Rata Sum Vistas
This guide will cover the locations of all five vistas in the city of Rata Sum in the MMORPG Guild Wars 2. Within you will find a list of each location with pictures and directions on how to reach it, along with a video walkthrough below.
- Apprentice Carrels
- Creator’s Commons
- Port Authority
- Synergetics Union
- The Golem Mines
- Video Guide
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1. Apprentice Carrels
This first vista is among the really easy vistas that exist in the game. For this, head to the Apprentice Waypoint, which is on the bottom floor of the main city area, and walk northeast across the room towards the marker.
You should be able to easily see the point sitting atop of one of the angled wall sections in the center of the room. Find the angled part nearest to the ground, jump to get on top of it, and walk up to the point.
2. Creator’s Commons
To reach this vista, you will first want to travel to the Magistran Court Waypoint on the upper levels of the city—second from the top, to be specific. From there, just turn to face the college and you’ll see a series of vines growing up and into the side of the building.
A large tree-trunk-like bit will serve as your initial ramp. From there, you will have to walk and leap across the upper vines while simultaneously moving your character into the face of the building to stop from falling off the side. There will be a small platform interspacing the vines that you will need to jump to, then you will leap to more vines to cross another gap, which takes you to the large platform containing the vista.
3. Port Authority
For the Port Authority vista in Rata Sum, you will first need to find the Port Authority itself. If you haven’t already found it or activated the waypoint there, travel to the Magicat waypoint in the central city. Facing the three Asura Gate portals that are here, look to the left to find the Antidawn Anchorage gate, which will take you straight to the port.
Once on the other side of the gate or the port’s waypoint, run down to the dock where the large boat is at the southern tip. On your left (east side of the dock), you will find a pair of smaller ships docked perpendicular to each other. You can walk onto the one that is horizontal to the dock (long side against the dock) with the help of a plank that connects the dock to the deck of the ship.
Jump up the first ship’s prow to jump over and reach the second boat, vertical to the dock. Get yourself on this ship’s prow like you did with the last, but this time you will want to leap onto the first ship’s yard (“yard” is the term for the wooden pole the sail is attached to). This jump will be hard to land, but once you do, it’s easy mode. Run up the yard until it takes you high above the large ship, where you can then drop down onto its hull.
On the large ship, approach the small platform the vista is located on top of from the east to find part of a crate sticking out of the wall. This serves as an extra ledge to jump up onto, allowing you to get all the way to the top of the platform and collect what you came here for.
4. Synergetics Union
This is a pretty easy vista to grab. You will need to teleport to the accountancy waypoint (Tyria Underground level) and from there head directly south into the Synergetics Union through the large hallway.
Inside the union, turn to the left and look at the cooking station with the little blue pathway curving around it that leads to the top platform. You can just jump onto this and run up it, then make another jump to a small tan platform that serves as a step between the mini blue floating road and the top.
5. The Golem Mines
The Golem Mines vista is not that hard to grab in practice, but it is made difficult by its potentially deadly results should you miss a jump.
From the Auxiliary waypoint located on the Tyria Depths level of the city, near Skibo Hall, run east and to the left to go around a corner that connects the three different sides of this level of the city to each other. Right around this corner, you should be able to see the vista: It’s sitting on some plant growth, behind an arrow and box-shaped platform, with nothing but deadly open space and a long fall all around. Take your time, make sure your jump is clear, and avoid double-tapping any movement keys in a panic, and you should be all right.
If you do fall, you’ll end up losing some silver when you return to a waypoint, making this a particularly brutal vista to grab when you are tired, preoccupied, or inebriated. (I speak from experience.)
Video Guide to the Rata Sum Vistas
Last Updated on October 4, 2020 by Standard of Entertainment