Guide to God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals

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This guide describes the optimized way to get the title [[God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals]].

== General suggestions ==
* If trying to get only one GWAMM, it is best to ignore account-wide titles as those are usually extremely long to get and therefore ineffective for a single GWAMM run. Conversely, if hoping to have several GWAMM characters, account-wide titles can become interesting.
** Increasing [[Treasure Hunter]], [[Kurzick]]/[[Luxon]] or [[Lucky]] rank a bit can still provide some small benefits (most importantly stronger [[allegiance rank|allegiance skills]]).
* '''Fund your run efficiently:''' Collect 5 [[Gift of the Traveler|Gifts of the Traveler]] weekly from [[Nicholas the Traveler]]. Selling these to other players is the most time-efficient way to fund the expensive consumable titles ([[Drunkard]], [[Sweet Tooth]], [[Party Animal]]).
* Try to combine several titles at once when possible.
** Avoid specifically farming reputation titles ([[Savior of the Kurzicks]] and/or [[Savior of the Luxons|Luxons]], [[Lightbringer]], [[Sunspear]], [[Asura]], [[Deldrimor]], [[Ebon Vanguard]], and [[Norn]]) until all missions (NM and HM) and vanquishes are done in the related campaign, since many of those reward reputation points. [[Storybook]]s further strengthen this point.
*** Farming can still be a good thing to increase the effectiveness of skills.
*** Characters starting in the ''Nightfall'' campaign are forced to improve their Sunspear title to progress anyway.
*** You might not have to farm at all for Sunspear and Lightbringer if you plan your Vanquishing correctly.
* Always check the [[Daily activities]], [[Zaishen Mission]]s, [[Zaishen Bounty|Bounties]], [[Vanquish]]es, [[Weekly bonuses]] and active [[Festival]]s to take advantage of the increased rewards:
** The double-point weekly bonuses can halve the amount of required ''farming'' (kills/quest rewards), though they generally do not apply to [[Hero's Handbook|book turn-ins]].
** It is easier to find other players who have the same goals (making farming more fun and often faster).
** Festivals are particularly interesting:
*** They are the primary source of consumable items, which are required for three titles, and can provide good bonus effects in PvE.
*** They can also provide a quantity of money (through quests and drops) for various purposes.
*** Festivals provide a way to improve certain other titles, like Ebon Vanguard ([[Wintersday]]), Survivor (Wintersday, [[Halloween]]), Treasure Hunter ([[Easter]]) or Lucky/Unlucky ([[Canthan New Year]] and [[Dragon Festival]]). Festivals are also the only opportunity to increase the [[Gamer]] title.
* Remember to pick up bounties at shrines, capture elite skills from bosses, and explore remote areas with "wall hugging" whenever possible.

== Reaching rank 6 (GWAMM) quickly ==
The following priority order takes advantage of synergies to reach ''God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals'' "quickly":

; Prophecies characters only
# If possible, start with [[Legendary Defender of Ascalon]] (LDoA) before leaving [[Ascalon (pre-Searing)]]; that will reduce the total number of titles needed by one. Usually, you will be spared from having to do [[Master of the North]] (saving time) or [[Party Animal]] (saving money).
#* However, you will still have to complete [[Legendary Vanquisher]], [[Legendary Skill Hunter]], [[Legendary Cartographer]] and [[Legendary Guardian]] (and all the titles they require) unless you have an account-wide title to swap in.
#* The LDoA title, which was previously really tedious to get, has been made significantly easier since the introduction of daily [[Lieutenant Langmar|Vanguard quests]].
#* Note that GWAMM is a very long title, requiring several months of playtime, so you should stick to a character (profession, customization options) you like, even if it means relinquishing the possibility to do LDoA, instead of forcing yourself to go through the whole GWAMM title with a character you will not like.
#* Note also that ''Factions'' characters can vanquish the ''Factions'' campaign with one less area ([[Zen Daijun (explorable area)|Zen Daijun]]).

; Any character
# [[Survivor]] (+1; total: 1): Since you will have to do all other campaign story-related titles for GWAMM anyway, you should take [[storybook]]s and fill them in the process. Store the completed books and fill new additional ones (HM [[Hero's Handbook]]s are especially interesting) to meet the 1,337,500 XP requirement from cumulated experience reward (+your current experience), and return all of them at the same time. If possible, refrain from taking experience rewards from quests, since those can also add up for the title; e.g., several primary quests in ''Factions'' yield ~4k XP each and the rewards don't need to be taken to continue. Other ways do exist to get the title, see the [[Survivor]] page for details.
# [[Protector]] and [[Guardian (title)|Guardian]] (+3 +3 +1; total: 8). Aim for Master's reward on the first try as much as possible, although bonus objectives in ''Prophecies'' missions can sometimes be done separately.
# The 4 ''Eye of the North'' [[reputation]] titles, followed by [[Master of the North]] (+4 +1; total: 13).
#* '''Optimization Note:''' If you obtained '''LDoA''' (see above), you can skip Master of the North. This is highly recommended for speed runs, as it allows you to max the 4 EotN Reputation ranks via "Speedbooking" while completely ignoring EotN Vanquishing and Dungeons.
#* Ranger and Necromancer have a small advantage over the other professions, as both can go for the Ebon Vanguard Title rather easily during [[Wintersday]] thanks to [[Snowball Dominance]].
# [[Vanquisher]], [[Cartographer]], and [[Skill Hunter]] (+4 +4 +4; total: 25).
# [[Sunspear]] and [[Lightbringer]] (+2; total: 27). These will usually be maxed automatically while Vanquishing Nightfall.
# [[Drunkard]], [[Party Animal]], and [[Sweet Tooth]] (+3; total: 30). Those three titles do require [[farming]] [[consumables]] during [[event]]s and/or buying them from other players. Drunkard invariably seems to be the easiest to get, whereas Party Animal can prove to be the most difficult, since [[festive item]]s that provide Party Animal points cannot be bought from merchants (unlike [[Dwarven Ale]]s and [[Red Bean Cake]]s that provide points for Drunkard and Sweet Tooth titles respectively) and most cannot be spammed ([[Crate of Fireworks|Crates of Fireworks]], [[Disco Ball]]s and [[tonic]]s). [[Sweet]]s that cannot be spammed can be exchanged with [[Kazuma]] for ones that can.

== Title requirement evaluation ==
This table compares the difficulty of reaching the maximum rank in each of the title tracks.

