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Comment by 1455595

We need to know ritual or rite of ceremonies in order to become master in secret society

Comment by Sephoris

I have the Rank 4 Ember Court built and am at Revered and this still seems impossible. The food and entertainment options have 2 associated events each, decorations and security seem to only have 1 each, and then there are 2 random events, which only gets you to 8 total. Having a longer timer for court (I'm at 18 minutes now) doesn't mean additional random events as I hoped it might. It's possible that Rank 5 or Exalted do something to add events to court, but as it stands I feel like I'm missing something.

Comment by Schattensang

So it seems it's possible to get this achievement, you just have to get a bit lucky.
With Tea Time I got two parts, giving tea and having the conversation at the start.
Ritual of Atonment gives you the Judging the Souls and the Ritual.
Mortal Reminders gives you the Thieves and getting back the stolen items. It just seems you have to have a guest that has Relaxing to actually get to pick up the relics again.
The Stoneborn Reserve gave me attackers and some giant gargoyle attacking, at least I think the gargoyle was from the Stoneborn.
And then I got two different rares, the Sinstone Golem, which might be connected to Kassir, and some random bird, might be connected to the Countess, it gave Decadent and I haven't encountered it before, just first time with the Countess, so just a guess. But so far it seems all 4th guests have a special event. And you definitely get one random one along the way, be it the Sinstone Golem, gathering Anima or whatnot.

So it is possible, but it's pretty tight, especially as a lot of these things take up a lot of time. Ejecting the Thieves might seem like it can be done after the event is over, but it actually won't give you the checkmark. So you actually have to complete all the events in the timeframe you have. It's definitely best to try it when you have three Ambassador's Reserve, so you have the maximum of time. And Only use it, when you are certain you have 10 events.

Comment by Vaugn

Note that if you attempt this achievement during Noblegarden you can pick up / turn in the egg that gives you five bonus minutes. That'll help a lot with time.

Comment by tormaz0311

I've had 9/10 and 2 minutes left on the clock. No events on the horizon. I had the idea to finish kilning souls for "Humble", even though no one of my guests required it. It did not count, sadly!

Comment by Peterodox

I've been at 9/10 for three times. Is a way to complete "mingle with guests" during the preparation?

Comment by Belazriel

Alright, thanks to the PTR I have finally got this achievement and understand how it works and why it's hard. I may come back later to add more fancy formatting. First, every full Ember Court will have 10 events. There are two each from the Refreshment, Entertainment, and Decoration selections. Two "random" events, and a two-part assault on the Court. You can do this achievement with any variety of events/guests with the following exceptions/notes:

With the exception of Mortal Reminders, events are completable regardless of whether there is a guest for them although they may not be tracked on the map.
Mortal Reminders requires a guest with Relaxing to spawn the necessary loot for the Stolen Mementos event.
Traditional Decorations requires Anima-Infused Water from Sika to complete the Roaring Fires event.
Atoning Rituals is currently bugged and the Ritual of Absolution is not counting towards the achievement.

My personal preference for this achievement is Traditional Decorations (make sure you have the Anima-Infused Water), Tubbins's Tea Party, and Lost Chalice Band. Security does not seem to matter although it may impact the assault. For these selections:

1 - Complete A Quiet Moment speaking with Stefan, this can be completed during the Court set up.
Drop down to the Muck Pool and attack the roadies there, loot Niko's Flute if it drops
Head up the hill and attack the next group of roadies if you didn't get the flute, otherwise just grab Ansel's Violin
Go across the stage, setting up what you can. Grab Chiu's Lute from near Lord Garridan and kill this group of roadies if you still need Niko's Flute
2 - Turn in the last of the instruments. Kill more roadies if you have been unlucky.
3 - Shortly before the Court opens you should get your first random event (Theotar's tea set, one of the rare elites, etc). Complete the event and make sure to use/turn in whatever you acquire.
4 - On the opposite side of the center area from the band is Simon. Talk to him and act accordingly to guide him through the dance.
5 - Head to the refreshment stand, grab each tea pot and then the anima-infused water. You don't need to serve anyone tea.
6/7 - At some point the candles will catch fire. Clean up 10 dripping candles to complete the cleaning event. Throw the water on all the fires to complete the fire event. Having a Guest who prefers a Dangerous Court will mark the water and the fires. Otherwise the ones likely missed are up the Tower across from the Rally Bell, down by the Muck Pool, above Theotar on the wall, and below where the guests gather at the start.
8 - The second random event will spawn at some point. Complete and turn in as needed.
9/10 - Party crashers of a random type will assault the Court. Fill the bar to fight them back and then kill the main boss at the Bridge.

