Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know where these can be obtained in PvE?

Bumping this so it doesn’t fall too far off the front page, just for those who come to the forums to check for these.

So, having discovered all the Cooking recipes, with some help for the last 2, I figured I’d go ahead and find the recipes for the other professions.

Cooking
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wintersday/Wintersday-Cooking-Recipes

Armorsmithing

• Superior Rune of Altruism - 1 Orichalcum Ingot, 1 Glacial Lodestone, 1 Flawless Snowflake
• Major Rune of Altruism - 1 Mithril Ingot, 1 Glacial Core, 1 Pristine Snowflake
• Minor Rune of Altruism - 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Glacial Fragment, 1 Delicate Snowflake

Leatherworking

• Superior Rune of Altruism - 1 Cured Hardened Leather Square, 1 Glacial Lodestone, 1 Flawless Snowflake
• Major Rune of Altruism - 1 Cured Thick Leather Square, 1 Glacial Core, 1 Pristine Snowflake
• Minor Rune of Altruism - 1 Cured Thin Leather Square, 1 Glacial Fragment, 1 Delicate Snowflake

Tailoring

• Superior Rune of Altruism - 1 Bolt of Gossamer, 1 Glacial Lodestone, 1 Flawless Snowflake
• Major Rune of Altruism - 1 Bolt of Silk, 1 Glacial Core, 1 Pristine Snowflake
• Minor Rune of Altruism - 1 Bolt of Wool, 1 Glacial Fragment, 1 Delicate Snowflake

Jewelcrafting

• Exquisite Snowflake - 1 Orichalcum Filigree, 1 Glob of Ectoplasm, 1 Flawless Snowflake
• Snowflake Orichalcum Ring - 1 Exquisite Snowflake, 1 Orichalcum Band, 1 Orichalcum Setting
• Snowflake Orichalcum Earring - 1 Exquisite Snowflake, 1 Orichalcum Hook, 1 Orichalcum Setting
• Snowflake Orichalcum Amulet - 1 Exquisite Snowflake, 1 Orichalcum Chain, 1 Orichalcum Setting

• Brilliant Snowflake - 1 Mithril Filigree, 1 Glob of Ectoplasm, 1 Pristine Snowflake
• Snowflake Mithril Ring - 1 Brilliant Snowflake, 1 Mithril Band, 1 Mithril Setting
• Snowflake Mithril Earring - 1 Brilliant Snowflake, 1 Mithril Hook, 1 Mithril Setting
• Snowflake Mithril Amulet - 1 Brilliant Snowflake, 1 Mithril Chain, 1 Mithril Setting

• Ornate Snowflake - 1 Platinum Filigree, 1 Unique Snowflake
• Snowflake Platinum Ring - 1 Ornate Snowflake, 1 Platinum Band, 1 Platinum Setting
• Snowflake Platinum Earring - 1 Ornate Snowflake, 1 Platinum Hook, 1 Platinum Setting
• Snowflake Platinum Amulet - 1 Ornate Snowflake, 1 Platinum Chain, 1 Platinum Setting

• Gilded Snowflake - 1 Gold Filigree, 1 Glittering Snowflake
• Snowflake Gold Ring - 1 Gilded Snowflake, 1 Gold Band, 1 Gold Setting
• Snowflake Gold Earring - 1 Gilded Snowflake, 1 Gold Hook, 1 Gold Setting
• Snowflake Gold Amulet - 1 Gilded Snowflake, 1 Gold Chain, 1 Gold Setting

• Intricate Snowflake - 1 Silver Filigree, 1 Delicate Snowflake
• Snowflake Silver Ring - 1 Intricate Snowflake, 1 Silver Band, 1 Silver Setting
• Snowflake Silver Earring - 1 Intricate Snowflake, 1 Silver Hook, 1 Silver Setting
• Snowflake Silver Amulet - 1 Intricate Snowflake, 1 Silver Chain, 1 Silver Setting

• Adorned Snowflake - 1 Copper Filigree, 1 Tiny Snowflake
• Snowflake Copper Ring - 1 Adorned Snowflake, 1 Copper Band, 1 Copper Setting
• Snowflake Copper Earring - 1 Adorned Snowflake, 1 Copper Hook, 1 Copper Setting
• Snowflake Copper Amulet - 1 Adorned Snowflake, 1 Copper Chain, 1 Copper Setting

And that is all the Wintersday Recipes found through discovery, unless they add more as the event continues. Enjoy!

