Guild Wars 2 Easy Lvl 80 Gear

This guide is intended to help new level 80 characters gear up for high-end PvE content such as fractals, strikes, and raids, or who simply want to make the most of their character in terms of PvE effectiveness. Similar strategies apply to gearing for WvW but the suggestions here are focused on PvE stats so check what stats you're looking for first. Structured PvP, of course, has its own standardized stats, so none of this applies there.

Many of the stat combinations require either the Heart of Thorns or Path of Fire expansions to select them. If you do not own Path of Fire, for instance, you will not have access to Harrier's stats, and if you do not own Heart of Thorns (included for free with Path of Fire), you will not have access to Viper's stats, no matter what you do (with the exception of legendary items being able to always select any stats). If you are missing either one or both of those expansions, your options for viable builds will likely be limited to power damage builds that use Berserker's armor.

Before you start [edit]

So let's start with the basics. First and foremost, exotic armor is fine for literally all content except tier 4 fractals. Tier 1 & 2 fractals are absolutely fine without a single piece of ascended armor. Tier 3, it'll be slightly easier to get the Agony Resistance (AR) you need with a couple pieces of ascended armor, but still doable. Raiding doesn't require AR, and the stat increase is minimal (~2-3% DPS). So go ahead and forget about ascended armor until you're at least in tier 3 fractals, by which point you've hopefully had an armorbox or few drop for you.

The thing you absolutely do want pretty much as soon as you hit 80 and know that you're going to take this character seriously are ascended trinkets (amulet, backpiece, accessories (a.k.a. earrings), and rings). We'll come back to those in a minute. The other thing you should work toward is an ascended weapon for your primary weapon (the 2-hand or main-hand weapon you do your most damage with; typically the melee weapon if you have a melee set and a ranged set). Don't worry about the offhand right away, but you may need the mainhand of the 2nd set depending on your class's standard rotation. Weapon is a bit harder than trinkets, so don't feel bad about picking up an exotic while you start working toward the ascended. If you're a power DPS, getting an ascended weapon will give you a decent buff in damage since it has higher stats and base damage so it's the largest single increase for gear (~6% DPS gain).

Now before you go grabbing exotics and ascendeds, you need to figure out what stats you're actually aiming for. To keep this simple, in 9 cases out of 10, you're aiming for Berserker stats if you're direct damage, Viper stats if you're condition damage, Harrier stats if you're a healer, and Diviner stats if you're a boon support. Absolutely perfect optimization may involve mixing one or two pieces of Sinister with your Viper, Assassin's to cap out crit chance with power builds, or suchlike (consult Snowcrow's for raids, discretize for fractals or MetaBattle for details), but for simplicity's sake I'm focusing on those four stats. Also, before deciding, make sure the class you want to play has a viable meta build of the type you're aiming for, for the game mode you're intending. Every profession has at least one viable power DPS, condi DPS, support, and healer option with a few exceptions (please don't play heal warrior) and a few niche builds (like boon daredevil). In general though, most fractals and dungeons want power damage, and for raids it heavily depends on the boss and team composition (pretty even split for power focused, confusion focused, and fights it doesn't matter). Also, if you're thinking about starting with a condi, healer, or support just have a quick glance at the Selectable Armor section and take note of the options/complications.

Trinkets [edit]

One important note about ascended trinkets is that most of them (exceptions will be noted) have the property Unique. This property is irrelevant for backpacks and amulets, but for accessories and rings it means you cannot equip two of the same at the same time. You cannot wear two Blood Ruby Bands, even if one is has Viper stats and the other is has Sinister stats, but you can wear one regular Blood Ruby Band and one that has been Attuned or Infused, as these count as different items. This is only a stopgap measure if you're planning to eventually do the highest level Fractals, since you'll eventually want both rings Attuned and Infused for the maximum number of infusion slots. Accessories cannot be attuned/infused. If the only stat you want is Berserker, check the Berserker trinkets section as those may be easier for you to get.

Living World Trinkets (aka easiest trinkets) [edit]

Living World Season 3, Living World Season 4, and The Icebrood Saga (Season 5) have multiple methods to obtain stat selectable trinkets, spread across multiple episodes. All selectable trinkets acquired in this way can select any stat combination available to your account no matter what season they come from. This is the best way to get expansion stats (Viper's, Harrier's, Diviner's, etc.) for trinkets and still a cheap farmable option for core stats as well (like Berserker's). All the stat selectable trinkets require Unbound, Volatile Magic, or Karma in addition to the map specific currency. For some of the Season 4 maps, pre-stat selected trinkets with Plaguedoctor's or Diviner's stats are available. However, since they cost laurels and sometimes additional ectos, they are not advised over the other stat selectable options presented below. Icebrood Saga has cheap and easy options for accessory and amulet but they require story to be done so they are not a great option for fresh level 80s or players not at that point in the story.

Episode	Zone	Vendor	Currency	Available Trinkets	Stats
S3E1: Out of the Shadows	Bloodstone Fen	Scholar Rakka	Unbound Magic + Blood Rubies	Amulet, Backpack, Ring	All available stats
S3E2: Rising Flames	Ember Bay	Scholar Surra	Unbound Magic + Petrified Wood	Accessory, Backpack	All available stats
S3E3: A Crack in the Ice	Bitterfrost Frontier	Slooshoo	Unbound Magic + Fresh Winterberries	Accessory, Backpack, Ring	All available stats
S3E4: The Head of the Snake	Lake Doric	Quartermaster Hitchens	Unbound Magic + Jade Shards	Amulet, Backpack	All available stats
S3E5: Flashpoint	Draconis Mons	Supplymaster Hanjo	Unbound Magic + Fire Orchid Blossoms	Amulet, Ring	All available stats
S3E6: One Path Ends	Siren's Landing	Provisioner Anlana	Unbound Magic / Karma + Orrian Pearls	Amulet, Backpacks^{note 1}	All available stats
S4E2: A Bug in the System	Sandswept Isles	Ethall	Volatile Magic + Difluorite Crystals	Accessory, Ring	All available stats
S4E3: Long Live the Lich	Domain of Kourna	Nalar	Laurels	Accessory, Amulet, Ring	Only Plaguedoctor's
S4E5: All or Nothing	Thunderhead Peaks	Kynon	Laurels	Accessory, Amulet, Ring	Only Diviner's
S4E6: War Eternal	Dragonfall	Various lane quartermasters	Volatile Magic + Mistborn Motes	Accessory, Amulet, Ring	All available stats
S5E1: Whisper in the Dark	Bjora Marches	Bright Shore^{note 2}	Karma + Eternal Ice Shards	Amulet	All available stats
S5E2: Shadow in the Ice	Bjora Marches	Humble Stone^{note 3}	Karma + Eternal Ice Shards	Accessory	All available stats

Note 1: The Siren's Landing backpacks are not available from Provisioner Anlana, but rather from the map's Renown Heart NPCs and require karma instead of Unbound Magic.

Note 2: The amulet is unlocked for sale only after completing The Hunger collection.

Note 3: The Accessory is unlocked for sale only after completing Idolatry achievement.

Living World episodes are permanently unlocked for free by logging into any character during their release window (i.e. from when it releases until the next one releases, meaning the most recent one is always available), or may be purchased from the Gem Store. Living story season 3 requires HoT and season 4 / Icebrood saga requires PoF to access them but not to unlock them.

