Guild Wars 2

Ok so I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2 solidly for about 2 weeks now and my main (Elementalist) is now level 73 and just starting to venture into the level 70-80 zones (and even then I get owned – although elementalists do have weak armour as it is…) and I was just wondering

1) Are these Orichalcum tools worth the 4 silver each?

2) I find mithril tools are relatively good for their price, but do Orichalcum tools give a higher quantity/amount of ANY resource (I.E. chance of 1-2 more resources by using an Orichalcum tool over a mithril tool), or are they only used specifically for gathering higher tiered resource nodes? In which case, should I just stick to steel or mithril tools and only use Orichalcum tools if I come across Orichalcum resource nodes?

3) Do Orichalcum tools give a higher chance of getting rare items from resource nodes like unidentified dye from herb nodes, or is it all the same chance?

And an unrelated but slightly similar query on resources:

4) Does having a Magic Find bonus have any affect on finding unidentified dyes/hidden treasures from resource nodes?

I don’t know how I can justify the 4 silver each Orichalcum tool unless they’re a lot more beneficial than mithril tools, so any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks in advance!

1) Ori ores cost 3 silver each. the tools have 100 uses do the math.
2) Orichalcum tools dont give a higher quantity/amount of ANY resource. Its not worth harvesting mithril ores with Orichalcum tools because you dont make as much profit. That answer everything (2) related
3) Unknown. But definitely not worth any difference
4) No, just drops from kills

Awesome, thanks so much Orion. I haven’t come across any Orichalcum ore yet but 3 silver each for those sound pretty sweet!

I farm for vanilla beans alot as I love making and selling (and eating!) omnomberry bars. I’ve noticed that when I use orichalcum tools, especially in the low level zones like Metrica Province I get significantly more vanilla beans than if I use lower level tools. So it appears the the higher level gathering tools do in fact increase your chance of rare/bonus drops from gathering nodes.