Guild Wars 2

I took my time to go through the new Wardrobe. All was good, but then a question came to my mind:
What if I want to move an upgrade, say a Divinity Rune, from a Chest piece to another Chestpiece?
Before, we used to do that with a Transmutation Crystal. Now how can we do it?

For example, let’s assume I have an Exotic Soldier Chestpiece, with a Divinity Rune on it. Say I craft an Ascended Soldier Chestpiece. Now I want to use the Ascended armor piece, but how can I move the upgrade without the Transmutation Crystal? Did I miss something? Or am I forced to salvage the Exotic item (assuming I can salvage it of course, as many WvW/Karma/Dungeon Items cannot be salvaged), get the upgrade, and then put it on the Ascended item?

Upgrade extractor from the Gem Store?

CelebrityX.7014:

Upgrade extractor from the Gem Store?

Well, for that price, it would always be more convenient to just buy another upgrade.

I just would like to know if it is possible to “move” the upgrade with the Wardrobe system, without having to resort to other options.

salvage the item. it’s even cheaper than transmuting was (you get ectos and maybe an inscription instead of nothing) pretty sure BLSK is cheaper than T charges…

I raised this before the patch but there was no response from ANet.

Prepare to see Melandru runes go through the roof…

Mystic.5934:

salvage the item. it’s even cheaper than transmuting was (you get ectos and maybe an inscription instead of nothing) pretty sure BLSK is cheaper than T charges…

Not everything is salvageable.

tuck.2719:

Mystic.5934:

salvage the item. it’s even cheaper than transmuting was (you get ectos and maybe an inscription instead of nothing) pretty sure BLSK is cheaper than T charges…

Not everything is salvageable.

This. There WAS a way to keep an upgrade before, by transmuting an “unsalvageable” item into a salvageable one and salvaging the upgrade.

Oh man I completely forgot about this.