Guild Wars 2

I have a perl in an item, and I now have a new item that is better than my previous item. How do I get the pearl out of the old item so that I can place it into the new item?

you can’t- if you salvage the item to get the pearl you will destroy the item.
The best way would be to just buy a new pearl of the TP

The item is ’not’that great anyway. How can I destroy the item to get the pearl. I do not want to destroy the pearl.

Black Lion Salvage kit. It gives you the upgrades, and some crafting mats.

master kit will get you the upgrade items the vast majority of the time.

You can transmute the items together, and keep everything intact on the new item, except that you want the pearl to carry over.

‘The best way would be to just buy a new pearl of the TP’

Who/what is the TP?

PsiKann.9853:

‘The best way would be to just buy a new pearl of the TP’

Who/what is the TP?

TP stands for trading post, system that allows players to trade with each other. It is global (all servers) and anonymous.
You can access it in-game by pressing O(by default), and clicking on a Trading Post tab.
Also, you have necromanced your own thread :P