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430 Weaponsmith, how to proceed further
Go to the Master Weaponsmith, and switch to the inscriptions tab. Scroll to the bottom and buy some inscriptions for a small amount of Karma. But this should take you to 450. Then brace yourself for high prices.
oh my god…. I didnt even realized / forgot this option is available O_O
You sir, just saved me some nice gold and time! Thank you!!!
As for 450, yes…I can imagine…
banished from time and space
A tip, if you’re in no rush for an ascended weapon or you just want to save as much money as possible.
If you have a crafting booster pop it today/tonight before server reset and you’ll have a good crafting boost (+50% from the booster, +X% from your WvW bonus, and some more if you’re guild has the crafting bonus active). It’ll take ~8-11 discoveries (so 40-55 ectos and however much ore, wood, t6 mats) to get to 450, that is your goal.
Then just craft the daily time gated mats (the two Ecto refinement options). That will eat up 150 elder logs and 100 mithral ore a day. Then just sit on that for as long as you want (I think I waited 3-4 weeks). The refinement will give exp up to 475, so you want to get as close as you can. If you don’t have any obi shards, you’ll also need to grab some for that refinement option, but unless you are really hurting for space I’d suggest holding off on refining these at first. I waited till I got to ~470 or so from daily ecto refinement, then on the nearest Friday night (before server reset), I poped another crafting booster, refined all of my dragonite/dust/fragments to give me another level or two, then discovered my way from ~475 to 500.
If you have the money/mats and are impatient you can just discover craft all the way from 425 to 500, but it will cost more.