The benefit to this set up is the two events that can be completed during set-up (Stefan and the Band) and the speed of some of the other events (Tea is pretty much instant, and the candles and fires are always near each other). Extra time is not required but can be useful depending on the events you're doing as some of them are slower/harder than others. For each event:

Tubbins Tea Party
- Quiet Moment - Speak to Stefan. Use each of the three actions. Can be completed during set-up
- Tea Time - Use up each of the tea pots. You don't need to actually serve anyone. You can click each one after the other and right-click off the buff.
Divine Desserts
- Food Fight - Flip three tables. Then using one of the tables toss food at guests to fill the bar.
- Made to Order - Use Wicklick the Dredger to serve guests. Unlike the World Quest you must click on each guest you are serving to have the ability light up.
Mushroom Surprise
Lower Your Standards - Loot wild fungus from around the Court and turn them in to Stefan. First turn in completes the event, further turn-ins increase Humble. Dog Bone can provide another bonus to Humble when this event is up but doesn't count as another second event.
Fungi Experiments - Click each of the mushrooms in the room by the Muck Pool. Somewhat dangerous to do all at once. Can be completed during set-up
Atoning Rituals
Ritual of Absolution - Currently Bugged Kill the spawning mobs to fill the bar.
Ritual of Accusation - Match each soul to a sin
Glimpse of the Wilds
Animal Rescue - Use Niya to gather animals and return them either to the water or the boxes
Ride on the Wild Side - Ride the Hungry Gorm around the edge of the Court and into the Cage south of the Stage. (This seemed easier on the PTR, I don't think the Runestags were around for food on live.)
Lost Chalice Band
Concert Kick Off - Gather the band's instruments and set up the stage. Can be completed during set-up
Dance For Love - Teach Simon to Dance
Traditional
Traditional Candles - Clean 10 dripping candles
Roaring Fires - Put out all fires in the Court. Requires Anima-Infused Water. Can be tracked with a guest who prefers a Dangerous Court. You do not need to kill the spawns (although the elite drops a pet)
Mortal Reminders
Cartel Ta Justice - Trap Suspicious Waiters and kick them from the party
Stolen Mementos - Gather the loot the Waiters were stealing
Mystery Mirrors
Mystery Mirrors - Open all mirrors at the event and kill the spawns. Does not seem to be trackable. Likely missed mirrors are up the tower and in the room by the Muck Pool.
Prison Break - Kill prisoners who have escaped the light prisons

Comment by Vaugn

Good news, everyone! Massive changes to Ambassador's Reserve in 9.1. These were not in the patch notes.

Ambassador's Reserve is not only no longer unique (3), it now stacks to 100. So stock up on 'em up to your heart's content.

Even better, you can now buy them from Lady Ilinca (the vendor who sells the blank invitations). She sells Ambassador's Reserve for 10 rubies each. So you can reeeally stock up on 'em. This makes the Master of Ceremonies achievement much, much easier.

(Also, I've discovered a Plague that will destroy all life on Azeroth. But that's another story.)

Comment by XonSaron

Just completed this on live. In order to complete this achievement you need guests who prefer varied party traits, because you need a guest who prefers a certain trait in order to complete a corresponding "Event" for that trait. This means you're probably not going to please everyone the week you go for this achievement.

My guests were:

Cryptkeeper Kassir (Formal)
Stonehead (Casual)
Rendle & Cudgelface (Messy, Relaxing)
Mikanikos (Clean, Safe, Humble)

This allowed me a wide array of party traits to prepare events for.

