Epertyufi 32 Report post Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Okay, so because I found no real guides to completing this legendary collection and the fact that it has many things to which if you don't pay attention it can cost you more than it should I decided to help you save some ascendeds and whatnot. Okay so before I get into more details let's get this straight: You need Heart of Thorns to complete the collections. You may start the collection but buying certain items require fractal masteries which you can only progress if you have HoT. You will need a total of 3 Balls of Dark Energy to finish all 4 tiers of this collection. Yes you do need 5 just to buy collection items and a bunch more to craft the backpacks but salvaging the previous tiers of the backpacks will give you enough to finish, so don’t start salvaging your ascendeds. You will need a total of 4150 relics and 140 pristine relics to finish this collection. You will need a total of 112 Fractal Research Pages which only drop from daily fractal chests. If you still need to get these pages, then doing the dailies to do so will also give you relics of course, so don’t start farming yet! Leave the items that require relics for the end and don’t start farming relics if you don’t need them. Getting the other items will also get you some relics so you should really only be worried about that once you have every other item from the collection. What follows is basically copy-pasta from the official wiki rearranged a bit and with some additional info and maps for your convenience. To start the collection you will have to speak to Kelvei, the Legendary Observer in the Mistlock Observatory. So let's begin: Ad Infinitum I: Finite Result Ascalonian Fractal Field Research Paper Sold by a vendor in the Urban Battleground Fractal for 1 Fractal Journal A Fractal Journal requires 28 Fractal Research Pages which drop from daily chests. Challanges / collections related to a specific fractal level: Swampland Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 2 Swampland Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Charged Clump of Swamp Moss Take a Clump of Swamp Moss to the Specially Charged Energy Storage Tank at the Opticalium, obtained by killing Bloomhunger in the Swampland Fractal (2, 32, 56). Unstable Magically Charged Infusion Sample Charge a +4 Agony Infusion in a Mist Geyser in the Swampland Fractal (2, 21, 32, 41, 56, 67, 77, 83). These three items can be obtained from one run at the level 2 fractal. Aquatic Ruin Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 3 Aquatic Ruins Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Jade Kraken Timed Mote Beat the Jade Maw in under 5 minutes in the level 20 Solid Ocean Fractal. Burning Frozen Core Imbue a Gigantic Ice Elemental Core in the Volcanic Fractal (6, 19, 28, 46, 52, 63, 72, 87, 92), obtained by killing the Svanir Shaman Chief in Wayfarer Foothills. Completing these fractal levels will yield you 24 fractal relics if you choose level 6 for the last and get all the Swamplands items in one run. Defender of Ascalon Sold by BUY-2046_PFR in the Mistlock Observatory for 20 . Charr-Nip Sold by BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory for 100 + 80 . (requires Follows Advice - fractal mastery 1) Prototype Fractal Capacitor Sold by BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory for 1,350 Aetherblade Recruitment Form Sold by a vendor in the Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal for 1 To get a Ball of Dark Energy you will have to salvage an ascended armor or weapon. Rings have absolutely no chance of dropping a Ball upon salvage, and other trinkets are reported to have very low chance. Armors and weapons are guaranteed to yield you a Ball. Your reward for completing the collection: Proof: Finite Result containing 3 Stabilizing Matrices, the Recipe and the Solution to Finite Result. Now you can go and craft Finite Result, which requires: Solution: Finite Result (you just got it) Pristine Mist Essence 10 Essence of Luck 1 Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy 1 Ball of Dark Energy 75 Stabilizing Matrix 10 Thermocatalytic Reagent Finite Wings 1 Vision Crystal 5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence (randomly drops from lvl 1+ fractals) 10 Pile of Crystalline Dust First Order Mist Frame 50 Bolt of Silk 100 Cured Thick Leather Square 75 Mithril Plated Dowel Congratulations on your Finite Result \o/ NOW GO AND SALVAGE IT! Well actually you can take it for a walk while you