Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, with the release of the dyes API, it has become alot easier to find dyes to match your outfit. However, I find most applications of them are rather abstract for me to use personally. I decided to make a gallery using preview pics of six armor sets (2 per armor type) of all dyes ingame currently (427 dyes) to help those who are having trouble visualizing them like me. Hopefully you will find it useful to some extent!

Gallery: http://dulfy.net/2013/12/24/gw2-dye-gallery/ (fairly image heavy so may take a few seconds to load completely)

How are dyes organized and sorted?

This is a tricky topic and I went back and forth on alot of ways to do this. I tried sorting by HSV, HSL etc but none of them were satisfactory. I really wanted to group similar colored dyes together but none of these worked. I could do this manually by eyeballing it but 427 dyes is alot and some classifications can get arbitrary. Finally, I decided to stick to the way the game sorted by hues and go in the reverse order (light -> dark) under each hue.

http://i.imgur.com/sqIt5LS.jpg

This is far from perfect and some dyes are located weirdly. An example would be the Cyanide dye from the Toxic Dye kit. It is classified as purple hue when it looks completely green.

How do I use this?

There are two ways you can go about. If you know the name of a dye you are looking for, expand the dye list and search for that dye name using ctrl + f. This will tell you which hue it is under and you can expand that hue specifically to search for it again.

If you don’t know the name of a dye but have a general idea of the color you want (i.e. something red), you can expand the red hue dyes and look for something you like visually. As I mentioned earlier, the way the game sort dyes by hues is a bit weird so there are red dyes under other hues as well.

How do I compare 2 or more dyes?

The best way to do this is to open an image in a separate tab (middle mouse button for example) and then flip through the tabs to compare the dyes & images you have picked.

What armor sets are used?

Six armor sets are used per dye, 2 sets per armor type (light, medium, heavy). 3/6 are popular gemstore armor sets and the other 3 are armor sets that I picked which I think is more fitting of the armor material (i.e. cloth, leather, metal). This should hopefully give you a good idea of how the same dye look across different armor sets

How do I find this gallery?

It is easy to find it now since it is directly linked here but in the future, you can access it by going to the Galleries & Catalog menu and look under GW2 other galleries. Here you will find other galleries that might of interest as well such as backpieces and permanent finishers.

http://i.imgur.com/XB9zubz.jpg

The site is under going redesign and revamp by the end of Jan, 2014 so hopefully it will be even easier to find stuff once the new site format launches!

Happy Holidays and feel free to put down any suggestions etc

Hey everyone, the latest gemstore update added Upgrade Extractors, Permanent Gift & Permanent Snowman finishers, and Fancy Winter Outfit (from last year) in the gemstore.

Upgrade Extractor – 250 gems each or 5/1100 gems or 25/5000 gems.

• Works on infusions as well

Permanent Gift Finisher – 600 gems

• Video: http://youtu.be/UKbv0cRHFgU

Permanent Snowman Finisher – 700 gems

• Video: http://youtu.be/Goq-HgFXHWE

Fancy Winter Outfit – 700 gems

• Female Charr and Asura wears the female version. Scepter has 5 costume brawl skills (fairly weak)
• Same as last year’s outfit.

Some pics: http://dulfy.net/2013/12/17/gw2-gift-snowman-finishers-and-upgrade-extractor-in-the-gemstore/

Sola.7250:

Looks like Tailor and Leatherwork are missing Thermocatalytic Reagent!!!!

They don’t show up for tailor/leatherwork in the first column because that assumes you are working with refined mats which does not involve Themorcatalytic reagent (uses spool of gossamer thread instead). Only armorsmith uses Thermocatalytic reagent for its casing etc.

Added a page outlining the stats for all the Ascended armor sets

Hey everyone, I have written an ascended armor crafting guide with detailed breakdown of the various mats for those who are looking to craft their ascended armor piece and have not done so already. The guide is fairly massive and there could be some mistakes so feel free to point them out if you see them.

Guides

• Ascended armor crafting guide
• New Ascended backpiece crafting guide

Ascended Armor stats

As requested, here is a breakdown of the Ascended armor stats and also a comparison with current exotic armor. You will gain roughly 5% stat increase by switching from exotic to the ascended armor version. On some pieces this 5% increase simply translate to 1-2 stat increase.

• Ascended armor stats

Material breakdown

There is another breakdown posted on the forums by Natsu if you want to check it out. It is more concise that what i have.

