Guild Wars 2

Just started the story mode of HoT.

I read that boosters or something make the masteries unlock faster.

You unlock masteries by doing the main story right?
So I’m doing the main story first. and I want to know what i can buy/use to stack the max exp boost so i get the most amount of masteries out of the story.

I went online and looked at stuff but it just lists all these boosters and says that some of them are the same type but have completely different names and stats but they overwrite eachtoerh if used at same time.

So can som1 just list everything i ‘could’ or ‘should’ have activated when running through the story? Just list the combination that gives the max and ill try to get as many of those things as possible running. Cause right now i have a list of everything and alot of them dont bother telling me if they overwrite others or not and its confusing.

You need mastery points too and those are found by doing the story achievements or throughout the world. Doing the story itself provides some XP but really doing anything, such as events, provides just as much XP if not more. You can get boosters for laurels, use food/utility, use a Herod banner or XP banner. There are old boosters that stack with the new boosters but you might not have any of those. Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about the boosters. Just make sure you always use food/utility and then look around for a banner if there are any.

If you are part of a guild with a guild hall with tavern upgrades, you can also get a +% xp bonus that is independent of you food and boosters

The Wiki is always informational. Here’s a list of items that give boosts to XP gain:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experience#Experience_modifiers

The article explains which items you can use (together) to get the maximum XP gain boost. You can read more about each one by clicking on its link, as well.

Good luck.

Ok, I just logged on the game to check and make sure these all stacked still, as I haven’t used them since the initial HoT release XP grind. Here is what I personally used.

• Lunar New Year Fireworks – 10% (5 mins each firework and stacks up to 2 hours, bought on TP.)
• Lucky Guild Fireworks – 5% bonus from kills (5 mins each firework and stacks up to 2 hours, bought on TP.)
• Spicy Pumpkin Cookie – 15% (bought on TP.)
• Powerful Potion of Slaying Scarlet’s Armies – 15% (bought on TP.)
• Celebration Booster or Birthday Booster – 100% (Do not stack in XP gain, but rather time duration. Celebration Boosters last an hour and are obtained via monthly log in rewards or BL Chests. Birthday Boosters last 24 hours and are obtained via character birthdays.)
• Experience Booster (New) – 50% with up to an additional 100% bonus XP from kill streaks (Obtained via the Gemstore or BL Chests for 2 hours, the laurel vendor for 30 minutes, or old WvW rank up chests for 20 mins. Stacks in time duration.)
• Experience Booster (Old) – 50% from kills (Can no longer be obtained, but does stack XP rather than duration.)
• Heroes Banner or any banner with XP – 10% from kills (Obtained via trading in guild commendations, crafting via the Scribing profession, or stumbling across banners throughout Tyria nice guilds have dropped.)
• Guild XP Gain – 10% (Obtained via the Tavern in guild halls. 10% is the max and percentage is based on Tavern upgrades to my best knowledge. Free and lasts 24 hours.)

Now, in the off chance some person still has one of these lucrative things lingering in a bank….and that’s a big IF….these stack as well. I used the last of mine getting my XP for HoT.

• Communal Boost Bonfire – 50% (No longer can be obtained, but man I miss ’em, Anet!)

And with my lengthy list coming to a conclusion, I hope this helps you! These all still stack and, again, this is personally what I used. I did not check the Wiki, so I might have missed something else that stacks. Keep in mind some boosters are given as rewards from completed personal story quests in the core game. Good luck and happy hunting.

I thought the guild boosters overweight XP boosters. And do not stack with them. Also XP boosters only give XP for kills, so they will not effect event or story step XP.

BrotherBelial.3094:

I thought the guild boosters overweight XP boosters. And do not stack with them. Also XP boosters only give XP for kills, so they will not effect event or story step XP.

No. They all stack. Here’s a screen to show they do. I said I had just checked, so I wouldn’t post something with false intentions. As for the XP boosters…the old XP boosters are 50% from kills only. The new ones are base 50% XP plus an added of up to 100% bonus XP from kill streaks. So you can obtain a max of 150% XP boost from the new boosters. Both boosters, old and new, stack as you can see in the photo. The guild booster doesn’t outweigh and never has as far as I know. I used to use the WvW guild booster along with birthday boosters and XP boosters to help rank up faster and they all stack. XP banners do not stack with other XP banners. So the heroes banner will not stack with an XP banner. It just replaces it.

I will edit to add the 50% from kills only to the old XP booster to clarify though.

Make sure you don’t waste experience by staying on something even if you don’t have the mastery points to actually unlock it. If something is full, start on another.

Pretty much how I did mastery points the whole time.