Guild Wars 2

Not sure if I’m missing something or this is a bug.

I’ve been getting ruined logs from Cypress trees in Orr. But I’m using Orichalcum tools. The wiki says that not only should Orichalcum be good enough for this, it should be good enough for the things above it. And in fact, I’ve used it on nodes in Orr to get ancient wood before. I know there are master harvesting tools, but AFAIK they only come from story quests which I’m just about out of.

Anyone else having this issue or know what I need to do?

Yea I got this one time too. But I was harvesting it while tanking hits from monsters. Maybe thats the reason? " I can’t chop well, a zombie is hitting my face"

I believe it works as monepipi has stated. ive found sometimes that I get ruined ore chunks rather than orichalcum if im being struck while mining.

Want to help (hopefully confirm) what monepipi said.

Getting hit = chance of ruining the gather.

Makes sense, really.

I’ve always wondered about this. That’s why I usually clear mobs away before gathering.

Well at least you learned this on cypress lol. Yeah, always murder before mining (or chopping, whatever).

As the others have said, this isn’t about the tool and it’s not a bug. If you’re in combat — specifically in my experience if you have a state on you or if you take a hit at the moment you harvest — then the resource can come up as ruined. So clear away or lose the aggro before you harvest and this won’t happen.

This is good to know. I usually just hammer speed buffs when I farm and rarely kill things unless I can clump 2-3 together to make it worth my time.

If you are attacked and interrupted while chopping, you could actually end up using your weapon to chop, which will result in ruined logs. Happened to me.

It’s not from getting attacked. I’ve gotten ruined ore from Orichalcum in the EB Jumping Puzzle while using an Orichalcum Mining Pick with no one around me at all.

Were you maybe ‘in combat’ from some falling damage or something?

Nope, was the Ore node at the top of the well. No falling damage, no one in the area, and hadn’t approached the tunnel to be effected by any of the traps.

rng wins again?

anyway i’ve only ever gotten ruined mats while harvesting in combat. makes total sense

Hm… maybe it just bugged for you or something. I don’t think that ever happens at random, at least not intentionally.

Braxxis.7062:

It’s not from getting attacked.

False.

You think you might remember one time when it happened to you under different circumstances. That’s fine. But your anecdote in no way empowers you to declare that everyone else’s experience is wrong. You certainly can get a ruined resource when you are attacked at just the right time, whether or not there are other circumstances under which it can occur.

My apologies, someone kitten wants to be super technical. I should have said it is not exclusively from getting attacked and can happen outside of combat as well.

Interesting to know. It’s certainly possible I was trying to save time and jumped on a node while my pets were finishing something off. Kind of annoying though, since any time you take a step in Orr you have to fight 15 things. Jogging to a node can take an hour! (slight exaggeration)

I believe it is when you get interrupted while mining. Tested it today.
Being attacked wasnt triggering it, but being knocked down by an abomination, or pulled by a putrifier would trigger it.

I dont know how you would do that out of combat.