I chose Tubbin's Tea Party for refreshments (allowing the "Relaxing Moment" and tea service events), the Glimpse of the Wilds entertainment (for animal-collecting and riding the crazed gormling), and Mortal Reminders for decoration (allowing both the ejection of the thieves and the return of the mementos to count as events). That's six events. Additionally I fought off the party crashers, killed the elite that appears after the party crashers, erected a statue, and caught Theotar's tea set. I also collected the four magic curios for Mikanikos, though I had already gotten the achievement by that point so I'm not sure if it counts as progress or not.

Having ample ambassador's reserve certainly helps for this. I had a full 3 minutes left when I completed the achievement, but I had used a number of reserves by that point.

Another useful tip is that the tea ceremony can be completed very quickly by picking up a teapot and cancelling the buff right away. All you need to do to complete that event is to pick up the three teapots and have them expire—I made a point of handing out tea to my guests to boost their happiness, but if you're short for time you can get by without taking that step and just clicking off the buff instead.

In the end I had elated all but Stonehead, who ended up being miserable. If I had doled out less tea and kept my formality level closer to neutral I might have been able to please everyone, but I'm just happy I got the achievement.

Comment by Xirev

The boss only spawns at the end of the party crasher event if there is a guest that benefits from the atmosphere that killing the boss gives.

There are 5 different party crasher events that can spawn depending on which guests you have.
If you are missing guests that prefer either of the atmospheres that an event provides then that specific event cannot spawn at all, this can be used to our benefit.

If any of your guests prefer either Relaxing or Exciting you have a chance to get the Master's Forces event.
Only if you have a guest that prefers Relaxing will the boss High Inquisitor Vetar spawn when you are done with the Party Crashers event.

If any of your guests prefer either Decadent or Humble you have a chance to get the Stone Legion event.
Only if you have a guest that prefers Decadent will the boss Drezgruda spawn when you are done with the Party Crashers event.

If any of your guests prefer either Clean or Messy you have a chance to get the Rampaging Dredgers event.
Only if you have a guest that prefers Clean will the boss Sloppy spawn when you are done with the Party Crashers event.

If any of your guests prefer either Formal or Casual you have a chance to get the Lost Souls event.
Only if you have a guest that prefers Formal will the boss Sineater spawn when you are done with the Party Crashers event.

If any of your guests prefer either Safe or Dangerous you have a chance to get the Devourers event.
Only if you have a guest that prefers Safe will the boss Kedu spawn when you are done with the Party Crashers event.

Since you need guests that will allow an event to spawn and allow the following boss to spawn as well, the best setup for this achievement is:
Sika (Clean),
Droman Aliothe (Relaxing)
Polemarch Adrestes (Clean, Formal)
The Countess (Decadent, Relaxing, Formal).

Because none of these guests care if the atmosphere is either Safe or Dangerous, the Devourers event cannot spawn at all, which means you do not need to worry about having a guest that prefers Safe.

The amenities you can use for the event that match with the guests are:
Tubbin's Tea Party
Traditional
Glimpse of the Wild
Stoneborn Reserves

With these amenities you will need to handle these events:
Tea Time: Click on all of the tea pots that are at the table and remove the buff it gives to complete the event, or serve tea for +Formal.
A Quiet Moment: Chat with Picky Stefan by sitting in the chair and click the action bar buttons, can be done during the preparation phase.
Traditional Candles: Clean up 10 melting candles around the court.
Roaring Fires: Auto completes (you can ignore this event if you want) after the time runs out even if you do not put out the fires, you need the Anima-Infused Water to be able to finish the event earlier.
Animal Rescue: Take control of Niya and put Escaped Gormlings back in the boxes and the Flopping Groupers back in the water globe in the center.
Ride on the Wild Side: Ride the Hungry Gorm (it is waiting for you at the western side of the Ember Court, does not appear on the map) into its cage, you will have to take the long way around to avoid getting stopped.

Then you just need the two random events and the Party Crashers followed by the Boss.

Good luck on the achievement!

