Guild Wars 2

I picked up this recipe from a chest in the lab today. Yet I cannot craft the runes using the recipe ingredients shown on the wiki

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Mad_King

Not sure what to do about this.

There are three unique recipes for Sup Rune of the Mad King, one for Tailor, one for Leatherworker, and one for Armorsmith. Make sure that you’ve learned the correct one on your crafter.

Zaxares.5419:

There are three unique recipes for Sup Rune of the Mad King, one for Tailor, one for Leatherworker, and one for Armorsmith. Make sure that you’ve learned the correct one on your crafter.

Thanks. I’ll look at the leather worker option as it cannot be created using armor smith or tailor.

Leather worker option not available either. This is odd. Over level 400 on all crafting, have all the ingredients……

Now wondering if the recipe is bound to the char I was running through the lab.

Did you learn it on that character? If so, yes, only THAT character can craft the runes. All recipes learned from recipe sheets are bound to that specific character who used the item.

Zaxares.5419:

Did you learn it on that character? If so, yes, only THAT character can craft the runes. All recipes learned from recipe sheets are bound to that specific character who used the item.

Okay. Yet I can craft the minor & major runes on other characters. That’s a real pain as this char is only level 115. Go figure.

The Minor Mad King runes can be discovered.

The Major and Superior versions must be learned from a recipe sheet. Since the Major recipes are much cheaper (and were much more abundant in previous Halloweens), did you perhaps learn those then and forgot about it?

Zaxares.5419:

The Minor Mad King runes can be discovered.

The Major and Superior versions must be learned from a recipe sheet. Since the Major recipes are much cheaper (and were much more abundant in previous Halloweens), did you perhaps learn those then and forgot about it?

Only recipe from this event was the Superior one today.

these recipes have been in the game a while. introduced either last year or the year before… I forget which.
There is a problem with recipes in general, where if you learn a leatherworker recipe on your armorsmith, your leatherworker can’t use it. I’ve suggested account-wide recipe unlocks, but so far they haven’t implemented it. This particular recipe is annoying: it has 3 different versions, each by a different discipline. Zaxares (and my) guess would be that you learned the leatherworker recipe on your armorsmith (or similar, so it is not useable).
Do you happen to remember what discipline the recipe said?
what you could do is this: on the character that you learned the recipe on, talk to a leatherworker master and become a leatherworker. This will work even if you already have 2 disciplines on that character, as it will replace one of your current disciplines. It should be free to get this new discipline, but will cost you 40s to switch back to your original. anyways, become a leatherworker, then check if superior rune of the mad king is listed in it’s production tab. You won’t be able to craft it until level 400, but you will be able to see if it is there. Then replace leatherworker with armorsmith, check if it’s in the production tab. Then replace leatherworker with tailor, check if it’s in the production tab. Then switch back to your original discipline.
This won’t necessarily help you, but it will at least confirm for you that you are not crazy. Also, you might consider leveling that craft just to make the rune, because the alternative is to buy another recipe, which might be more expensive than leveling the discipline. Just keep in mind that, once the craft is leveled, it will cost 40s to switch to it.

When the recipe dropped I failed to take any notice of which discipline it was for. The char used was low level in all crafting aspects. Decided to get leather working up to 400 on said char, still was not able to craft the rune.
Bought another recipe from the trading post. It said armor smith. Suspect the one dropped was probably the same.

oh, another idea!
be on the char that learned the recipe
search the TP for “recipe: superior rune of the mad king”
mouse-over each of the 3 recipes. It has some info about it, including if you’ve already learned it or not. Just find the one that says “Recipe learned” or w/e it says, in red I believe.

Mystic.5934:

oh, another idea!
be on the char that learned the recipe
search the TP for “recipe: superior rune of the mad king”
mouse-over each of the 3 recipes. It has some info about it, including if you’ve already learned it or not. Just find the one that says “Recipe learned” or w/e it says, in red I believe.

! of course