Dry Top

Dry Top is a zone in Maguuma Wastes that came out with the introduction of Living World Season 2 on 1 July 2014.

Getting there

Use the portal in the southwest corner of the map in Brisban Wildlands. The portal will be located southeast of the Tangle Root Outpost point of interest.

To get to the west side of the map, head to the Town of Prosperity and use the underground passage way in the house on the west side of town to Treadrock Uplands and head north, then west to reach the other half of the map.

Achievements

Llama Locator

Collectibles

Buried Treasure: Challenger Cliffs
Buried Treasure: Prospect Valley
Buried Treasure: Uplands
Coin Collector: Challenger Cliffs
Coin Collector: Prospect Valley
Coin Collector: Uplands

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Chickenado Chaser (2AP)

Catch a chicken out of the dust mite twister. Active during the sandstorm at tier 3 or greater.

During a sandstorm, Chickenado twister will appear in the ravine near the oasis when there is only ten minutes remaining in the sandstorm i.e. x:50.

To get the Chickenado Chaser achievement, you need to catch a chicken as it comes out of the twister. Catch it before it reaches the ground. You will see white circles on the ground when you hit it. Just make sure you stand in it to catch the chicken!

Dive Master: Prospect Valley (5AP)

Find and use a diving location in Prospect Valley.

You have to do the Prospect Valley Crash Site Climber Jumping Puzzle first before you can do the Dive Master: Prospect Valley achievement.

Prospect Valley Crash Site Climber (10AP)

Complete the jumping puzzle.

Heist Hinderer (5AP)

Prevented skritts from raiding supplies from Zephyrites in Challenger Cliffs.

The event begins every hour at x:00, x:15 and x:30 minute mark right by the Repair Station Waypoint. The event requires that you protect the supply caches against mobs of skritt. Make sure not a single supply cache is stolen.

The best strategy is to attack the Skritt Thief before it gets close to the supply caches. If a thief does get a cache, make sure to immobilize, stun, cripple or chill them so that they will not get far. Also, try to pull of knock the thief back towards the camp as the supply box will drop where the thief gets killed.

Hit and Run (2AP)

Use a rock to knock a crystal shard out of Inquest hands while racing them to collect crystal shards for the Zephyrites.

To get this achievement you need to hit an Inquest agent, who is carrying a crystal shard, with a rock during the “Race against the Inquest to collect crystal shards for the Zephyrites” dynamic event. This dynamic event starts in the Flatland Wastes and occurs when the Sandstorm is not active.

Follow these steps to get the achievement:

Pick up a rock.
Move near a crystal shard.
Wait for an Inquest to pick it up.
Hit him with the rock.

Quicksand Survivor (5AP)

Survive for a minimum of 15 seconds while standing in the quicksand river around Prosperity.

This achievement requires you to stand inside the river of quicksand for a total of 15 seconds. The quicksand itself removes 2,000 to 3,000 health per second and the damage is dealt regardless of aegis and invulnerability. There are two good methods of getting this achievement for either solo or team play.

To do it by yourself you will need a massive pool of health and a reliable source of health per second. It is highly recommended that you use mango pies, regeneration and some skill that gives health in strong, fast bursts or naturally gives health per second. If you can trait for your utility skill to also heal then you will have a strong build to maintain in the quicksand.

A team can easily get it done if the person you are with has AoE healing. Here you don’t necessarily need a large amount of health but need your ally to be able to heal quickly. Classes like Engineer, Ranger, Elementalist and Guardian have the best ability to heal others quickly through traits and utilities.

Rock’n’Roller (5AP)

Help Rustbucket reach the Challenger Cliffs repair station in under 5 minutes.

Every hour at x:00, x:15 and x:30 an event will begin at the Crash Site 3 point of interest that requires you to escort a golem from the crash site to the small camp. To get the achievement you need to make sure the golem gets to the camp within 5 minutes.

Getting the golem to move fast involves throwing charged rocks at the golem to get it to constantly move. Having a large group of people nearby will help to make sure you can kill the spawned mobs fast enough.

Ruler of Shinies (1AP 1MP)

Defeat Queen Chrii’kkt IV. Active during the sandstorm at tier 4 or greater.

You will be faced with the Queen skritt and 8 of her royal subjects. Throughout the fight, the Queen will be invulnerable. If a player is hit by her Queen's Love attack, they will also be inflicted with Queen's Favor, disabling your weapons for 15s.
You need to kill all 8 of her royal subjects, which are the named Skritts before she becomes vulnerable. Once her subjects are eliminated, she will be defenseless and easily defeated.

Sand Shield (5AP)

Prevent Researcher Eway from falling below 25% health during a Challenger Cliffs sandstorm.

This event will occur twice every hour at the x:40 and x:50 minute mark. It will start at the Repair Station Waypoint and requires you to escort Researcher Eway to his final destination. To get the achievement you need to make sure Eway does not drop below 25% health.

There are 3 waves of mobs as you are escorting him. Move the fight away from him while he's scanning or just spam heals on him. This event gets upscaled which means... more people = more mobs = more Elites & Champions.

Sparring Rock Master (5AP)

Defeat Nochtli without falling off or leaving the top of her sparring rock.

