Need a step by step guide on infusions

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Posted by: Will.9785

Will.9785

I’ve seen guides on what different stuff does… but not the specific order you should go.

If you had 0 infusions/AR – what are the specific steps you should take to get to 150 AR? And what if you want offensive infusions on everything?

Explain it to me like I’m 2. Please. I don’t want to make a mistake.

Should I just buy the +5 versatile and throw them on everything now for a start?

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Posted by: Nordom.3485

Nordom.3485

you have to give some info as to how many relics(pristine and normal) you have, how many of each kind of the mist essences you have, how much ecto, how much gold you’re willing to spend at once, and most importantly how many ascended pieces on the gear setup you intend to infuse (armor/weapons/amulet/backpack/rings/accessories)
Infusing your gear is not an easily defined step by step process because at start you work with what you get.

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Posted by: hornswroggle.8023

hornswroggle.8023

Ok then here goes:
1st. Do fracs between 1 and 19. They dont require any AR.
2nd to dip into fracs 20+ check how much AR you need for your desired scale on the wiki. Go to the Blue Golem vendor and look for “Versatile Simple Infusion (+5 AR)(blue rarity)” It can be applied to ANY ascended equipment. Note that you only ever have one weapon set equipped so unless you run engi or ele you’ll need infusions for BOTH.

You should now be around 70 AR (assuming full asc)

3rd. Once you have the first Fractal Mastery unlocked you’ll be able to talk to the MAST-ER Golem underneath the spawn platform next to the repair golem. He will take you to the Master-Vendor on the other island. That Asura offers “Infusion Extractors” wih which you can harmlessly retrieve any and all infusions from any equipment.
You can easily correct mistakes with these as long as you dont override infusions with one another.
The Master Vendor will also sell “Versatile Simple Infusions (+7 AR)(green rarity)” they require the blue versatile from earlier, so you can extract the ones you already have and upgrade them.

You should now have around 100 AR.

4th. Once you have the second Fractal Mastery you can attune your rings (and only rings) Go back to the Master Vendor and look for the Tab “Attuned Ingredients” It only contains “Agonized Esscence” you need one per ring. How to attune a ring is percisely described on the essence tooltip.
An Attuned Ring has an additional and special “Agony” Infusion Slot. Versatile infusions dont fit in these. You now need the “+X Agony Infusion” you abundandly drop by completing Fractals and opening encryptions. You can upgrade 2 X to 1 +(X1) (so 2 +4 yield 1 +5) either by using an Artificer or the Master Vendor Who sells them in bulk.
You should get upgrades until +10 or +11. Insert these into the rings.
IMPORTANT: The process of Attuning destroys your ring and creates a new one so always extract your infusions with an extractor before you throw it into the Mystic Forge. You have been warned.

You now should have around 120 AR

5th. Lastly you can “infuse” your rings and your backpiece. Look up how to infuse your backpiece on the wiki. The recipe may vary depending on which one you have.
Rings are always the same: The ring + 1 Shard + 3 Globs + 5 Phials of Mist essence into the MF. You drop them from fractal enemies depending on the scale.
Note: You can attune and infuse rings independently. You can attune an infused ring and infuse an attuned one. The order doesnt matter.
IMPORTANT: The process of infusing destroys your ring and creates a new one so always extract your infusions with an extractor before throwing it into the Mystic Forge. You have been warned.

If you always use +10 Agony infusions on rings and back you cap at 148 AR. So you need to upgrade at least 2 to +11.

Done! You now should have 150 AR. Good luck in the fractals.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

Thank you, that is super helpful! I am going to link this for my guild that teaches fractals to new folks as one of its activities.

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Posted by: Will.9785

Will.9785

Thank you. This was very helpful.

Can you put AR on exotic gear? Which ones will work?

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Posted by: hornswroggle.8023

hornswroggle.8023

Thank you. This was very helpful.

Can you put AR on exotic gear? Which ones will work?

In general: No. You need ascended equipment to increase your AR.

There are only 2 exceptions to this:
1. The Lv 78 Elaborate Backpiece for Crafting disciplines has a slot for a Versatile infusion. However it cannot be infused.

2. When you complete fractal scale 20 (Jade Maw Boss) for the first time you’ll recieve an exotic ring with a versatile slot along with a +3 Infusion. It also can neither be attuned nor infused.

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Posted by: Elden Arnaas.4870

Elden Arnaas.4870

Thank you, this is very helpful, and clearly explained.

(edit – the rest of my post was explained better by hornswroggle)

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Posted by: ShortnCurly.9018

ShortnCurly.9018

Wooden potatoes YouTube guide called.

GW2: MAXING out your stats – A guide

Sorry no link but try that also. He talks at length about infusions about half way through.

Proud member of uPOI, Undiscovered Point of Interest an OCX guild on NA.

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Posted by: zakuruchi.4086

zakuruchi.4086

Good explanation by hornswroggle. I’d just like to add some notes :

1. For most people, it’s easier to start building AR from ascended rings first than ascended armor. This is because those rings drop from fractals (even the 1-20 where you dont need AR), and can be bought with Pristine Fractal Relics which drops from daily fractal chests.

2. For ascended backpack, the cheapest one to use for Fractals is Mawdrey. This is because it is cheaper to infuse mawdrey than other ascended backpacks. (10 pile of crystaline dust instead of 250 ecto)

3. When underwater, your aquabreather replaces your helmet. Keep this in mind when doing underwater fractal to ensure you have enough AR for the fractal.

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Posted by: hornswroggle.8023

hornswroggle.8023

Good explanation by hornswroggle. I’d just like to add some notes :

1. For most people, it’s easier to start building AR from ascended rings first than ascended armor. This is because those rings drop from fractals (even the 1-20 where you dont need AR), and can be bought with Pristine Fractal Relics which drops from daily fractal chests.

2. For ascended backpack, the cheapest one to use for Fractals is Mawdrey. This is because it is cheaper to infuse mawdrey than other ascended backpacks. (10 pile of crystaline dust instead of 250 ecto)

3. When underwater, your aquabreather replaces your helmet. Keep this in mind when doing underwater fractal to ensure you have enough AR for the fractal.

All true, but had I also described how to best obtain asc gear the post would have been 50% longer than it already is. So I stuck to infusions and assumed you would gear up in parallell.

On 3: This is only important if you’re not maxed otherwise. Since the highest Underwater fractal is scale 76 the required AR is only 107. Your helmet and weapon hold 21 AR combined so you’ll only get lowered to 129. So you even have 22 to spare. For all lower ones your trinkets should have enough capacity.