Ascended Back Items are unique in that they are only obtainable through crafting and certain collection rewards. There are over 20 different ascended back items in Guild Wars 2, with varying acquisition costs. While many of the ascended back items are locked in to a specific stat set, there are several which allow you to select the stats, and those are the ones that we’ll be focusing on. We’ve compiled a list of the cheapest ascended back items in Guild Wars 2 to help save you time and money. The following ascended back items are created through the Mystic Forge.





Cheapest Ascended Back Items (Gold)

The following ascended back items are the cheapest in terms of gold.

Prototype Fractal Capacitor

The Prototype Fractal Capacitor is technically the cheapest ascended back item in the game, although it does require a significant time investment to obtain Fractal Relics. There are two variants depending on if you want an offensive or defensive infusion slot. The defensive slot version requires Philosopher’s Stones while the offensive slot version requires Mystic Crystals.

Defensive Infusion Slot:

Component Quantity Prototype Fractal Capacitor 1 Philosopher’s Stone 240 Gift of Ascension 1 Vial of Condensed Mist Essence 1

Offensive Infusion Slot:

Component Quantity Prototype Fractal Capacitor 1 Mystic Crystal 40 Gift of Ascension 1 Vial of Condensed Mist Essence 1

Component Acquisition:

Prototype Fractal Capacitor Purchased from Fractal Vendor for 1350 Fractal Relics + ~21 silver

Gift of Ascension Purchased from Fractal Vendor for 500 Fractal Relics + ~25 silver

Vial of Condensed Mist Essence Loot/Reward for completing Fractals

Mystic Crystals Purchased from Mystic Forge Vendor: 5 crystals for 3 spirit shards

Philosopher’s Stones Purchased from Mystic Forge Vendor: 10 stones for 1 spirit shard



Prototype Fractal Capacitor (Wiki Link)

Mawdrey

Mawdrey is an ascended back item that is obtained after growing three generations of vines as part of a scavenger hunt type quest for the required components. Although there are substantial gold costs involved with the quest for Mawdrey, it is still one of the cheapest ascended back items in the game. Mawdrey is also the cheapest ascended back item to infuse, since it is one of the few items that does NOT require 250 Globs of Ectoplasm (Thanks /u/TemporaryShadow).

The steps to attain Mawdrey are quite complex, but you can find more information on the Mawdrey GW2 Wiki page.

Cheapest Ascended Back Items(Time)

The following ascended back items are the cheapest in terms of gold without a large time investment.

Quiver of a Thousand Arrows

Crafting Quiver of A Thousand Arrows is pretty straightforward. Make sure you have the components listed below and then combine them in the Mystic Forge.

Component Quantity TP Price (Total)

Glob of Ectoplasm 50 … Vicious Claw 250 … Philosopher’s Stone 240 Vial of Condensed Mist Essence 1

Quiver of a Thousand Arrows (Wiki Link)

There With Yakkington

Crafting Yakkington is similar to the process used for creating Quiver of a Thousand Arrows. Combine the components in the Mystic Forge.

Component Quantity TP Price (Total)

Glob of Ectoplasm 50 … Vicious Claw 250 … Crystal 40 Vial of Condensed Mist Essence 1

There With Yakkington (Wiki Link)

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