Guide to earning Hall of Monuments rewards

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This is a guide to help players organize and achieve their Hall of Monuments goals.

About the Hall of Monuments

The Hall of Monuments is located in the Eye of the North, in the eponymous expansion.

There are 5 monuments in the Hall that players can dedicate their achievements to. These give the player points which unlock free-to-apply skins, charmable pets and titles for the Guild Wars 2 account.

50 points in total can be earned, with unique titles unlocked at every 5th point (5,10,15...50). The first 30 points reward weapon, armor skins and/or pets.

Achievements are account based, so if only one character dedicates something it will be unlocked for all the characters of the same account. However dedicating weapons will customize them to the current character, so you should be careful about this. Dedicated miniatures also cannot be reused for another account's Hall of Monuments.

A warning

You should decide on the amount of points you wish to achieve.

• 30 points is rather easy to acquire and will unlock every reward item as well as a few titles. Any campaign along with Eye of the North can earn 30 points. See below for the total points available with only one campaign.
• Getting more points will unlock new titles, but getting those points will become gradually longer and harder. The achievements span all three campaigns and Eye of the North, so all of the campaigns are required to reach 50 points.

For all 50 points, you will need:

• A very long playtime (several months if not years), as filling the "Honor" monument requires a variety of titles, most of which require active playthrough.
  • Guardian and Master of the North titles require finishing all missions in Normal and Hard mode with bonus.
  • Cartography and Vanquisher require almost complete exploration of all 121 maps of the three starting expansions, including killing all the foes in Hard Mode for vanquisher.
  • If done on one character, consider acquiring the God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals title at the same time, since it also provides its own duplicate title in Guild Wars 2.
• A very high amount of platinum and crafting materials, likely more than 4400k.
  • The obsidian armor is notoriously expensive (105 ecto and 105 obsidian shards can cost 1500k assuming a market price of 9k/ecto and 5k/shard). The plethora of armors and weapons required to fill the Resilience and Valor monuments can add up to 670k easily (6 armors worth at least 60k each, 14 weapons easily worth around 15-20k each, as well as 80 jadeite or amber for kurzick/luxon armor as well as 14 rubies and 14 sapphire for vabbian armor which can add up to an additional 100k). Thanks to the introduction of the Reverie Gift, you can acquire one of the tormented weapons without the very expensive Armbrace of Truth (which otherwise can cost over 500k depending on market's price).
  • Some titles in the Honor monument are also expensive, notably the Zaishen title (1000k assuming a key costs 5k) and Sweet Tooth, Drunkard, Party Animal (each around 300-350k/title if buying the consumables from players). Other "minor" costs include elite Skill Hunter at min. 250k if only buying signets of capture at 1k/each, and Lucky/Unlucky (around 80k for rank 2 in both using Nine Rings and Rings of Fortune).

Acquiring points

Getting started

Make life easier, start by unlocking map travel and heroes. Beat all three campaigns and Eye of the North in normal mode, making sure to get all masters reward and bonuses for each mission (for Protector titles/statues). Beating a campaign will unlock Hard Mode for the campaign.
Beat the campaigns in this order:

• Eye of the North (primary storyline guide)

Perks: Short, good heroes, good PvE skills, opens up your Hall of Monuments via the four Monumental Tapestries

• Nightfall (primary storyline guide)

Perks: more heroes and PvE skills

• Factions (primary storyline guide)

Perks: Short, a few more PvE skills, unlocks locations required for Winds of Change

• Prophecies (primary storyline guide)

Perks: unlock locations required for War in Kryta and Hearts of the North

Alternatively, travel to Elona before going any further in Eye of the North storyline, as most of the heroes can be acquired early during the Nightfall storyline. This includes heroes such as Acolyte Sousuke/Acolyte Jin and Olias. In addition, the sunspear PvE skills, which include Critical Agility, Seed of Life, Cry of Pain, Necrosis, Whirlwind Attack and Vampirism, are very good.

Martial professions may be interested in completing Factions earlier because of the skill "Save Yourselves!". Paragon, Warriors and assassins can also acquire the skills Spear of Fury, Seven Weapons Stance and Shadow Theft respectively. Ritualists may be also interested to get Summon Spirits and capture Signet of Spirits as part of their Spirit spammer builds (although Signet of Spirits can be acquired another way).

Characters hailing from prophecies may also want to go to the Crystal Desert early in order to get Ascended and do their attribute point quests.

