Astralaria III: The Mechanism

Astralaria III: The Mechanism is a Legendary Weapons collection achievement to gain the precursor weapon, The Mechanism, for the legendary axe, Astralaria. This collection is the last step to obtain the precursor.

Achievement

Astralaria III: The Mechanism	Legendary Weapons	3
The heavens grant their gifts to Tyria in the form of meteors that streak across our skies. Gather the ore of these fallen stars and use it to craft the spinning armillary that will eventually rest in the heart of your legendary weapon. Do this to create The Mechanism, the next step of your quest to attain Astralaria. Prerequisite: Historian of the Armaments Unlock Item:  The Apparatus Reward:  Chest of Time and Space	Collected 1 Item	1
	Collected 33 Items	2

Collection items

Item	Hint
Meteorite Ingot	Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Ultra Hot Sphere	Use the Searing Cauldron near Ironhead Lake in Iron Marches to combine the Wyvern's Liquid Fire, Elemental Flames, Destroyer's Heat, a Flame Effigy Band [sic] , and a Fire Imbued Heart, to create the Ultra Hot Sphere.
Aurillium Capsule	The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Wyvern's Liquid Fire	Gathered by being struck by the Legendary Matriarch Wyvern's Fire Breath at Matriarch's Perch in the canopy of Verdant Brink during nighttime with the Aurillium Capsule in your inventory.
Thaumanova Flames Siphon	Offered for purchase by CLEAN Researcher Borpp at the Thaumanova Reactor in Metrica Province after successfully helping the CLEAN krewe.
Elemental Flames	Gathered by looting the Legendary Fire Elemental's chest in the Thaumanova Reactor of Metrica Province with the Thaumanova Flames Syphon [sic] in your inventory.
Quartz Vial	The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Destroyer's Heat	Gathered by looting the Megadestroyer's chest in Mount Maelstrom with the Quartz Vial in your inventory.
Obsidian Magma Container	The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Flame Effigy Embers	Gathered by looting the Champion Flame Effigy in Fireheart Rise with the Obsidian Magma Container in your inventory.
Mists Imbued Jar	The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Fire Imbued Heart	Gathered by looting the Legendary Imbued Shaman in the Volcanic Fractal while having the Mists Imbued Jar in your inventory.
Technomancy Blueprint	Take the Stabilizing Gyroscope, the Aetherblade Gearbox Mechanism, the Steam Cogs, and the Charr Helicopter Gearbox to the Craftsman's Workbench in the Durmand Priory library to create the Technomancy Blueprint.
Stabilizing Gyroscope	Found in the chest at the end of the Molten Boss Fractal after defeating the leaders of the Molten Alliance.
Aetherblade Gearbox Mechanism	Found in the chest at the top of the Second Aetherblade Site in Gendarran Fields.
Steam Cogs	Harvested from steam creatures.
Charr Helicopter Gearbox	Salvaged from the charr helicopter entangled in vines in the northeast of the SCAR Field Operations in Tangled Depths.
Mists Enchanted Mechanism	Found in the chest at the end of Uncategorized Fractal.
Elder Dragons and Star Navigation Theories Vol. III	Found in the chest inside the treasure room of Vexa's Lab in Fireheart Rise.
Ancient Orrian Compass	Looted from the Champion Risen Captain, found inside the Chapel of Lady Glaive in Straits of Devastation.
Damaged Airship Compass	Found inside the wreckage of the airship crashed in Mossheart Walk in Auric Basin.
Salvaged Compass	Found in the chest at the end of Drydock Scratch in the Silverwastes.
Wondrous Compass	Take the "Elder Dragons and Star Navigation Theories Vol. III," the Skritt Salvaged Compass, the Damaged Airship Compass and the Ancient Orrian Compass to Scarlet's home in Dry Top, and use her workbench to create the Wondrous Compass.
Rune Enchanted Rings	Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Pact Airship Strut	Gained by completing the Flying Circus adventure in Verdant Brink with a rank of silver or better.
Divinity's Reach's Garden Rings	Ponder the rings in the central garden in Divinity's Reach.
Tail of the Star God Fragment	Found on the grawl around the Tail of the Star God in Blazeridge Steppes.
Ley-Line Bezoar	Looted from the Legendary Chak Gerent in Tangled Depths.
Runed Sphere Casing	Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
Ancient Runed Tablet	Found in Admiral Taidha Covington's chest after defeating her on Laughing Gull Island in Bloodtide Coast.
Cosmic Mechanism	Take the Mists Enchanted Mechanism, the Technomancy Blueprint, the Ancient Runed Tablet and 10 Meteorite Ingots to the Craftsman's Workbench in the Durmand Priory Library to create the Cosmic Mechanism.
Astralaria Vol. 3	Purchased from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs after training the Historian of the Armaments ability in the Legendary Crafting Mastery Track.
The Apparatus	Salvage this weapon to receive its spirit, needed to craft the next tier of this legendary precursor.

Related collections

• Astralaria I: The Device
• Astralaria II: The Apparatus
• Astralaria IV: The Cosmos