Okay, so I crafted the last 2 to confirm and updated the first post. That’s all of the Wintersday Cooking Recipes. Unless they add more later.

Thanks dulfy for the tip, made the list cause I didn’t see one on your site yet. Also, Falgar, thanks as well.

Anyone discovered all of them yet?

I’ve gotten

• Bowl of Ice Cream Base - 1 Glass of Buttermilk, 1 Bag of Sugar, 1 Vanilla Bean, 1 Egg
• Bowl of Saffron-Mango Ice Cream - 1 Flawless Snowflake, 1 Mango, 1 Saffron Thread, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Peach Raspberry Ice Cream - 1 Pristine Snowflake, 1 Raspberry, 1 Peach, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream - 1 Unique Snowflake, 1 Mint Leaf, 10 Chocolate Bar, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Ginger-Lime Ice Cream - 1 Glittering Snowflake, 1 Ginger Root, 1 Lime, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Blueberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream - 1 Delicate Snowflake, 10 Chocolate Bar, 1 Blueberry, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Chocolate Chip Ice Cream - 1 Tiny Snowflake, 5 Chocolate Bar, 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base
• Bowl of Candy Corn Ice Cream - 1 Bowl of Ice Cream Base, 1 Tiny Snowflake, 25 Piece of Candy Corn
• 3 Bowls of Chocolate Chip Ice Cream - 3 Bowl of Ice Cream Base, 1 Glacial Sliver, 15 Chocolate Bar

I like the notes that disappear halfway down the path.

Anyways, if you’re hitting the notes in the blue there shouldn’t be a problem. The only song I have trouble with is “Fear Not This Night” (the last song). It’s not to bad in the Middle section but the other 2, holy crap.

Thank you for finally adding a Rare Crafting Material, a Festive Material, and the Lost Shores materials to the current tabs in the Bank.

Cleared up so much bank space.

However, could you possibly add a tab for crafted materials that are used in said crafting?

This is true….hmm….that could be painful

Well….maybe it’s defined by the level of the person that opens the gift?

MisterEction.9382:

Braxxis.7062:

I’ve tried this. Anytime I transmute something, it becomes soulbound automatically to my character.

So how is it working for you guys?

Are you doing exactly this?

1) Buy the order item with a character in that order
2) Acquire a white item of the same type
3) Use a transmutation stone and put the name/picture from the order item and the stats from the white item into the fields and transmute.
4) the item should now be Account Bound
5) Transfer the item to the character you want to wear it.
6) Use a transmutation stone and put the name/picture of the order item and the stats and rune (if any) from the item you want to use and transmute.
7) Equip the item.

I get to here

1) Buy the order item with a character in that order
2) Acquire a white item of the same type
3) Use a transmutation stone and put the name/picture from the order item and the stats from the white item into the fields and transmute.

and then it’s Soulbound, not Account Bound.

I’ve tried this. Anytime I transmute something, it becomes soulbound automatically to my character.

So how is it working for you guys?

shonn.5037:

is there a way you can show me where to leap from or walk from and if its in path 1 is there a way you can mark the spot so i can see it please i would like to get this POI

Look at the attached picture, look at his location on the map in the corner.

Any word on why the stat combinations for the current Ascended Rings are so very different from the current stats up to Exotics? Berserker Rings get a Berserker Gem, Carrion Rings get a Carrion Gem, etc. And why the Ascended Backpacks aren’t covering even half of the stat combinations?

For Rings there are the following combinations.

• Berserker’s – Berserker’s Gem (A correct one!)
• Berserker’s – Valkyrie Gem
• Soldier’s – Soldier’s Gem (A correct one!)
• Cavalier’s – Cavalier’s Gem (A correct one!)
• Vassar’s & Relena’s (which don’t fit any nomenclature) – Rabid Gem
• Rabid – Rabid Gem (A correct one!)
• Rabid – Apothecary’s Gem
• Strong – Explorer’s Gem
• Hearty – Soldier’s Gem + Magic Find
• Celestial – Celestial Gem

There are 4 rings that actually follow the stat combinations of previous rings up to Exotics. The rest are lacking and generally make no sense.