are finishing Ad Inf II but you will have to salvage it anyway. Good news though: in the next collection you will have to craft another ascended backpiece so you won’t be left without one :3 Anyways salvaging the Finite Result gives you: Ball of Dark Energy (5) Spirit of the Finite Result +1 Agony Infusion (7) Salvaged Dignity (small chance) Ooh shiny Balls! ...of Dark Energy! Jolly good show! These will sure come in handy during our next collection: Ad Infinitum II: Upper Bound Molten Alliance Fractal Field Research Paper Sold by a vendor in the Molten Boss Fractal for 1 Round 2! All things as mentioned above in the first collection. Challanges / collections related to a specific fractal level: Uncategorized Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 36 Uncategorized Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Snowblind Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 27 Snowblind Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Thaumanova Reactor Timed Mote Complete the level 15 Thaumanova Reactor Fractal in under 20 minutes. Jade Maw Fang Trade a Vinewrath Tendril in the level 20 Solid Ocean Fractal, obtained from the Mordrem Vinewrath in the Silverwastes. Pollenated Ice Elemental Core Imbue an Ice Elemental Core in the Silverwastes, obtained from Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker in the Snowblind Fractal (5, 16, 27, 37, 51, 74, 86). Weak Magically Charged Infusion Sample Charge a +6 Agony Infusion in a Mist Geyser in the Molten Furnace Fractal (9, 23, 39, 58, 73, 89, 93). Completing these levels will yield you 48 relics if you take lvl 5 and 9. Dredge Spiral Drill Purchased from BUY-2046 PFR in the Mistlock Observatory for 30 (requires Follows Advice - fractal mastery 1) Glob of Molten Fire Purchased from BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory for 200 (requires Agony Channeler - fractal mastery 2) Beta Fractal Capacitor (Infused) Make in the Mystic Forge with 1 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence 250 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Gift of Ascension 1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor (Ascended) Offensive: 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence 1 Gift of Ascension (costs 500 relics) 40 Mystic Crystal 1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor (bought in the last collection) Or Defensive: 1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence 1 Gift of Ascension (costs 500 relics) 240 Philosopher's Stone 1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor (bought in the last collection) Aetherblade Handbook Sold by a vendor in the Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal for 2 (you got this from salvaging Finite Result) Your reward for completing the collection: Proof: Upper Bound containing 5 Stabilizing Matrices, Recipe and Solution to Upper Bound. Now you can go and craft Upper Bound, which requires: 1 Solution: Upper Bound (just got it) 2 Pristine Mist Essence 20 Essence of Luck 2 Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy 2 Ball of Dark Energy 150 Stabilizing Matrix 20 Thermocatalytic Reagent 1 Bound Wings 10 Glob of Ectoplasm 5 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence (random drop from fractals scale 30+) 1 Vision Crystal 1 Spirit of the Finite Result (from salvaging Finite Result) 1 Second Order Mist Frame 25 Bolt of Gossamer 75 Cured Rugged Leather Square 50 Orichalcum Plated Dowel Phew you got your Upper Bound. Yeah, you gonna salvage that too, tough love. Dry your eyes mate look at the lűűt from the salvage: Ball of Dark Energy (9) Spirit of the Upper Bound +1 Agony Infusion (7-8) Salvaged Dignity (extremely rare chance) Would you look at that! 9 Balls! Jolly good show indeed. Ad Infinitum III: Unbound Taumanova Fractal Field Research Paper Sold by a vendor in the Thaumanova Reactor Fractal for 1 Challanges / collections related to a specific fractal level: Volcanic Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 28 Volcanic Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Cliffside Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 22 Cliffside Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Molten Boss Timed Mote Complete the level 10 Molten Boss Fractal in under 5 minutes. Old Tom's Vital Reading (He's Dead) Analyze Old Tom's remains with Vexa's Golem Diagnostic Reader in the Uncategorized Fractal (4, 12, 36, 44, 62, 79, 91), obtained from Vexa's Lab in Fireheart Rise. Rabsovich's Lost Treasure Use Rabsovich's Locker Key in