"Fellowship" — Heroes and pets — 8 points

At this point you should have a minimum of 13 out of 26 required heroes. Now you need to:

• Recruit the other 9 heroes that have Hall of Monument statues. Every one of these heroes other than M.O.X. will need Hero armor before they can be added to your Hall of Monuments. It should be noted that Keiran, Miku, and Zei Ri cannot be added to the Hall of Monuments.

You can buy them all from other players, or farm them yourself from these locations:

• Eye of the North heroes:
  • 1-10 Deldrimor Armor Remnants from Slavers' Exile
  • 1-10 Cloth of the Brotherhoods from Glint's Challenge
• Nightfall heroes:
  • 1-5 Stolen Sunspear Armors from Dajkah Inlet
  • 1-5 Ancient Armor Remnants from Remains of Sahlahja
  • 1-5 Mysterious Armor Pieces from The Shadow Nexus
  • 1-15 Primeval Armor Remnants from the Domain of Anguish
• Charm or pay to unlock the Black Moa, Imperial Phoenix and Black Widow.
  • Both the Black Moa and Black Widow can be charmed at level 20
  • You can death level pets to level 20 in 15 minutes or less (AFK process). (See: PvX).

"Valor" — Weapons — 8 points

A total of 15 weapons, including one of each type, are required for maximum points. You can also purchase the weapons (or their crafting/collection components) from other players.

• 1-11 Tormented weapons
  • Farm Gemstones to create Armbraces of Truth in the Domain of Anguish.
  • Complete the Wayfarer's Reverie quests for a Reverie Gift.
• 1-11 Oppressor weapons
  • Complete the War in Kryta and Hearts of the North, which will earn you 15 Medals of Honor, at least enough War Supplies for 2 more, and an average of 2-3 more from Royal Gifts (totaling enough for 2 weapons usually).
  • Medals of Honor are not tradeable, but War Supplies are; 25 supplies convert to 1 medal.
  • Farm War Supplies through the Wanted quests. These can be done on all characters that have unlocked Lion's Arch Keep.
    • You can collect 255 War Supplies in three weeks by having one character complete each of the quests in Hard mode.
    • Alternatively, repeat Rise and/or Auspicious Beginnings 50 times to earn enough for one weapon (which offers the additional benefit of increasing your Ebon Vanguard rank by 62,500 points).
• 1-11 Destroyer weapons
  • These are by far the cheapest weapons to craft or to buy from other players.
  • Farm the materials needed and craft the weapons in Slavers' Exile.

"Devotion" — Miniatures — 8 points

Undedicated miniatures can be purchased from other players. The cheapest unded minis are the common (or white) ones from the first three years, although some early purples are cheaper than later-year whites. You could also buy Birthday Presents (from any year but the sixth), but they tend to be significantly more expensive (since they offer a chance of gold or green minis).

1 Unique (Green) Mini

• Random drop from Birthday Presents, Gifts of the Traveler, Underworld Chest, Hall of Heroes, Coffer of Whispers.
• Extremely rare drop from White Mantle and Peacekeepers (during War in Kryta).
• Black Moa Chick — a cross campaign scavenger hunt.

1 Rare (Gold) Mini

• One out of the 12 celestial miniatures can be traded for a Celestial Miniature Token (can be acquired once per year per account as a reward from the quest Take My Sister, Please during Canthan New Year event)
• A Miniature World-Famous Racing Beetle can be acquired by trading 200 Racing Medals to Little Jack (requires at least 20 races in Rollerbeetle Racing, available only during Shing Jea Boardwalk events)
• Random drop from Birthday Presents, Royal Gifts, Gifts of the Traveler, Underworld Chest, Zaishen Strongboxes, and Lunar Fortunes.

Remaining 48 minis

• Cheapest: purchase early-year whites from other players.
• Any of the above methods.
  

"Resilience" — Armor — 8 points

Aside from any four prestige armor sets, three specific sets are required, making the seven needed to max out the monument. To cut down on the cash needed, you can farm any required materials. The most costly needed materials will be:

• Globs of Ectoplasm and Obsidian Shards for Obsidian armor
  • Farm Ectos in the Underworld.
  • Farm Obsidian Shards in the Fissure of Woe.
• Rubies and Sapphires for Vabbian armor
• Jadeite Shards (purchasable with Luxon faction) for Elite Luxon armor or Amber Chunks (purchasable with Kurzick faction) for Elite Kurzick armor
  • Vanquish under the Blessing of the Luxons/Kurzicks.
  • Compete in Fort Aspenwood, The Jade Quarry, and Alliance Battles for Imperial faction which can be traded in for either faction.

"Honor" — Titles and additional statues — 18 points

The majority of titles have synergy with one another. Read the Guide to maxing titles for an overview of most PvE titles. Not all titles need to be maxed to display their statues in the Hall of Monuments.

