Guild Wars 2

Hey,
I’ve just ‘dinged’ 80s, already sorted exotic set, farming for weapons now. So here’s my question, how do I get Exotic jewelery?
Is the only way via crafting / TP ?

Thanks in advance! : )

WvWvW has some exotic jewelery (vit/tough/power I think)

Yep, crafting or TP (or drops/chests). The ancient karka event gave an exotic ring, and fotm has chance to give ascended rings at the higher levels. Map completions can give exotic rings as well. That’s about it. If you don’t want to level crafting, you can get a friend to craft them for you

Jeweler is, IMO, the easiest of all the crafting professions to level, mostly because other than some metals, the materials needed are more or less unique to the craft.

I might recommend taking jeweler on a new alt, as you’ll get 10 character levels on your way to 400.

You do need to be 400, and have some karma saved up, in order to craft exotics. You’ll also need some karma to get from 375-400, which is definitely the hardest part. The good part is that if you salvage the rares you make on your way to 400, you should get a few ectos which will help in crafting your exotics.

To give you an idea, exotic jewelry requires 1 orichalcum setting (two ori ingots), one orichalcum band/chain/hook (2-4 ori ingots, I think), and 5 identical exquisite gems, each of which requires a T6 gem (Orbs), an orichalcum filigree (2 ori ingots), and a glob of ectoplasm. The recipes for Exquisite gems (and the rares you need for 375-400) are available for <800 karma, so It’s not too prohibitive.

If you have the materials I’d be more than happy to craft a few things for you. It’d probably be easier to find a 400 Jeweler on your own server (unless you’re also on Tarnished Coast), but if I understand the mail system correctly then we’re still able to mail things to each other.

If you can’t find any other solutions then feel free to message me in-game and I’ll help you get set up.

Antitheist.5306:

To give you an idea, exotic jewelry requires 1 orichalcum setting (two ori ingots), one orichalcum band/chain/hook (2-4 ori ingots, I think), and 5 identical exquisite gems, each of which requires a T6 gem (Orbs), an orichalcum filigree (2 ori ingots), and a glob of ectoplasm. The recipes for Exquisite gems (and the rares you need for 375-400) are available for <800 karma, so It’s not too prohibitive.

The raw materials for each piece of exotic jewelry are as follows:

Exquisite Gems:
1x Orichalcum Filigree (2 Orichalcum Ingots OR 4 Orichalcum Ore)
1x Glob of Ectoplasm
1x Orb (types: Beryl, Coral, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Chrysocola, or Emerald)

Earring:
1x Orichalcum Setting (2 Orichalcum Ingots OR 4 Orichalcum Ore)
1x Orichalcum Hook (2 Orichalcum Ingots OR 4 Orichalcum Ore)
5x Exquisite <type> Gem

Ring:
1x Orichalcum Setting (2 Orichalcum Ingots OR 4 Orichalcum Ore)
1x Orichalcum Band (3 Orichalcum Ingots OR 6 Orichalcum Ore)
5x Exquisite <type> Gem

Amulet:
1x Orichalcum Setting (2 Orichalcum Ingots OR 4 Orichalcum Ore)
1x Orichalcum Chain (4 Orichalcum Ingots OR 8 Orichalcum Ore)
5x Exquisite <type> Gem

So let’s say that you want to get full Berserker stat jewelry. You’ll need 2 earrings, 2 rings, and 1 amulet. To create those, you’ll need 128 Orichalcum Ore, 25 Globs of Ectoplasm, and 25 Ruby Orbs.

Each piece of crafted exotic jewelry contains one of the gems used to craft it in its upgrade component slot, so you’ll end up with items such as “Ruby Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker” etc. Hope this helps you plan it out.

Edit:
It’s also worth pointing out that you can upgrade gems into higher ranked gems. Let’s use Rubies as the example again.

Tier 2: 1 Garnet Pebble + 1 Tiger’s Eye Pebble + 1 Pile of Glittering Dust = 1 Carnelian Nugget
Tier 3: 2 Carnelian Nugget + 1 Pile of Shimmering Dust = 1 Carnelian Lump
Tier 4: 2 Carnelian Lump + 1 Pile of Radiant Dust = 1 Ruby Shard
Tier 5: 2 Ruby Shard + 1 Pile of Luminous Dust = 1 Ruby Crystal
Tier 6: 2 Ruby Crystal + 5 Pile of Incandescent Dust = 1 Ruby Orb

The Tier 1 gems are a mixed bag of pebbles that combine together to make the Tier 2 gems, so you’ll have to check the wiki for specifics/others.

Just for your perusal, you might like this overview

http://dulfy.net/2012/10/03/gw2-endgame-gearing-guide/