Guild Wars 2

I threw out my hood like an idiot. I would like it back, since there are barely any (if any) medium hoods. Is there any way to get it back??

While I’ve never tried it myself, people have reported that it is theoretically possible (though some people have claimed that they tried it and it didn’t work).

1) Find a White grade drop for Medium: Head slot. Get this as a game drop or buy it off the BLTC.

2) Get a Basic Transmutation Stone (which can easily be obtained from clearing a map in a starting city).

3) Create Thief #2 on your account and choose the Hood armor piece.

4) After completing the starting instance, take your Thief #2 and use the Transmutation Stone to combine your Hood with the White armor piece. Select the Hood graphic, the White game stats, and the White upgrade slot. (Please note that you normally can’t combine armor pieces that you can’t currently equip. So you’d need to find a low level White armor piece and you’d probably have to gain a few levels on your Thief #2)

5) At this point, you should have a Hood graphic on a tradeable item (since a known bug with White items lets them override the Soul Bound requirement when combining gear). Place it in your Bank.

6) Log in with Thief #1. Take the Hood piece out of the bank. Then use a 2nd Transmutation Stone to make the Hood graphic to the head piece that you want to use.

Now how about getting a story armor back piece back?

Considering that combining a Blue+ item with a Soulbound item still transfers the Soulbound tag to the combined item, I’d say that you’re pretty much stuck until they start to make White grade back slots. Though come to think of it, wasn’t the 30’s Back piece from your Personal Story rewards a White grade piece? If it is, then that trick might work.

Wiser with Age.3714:

Considering that combining a Blue+ item with a Soulbound item still transfers the Soulbound tag to the combined item, I

It keeps the tag, but instead becomes account bound.