As for backpacks, there are the following.

• Soldier’s
• Rabid
• Berserker’s
• Cavalier’s
• Wayfarer’s

Where are Rampager, Valkyrie, Knight, Shaman, Carrion, Cleric, Magi, and Apothecary?

Account.9832:

Nonlinear.9823:

There is no issue with P1.

Considering the time between waves seems to vary between 15 seconds and 2 minutes (yes, I once had no new mobs for two full minutes), I’d say there probably is an issue.

When they spawn at what I assume is the intended rate (one wave every 30 ~ 40 seconds), it’s a “DPS check” (one which I doubt is appropriately tuned for level 65 players in level 65 gear, but that’s another issue – it’s perfectly doable by a party of level 80 characters). When they start spawning every 15 seconds, however, it’s not a DPS check, it’s just an AoE spam fest followed by a “graveyard” (waypoint) rush followed by people leaving and not wanting to come back.

Braxxis.7062:

Way to necro a near month old thread instead of commenting in one the numerous thread since this one about SE Path 1…

It’s the same bug, still not fixed. There’s no reason to create new threads. Also, if you have nothing to say about the actual topic, what’s the point of your post?

Except that it’s not the same bug, it is working as intended, and a decent group can clear path 1 in under 20 minutes.

• Bug – Waves of Inquest continued to spawn after you had reached the Asura boss until you defeated him, requiring you to pull him down the ramp behind him and fight at the door.
• Fix – Waves stop spawning once you engage the Asura boss.

Necro’ing a month old thread to complain about the difficulty of the waves is dumb. Which is all there is to complain about with this path. There is no longer a bug, and even when there was it forced you to move all of 10 feet away so it was never a big issue in the first place.

If anyone else would like me to show them the PoI’s as well, hit me up in game sometime.

Yes, they are both bugged, but I know how to reach them.

I can show you how to get them. Showed someone else how to reach them the other day. You’ll need a full group to get past the lasers, from there it’s easy, no more fighting.

Because it was an oversight and didn’t make sense? I already said this…

mOOnRaBBiT.8913:

^
yes refund because it will be fair for everybody, oh you just want the fix with no refund because it benefits you right?

a fix and a refund benefits everybody.

Nope, I got 2 crappy offensive rings that have no use in my build and I put the 225 tokens in them regardless. I don’t care about a refund, with the amount of fractals people are running, tokens are not a big issue. It was simply an oversight that there was no 75 token infusion for offensive slots and this fixes that oversight.

That’s all this topic was about, don’t go making it about whining that you spent a bunch of tokens and now you want them back because what you bought is being reduced in price.

They are fixing the issue and you can still complain because now you want refunds?

You just can’t appease people.

Illiander.8049:

RawkFist.1935:

I personally feel it’s somewhat of a high expection to think that players want to kill every single mob in an instance.

Why? If you have a bad group, then you want to clear them out so that people zombie-rushing actully get back to the fight, and if you have a good group, it takes about 10 seconds to clear the trash out. The only problem is if you have a bad group that thinks it’s a good group, but that’s a whole different issue.

Obvious exceptions for things like the gravelings in the scepter pieces room and infinite spawns.

Or you have a speed run group that runs all 3 paths in approximately 30 minutes by skipping trash and nuking bosses.

Shiren.9532:

Celestea.4105:

Great video, it’s too bad there isn’t a title or something =/

Do it with a ranger and I’ll be impressed.

If you could permanently stow your pet and take it out when you want it, not whenever you enter combat, and were a robot with amazing reflexes on grub dodging, it could be possible with a Sylvari ranger using a heavy BM build.

Not saying it is, but it “could” be.

