Title: Finally Maxed Cartography—After 18 Years of Wall-Hugging
It’s done. After 18 years of exploring every corner, edge, and cliff face Tyria has to offer, I finally finished the Cartography title. All campaigns. 100%. It still doesn’t feel real.
Honestly, the first 99.7% came together surprisingly well over the years. Sure, there was plenty of trial and error, and I spent a lot of time strafing along zone edges like I was looking for a lost sock in a fog bank. But progress was steady.
Then came the final 0.3%—and that’s where things ground to a halt. That last fraction took the better part of a decade.
I kept thinking, “It’s just a little more. I’ve got to be close.” But map after map turned up nothing new. I tried Texmod, followed guides, triple-checked zones I knew I’d cleared. Nothing. It became this weird background goal I’d return to every few months—just to hit another invisible wall or realize I’d missed a narrow ledge in the middle of nowhere.
But today, it finally clicked. The fog lifted—literally. That last sliver uncovered, and the achievement popped up. Just like that, after years of effort, it was over.
For anyone still chasing it: don’t give up. The last bits are the hardest, and they take more patience than anything else in the game. But the satisfaction of seeing that 100%? It’s absolutely worth it.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m probably still going to hug walls out of habit for the next few months. Old routines die hard.