This achievement requires you to stay on the sparring rock during the dynamic event with Nochtli. You need lots of stability and/or blinds for this fight!

Make sure you have these skills equipped!

Fight mechanic

He cycles through these steps...
Frontal semi-circle knockback. Just step out of the telegraph.
Frontal cone attack as he spins. You need to strafe anti-clockwise around him. Easier to do so when you stand close to him.
Circular drops on the ground. He is invulnerable at this point. Just avoid the drops.
Platform-wide AoE (3x). This is when you need to activate stability or blind that will last long enough. Check the links above to see what your profession can equip.

Learned Legendary Llama Locator (5AP)

Find the Legendary Llama hidden in the uplands of Dry Top.

To earn this achievement you need to find the Legendary Llama that is lurking in the Uplands. You will want to head north from the Restoration Refuge Waypoint [&BIgHAAA=] and into the ravine.

From there head to the north wall in between two ledges where a skritt hole lays. Use the nearby air crystal to jump up to the top most eastern ledge and run along it.

Legendary Llama Locator (5AP)

Find the Legendary Llama hidden at the Abandoned Mine in Prospect Valley.

For this achievement you need to find the Legendary Llama. After the “Race against the Inquest to collect crystal shards for the Zephyrites” dynamic event finishes, a door will open to the west in the Flatland Wastes. This will lead to the Inquest facility and your destination.

Inside you need to immediately get your hands on a Sun Crystal Shard or destroy a containment cell to get one. You can destroy a containment cell to get a Sun Crystal Shard to drop. After that you need to head towards the quicksand river that cuts through the middle of the compound.

Jump into the quicksand and immediately use skill #1 to go into the alcove. Make sure you have regen skills on and your healing skill is ready so you can heal through any sudden damage. Once inside, just jump up the rocks and you will find the Legendary Llama.

Licensed Learned Legendary Llama Locator (1AP)

Find the Legendary Llama hidden in Challenger Cliffs.

Just move to the western most wall at the top most part of this map. You should see a large group of earth elementals that you will need to fight through. Once you get to the ledge you should notice a patch of green shrubs. Jump through them and you’ll find the dancing llama.

Llama Drama (10AP)

Get transformed into a llama by the Skritt Burglar in Dry Top.

At random points and random locations a chest will spawn that doesn't require a lockpick to open. Open it to get the burglar to spawn then chase him down. Hit him with white attacks. Do not kill him! The point is to aggro him enough so that he will turn you into a llama.

Buried Treasure: Challenger Cliffs (3AP)

Find and open 1 buried locked chest in Challenger Cliffs.

To find these you will need to explore the map during a sandstorm. They will spawn in random locations all throughout the map.
To unlock them you need to have Zephyrite Lockpicks. You can get them by doing the following:

Completing Prosperity's Mystery and Cornered
Chance from Pile of Silky Sand
Rare drop from foes in Dry Top
Scarlet's Box of Desert Knickknacks
Sold by Dusk and Gleam in Dry Top. Price varies based on the tier of the Favor of the Zephyrites.

Buried Treasure: Prospect Valley (3AP)

Find and open 1 buried locked chest in Prospect Valley.

To find these you will need to explore the map during a sandstorm. They will spawn in random locations all throughout the map.
To unlock them you need to have Zephyrite Lockpicks. You can get them by doing the following:

Completing Prosperity's Mystery and Cornered
Chance from Pile of Silky Sand
Rare drop from foes in Dry Top
Scarlet's Box of Desert Knickknacks
Sold by Dusk and Gleam in Dry Top. Price varies based on the tier of the Favor of the Zephyrites.

Buried Treasure: Uplands (3AP)

Find and open 1 buried locked chest in Treadrock Uplands, Uplands Oasis, or Unswept Uplands.

To find these you will need to explore the map during a sandstorm. They will spawn in random locations all throughout the map.
To unlock them you need to have Zephyrite Lockpicks. You can get them by doing the following:

Completing Prosperity's Mystery and Cornered
Chance from Pile of Silky Sand
Rare drop from foes in Dry Top
Scarlet's Box of Desert Knickknacks
Sold by Dusk and Gleam in Dry Top. Price varies based on the tier of the Favor of the Zephyrites.

The images are additional locations in the Uplands that are not included in the video.

Coin Collector: Challenger Cliffs (5AP)

Find all of the lost coins hidden around Challenger Cliffs.

To complete this achievement you need to find all twelve Lost Coins scattered through out the map. You can search for them at anytime, regardless of whether there is a sandstorm. All you really need is the Repair Station Waypoint [&BJcHAAA=] to navigate from while you find all of these coins.

Coin Collector: Prospect Valley (15AP)

Find all of the lost coins hidden in Prospect Valley.

To complete this achievement you need to find all thirty Lost Coins scattered through out the map. You can search for them at anytime, regardless of whether there is a sandstorm.

Coin Collector: Uplands (15AP)

Find all of the lost coins hidden around Treadrock Uplands, Uplands Oasis, or Unswept Uplands.

To complete this achievement you need to find all thirty Lost Coins scattered through out the map. You can search for them at anytime, regardless of whether there is a sandstorm.