Guild Wars 2

Does magic find affect your gathering? I have noticed a sizeable increase in the number of double gathers (eg 2x seasoned wood) with each hit of my axe. Also a larger number of hidden stashes and jewel drops from mining since the update. But i wasn’t able to find anything anywhere on whether MF affects it. Could someone help clarify?

I believe that your chance at extra resources per node is affected by how well your world is doing in world vs world.

I thought wvw affected whether you got an extra chance to gather from the node. 4-5 strikes rather than the basic three. I am talking about one strike getting two of the resources from the node, or getting orbs, shards, hidden stashes, unidentified dyes.

The power of the mists (WvW buff) increases your chance to be able to gather again, so instead of hitting a tree 3 times you can hit it 4 times for example. Magic find, as confirmed many a times by devs only affects loot that is dropped by mobs. It has no effect on opening boxes in your inventory, opening chests, using the mystic forge, or gathering.

Your chance of getting more than one log/ore can be increased by the guild buff or gathering banner.