Guild Wars 2

As a master crafter; I just wandered around a lot and never made the link between the Orichalcum ore and gaining more levels… By Coincidence, I now read that you can level beyond450??? If I knew that earlier, I would have investigated that instead of boring myself with doing daily’s… Why is there no guide that mentions this and how can I learn these skills? Is it just trying out new recipes? How do i get these levels?

Or is this another puzzle/mystery that Anet is so fond of… (I really hate it when everything neeeds to be puzzled out. some puzzling is OK, but the game really gets annoying to me when the only way to sought something out is by looking it up on the internet. GW2 is my game, not seeking on the internet)

(i havent gotten to 500 but i think this is what ur supposed to do)
to get to 450 refine t6
to get to 500 discover exotics

Crafting to 500 just started Tuesday.

You can get to 425 by refining t6 mats (ori and ancient wood).

I got to 450 by discovery using recipes bought at the vendor with karma.

After that you can start to refine ascended (t7) mats. That is about as far as I got. I hope that by the time I am done refining t7 I will be at 475. After that, from what I hear, you need to craft exoctics to get to 500 (maybe 6-8 or so).

Then after getting by the time gating stuff and collecting all the mats you need, you can craft ascended weapons.

You do not need to get to 500 unless you want to craft ascended stuff. It is all account bound only so you will have to craft it if you want it or hope for a rare random drop out in the world.