Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone!

So I just hit level 80 last night and have been working on PvP and crafting to get the next phase of Ascended gear. The problem I have been running into is that I’m not really certain as to the best way to get all those accessories that we need as well. It would take ages to buy them with laurels…

Last time I played GW2 (long time ago) it was pretty common to find ascended accessories in chests from PvP, WvW, etc. I remember having tons of them on various alts just on the off chance I might need one. Since coming back, it feel like that isn’t as common anymore.

Any suggestions on the the best way to find the ones I need?

Thanks!

Hello,

Congrats on reaching level 80. To answer your question, the cheapest way I have found to obtain Ascended armor over the past few weeks (just started my goal of upgrading from exotics over the last 3 weeks) are the following:

Note: wait to use slots on rings until fully infused/attuned which I would do last to see if one you want possibly drops as infusing costs the most but still isn’t too expensive.

Obtain armor from PvP Season 5 using shards. While this may bring you out of your comfort zone, it is worth it and gets you to experience another side of Guild wars 2 (must be pvp level 20 to compete in season).

For Amulets/rings, I would suggest obtaining these using 10 Pristine fractal relics which can be obtained by completing daily fractal zones (1 prestine relic per daily)https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_trinket#Amulets.

Trinkets/Accessories: join a guild that runs events and use commendations is the cheapest, or wait a month and you will have enough laurel to purchase.

Wait to upgrade weapons last as they will probably be the most expensive.

best of luck to you, hope this helps.

FRoZeNooB.1629:

Hello,

Congrats on reaching level 80. To answer your question, the cheapest way I have found to obtain Ascended armor over the past few weeks (just started my goal of upgrading from exotics over the last 3 weeks) are the following:

Note: wait to use slots on rings until fully infused/attuned which I would do last to see if one you want possibly drops as infusing costs the most but still isn’t too expensive.

Obtain armor from PvP Season 5 using shards. While this may bring you out of your comfort zone, it is worth it and gets you to experience another side of Guild wars 2 (must be pvp level 20 to compete in season).

For Amulets/rings, I would suggest obtaining these using 10 Pristine fractal relics which can be obtained by completing daily fractal zones (1 prestine relic per daily)https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_trinket#Amulets.

Trinkets/Accessories: join a guild that runs events and use commendations is the cheapest, or wait a month and you will have enough laurel to purchase.

Wait to upgrade weapons last as they will probably be the most expensive.

best of luck to you, hope this helps.

This is a ton of great information! Thanks for the reply.

You can farm some of the new living season maps to get unbound magic, bloodstones, and winterberries to trade for some trinkets, and you get to select the stats you would like when you buy them. You can also earn ascended backpieces as well. I am using these methods to get ascended trinkets for my alts.

Yea, I forgot to mention back pieces. Not sure of the best way to obtain these. I also had a mawdrey so infusing costs were minimal. However, I am not sure of “better” alternatives or if mawdrey is currently the best.

FRoZeNooB.1629:

Yea, I forgot to mention back pieces. Not sure of the best way to obtain these. I also had a mawdrey so infusing costs were minimal. However, I am not sure of “better” alternatives or if mawdrey is currently the best.

Mawdrey is limited in terms of stat choices, it doesn’t even have all the vanilla ones available. You need the LS3, raid or legendary backpacks to be able to select any stat.

onevstheworld.2419:

FRoZeNooB.1629:

Yea, I forgot to mention back pieces. Not sure of the best way to obtain these. I also had a mawdrey so infusing costs were minimal. However, I am not sure of “better” alternatives or if mawdrey is currently the best.

Mawdrey is limited in terms of stat choices, it doesn’t even have all the vanilla ones available. You need the LS3, raid or legendary backpacks to be able to select any stat.

Eh, I was focusing on zerker anyway, which it has. Atleast infused it does… Guess I never noticed.

FRoZeNooB.1629:

onevstheworld.2419:

FRoZeNooB.1629:

Yea, I forgot to mention back pieces. Not sure of the best way to obtain these. I also had a mawdrey so infusing costs were minimal. However, I am not sure of “better” alternatives or if mawdrey is currently the best.

Mawdrey is limited in terms of stat choices, it doesn’t even have all the vanilla ones available. You need the LS3, raid or legendary backpacks to be able to select any stat.

Eh, I was focusing on zerker anyway, which it has. Atleast infused it does… Guess I never noticed.

Magi, Assassin and Carrion are not possible from any non-HoT amulet, ring or backpack (Accessories are possible but difficult if you don’t run heaps of dungeons). Also Sinister trinkets need to be unlocked by doing LS2 achievements before they are buyable from vendors.

BTW, regarding your comment about amulets and pristine fractal relics; you cannot buy amulets with relics, only rings. You can discount the laurel cost with WvW tokens though.

amulet – wvw vendors 20 laurels
rings – do fractals, never buy them. do daily fractals for 10 days to obtain whichever ring you want + random ring drops depending on the difficulty
accessories – no choice but to pay the 40 laurels + 50 ectoplasm
back item – craft whichever is the cheapest, depends on materials as people like to play the stock market with the trading post

OR do the achievements for the unique trinkets but be aware its a painful process

in one month you should be able to obtain 45 laurels from daily logins.
so thats 1 accessory,
2 rings (20 days from doing daily fractals)
hopefully have the funds to craft the back item
2nd month – the other accessory
2.5 months later you should be able to obtain the amulet.
done. 1 full set of ascended trinkets

from there just save all your laurels for future purchases