The Binding of Ipos

This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes. • Superior Sigil of Demons • Unused Infusion Slot — In-game description

The Binding of Ipos

Type

Focus

Strength

873 – 927

Skin

The Binding of Ipos

Prefix

Selectable

Rarity

HLegendary

Req. level

80

Binding

Account Bound

Salvage

None

Item link

Skin link

External links

GW2Efficiency

API

86098

Gallery
Click to enlarge. Stowed. The Binding of Ipos footfalls.

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This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes.

Superior Sigil of Demons

Unused Infusion Slot

— In-game description

The Binding of Ipos is a legendary focus crafted in the Mystic Forge.

Lore

The Binding of Ipos

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The Binding of Ipos is as mystifying as it is venomous, dripping with ancient knowledge. Any warrior brave enough to carry this tome will be gifted with millennia of sinister magics.

Acquisition

Contained in

•   The Binding of Ipos (guaranteed, discontinued)
•   Legendary Choice Box (choice)
•   Legendary Choice Box (choice, 2019 variant)
•   Legendary Coffer (choice, discontinued)
•   Legendary Eternal Coffer (choice, discontinued)

Recipes

The Binding of Ipos

Source

Mystic Forge

Output qty.

1

Ingredients

1

Ars Goetia

1

Mystic Tribute

1

Gift of Ipos

1

Gift of Maguuma Mastery

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The Binding of Ipos

Source

Mystic Forge

Output qty.

1

Ingredients

1

Ars Goetia

1

Mystic Tribute

1

Gift of Ipos

1

Gift of Desert Mastery

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Graphics

The Binding of Ipos is a demonic tome. The cover is aged leather adorned with an oval frame with purple demonic runes at the center of which is a purple eye with a yellow iris that moves around as it observes its surroundings. On each of the four corners of the book are decorative metallic demonic hands with three clawed fingers and a thumb. When drawn, the book floats in front of the user and opens to the bookmark, revealing pages with purple glowing text and diagrams.

Aura

• The player grows a purple demonic hand with three fingers and a thumb. A purple aura connects the book with the hand.

Draw/Stow Animation

• Purple mists swirl around you as the book floats in front of you and opens.
• An ominous audio aura and faint unintelligible whispering can be heard while the weapon is drawn.

Footfalls

• The player leaves behind puddles of dark purple viscous liquid.

Projectiles

• Purple spherical eyes with a yellow iris.

Gallery

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  Upon drawing the tome.

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  Side view, showing a close-up of the claw.

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  In the dark.

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  Projectile effect.

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  Inside the book.

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  The spine of the book.

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  The hidden page.

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  .gif of the draw effect.

Sounds

Stow Sounds

• Void noise when stowed.

Full material list

Required item	Primary ingredients	Component materials
Mystic Tribute	2 Gifts of Condensed Magic	2 Gift of Blood (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Venom (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Totems (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Dust (recipe cost: 10 )
	2 Gifts of Condensed Might	2 Gift of Claws (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Scales (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Bones (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Fangs (recipe cost: 10 )
	77 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 250 Mystic Coins, 250 Globs of Ectoplasm, 250 Obsidian Shards, and 150  PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Astral Reward from the Wizard's Vault
	250 Mystic Coins
Gift of Ipos	Gift of the Mists	Gift of Glory Gift of Battle Gift of War Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy
	100 Mystic Runestones	100  total, bought from Miyani or Mystic Forge Attendant. Need Scholar of Secrets Mastery.
	100 Shards of the Dark Arts	Requires 450 Artificer to make. 100 Tribute to the Dark Arts      (1,000  Lumps of Aurillium or  Airship Parts or  Ley Line Crystals or  Unbound Magic or  Trade Contracts or  Volatile Magic) 100 Mystic Curio      Requires 450 Weaponsmith, Artificer, or Huntsman to make.      3,500 (Intricate Totems or Large Bones or Large Claws or Large Fangs or Large Scales or Potent Venom Sacs or Vials of Potent Blood)      1,500 Mithril Ingots      1,000 Elder Wood Planks 2,000 Mithril Ingots 1,000 Elder Wood Planks
	Gift of Energy	Recipe cost: 10 , bought from Miyani Requires 400 Artificer to make. 250 Piles of Crystalline Dust 250 Piles of Incandescent Dust 250 Piles of Luminous Dust 250 Piles of Radiant Dust
Gift of Maguuma Mastery (click to switch this ingredient with the Gift of Desert Mastery alternative)	Gift of Maguuma	Gift of the Fleet Gift of Tarir Gift of the Chak Gift of the Jungle
	Gift of Insights	Gift of the Itzel Gift of the Nuhoch Gift of the Exalted Gift of Gliding
	Bloodstone Shard	200 Spirit Shard
	250 Crystalline Ingots	250 Crystalline Ore 250 Fulgurites 250 Globs of Ectoplasm 250 Amalgamated Gemstones
Gift of Desert Mastery (click to switch this ingredient with the Gift of Maguuma Mastery alternative)	Gift of the Desert	Gift of the Oasis Gift of the Highlands Gift of the Riverlands Gift of the Desolation
	Gift of the Rider	Spirit of the Raptor Spirit of the Springer Spirit of the Skimmer Spirit of the Jackal
	Bloodstone Shard	200 Spirit Shard
	250 Funerary Incenses	25,000  Trade Contracts or 750  Elegy Mosaics or 1,250  Trade Contracts 250 Amalgamated Gemstones 250 Obsidian Shards 250 Globs of Ectoplasm or 250 Crystalline Ingots
Ars Goetia	Requires 500 Artificer to make. Need to purchase and craft these recipes in the following order:
	1. Recipe: Mark of the Unnamed	5  + 10,003  - Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs
	2. Recipe: The True Name	5  + 10,003  - Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs
	3. Recipe: Ars Goetia	5  + 10,003  - Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs
	Note: Both Shard of the Dark Arts and Mystic Curio (All Variants) recipes are contained within Recipe: Mark of the Unnamed.

