"Medallions and Crests can be used to make nice things." Well, damn. I would have liked to know that earlier. I've been selling Medallions to NPCs for a while now.
This has been a lifesaver. I have been going to tarir and doing the meta event for only one amalgamated gemstone a day, but to be able to use other useless materials and get up to 25 is a hugeeee help! Thank you for the info!!
This video saved me from heart break. I chose the wrong ascended item stats , one that gave me the same bonus for all stats. Thanks to this vid I was able to get the one I wanted.
It also lets you put in *most* account/soulbound equipment, useful for transforming those levelup reward exotics or dungeon weapons/armor into things that can be salvaged or sold. Also used to transform karma into gold via forging up mid-tier karma armor to get linen/leather of the pricey tiers for only karma (and time).
I love seeing "2012" for a game that still gets played very frequently by many people ten years later. That's one of the best marks of a good game there is imo. I can't think of many games that have ten years under their belt that are still eagerly played to this day.
i played this game nearly EVERYDAY since beta 2012!!! And you just taught me that I could make amalgamated gemstones!! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE PAIN I WENT THREW WITH 6 LEGENDARIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pro tip: There is a TON of exotic weapons with unique skins. So, you can unlock skins (maybe also remove sigils/runes with endless extractor and sell them on the tp) and then toss them into the mystic forge for some character value neutral gambling. Also helps with narrowing down options in Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks to the more expensive options. Using this, minus the upgrade extractor, I managed to get 2 cheaper precursors. If you happen to get Dusk/Dawn, all the more power to you. This also works with the rare weapons that have a lot of skins, though below that you might as well salvage. Note that there is a fair bit of filler skins, that can be gained from items worth a few copper-a few gold. Ps. Anet, please add a filter for locked/unlocked skins. Right now, it is hard to find more cheap exotic items with skins I do not have unlocked yet. Would also work wonders on Black Lion Skins.
Yay, senpai noticed me! By the way, thanks for getting me to try Strikes, and use the great essence chests. Now I can get tons of lws4 mats easily. Also, I have my eyes set on the Runic armor set.
Isn't there an option at gw2efficiency dir that? Or was it another website? Of course it would be nice to have such a filter ingame, but at least it's a way to start
I usually keep medallions for the Mystic Forge Daily. And now I have learned another way to get Gemstones, time to stock up on Crests. Also worth noting you can create a portable Mystic Forge so you can do it anywhere, and not just Lions Arch etc...
Another useful and informative video! I've been selling all my crests to the TP or even merchants, I'm going to start saving them up for the mystic toilet! Thanks Mukluk!
Omgosh thanks so much! In the 8 years I've been playing (casual) I NEVER used the MF... Don't like gambling stuff but I was not aware of some of these recipes that I'll defo try. Thank u!
Idk if you remember me from a previous video I was commenting on a couple of weeks ago, I finally reached lions arch just today! Just wanted to say thanks for the help that your videos have been so far! Looking forward to using them for reference on my journey to 80!
Fantastically useful! I have been looking forward to this video for a while and you did a great job. The medallion recipes are ones I didn’t know about. Great video Muk - vrangor
I remember you mentionned keeping the medallions in one of your vids, but I was wondering why, now I know, I'll finally be able to scrap all that stuff :D
I’ve been playing since beta and I still learn stuff from tutorials like this. Also pleaseeeeee comment on s pvp again god I loved that video rewatched it several times...
I missed one thing here: Loadstone Crafting Combine Two Cores (t5), 1 Mystic Crystal, 1 T6 Dust and 1 Bottle of Elonian Wine to craft them into a loadstone To be fair, it's not a profit on every loadstone, but there are some types where you can earn good cash by doing this. or if you need a specific type of loadstone and have lots of cores (t5)
3:50 Instead of four exotic weapons, you can substitute one of them for a Mystic Forge weapon and it will function as a random exotic weapon. Note: using 3 greatswords + mystic forge stone will result in a random weapon rather than a greatsword. Alternatively, you can use an ectoplasmic stone instead which has a chance of dropping the mystic infusion + exclusive exotic weapons.
the chance is quite low though. so it might be easier to just salvage the yellows and possibly buy exotics. except for precursors, exotics are not that expensive anyway
@@demenion3521 I always check the TP price of any Exotic I haven't already unlocked the skin for. If it sells for more than 50s, I sell it, but if it sells for less than 50s, then I salvage it. (I've been waiting five years to get Invisible Boots from a Treasure Mushroom, and there is no way in the Alchemy I'm gonna sell those the first time I get them even if they go for 9000g!)
Could you make a video on recipes that will get your closer to a legendary? Taking materials that aren't needed and turn them into something used for a legendary (yes I am aware they all need different ingredients, but there are common ones)
Any special skills or masteries you need to do the Mystic Forge ? I've always been affraid to try since I doen't know how it works or what the results might be. Might try it now.
I know the feeling. I quit a bit before HoT came out, and there's so much new info and so few ways to learn it unless you want to read every bloody page of the wiki. WIthout Mukluk's vids I probably never would have known about incredibly helpful stuff like the Prototype Position Reverser (something so useful it should have been a reward from a story mission so everyone could be sure to get one).
Probably one "not so must know" recipe for the mystic forge is the recipe for the mystic forge itself. Yes, you heard right! You can make your own Mystic forge gizmo and carry it around in your inventory and use it anywhere. At least I found it quite useful before buying VIP pass as I didn't always need to travel to LA. [Mystic Forge Node], [Mystic Forge Conduit]
So Clovers are pseudo-random and the 1 and 10 recipes are part of the same RNG pool so you want do 3 single clover recipes (assuming they fail) then do a 10 to have a much higher chance of getting the the 10. with this you can have about 60% return as oppose to a 33% return Edit: for spelling, will find link later.
how to get mystic forge stones now I swear when I stopped playing I had a bunch of these but they are gone now. zz the amount of damn confusion in this game.
Amalgamated Gemstones are used to forge/craft 2nd Generation Legendary weapons/armor (i.e. Legs created _after HoT_ came out). For _any_ Legendary weapon, you will require one whole stack of 250 Amalgamated Gemstones. These are then used to make 250 ascended Crystaline Ingots, and then _those_ are used in one of the four final components required to make a Legendary. One reliable way to get AGs daily is to fight each of the map-meta bosses in _HoT, PoF_ and from _Living World_ Season 3 onward. Regardless of if you participate in the same map more than once per day, you can only get ONE AG each day before the Dailies reset, so bouncing between all the meta(s) I mentioned will get you about 8-10 depending on your diligence _each day._ IMPORTANT: Every time you get a "________ Hero's Choice Chest" from completing a map meta, always, Always, ALWAYS select the AG as your reward! _Yes,_ you can buy AGs off of the trading post (and if you find yourself with an excess and need some gold fast, they do _sell_ quite well too), but going for a whole stack of them will require quite a bit of gold, so grinding map metas is free but time consuming! Also, some annual festivals have merchants that sell AGs for festival-exclusive currency; please check the vendors accordingly. AGs are used for a smattering of other one-off crafting recipes, but by far the most common use for them is in Legendary crafting (which can be months-long marathons in-and-of themselves. (Here's an example of _me_ completing a Legendary weapon: th-cam.com/video/1b5K1OvOluQ/w-d-xo.html #ShamelessSelfPromotion) wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Amalgamated_Gemstone
PS. Some people have been trying for years throwing 4 exotic greatswords into the mystic toilet and they still haven't gotten any precursors. Not recommended.
Mystic forging amalgamated gemstones arent worth it at all though as you lose a lot of gold. 25 of all 4 orbs or crests costs about 8 gold plus 5 ectos cost about 1 gold and if u get only 10 gemstones you just lost 2 gold. For those who may contemplate doing it. Even if u have hundreds of orbs, sell them and buy gemstones.
You only need 75 orbs * 8s each is 6 gold plus 5 ectos is about 7 g so even if you get unlucky, just slightly cheaper than the cost of AG on the trading post. Your mistake is that you need 75 orbs not 100.
Forget the the six Gods or the Spirits of the Wild!!! Praise the mystic Toilet \[T]/ and get a gift from the mysterious sacred spirit.......Most of the time it's crap, but sometimes you don't regret it^^
"Medallions and Crests can be used to make nice things."
Well, damn. I would have liked to know that earlier. I've been selling Medallions to NPCs for a while now.
me too for a year longer than you xD
This has been a lifesaver. I have been going to tarir and doing the meta event for only one amalgamated gemstone a day, but to be able to use other useless materials and get up to 25 is a hugeeee help! Thank you for the info!!
Probably the 10th Mystic forge video I've watched and still learning new things. Great video Mukluk
This video saved me from heart break. I chose the wrong ascended item stats , one that gave me the same bonus for all stats. Thanks to this vid I was able to get the one I wanted.
Hey mukk, just wanna say thank you for giving us these tutorial videos, it really helps people get better at this game.
It also lets you put in *most* account/soulbound equipment, useful for transforming those levelup reward exotics or dungeon weapons/armor into things that can be salvaged or sold. Also used to transform karma into gold via forging up mid-tier karma armor to get linen/leather of the pricey tiers for only karma (and time).
I love seeing "2012" for a game that still gets played very frequently by many people ten years later. That's one of the best marks of a good game there is imo. I can't think of many games that have ten years under their belt that are still eagerly played to this day.
i played this game nearly EVERYDAY since beta 2012!!! And you just taught me that I could make amalgamated gemstones!! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE PAIN I WENT THREW WITH 6 LEGENDARIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The question is how can you play a game 8 years, every day, and only have 6 leggies? You're doin' it wrong buddy xD
Knowledge is power. And less time wasted many times kek
@@mauboy1983 I've been playing for 10 years and have none xD (very casual obviously)
@@mauboy1983 bc legendaries aren’t easy tf😂
I just sold most of the times needed for those, good thing in 2023 they are relatively cheap
Pro tip: There is a TON of exotic weapons with unique skins. So, you can unlock skins (maybe also remove sigils/runes with endless extractor and sell them on the tp) and then toss them into the mystic forge for some character value neutral gambling. Also helps with narrowing down options in Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks to the more expensive options. Using this, minus the upgrade extractor, I managed to get 2 cheaper precursors. If you happen to get Dusk/Dawn, all the more power to you. This also works with the rare weapons that have a lot of skins, though below that you might as well salvage. Note that there is a fair bit of filler skins, that can be gained from items worth a few copper-a few gold.
Ps. Anet, please add a filter for locked/unlocked skins. Right now, it is hard to find more cheap exotic items with skins I do not have unlocked yet. Would also work wonders on Black Lion Skins.
Yay, senpai noticed me! By the way, thanks for getting me to try Strikes, and use the great essence chests. Now I can get tons of lws4 mats easily. Also, I have my eyes set on the Runic armor set.
Isn't there an option at gw2efficiency dir that? Or was it another website? Of course it would be nice to have such a filter ingame, but at least it's a way to start
I knew there was a reason I have been saving Medallions for over 3 years now but I could not recall why. LOL Thank you :)
Thanks for keeping it concise and relevant.
I usually keep medallions for the Mystic Forge Daily.
And now I have learned another way to get Gemstones, time to stock up on Crests.
Also worth noting you can create a portable Mystic Forge so you can do it anywhere, and not just Lions Arch etc...
Another useful and informative video! I've been selling all my crests to the TP or even merchants, I'm going to start saving them up for the mystic toilet! Thanks Mukluk!
Omgosh thanks so much! In the 8 years I've been playing (casual) I NEVER used the MF... Don't like gambling stuff but I was not aware of some of these recipes that I'll defo try. Thank u!
Did now know 2 of these so woot :) knowledge....lol. Thank you as always you Global Icon and Brand Ambassador.
Thank you Mukluk for the recipe for the Powerful blood! I actually netted 5 extra Vials of Powerful blood the first time I did this, for a total of 6!
By The Six! Attuning asc. rings for higher profit! Mukluk, you golden son of a skritt, I love those guides!
Didn't know about the Amalgamated Gemstone recipes using crests, yet! I always sell crests, but now I might want to save up on them. Cheers :)
Nice one, waited for this.
Idk if you remember me from a previous video I was commenting on a couple of weeks ago, I finally reached lions arch just today! Just wanted to say thanks for the help that your videos have been so far! Looking forward to using them for reference on my journey to 80!
Fantastically useful! I have been looking forward to this video for a while and you did a great job. The medallion recipes are ones I didn’t know about. Great video Muk - vrangor
omg i didn't know i could change ascended stats! Thank you so much!!
I remember you mentionned keeping the medallions in one of your vids, but I was wondering why, now I know, I'll finally be able to scrap all that stuff :D
super helpful!!
Been playing since before launch and had no idea you could craft up blue siege to superior siege. Still learning :)
I’ve been playing since beta and I still learn stuff from tutorials like this. Also pleaseeeeee comment on s pvp again god I loved that video rewatched it several times...
Oh, I've been gambling my yellows in the forge for a while, but I've just been selling the exotics. Neat, more chances at precursors!
Thank you for the video , it was very helpful .
I missed one thing here: Loadstone Crafting
Combine Two Cores (t5), 1 Mystic Crystal, 1 T6 Dust and 1 Bottle of Elonian Wine to craft them into a loadstone
To be fair, it's not a profit on every loadstone, but there are some types where you can earn good cash by doing this. or if you need a specific type of loadstone and have lots of cores (t5)
3:50
Instead of four exotic weapons, you can substitute one of them for a Mystic Forge weapon and it will function as a random exotic weapon.
Note: using 3 greatswords + mystic forge stone will result in a random weapon rather than a greatsword.
Alternatively, you can use an ectoplasmic stone instead which has a chance of dropping the mystic infusion + exclusive exotic weapons.
Omg now I understand why so much stuff drops and now I can start turning all the rare stuff I don’t use into exotics!!!! Thank you!
the chance is quite low though. so it might be easier to just salvage the yellows and possibly buy exotics. except for precursors, exotics are not that expensive anyway
@@demenion3521
I always check the TP price of any Exotic I haven't already unlocked the skin for. If it sells for more than 50s, I sell it, but if it sells for less than 50s, then I salvage it.
(I've been waiting five years to get Invisible Boots from a Treasure Mushroom, and there is no way in the Alchemy I'm gonna sell those the first time I get them even if they go for 9000g!)
Do a video on agony infusions and the mystic forge, please! Shed some light on! :D
Public utility annoucement. Thanks for that !
Could you make a video on recipes that will get your closer to a legendary? Taking materials that aren't needed and turn them into something used for a legendary (yes I am aware they all need different ingredients, but there are common ones)
Any special skills or masteries you need to do the Mystic Forge ? I've always been affraid to try since I doen't know how it works or what the results might be. Might try it now.
nope just go to lion's arch and walk up to the forge!
Just thank you. :)
I came back to the game after 6 years and god.. I have no idea what's going on
can only imagine. i took a one-year break that i'm still regretting and i started back up a month ago. Relearning everything is both fun and annoying.
I know the feeling. I quit a bit before HoT came out, and there's so much new info and so few ways to learn it unless you want to read every bloody page of the wiki. WIthout Mukluk's vids I probably never would have known about incredibly helpful stuff like the Prototype Position Reverser (something so useful it should have been a reward from a story mission so everyone could be sure to get one).
I just came back after leaving in 2015. So much has changed.
that salvage kit is what i go for (until i am ready for legendaries)
Nice vid. Subscribed.
Really cool video, I'll share it to the newbies of my guild !
By the way, would someone know which skin are Muk's gauntlets at the start of video ?
Legendary medium armor gloves from raids
I actually did get Dusk from the Mystic Forge.
I had no idea the mystic forge could be used for so much! I thought it was only a few recipes and legendary stuff, lmao
Holy crap...Ty.
Probably one "not so must know" recipe for the mystic forge is the recipe for the mystic forge itself. Yes, you heard right! You can make your own Mystic forge gizmo and carry it around in your inventory and use it anywhere. At least I found it quite useful before buying VIP pass as I didn't always need to travel to LA.
[Mystic Forge Node], [Mystic Forge Conduit]
For Money making i recommend skyscale food if you have some quartz left over.
Lol I've almost gotten to master crafter and I am today years old when I learn about mystic salvage kits
Where do you get the currency for the forge vendor?
Login rewards? I never get one of it.
So Clovers are pseudo-random and the 1 and 10 recipes are part of the same RNG pool so you want do 3 single clover recipes (assuming they fail) then do a 10 to have a much higher chance of getting the the 10. with this you can have about 60% return as oppose to a 33% return
Edit: for spelling, will find link later.
It's spelled "pseudo-random" :> Also, where is the trustworthy research on this, like a Reddit link or something.
That's not how probabilities work tho.. o.o
nice video. thnx
Tks mukk
Hey Mukluk I've got a question, your helmet, what helmet/vanity item is that and how do you aquire it?
wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wizard%27s_Hat
@@MuklukTH-cam Thank you! ill be sure to look out for it now ahah
@@andrewolivier8665 its in gem store right now
Are there undiscovered forge recipies? I mean I guess we wouldn't know but maybe the devs hinted such a thing in the past?
not really, most devs are actually behind wiki info. could be some of them just not working properly aka hidden lol
@@ChoJun69 oh, are they really? So thats why its so perfectly up to date so fast lol... Never seen that in other game wiki's
Hmmm, comment for any questions? Ok... what's the "easiest" legendary to make and what's the cheapest? Also, favorite icecream?
1: Cheapest: anything from generation 1, maybe leaning towards the underwater ones.
2: ... maybe chocolate chip cookie dough, or oreo
@@MuklukTH-cam Respectable choices good Sir.
TIL you can make Amalgamated Gemstones!
how to get mystic forge stones now I swear when I stopped playing I had a bunch of these but they are gone now. zz the amount of damn confusion in this game.
The most important recipe: The Shiba Inu Collection
The only must know recipes for me are the gifts + precursors 😤
So after 4 years I finally have to ask: "What am I gonna do with the almalgated Gemstones?
Amalgamated Gemstones are used to forge/craft 2nd Generation Legendary weapons/armor (i.e. Legs created _after HoT_ came out). For _any_ Legendary weapon, you will require one whole stack of 250 Amalgamated Gemstones. These are then used to make 250 ascended Crystaline Ingots, and then _those_ are used in one of the four final components required to make a Legendary.
One reliable way to get AGs daily is to fight each of the map-meta bosses in _HoT, PoF_ and from _Living World_ Season 3 onward. Regardless of if you participate in the same map more than once per day, you can only get ONE AG each day before the Dailies reset, so bouncing between all the meta(s) I mentioned will get you about 8-10 depending on your diligence _each day._ IMPORTANT: Every time you get a "________ Hero's Choice Chest" from completing a map meta, always, Always, ALWAYS select the AG as your reward!
_Yes,_ you can buy AGs off of the trading post (and if you find yourself with an excess and need some gold fast, they do _sell_ quite well too), but going for a whole stack of them will require quite a bit of gold, so grinding map metas is free but time consuming! Also, some annual festivals have merchants that sell AGs for festival-exclusive currency; please check the vendors accordingly.
AGs are used for a smattering of other one-off crafting recipes, but by far the most common use for them is in Legendary crafting (which can be months-long marathons in-and-of themselves.
(Here's an example of _me_ completing a Legendary weapon: th-cam.com/video/1b5K1OvOluQ/w-d-xo.html #ShamelessSelfPromotion)
wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Amalgamated_Gemstone
@@EVAUnit4A used only for gen 2 legendaries, gen1 dont need them. just to note
@@ChoJun69
Yes, Generation 2. My mistake. Thank you, I have corrected my earlier comment.
Oh my god. I can change the stats of my ascended drops?!
On most armor and weapons yes :)
PS. Some people have been trying for years throwing 4 exotic greatswords into the mystic toilet and they still haven't gotten any precursors. Not recommended.
Mmm, gonna start saving up those rare and exotic weapons, 500 gold would change my life with the ever increasing price of gems
Mystic forging amalgamated gemstones arent worth it at all though as you lose a lot of gold. 25 of all 4 orbs or crests costs about 8 gold plus 5 ectos cost about 1 gold and if u get only 10 gemstones you just lost 2 gold.
For those who may contemplate doing it. Even if u have hundreds of orbs, sell them and buy gemstones.
You only need 75 orbs * 8s each is 6 gold plus 5 ectos is about 7 g so even if you get unlucky, just slightly cheaper than the cost of AG on the trading post.
Your mistake is that you need 75 orbs not 100.
@@lukeyan1352 my bad. Ty for the correction
also if you are lucky you have the chance to get 25 gemstone rather than 10. So its def worth it no matter how you calculated it.
Just a comment for the algorithm
Forget the the six Gods or the Spirits of the Wild!!! Praise the mystic Toilet \[T]/ and get a gift from the mysterious sacred spirit.......Most of the time it's crap, but sometimes you don't regret it^^
Just #praytozommoros for the clovers XD
who in the world would dislike a helpful video?!?!?!?!
Probably karens
I like crafting but I just think gw2 is too complicated
Gamble my money away on exotics? Sign me up
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Ah, so an endgame RNG crafting system where you can waste all your time and resources... great... 😑😑😑
Wrong video to watch for guy who likes to gamble guess im throwing my lab money away later for some greatswords
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