Tailor

Mat cost for a full set

http://i.imgur.com/xpvV18T.jpg

Bolt of Damask is time gated (only 1 produced per day) but you can speed it up by buying them from the TP. They are priced at 16 gold each atm but prices will drop fairly soon. If you don’t buy any from the TP you are looking at crafting for 36 days for your full set.

36 * 16g = 576 gold if you want it immediately. This doesn’t factor in the cost for Elonian Leather Square (which is also time gated but much cheaper) and assumes you have 15 Dragonite Ingot/Empyreal Star/Bloodstone Brick already as these cannot be brought.

If you don’t have alot of the mats handy you could be looking at spending close to 600 gold for a full set if you want it immediately.

Armorsmith

Here is the mat cost for the full set

http://i.imgur.com/RTE1R8g.jpg

You only need 25 Bolt of Damask, which means you can finish the set in 25 days without buying them from the TP. You also need 16 Deldrimor Steel Ingot, which are priced at 4.5 gold on the TP currently.
25 × 16 + 4.5 × 16 = 472 gold just for buying all the time gated mats.

Leatherwork

Mat cost for the full set

http://i.imgur.com/Xrjl4AE.jpg

Only 23 Bolt of Damask is needed. Elonian Leathers are selling for 1.6 g at the moment so they are almost nothing by comparison. You can finish this set fastest at 23 days if you don’t buy Bolts of Damask from the TP.

23 × 16 + 1.6 × 18 = ~400 gold for buying all the time gated mats. It should come no suprise that medium Ascended armor is the fastest and cheapest out of the three though.

If you spotted an error with the breakdown or if there is something unclear please let me know!

Here are some notes I took on the livestream (~1 hr long). Really enjoyed it and it was quite lighthearted compared to some of the other official ones

http://dulfy.net/2013/12/06/gw2-pvp-developer-livestream-notes/

Looks like the Grenth Hood, Stag Helm and new Winterday minis are in the gemstore. They are all 500 gems each but if you want to get the 4th mini (Mini Dolyak Calf) you will need to shell out another 500 gems.

The Wintersdays minis are exceptionally cute and well done. Grenth helm is pretty cool too. Stag helm looks huge on Charr and Asura.

Here are some pics: http://dulfy.net/2013/12/03/gw2-grenth-stag-helms-and-wintersday-minis-in-the-gemstore/

Video of wintersday minis: http://youtu.be/L2ffUCdqIh0

Video of Grenth Hood/Stag helm: http://youtu.be/kTumMC0MDZo

37 according to the [HC] post on another topic is Keep Them In Line – Damaged enemies gain boons when unattended

Account bound, this one is 1000 gems instead of the usual 800 gems.

Also new is the Gathering Boosters for 150 gems ea or 5 for 550 gems. Gain 10 seconds of swiftness when gathering, 33% chance at extra resource when gathering. Lasts 1 hr.

Crafting boosters are also on sale. 20% OFF (120 gems each or 5 for 440 gems)

Video of the Dreamthistle logging axe: http://youtu.be/hktSA6Q7omI

Haha 5 months later, Mace gallery is here!

http://dulfy.net/2013/11/06/gw2-mace-gallery/

Hey everyone, the gemstore updated tonight with the Toxic Mantle, Toxic Gloves and Toxic dyes in the gem store.

Toxic Dyes – 125 gems each or 5 for 500 gems.

Toxic Mantle/Toxic Glove – 400 gems each
* Same across all 3 armor types and between genders.

Pics: http://dulfy.net/2013/11/05/gw2-toxic-dyes-mantles-and-gloves-in-the-gemstore/

Video showing off the Toxic Mantle + gloves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsl_9vjnph0

Here is a gallery of the new toxic mantle/gloves with dye patterns, different races etc. Also a video to show how the dyes affect them.

http://dulfy.net/2013/11/05/gw2-toxic-dyes-mantles-and-gloves-in-the-gemstore/

Those are the maps, the toxic offshoots appear less frequently compared to Kessex Hills so you just need to wait a bit longer

Still looking for those if anyone has them

Ayrilana.1396:

dulfy.1493:

Sligh.2789:

The one getting missed is in MOunt Maelstrom. I almost skimmed right over it, the Dulfy notes are not clear. That is where it is.

http://i.imgur.com/2ushnEp.jpg

How is it not clear? I mentioned there are 4 shards at the top for Maelstrom. The first two rows contains shard 1-3 and the third row contains shard 4.

I even marked it as Krait Obelisk 1-3 and Krait Obelisk 4.

If it helps, I can include the 4th one in the map for 1-3 as well but I divided it up initially since the 4th location was discovered later and closer to another waypoint

Your notes are clear. It’s just that some people are relying on the image of the overall map with the locations rather than reading your entire guide.

