Ascension

Ascension means achieving legendary heroic status by earning the blessings of the Gods of Tyria. After the Shining Blade were driven to the brink of extinction by the White Mantle, Vizier Khilbron suggests that your only hope of defeating the White Mantle is to achieve ascension. Only then would you be ready to face their hidden masters, the Unseen Ones. You arrive at The Amnoon Oasis in the Crystal Desert with the goal of ascending. Ascension carries a reward of 50,000 XP.

Ascension requires the completion of three missions in the Crystal Desert:


 * Dunes of Despair'''
 * Help the Ghostly Hero reclaim his throne in the Temple of Ascension.


 * Thirsty River'''
 * Annihilate 6 teams of Forgotten to prove yourself worthy of Ascension.


 * Elona Reach'''
 * Gather the three Vision Crystals and bring them to the Ghostly Hero to focus the sight of the Gods of Tyria on you.

Followed by a confrontation before the Gods at the Hall of Ascension within the Mesa outside Augury Rock with a dark image of your character called the Doppelganger.

After completing Ascension, you will then be teleported to the Dragon's Lair to meet with Glint and receive valuable advice on your adventure. Completing the Dragon's Lair (Mission) takes you back to fight the White Mantle in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

Ascension has 2 major benefits:


 * You can access the Realms of the Gods.
 * You can change your secondary profession.

If you change your secondary profession after the Ascension, you will lose temporarly the skills of your previous secondary profession until you switch again to your previous secondary profession.


 * Example:

If you are a Ranger/Necromancer, and willing to change to Ranger/Monk, all the skills you unlocked for your secondary profession Necromancer will not be available in PvE (they will remain in PvP). You'll have to switch back to Ranger/Necromancer to get all your unlocked Necromancer skills back again.


 * Note 1:

Once you have changed your secondary profession, all quests targeted to unlocking skills for your new secondary profession, even starters quests, are unlocked. You can do them and therefore learn your new secondary profession's skills, gain xp, and earn items.


 * Note 2:

Each new skill you unlock for your new profession is available for PvP mode.

Prophecies characters do not need to ascend to travel to Cantha, as long as the account has access to the Factions Campaign contents. There was some confusion as before release the only info was Gaile Gray saying Ascended characters will be able to travel (which leaves unascended characters unspecified).

Related Articles

 * Ascension guide - A step by step guide to Ascension.
 * Temple of Ascension - A temple built in the southwest of the Crystal Desert by the Elonians.