the Dociu Excavation obtained in the Underground Facility Fractal (8, 17, 29, 38, 43, 53, 68, 76, 81, 95). Magically Charged Infusion Sample Charge a +8 Agony Infusion in the Mist Geyser in the Snowblind Fractal (5, 16, 27, 37, 51, 74, 86). Completing these levels will yield you 41 relics if you take levels 4, 5, 8. Fractal Capacitor (Infused) Make in the Mystic Forge with 1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence 250 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Gift of Ascension (costs 500 relics) 1 Beta Fractal Capacitor (Infused) (crafted in the last collection) Inquest Dragon Energy Research Cube Purchased from BUY-2046 PFR in the Mistlock Observatory for 40 (requires Follows Advice - fractal mastery 1) Essence of Subject 2 Purchased from BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory for 400 (requires Agony Channeler - fractal mastery 2) Aetherblade Secret Handshake Tutorial Book Sold by a vendor in the Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal for 3 Good human! Here is your Proof: Unbound containing 10 Stabilizing Matrices, the recipe and the Solution for Unbound. You can now go and craft Unbound with: 1 Solution: Unbound (just got it) 5 Pristine Mist Essence 50 Essence of Luck 5 Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy 5 Ball of Dark Energy 375 Stabilizing Matrix 50 Thermocatalytic Reagent 1 Unbound Wings 25 Glob of Ectoplasm 5 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence (random drop from fractals scale 50+) 1 Vision Crystal 1 Spirit of the Upper Bound (from salvaing Upper Bound) 1 Third Order Mist Frame 5 Spiritwood Plank 5 Deldrimor Steel Ingot 5 Elonian Leather Square 5 Bolt of Damask Speaking to Kelvei, the Legendary Observer gives you Theory of Ad Infinitum with which you can unlock the final collection: Legendary Backpack: Ad Infinitum Aetherblade Fractal Field Research Paper[1] Sold by a vendor in the Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal for 1 Challanges / collections related to a specific fractal level: Underground Facility Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 53 Underground Facility Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Aetherblade Challenge Mote Activate the challenge mote, and complete the level 54 Aetherblade Fractal with an 80% reduction to healing. Mai Trin Timed Mote Complete the level 100 Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal in under 25 minutes. Jungle Wurm Omelet (Mossman Style) Obtain a Jungle Wurm Egg by defeating the Greater Nightmare Vine in Twilight Arbor. Bring it to the Mossman's hut in the Swampland Fractal. Charged Archdiviner's Mallet Take the Archdiviner's Mallet from his remains at the top of the Cliffside Fractal. Jump into the middle of the exploded Thaumanova Reactor in Metrica Province to charge it. Explosive Magically Charged Infusion Sample Charge a +10 Agony Infusion in the Mist Geyser in the Cliffside Fractal. Purchasable items: Aetherblade Pirate Eye Patch Purchased from BUY-2046 PFR in the Mistlock Observatory for 50 Aetherblade Airship Steering Wheel Purchased from BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory for 600 + 80 . Aetherblade Diploma Sold by a vendor in the Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal for 3 Back to being broke: Lessons in Arbology After defeating Captain Ashym, take a Gift of Wood to the Ascalonian woodcutter, located inside the Urban Battleground Fractal. To craft the Gift of Wood you will need a lvl 400 Huntsman and 250 Seasoned Wood Plank 250 Hard Wood Plank 250 Elder Wood Plank 250 Ancient Wood Plank Lessons in Metallurgy Take a Gift of Metal to the dredge weaponsmith's workbench located inside the Molten Furnace fractal. To craft the Gift of Metal you will need a lvl 400 Weaponsmith and 250 Platinum Ingot 250 Darksteel Ingot 250 Mithril Ingot 250 Orichalcum Ingot And there you have it \o/ To craft the legendary backpiece Ad Infinitum you will need Unbound Gift of Infinity Gift of Fortune Gift of Ascension (500 + 25 20 ) To get Gift of Fortune: 77 Mystic Clover 250 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Gift of Magic 250 Vial of Powerful Blood 250 Powerful Venom Sac 250 Elaborate Totem 250 Pile of Crystalline Dust 1 Gift of Might 250 Vicious Fang 250 Armored Scale 250 Vicious Claw 250 Ancient Bone Known issues: When crafting the capacitors in the mystic forge make sure that you use the correct transmutation. If you change the skin of the capacitor, even though it states that it will function as the untransmuted