Okay I have adjusted it now so all 4 locations are marked in 1 pic. Hopefully that will solve some issues

Sligh.2789:

The one getting missed is in MOunt Maelstrom. I almost skimmed right over it, the Dulfy notes are not clear. That is where it is.

http://i.imgur.com/2ushnEp.jpg

How is it not clear? I mentioned there are 4 shards at the top for Maelstrom. The first two rows contains shard 1-3 and the third row contains shard 4.

I even marked it as Krait Obelisk 1-3 and Krait Obelisk 4.

If it helps, I can include the 4th one in the map for 1-3 as well but I divided it up initially since the 4th location was discovered later and closer to another waypoint

Here are the ingredients to make it:

1 Orichalcum Ingot
100 Pristine Toxic Spore Samples
2 Globes of Ectoplasm
60 Lumps of Primordium

http://dulfy.net/2013/10/30/gw2-tower-of-nightmares-patch-recipes/

There is an easy way to do it. Join up in a group with players who are also attacking the same door. All you have to do is have everyone attack the same gate and you should get the tick for the achievement once the gate is destroyed.

The achievement seems to care how much damage you did to the gate so if you are alone and solo you may not reach the “threshold” for the achievement to count.

Recommended you are in a min 3 player group as a 2 player group may not count all the time.

Looks like the gemstore got two new Haloween related town clothes and two old one returning from last year.

• Executioner’s Outfit – 700 gems
• Bloody Prince’s Outfit – 700 gems
• Mad King’s Outfit – 700 gems
• Witch’s Outfit – 700 gems.

I really like the Executioner outfit with the huge axe, the spin attack it got just is amazing for chop down nearby players.

Here are some pics, description of abilities, and videos for those who havn’t had a chance to buy them yet!

http://dulfy.net/2013/10/22/gw2-bloody-prince-and-executioners-outfit-in-the-gemstore/

Bragdras.9572:

You get 3 of those personalised trick-or-treat bag if you win as the courtiers or if you’re the last villager to die, and you get 5 of those same bags if you survive as a villager (or maybe only 5 bags if you’re the last villager alive when the timer runs out).

I got nothing when I survived as a villager but I wasn’t the only villager left alive.

Last year you were given a couple of trick or treat boxes for playing this minigame with winning team getting more of it. This year it seems neither teams are getting anything?

No you can get them in Kessex/Queensdale/Gendarran fields as well.

Just have to select the closed doors as the open doors lead you to the Labyrinth

Anyone having issues where they are not getting achievements for killing the 3 bosses inside Labyrinth? I killed all 3 so far and only got achievement for one out of the three.

Hey there, I am trying to finish my high res Mace gallery but I am missing some rather rare mace skins that I am wondering if anyone can help me with. I need to take a picture of them ingame sheathed/unsheathed on an actual person as the preview screen is low res and insufficient for my purposes. I am looking for the following mace skins, please contact me ingame (whisper or mail) if you have them (NA servers only)

• Aetherized Mace

• Flanged Mace of the Sunless (from Tequatl)

• Monkshood (from the new TA path)

Thanks!

During the October 8 Gemstore update, a new unlimited harvesting sickle (Jack-in-the-box Scythe) and Hallows Fortune fireworks was added to the gemstore.

Jack-in-the-box Scythe – 800 gems

• Account bound but soulbound on use
• Video: http://youtu.be/P_aIuYhaxc0

Hallows Fortune Fireworks – 200 each or 5 for 800 gems

• Four different colored fireworks with 10 charges each and a Hallows Finale firework with only one charge.
• Video: http://youtu.be/SIISo8jCtc4

Some pics if you can’t view the video: http://dulfy.net/2013/10/08/gw2-october-8-gemstore-update-jack-in-the-box-scythe-and-fireworks/

coronaas.4362:

As far as I can tell during the encounter people can get downed but noone can die. If anyone dies during the fight the entire group fails. the mob has to be chosen from the group in the middle and he has to be engaged as the boss dies (maybe even the entire fight with the boss) and killed shortly after without losing aggro.

Hope this helps

That is not true, we got the achievement even though everyone but me died. Everyone got the achievement once we killed the Foreman and cleaned up the last group.

We went out of combat between killing Foreman Spur and the last group.

The achievement is fairly buggy.

Not too different. Black goo comes out of rocks instead of lava and the bone pick has a black trail behind it.

Bone pick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQWDwzqmnA

Just to clarify some misconceptions.

