Guild Wars 2

Wondering if anyone can assist me here.

First of all, I don’t really want a discussion about whether people should use magic find or not. I just want to talk pure numbers. Please.

I have googled and believe I understand 99% of what is going on with magic find. But I’d like to see other player’s opinion on what the maximum % available is. I do have a few questions though.

1) Sigils of Luck do not stack. Correct?

2) The 3% from having Traveler’s weapons, does that mean you get 9% from having a 2-Hander and two 1-Handers? Or do you get 3% while wielding your greatsword and 6% while wielding your dual weapons?

3) Is loot determined when the creature dies (and turns into magic sparkles) or when you attempt to loot the body? I assume it’s the first, but I figured it’s worth asking (as that would be very useful in the second case).

I believe the current max is 286%.

14% from 2 earings
7% from amulet
20% from 2 ascended rings
18% from 6 pieces of armor
60% from the runes on said armor
6% from two Traveler’s weapons
6% from stone/crest equipped in said weapons

15% from maxed Sigil of Luck
10% guild MF banner
40% from food (when in a boon)
50% from booster
10% WvW Fort MF boost
20% WvW Outmanned bonus
10% Guild MF 72 hour bonus

Can anyone confirm if any of these do not stack?

Right, before ascended gear, the maximun magic find you could get in PVE was:

235% extra mf:

6 pieces exotic explorers 6×3% =18%
5x Pirate runes 50%
1x Travellers rune 10%
5x exotic opal orichalcum accessories = 5×7% =35%
1x exquisite opal gem in back slot = 4%
travellers weapon 3%
25x stack of superior sigil of luck 15%
guild boost 10%
omnom/lotus fries 30%
mf booster 50%
Guild banner 10%

Add your wvw stuff onto it for wvw magic find, also swap the 2 rings and back piece for ascended.

2x ascended rings (yakks and snaffs) have 10% each, which is +6% (combined) over the two exotic explorers, whereas the backpiece is 5%, an increase of 1% over a guild backpack with an exquisite opal gem in it.

so 235% + 7% + 30% wvw stuff

272% while in wvw.
242% in PVE

The thing im not sure on in your list, is whether the travellers weapon bonuses only apply if you use that weapons skills, say you had axe and warhorn, you’ll only get 3% from the axe if you use skills #1 to #3 and from the warhorn if you use skills #4 and #5 ( I think). Double handed weapons (staves, greatswords) only carry 3% mf, so im not sure if the two 1 handers combined = 6%

You’d have to build up the luck on an alternate weapon as well before switching to the set with the crests in, which is a cumbersome way of doing it, especially if you’e downed at any point.

I wouldnt rate the boon food either, unless you could guarentee 100% uptime of a boon when you kill.

This is under the assumption that the percentages are additive (stacks) rather that multiplicative. You may actually be getting less that a 100% increase of whatever the current drop rate is.