Guild Wars 2

Guys and gals, am I correct in undrstanding that to craft Unbound, you need 33 balls of dark matter? so far the wiki estimates the salvage rate to be 0.29 /item. This means that roughly 110 ascended items have to be salvaged, varying on RNG. Isn’t that excesive? o.O Or am I missing somthing? Also the fact that most have a ton of rings, and this is the only type of equipment that does not yield the dark matter – that’s like a spit in the face

http://dulfy.net/2015/11/08/gw2-hot-weapons-armor-and-backpieces-guide/#Legendary_Backpiece

Step 1:
- Aetherblade Recruitment Form – 1 Ball
- 1 Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy (1 Ball of Dark Energy, 75 Stabilizing Matrix)

Step 2:
- Aetherblade Handbook – 2 Balls
- 1 Spirit of the Finite Result (from salvaging Finite Result) – (-5) Balls since salvaging the Backpiece from step one guarantees 5 Balls of Darnk Energy and has to get salvaged either way
- 2 Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy (2 Ball of Dark Energy, 150 Stabilizing Matrix) – 2 Balls

Step 3:
- Aetherblade Secret Handshake Tutorial Book – 3 Balls
- 1 Spirit of Upper Bound (from salvaging Upper Bound) – (-9) Balls since salvaging the Backpiece from step two guarantees 9 Balls of Dark Energy and has to get salvaged either way
- 5 Pristine Mist Essences – 5 balls

Finaly, the salvage rate you are refering to is only for rings. Armors and Weapons guaranteed almost 1 Ball per salvage. Even without the +14 Balls of Dark Energy you get, you’d still only need 14 total. Not sure where you got 33 from.

Don’t forget that you get 9 from salvaging Upper Bound and 5 from salvaging Finite Result. You need 14 total, and salvaging those two along the way gives you 13, so you really only need to salvage 1 ascended weapon/armor to pull it off.

Rising Dusk.2408:

Don’t forget that you get 9 from salvaging Upper Bound and 5 from salvaging Finite Result. You need 14 total, and salvaging those two along the way gives you 13, so you really only need to salvage 1 ascended weapon/armor to pull it off.

You need 2 Balls of Dark Energy to finish step 1 and craft the first backpiece. But essentially, yes.

Cyninja.2954:

You need 2 Balls of Dark Energy to finish step 1 and craft the first backpiece. But essentially, yes.

Yeah, you’re totally right.

And just to clear up all confusion: What you need for unbound is Globs of Dark Energy (from ascended salvaging … although you only need two, as outlined above), not Globs of Dark Matter (from exotic salvaging, that’s the stuff you need to craft ascended insignia and inscriptions for crafting).