Guild Wars 2

I I transmute a helmet, will ANY helmet I equip look as what I transmuted the helmet to, or it JUST transmutes the individual helmet, thus, if I equip another helmet it won’t have the transmute effect?

Does transmute apply to the slot or to the individual item?

Thanks!

It only applies to the individual item. If you Transmute your helmet, then change the helmet, the new one won’t have the same skin.

They apply to individual items. So if you change to the nontransmuted helm it will be different.

He beat me to it…

Thanks for both of you guys’ replies.

Now, is it hard to acquire the Transmute charges? Do I have to pay real money to get them? I’ve gotten a few and haven’t even hit level 20, but will I get more that easy?

Thanks again!

If you do PvP you will be swimming in transmute charges.

Completing a city map (like Hoelbrak and Rata Sum for example) gives a guaranteed transmutation charge.
PvP is the best bet imo, do the pvp dailies and soon you’ll have plenty of those.

If you have a spare character slot you can also get them by doing full map discovery of any of the racial home cities on a new character. Rata Sum is fastest from what I know, I can complete it for a transmutation charge in at or under ten minutes.

Well, 30g converted to gems gets you about five transmutation charges currently. In Silverwastes that’s about three or four Vinewrath runs.

Keep in mind that its better to save up for 25 though. You get a savings of 20% by buying transmutation charges in their maximum bulk size. So you’d have to save up for about a week of casual gameplay, or a day of hardcore gameplay in order to afford a full batch using only gold. I’ve seen people farm 500g/week from SW easy.

If you’re a newbie still, do not bother yourself with these things. Part of the enjoyment of being a new player is not having to deal with end-game decisions.