Guild Wars 2

1) I have a quagan backpack on a level 80. I just started a new character and I do not know how to remove the quagan skin from that character and apply it to my new one. I think there is a way to pay for it at an NPC but I don t remember how

2) The rare wings that drop during the dragon event/festival ie the ones you can buy with 100000 candy…are those also able to be swapped for another character? I would hate to have to get 5 of those wings, one for each character…that would be impossible

So please let me know the process to remove a backpiece skin and if you can do that to the rare spectral wings of the dragon festival/event

thanks in advance

You either pass the back item the skin is on to the new character, or you use a transmutation stone/crystal (depending on item level) to move the skin to a item the new character can use. Note that transmuting will destroy the old item in the process.

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

Do we know if the rare wings can also be moved that way to another character or are they soulbound?

The actual skin is tradable and as such can be purchased from the TP. Once applied to an item it will become soul-bound however, though this still means you can transmute it onto a white item to make it account-bound.

Keep in mind if you plan on only having one skin to share between several characters you will lose the initial back piece you transmute from each time you move it as well as the transmutation stone. Those costs will add up.

I see…thanks. Cost is not an issue. I was only worried about having the wings stuck on a toon I might not want to play anymore

The other problem is that not many back items will transmute to account-bound. As far as I know, the only ones that would work for this are supplied in the Quaggan and Charr Backpack Sets. These sets have a stat-less leather strap, which the backpacks can be transmuted onto and then worn by any of your characters.

Buying a set from the TP just for the strap, is an option if you don’t mind spending the gold. The extra cover can be sold back on the TP, so long as it remains unused.

But aren t you also supposed to get a stats less backpack from doing your story…I thought one of the rewards at a certain level was your first backpack without stats.

I know cause I think I salvaged it the first time I played not knowing it was super important to keep it otherwise you would have to wait until much later to be able to buy one on the TP.

I wish the system for these backpack skins was reworded into something that would be much much more user friendly than the current system which is confusing and not intuitive unless you have read about it here or someone told you about.

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But aren t you also supposed to get a stats less backpack from doing your story…I thought one of the rewards at a certain level was your first backpack without stats.

I think the first story back piece is lvl 30ish and soulbound. The only other stat-less back item I can think of is the engineer starter one, but that’s also soulbound on acquire.

Back items were apparently a late addition to the game.

As for complicated, i agree. The whole transmutation system is pointlessly convoluted unless your some penny pinching CEO.

If you just want the skin for tooling around in towns and don’t mind not using it for stats, get one of the backpack sets from the TP like the Charr or Quaggan pack. They come with a level 0 accessory you can use as a back item for the wings to make them account bound. Then you can just swap that around for looks on any character you have.

I would like to mention that there is a little lack in back piece skin variety. I would love to see more skins and back pieces that actually can be seen when you tick the “show” option.