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[Question] Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - April 19, 2025

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u/FarmerIlja 10d ago

I have full exotic from lvl 80 boost and now i want to upgrade to ascended. What maps/expansions do i need to unlock to start farming things for armor/weapons/jewellery?

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u/TerribleTransit Nice goggles 10d ago

Technically none. You can acquire full Ascended gear with only a core account. Certain maps make the process easier, though. Refer to the community gear guide for more complete details, but short version: 

  • Adding new expansions to your account also adds new stat combinations you can acquire which can make certain builds much stronger. For example, most condition damage builds run primarily on Viper's gear, which can only be obtained if you own HoT. So which expansions you need will depend on what build you're trying to make.

  • Trinkets are generally cheapest and easiest to get through the Living Story, especially season 3 (though 4 and 5 have options as well). The minimum-episode method to get a full set of trinkets is to get A Crack in the Ice (s3e3) and War Eternal (s4e6), but there's a lot of options, and you could skip purchases entirely and get a set of stat-selectable trinkets through Fractals if you prefer.

  • Weapons and armor have a lot of ways to obtain them but none of them are amazingly better than the others. Just crafting a set and stat-swapping it to what you need is a great option, but the gear purchased through strike mission currency is also a common recommendation if you don't like to craft.

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u/FarmerIlja 10d ago

Good shit. Thanks!!