So I’m seeing if I can break 4k points with little to no achievements involving PvP/WvW/Fashion and I’m quite close. So I started looking through the list of what is left and I notice the following

Hints completed – 81/83

So I open the hints window to see what I could possibly be missing. Which is precisely nothing. Every single hint has a check mark next to it. Are there 2 Hints that just aren’t in the Hints section or something?

What are some, if any, decent PvE builds for the Engineer? I’ve tried going with Turrets and those things are about as flimsy as Rangers pets. I’ve tried Grenades but spamming those all day gets tiring on the fingers.

Is there perhaps a good support build for the Engineer for dungeon running?

Note: You can skip Korga

-_- Necro’ing old threads……WHY!?

Lucas Ashrock.8675:

I can answer with a simple question: did you wonder why there are 2 classes: offensive and defensive? Roles. Not not so much visible now playing fractals, they will be more pushy later, expecially when new gear is online (weapon/armor ascended)
For example soothing infusion (defensive/omni) has +5 and % agony resistance. He will survive way more than one with malign, who is doing the dps. Kinda of trinity model, soon back online to complete the clone model. Clearly, who use def with % res is who has to survive, like a tank/healer, but the kind of gameplay zerging around skills senseless and without any form of real teamwork will be kept. The % guy is the one who rev.

Huh? What the jeebus are you trying to say? I don’t even….

Robert Hrouda.1327:

probably should have quoted Aldred in my post in which he was saying there weren’t any offensive fusions. I was simply directing him to a place where he can learn about them.
Wasn’t intended to answer the question of why there isn’t a cost clone of the defensive one.

Could you answer the question?

Account.9832:

The issue isn’t the infinite spawns, the issue is the timing between the waves. Normally they spawn about 40 seconds apart, but sometimes they start spawning every 15 seconds, which makes it virtually impossible. I’ve also seen them take over 2 minutes to spawn (i.e., 2 minutes between one wave and the next). So there’s clearly some bug (or excessive amount of RNG) in the timer of those waves.

Way to necro a near month old thread instead of commenting in one the numerous thread since this one about SE Path 1…

My big issue with dungeons is the trash. Not the bosses.

That’s not to say that the trash is “hard”, rather it’s highly over-tuned. Silver mobs are often more damaging than the bosses of a dungeon. They have too much health, they do far too much damage, some of them do crazy amounts of damage with spam aoe and constant stuns.

On top of that, the loot obtained from trash is nowhere near worth the effort of actually killing it. The same could be said of bosses to be honest, as loot from pretty much anything in a dungeon leaves much to be desired and the only thing people are after is to get the tokens so they can get decent gear.

I do think the trash needs to have a meeting in a dark alley with the nerf bat. A few times.

That boss is suicide to melee at the start. However, once the NPC’s are down meleeing him is fine and yes, he can be soloed so long as you pay attention. Of course it takes a bit with his perma-retaliation buff.

Regardless, nice to see you had a bit of of fun.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

The problem we are seeing a lot of that is causing this, is that people are skipping mobs and rushing through things, and it breaks their scripts when the players activate something while the NPC is stuck in combat.
We try to find and fix scripts in those areas to decrease the chance of it happening though, so details about where and how the NPC broke, and what your group was doing (don’t fret about admitting to rushing or exploiting something) will help us in identifying and fixing the problem.

Path 1 – If you skip the mobs (Gravelings and Ooozes) after Kohler and before the part to find the missing scepter pieces, Hodgins will aggro on to them as you enter the room. He bugs IF the mob drops aggro momentarily, he runs to where he is supposed to start his dialogue but instead turns and runs back to the mobs to fight. At this point he will be bugged and will not start the dialogue.

Path 2 – If you skip the mobs heading in to the room where she repairs the cannons, Detha will aggro them on her way past. She bugs out in much the same way that Hodgins does. IF the mob drops aggro on her and she runs to where the ghost spawns, but then turns and runs after the mobs, she will bug out.

Basically the bug occurs when the NPC runs to where the event is supposed to happen but immediately turns and chases after a mob instead of starting the event. The event simply won’t happen afterwards.

It can be occasionally be fixed by either killing the mobs that the NPC aggro’d on to or by letting the NPC get killed and ressing them.

Halo.8976:

I read “melee” and imminently thought “a warrior”.
Hate how this game favors 2 classes over everybody else.

