat Politics Queen's Jubilee Clockwork Chaos Twilight Assault Tower of Nightmares The Nightmares Within Fractured The Origins of Madness The Edge of the Mists Escape from Lion's Arch Battle for Lion's Arch Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath