Guild Wars 2: Build new armor with research notes

One of the first goals in a new release of Guild Wars 2 of course belongs to build cool new armaments sets. That's not different from Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons. Accordingly, for example, we have made ourselves how to come to the super stylish monastery armor set, jade tech sets or the exotic deluxe version of the Canthan armament set. For this you need two things - a giant pile of gold or rather unusual coins and research notes . We explain to you in our guide on research notes and armor, how that works.

• Where do you get recipes for unusual coins?
• Kraken, Tahkayun and ritualist: So you build the armor
• What are research notes?
• Monastery armor set: How do you get it?
• Research notes for construction of Jade-Tech armor
• Where can I get a research kit?

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Where do you get recipes for unusual coins?

While her luck easily gets as DROPS armor parts of the ancient Canthan armor, there is a secure method of unlocking these sets. Visit Chin-Hwa, the collector's unusual coins. Thanks to its own icon on the mini map you can not overlook him. He stands in the Starting area Province of the order directly near the way mark Daigo district: In the center of the province of the province of the Daigo district you will find the collectors for unusual coins - he stands directly at the way mark and has its own card icon - not to overlook! Source: research notes with him you will receive recipes for weapons, armor, inscriptions and insignia in exchange for unusual coins, but also the ancient Canthan arms . The latter can be a lot of costs - while the gloves cost 50 unusual coins, you even pay for a breast part 125. By the way, you can buy them in the trading post of other players.

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But what you really need to get yourself yourself are the recipes for the upgrade versions. The exotic variant of the Canthan armor has its own name for each type: ritualist (light), Tahkayun (medium) and kraken (heavy). The recipes for each armor parts are only available for purchase if you have unlocked the base type. If that's the case, there are the individual recipes for five unusual coins each.

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Kraken, Tahkayun and ritualist: So you build the armor

Have you unlocked the recipes, you can make the respective version on LEATHER, armor forgue or tailor on stage 400. In addition to the usual components (such as helm straps and helmet pads in a leather helmet), it requires a ritualistic ornate gauze insignia . The recipe for this is also available at the collector, the price are five unusual coins. The insignia consists of:

• 10 Brockets of Petrified Echowald Resin (new drop, also available in the trading post)
• 5 EKTOplasmakers
• 5 Gazenlick

• 150 research notes

The Kraken armor is the fantastic variant of heavy ancient Canthan armor. She has the rarity exotic and the new ritualist stats. Source: research notes

What are research notes?

When reading, sometimes sometimes gets a. For research notes, especially as a craft material, did not exist yet. This is a new "raw material" you get if you use a so-called research kit. Simply disassembled items that have arisen through crafting - these include buff food, armor, weapons, but also thickening potions. The latter is pretty cheap. They give you a few more than a research note when you disassemble them - sometimes there are two or rarely even three. For an Xunlai Jade seller, you will receive research kits, but also recipes for new Jade Tech armor. Source: research notes

Where can I get a research kit?

If the Main Story leads to Neu-Kaineng, you will receive a free research kit with 250 charges at the end of the practical jade bot. Further research kits are available everywhere in Cantha of Xunlai Jade sellers, which are beside the Jade Bot workbands. They sell the research kits for little money.

Monastery armor set: How do you get it?

Another armor set can you also unlock unusual coins for crafts over the collector. These are the monastery armor parts. The seeing for every armament class equal to - then switches to the leather gloves of the monastery set free, you also have the skin directly for the heavy and lightweight version. The monastery armor set looks the same for all armor types - Super so if your warrior, despoders or guards want to give a light look. Source: research notes While the recipes cost five unusual coins each, you need a "devastating jade insignia" per armor. You also get you from the collector of unusual coins, from which you also have the recipes. The devastating jade insignia costs proud 10 unusual coins and whopping five gold . As for the above-mentioned ritualist, Kraken- and Tahkayun armor, in addition to the insignia, you also need research notes as well as basic items for the monastery armor. For example, the middle monastery WAM requires:

• 100 research notes
• devastating jade insignia
• hardened war festivals mantle pad
• hardened war festivals-antelle bar

Research notes for construction of Jade-Tech armor

A third set of armor is available directly from the Xunlai Jade sellers described above. They sell not only research kits, but also lots of recipes for jade-bot modules, armor and weapons. The armor whose recipe gets her from the Xunlai Jade sellers is called Jade-Tech. According to high-tech, the whole thing looks like: Jade tech armor for medium armor carriers, so thieves, forest runners and engineers in Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons. Source: Arenanet The Jade Tech armor for carriers of heavy armor, so warriors, guards and vitals in Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons. Source: Arenanet The Jade Tech armor for fabric carriers, ie Mesmer, necromancers and elementary arms in Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons. Source: Arenanet Each recipe for a jade tech armor costs 100 research notes . But not enough with that: you also need the recipe for the dragged ornate gauze insignia , which also costs 100 research notes. If you build these insignia then you can quickly see that you need five pieces of dragonjade for your construction. In these are once again 30 research notes as well as Brocken of Pure Jade (available in the trading post). Thus, swallows the construction of a armor 150 research notes for the Gauze Insignie . Poo! But nobody said that beauty does not have your price...

How much fun do you have in End of Dragons? Be your GW1 veteran and enjoy so many things "Hey, I know that from Factage!" - Moment? Shares your impressions from the first days in Cantha with us! We are looking forward to how well your start runs in the third extension.

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