Lessons Learned
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This article is about where to find each recorder. For what these recorders say, see Zinn's Recorder. 
Lessons Learned is an achievement from the Flashpoint release that requires players to find 14 of Zinn's Recorders throughout Draconis Mons.
Achievement[edit]
 Lessons Learned
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Flashpoint | 6
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Find all 14 of the golemancer's lost recordings in Draconis Mons.Knowledge itself is power.
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1 Golemancer Recording Recovered | 1
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| 14 Golemancer Recordings Recovered | 5
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Walkthrough[edit]
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| 1 | Recover Zinn's first recording. | Heathen's Hold |  Heathen's Hold Waypoint —
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From the waypoint, go north, north of the Mercenary Encampment PoI and east of the Iota Vault PoI. Find the prison, a fenced-in area with friendly (green) prisoners and a sniper tower in the middle. Directly southeast of the prison's eastern metal door is a metal plate that leads south to a scaffold with a lantern sticking up. Behind the lantern is a small ramp that descends far into the rock. The recording is at the very bottom in a corner. |
| 2 | Recover Zinn's second recording. | Rata Arcanum | Heathen's Hold Waypoint —
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 Destroyers route Vista route
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Use the Thermal Tube north of the waypoint to get launched towards the Gate of Fire point of interest. From there, run northwest to get the Oakheart Essence past the Diving Goggles. From the Oakheart Essence, glide south west, looking for a lower platform filled with destroyers. Enter a small tunnel on this ledge and go to the very end of the tunnel, and use the Oakheart's Reach skill to get the recording which can be found on the ledge above.
An alternative way is to head towards the vista in Rata Arcanum by using the thermal tube north of the Heathen's Hold Waypoint. In the corner by the western bouncing mushroom below the vista is a hard to notice hole that drops down to the recording. |
| 3 | Recover Zinn's third recording. | Rata Arcanum | Heathen's Hold Waypoint —
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Roughly above the Sub Landing POI, head towards the vista in Rata Arcanum by using the thermal tube north of the Heathen's Hold Waypoint and heading northwest towards the Diving Goggles. From the vista, head west and glide down into a small hole for the recording. |
| 4 | Recover Zinn's fourth recording. | Heathen's Hold |  Mercenary Encampment —
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Take the metal ramps from the northeastern edge of Wurm's Furnace, first north, and then to the east. Go under the rock arch that is between the tent and a rock pillar, going straight until you hit a dark brown wall. Follow the wall to your right (southeast) until you fall into the small hole with the recording. |
| 5 | Recover Zinn's fifth recording. | Heathen's Hold | Mercenary Encampment —
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Take the metal ramps from the northeastern edge of Wurm's Furnace, first north, and then to the east, to reach a tent located under three copper pipes. The recorder is behind that tent. |
| 6 | Recover Zinn's sixth recording. | Blistering Abyss | Eternal Pool —
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From the Heathen's Hold waypoint, run southwest towards the edge of the cliff. Glide in this direction until you spot an area with wasps and fireflies. With Ley Line Gliding, you can make it to the ledge southwest of Zeta Vault. Run up the hill past the Oakheart's Essence and take both bouncing mushrooms. Run south southwest towards the path shown on your map. Follow the left wall to find a small cave up a few rocks, it will appear to have pale yellow webbing in it. Enter the cave to find the recording. |
| 7 | Recover Zinn's seventh recording. | Ancient Hollow | Ancient Hollow Waypoint —
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Head northeast from the waypoint, picking up the Oakheart's Essence. Continue northeast until you find yourself on a ledge in with what looks like two caves with blue plants growing from the ceiling. Glide towards them and aim Oakhearts reach up in the ceiling of the left cave to reach the area. If you miss, it's possible to hit with Oakheart's Reach from the ground. The recording is in the back of the cave.
