Sunspear rank

Sunspear ranks are gained per character by earning Sunspear promotion points. This title can be displayed in the "Honor" monument.

Sunspear rank title track

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 * 1 || Sunspear Sergeant (1) || 50
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 * 2 || Sunspear Master Sergeant (2) || 100
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 * 3 || Second Spear (3) || 175
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 * 4 || First Spear (4) || 300
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 * 5 || Sunspear Captain (5) || 500
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 * 6 || Sunspear Commander (6) || 1,000
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 * 7 || Sunspear General (7) || 2,500
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 * 8 || Sunspear Castellan (8) || 7,500
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 * 9 || Spearmarshal (9) || 15,000
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 * 10 || Legendary Spearmarshal (10) || 50,000
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Benefits

 * You can display your rank in the Order of the Sunspears.
 * You can learn PvE-only Sunspear skills after reaching Rank 1 (Sunspear Sergeant)
 * Runduk can teach you.
 * The Hero Skill Trainers can teach you one skill for each profession:


 * Notes
 * The skill trainers are: Pikin, Shiloh, and Libeh. Ask them to "Show me Sunspear Skills".
 * These skills cost 1 hero skill point.
 * Each of these skills display under the Sunspear Title Track in the Skills and Attributes Panel.

Acquisition
Sunspear points can be earned by:
 * Completing quests that award Sunspear points.
 * By killing specific creature types while under the effects of a bounty (the amount depends on the region and whether it's Normal or Hard mode).
 * Turning in Normal or Hard mode copies of the Night Falls storybook to Captain Ahkenchu, with at least 9 pages filled.
 * Turning in copies of the Young Heroes of Tyria storybook to Captain Ahkenchu, with at least 6 pages filled.
 * Missions from Chahbek Village to Dasha Vestibule award Sunspear promotion points for each level of completion in both Normal and Hard modes.
 * Defeating Corsair Guild Lords in the Dajkah Inlet Challenge Mission awards 50 Sunspear points each.
 * Successfully vanquishing explorable areas in Istan or Kourna.
 * Getting master reward in all missions in Normal mode grants: 585 Sunspear points and 855 Lightbringer points.
 * Getting master reward in all missions in Hard mode grants: 2,340 Sunspear points and 2,025 Lightbringer points.

Locations one can farm Sunspear points:
 * Kourna
 * Arkjok Ward can be a good place to get Sunspear points early on in Kourna.
 * Vabbi
 * Holdings of Chokhin is a very efficient run in Hard mode because of two plant bosses.
 * The Desolation
 * The Sulfurous Wastes has 2 runs that are very easy in Hard mode because you're in the Junundu.
 * Vanquishing to exploit the synergy between both titles.

Arkjok Ward
From Yohlon Haven, exit east into Arkjok Ward and get the Insect Hunt bounty. There are four groups of insects nearby: two groups of 4 to the north, and one group of 4 and a group of 12 to the south. Be careful not to aggro the mandragors just past the large group. This run can be done in as little as 2 minutes with average groups and as little as 1 minute with efficient groups. This run will yield 96 points, so you can get 3168 Sunspear Points per hour.

Holdings of Chokhin
This run is quite efficient in Hard mode due to the presence of two plant bosses. From Mihanu Township, exit north into the Holdings of Chokhin and pick up the Plant Hunt bounty. Follow the canyon north until you reach a large open area with a large number of plants running around. Work your way in a counter-clockwise manner and be careful, in the southeast corner is the elementalist plant boss Setikor Fireflower who can hit 400+ damage with Lightning Surge in Hard mode, consider bringing Pain inverter and minions. Melee units should keep in mind that the Enchanted Brambles are capable of layering devastating conditions very rapidly. It is advised to take some sort of counter for blind and cripple, such as Assassin's Remedy. Head through the canyon to the west and go in another counter-clockwise circle. Make sure you get the monk boss Banor Greenbranch, just northwest of the resurrection shrine. This run takes about 10 minutes and yields around 976 points per run, which is approximately 5850 points/hour.

Yatendi Canyons
This is a fairly simple run that gives you about 150 points for each run. Head out from Chantry of secrets and get the bounty. Follow the path southwest across the first bridge, then cut across the field to the second. The run usually takes about 4 minutes. This translates into 2250 points per hour.

The Sulfurous Wastes
There are two runs for Sunspear points in this area, both of which are easily done in Hard mode, even with only heroes/henchmen, because the party will be traveling inside Junundu wurms. Movement speed skills can be used to get to the wurms slightly faster.

From Gate of Desolation
Exit to the north and take the Undead Hunt bounty (point 1 on map). Go northeast to the Wurm Spoor, avoiding the small Djinn patrol (2). Continue to the north into the sulfur and you will find a group of Awakened (3). Past them to the northwest is another group, along with a few elemental pairs (4). Next, go west past the wurm spoor for another group (5), which should put you over the bonus limit of 25 undead creatures killed. Turn back and head south onto the plateau to take on Vahlen the Silent and his group (6). There is a final group of Awakened at (7), but the time required to reach and kill them will decrease the efficiency of this run. This run will get you around 576 points and takes about 7 minutes, which is approximately 4937 points/hour(with group 7).

From Remains of Sahlahja
This combines extremely well with Lightbringer points farming in the same area. Head east and get the Undead Hunt bounty (1), then head south to the Wurm Spoor (2). There are two groups of Awakened immediately to the south and west (3 & 4). If a Desert Wurm appears, near the first group, simply ignore it. Head west then south through a canyon, ignoring the Margonites on the cliffs, to find a third group of Awakened (5), with a fourth group just to the east. Continue south almost to the Monolith Temple (again ignoring the Sand Wurm if one appears), where you will encounter the last group (9) which includes the ritualist boss Alem the Unclean. This run this will net you over 570 points and takes about 7 minutes, which is approximately 4800 points/hour.

Vanquishing
When going for the Elonian Vanquisher title, the vanquishing bonus and the Bounties encountered along the way will likely yield enough promotion points to max the Sunspear rank. Rewards and killing speed differ a lot depending on the area and route chosen. On average, it can yield around 2000-3000 Sunspear promotion points per hour. Vanquishing is neither the easiest nor the fastest way to farm promotion points, but it offers several benefits:
 * You'll make progress towards three titles at the same time: Vanquisher, Sunspear rank and Lightbringer rank. If you plan to get the Vanquisher title, the other two are almost free.
 * With a bit of extra work, you can progress the Elonian Cartographer title at the same time.
 * Vanquishing is not as repetitive as the other farming methods, you'll only need to vanquish each area once.

Trivia

 * The earlier missions (up to Dasha Vestibule) did not award Sunspear points until the 13 November 2008 update.