item in the mystic forge, it might not allow you to complete the forging. Changing the skin back to the original will solve this problem. A tip to get the ectoes and also in general to maximize your profit: keep green weapon drops and throw them in the Mystic Toilet. There is about a 20-25% chance of 4 greens giving you a rare which if salvaged can yield 0-3 ectoes making it well worth (though you are better off with selling the rare if its worth at least 1g). Also, salvaging rings can give you matrices, but only salvage the infused rings. Salvaging normal ascended rings will get you so few matrices that you would be better off buying the matrices themselves instead of buying the salvage kit. The normie rings can go straight to the merchant sliding down on a waterslide of tears or be saved for alt characters. If you see something wrong or have anything to add just let me know and I will edit the post. Edited April 14, 2017 by Epertyufi Added last collection, deleted some outdated stuff 7 Share this post Link to post
MayaMinamoto 2 Report post Posted March 20, 2016 That's very nice guide, thank you! There's one thing missing though - In second collection, when listing materials needed for Beta Fractal Capacitor you wrote 1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor (Ascended). (bought in the last collection) The one bought in the first collection is exotic, you have to ascend it before throwing it into mystic toilet to get Beta Capacitor. So 500 more relics and a stack of ectos to farm. Share this post Link to post
Epertyufi 32 Report post Posted March 20, 2016 21 minutes ago, MayaMinamoto said: That's very nice guide, thank you! There's one thing missing though - In second collection, when listing materials needed for Beta Fractal Capacitor you wrote 1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor (Ascended). (bought in the last collection) The one bought in the first collection is exotic, you have to ascend it before throwing it into mystic toilet to get Beta Capacitor. So 500 more relics and a stack of ectos to farm. Thank you! I fixed the original post Share this post Link to post
Nag 36 Report post Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) Great guide! I've actually not done much anything of this collection, so this will come in handy. For anyone interested, the cheapest way to get your starting Dark Energies would be to make some relatively cheap Ascended Heavy Armor - typically, Magi's (Hronk's) is cheap, so something like Hronk's Warfists tends to be a safe bet. If you want to check for yourselves, GW2Efficiency has a nice, always-up-to-date list of the cheapest Ascendeds. Typically we're talking somewhere in the area of 50g per Dark Energy. If you want to be a bit more extravagant you can craft Ascended Weapons that you just want for the skin and salvage those, but that feels a bit luxurious. On a semi-related note, the best way to unlock all the Ascended Weapon skins (if you're so inclined) would be to just craft each weapon type once and then statswap through all the different color types. Edited March 20, 2016 by Nag Share this post Link to post
Nasurelin 57 Report post Posted March 20, 2016 8 hours ago, Nag said: the best way to unlock all the Ascended Weapon skins (if you're so inclined) would be to just craft each weapon type once and then statswap through all the different color types I was actually wondering this myself for some time: does statswapping ascended weapons actually change skin colour in the process. It's good to know it does. I went off-topic so to help that I'll add that guide is great! Good job Epertyufi I crafted my Unbound earlier - most info can be found somewhere in the net, but it's so scattered it is really nice to have it all in one place. Share this post Link to post
Susimusta 48 Report post Posted March 20, 2016 45 minutes ago, Nasurelin said: does statswapping ascended weapons actually change skin colour in the process. It's good to know it does. It does. Anyway very nice and detailed guide! I will look into this at some point too, haven't just had the time nor energy for making this yet. ;p Share this post Link to post
Epertyufi 32 Report post Posted April 14, 2017 Updated the thingy with the new and final collection. Sorry for the delay, I couldn't get to it before because... of the person I am. I tried to weed out stuff related to how old fractals worked, like the dailies and such, but some might still be in there, so feel free to message me and I'll edit the post. Share this post Link to post