A Crack in the Ice (S3E3) is currently considered the most desirable episode for ascended trinkets for two main reasons. First, it can cover a total of four trinkets (including one attuned ring and one non-attuned). Second, Winterberry Bushes in Bitterfrost Frontier guarantee 1-3 Winterberries per node and each node can be harvested once per character per day (compared to nodes in the other maps that can be 0-3 of their item, and have an account wide limit for harvesting). With harvests of 50+ per character per day, you can quickly rack up the Winterberries needed and convert the extras into more Unbound Magic to cover that part of the cost as well. Opening chests or doing hearts can also raise the amount to 70+, and if you you need to get additional characters to the map be sure to pick up a portal scroll.

In Season 4, War Eternal is the most desirable episode for similar reasons to A Crack in the Ice. Mistborn Motes are easy to farm in large quantities, and any extra can be converted to Volatile Magic. They drop from both the gatherable Motes as well as from chests, and the chests are renewable and endlessly farmable. The meta event that takes place on the map is also profitable so it's worth doing for general rewards in addition to ascended trinkets (and excess volatile magic is always worthwhile for shipments like Trophy Shipments).

In Icebrood saga, episode 1: Whisper in the Dark and episode 2: Shadow in the Ice provide a selectable amulet and accessory respectively. As mentioned before, you need to do the story and complete achievements to unlock the trades so it's not suggested for new players but is a great option once unlocked. The Eternal Ice Shards used to buy them are very easy to farm with both the chests on the map and the Sanctum Arena / Whispering Depths Strike Missions. Excess shards can be traded with Anette Eymundrdottir or Kjep Corrson for season 4 currency (under "Curious Stones from Afar").

The suggested option would be to unlock both A Crack in the Ice and War Eternal. This lets you easily farm all trinkets and back with only 2 episodes (though getting more is still suggested for story and buying the packs provides a discount). It total it will require 900 Winterberries + 11,000 Unbound Magic and 375 Mistborn Motes + 9,000 Volatile Magic for a complete set of trinkets. Feel free to use other options in addition or to replace these, there are even additional options in the sections below including many rewards and even ones you can just buy like Vial of Salt. Just make sure you're getting 2 rings, 2 accessories, an amulet, and a backpack.

If you need more currency or just don't like farming PvE, the reward tracks for season 3 (PvP / WvW), season 4 (PvP / WvW), and season 5 (PvP / WvW) contain map currencies of their associated Living World maps as the final reward.

With the introduction of the Living World Return achievements, many map currencies that were previously difficult to farm can be acquired in huge quantities upon partial completion of the corresponding episode achievement, making this the fastest method to acquire ascended trinkets to gear your first character(s) and greatly increasing the immediate value of unlocking additional Living World episodes such as Out of the Shadows (S3E1) or A Bug in the System (S4E2). And as mentioned above, if you own Whisper in the Dark or Shadow in the Ice, you can farm and trade Eternal Ice Shards for the additional season 4 currency.

Berserker Only Trinkets [edit]

Fair warning: if you're interested in Viper, Harrier, Diviner, or other selectable stats you can skip the next three sections. See you at Mist Trinkets.

Fractal rings [edit]

Okay, so you want Berserker stuff. Fractal rings are so called because the primary method to acquire them is either for them to drop in Fractals of the Mists or to buy them from BUY-2046 PFR for Pristine Fractal Relics, which are acquired from Daily Fractals daily achievements. If you have some understanding friends who are proficient at higher-level fractals, they can carry you through the tier 2 or even tier 3 dailies even before you hit level 80 and have your rings waiting for you. If not, it only takes a couple days of doing the daily (super easy) tier 1 fractals, just look for groups in LFG or start your own. While these rings, like most ascended trinkets, are Unique, there are two different ones available for each stat set, so just get one of each.

You'll see on each ring's page that there are other vendors selling them for different currencies. None of them are anywhere near as good a deal as the Pristine Fractal Relics. If you're not going to get them from Fractals, just get Living World rings instead.

Guild Mission accessories [edit]

Guild Mission accessories, as one might expect, come from doing Guild Missions. Specifically, while they can rarely drop as part of the weekly personal reward popup chest, generally they're bought from a Guild commendation trader for 12 Guild Commendations and 5 gold. 'Easy' and 'Medium' guild missions award 1 Guild Commendation apiece, while 'Hard' ones award 2. If you have a fully upgraded guild that does PvE missions, that means 10-11 Guild Commendations per week (up to 15 if you do all). You don't need to be level 80 for most guild missions; the exact level needed depends on the mission, but some are doable as low as level 15, and the majority are doable by level 60. Many missions can also be done solo for personal rewards rather easily: Easy bounty can be done with 1-3 players (can always ask for help in map), races can reward credit if you join another group that gets 15 players through or sometimes you still get credit just by making it to the end yourself, for all treks you only need to find and activate one location so use the list of locations and pick the easiest.

Note: you can only get personal rewards from each guild mission 'slot' once per week, even if you do them more than once in multiple guilds that have different missions in that slot. Can check credit on the "Guild missions" tab of the Guild panel (G).

As with Fractal rings, Guild Mission accessories are Unique but come two to a stat set, so get one of each. Or get one along with an Living World accessory. Your call.

Laurel amulets [edit]

Laurel amulets can be purchased from Laurel Merchants for 30 Laurels, or from WvW Laurel Merchants for 20 Laurels + 250 Badges of Honor. If you do some WvW and have the Badges of Honor, the latter is a better deal. The reason there are three different Laurel amulets for each stat set is that they used to have different infusion slot types; this has since been replaced with enrichment slots and there is now no difference between the three. Pick whichever one you like the flavor text or look of!

Mist trinkets [edit]

Mist trinkets are special stat-selectable trinkets where any stat combination can be selected and they are non-Unique, meaning it is possible to equip both ring and accessory slots with two copies of the same item. They can also be reset by using a Mist Capacitor, allowing you to change to a different stat combination if desired. You will still need to own Heart of Thorns to select Viper and Path of Fire to select Harrier or Diviner. There are three methods available to obtain mist trinkets: Fractals of the Mists, Player vs Player, and World vs World.

Fractals of the Mists

Mist trinkets using fractal currency can be purchased from BUY-2046 PFR for 100 Pristine Fractal Relics and 2 Integrated Fractal Matrices.

Pristine Fractal Relics are obtained from completing Daily Fractals and from Scale 99 and 100 challenge motes.
Integrated Fractal Matrices can be purchased from BLING-9009 or INFUZ-5959 for 10 Stabilizing Matrices and 15 normal Fractal Relics. Stabilizing Matrices can be purchased off the Trading Post for … per 20. There is a chance to get one from Scale 99 and 100 challenge motes as well.

Would suggest using other options as they still cost a decedent amount with the matrices and pristine relics are useful for cheap core stat rings, later unlocks and augmentations, or converting to normal relics (which you need a lot of).

Player vs Player

Mist trinkets using PvP currency can be purchased from Ascended Armor League Vendor for Ascended Shards of Glory plus Shards of Glory.

Ascended Shards of Glory can only be obtained during PvP League seasons, where they are awarded for accumulating enough pips to complete a league reward chest. League reward pips may only be accumulated in Ranked Arena and only during an active season, reset between seasons, and are in addition to normal PvP Reward Tracks progress.
Regular Shards of Glory are awarded both from League Rewards and from normal Reward Tracks, and can also be bought from the Trading Post for … per 170.

World vs World

Mist trinkets using WvW currency can be purchased from Skirmish Supervisor for WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets and Memories of Battle.

WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets are earned from completing the Skirmish reward track. A maximum of 365 can be earned per week.
Memories of Battle are earned from completing the Skirmish reward track, and can be also be bought from the Trading Post for … per 250.

Trinket	BUY-2046 PFR	Ascended Armor League Vendor	Skirmish Supervisor
Mist Pendant	100 + 2	175 + 170	260 + 250
Mist Band	100 + 2	200 + 170	350 + 250
Mist Talisman	100 + 2	150 + 170	175 + 250

Raid trinkets [edit]

Unlike most trinkets, the trinkets available from Raids are not Unique, meaning that you can equip two of the same ring or two of the same accessory without issue. Each trinket is associated with a Raid Boss who must be defeated once on the account before you can purchase it from Scholar Glenna in that raid wing. The trinket may also rarely drop when defeating that same boss.

Raid items are separated into 4 types: Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, and Malicious. As their names suggest they contain gear with primary stats of power/ferocity (or two secondary power damage stats), toughness/vitality (or both as secondary), healing power/concentration (or both as secondary), and condition damage/expertise (or both as secondary) based stats respectively. Celestial is included in all. Notable PvE stats in each type are as follows:

Assaulter's: Assassin's, Berserker's, Cavalier's, Commander's, Diviner's, Grieving, Harrier's, Knight's, Marshal's, Sinister, and Viper's.
Defender's: Cavalier's, Giver's, Harrier's, Knight's, Minstrel's, Shaman's, and Trailblazer's.
Healer's: Diviner's, Giver's, Harrier's, Magi's, Marshal's, Minstrel's, and Seraph.
Malicious: Grieving, Seraph, Shaman's, Sinister, Trailblazer's, and Viper's.

Backpacks
- Burden - Requires defeating Deimos (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)
- Sabetha's Crucible - Requires defeating Sabetha the Saboteur (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)
- Xera Backpiece - Requires defeating Xera (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)
Amulets
- Assaulter's Talisman of Manton - Requires defeating Sabetha the Saboteur
- Defender's Talisman of Holt - Requires defeating Sabetha the Saboteur
- Healer's Talisman of Garr - Requires defeating Sabetha the Saboteur
- Malicious Talisman of Irwyn - Requires defeating Sabetha the Saboteur
Accessories
- Spectral Talisman (Assaulter's) - Requires defeating Gorseval the Multifarious
- Spectral Ward (Defender's) - Requires defeating Gorseval the Multifarious
- Spectral Balm (Healer's) - Requires defeating Gorseval the Multifarious
- Spectral Juju (Malicious) - Requires defeating Gorseval the Multifarious
- Zane's Assaulter Memento - Requires defeating Prison Camp Encounter
- Berg's Defender Token - Requires defeating Prison Camp Encounter
- Healer's Pact Badge - Requires defeating Prison Camp Encounter
- Narella's Malicious Bauble - Requires defeating Prison Camp Encounter
- Assaulter's Pointed Keep Fragment - Requires defeating Keep Construct
- Defender's Hardened Keep Fragment - Requires defeating Keep Construct
- Healer's Rounded Keep Fragment - Requires defeating Keep Construct
- Malicious Jagged Keep Fragment - Requires defeating Keep Construct
Rings
- Energized Loop - Requires defeating Vale Guardian (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)
- Woven Band - Requires defeating Slothasor (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)
- Besieger Ring - Requires defeating Siege the Stronghold (Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, Malicious)

Miscellaneous trinkets [edit]

This covers any other ascended trinket (besides back pieces which are in the next section) available from achievements, the Mystic Forge, special scavenger hunts, etc.

All stat selectable:

Core
- Vial of Salt ( … ) - Amulet, stat selectable (Berserker, Viper, Harrier, Diviner, etc). Created in the Mystic Forge. Can purchase all of the material off the trading post including the Shards of Glory needed to buy PvP essences.
- Wylenn's Manual of Style - Accessory. Reward for completing the Style Guide achievement.
Heart of Thorns
- Mordrem Loop - Amulet. Reward for completing the Heart of Thorns Act IV Mastery meta-achievement.
- Rurik's Engagement Ring - Ring. Converted from Strange Rock by taking it to various places in Ember Bay. Repeatable, but note that it is Unique.
The Icebrood Saga
- Saga's End Draconic Core - Accessory. Reward for completing every chapter of The Icebrood Saga.

Predefined stats:

Core
- Bane's Tooth - Accessory (Magi). Reward for completing the Honor of the Waves Collector achievement. Additional copies may be bought for Laurels once the achievement is completed, but note that it is Unique.
- Faolain's Blossom - Accessory (Magi). Reward for completing the Twilight Arbor Collector achievement. Additional copies may be bought for Laurels once the achievement is completed, but note that it is Unique.
Season 2
- Plague Signet - Ring (Sinister). Reward for completing the Tangled Paths Mastery meta-achievement. Additional copies may be purchased for 1,000 Bandit Crests + 10 gold after the meta-achievement has been completed.
- Verata's Seared Ring - Ring (Sinister). Purchasable for 1,000 Bandit Crests + 10 gold on completion of the Seeds of Truth episode (meta-achievement not necessary).
Path of Fire
- Goren's Eel-Tooth Charm - Amulet (Harrier). Reward for completing Path of Fire: Act 2 Mastery
- Jahnus's Stained Pectoral - Amulet (Grieving). Reward for completing Path of Fire: Act 3 Mastery

Other back pieces [edit]

For completeness sake, here are additional ascended back pieces available through other methods. The Unbound Magic back pieces are easier and cheaper.

Berserker Only:

Book of Secrets/Quiver of Swift Flight - created in the Mystic Forge.
Prototype Fractal Capacitor/Beta Fractal Capacitor/Fractal Capacitor - bought for Fractal Relics from BUY-4373 and upgraded in the Mystic Forge.

All stat selectable:

Core
- Quiver of a Thousand Arrows/There with Yakkington: A Traveler's Tale - created in the Mystic Forge.
- Finite Result/Upper Bound/Unbound - crafted after completing respective Legendary Backpacks collections. Unbound is also the precursor to Ad Infinitum.
- (Dynamic/Static/Synergetic) Tempered Spinal Blades - created in the Mystic Forge (requires account bound elements that must be crafted).
- Bough of Melandru - Crafted. Has two infusion slots without being infused. Lets you skip needing a Gift of Ascension for slots.
- Chaos of Lyssa - Crafted.
- Light of Dwayna - Crafted.
- Shadow of Grenth - Crafted.
- Wings of Ascension - Created in the Mystic Forge from the lesser Wings of Glory backpieces purchased from League Vendor for PvP League Tickets. Also the precursor to The Ascension.
- Warcry - created in the Mystic Forge from the lesser Wings of War backpieces purchased from WvW Legendary Vendor for WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets. Also the precursor to Warbringer.
Season 2
- Mawdrey - final reward of a multi-stage scavenger hunt, see the walkthrough for a guide.
Heart of Thorns
- Lightbringer's Pack - reward from the collection of the same name.
- Luminate's Backplate - reward from the collection of the same name.
- Magister's Pack - reward from the collection of the same name.
- Warmaster's Pack - reward from the collection of the same name.
- The Wayfarer's Henge - reward from the A Henge Away from Home collection achievement. Requires Living World Season 3 episode 5: Flashpoint.
Path of Fire
- Rising Banners of the Sunspear - reward from the Raise the Banners: Sunspear Support collection, requires a character that has completed the PoF story and had selected the corresponding story choice in Blazing a Trail.
- Ensign Banners of Amnoon - reward from the Raise the Banners: Amnoon Independence collection, requires a character that has completed the PoF story and had selected the corresponding story choice in Blazing a Trail.
- Dreaded Banners of King Palawa Joko I - reward from the Raise the Banners: Salute to Palawa Joko collection, requires a character that has completed the PoF story and had selected the corresponding story choice in Blazing a Trail.
- Sagacious Banners of Dynastic Reckoning - reward from the Raise the Banners: Amnoon Arbitrator collection, requires completing the other 3 banner collections.
- Mark Y Golem - reward from the Redeeming IG-6417 collection achievement. Requires Living World Season 4 episode 2: A Bug in the System.
- Ascended Banner of the Dauntless Commander - Must first craft the exotic version: Banner of the Commander. Requires Living World Season 4 episode 3: Long Live the Lich.

Additionally, Legendary back items can select any stats, including Berserker, Viper, and Magi, and may be switched between them at will out of combat. As one might expect of a Legendary item, the path to create one is long and expensive.

Ad Infinitum - Fractal Legendary
The Ascension - PvP Legendary
Warbringer - WvW Legendary

Weapons [edit]

So the weapon. Unless you're fortunate, chances are you're going to need to level Weaponsmith, Huntsman, or Artificer (depending on the weapon type you need) to 500. Consult a guide like http://gw2crafts.net/ if you don't already have an alt with the appropriate crafting leveled and want to do this quickly.

Berserker: Zojja's weapons
Viper: Yassith's weapons
Harrier: Zehtuka's weapons
Diviner: Steelstar's weapons

Now I said 'unless you're fortunate'. The most obvious alternative is if you have a weapon box drop for you. These can technically drop anywhere, but your best chances for them are in fractals, doing Tequatl the Sunless for Tequatl's Hoard (Rabid stats) or opening Dragonfall chests for Gift of Aurene (container) (stat selectable). Don't worry if they're the wrong stats; we can fix that in the Mystic Forge. All you need is an ascended weapon of the type you want, an exotic inscription of the stat you want (either crafted or bought off the Trading Post), an Anthology of Heroes bought from Miyani for 10 Spirit Shards, and 5 Globs of Ectoplasm (see Stat changing for more details).

Berserker: Berserker's Orichalcum Imbued Inscription
Viper: Viper's Orichalcum Imbued Inscription
Harrier: Mordant Inscription
Diviner: Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription

An good alternative is if the weapon type you need is a Greatsword, Sword, Dagger, Shield, or Scepter. All you have to do is finish the Heart of Thorns personal story and reforge Caladbolg. You'll be able to turn it into one of those five weapon types and select any stat combination.

If you have most of your HoT masteries maxed out and need the specialization weapon for either your class or that of a level 80 alt, you can also consider Specialization Collections weapons. These weapons have very limited stat selection options, but can be swapped to different stats with the same Mystic Forge recipe mentioned above for weapon boxes.

Type	Stats	Ascended Weapon	Exotic Weapon	Collection	Profession
Greatsword	Berserker	Dark Harvest	Reaper's Greatsword	Dark Harvest (achievement)	Reaper
Shield	Berserker	Horologicus	Chronomancer's Shield	Horologicus (achievement)	Chronomancer
Sword	Berserker	The Cutting Edge	Holosmith's Sword	The Cutting Edge (achievement)	Holosmith
Rifle	Berserker	Cursed Flintlock	Deadeye's Rifle	Cursed Flintlock (achievement)	Deadeye
Hammer	Berserker	Fix-r-Upper	Scrapper's Hammer	Fix-r-Upper (achievement)	Scrapper
Longbow	Berserker	Ydalir	Dragonhunter's Longbow	Ydalir (achievement)	Dragonhunter
Axe	Viper	Expurgation	Firebrand's Axe	Expurgation (achievement)	Firebrand
Dagger	Viper	Fang of Mokèlé	Soulbeast's Dagger	Fang of Mokèlé (achievement)	Soulbeast
Short bow	Viper	Guerrilla Arc	Renegade's Short Bow	Guerrilla Arc (achievement)	Renegade
Sword	Viper	Warpblade	Weaver's Sword	Warpblade (achievement)	Weaver
Torch	Viper	Guide for the Lost	Scourge's Torch	Guide for the Lost (achievement)	Scourge

See Elite specialization equipment for the full list of weapons and armor.

A few other collection achievements also provide a stat-selectable ascended weapon, though they're not for the faint of heart. Included here for completeness, but you're generally better off just crafting.

Primordus Weapons - stat-selectable staff
Ascended Weapon Chest from:
- Machined Weapons
- Gold Fractal Master
- Abyssal Fractal Master
Kaiser Snake Weapon Box from:
- The Storm Wizard
- The King Toad

There are also a few collections and achievments that award exotic stat selectable or non-core stat weapons such as:

Trading Post [edit]

If the other options don't work for you or you want something fast the trading post has cheap named weapons to get which can be a good way of getting needed sigils or holding you over until you upgrade to ascended.

Berserker Weapons
Type	Weapon	Cost	Note
Axe	Maw of the Damned	…	Superior Sigil of Force
Dagger	Usoku's Needle	…	Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Focus	Adam	…
Greatsword	Ebonblade	…
Longbow	Eir's Longbow	…
Mace	Serpentstone	…
Pistol	Venomstriker	…
Rifle	Exterminator	…
Rifle	Charrzooka	…	Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Scepter	Anura	…
Scepter	Hypnotic Scepter	…
Shield	Kryta's Embrace	…
Staff	Deathwish	…
Sword	Twin Sisters	…	Superior Sigil of Force
Sword	Bonetti's Rapier	…
Warhorn	Kodanroar	…

Selectable (all) stat Weapons
Type	Weapon	Cost	Note
Greatsword	Iron Legion Flamesaw	…
Pistol	Iron Legion Pistol	…
Rifle	Iron Legion Longshot	…
Staff	Iron Legion Staff	…
Sword	Iron Legion Combat Blade	…

Weapon crafting and vending [edit]

So you don't have any weapon boxes, none of the Regrown Caladbolgs work for you, the achievement weapons are out of reach, and you have 0 Magnetite Shards since this will be your first raid character. Well, then you need to do some crafting. As stated above, before you proceed, you'll need a character on your account to have level 500 of Weaponsmith, Huntsman, or Artificer (depending on weapon type). You now have two options: you can either craft the weapon directly, or you can craft Grandmaster Marks and use these along with mode-specific currencies and a small amount of gold to purchase the weapon from BLING-9009 or Ascended Weapon League Vendor.

