Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, i just got back to gw2 after 6month not playing, i got my warrior to 80 today and got some rare/exotic gear on him, now i want to get the Spinal Blades Backpiece and what i understand is that you get to craft it from mats that drops in the lion arch event? one thing i dont understand is where do you start the event, or is the event already over? thanks

wollizen.3984:

Hey guys, i just got back to gw2 after 6month not playing, i got my warrior to 80 today and got some rare/exotic gear on him, now i want to get the Spinal Blades Backpiece and what i understand is that you get to craft it from mats that drops in the lion arch event? one thing i dont understand is where do you start the event, or is the event already over? thanks

The event is over, but you can still get the things needed to make the back item.

First, you will need the recipe. This can be obtained from the Trading Post (in 4 parts, see the ingredients section): http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spinal_Blade_Pack_Blueprint

Next, you will need to acquire the Blade Shards: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Blade_Shard
Killing Aetherblades will be your cheap option. Promoting Watchwork Sprockets will be your fast but expensive option.

Thank you so much!

Just one more thing, where can i find the Aetherblades?

wollizen.3984:

Just one more thing, where can i find the Aetherblades?

There are a few in here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Not_So_Secret

There are a bunch here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Edge_of_the_Mists

Also here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Aetherblade_Fractal

And here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Aetherpath_

Unless it is for the looks, i would rather get a backpiece from Orr vendors or – if you want the ascended – fractals. I didn’t try myself, but im guessing that getting enough blades won’t be easy.

At best, I would estimate you can get 2 blade shards / hour. at that rate, it would take you 462 hours to get enough for an ascended spinal back piece. (also, you can get blade shards from your home instance watchwork sprocket node, if you have one – or go into a party member’s home instance to use theirs)
or there is multiplying them. 1 blade shard + 1 pile shimmering dust + 1 pile glittering dust + 50 watchwork sprocket = 10 blade shard. this would need to be done ~103 times for the cost of ~123g
I would bet you could farm that much gold in about 1/20th the time it would take to farm that many blade shards (you will still need 1 blade shard to start it)

Pokecenter.3548:

Unless it is for the looks, i would rather get a backpiece from Orr vendors or – if you want the ascended – fractals. I didn’t try myself, but im guessing that getting enough blades won’t be easy.

how to i get the ascended backpiece?

There is also 2 ascended backpieces that can be crafted from recipes you can buy from the trading post. The Light of Dwayna and the Shadow of Grenth. You will need level 500 in the necessary crafting profession.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth