[Solved] Spark of the Springlands (and other similar achievements)

[[PRX] Eloswith]

Hey peeps,

I'm pretty sure I've gotten all the Sparks from the Springlands and Revelwoods but neither of those achievements is popping... Anyone else having similar issues? Referring to a guide to validate, it seems there is only 8 in the Springlands and I've definitely picked them all up.

Edit: Somehow I missed the absolute closest one lol... Got it :)

[Galux]

so you need to find all and interact with that too?

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by Galux:

so you need to find all and interact with that too?

Correct. Put a marker down to any picked if you want the archivement.
Its doable.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Originally posted by Galux:

so you need to find all and interact with that too?

Correct. Put a marker down to any picked if you want the archivement.
Its doable.

Did this for mine, just flagged ones I had been to. It was normally 1 or 2 in each area I didn't have that were away from the direct lines to quests and such.

[Itybit]

I'm using an interactive map to mark the all the flame shrines and sanctums and im still not getting up dates to any. I unlocked all the ones around the springlands thinking that would be easiest before i headed out to the other 3. Anyone struggling with Springlands? I have to be missing something.

NVRM: had to clear some of the flames and sanctums around the spire in the lowlands

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

EDIT: This can be ignored, I believe it to be incorrect now. Refer to my next comment.

Just to add to this, the interactive map only shows the same ones as your in game map would. However, there are several flame shrines/sun shrines it does not show, and neither does your in game map. If you have not found all the hidden ones, the achievement will not pop. As far as I know, there is no interactive map yet that shows where these hidden ones are, but they are out there.

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

UPDATE: Achievement popped. I'll leave this here in case anyone else needs to know, Springlands spans way further than you'd think. My impresion was that "Springlands" was simply the area surrounding the Springlands Spire, and that areas like "Low Meadows" was simply considered "Low Meadows". Apparently thats not how it works. The Springlands actually spans all the way out to the Pillars of creation, because the area is determined by the color/makeup of the terrain, so the one I was missing was actually right next to the Low Meadows spire. It couldn't be further away from the Springlands spire, so I thought it was extremely unlikely to be it, but apparently it was. Stupid design in my opinion.

When you look at a geographical map, if an area says "Seattle" and another area says "Everett", you don't expect Seattle achievements to span all the way into a zone it's not technically in. It's not a bug, it's just bad game design/explanation.

It's also worth noting that the online guides are incorrect. The actual number of shrines needed for the achievement is still unknown until the devs publish their wiki (which they're currenly working on). Any guide that shows you need to get the shrines just around the Springlands Spire is simply incorrect. Shrines absolutely miles away are part of the Achievement.

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Thanks