I have provided a table below comparing costs for various mainhand and 2-hand weapons used in the current raid meta. Costs are based on Trading Post buy order prices from the API for base items before all crafting and do not include one-time expenses for recipe sheets, nor do they include opportunity costs for strictly accountbound currencies/items such as Karma, Fractal Research Pages, or Ascended Shards of Glory.

These costs also do not reflect that it is sometimes cheaper to buy intermediate ingredients such as ingots from the TP rather than buying the ore and crafting them into ingots. For this kind of granular comparison, use gw2efficiency's crafting calculator and enter the name of the weapon you want to craft for the direct crafting method; or enter the Grandmaster Mark for the discipline needed (Grandmaster Weaponsmith's Mark, Grandmaster Huntsman's Mark, or Grandmaster Artificer's Mark), set the quantity to 3, and then add 5 gold to the result for the vendor method.

Berserker Weapons
Type	Weapon	Discipline	Direct Craft	Vendor
Axe	Zojja's Reaver	Weaponsmith	…	…
Dagger	Zojja's Razor	Weaponsmith	…	…
Mace	Zojja's Flanged Mace	Weaponsmith	…	…
Sword	Zojja's Blade	Weaponsmith	…	…
Scepter	Zojja's Wand	Artificer	…	…
Focus	Zojja's Artifact	Artificer	…	…
Shield	Zojja's Bastion	Weaponsmith	…	…
Warhorn	Zojja's Herald	Huntsman	…	…
Greatsword	Zojja's Claymore	Weaponsmith	…	…
Rifle	Zojja's Musket	Huntsman	…	…
Staff	Zojja's Spire	Artificer	…	…

Viper Weapons
Type	Weapon	Discipline	Direct Craft	Vendor
Axe	Yassith's Reaver	Weaponsmith	…	…
Dagger	Yassith's Razor	Weaponsmith	…	…
Mace	Yassith's Flanged Mace	Weaponsmith	…	…
Pistol	Yassith's Revolver	Huntsman	…	…
Sword	Yassith's Blade	Weaponsmith	…	…
Scepter	Yassith's Wand	Artificer	…	…
Focus	Yassith's Artifact	Artificer	…	…
Shield	Yassith's Bastion	Weaponsmith	…	…
Torch	Yassith's Brazier	Huntsman	…	…
Longbow	Yassith's Greatbow	Huntsman	…	…
Short bow	Yassith's Short Bow	Huntsman	…	…

Harrier Weapons
Type	Weapon	Discipline	Direct Craft	Vendor
Axe	Zehtuka's Reaver	Weaponsmith	…	…
Dagger	Zehtuka's Razor	Weaponsmith	…	…
Mace	Zehtuka's Flanged Mace	Weaponsmith	…	…
Pistol	Zehtuka's Revolver	Huntsman	…	…
Sword	Zehtuka's Blade	Weaponsmith	…	…
Shield	Zehtuka's Bastion	Weaponsmith	…	…
Warhorn	Zehtuka's Herald	Huntsman	…	…
Staff	Zehtuka's Spire	Artificer	…	…

Diviner Weapons
Type	Weapon	Discipline	Direct Craft	Vendor
Sword	Steelstar's Blade	Weaponsmith	…	…
Shield	Steelstar's Bastion	Weaponsmith	…	…
Staff	Steelstar's Spire	Artificer	…	…
Focus	Steelstar's Artifact	Artificer	…	…

Armor [edit]

If you plan on starting with raids, don't worry about ascended armor right away. However, if you plan to start and progress with fractals, ascended armor is a requirement once you progress to higher scales and have obtained your ascended trinkets.

Let's talk about exotic armor first.

Berserker Armor [edit]

Berserker armor has the widest variety of potential ways to acquire a set of exotic armor. Each of the sets have their pros and cons in terms of cost, ease, and speed of acquisition, as well as personal appeal of the associated armor skins. Consider which one(s) best fit your goals and playstyle and pick one, or do a bit of everything. Also see the following section of all stat selectable armor for more options:

Loot/Trading Post:

Zhed's/Nika's/Devona's armor - Random drop loot. Can also be bought very cheaply from the Trading Post, comes with runes in it that are decent temporary options. This is my go to suggestion for quick gear.

Dungeons:

WvW:

Diviner/Mist Walker/Heavy Plate WvW armor - Purchased for Badges of Honor from the Armor Master

Collection:

Mistward armor - (Requires Heart of Thorns) From the Revenant specialization collection achievements: Mistward Headwrap, Mistward Pauldrons, Mistward Plate, Mistward Warfists, Mistward Legguards, and Mistward Warboots

Karma:

Temple armor - Bought from Keeper Jonez Deadrun for Karma. WARNING: This armor is unsalvageable, which makes it a distinctly non-ideal choice if you're going to put expensive runes in it

Crafted:

Exalted/Emblazoned/Draconic armor - Crafted with level 400 Tailor/Leatherworker/Armorsmith. Can also be bought from the Trading Post but is more expensive to craft and buy than the Named armor listed above.

Specialization Collection:

Chronomancer's Epaulets - Light Shoulders. Reward for completing the Master Chronomancer achievement by fully training the Chronomancer elite specialization.
Dragonhunter's Gauntlet - Heavy Gloves. Reward for completing the Master Dragonhunter achievement by fully training the Dragonhunter elite specialization.
Reaper's Hood - Light Helm. Reward for completing the Master Reaper achievement by fully training the Reaper elite specialization.
Scrapper's Mask - Medium Helm. Reward for completing the Master Scrapper achievement by fully training the Scrapper elite specialization.

Other:

Gaze of the Lich/Accursed Visage/Grasping Dead Visage - Helm. Actually a part of the Arah armor set, but mentioned here separately because you get a free Berserker-statted one for your armor class on every character that completes Victory or Death at the end of the Core personal story.
Monocle - Helm. Currently only available on the Trading Post for exorbitant prices, but here's hoping it comes back eventually.

Selectable Armor [edit]

This section will go over your options for selectable armor that lets you pick any stats you have access to and includes a few worth while options that are specific stats. First off, as you might've guessed from the one exception mentioned in the lead of the armor section, expansion stats are going to be a bit more difficult than Berserker. Most of the ways to get stat selectable exotics come from the expansions and living story which is generally designed for level 80 characters who are already in exotics (if you already have a geared level 80 character, skip down to the list starting at "Heart of Thorns" right below). You're going to need something to wear in the meantime, so your basic options are:

Pick up some cheap exotic armor from the TP/crafting/dungeons/karma:
1. Carrion/Rabid (if going viper) see Condi Alternatives section below
2. Magi (if going harrier) see Magi section below
3. Berserker (if going diviner) only a couple of alternatives see Diviner section below
Stick with a power build for your class until you have your new armor set ready; or
Start with a different character and come back to this one later.

