Guild Wars 2

I’ve been consuming essence of luck on one character and it is not showing up on any other characters. He’s ahead 20% of everyone else. I was under the impression it showed up the same amount on all characters. What precisely is the deal here?

Your character that has more Magic Find than your others probably has Magic Find food or guild banners active on them.

There are two areas to view the current amount of Magic Find, one is in the Hero Panel with all stats pertaining to your current character, the other is in the Achievements Panel that shows the rewards across the account.

If you look at your Hero Panel and see a Magic Find of 50% and then look in your Achievements Panel and see an Account Magic Find of 30%, then this means you currently have 20% Magic Find that is dedicated to that character only…likely from food, banners, WvW Bonuses, etc. Food Buffs are per character and do not persist across all characters on the account like the Account Unlock Attributes do.

I can definitely say it isn’t that. I have no buffs, and I’ve had this amount for days. 39% is among all characters, but essence shot my main guy up to 59%
I have another character with buffs, who is as high as 54% but there is still a huge difference between my main and all others.

I figured it out. I have a magic infusion on my amulet slot. I thought that would have gone away with the update, but apparently ascended magic find infusion stayed.