Guild Wars 2

I couldn’t find anything on the subject, so here is my question: what happens when I delete a character? I remember something about losing achievments/titles because they are tied to the character? Or has that been changed now with so many things being account bound? So what exactly will I loose when I delete a character? (apart from soulbound items that I don’t really care about and WvW armor that I can’t salvage or throw in the mystic toilet)

Thanks in advance!

You lose anything that is on the character such as what’s equipped and in their inventory. You can resolve this by putting everything that isn’t soulbound into your bank. Soulbound items will be unusable to other characters but you can salvage them for materials if possible.

Skill points will also not be transferred. It’s best to convert them into gold using various methods that you can find on these forums.

Achievements/titles are tied to the account.

You will lose skills, traits and experience as well as anything you currently have in your inventory. By putting the non-soulbound items in your bank you can save those, however.

Note that a Soulbound item in storage cannot be removed except by the character it is soulbound to. So you must salvage it (if possible) BEFORE deleting the character.

Soulbound items in storage with no character association can only be destroyed or left to take up a storage slot.

If you have skill points on the character to delete, go to the Mystic Forge and buy Philosopher Stones (or Siege Tomes) and store them in the bank.

You lose things tied to that specific character. You don’t lose things tied to the account as a whole.

You lose:

• level, skill points, trait points and traits unlocked
• Crafting progression
• Personal story progression
• Extra bag slots purchased
• Any bags and anything in those bags
• Any equipment they have equipped
• Anything soulbound to them (if it’s in the bank it won’t be deleted but you can’t use it on any other character)

You don’t lose:

• Gold, karma, dungeon tokens etc. which are stored in the wallet
• Anything that’s in your bank and isn’t soulbound to that character
• Achievements, achievement points and titles you unlocked on that character
• Achievement reward skins
• Skins in the wardrobe
• Dyes
• Outfits
• Miniatures
• Finishers
• Mail Carriers
• Unlocked Living Story 2 chapters
• Home instance nodes

Don’t forget to empty their bags and move the bags into the bank as well. Check the hero screen for anything equipped, including picks, etc.