Guild Wars 2

Lexy.3912:

You’ll have to make sure you keep the piece around if you plan to transmute it in the future. There is no wardrobe feature where, once owned, they are available whenever.

Good to know thanks. Are they added to your collection for an achivment or something?

Hoping someone can answer my noob question.

Say I spend the gold/thousands of karma points on a cultural weapon or armor peice. Does that armor/weapon skin then get added to my collection and am I able to transmute that appearance onto any piece of like gear (helm to helm/sword to sword) going forward?

Or if I wanted to transmute it would I have to ensure I keep a piece of gear around forever with that look and transmute it from that piece?

Thanks!