I can solo Subject Alpha as a Thief if that helps? Wish I could make videos of it but alas.

Someone left their Mini!

Nope. Again, an average pug out of Lion’s Arch, nothing special, no full glass cannons. In fact I’m a condition/vitality thief. I’ve done this multiple times, with multiple different groups, and only ever failed to complete the path once. The first time I ran it.

spoffy.7089:

Yeah, I’m sorry, but this absolutely MUST be changed. In fact, I’m going to bug it every single day until it DOES get changed, because anybody who thinks this is in any way fair or balanced is a troll.

It MUST be changed because it requires teamwork and strategy? Because you can’t just faceroll through it like some other explorables? Truly sad.

Dead.7385:

Braxxis.7062:

Kaon.7192:

I’m ok with endless waves, but they really shouldn’t be camping the Waypoint…

They don’t, if no one is there for them to aggro they run by and despawn at the gate. If you have too many mobs to handle, just go back to the entrance waypoint and wait 30 seconds or so.

Working around an issue doesn’t make it any better. Mobs should never agro a respawn area. Its just bad design, and there isn’t any other way to look at it.

Mobs aggro respawn locations throughout the whole game. Waypoints don’t have a magical barrier around them that prevents mobs from beating you in the face. You aggro a mob and drag it to a waypoint and die, that mob will still be right there ready to go for round 2 with your jiggly bits.

The waves in SE Path 1 spawn at the Asura boss and run down the path to the gate past the Waypoint. If they come across anyone along the way, they aggro them. That waypoint happens to be “along the way”. It’s not a problem unless you get multiple waves and try to waypoint rush them, eventually they are going to push you back to it. If you keep choosing that waypoint at that point, the repair bills are your own fault for not retreating.

It’s not all that difficult to get to the Asura and stop the waves from coming. I have run it numerous times with your average pug group, it just involves strategy. And you can not complain about an explorable requiring strategy. They are supposed to take strategy. They are supposed to be more difficult than story mode.

• The four mobs with the golem don’t respawn.
• After the cutscene on the bridge, rush the barriers and get rid of them
• Jump over to the ledge on the end of the bridge and wait until the wave of adds is about halfway across the bridge
• If your DPS is low. Rush the golem and kill his 4 adds then retreat back to that ledge. Wait again for the adds to be halfway across the bridge, then rush the Golem
• If your DPS is not low. Rush the golem, ignore any waves of adds that come and just focus down the golem, pull the golem back to the edge of his aggro leash in case anyone may fall for quicker returns.
• Once the Golem is down, return to the ledge if there aren’t too many waves. If there are, just suicide off the ledge (no armor damage for falling deaths) and return to the entrance waypoint and wait for 30 seconds.
• Now once again, return to that ledge, wait for the adds to be halfway across the bridge, and rush the barriers. Ignore waves that come and just keep breaking the barriers.
• Once you reach the Asura boss, the adds will stop spawning and any that did spawn will drop aggro on you and take off.
• Now kill the Asura boss.

I’ll admit, the waypoint for that path could be pushed back away from the waves path so that returning there isn’t bad, but it’s not necessary and deaths at that waypoint are really the players fault for choosing that one instead of the other.

Kaon.7192:

I’m ok with endless waves, but they really shouldn’t be camping the Waypoint…

They don’t, if no one is there for them to aggro they run by and despawn at the gate. If you have too many mobs to handle, just go back to the entrance waypoint and wait 30 seconds or so.

Forget the rings, how about my kitten Vial?

Coming up on 100 runs and still not a single Vial.

crushedmuffin.5203:

This was “fixed” i guess, but i still have the same endless waves of mobs on the first boss, it gets to a point where my whole team is being spawn camped by mobs.
sadly this is the last path i need for dungeon master, i am all for a hard fight, but really?

The endless waves weren’t what was fixed. They were still spawning while you fight the Asura boss after the Golem, which they weren’t supposed to do. Once you reach him they are supposed to stop spawning, and now they do.