{| {{STDT}} class="sortable"
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! Title !! Type !! Count !! Cost !! Duration1 !! Mode !! Other comments
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| [[Drunkard]] || Character || 1 || {{Cost|2000000}} (10,000 [[Dwarven Ale]]s) || Short || None || Buy alcohol from other players. Farm and complete quests during most [[Festival]] events. Farm [[Gift of the Huntsman|Gifts of the Huntsman]] or [[Gift of the Traveler|Gifts of the Traveler]].
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| [[Sweet Tooth]] || Character || 1 || {{Cost|2000000}} (5,000 [[Red Bean Cake]]s) || Short || None || Buy sweets from other players. Farm and complete quests during most Festival events. Farm Gifts of the Huntsman or Gifts of the Traveler. Talk with [[Kazuma]] to convert non-spammable sweets into spammable ones.
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| [[Party Animal]] || Character || 1 || ~{{Cost|33000}} + 166,700{{Zcopper}} (3,334 [[Crate of Fireworks]]) || Short/Medium || None || Buy from other players. Farm and complete quests during most Festival events. Farm Gifts of the Huntsman and/or the [[Chest of Wintersday Past]]. [[Zone]] to/from [[guild hall]] to [[spam]] tonics and fireworks. The use of a [[Third-party_program|third-party program]] is not supported by ArenaNet, but the use of a macro is near mandatory for non-spammable items.
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| [[Legendary Defender of Ascalon]] || Character || 1 || {{no}} || Short/Medium || PvE || [[Ascalon (pre-Searing)|Pre-Searing]] characters only. Highly recommended to swap this in place of [[Master of the North]] or [[Party Animal]].
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| [[Survivor]] || Character || 1 || {{no}} || Short || PvE (NM/HM) || If going for GWAMM, the title is actually easier to obtain, as the player can simply fill [[Storybook]]s and keep the books and quest rewards for later, then return all Storybooks and quests when the amount of experience is enough. This synergizes especially well with [[Hero's Handbook]] and [[Master Dungeon Guide]].
|-
| [[Protector]] || Character || 3 || {{no}} || Medium || PvE (NM) || Aim for the Masters on the first try, use advice from the corresponding wiki page. The hardest bonuses are usually those that require protecting certain NPCs or splitting the party. This includes for instance [[Aurora Glade]], [[Dunes of Despair]], [[Thunderhead Keep]], [[Eternal Grove]] and [[Gyala Hatchery]].
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| [[Guardian (title)|Guardian]] || Character || 3+1 || {{no}} || Medium || PvE (HM) || Same as above. Doing the daily [[Zaishen Mission]]s is a good idea to find players more easily, while also rewarding good additional awards (i.e. points toward reputation titles, [[Zaishen Coin]]s to buy items for consumable titles or sell them to players, {{gold}} and Experience).
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| [[Cartographer]] || Character || 3+1 || {{no}} || Short/Medium || PvE (NM) || Very easy if using cartography tools (e.g., [[uMod]], [[GWToolbox]]). This title usually requires [[Wall hugging]] on most outposts, missions and explorable areas. Synergizes well with Skill Hunter, as exploring is easier in Normal Mode and many bosses happen to be in remote locations. Some synergy with Vanquisher.
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| [[Skill Hunter]] || Character || 3+1 || ~{{Cost|290000}} + 194 skill points (290 [[Signet of Capture|Signets of Capture]]) || Medium || PvE (NM) || Synergizes with Cartographer, Guardian, Protector, and Vanquisher.
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| [[Sunspear rank|Sunspear]] and [[Lightbringer rank|Lightbringer]] || Character || 2 || {{no}} || Medium || PvE (HM) || Will usually be maxed by vanquishing, especially if taking bounties. You can also use Nightfall storybooks. You can also farm [[The Sulfurous Wastes]] during Elonian Support weekly bonuses.
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| Reputation ranks ([[Asura rank|Asura]], [[Norn rank|Norn]], [[Deldrimor rank|Deldrimor]], [[Ebon Vanguard rank|Ebon Vanguard]]) || Character || 4 || {{no}} || Short/Medium || PvE (HM) || [[Speed booking|Speed book]] to turn in multiple HM [[Hero's Handbook]]s. Synergy with Survivor and Master of the North. Note: Weekly bonuses usually do not apply to book turn-ins.
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| [[Vanquisher]] || Character || 3+1 || {{no}} || Long || PvE (HM) || [[Vanquisher#Larger party sizes|Caravan vanquish]] whenever possible to spare time. Synergizes a bit with Cartographer and Skill Hunter (as most bosses are in remote places). Vague synergies if you wait for [[Zaishen Vanquish]]es to acquire additional awards (i.e. Experience, Zaishen Coins to buy items for consumable titles or sell them to players, {{gold}}, and points toward reputation titles.)
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| [[Master of the North]] || Character || 1 || {{no}} || Long || PvE (HM) || Title is a combination of Cartographer, Guardian, Protector, and Vanquisher. '''Optimization:''' If you have LDoA, you can skip this title. This allows you to "Speedbook" the 4 EotN reputation ranks and ignore EotN Vanquishing, saving significant time.
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| [[Allegiance rank|Kurzick/Luxon]] || Account || 2 || {{no}} || Long || PvE and PvP || Participate in [[Alliance battle]]s, [[Fort Aspenwood]], [[Jade Quarry]] or [[Fast faction farming|speed clears of Mount Qinkai or Morostav Trail]] especially during Faction Support weekly bonuses.
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| [[Wisdom]] || Account || 1 || {{Cost|40000}} (400 [[Identification Kit]]s) + cost of acquiring 10,000 [[Item rarity|gold/rare items]] || Long || None || If possible, buy Identification Kits from outpost [[Faction merchant]]s to reduce costs. Synergizes with [[Treasure Hunter]], vanquishing.
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| [[Treasure Hunter]] || Account || 1 || ~{{Cost|4800000}} || Long || PvE (NM/HM) || Contributes to [[Lucky and Unlucky]] titles if using [[lockpick]]s. (Minimum 220 hours if committed to chest running.) Farm [[Golden Egg]]s during [[Sweet Treats Week]].
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| [[Lucky and Unlucky]] || Account || 2 || ~{{Cost|2206000}} (by playing [[Nine Rings]]) || Long || PvE || Play [[Nine Rings]] (724 hours [[AFK]]) or open chests using lockpicks.
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| [[Gamer]] || Account || 1 || {{no}} || Long || None || Can only be completed through [[special event]]s' [[minigame]]s.
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| [[Zaishen rank]] || Account || 1 || 100,000,000 [[Balthazar faction]], 100,000 [[Tournament Reward Point]]s, or 20,000{{zgold}} + {{Cost|2000000}} (20,000 [[Zaishen Key]]s) || Long || PvP or PvE (NM) || Farm [[Fast faction farming#Zaishen Elite (Balthazar faction)|Zaishen Elite]], [[Fort Aspenwood]] or [[Jade Quarry]]. You will likely need to buy Zaishen Keys or [[Flame of Balthazar|Flames of Balthazar]] from other players or play a lot of PvP.
|}

