Guild Wars 2

I want to start crafting ascended weapons but I have no idea where to start and tips or tricks on how to get the mats and things? Any advice will be greatly appreciated

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_weapon
From there you can pick the stats you want and from that page the weapon to assemble a buy-list. I’d recommend using gw2spidey.com for the compenents (say you make an Axe, search Deldrimor Steel Axe Blade and Small Spiritwood Haft) what’d be the cheapest option to get it. Example: http://www.gw2spidy.com/recipe/7797

How to acquire the compenents:
Vision Crystal:
Dragonite Ore – Worldbosses (Temples especially) or following a WvW-zerg if you enjoy WvW.
Empyreal Shards – Dungeons, I’d recommend AC all paths, Twillight UP/Fwd, SE p1+p3 CoF p1 (maybe 2) HotW p1+p2, CoE all paths, have your pick. WvW-zerging can be a slower alternative.
Bloodstone Dust – Kill champions, leave this for last since your quest for Dragonite/Empyreal pieces will yield plenty of champion boxes and thus dust.
Obsidian Shards Farm Karma (Edge of the Mist-train / Queensdale Champtrain) or Fractal tokens (15/e) if you enjoy Fractals.
Glob of Dark Matter Salvage Exotics, the smart way (if you have a Black Lion Kit) is by buying Exotic gear with a similar value as the Sigil/Rune to break even, ecto’s and the Glob of Dark Matter will be a bonus.

Rest is all buyable with gold and as usually the case, best done by getting the gold in a way you find enjoyable. Suggestions:
- Dungeon-running (gw2dungeons.net)
- Worldboss-chains (us.gw2stuff.com)
- Nodefarming (gw2nodes.com)
- Frostgorge Champfarming
- If you don’t need your Laurels (unlikely) trading them for a Crafting bag with t6 materials.

Goodluck!

The above post is good, the only thing I would add is: first take the time and gold to get yourself to level 500 is crafting. If you aren’t already, here is a nice guide you can use http://pwniversity.com/guide/gw2-weaponsmith-leveling-guide/

Empyreal Shards are also in Jumping Puzzle Chests if you don’t care for Dungeons.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Empyreal Shards are also in Jumping Puzzle Chests if you don’t care for Dungeons.

They are also in (most) normal chests that you can find in the open world if you don’t care for dungeons and are bad at jumping
Also you can farm these chests once per day per character.