The closer waypoint has never been legitimately reachable from Path 3 or 4. It’s on the north side of Arah at the Tar Room. There is a north and south gate leading into the path to Giganticus. The north gate does not, and never has, opened when coming from the south, just as the south gate does not open when coming from the north.

Getting that northern waypoint in Path 3 was an exploit that people used and has been fixed.

Ahlen.7591:

Aldred.9345:

Assuming no other damage source than agony, they’re both equally likely to die. But the issue is healing back up again afterwards. If one guy has 22k max HP and is reduced to 10%, he has nearly 20k HP he has to heal back up again. The other guy with 13k max HP only has to heal less than 12k HP to be full.

Lol, how are you not getting this.

If person A has 20k HP and is taking 1000 damage/second
If person B has 10k HP and is taking 500 damage/second

And both heal 500 hp/second, what’s going to happen?

The same way your not getting this

Person A has 24k HP and loses 70% health – 7.2k HP
Person B has 12k HP and loses 70% health – 3.6k HP

Both players can burst heal for 6k (more vitality does not mean more healing)

Person A now has 13.2k HP
Person B now has 9.6k HP

If both players are again hit for 70% of their max health, not their current, who lives? (Hint: Not the one with higher health)

The Jade Maws Agony can not be dodged, and it is the one that punishes Vitality builds more then any other since it lasts the longest and thus does the most damage. That is not a matter of skill, that is a matter of healing through it, and Vitality builds have an extremely rough time doing that.

Aside from that, the other tough one to avoid is the Legendary Imbued Shaman, who’s Agony attack is the fire bolt that puts the pulsing aoe on you, which can’t be dodged with the usual strafing back and forth method due to it’s rapid speed to its target, thus relying solely on your ability to evade dodge it and again, it moves extremely fast and evade dodging that is rough.

Regardless, Agony severely punishes high Vitality builds who simply don’t have the ability to heal through the damage.

Thieves can solo Alpha, in all 3 fights, with the right build and utilities. In melee.

Anyways, I run CoE twice each day, once for each non-bugged path. I’d run it 3 times if Bjarl wasn’t screwed up.

Sabyne.6329:

Braxxis.7062:

I just came across a new one.

Lava Fractal – If you are looting the chest that spawns for saving the captives during the shaman fight, and the cutscene of him jumping off occurs, you will be stuck on whatever weapon set you had equipped. You can not swap weapons, you can not change weapons in the current slot. Getting downed and even death does not fix it.

Have you tried changing weapons manually on the hero panel? (like put another weapon on the set you’re using)
I had this bug once and this resolved it.

Tried that, didn’t work. It fixed itself after we finished the Fractal and moved on to the next one though.

I just came across a new one.

Lava Fractal – If you are looting the chest that spawns for saving the captives during the shaman fight, and the cutscene of him jumping off occurs, you will be stuck on whatever weapon set you had equipped. You can not swap weapons, you can not change weapons in the current slot. Getting downed and even death does not fix it.

Wait, are you saying you tried to get the Waypoint from the Mursaat Path while doing the Forgotten Path?

Any character wearing a helm of any kind appears bald in cutscenes. It’s been this way since just after the Lost Shores patch, at least I don’t recall it happening prior to that.

Ari Kagura.9182:

How about some notable GW1 bosses making a comeback? Whether they are in Fractals or in their own dungeon, it wouldn’t matter to me.

When I saw the Jade Sea fractal, I kept wondering to myself: “I wonder what would it be like if Kanaxai was there instead of the Jade Maw?”

I think that would make my day!

The Demagogue is a group event in Brisban Wildlands. He caused a lot of people a lot of grief in Prophecies.

Find the patch notes from when they made that change to SE Path 1.

I’m not sure if it’s intended or not but I’m told the waves of inquest are supposed to stop once you engage the Asura boss rather than once you’ve beaten him, which is currently not the case and you have to pull the boss to the door down behind him to avoid them.

As for the waves continuously spawning and running down the path prior to reaching him yes, that is intended.

Yes, it is intended.

I’m aware of all the problems surrounding RNG and Fractals, I made a thread about it a number of days ago. I am simply stating that his comment about having never seen something like this with “play mmo from 10 years(long raid experience… )” is preposterous and laughable.