: '''1 Duration:''' generally assumes that players progress the various campaigns with reasonable efficiency; it is not meant to reflect the total spent by any particular player, which can vary substantially.
:* '''Short:''' the title can be easily acquired; there are substantial shortcuts available to everyone, no grind or resources are necessary, or it can be done easily while playing through the game (without too many other considerations). These titles require ''days'' (if not ''weeks'') of effort. Some casual players will need more time to acquire these titles, e.g. Drunkard can take a while unless one buys alcohol from others.
:* '''Medium:''' requires some grind and consumes resources; there are shortcuts that a lot of people can manage. These titles require ''weeks'' (if not ''months'') of effort. Some veteran players will manage these titles as fast as ''short'' (such as Survivor).
:* '''Long:''' requires substantial grind; few true shortcuts are available. These titles require ''months'' (if not ''years'') of effort and/or significant investment of long-term resource.

== Title synergies ==
You can progress several titles at once, reducing your overall investment of time. Some of these ''synergies'' include:

{| {{STDT}}
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| Survivor + Skill hunter + Protector || A fun way towards Survivor, and less to do later. However, several bosses (especially elementalists) can cause a [[spike]] and/or [[party wipe]], so be cautious when capping their elite skill.
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| Vanquish + Cartography + Skill hunter (pick up as you go) || Scrape areas as you Vanquish them, and bring some [[Signet of Capture]]s if your build permits it. Less to be done later.
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| Vanquish in Elona + Sunspear + Lightbringer || It should be enough to max Sunspear, and less to farm for Lightbringer.
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| Treasure Hunter + Wisdom + Lucky/Unlucky || Chests requiring a key with a cost over 600g contribute to the Treasure Hunter title. Using lockpicks to open those will give credit towards the Lucky or Unlucky tracks. Identify any gold drop will contribute to the wisdom title. These titles are account wide; once maxed, they apply to all characters, reducing the overall time spent pursuing GWAMM if going for the title on more than one character.
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| Drunkard + Survivor + Delver || Farm [[Fronis Irontoe's Lair]] dungeon (HM) - You'll get two Ales from the dungeon chest. KOs don't count as deaths provided you "STAND UP !" in time. Provides also a minor chest run option since there's always a locked chest on the way. Minor Delver points reward.
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| Party + Sweet Tooth + Delver || Farm [[Secret Lair of the Snowmen]] in HM to yield around 3k deldrimor points and sweet tooth/party points from the end chest. There are also 4-5 locked chests on the way.
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| Zaishen + Wisdom + Sweet Tooth + Drunkard || Weapons that come out of the [[Zaishen Chest]] are always golds. Two out of three drops contributes to either the drunkard or sweet tooth title.
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| Master of the North + Asura + Agent + Norn + Delver || Aside from cartography, every progress toward the master of the north title will also contribute to one of the reputation titles.
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