Guild Wars 2

When I auto deposit my collectibles while out in the field, do they become usable while crafting or do I have to move them into my actual bank slots?

Also, how does one identify what things can be used in ‘Discovery’? Are they colored is some way that I am missing or is something in the description the give away? I’ve been having to put an item in my character inventory, check Discovery to see if it shows up, then remove it if it doesn and try the next item. VERY time consuming.

They are usable directly from the collection now. Which is so much better than it used to be.

Discovery is trial and error. Things that can be used in discovery appear as their normal icons. Things that cannot be used appear to be shaded. As you drag items into the discovery window, the interface will gray-out shade items that cannot be used along with the previous items. So, as long as you have unshaded items in the left window, you can keep dragging them into the discovery window until the “craft this” button lights up.

Once your items are moved into the “collectible” area of your bank, they are completely accessible for crafting. I believe, if some posts I’ve read today are correct, that as of today, you don’t need to move items like insignias to your bags to have them available for Discovery now. They are now visible to the Discovery “program” whilst sitting cozily in their bank slot.

Most skills are able to craft 2 pieces of an item (IE weaponsmith: hilt and blade) as well as an insignia (IE might insignia). You can take those 3 pieces in to the discovery pane and discover a new weapon using this method. I don’t know about all the skills but I know this works with Weaponsmith, Leatherworker, Jeweler