Comment by kardanis

Finally completed this achievement. I had all guests with Best Friend rep except for Lady Moonberry. +20 reserves.
Guests: Sika, Stonehead, Rendle, and Lady Moonberry (for rep)
Amenities: Venthyr Volunteers, Glimpse of the Wild, Divine Desserts, Traditional. I felt more safe doing the events I knew very well.
The events I got: (no Relaxing moment at the start and Mingle with guests gave no credit)
1. Party Crashers
2. Boss
3. Made to order
4. Traditional candles
5. Roaring fires
6. Animal rescue
7. Ride on the wild side
8. Food fight
9. Blustery Boil
10. Sorry, I can't recall the 10th one... maybe something along the way (Stop groundkeepers?)

I followed the suggestions to fill my list with no straight match combos. I never could have succeeded when I had a perfect combo of guests and amenities.

Comment by lambd1

I thought that I had this one completed today, but one of the ten events must not have registered. I ended with only 9 counting toward the achievement, but I was counting as I went along and I thought I had ten. I did Traditional decorations and got both the candles and the fires. I did Theotar's Tea for refreshment and got both the relaxing tea event and serving guests with tea pots. I did Atoning Rituals for entertainment and got both the rituals, accusation and that other one where you kill the spirits. My two random events were a blob monster in the muck pond and a soaring flying dragon like monster in the sky. I finished the Party Crashers and the Boss kill afterwards. That's ten, right? I was counting them as I went along. But the achievement only registered nine. So, to quote Maxwell Smart "I missed it by that much!" I'm not sure which one didn't count, but it is frustrating. I'll have to try again next week.

Comment by WinstonKaminski

I would add that the conclusion of the Ember Court itself (when the time runs out and you receive the reward) also counts as one event done.

When I was hunting for this achievement, I ended up stuck at 9/10 and frustrated that I won't get it that week, then once the Ember Court finished and Renathal gave his speech in front of the reward guests, I got the 10/10 message and the achievement.

Comment by Djuntas

Managed to get this randomly before hitting revered. Maybe just lucky, cause I didnt aim for it. I spend a lot of Ambassador's Reserve, but I always do that every week, to min-max it, since rubies are easy to farm anyway. So just to confirm you can get it like me before revered - With some luck I guess. Maybe not worry about this achievement until you hit exalted at least then.

Comment by Eviloverlord

Completing the Training Dummies favor (Tribute chest reward from Plague Deviser Marileth ) which awards Exciting, counts for this achievement. I was at 9/10 with the Roaring Fires event still unfinished, did this along the way and managed to pop the achievement before I finished Roaring Fires. Favor requires you to kill the 8 or 9 Training Dummies along the north wall of the Ember Court.

Comment by Viktoria

It is possible to do this achievement with the default Mikanikos group (Sika, Kleia and Pelagos, Alexandros Mograine, Mikanikos) assuming you have all the (relevant) items and buildings (Mushroom Surprise, Glimpse of the Wilds, Mystery Mirrors, Stoneborn Reserves).
Might need some rep with followers as well.

one invasion (can pop ardenweald drums)
mushroom room (interact with all the mushrooms and kill the ones that run off)
dig up 5 mushrooms and bring them to the chef
ask the bone dog to find a truffle and hand it in at the same chef
capture gorm and return fishes to the bubble in the center of the court
interact with all the mirrors and defeat the elite at the end (Tricky Trik and maybe there are others?)
create a statue from 10 pieces of stone rubble
find a rare item you can give to Mikanikos
assist Boot the Beaut in taking out the trash
do the mini game where you guide the hungry gorm back to its cage

To comfortably do all this, it is probably best to stock up on some Ambassador's Reserve.

Comment by Kryptaria

I just got this last night, with the following config:

Plague Deviser Marileth
Stonehead
Rendle and Cudgelface
Lady Moonberry
Food: Divine Desserts
Entertainment: Lost Chalice Band
Dredger Pool: Mystery Mirrors
Security: Maldraxxian Army
Trophy Altar: Abomination Head
Dredger Butler: Make special guests feel welcome
Breakfist: Messy (give cleaning staff the day off)
Lady Illinca: Casual
Cosmin the Illusionist: Exciting
Wing Commander Vulpek: Safe

I spent hours farming Dog Bone's Bone, though Dog Bone did absolutely nothing during the Court. I still don't have a bunch of other Court Favors, so you certainly don't need all of them to get this achieve. I've been stockpiling Ambassador's Reserve for a while now, so I used probably 20 during pre-Court setup and another 20 during Court.

