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GW2 Ascended gear and infusion recipes

Dulfy 316 Comments Nov 17, 2012

A comprehensive guide to all the new GW2 ascended gear (backpieces, amulets, rings, accessories), and infusions. Updated for the Nov 28, 2013 patch.

• Upgrading and downgrading
• Backpieces (Mystic forge crafted)
• Infusions (MF crafted, fractal vendor, laurel vendor)
• Rings (Level 10+ FOTM dungeon, laurel vendor)
• Amulet (Laurel vendor)
• Accessory (Laurel or Guild Commendations vendor)

Upgrading and downgrading

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You can upgrade and downgrade mist essences

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

You can upgrade ascended rings into infused versions

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

Backpieces

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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

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

The Fractal of the Mists vendor sells exotic version of the Prototype Fractal Capacitor for 1350 Fractal Relics. There are 4 versions with different stats

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)

• Offensive Slot = 1x Prototype Fractal Capacitor + 1x Gift of the Ascension+ 40 Crystals + 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence
• Defensive Slot = 1x Prototype Fractal Capacitor + 1x Gift of the Ascension+ 240 Philosopher’s Stone + 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence

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

• 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 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust in Mystic Forge. Alternatively, Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence also drops from L10+ Fractal of the Mist (random drop off trash mobs)

Note that this places an agony infusion slot on the backpiece in addition to the infusion slot from the ascended Prototype Fractal Capacitor. This slot is empty if you have created an infused version after the Nov 26, 2013 update. If you have done this before the update, it is filled with a +5 Agony Infusion.

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

• 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)

Method 2 – Gold

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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).

Since the Nov 26, 2013 update, players can now use 250 Bloodstone Dust instead of 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence to make their ascended backpieces. Infusing them, which adds the agony resist slot, still requires Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence.

General formula: 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence or 250 Bloodstone Dust + 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 an agony infusion slot to the item, allowing you to place agony infusions onto them. This slot is empty if you have created an infused version after the Nov 26 update. If you did it before the update, the slot is filled with a +5 agony infusion.

• Infused version = 1 Ascended Quiver/Book + 250 Glob of Ectoplasm + 1 Gift of Ascension + 1 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence
• Gift of Ascension, purchased form the dungeon vendor inside Fractal of Mists for 500 Fractal Relics
• Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence = 5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence + 1 Mystic Coin + 1 Glob of Ectoplasm +1 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust in Mystic Forge. Alternatively, Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence also drops from L10+ Fractal of the Mist.

Quivers – All with Offensive Infusion Slots

All of the quivers below share identical appearance and contains Offensive Infusion Slot. The Infused version contains an agony infusion slot that allow you to place agony resist infusions onto them.

Bowyer’s Delight

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 240 Philosopher’s Stone, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Vicious Fang in Mystic Forge
• Total Stats: 56 Power, 35 Toughness, 35 Vitality, empty Offensive Infusion Slot (pic)

Endless Quiver

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 240 Philosopher’s Stone, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Ancient Bone in Mystic Forge
• Total Stats: 35 Precision, 35 Toughness, 56 Condition Damage, empty Offensive Infusion Slot (pic)

Quiver of a Thousand Arrows

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence, 240 Philosopher’s Stone, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Vicious Claws in Mystic Forge
• There is no recipe involving Bloodstone Dust for this particular backpiece.
• Total stats: 35 Toughness, 35 Vitality, 32 Power, 5% Magic Find, empty Offensive Infusion slot (pic)

Quiver of Swiftness

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 240 Philosopher’s Stone, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Powerful Blood in Mystic Forge
• Total Stats: 56 Power, 35 Precision, 5% Critical Damage, empty Offensive Infusion slot (pic)

Sights Be True

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 240 Philosopher’s Stone, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Armored Scale in Mystic Forge
• Total Stats: 32 Power, 56 Toughness, 5% Critical Damage, empty Offensive Infusion Slot (pic)

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.

