Guild Wars 2

Hello folks,

I have a question concerning the use of transmutation stone. I found this note in the GW2 wiki:

Please keep in mind that when transmutating two items, you are combining the stats of one weapon with the skin of another to create an entirely new item. When transmutating an upgradeable item, you will lose the ability to upgrade the new item. It becomes an entirely new item with the the appearance of one item and the stats of the other. If you wish to upgrade the item, you will need to wait until after you have upgraded it to transmute the appearance or the ability to upgrade will be lost.

Source: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Transmutation

Does this really mean that after the transmutation the rune/sigil inside the new item is locked and can’t be replaced anymore? I’ve used some basic transmutation stones a while ago but I can’t remember if I was able to upgrade the items afterwards. I just want to make sure I’m not making a mistake and wasting my precious karma and gold.

I never had this problem.

If only one of your item has a rune/sigil though, you’re forced to chose it to transmute. So if it has a rune/sigil you don’t want, you should put the one you want on the other item before transmutating, so you can select it in the process.