Shadow of the Mad King (achievements)
Shadow of the Mad King is a holiday achievement category for the Shadow of the Mad King release that celebrates Halloween in Tyria. Each achievement in this category can only be completed once per account. As such, this category may have already been completed for subsequent years.
It contains the achievements related to Magister Tassi's investigation of the Mad King's past and the acquisition of the Mad Memoires backpieces.
Shadow of the Mad King (Festivals) | Total achievements: 29 | 181 |
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Ancient Grudge | 10 | |
Kill 150 of Palawa Joko's minions.
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[1] |
10 | 1 |
50 | 2 | |
100 | 2 | |
150 | 5 | |
Arguably Foodlike | 5 | |
Eat more than the recommended intake of candy corn.
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150 | 5 |
Close the Floodgates of Death | 5 | |
Debrief Brigadier General Kernel on your accomplishments.Long-term fixes are a specialty of the Lunatic Court.
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1 | 5 |
Court Duty: All's Mad That Ends Mad | 10 | |
Report back to Magister Tassi in Lion's Arch to disclose the truth behind events in the Mad Realm.
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1 | 10 |
Court Duty: Deference to the King | 5 | |
Survive Mad King Thorn's tricks in the Ascent to Madness mission or participate in his games of Mad King Says in Lion's Arch. Successfully playing Mad King Says awards extra progress.
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100 Points Earned | 5 |
Court Duty: Gathering Evidence | 2 | |
Complete Court Duty achievements in the Shadow of the Mad King category to acquire clues about the latest incident in the Mad Realm.
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5 Clues Collected | 2 |
Court Duty: Race to the Precipice | 5 | |
Complete mount races in the Mad King's Labyrinth or Mad King's Raceway. Faster times and top-three finishes award extra progress.
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100 Points Earned | 5 |
Court Duty: Terror of the Tower | 5 | |
Open chests in the Mad King's Clock Tower or Stopped Clock Tower jumping puzzles. Chests higher up the tower award extra progress.
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[2] |
100 Points Earned | 5 |
Court Duty: The King's Guest | 1 | |
Visit the Mad King's Labyrinth for some...festive fun. Then follow up on developments observed in the Mad Realm.
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4 Clues Collected | 1 |
Court Duty: Untangling the Labyrinth | 5 | |
Complete haunted door events in the Mad King's Labyrinth. Boss events award extra progress.
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100 Points Earned | 5 |
Court Duty: Where Lunatics Dare | 3 | |
Track down the members of the Lunatic Court's expedition force and question them to piece together the true story of their quest.
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5 Testimonies Collected | 3 |
Courtly Service | 5 | |
Tithe 5 gold commissioning services for the Mad King's Labyrinth.
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[3] |
1 | 1 |
5 | 4 | |
Demon of a Drifter | 10 | |
Complete a lap of the Roll into Madness race event or time trial in Mad King's Raceway within the extreme challenge time.
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[4] |
1 Completed | 10 |
Feline of the Labyrinth | 3 | |
Receive a boon from an old occupant of the Mad King's Labyrinth.
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1 | 3 |
Mad Drifter | 5 | |
Complete a lap of any race event or time trial in the Mad King's Raceway within the challenge time.
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1 Completed | 5 |
Mad Maleficence | 5 | |
Track down trophies of the eternal feud between Mad King Thorn and Palawa Joko during Halloween, when the Mad Realm draws near.Old grudges never die.
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1 Item Collected | 1 |
13 Items Collected | 4 | |
Mad Mementos | 10 | |
Track down firsthand accounts of Mad King Thorn's rule during Halloween, when the Mad Realm draws near.
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1 Item Collected | 0 |
7 Items Collected | 10 | |
Mad Memorial | 20 | |
Track down firsthand accounts of Mad King Thorn's afterlife during Halloween, when the Mad Realm draws near.
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1 Item Collected | 0 |
7 Items Collected | 20 | |
Mad Memories | 1 | |
Speak with Magister Tassi in Lion's Arch about researching the Mad King's life and death.
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1 Completed | 1 |
Mad Mysteries | 5 | |
Track down firsthand accounts of Mad King Thorn's childhood during Halloween, when the Mad Realm draws near.
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1 Item Collected | 0 |
7 Items Collected | 5 | |
Mercy of the Mad King | 5 | |
Open 1000 Trick or Treat bags.Opening a thousand bags and expecting different contents may be madness, but after all, this is a realm of chaos.