I did not gather all the info by myself, alot of it is submitted by other players. I just compiled all the info and put them into a presentable format. Usually for the first couple hrs of a patch I won’t have a guide up. This was especially evident in the SAB: Back to School patch where some of my guides were not up until a week after the patch went live due to the overwhelming content. All the info gathering and guide writing was done live. It is usually alot faster to communicate with other players than waiting for my guides because there is a time delay as I have to write, take pictures, and then put them up etc.

Thanks

Bone Pick – unlimited mining pick like the Molten pick

• Soulbound on use
• 800 gems
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQWDwzqmnA&

Deathly dye pack – chance for six new dyes

• Each pack contains 1 dye from a pool of 25 dyes, six of which are new
• Swampblack Dye [&AgEduwAA]
• Caustic Dye [&AgEeuwAA]
• Toxin Dye [&AgEfuwAA]
• Algae Dye [&AgEguwAA]
• Acid Dye [&AgEhuwAA]
• Acrid Dye [&AgEiuwAA]

Some pics: http://dulfy.net/2013/09/24/gw2-bone-pick-and-deathly-dye-pack-in-the-gemstore/

I wrote up a guide to Tequatl with a video component as well. The video is pieced together from several attempts to show the Hylek turrets as well.

http://dulfy.net/2013/09/21/gw2-tequatl-the-sunless-strategy-guide/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9EaqXlBr8Q

Well for that secret room I didn’t actually find a way to get on that top ledge from the other side. Only way I got to it was via the bombing. Going into that room via the way you guys described doesn’t count for the hidden room achievement, it only counted if you can somehow get on top of that ledge.

Here for 2 more weeks

Adamantium.3682:

A good rhythm is to queue up 3 as you’re running to the clouds. When you land on the first cloud hit 33 (just to be sure you get the song), then jump, 23, then jump again, 31. This should open the door if you end the song on the cloud nearest the door.

I do not suggest hitting 33 on the first cloud after the channel. Just hit 3 again. I was told this before and it took me over 20 tries and I still couldn’t get it. I switched to hitting only 3 and it worked. If you hit 33, your song will be 3332331 and the door won’t open.

Eulolia.2467:

WHY did you make me back track half way through the map to get to the shortcut eagle

You don’t have to backtrack, just think a bit instead of following a video that was put out quickly and has a far from optimal route. This achievement was frustrating but not for those reasons you listed (i’ll give you the bauble counter or popup before boss, that would make it far better).

You do have to backtrack to get to the baubles on the bell. Taking the shortcut eagle when you encounter it doesn’t work as it save you to the checkpoint before the portal maze.

Due to how large SAB this release was, I havn’t being able to release guides in a timely fashion like other releases. I am actually working alone with friends who help me from time to time so this release was alot of take in.

Anyways, I finished up most of the normal stuff for world 2 and all of world 1 tribulation mode & their misc achievements so I will be working on world 2 tribulation mode now.

hiroscho.7230:

I think with the last patch they bugged this achievement. You know that 1 Live that is after the first dart trap? It was a bauble before.

No it is not bugged. I got my achievement after the patch so I know for sure it works. That bauble got moved a few meters back but it is still there.

RyuDragnier.9476:

Have you found all the baubles yet dulfy, or is that still in the works?

I am waiting for confirmation that achievement isn’t bugged before making it.

The 10th one is slingshot.
http://dulfy.net/2013/09/08/gw2-major-in-enhancement-sab-achievement-guide/

Video added! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwvZwFn0ogI

This was suggested back in April when they put in the baubles achievement for world 1 and I am surprised it wasn’t included in this patch. Most people didn’t have an issue for the assassins achievement because you could use the team score to keep track but it would be nice if it was done for baubles. It wouldn’t remove any of the difficulty, just make these achievements less frustrating because we are all humans and we make mistakes like not picking up a bauble here or there.

Hey everyone, here is my Master of Secrets World 2 hidden rooms guide showing you how to get to all 17 hidden rooms for this achievement. A video guide will follow shortly as well.

http://dulfy.net/2013/09/08/gw2-master-of-secrets-world-2-achievement-guide/

For W2Z1 and W2Z2 guides for both hidden rooms and baubles are available but is recommended you use the baubles guide to get both achievements in one go

W2Z1 Associate of Baubles guide
W2Z2 Bachelor of Baubles guide

Luthan.5236:

I’m sure Dulfy will release the last guide soon. Last guide that might take a bit longer to write. Then the other tribulation mode video guides that still need to follow should be faster(just a playthrough and not endless collecting stuff that takes time).

