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What Was Before is an achievement in Inner Nayos: Citadel of Zakiros. It is unlocked after completing Chapter 17: Desperate Measures in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. The achievement requires you to find relics of the past to remember Kryptis history.

After completing Chapter 17. Desperate Measures, you will be able to talk to Tecla the Venerable near Forward Bivouac Waypoint. Tecla will ask you to go to various locations to collect ancient Kryptis relics. Upon getting close (~3000 units) to the location of any of the relics, you will gain the special action skill . Using the skill will point towards the location of the relic. Using the skill by to the correct location (within ~1000 units), or approaching while channeling it, four Loyalist Relic Guardians will appear, connected to the shrouded relic. After killing the guardians, it will reveal the relic and allow it to be collected.

1. Tecla the Venerable

   Tecla the Venerable

2. Etched Tablet

   Etched TabletMourning's Shade

3. Petulant Cutting Stone

You might have to relog or talk to the NPC again to get the special action key to work. Uncovering a relic will allow all players on the collection to also collect it.

1. Speak with Tecla the Venerable at the forward bivouac.

2. Etched Tablet: East from Mourning's Shade, past the stairs where dreams begin their ascent, under gnarled crimson roots.

3. Petulant Cutting Stone: Between extractors, where Bleeding Wastes meet gray skies.

4. Dream Essence: High above the pools of Mourning's Shade.

5. Cursed Fabric: High on the rocks of the central Commons, staring down on the forward bivouac.