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50 Bags Opened | 1 |
1000 Bags Opened | 4 | |
Pumpkin Carving | 17 | |
Find pumpkins all around Tyria and carve them.Made in the Mad King's own image.
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1 | 1 |
25 | 1 | |
75 | 5 | |
150 | 10 | |
Rivalry of Kings | 5 | |
Report to Brigadier General Kernel on the latest developments in the eternal battle between Mad King Thorn and Palawa Joko.Have a face-to-face conversation with King Palawa Joko in the episode "Long Live the Lich."
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[5] |
1 | 5 |
Routing the Rebel Rabble | 10 | |
Kill 150 of the Lunatic Court rebels.Or the non-rebels. Just get in there and we'll sort out the teams later.
Additional notes on this achievement available below.[6] |
10 | 1 |
50 | 2 | |
100 | 2 | |
150 | 5 | |
Shut the Doors | 5 | |
Complete 30 door events in the Mad King's Labyrinth.
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Completed 30 Door Events | 5 |
The Night Time Stood Still | 1 | |
Investigate a new occurrence in the Mad Realm. |
Completed 3 Steps | 1 |
The Outcast Prince | 3 | |
Hear out Prince Thorn's thoughts on life in the ever-changing Mad Realm.
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1 | 3 |
Time Unmoving | 3 | |
Complete the Stopped Clock Tower jumping puzzle.
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Climbed the Stopped Clock Tower | 1 |
3 Climbed the Stopped Clock Tower | 2 | |
Time Unwaiting | 12 | |
Complete the Mad King's Clock Tower jumping puzzle.
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Climbed the Mad king's Clock Tower | 3 |
6 Climbed the Mad king's Clock Tower | 9 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ancient Grudge: Some Awakened enemies do not count: Awakened Inquest asura in Domain of Kourna, Awakened Olmakhan charr, Branded Awakened, Loyalists.
You do not need to own Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, you can kill Awakened enemies during the Defeat the invading Awakened event in core maps.
Veteran Awakened Defilers continuously summon Awakened Mummies, which count towards the achievement, so they can be farmed by leaving the Defiler alive. - ^ Court Duty: Terror of the Tower: The first three chests are worth 5 points each, while the final chest is worth 20 points. The Stopped Clock Tower only contains the final chest. Or trade 10 Pieces of Candy Corn with Angry Chest per point.
- ^ Courtly Service: Spend a total of 5 gold on any combination of services from the Mad King's Steward.
- ^ Demon of a Drifter: Extreme challenge time is under 1 minute. Added in 2019. During the time trial it is possible to get a time of exactly 1 minute and earn the golden trial reward without earning the achievement.
- ^ Rivalry of Kings: Only requires the achievement Be My Guest to be completed. Any character on the account can complete Rivalry of Kings. Speak to Veteran Brigadier General Kernel and follow the dialog to complete it.
- ^ Routing the Rebel Rabble: Killing Rebel Lunatics, as well as some other hostiles within the Mad King's Labyrinth, will count toward the total of 150 needed.
- New achievements added in 2018: Close the Floodgates of Death, Mad Drifter, Mad Maleficence, Rivalry of Kings.
- New achievements added in 2019: Mercy of the Mad King.
- New achievements added in 2021: Court Duty: All's Mad That Ends Mad, Court Duty: Deference to the King, Court Duty: Gathering Evidence, Court Duty: Race to the Precipice, Court Duty: Terror of the Tower, Court Duty: The King's Guest, Court Duty: Untangling the Labyrinth, Court Duty: Where Lunatics Dare, Feline of the Labyrinth, The Outcast Prince.
- New achievements added in 2023: The Night Time Stood Still, Time Unmoving, Time Unwaiting.
Trivia[edit]
- The achievement "Mad Memories" is the only time in this collection and associated rewards where "Memories" is used instead of the usual "Memoires", which itself may reflect the original French spelling of the English derivative "memoir".
- The achievement Close the Floodgates of Death is a reference to the Guild Wars 1 mission Open the Flood Gates of Death.
- As of 2017, Shut the Doors was the only achievement in this category not required to complete Mad Memorial and receive the Mad Memoires: Complete Ignition backpiece and the "Emissary of the Mad King" title.
- The Lunatic's Fashion achievement was moved to the Fashion category on November 7, 2017, to allow completion throughout the year even when the Halloween festival isn't active.