Guild Wars 2

First, yes my character is a weapon smith, yes i have weapon smith active, yes i meet the requirements of a lvl 0 recipe. yes i am trying with the correct items ( bronze spear head, lg gw haft, and weak blood vial, and mighty gw inscriptions). Yes i am trying with the correct lvl of inscription. No i did not already discover the recipe. When i search for spear in the recipe search bar all that comes up with bronze spear head. Even though there should be a lvl 0 spear recipe in there. Also i have had the same problem attempting to make simple harpoons on a huntsman character.

Please respond, let me know if this truely is a bug or if i am missing something.

if you are trying to make a generic weaponsmith item and not something that requires you to purchase the recipe first then you would need to put all the items in on the discovery panel first, since you said you didn’t discover it there is no reason why It would be in your list when searching, put the items into discovery and see if it adds the recipe afterwards.

also im wondering what it is your actually trying to make

1 Bronze Spear Head, 1 Large Green Haft and 1 Vial of Weak Blood will give you a lvl 5 spear.
1 Bronze Spear Head, 1 Large Green Haft and 1 Mighty Green Inscription will give you a lvl 10 spear.

both of these have a req of 0 to make, you don’t need all 4 items in one go.

Hope ive been of some assistance.

I haven’t checked myself, but I have heard some other people report that Spears (and possibly Harpoon Guns) have a new bug where their recipes are simply missing.

You cannot use weak vial of blood in discovery. i tried several times on multiple toons they are all missing the whole spear category. and when i do discovery for the mighty green inscription it will do 1 of 2 things. 1: let me use lg wg haft with might gw insc. OR use bronze spear head with lg gw haft. but never all 3 together. also the bronze spear head is in red when i first open discovery.

So, I decided to try out weaponsmithing on one of my alts to see what’s up here. Like OP said, you couldn’t use the bronze spear head at all. You could use the large haft to make hammers, but you couldn’t make a spear. There was also no Spear category in the Production panel. Once I got to crafting level 25, I could make spears, but only with the level 25 tier of inscriptions (Givers, Healing, Precise, and Resilient). So, whether unintentionally or not, spears are not craftable until crafting level 25.

I wonder if the same applies for tridents and harpoon guns.

I am having the same problem – basic spear recipe not showing up, unable to craft low-level spears in the discovery panel. This appears to be a bug, so I reported it as such. However, the recipe for the Quetzal Harpoon does seem to be usable, once purchased.

Interesting info, RoseofGilead… I wonder if this is perhaps linked to the NPE. Does anyone know at what level underwater gear/weapons are unlocked?

Zaxares.5419:

Interesting info, RoseofGilead… I wonder if this is perhaps linked to the NPE. Does anyone know at what level underwater gear/weapons are unlocked?

Level 8

Level 8 fine underwater weapon
Level 8 fine aquabreather
Underwater Combat unlocked (with underwater weapon skills 1 and 2)
Information about the Black Lion Trading Company

I believe, though, that you can equip an underwater weapon/gear before Level 8. I could be mistaken, but I think I’ve equipped them before I could actually use them (I make key characters every couple of days, so…)

Hmm, OK. It does seem like a bug then. Hopefully a dev will see this and come post here.

The same bug seems to occur with tridents and artificing – unable to combine low-level ingredients in the discovery panel to craft tridents, and basic trident recipe missing.

There is also a problem with Jewel crafting. I am level 50 and cannot discover any rings since last week. I am trying to combine copper setting with copper band and ANY pebble. I have done this on many occasions with my other toons.