Guild Wars 2

I am seeing some armor with runes. As an example, I have shoulder with:

Minor Rune of Lyssa 1/2

What is this? I did not attach anything to the gear, so I don’t know how I got 1 of 2 nor how I would get 2/2.

Any help in regards to this system would be appreciated

Thanks!

Some pieces are upgraded when you get them. So they already have that particular rune in the upgrade slot. When it shows 1/2 it means you should be able to add a second rune of the same type and that will give you an additional stat bonus.

Excellent thank you! Are these runes crafted, purchased, or found?

You can’t add more runes on that item, but you can equip other items with that rune, and the bonus will increase to 2/2.

Thank you for the clarification Cavalorn. That was a question I had about adding the second rune. I had tried to add one to the same armor piece but that wasn’t working. So now I understand. In GW1 it was possible to add more than one upgrade (depending on the upgrade) to a weapon or armor piece In GW2 it looks like you can’t add more than one.

@Cavalorn: Thanks for the info, this makes perfect sense now!

@Cavalorn & Bitt: Thanks for the info, this makes perfect sense now!

Mentioning SET BONUS would have saved me some time, frustration, and some gold ..
Thanks for straightening that out for me (us)!