In addition to character-based titles, such as Cartographer and Guardian, you will need one Player versus Player title.

• The Zaishen statue is easier to earn than the others. It takes only 1,000 points (or 200 Zaishen Keys) to get the rank 3 needed to display the statue.
  • Farm Balthazar faction for Zaishen Keys in Heroes' Ascent or Zaishen Elite.
  • Farm Imperial faction and trade it in for Balthazar faction. (The formats that offer Imperial faction also reward Balthazar faction).
  • Buy Zaishen Keys from other players.

Elite missions also provide a statue upon first completion:

• Sorrow's Furnace
• The Deep
• Urgoz's Warren
• The Fissure of Woe
• Domain of Anguish
• The Underworld

Efficient order for gathering 30 points

This plan tries to limit the cost and time required to get 30 points:

• 3 points — Accounts linked.
• 5 points — Beat all 3 campaigns, getting Protector title in at least two of them, or one Protector and one elite mission (Sorrow's Furnace and The Fissure of Woe are easier than the others)
• 6 points — 9 Heroes and rare pets, including M.O.X. and at least one rare pet (which gives both that statue and the normal pet statue)
• 3 points — 1 unique and 1 rare miniature.
• 5 points — 5 Prestige armor sets (one must be Elite Luxon, Elite Kurzick, Vabbian or Obsidian armor) (the head gear is not required; Vabbian and Obsidian are more expensive).
• 4 points — 1 Oppressor's and Destroyer weapon. Plus three more of your choice.
• 1 point — 5 more titles or one Tormented weapon (quite expensive, replaces one of the three extra weapons from the previous section).
• 3 points — Your choice of:
  • 28 more miniatures — by far the cheapest option, white and purple miniatures are quite common.
  • 10 more weapons — likely cheaper than 200 Zaishen Keys, oppressor's weapons are usually the cheapest.
  • Zaishen title (200 Zaishen Keys for rank 3, replaces one of the titles from the previous section).
  • 15 more titles/elite missions of your choice.

Pay or play

A large majority of the items needed for your hall can be purchased from NPC's or other players. Here is a list of a few of the more popular money-making options:

Playing

• Simply playing through the game and selling the drops yields a steady income (albeit lower than the following methods)
  • Playing Guild Wars Beyond and Hard Mode quests gives substantial quest rewards, but the quests are fairly difficult so this is not advised for beginners.
• Opening Treasure chests and Dungeon chests while playing
• In addition to seasonal drops, participating in Festivals, especially some of the quests, is an effective way to earn money. Non-repeatable quests can be repeated on different characters. Lucrative repeatable quests include:
  • Both Annihilator quests on April Fools' Day (also an effective way to get the Ebon Vanguard Title);
  • Snowball Dominance and Fighting in a Winter Wonderland on Wintersday (Snowball Dominance is also an effective way to get the Ebon Vanguard title too, as well as the Survivor title for rangers);
  • Every Bit Helps on Halloween (also an effective way to get the Survivor title);

Running

• Running to locations for other players:
  • Drok's Run
  • Ascalon City to Lion's Arch and vice versa
  • Lion's Arch to Sanctum Cay
  • Running the Crystal Desert
  • Eye of the North tours (all towns in the expansion)
• Running missions for other players:
  • A Time for Heroes
  • Imperial Sanctum
• Running dungeons

Item Farming

• Farming Ectos in the Underworld.
• Farming Obsidian Shards in the Fissure of Woe.
• Farming Gemstones in Domain of Anguish.
• Farming Hammers of Kathandrax in the Catacombs of Kathandrax.
• Farming the weekly Nicholas the Traveler items.
• Farming Zaishen Keys from Zaishen Elite or Training Arena.
• Farming Festive items dropping during festivals.
  • Gates of Kryta#Farming
  • Raptor farming
  • Vaettir farming
• Farming materials for Consets.
  • Raptor farming (bones, dust, iron)
  • Vaettir farming (dust, iron)
  • Feather farming (feathers)

Reward farming

• Speed Clearing to endgame rewards.
• Getting Zaishen Coins from the daily Zaishen Challenge Quests.
• Getting War Supplies from the daily Wanted quest or the Rise mini-mission.
• Getting Trick-or-Treat Bags by repeating the Halloween festival quest Every Bit Helps.
• Getting Wintersday Gifts by repeating the Wintersday festival quests Fighting in a Winter Wonderland and Snowball Dominance.

Trading

• Trading valued items (notably the very items used for the Hall of Monument) in marketplaces such as Kamadan (buying low and selling higher).

External links

• Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator

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