Guild Wars 2

collecting the 5 star fragments.
i have started actively doing the collection and i’m up to collecting the 5 star fragments right now i have 4 and it turns out i looted the 5th at some point in the past and sold it not knowing that its part of the collection i’m now trying to get another one do they drop a 2nd time, can i buy another one from someone or am i S out of luck?

star fragments i have:
The Theign Star Fragment
The Kresdor Star Fragment
The Grogshadow Star Fragment
The Hessdallen Star Fragment

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Bifrost_I:_The_Experimental_Staff

According to the page you linked:

The Jotun star fragments only drop once and are not offered by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs, but once you have earned them all you can proceed normally as if you have the fragments in your inventory.

ha i’m blind thank you very much for that.

You are most welcome. =)

I recommend being careful about any unfamiliar drops you get while you have a precursor collection open, and any items you get which you know are part of a precursor collection.

I’ve recently completed the Bifrost collection and there’s quite a few items like this. Some initially appear to be just part of the collection, but they’re also needed for something else later on – like the Expertise in Staff Crafting you get for completing the 2nd tier collection, or the Jars of Paint from the 3rd tier collection.

Others will start dropping as soon as you unlock the collection and it may not be obvious they’re required for the precursor collection, like the Cobalt Salts, Boar Bristles and Globs of Ooze which are all needed to make paint as part of the 3rd tier collection.

You can use the Wiki to work out what it’s used for and when/if you’ll need it again, but if there’s any doubt I recommend keeping it at least until you’ve finished that tier of the collection and if possible right up until you’ve finished the legendary weapon. (This might involve assigning a rarely used character to hold all the items in their inventory, so it’s not taking up space in your bank.)

Enjoy the Part 1 collection. The Part 2 collection is where crafting hell takes over.

My recommendation: examine Part 2 before completing the staff from Part 1.

I say this because my math shows that Part 2 is actually more expensive than just buying The Legend off the Trading Post (assuming you place a buy order rather than using a buy now). The staff from Part 1 takes a lot of spiritwood (not as much as in Part 2, but still a lot). Once you do that, you have a significant financial investment in the result.

juno.1840:

Enjoy the Part 1 collection. The Part 2 collection is where crafting hell takes over.

My recommendation: examine Part 2 before completing the staff from Part 1.

I say this because my math shows that Part 2 is actually more expensive than just buying The Legend off the Trading Post (assuming you place a buy order rather than using a buy now). The staff from Part 1 takes a lot of spiritwood (not as much as in Part 2, but still a lot). Once you do that, you have a significant financial investment in the result.

That’s a good idea.

I went a step further (or maybe several steps) and made a spreadsheet of everything I need, and the component parts, so I could see for example how many Elder Wood planks I needed for each step, and then keep track of how much I had. But that might be excessive for most people.

I found the cost didn’t bother me, even knowing for a fact it would be cheaper to just buy it. It was less frustrating for me to finish an evening in-game and spend the 2-3g I’d made on Elder Wood logs and make another Glob of Elder Spirit Residue (or whatever else I needed) than to add it to a slowly growing pile of gold I felt was never going to reach the amount I needed to buy the precursor (which is what I did for my first legendary, I managed it but it wasn’t fun). And the fact that it felt like much more of a commitment was a plus point for me – it felt much more like my precursor rather than one I’d bought off someone who probably pulled it out the forge, chucked it on the TP, tallied up their profits and losses and carried on.

As a bonus all the high level crafting I needed to do enabled me to reach level 50 artificer and huntsman.

It was definitely daunting, but seeing my progress as it happened was nice. And now when I start feeling like I’m never going to have enough T6 mats (the last bit I need) I can look back all the other stuff I’ve done and persuade myself that this is nothing.

juno.1840:

Enjoy the Part 1 collection. The Part 2 collection is where crafting hell takes over.

My recommendation: examine Part 2 before completing the staff from Part 1.

I say this because my math shows that Part 2 is actually more expensive than just buying The Legend off the Trading Post (assuming you place a buy order rather than using a buy now). The staff from Part 1 takes a lot of spiritwood (not as much as in Part 2, but still a lot). Once you do that, you have a significant financial investment in the result.

part 2 is slightly under 400g. buying it is over 800g

However as soon as you craft any of the parts for The Legend Experiment the price difference no longer matters.

Khisanth.2948:

part 2 is slightly under 400g. buying it is over 800g

However as soon as you craft any of the parts for The Legend Experiment the price difference no longer matters.

The cost in total is much more than 400g. Remember you have to consider the price of all the materials (even if you have them already), and also the costs for parts 1 and 3. The first staff you craft at the end of Part 1 is nearly 400g on its own.

A previous poster also came to the same conclusion which is the cost in total was a little more than just buying off the TP. In their case the journey was part of the fun which is what’s most important.