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Nov 17

GW2 Ascended gear and infusion recipes

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by dulfy

A comprehensive guide to all the new GW2 ascended gear (backpieces, amulets, rings, accessories), and infusions. Updated for the Flame and Frost The Gathering Storm February update.

Upgrading and downgrading

You can upgrade and downgrade mist essences

  • Upgrade: 5 of Vial/Glob of Mist essence + 1 Mystic Coin + 1 Fractal Relic + 1 Glob of Ectoplasm = 1 Glob/Shard of Mist essence
  • Downgrade: 1 Shard or Glob of Mist Essence + 1 Mystic Coin + 1 Fractal Relic + 1 Master Salvage Kit = 3 of lower tier essence.

You can upgrade ascended rings into infused versions

Backpieces

Note: If you upgrade any of the backpieces from the basic Ascended version to the Infused, you will lose the infusion you applied to it. Therefore, it is better to wait for the final version to apply any fancy infusions.

There are now 2 methods to make Ascended backpieces. The first method is via grinding as it uses about 1835 fractal relics from the Fractal of the Mists dungeon. The second method is via mostly gold as you need a lot of globs of ectoplasm and T6 fine crafting materials.

Method 1 – Grind

Ascended Version (Prototype Fractal Capacitor): This method makes the Ascended version of the Prototype Fractal Capacitor, which has no glow.

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The Fractal of the Mists vendor sells exotic version of the Prototype Fractal Capacitor for 1350 Fractal Relics. There are 5 versions with different stats (note that the gw2db tooltips for one of them is wrong and doesn’t list the 3rd stats).

Prototype Fractal Capacitor
Prototype Fractal Capacitor
Prototype Fractal Capacitor
Prototype Fractal Capacitor
Prototype Fractal Capacitor

The vendor also sells Gift of the Ascension for 500 Fractal Relics.

Now, you need to take both items (1850 relics in total) to the mystic forge and use the following recipes to make the Ascended version with either Offensive or Defensive slot (it is opposite of books/quivers with crystals and philosopher’s stone)

Note: Both Philosopher’s Stone and Crystals are brought from Miyani near the Mystic Forge in Lion’s Arch. Vial of Condensed Mists Essence is a rare drop from the Fractal of Mists Dungeon

Infused Version (Beta Fractal Capacitor): To make the infused Version of the Prototype Fractal Capacitor (It is called Beta Fractal Capacitor), you will need to use the following components in the mystic forge (information provided by Fadjon, image provided by Glaciair)

  • Beta Fractal Capacitor = Ascended Prototype Fractal Capacitor + 1 Gift of Ascension + 250 Globs of Ectoplasm + 1 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence

Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence = 5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence + 1 Mystic Coin + 1 Glob of Ectoplasm +1 Fractal Relic in Mystic Forge. Alternatively, Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence also drops from L10+ Fractal of the Mist (random drop off trash mobs)

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Fractal Capacitor (Infused): You can combine the Beta Fractal Capacitor with Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence, Glob of Ectoplasm, and Gift of Ascension again to make an upgraded version of the Beta Fractal Capacitor. This version is simply called Fractal Capacitor (Infused)  and have the glowy effects (discovery and  recipe provided by Fadjon, images provoded by Images provided by Mystearica Grant)

  • Fractal Capacitor = Beta Fractal Capacitor + 250 Glob of Ectoplasm + Gift of Ascension + Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence

Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence = 5 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence + 1 Mystic Coin + 1 Glob of Ectoplasm +1 Fractal Relic in Mystic Forge. Alternatively, Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence also drops from L20+ Fractal of the Mist (random drop off trash mobs)

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Method 2 – Gold

This method makes Ascended books and quivers and it is fairly expensive due to the amount of Glob of Ectoplasm and T6 Fine Crafting material it requires (especially if you are making the one using the Vial of Powerful Blood).

General formula: 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence + 250 Philosopher’s Stone/40 Crystal + 50 Glob of Ectoplasm + 250 T6 Fine Crafting material (except for venom sacs and totems)

Note: Both Philosopher’s Stone and Crystals are brought from Miyani near the Mystic Forge in Lion’s Arch. Vial of Condensed Mists Essence is a rare drop from the Fractal of Mists Dungeon

Infused Version: All of the quivers and books below can be upgraded to the Infused version by using the following recipe in the mystic forge. The infused version adds +5 agony resistance to the item itself, granting additional agony resistance

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Quivers – All with Offensive Infusion Slots

All of the quivers below share identical appearance and contains Offensive Infusion Slot. The Infused version already have +5 agony resistance in them in addition to the Offensive Infusion Slot.