Yup, here is my Master of Secrets World 2 guide, video guide should follow shortly

http://dulfy.net/2013/09/08/gw2-master-of-secrets-world-2-achievement-guide/

Hey everyone, here is a complete list of ten items you need to the Major in Enhancement achievement. I know there are already some threads on it but they were largely incomplete.

1. Slingshot – 225 baubles – many of you got into world 2 with 1/10 already, this is why. Slingshot can be purchased from the shop before frog boss in world 1 zone 3 or the starting area vendor for world 2 zone 1 and zone 2.

2. Glove of wisdom – automatically gained from the mini boss in world 2 zone 2.

3. Chain sticks- 400 baubles – there is a secret shop under the gong pagoda in world 2 zone 2 that sells this. Check the pictures in the guide linked below if you are not sure where it is. Fastest way to get there is via shortcut eagle assuming you don’t get knocked off early.

4. Wooden Whistle – 250 baubles – Can be purchased from a hidden shop in world 2 zone 1 but easier to just buy it from the vendor at the starting area for world 2 zone 3.

5. Medium health bottle – 300 baubles – Same vendor at the starting area for world 2 zone 3.

6. Torch – 400 baubles – Vendor right before checkpoint 1 in world 2 zone 3 sells this. You need it to make it past the first checkpoint.

7. Nice Scoop – 325 baubles The same vendor that sells torch sells this. You can also get it from the shop before world 2 zone 1 boss but it is further away.

8. Bauble Tote Bag – 500 baubles – jump down and run towards the yellow bauble past the checkpoint in world 2 zone 3. The take 2-3 left turns to arrive at a corner with an opening. Throw a bomb at the wall to open a secret shop.

9. Moto’s Finger – You will need to get to the foggy area in world 2 zone 3 and then jump of the infantile cloud to the frozen platform below. You must have the wooden whistle and learned the 332331 song from hidden room #8 in world 2 zone 2. Check the link below for more info as getting to it is a bit more complicated.

10. Health Vessel – Receive it automatically when you defeat Storm wizard at end of world 2 zone 3.

Link with more info: http://dulfy.net/2013/09/08/gw2-major-in-enhancement-sab-achievement-guide/

Enjoy!

Guide has being changed to reflect the changes to shortcut eagle in the patch

Yup I was making it before getting interrupted by the new patch etc. They changed a bunch of stuff in w2z2 so i had to redo it. arrgh

Adamantium.3682:

Raziel.9738:

Adamantium.3682:

I can’t seem to reach the chest right before the final boss of 2-1. Seems like you need that flower there. Last chest I need for Associate of Baubles I hope there’s another way to get there.

Honestly I think the flowers were the only unnecessary change. None of them were buggy to my knowledge, and to use some of them in different ways it required some creative thinking. I would have preferred they stayed the same.

That’s a jump you should easily be able to make if you use the pictures in Dulfy’s guide.

That rock she jumped on has been removed, now only a tiny piece of it remains against the wall. There is another way in, but Dulfy’s guide is not it.

You can still make the jump, it is a bit harder now. The little stub is enough to land on it. You just have to turn a bit left when you jump (i.e. change direction when you jump so you land on that little stub

See example: http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gw2-associate-of-baubles-world-2-achievement-guide-64.jpg

Remember you are carrying the key for that chest so anything risky could cause you to lose the key if you die in the waterfall.

Hmm the jump to shortcut eagle is much harder now. I couldn’t get to the cloud via a normal jump, had to use a dodge jump

Video guide is now up!

Hey everyone, here is my Bachelor of Secrets world 2 achievement guide showing you how to get to all 9 hidden rooms in World 2 zone 2. Note that you must have the flute or you cannot open the last hidden room (costs 250 baubles, can be purchased from various shops in W2Z2 or from the vendor right at starting position of W2Z3)

Video guide should be coming shortly as well.

http://dulfy.net/2013/09/06/gw2-bachelor-of-secrets-world-2-achievement-guide/

If you are looking for achievements for W2Z1, there are guides for both baubles and hidden rooms (I recommend doing them at same time) in both written and video format.

Hidden rooms: http://dulfy.net/2013/09/05/gw2-associate-of-secrets-world-2-achievement-guide/
All Baubles: http://dulfy.net/2013/09/06/gw2-associate-of-baubles-world-2-achievement-guide/ (just use this one if you want do hidden rooms and baubles at same time)

Enjoy!

Stuck in that wooden beam used to hit the gong? Happened to me twice in W2Z2 One time at the gong near the end..