Guild Wars 2

So I created the godwalk enchiridion after a long grindfest, I made it to both complete my style guide collection and to sell it for a good amount of gold. However after I made it I hadn’t unlocked it in my collection. As far as I know unlocking a skin makes it bound and thus wouldn’t be able to get my money back. Is there a way to unlock it’s skin without making it bound?

No, there isn’t.

This is the whole point of certain items being soulbound – to stop you from using an item (particularly an expensive or hard to get one) and also selling it for profit.

Whether that’s a good idea or not is debatable, but there isn’t any way around the system as it currently stands – you can either have the item in your collection or sell it, not both.

no. there are a few ways to unlock the skin (adding to wardrobe, salvaging, mystic forge), all ways, however mean you don’t get to sell it after.

Danikat.8537:

No, there isn’t.

This is the whole point of certain items being soulbound – to stop you from using an item (particularly an expensive or hard to get one) and also selling it for profit.

Whether that’s a good idea or not is debatable, but there isn’t any way around the system as it currently stands – you can either have the item in your collection or sell it, not both.

Makes sense, ah well. Thanks for the help.

Danikat.8537:

No, there isn’t.

This is the whole point of certain items being soulbound – to stop you from using an item (particularly an expensive or hard to get one) and also selling it for profit.

Whether that’s a good idea or not is debatable, but there isn’t any way around the system as it currently stands – you can either have the item in your collection or sell it, not both.

‘Skins’ can be acquired in a way that allows you to make money off them by throwing the soulbound item in the mystic forge with other, similar items. For exotics, you need two (2) more of the same item type and a mystic forge stone (or three of the same type, if you don’t have a stone and don’t care which type you might see spit out of the forge).

This only works for collections that require unlocking a weapon or armor skin; it will not work for minis, dyes, trinkets, or in a few other situations.

Since it’s not entirely consistent, I usually equip the item on a character with other compatible soulbound items before forging. I learned the hard way that forged minis don’t get unlocked.