Guild Wars 2

For those few lucky individuals that received precursors, do you mind sharing your stories on how you got them? Note: Buying them off the TP doesn’t count haha.

I’ve heard rumors they drop from WvW JP boxes, random Risen mob in a dynamic event in Orr, Temple chests, Dragon chests and, the notorious Mystic Forge. Share your experience, how you felt when you got it, and hopefully motivate other players to not give up and that they are not mere myths and legends!

A disclaimer first: I do not have a precursor, nor have I ever owned one.
With that out of the way, a lot of the precursors floating around are the result of the Godskull weapon exploit that has since been fixed.
What exact percentage, we will probably never know as ArenaNet are unlikely to reveal figures.

I just recently got a Howl in CM P2 from the Bloody Victoria boss chest (post 1-28).

A friend got The Legend in the maw fractal, I forget which even number fractal level it was (pre 1-28).

Ilithis Mithilander.3265:

I just recently got a Howl in CM P2 from the Bloody Victoria boss chest (post 1-28).

A friend got The Legend in the maw fractal, I forget which even number fractal level it was (pre 1-28).

The Bloody Victoria boss is CM P1 iirc. Congratulations!

I got a Dusk from a WvW Bag of Loot that drops in your feet 9 days ago.

Orpheus.7284:

Ilithis Mithilander.3265:

I just recently got a Howl in CM P2 from the Bloody Victoria boss chest (post 1-28).

A friend got The Legend in the maw fractal, I forget which even number fractal level it was (pre 1-28).

The Bloody Victoria boss is CM P1 iirc. Congratulations!

So it is, goes to show how excited I was!

I got my zap from the karka event. It didn’t drop for me, but it brought prices for everything down enough that I was able to just barely get enough money to buy it. And by just barely I really mean it. I even had to salvage and sell the armor off my back and both my weapons. When all was said and done I was standing naked in LA with nothing to my name but Zap.

The first thing I did was go to queensdale via asura gate and killed enough level 5 things to get enough money for a WP so I could buy some green armor off a karma vendor in Orr so I could grind enough for a new set of armor.

I got one from a PK bag in WvW, it was a Zap.

I’ve received my dawn from the mystic forge the evening of December 13th I couldn’t belive it actually, it has been an awesome coincidence: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day#Italy)

After that I ran immediately to complete the gift of sunrise (I was working exactly on it) by spending every gold I had and here comes the sun(rise) XD

Dropped about 36 gold(I only had 50 from level two characters and selling on the TP to begin with) on rare greatswords from the Auction House and was lucky enough to get a Dust and several exotics back. Made my gold back selling the exotics and went ahead and sold Dusk for 510 gold and using that gold to help fund the creation of a Bolt

Someone was doing a quiz on Tarnished Coast Borderlands. The top prize for the last question, was [Spark]. I got it right.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

I got my zap from the karka event. It didn’t drop for me, but it brought prices for everything down enough that I was able to just barely get enough money to buy it. And by just barely I really mean it. I even had to salvage and sell the armor off my back and both my weapons. When all was said and done I was standing naked in LA with nothing to my name but Zap.

The first thing I did was go to queensdale via asura gate and killed enough level 5 things to get enough money for a WP so I could buy some green armor off a karma vendor in Orr so I could grind enough for a new set of armor.

Lmao, funny story. Very good decision and it’s all worth it in the end.

Dusk dropped for me in a WvWvW loot bag two evenings ago. I was absolutely gobsmacked!

Debsylvania.7396:

Dusk dropped for me in a WvWvW loot bag two evenings ago. I was absolutely gobsmacked!

I wonder if these items will now show up in giant golden chests instead of bags? Or is the wooden box thing the max it goes to?

Stiv.1820:

Debsylvania.7396:

Dusk dropped for me in a WvWvW loot bag two evenings ago. I was absolutely gobsmacked!

I wonder if these items will now show up in giant golden chests instead of bags? Or is the wooden box thing the max it goes to?

All I have heard about or seen is the wooden boxes. A giant golden chest would certainly get one’s attention!