Guild Wars 2

I have heard that there is/was an NPC that will convert your soulbound gathering tools to account bound. Does this NPC still exist and if so where would he be located. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I believe it is the Black Lion Weapon Specialist who does this. Unequip your soulbound tool (so that it is sitting in your inventory), then talk to the Black Lion Weapon Specialist. You should be able to trade it in for the account bound version on one of the tabs.

You can find the Black Lion Weapon Specialist near most Black Lion areas in cities.

it is the BL weapon specialist, however the last time I went there to take a screen shot for someone asking this question, the tab wasn’t there. It could be they silently removed that ability, possibly to make room for more BL weapon sets. Or they changed it to ask you if you want them converted when you talk to them with one instead of having it look like a purchasable item.
If you’re unable to get it changed, you can open a support ticket and they’ll likely change it for you manually.

I’m not completely certain, but something weird happened with one of my Molten picks. I unequipped it, then it asked me to ‘soulbind it’, that was weird cause it always been soulbounded. It’s either a bug, or it gets automaticly converted now. And the black lion npc in the airship (gem shop advantage), still has it, if i remember correctly.

Mystic.5934:

it is the BL weapon specialist, however the last time I went there to take a screen shot for someone asking this question, the tab wasn’t there. It could be they silently removed that ability, possibly to make room for more BL weapon sets. Or they changed it to ask you if you want them converted when you talk to them with one instead of having it look like a purchasable item.
If you’re unable to get it changed, you can open a support ticket and they’ll likely change it for you manually.

It’s not quite a tab. It’s a dialog option and it doesn’t show up unless you have the relevant item in your inventory. Choosing the dialog option does open a merchant window with one tab for each gathering tool.

phew, then they only changed how it happened and didn’t remove it.
back in my day we had to select what we wanted, not just be offered it.

Mystic.5934:

phew, then they only changed how it happened and didn’t remove it.
back in my day we had to select what we wanted, not just be offered it.

It has been like that since the day of the patch when the NPC was added.

Placing the tools in my inventory before talking to him worked, thank you all for the help

I cannot FIND my gathering tools to unequip them anymore. Its not in the Hero panel…

I feel like a dolt. Where exactly are the gathering tools now if I want to unequip them?

Nalora.7964:

I cannot FIND my gathering tools to unequip them anymore. Its not in the Hero panel…

I feel like a dolt. Where exactly are the gathering tools now if I want to unequip them?

You have to switch to the equipment view if you are looking at the wardrobe or dye. If you don’t have either selected then you just have to click on Equipment.

I had no idea that I could do this. Thank you!