Once you've made that decision, here are your options for acquiring exotic stat selectable armor (can select any attribute combination you have access to no matter where it comes from):

Heart of Thorns:

Bladed armor - Acquired in Verdant Brink in Heart of Thorns. A Headgear box is rewarded for completing The Jungle Provides, Glove boxes can drop from Airship Cargos, Coat boxes can drop from boss chests, and the rest of the set is awarded from either completing tier 4 of the nighttime map meta (look for taxis on LFG when it's about to start), as one of the choices for final reward of the Heart of Maguuma Reward Track, or bought from the Airship Parts vendor.
Box of Viper's Gear - (Viper Only) Armor or weapon of your choice. Reward from completing Bitter Harvest story instance for the first time per character

Season 3:

Bloodstone Crown Box - Helm. Reward for Out of the Shadows Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Bloodstone Fen Reward Track
Draconic Headdress Box - Helm. Reward for Maintain Aurene's Shield achievement or from PvP/WvW Ember Bay Reward Track
Dragonscale Epaulettes Box - Shoulders. Reward for Rising Flames Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Ember Bay Reward Track
Glacial Gauntlets Box - Gloves. Reward for "A Crack in the Ice" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Bitterfrost Frontier Reward Track
Caudecus's Mask Box - Helm. Reward for "Confessor's End" achievement or from PvP/WvW Lake Doric Reward Track
White Mantle Elite Guard Mask Box - Helm. Reward for Head of the Snake Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Lake Doric Reward Track
Houndskin Mantle Box - Shoulders. Reward for Flashpoint Mastery meta-achievement or from the PvP/WvW Draconis Mons Reward Track
Mursaat Brogan Box - Boots. Reward for One Path Ends Mastery meta-achievement or from the PvP/WvW Siren's Landing Reward Track

Season 4:

Corsair Turban Box - Helm. Reward for "Daybreak" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Domain of Istan Reward Track
Olmakhan Mantle Box - Shoulders. Reward for "A Bug in the System" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Sandswept Isles Reward Track
Corsair Jerkin Box - Coat. Reward for "Long Live the Lich" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Domain of Kourna Reward Track
Corsair Leggings - Leggings. Reward for "All or Nothing" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Thunderhead Peaks Reward Track
Corsair Boot Box - Boots. Reward for "War Eternal" Mastery meta-achievement or from PvP/WvW Dragonfall Reward Track

Season 5 (The Icebrood Saga):

Choice of the Dragonrender - Helm. From the Gift of the Ancestors reward given in tier 5 of the Master of the Ancestral Forge collection or from the PvP/WvW Bjora Marches Reward Track (tier 7)
Ice Golem's Maw Box - Helm. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Stone Summit Helm Box - Helm. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Charr War Mask Box - Charr Only Helm. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Blood Legion Soldier Helm Box - Charr Only Helm. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Shoulders of the Ebon Vanguard Choice Chest - Shoulders. Can be purchased off the trading post for … or purchased individually for Tyrian Defense Seals
Stone Summit Shoulder Box - Shoulders. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Dominion Tribune Manica Box - Gloves. Reward for tier 5 of "Jormag Rising" Mastery meta-achievement
Stone Summit Glove Box - Gloves. Can be purchased off the trading post for …
Stone Summit Boot Box - Boots. Can be purchased off the trading post for …

PvP/WvW:

Warlord's Armor Box - From completing PvP League reward tiers and the weekly bronze tier of the WvW skirmish reward track.
Desert Armor Box - From the Crystal Desert Reward Track
Legacy Armor Box - From the Legacy Armor Reward Track
Glorious armor - Available from the PvP-only Glorious Reward Track.
Triumphant armor - Available from the WvW-only Triumphant Armor Reward Track.

Crafting:

Notes:

If you're going for the PvP/WvW Reward Tracks rather than the meta-achievements remember to pick up the relevant Guild Enhancements if your guild has them unlocked, and remember that completing Dailies in these game modes award Potions of PvP Reward and Potions of WvW Rewards to boost your progress. If you do go with achievements, just take a look at the achievements they require first, the ones with many more achievements than required for the mastery are usually easier to get.

Living World Story achievement reward armors, Living World Story reward track armors, Lunatic armor, and Ornate Guild armor do not soulbind when equipped, meaning they can be passed between alts of the same armor weight class if you have, for example, both a condi thief and a condi engi, or a condi ele and a condi necro.

Condi Alternatives [edit]

All of these options lack any condition duration which dramatically increases your damage in longer fights. You should expect to deal much lower damage compared to actual viper gear. This can be partially mitigated with runes and sigils that have flat duration increases but will still be worse than viper or sinister for damage. Core stat condition damage gear will be very close to the berserker options above with a few changes.

Rabid - Has condition damage and precision. Since most condition builds benefit in some way from crits this is usually your best DPS option. The downside of Rabid is that it has toughness which can mess up tanking in raids (so don't bring this to raids).
Carrion - Condition damage with power, some condition builds can take more advantage of the extra base damage and it doesn't have the issue of toughness. This is usually your go to for budget gear.
Rampager's - Worse than Carrion and Rabid in terms of DPS in almost every situation for condi classes, not recommended.
Sinister - With the exception of the Living World Season 2 trinkets unlocks (like Caithe's Blossom) you're getting stat selectable options and unless your build specifies it some sinister pieces you should be selecting viper.
Grieving - Just like with Sinister, this set can be more damage in some cases but is rarely used. In most cases builds that do run grieving only run a couple pieces so check your build first or pick a different option.
- Funerary armor - Collection for all 6 pieces of armor, after that you can purchase more.
Dire - Do not bother with this, the toughness and vitality on it mean you're going to deal very low damage, possibly have to tank, and Rabid/Carrion already have defensive stats with more damage.

Magi [edit]

If going for Magi exotic armor, this one's super-simple: Do Ascalonian Catacombs explorable mode and/or the equivalent PvP/WvW dungeon reward tracks for Ascalonian Catacombs armor. Not only do you get Magi exotic armor, but it includes a Superior Rune of the Monk in each piece, which is the ideal rune for a healer.

Ascalonian Catacombs armor - Purchased for Tales of Dungeon Delving from completing the explorable mode of Ascalonian Catacombs. The PvP and WvW dungeon reward track also provides both tokens and your choice of an armor piece as its final reward.
Crafted Magi's armor is also very cheap on the Trading Post, grinding the gold for it will be a lot faster than grinding the Ascalonian Catacombs dungeon. You will still need to use Ascalonian Catacombs' Monk Runes for most heal builds.
Keep in mind that if your build expects harrier gear you'll be lacking a huge amount of boon duration and the build might not be able to provide boons as intended.

Other exotic stat options for healer/support:

Zealot's - Offensive power stats with healing power minor. Usually your utility and skills don't have a ton of damage as a support but this is a decent alternative though it is missing the much needed concentration that most builds want from harrier's.
Giver's - Has both the healing power and concentration that you want but has major toughness which will cause issues with tanking in raids (some bosses attack whoever has highest toughness). Also means you have no damaging stats yourself. This is still a great option to swap in place of harrier when you want to tank in raids, though you usually only need a few pieces like a single amulet.
Cleric's - Alternative to Magi but has power/toughness instead of precision/vitality. Can cause tanking issues as mentioned with giver, Magi is usually the better choice between the two.
Minstrel's - Like with clerics, it can cause toughness issues. Provides no offensive stats and is difficult to get like givers. PvE will prefer Harriers.

Diviner [edit]

Mist Shard Helm Box - Helm. Reward for War Eternal achievement Chasing Waterfalls
Mist Shard Shoulders Box - Shoulders. Reward for War Eternal achievement "Putting Out Fires"
Mist Shard Coat Box - Coat. Reward for War Eternal achievement "Championship Bout"
Mist Shard Glove Box - Gloves. Reward for War Eternal achievement "My Beautiful Infrastructure"
Mist Shard Leggings Box - Leggings. Reward for War Eternal achievement "Life in the Underworld"
Mist Shard Boot Box - Boots. Reward for War Eternal achievement "Cutting Weeds"

Commander's gear is also an option but it trades damage and boon duration for toughness and isn't much easier to get.