Alternate route: Head northeast from the waypoint and use a skyscale mount to fly across to a cave above the mushroom soldiers with blue glow in it. The recording is just inside this small cave. |
| 8 | Recover Zinn's eighth recording. | Rata Arcanum | Nu II Vault —
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Using the thermal tube north of the Heathen's Hold Waypoint, and then use the second thermal tube near there but start gliding when you are able to and head towards the Sandstone Archway point of interest. Pick up the Oakheart Essence on top of the arch and glide northwest. Use Oakheart's Reach to get into the cave full of grubs and bats past the earth elementals. Head west and deeper into the cave. Use Oakheart's Reach on the upper portion of the southwest wall to reach the ledge with the recorder. |
| 9 | Recover Zinn's ninth recording. | Heathen's Hold | Peace Grounds —
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From the Heathen's Hold waypoint, run west to the edge, then jump off and turn around to glide toward the waypoint. Glide down slightly and northwest of the Peace Grounds point of interest toward a plateau that has wasps and an Oakheart's Essence. From the Oakheart Essence, follow the rock formation to the left. Look above you for a small crevice with blue hanging strands. Pull yourself into the crevice using no more than two charges of Oakheart's Reach. Once inside, use the last charge to pull yourself upward to the recorder. Alternatively, the jump can be made with a Springer (with high jump mastery) and a well timed launch from your mount (requires Bond of Faith Mastery). |
| 10 | Recover Zinn's tenth recording. | Ancient Hollow | Ancient Hollow Waypoint —
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Head northwest from the waypoint for a short distance until you find a small opening near the corner. Jump down into the hole to find the recording. |
| 11 | Recover Zinn's eleventh recording. | Savage Rise | Viraddi's Salvation —
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From Heathen's Hold waypoint, run south and glide down to the bristleback nest (east of and above Viraddi's Salvation). Pick up an Oakheart's Essence near the bristlebacks or smogscales in the area and head north around the rock on the map. The recorder is visible in a small cave at the north end of the area (visible when approaching from the south). |
| 12 | Recover Zinn's twelfth recording. | Heathen's Hold | Iota Vault —
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Get to Iota Vault using an Oakheart Essence and enter it by activating the Entrance Terminal. Go into the cage to your right just as you enter, head to the back corner and grapple up to the ledge to find the recording.
Note: It is possible to enter the vault without activating the Entrance Terminal. Standing flush against the door and then triggering a reload of the map (by relogging or a temporary switch such as entering Heart of the Mists or Guild Hall then exiting) will load the player inside the vault. The door can be opened by the Exit Terminal inside to allow other players through. |
| 13 | Recover Zinn's thirteenth recording. | Savage Rise | Viraddi's Salvation —
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From the Heathen's Hold waypoint, run southwest in the direction of the letter A in "Blistering Abyss" on the map. Jump off the edge and continue in this direction until you spot an area filled with wasps, you can either drop down to it or continue gliding if you are able, but start heading south east, looking for an Oakheart's Essence in front of a rockface with blue glowing plants. Pick up the Oakhearts Reach from the Essence, and look south for a crevice with Cave Bats inside, and use Oakheart's Reach to enter it, then make a right when inside to find the recording. Alternatively, if you are on the layer below the waypoint, it is south of Viraddi' Salvation, so if you approach from the cave with Rolling Devils, look up for a ledge with blue fungus hanging below. The cave is above those fungus strands. |
| 14 | Recover Zinn's fourteenth recording. | Scalding Gorge | Nu II Vault —
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With Ley Line Gliding:
Start at Ancient Hollow Waypoint, head to the southwestern edge and follow the ley-line up towards a cave filled with mushrooms. Take an Oakheart's Essence from the west end of the cave. At the westernmost edge of the cave, you should see an open area filled with updrafts and unbound magic. On your right is a ledge with another Oakheart's Essence and some earth elementals. Glide to it, using Oakheart's Reach to gain height mid-glide. Enter the cave on the ledge, and head to the northeast corner to find the recorder. Without Ley Line Gliding: Start at the sandstone archway, then head west into the mushroom cave. From there, follow the same route as above. |
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