Guild Wars 2

Hey all, first off thanks for taking the time to read this. My question is fairly simple and undoubtedly noobish :p

I’m interested in buying skins from the BLTC like the Viper set or Krytan even. Though I’m unsure if it’s one time use or how it even works at all. Am I buying an actual armour set that replaces my current gear? Or is it skins that give my current gear a new look while keeping the same stats.

Also, if it’s the latter, is it one time use? I’m not level 80 so if I used it on my current lvl 40 gear, will I be able to use the skin later if I come across better gear?

Thanks again for reading and I appreciate your help!

The gemstore armor skins are one-use aesthetic items. That is, they can be used one time each on a particular piece of armor (of the correct “weight”: light, medium, heavy, depending on the skin in question).

They do not change your stats, they just update the look of the armor piece.

If you want to use it on armor prior to your intended “keeper” set, you can carry over the new skin through use of transmutation stones. Bear in mind that once your armor is at L80, you must use Transmutation Crystals, which must be acquired from the gemstore, or if you’re lucky, you can get them as a bonus to your Daily completion award or from Black Lion chests.