But what about ascended armor? [edit]

Okay, okay... Ascended armor boxes come in two basic varieties: named chests, which allow you to pick any piece of armor with a particular stat set, and select-stat chests, which allow you to pick any stat in the specific set but only for one particular armor slot. The former can drop anywhere, but the latter are only from Fractals. A third special type is Pile of Regurgitated Armor, which only comes from Triple Trouble as a very rare drop and gives you your choice of a Helm, Gloves, or Shoulders.

Relevant PvE stats in each set:

Assaulter's: Assassin's, Berserker's, Cavalier's, Commander's, Diviner's, Grieving, Harrier's, Knight's, Marshal's, Sinister, and Viper's.
Defender's: Cavalier's, Giver's, Harrier's, Knight's, Minstrel's, Shaman's, and Trailblazer's.
Healer's: Diviner's, Giver's, Harrier's, Magi's, Marshal's, Minstrel's, and Seraph.
Malicious: Grieving, Seraph, Shaman's, Sinister, Trailblazer's, and Viper's.

Assaulter's	Defender's	Healer's	Malicious
Assaulter's Chest of Helms Assaulter's Chest of Shoulders Assaulter's Chest of Coats Assaulter's Chest of Gloves Assaulter's Chest of Leggings Assaulter's Chest of Boots	Defender's Chest of Helms Defender's Chest of Shoulders Defender's Chest of Coats Defender's Chest of Gloves Defender's Chest of Leggings Defender's Chest of Boots	Healer's Chest of Helms Healer's Chest of Shoulders Healer's Chest of Coats Healer's Chest of Gloves Healer's Chest of Leggings Healer's Chest of Boots	Malicious Chest of Helms Malicious Chest of Shoulders Malicious Chest of Coats Malicious Chest of Gloves Malicious Chest of Leggings Malicious Chest of Boots

If you're after Berserker, Viper, Harrier or Diviner but have the wrong type of armor box, not to worry! As with ascended weapons, we can change the stats in the Mystic Forge. To do this, combine a piece of ascended armor of the correct type (e.g. if you want a Heavy Helm, make sure you're using a Heavy Helm), an exotic insignia of the stat you want (either crafted or bought off the Trading Post), an Anthology of Heroes bought from Miyani for 10 Spirit Shards, and 5 Globs of Ectoplasm.

Berserker: Berserker's Intricate Gossamer Insignia
Viper: Viper's Intricate Gossamer Insignia
Harrier: Insignia of the Harrier
Diviner: Diviner's Intricate Gossamer Insignia - Needs the recipe to be purchased

There are also a few collection achievements that offer an ascended armor box as a reward, but as with the ascended weapon collections, they're not for the faint of heart.

Ambrite Weapon Collection - one piece of stat-selectable armor of your choice (Berserker, Viper, Harrier, Diviner, etc)
Bioluminescence - one piece of stat-selectable armor of your choice (Berserker, Viper, Harrier, Diviner, etc)
Leystone Armor (achievement) and The Best Offense- one piece of armor of choice (Berserker, Magi)
Envoy Armor I: Experimental Armor - a full set of stat-selectable armor in your choice of weight (Berserker, Viper, Harrier, Diviner, etc). But if you can accomplish this, why are you bothering with this guide?
Envoy Armor II: Refined Armor - a full set of stat-selectable armor in your choice of weight (Berserker, Viper, Harrier, Diviner, etc). But for real, if you can accomplish this, I don't know what you're doing here. This armor is also the precursor to Perfected Envoy armor, the legendary armor set, and if you have that... Just... Just go. Just go.

And for completeness, similar to the table for ascended weapons, this full table has ascended armor by stat type approximating costs to craft or buy from the Fractal/PvP vendors, based on base ingredient prices pulled from the Trading Post API.

Infusions [edit]

Ascended armor comes with infusion slots just like trinkets which is useful for getting into higher level fractals later on. In most cases if you are working on fractals you'll be putting +9 Agony Infusion in these slots. There are upgraded +9 infusions that also give +5 to a stat type. These stat infusions are very expensive and add very little to your build overall (~2-3% DPS for all 18 slots). You will realistically only need the infusions at all if you are doing fractals on the character or you wish to perfect your build. In general they are the very last thing you work on.

Runes and Sigils [edit]

While getting the properly-statted weapons, armor, and trinkets are important, what you put IN them in terms of runes and sigils is just as important. Your build guide should have rune and sigil recommendations, and while they can seem like a daunting extra cost, they are a critical part of making your character effective at its role. As a general rule, unless you have DPS tests to back you up, make sure you have the runes and sigils recommended by your build guide before you enter high-end content where your group will be counting on you (e.g. t4 fractals and raids), and never substitute minor/major runes and sigils when the superior version is called for.

IMPORTANT NOTE: if you're putting expensive runes or sigils into exotic equipment, make sure it's salvageable so that you can recover the upgrade with a Black Lion Salvage Kit if/when you move up to ascended gear. Check, double-check, and triple-check this before you apply the rune/sigil. Please.

Runes [edit]

These are acquisition methods for typical example runes. The uses mentioned are broad generalities as of the time of this writing. As always, consult your build guide for what you should be using.

Power DPS
Condition DPS
Support
Healing

Sigils [edit]

These are acquisition methods for common sigils. The uses mentioned are broad generalities as of the time of this writing. As always, consult your build guide for what you should be using.

Power DPS

Condition DPS

Support
- Superior Sigil of Concentration - Used to help cap out boon duration. Crafted by 225 Scribe (no recipe sheet required) or salvaged with a Black Lion Salvage Kit from Candy Cane weapons. The sigil is not account bound, so it can be purchased from the TP or crafted by a friend though it's usually way cheaper from the TP or weapons.

Healing

Utility

Other

Food [edit]

This section mostly only applies to raids, where the group is generally racing an Enraged timer if they don't get a kill fast enough. Food is pretty unnecessary in low tier fractals but is expected in most Tier 4 groups and especially challenge mode (CM) on fractal 99 and 100. "Food" is something of a misnomer, as it encompasses both actual Food as well as Utility items, with the expectation that you use both. These consumables typically give a 30 or 60 minute buff (unless extended with a Metabolic Primer for food or Utility Primer for utility items) that increases stats relevant to your role; generally your build guide will tell you what the recommended food for your build is, so, as always, consult your build guide. Food

Power Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+100 Power +70 Ferocity	Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Power +70 Ferocity	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak	-10% Incoming Damage	…
+100 Power +70 Precision	Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Power +70 Precision	Plate of Peppercorn-Spiced Coq Au Vin	-10% Incoming Damage	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+100 Power +70 Ferocity	Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash	…	…
+100 Power +70 Ferocity	Plate of Spicy Moa Wings	… + 2	…
+100 Power +70 Precision	Plate of Truffle Steak	…	…
+100 Power +70 Precision	Steak with Winterberry Sauce	… + 5	…
+100 Precision +70 Ferocity	Curry Butternut Squash	…	…
Budget
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+80 Power +60 Ferocity	Avocado Smoothie	… + 252 + 1	…
+80 Power +60 Precision	Plate of Steak and Asparagus	…	…
+80 Power +60 Precision	Can of Steak and Asparagus	5	N/A