Book of Secrets

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 40 Crystal, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Powerful Blood  in Mystic Forge
• Total stats: 56 Power, 35 Precision, 5% Critical Damage, empty Defensive Infusion slot

Koss on Koss

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 40 Crystal, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Vicious Fang in Mystic Forge
• Total Stats: 56 Power, 35 Toughness, 35 Vitality, empty Defensive Infusion slot

Symon’s History of Ascalon

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 40 Crystal, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Armored Scale in Mystic Forge
• Total stats: 32 Power, 56 Toughness, 5% Critical Damage, empty Defensive Infusion slot

There with Yakkington: A Traveler’s Tale

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence, 40 Crystal, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Vicious Claws in Mystic Forge
• There is no no recipe involving Bloodstone Bricks for this particular backpiece.
• Total stats: 35 Toughness, 35 Vitality, 32 Power, 5% Magic Find, empty Defensive Infusion slot

Tome of the Rubicon

• Combine 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence/250 Bloodstone Dust, 40 Crystal, 50 Glob of Ectoplasm, 250 Ancient Bone in Mystic Forge
• Total stats: 35 Precision, 35 Toughness, 56 Condition Damage, empty Defensive Infusion slot.

Infusions

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Agony infusion vs regular infusions

With the Nov 26, 2013 update, all infused ascended items (rings and backpieces) have a new agony infusion slot in addition to their regular infusion slot. This slot is for agony infusions only, which are dropped from the final boss of each fractal and can be upgraded by Artificers. If your item was infused before the Nov 26 update, they are automatically filled with +5 agony infusion. If you infused them after, this slot is empty.

It is now important to differentiate between agony infusions which only go into the agony infusion slot on ascended items and regular infusions which can go into the regular infusion slot and can contain agony resist as well. There is now a difference in the term agony infusions which specifically apply to these new infusions and agony resist infusions which can mean any infusions (regular or agony) with agony resist.

Upgrading agony infusions

You can combine two identical agony infusions to upgrade to the next tier. For example, two +1 agony infusions can be combine together to make a single +2 agony infusion. Two +2 agony infusions can be combined together to make a single +3 agony infusion. You will need to be Artificer (100) to perform the upgrade which also requires Thermocatalytic Reagent that can be purchased from the Master Artificer near the crafting stations.

The basic +1 agony infusion is dropped from the final chest of each fractal but can be also brought on the Trading Post.

Regular infusions 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)

• 1 Philosopher Stones, 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Karka Shells, 100 Armored Scale

Vital Infusion (defensive slots)

• 1 Philosopher Stones, 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Karka Shells,100 Ancient Bone

Healing Infusion (defensive slot)

• 50 Philosopher Stones, 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Karka Shells, 100 Elaborate Totem

Malign Infusion (offensive slot)

• 50 Philosopher Stones, 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Passion Fruits, 100 Powerful Venom Sacs

Mighty Infusion (offensive slot)

• 50 Philosopher Stones, 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Passion Fruits, 100 Powerful Blood

Precise Infusion (offensive slots)

• 50 Philosopher Stones , 20 Mystic Coin, 250 Passion Fruits, 100 Vicious Claw

Versatile Precise Infusion (both offensive and defensive slots)

• 100 Philosopher Stones , 50 Mystic Coin, 100 Passion Flowers, 250 Vicious Claw

Versatile Malign Infusion (both offensive and defensive slots)

• 100 Philosopher Stones , 50 Mystic Coin ,100 Passion Flowers, 250 Powerful Venom Sac

Regular infusions 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

• 75 Fractal Relics for Versatile Simple Infusion

Regular infusions 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

Regular infusions purchased from the WvW Laurel vendor

Infusion	Slot	Stats	Laurels & Badges
Healing WvW Infusion	Defensive	+5 Healing -1% damage taken from Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges
Resilient WvW Infusion	Defensive	+5 Toughness -1% damage taken from Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges
Vital WvW Infusion	Defensive	+5 Vitality -1% damage taken from Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges
Malign WvW Infusion	Offensive	+5 Condition Damage +1% damage to Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges
Mighty WvW Infusion	Offensive	+5 Power +1% damage to Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges
Precise WvW Infusion	Offensive	+5 Precision +1% damage to Guards and Lords	5 laurels + 125 badges

Rings

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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 them from WvW rank up chests

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.
• WvW players can purchase the same rings at their WvW laurel vendor for 25 laurels + 250 Badges of Honor each.

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

Amulets

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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.

• With the May 28, 2013 update, WvW players can also purchase these amulets for 20 laurels and 250 Badges of Honor each.

Here the list of ascended amulets and their stats combinations

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

Accessories

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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.