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Bowyer’s Delight

Endless Quiver

Quiver of a Thousand Arrows

Quiver of Swiftness

Sights Be True

Books – All with Defensive Infusion Slots

All of the books/tomes below share identical appearance and contains Defensive Infusion Slot. The Infused version already have +5 agony resistance in them in addition to the Defensive Infusion Slot.

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Book of Secrets

Koss on Koss

Symon’s History of Ascalon

There with Yakkington: A Traveler’s Tale

Tome of the Rubicon

Infusions

With the Flame and Frost prelude update, there are now 3 ways to obtain infusions

  • Craft them in the mystic forge (expensive but has stats + agony resist)
  • Buy the fractal dungeon vendor (agony resist only)
  • Buy them from the laurel vendor (basic stats only)

Crafted in the Mystic Forge (agony resistance + additional stat)

Note: Eldritch Scoll is purchased from Miyani near the Mystic Forge in Lion’s Arch. Karka Shells, Passion Flowers, Passion Fruits  can be brought on the trading post, obtained from the new Consortium Chests, or harvested/dropped from Southsun Cove.

NOTE: With the recent update, some of the infusions only require 1 Philosopher stone rather than 50 Philosopher stones. This might be an unintended change. Double check when buying Philosopher stones. So far Vital and Resilient infusions are confirmed to use 1 Philosopher Stone

Resilient Infusion (defensive slots)

Vital Infusion (defensive slots)

Healing Infusion (defensive slot)

Malign Infusion (offensive slot)

Mighty Infusion (offensive slot)

Precise Infusion (offensive slots)

Versatile Precise Infusion (both offensive and defensive slots)

Versatile Malign Infusion (both offensive and defensive slots)

Purchased from fractal dungeon vendor (agony resistance only)

Infusions with just agony resistance can also be purchased from the Fractal of the Mists dungeon using tokens earned from the dungeon

Purchased from the laurel vendor (basic stat only)

The vendor is located just outside the WvW portals in Lion’s Arch. He sells 3 types of infusions, none of them containing any agony resist. They are defensive, offensive, utility types. Note that the utility infusion slot only exist on amulets.

Infusion Slot Stats Laurels
Healing Defensive +4 Healing 5
Resilient Defensive +4 Toughness 5
Vital Defensive +4 Vitality 5
Malign Offensive +4 Condition Damage 5
Mighty Offensive +4 Power 5
Precise Offensive +4 Precision 5
Glided Utility +20% gold from monsters 20
Magical Utility +20% magical find 20
Experienced Utility +20% experience from kills 10
Karmic Utility +15% karma 10

Rings

There are three methods to obtain ascended quality rings

  • Getting them as drops from Level 10 and + Fractal of the Mist daily chests
  • Buying them from FOTM dungeon vendor using Pristine Fractal relics
  • Buying them from laurel vendor using laurels

Getting rings as daily reward chest drops

Starting with tier 10 and above, players can receive a daily bonus chest from completing even tiers containing an Ascended quality ring. At tier 20+, players can receive an Infused version of the Ascended ring (already comes with agony resistance). With the Wintersday update, players who are doing tier 26 and higher fractals will only receive infused version of ascended rings through the daily chest (i.e. non-infused Ascended rings will no longer drop from the daily chests at tier 26 and above).

Buying ascended rings

  • At the daily chest for tier 10 and higher fractals, players are guaranteed a Pristine Fractal Relic. If you have 10 of such relic, you can purchase an Ascended ring at the Golem Merchant BUY-437 inside Fractal of the Mists hub.
  • Alternatively, players can buy the same rings from the laurel vendors at 35 laurels each (earned from daily and monthly achievements). These rings are identical to the ones from the fractal dungeon vendor.

Upgrading ascended ring to infused ring

The Wintersday update provided us with a method to upgrade from regular ring to infused ring in the mystic forge

Infused ring = 1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence + 3 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence + 5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence + Non infused ring

Ring stat combinations

  • Note that in the February update, five new stat combinations were added to rings

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Amulets

Ascended amulets were introduced with the Flame and Frost prelude patch. Currently, the only method to obtain them is via laurel vendors. Laurels are earned from daily and monthly achievements (1 laurel per daily, 10 per monthly). All Ascended amulets cost 30 laurels each and contain either Defensive, Offensive, or Utility infusion slots.

Here the list of ascended amulets and their stats combinations

  • Note that in the February update, five new stat combos were added to rings.

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Accessories

Ascended accessories were introduced with Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm February path. There are two ways currently to obtain them. You can purchase them in the Guild Commendations vendor near the bank in Lion’s Arch for 5 old and 12 Guild Commendations earned via Guild Missions. Alternatively, you can purchase them from the laurel vendor at a price of 40 laurels and 50 Globs of Ectoplasm.

Here is a list of Ascended Accessories and their stat combinations. Note that like rings, you have two accessory slots.

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