Condition Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+100 Expertise +70 Condi Damage	Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Expertise +70 Condi Damage	Peppercorn and Veggie Flatbread	-10% Incoming Damage	…
+100 Condi Damage +70 Expertise	Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Condi Damage +70 Expertise	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread	-10% Incoming Damage	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+100 Expertise +70 Condi Damage	Red-Lentil Saobosa	…	…
	Rare Veggie Pizza	…	…
	Koi Cake	5 ( … )	…
+100 Condi Damage +70 Expertise	Beef Rendang	… + 273 + 1	…
+15% Torment Duration +70 Condition Damage	Meaty Asparagus Skewer	…	…
+15% Burn Duration +70 Condition Damage	Fishy Rice Bowl	…	…
+15% Poison Duration +70 Condition Damage	Bowl of Kimchi Tofu Stew	…	…
+15% Bleeding Duration +70 Condition Damage	Plate of Kimchi Pancakes	…	…
+100 Precision +70 Condition Damage	Fancy Potato and Leek Soup	…	…
Budget
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+80 Expertise +60 Condi Damage	Super Veggie Pizza	…	…
+80 Expertise +60 Condi Damage	Boxed Super Veggie Pizza	5	N/A
+15% Burn Duration +70 Precision	Fire Meat Chili	…	…
+12% Burn Duration +60 Precision	Bowl of Spicy Meat Chili	…	…

Hybrid Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+45 to All Attributes	Spherified Cilantro Oyster Soup	Steal Life on Crit	…
	Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup	-10% Incoming Damage	…
	Flight of Sushi	+150 Fishing Power	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+45 All Attributes	Dragon's Revelry Starcake	…	…

Healing Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+100 Healing Power +70 Concentration	Bowl of Fruit Salad with Mint Garnish	+10% Outgoing Healing	…
+100 Concentration +70 Healing Power	Mint Creme Brulee	+10% Outgoing Healing	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+100 Healing Power +10% Outgoing Healing	Delicious Rice Ball	N/A	…
Budget
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+80 Healing Power +8% Outgoing Healing	Canned Rice Ball with "Lucky" Filling	N/A	N/A

Boon Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+100 Concentration +70 Power	Plate of Beef Carpaccio with Salsa Garnish	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Concentration +70 Power	Plate of Peppercorn-Spiced Beef Carpaccio	-10% Incoming Damage	…
+100 Concentration +70 Expertise	Salsa Eggs Benedict	Steal Life on Crit	…
+100 Concentration +70 Expertise	Peppercorn-Spiced Eggs Benedict	-10% Incoming Damage	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+100 Concentration +70 Power	Soul Pastry* (45 min)	N/A	…
+100 Concentration +70 Expertise	Plate of Eggs Benedict	…	…
	Bowl of Green Chile Ice Cream	… + 25	…
	Bowl of Carne Khan Chili	… + 25	…
	Bowl of Firebreather Chili	… + 35	…
Budget
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
+100 Concentration 33% Might on Crit	Fried Golden Dumpling	N/A	…

Tank/Kite Food
Ascended
Effect	Food	Bonus Effect	Crafting
+100 Healing Power +70 Concentration	Bowl of Spiced Fruit Salad	-10% Incoming Damage	…
+100 Concentration +70 Healing Power	Spiced Pepper Creme Brulee	-10% Incoming Damage	…
+45 to All Attributes	Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup	-10% Incoming Damage	…
Meta
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
-10% Incoming Damage +70 Concentration	Mussels Gnashblade	…	…
Budget
Effect	Food	Crafting/Vendor	TP
-10% Incoming Damage +70 Toughness	Lemongrass Mussel Pasta	…	…
-10% Incoming Damage +70 Healing Power	Oysters with Pesto Sauce	…	…
-10% Incoming Damage +70 Ferocity	Oysters with Zesty Sauce	…	…
-10% Incoming Damage +70 Precision	Oysters with Cocktail Sauce	…	…
-10% Incoming Damage	Fried Oysters	…	…

Utility

Power Utility
Basic
Effect	Utility	Crafting/Vendor	TP	Duration
Gain Power Equal to 3% of Your Precision Gain Power Equal to 6% of Your Ferocity	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone	…	…	60 min
	Superior Sharpening Stone	…	…	30 min
	Tin of Fruitcake	…	…	30 min
Gain Power Equal to 3% of Your Precision Gain Ferocity Equal to 3% of Your Precision	Furious Sharpening Stone	…	…	30 min
Writs
Effect	Utility	Crafting/Vendor	TP	Duration
Gain 200 Power When Health above 90%	Writ of Masterful Strength	…	…	30 min
Gain 160 Power When Health above 90%	Writ of Learned Strength	…	…	30 min

Condition Utility
Basic
Effect	Utility	Crafting/Vendor	TP	Duration
Gain Condition Damage Equal to 3% of Your Precision Gain Condition Damage Equal to 8% of Your Expertise	Potent Master Tuning Crystal	…	…	60 min
	Master Tuning Crystal	…	…	30 min
	Tuning Icicle	…	…	30 min
Gain Condition Damage Equal to 3% of Your Power Gain Condition Damage Equal to 3% of Your Precision	Toxic Focusing Crystal	…	…	30 min
Writs
Effect	Utility	Crafting/Vendor	TP	Duration
Gain 200 Condition Damage When Health Is above 90%	Writ of Masterful Malice	…	…	30 min
Gain 160 Condition Damage When Health Is above 90%	Writ of Learned Malice	…	…	30 min
Gain 200 Precision When Health Is above 90%	Writ of Masterful Accuracy	…	…	30 min
Gain 160 Precision When Health Is above 90%	Writ of Learned Accuracy	…	…	30 min

Support Utility
Basic
Effect	Utility	Crafting/Vendor	TP	Duration
0.6% Outgoing Healing per 100 Healing Power 0.8% Outgoing Healing per 100 Concentration	Bountiful Maintenance Oil	…	…	30 min
Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Power Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Precision	Potent Lucent Oil	…	…	30 min
Gain Concentration Equal to 6% of Your Condition Damage Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Precision	Enhanced Lucent Oil	…	…	30 min
Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Power Gain Concentration Equal to 6% of Your Condition Damage	Toxic Maintenance Oil	…	…	30 min
Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Precision Gain Concentration Equal to 6% of Your Healing Power	Peppermint Oil	…	…	30 min
Gain Power Equal to 8% of Your Concentration Gain Concentration Equal to 3% of Your Precision	Holographic Super Cheese	… + 1	…	30 min

In Fractals specific utility potions can be used based on the fractal, a list can be found on the fractal page in the sigils & potions section. Powerful Potion of Slaying Scarlet's Armies (…) would be an example of one such potion.

Thanks [edit]

To User:Chieftain Alex who has helped make all of the fancy TP cost table stuff work.
To User:Dak393 who has been working on major 2019 updates to this guide.
To every other user who has helped add new information due to game updates and meta shifts since the original writing.
To everyone who's commented on the talk page, shared with their friends/guildies, or sent messages of support.

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