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Janthir Wilds Masteries

Janthir Wilds Mastery Tracks

At a glance

Warclaw mounts, land spears, homesteads, and mursaat ruins: effects and suggested priorities for the four Janthir Wilds tracks.

What are Janthir Wilds masteries?

The expansion has four mastery tracks covering the PvE warclaw unlock, spears on land, personal housing through homesteads, and exploration of mursaat ruins.

  • Tracks: 4 (Warclaw Mount, Lowland Kodan, Homesteading, Mursaat Shadowcraft)
  • Total MP required: 90
  • Required expansion: Janthir Wilds
Each track unlocks as you progress its story chapter.
Follow the Janthir Wilds story to open the tracks one by one.

Warclaw Mount

5 tiers Total 20 MP Unlock: Unknown Territory story progress

In Janthir Wilds, the story unlocks the warclaw and its PvE masteries. Its base PvE speed is about 135% faster than running out of combat; in WvW, it is about 53% faster. WvW abilities use separate World Ability Points, rather than the masteries on this page.

1
Nine Lives2 MP
Take no falling damage while riding your warclaw.
2
Feline Reflexes3 MP
Spend endurance to jump again in midair. Falling faster gives you a higher jump.
3
Wild Claws4 MP
Damage enemies you dash through. Hitting at least one restores some endurance when the dash ends.
4
Feral Fury5 MP
Increase warclaw damage and the control effects of Lance and Battle Maul: helping control enemies and break defiance bars.
5
Well Rested6 MP
Increase endurance regeneration for all mounts in PvE by 20%.
The warclaw is immediately useful for fast PvE travel.
You can start riding through the story unlock, making exploration easier right away.

Lowland Kodan

6 tiers Total 27 MP Unlock: Diplomacy and Discovery: greet Mists of Dawn

Unlock land spears, beehive use, and kodan rewards. Tier 1, Lowland Spear Training, costs 2 MP and grants land spear use plus 5% extra Janthir XP. Buying Lowland Spear Unlock in WvW is an alternative route to land spear use.

1
Lowland Spear Training2 MP
Equip spears on land and gain 5% more XP in Janthir.
2
Lowland Beehives3 MP
Use Empowered Beehives in Lowland Shore to reset skill cooldowns.
3
Janthir Explorer Proficiency4 MP
Use Bloodstone-Empowered Beehives in Janthir Syntri to reset skill cooldowns, and buy additional Kodan Cache Keys from Coin Collectors.
4
Acceptance of the Kodan5 MP
Gain more heart progress when handing in renown tokens.
5
Bearkin Harvesting Techniques6 MP
Gain a chance of extra map-specific materials while gathering.
6
Scavenger of the Wilds7 MP
Increase the Janthir XP bonus to 10% total, and earn extra Curious Lowland Honeycombs and Curious Mursaat Currency from events.
Start with tier 1, Lowland Spear Training.
For land spear use, prepare 2 MP for tier 1 and a spear you can equip. If you already unlocked land spears through WvW, decide based on this tier's Janthir XP bonus.

Homesteading

7 tiers Total 28 MP Unlock: Home Sweet Home story progress

Expand your homestead, Guild Wars 2's personal housing instance. This is the largest Janthir Wilds track, with seven tiers costing 28 MP. Higher tiers open decoration recipes and additional space.

1
Novice Handiworker1 MP
Unlock Novice recipes, more homestead space, and a resting bonus.
2
Initiate Handiworker2 MP
Unlock Initiate recipes, more space, and a better resting bonus.
3
Apprentice Handiworker3 MP
Unlock Apprentice recipes and more space.
4
Journeyman Handiworker4 MP
Unlock Journeyman recipes and Collection Boxes for gathering your unlocked homestead nodes together.
5
Adept Handiworker5 MP
Unlock Adept recipes and legendary component purchases.
6
Master Handiworker6 MP
Unlock Master recipes.
7
Grandmaster Handiworker7 MP
Unlock Grandmaster recipes and increase the decoration limit by 500 with the final upgrade to the rested bonus.
Your homestead is shared across your account.
Up to 30 of your characters left in the homestead can appear there. Adjust day or night, mount and gliding access, and wildlife, and give party members permission to place decorations.
If housing is not a priority, you can leave this for later.
If you own many gathering nodes, tier 4 Collection Boxes are useful. Resting bonuses also improve PvE XP and PvP/WvW reward track progress. Choose your investment based on decorating, gathering, or resting benefits.

Mursaat Shadowcraft

4 tiers Total 15 MP Unlock: Into the Valley of Shadow story progress

Explore mursaat ruins and improve their rewards. The final tier improves all Janthir beehives, making the track useful for gathering rewards more efficiently.

1
Mursaat Mirror and Movement2 MP
Use Mursaat Mirrors to reach hidden places and Mistburned Beehives to reset skill cooldowns.
2
Mursaat Ruins Delving Improvements3 MP
Earn extra Curious Mursaat Ruin Shards from Mistburned Barrens events.
3
Barrens Survey Result Augmentation4 MP
Improve Grand Chest rewards at the end of Mistburned Barrens Field Survey event chains.
4
Janthir Beehive Mastery6 MP
Improve all Janthir beehives: gain warclaw speed, mount endurance recovery through Bond of Vigor, and boons in combat. HoT's Blazing Speed Mushrooms, SotO's Rising Spirits, and EoD's Energy Efficiency improve those respective benefits.
Train this to improve your map rewards.
The reward upgrades and beehive effects directly help when farming Janthir Wilds maps.

Suggested priorities and tips

Prioritize Warclaw while also training Lowland Kodan and Mursaat Shadowcraft as needed for the story and exploration.

  1. Warclaw Mount (20 MP total): Fast ground movement, tier 1 fall damage immunity, and tier 2 midair jumps are useful. We recommend reaching tier 2 for 5 MP first. The final tier improves endurance regeneration for every mount.
  2. Work on Lowland Kodan and Mursaat Shadowcraft alongside it: Parts of the story require their masteries. Train Lowland Spear Training at tier 1 for land spears, then train Mursaat Shadowcraft as the story requires. Skipping these tracks can block story or exploration routes.
  3. Homesteading (28 MP total): Keep training if you enjoy housing. For gathering convenience, Collection Boxes need 10 MP through tier 4. Deft Lahar's legendary components need 15 MP through tier 5.
All tracks cost 90 MP in total.
Earn MP from mastery insights, the glowing pillars, and Janthir Wilds achievements. Combine the story with exploration as you progress.