Guild Wars 2

I have a quick question on how I can use Transmutation Crystals.

1. Say I have two bows but I like the look of both of them. Would I take 2 crystals, transfer the look of bow #1 that I am getting rid of to some junk bow and then transfer the bow that I like to bow #1. This method I just preserved the look of bow #1 if I ever want to go back to it?

2. With a Transmutation Crystal can I take the look of a lesser than 79 level bow and put that look onto a level 80 bow?

The main thing I am looking for is preserving the look of a current bow on a lesser bow so I save that skin so to speak if I ever want to go back to it.

Hope this makes sense!

You can preserve the look of a level 80 bow on any other bow using a transmutation crystal.

It would require one crystal to save the skin to a lower level bow.

I’m not sure about question one the way you worded it though.

jkendt.7620:

1. Say I have two bows but I like the look of both of them. Would I take 2 crystals, transfer the look of bow #1 that I am getting rid of to some junk bow and then transfer the bow that I like to bow #1. This method I just preserved the look of bow #1 if I ever want to go back to it?

If you were to use a transmution stone on bow #1 to transfer the look to a junk bow, then the 2 items merge, and you are left with one item. Transmutation creates a new item, replacing both the junk bow and bow #1.
In other words: After transmuting you would have 1 bow with the stats from the junk bow but with the looks of bow #1.
Therefore, you will not be able to transmute the bow that you like to bow #1 as bow #1 no longer exists.

jkendt.7620:

2. With a Transmutation Crystal can I take the look of a lesser than 79 level bow and put that look onto a level 80 bow?

Yes.

Reesha.7901:

jkendt.7620:

1. Say I have two bows but I like the look of both of them. Would I take 2 crystals, transfer the look of bow #1 that I am getting rid of to some junk bow and then transfer the bow that I like to bow #1. This method I just preserved the look of bow #1 if I ever want to go back to it?

If you were to use a transmution stone on bow #1 to transfer the look to a junk bow, then the 2 items merge, and you are left with one item. Transmutation creates a new item, replacing both the junk bow and bow #1.
In other words: After transmuting you would have 1 bow with the stats from the junk bow but with the looks of bow #1.
Therefore, you will not be able to transmute the bow that you like to bow #1 as bow #1 no longer exists.

jkendt.7620:

2. With a Transmutation Crystal can I take the look of a lesser than 79 level bow and put that look onto a level 80 bow?

Yes.

So if I understand correctly, if you have two BA looking bow’s you have to make a 1 time choice? No way of saving the look of the one you are about to change the look of.

jkendt.7620:

So if I understand correctly, if you have two BA looking bow’s you have to make a 1 time choice? No way of saving the look of the one you are about to change the look of.

Theoretically, you can save the look by transmuting bow #1 to the junk bow.
However, if you afterwards want to transfer the look from bow #2, (asuming you don’t want to use bow #2 with its current stats), then you would need a third bow to which you then could transfer the look of bow #2.

I hope that makes sense. If you transfer bow #1 to the junk bow, you keep the look but loose the stats from bow #1, and there will only be one item left.

Edit: Just remember the 2 bows become one. The way you describe it, I think it would be easier to just buy a third bow (with the stats you want) and transmute the look of bow #2 to that one.
That way, you would not ruin the stats of bow #1, you would keep both looks and in you own scenario, you would need to buy a third bow anyway. If you don’t: Then you would have the 2 skins intact, but not the stats from the original bow #1 on either of them.