The events I got during setup:

Party Crashers! Lost Souls (though Sineater never spawned)
Mystery Mirrors: Prison Break (Note that the Escaped Prisoner by the entrance to the Court is bugged, so you need to use a non-targeted AOE attack. I used Guardian Druid Swipe & Thrash to kill this one. Also, you don't have to go looking for Escaped Prisoners. They respawn.)

During Court:

Lost Chalice Band: Dance for Love
Divine Desserts: Food Fight
Divine Desserts: Made to Order (not compatible with Elvui, so I had to disable addons and reload)
Mystery Mirrors: click all 10 chained mirrors and kill the mobs that spawn. I ended up missing the mirror hidden against the stairway down from the Court entrance.
Blustery Boil spawned at the Dredger Pool. I killed it and released the Blob of Slime.
Venthyr Provocateur spawned. I killed it and tried to use the Court Gossip, but it was bugged. I ended up turning it in to Prince Renethal.

That's a total of eight events, so I'm not sure what does and doesn't count towards this achieve. I wasn't intending to get it this time, so I wasn't tracking. However, during this Court, I also did:

Brewfest: Sampled 20 of Theotar's special brews.
Lady Moonberry's illusion: I told her to not use the drum on Theotar.
Found all the working dredgers and told them to stop cleaning.
Lit the braziers along the wall.
Fell off the wall (oops) and wound up talking to Gideo about literature.

I ended the Court with Lady Moonberry, Stonehead, and Marileth all Elated, and Rendle and Cudgelface Very Happy.

Comment by savagekrosa

I've done this achievement after completing Court Favors which makes it much easier, because a lot of things count as events. With some extra time, I got a total of 14 events, but I did manage to complete 10 of them in the original time window

Setup like this:
Guests (optimal setup for Party Crashers): Sika, Droman Aliothe, Polemarch Adrestes, The Countess
Amenities: Mushroom Surprise, Traditional decorations, Lost Chalice Band, Stoneborn Reserves
Mushroom Surprise is the most important as it grants you 3 guaranteed events, also Traditional decorations and Lost Chalice Band seems to be least bugged in terms of events (though I didn't need decorations at all). I don't think security matters.

Guaranteed Events:
1) Protective Braziers (Talk to Torchbearer Brazos and light each brazier on the upper wall)
2) Defeat the Training Dummies (Several Maldraxxus Training Dummies stand on the upper wall, defeat them all)
3) Catch Slips 6 times (he stands not far from the tea/food stand - choose Messy option!)
4) Gather 5 mushrooms and give them to Stefan
5) Ask Dog Bone (behind the food stand) to go and find a big mushroom, gather it and give to Stefan
6) Activate all dangerous mushrooms in the bottom chamber, next to muck pool
7) Lost Chalice Band (gather the instruments and setup the stage)
8) Dance with Ivan (go to the middle, talk to Ivan and press buttons according to his context clues)

Random Events:
9) Settle fashion dispute between Frederik and Harlowe (I picked 3 relaxing options)
10) Kill an uninvited guest and give Court Favors to Prince Renathal
11) Party Crashers - initial invasion
12) Party Crashers - boss
13) Clean 10 dripping candles
14) Douse fire with anima-infused water (Some people report it auto-completes, can't confirm as got 10 events before it activated)

Comment by LaffiBoozegnome

MINGLING
If you're not getting 10/10 it's because you're not mingling enough!

Okay first of all there a few things to know:
-Mingle before party
-Mingle in party

-Getting tea offers you a chance to speak to even more people!

-In the end you will sit at 9/10 with no mingling completed...until the party is completly over!
I surprisingly achieved Master of Ceremonies the second I was done with my Ember Court.

I had done my utter most to mingle with every single soul in that place! It looks like it worked too!
I am not sure if it matters, but just in case, I spoke to all my honored guests as well.

Just make sure you go upstairs and downstairs as well. For example I found 3 people lurking with the elevator, and I also found a couple of people upstairs. Don't rest if you can't see anymore to mingle with, as there will be new people to talk to underways.

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