Available prefixes

• The following prefixes can be selected:

Prefix	Stats
Apothecary's	+125  Healing Power +90  Toughness +90  Condition Damage
Assassin's	+125  Precision +90  Power +90  Ferocity
Berserker's	+125  Power +90  Precision +90  Ferocity
Bringer's	+125  Expertise +90  Precision +90  Vitality
Carrion	+125  Condition Damage +90  Power +90  Vitality
Cavalier's	+125  Toughness +90  Power +90  Ferocity
Celestial	+59  Power +59  Precision +59  Toughness +59  Vitality +59  Ferocity +59  Healing Power +59  Condition Damage +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Cleric's	+125  Healing Power +90  Power +90  Toughness
Commander's	+108  Power +108  Precision +59  Toughness +59  Concentration
Crusader's	+108  Power +108  Toughness +59  Ferocity +59  Healing Power
Demolisher's	+108  Power +108  Precision +59  Toughness +59  Ferocity
Dire	+125  Condition Damage +90  Toughness +90  Vitality
Diviner's	+108  Power +108  Concentration +59  Precision +59  Ferocity
Dragon's	+108  Power +108  Ferocity +59  Precision +59  Vitality
Giver's	+125  Toughness +90  Concentration +90  Healing Power
Grieving	+108  Power +108  Condition Damage +59  Precision +59  Ferocity
Harrier's	+125  Power +90  Healing Power +90  Concentration
Knight's	+125  Toughness +90  Power +90  Precision
Magi's	+125  Healing Power +90  Precision +90  Vitality
Marauder	+108  Power +108  Precision +59  Vitality +59  Ferocity
Marshal's	+108  Power +108  Healing Power +59  Condition Damage +59  Precision
Minstrel's	+108  Toughness +108  Healing Power +59  Vitality +59  Concentration
Nomad's	+125  Toughness +90  Vitality +90  Healing Power
Plaguedoctor's	+108  Vitality +108  Condition Damage +59  Healing Power +59  Concentration
Rabid	+125  Condition Damage +90  Precision +90  Toughness
Rampager's	+125  Precision +90  Power +90  Condition Damage
Ritualist's	+108  Vitality +108  Condition Damage +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Sentinel's	+125  Vitality +90  Power +90  Toughness
Seraph	+108  Precision +108  Condition Damage +59  Healing Power +59  Concentration
Settler's	+125  Toughness +90  Condition Damage +90  Healing Power
Shaman's	+125  Vitality +90  Condition Damage +90  Healing Power
Sinister	+125  Condition Damage +90  Power +90  Precision
Soldier's	+125  Power +90  Toughness +90  Vitality
Trailblazer's	+108  Toughness +108  Condition Damage +59  Vitality +59  Expertise
Valkyrie	+125  Power +90  Vitality +90  Ferocity
Vigilant	+108  Power +108  Toughness +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Viper's	+108  Power +108  Condition Damage +59  Precision +59  Expertise
Wanderer's	+108  Power +108  Vitality +59  Toughness +59  Concentration
Zealot's	+125  Power +90  Precision +90  Healing Power

Notes

• It is recommended that you do not attempt to stat change your precursor item with the standard stat swap recipe in the Mystic Forge. While you will be provided with an item with the desired stats, it will have been replaced with a generic ascended item that cannot be used as a legendary precursor.
• Both Shard of the Dark Arts and Mystic Curio (All Variants) recipes are contained within Recipe: Mark of the Unnamed.

Trivia

Visual bug of still displaying the floating book while mounted.

• The weapon was released with Living World Season 4 Episode 1, Daybreak.
• Ipos is one of the powerful demon princes described in the Ars Goetia. Ipos is known to reveal all things, past, present, and future.
• The text on The Binding of Ipos is made of a unique alphabet.
• Just like Bolt and The Shining Blade, among various other things, this focus was designed by Chelsea Mills.
• There was a bug effect when using a mount while having The Binding of Ipos drawn resulting in the floating book still being visible. This was fixed around May 2020.

References

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Legendary weapons

Mark of the Unnamed • The True Name • Ars Goetia — The Binding of Ipos

Others
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