Blueprint

A blueprint is a consumable item that is used to build siege weapons in WvW. The blueprint system was simplified as part of the November 19, 2024 update, consolidating previously tiered blueprints into a single item.

Acquisition

Siege Blueprints

• Purchased from Siege Masters.
• Purchased from Laurel merchants.
• Purchased from Guild Commendation Traders.
• The Enormous Mistwrought Chest in Mistwrought Vault, the Enormous Mistwrought Chest in Obsidian Sanctum, and the Eternal Chest.
• Bought from the Trading Post.
• Reward for ranking up in World Experience.
• Reward from Achievement Chests.
• Siege equipment blueprints can be converted to other types of siege equipment blueprints by purchasing Pile of Recycled Siege Equipment from Siege Masters in WvW and combining it with the desired blueprint in the Mystic Forge.

Blueprint	Laurels	Badges	Jade Heroics	Guild Commendation	Trade-In		Trading Post
					Basic	Superior	Buy	Sell
Flame Ram	5	40	15	2	1	1	…	…
Arrow Cart	5	25	10	1	1	1	…	…
Ballista	5	25	10	1	1	1	…	…
Catapult	5	50	20	2	1	1	…	…
Trebuchet	5	25	10	1	1	1	…	…
Shield Generator	5	25	10	1	1	1	…	…
Siege Golem	10	150	50	3	1	1	…	…

Siege blueprints can be produced by a Guild via the Scribe crafting discipline. Crafting siege blueprints first requires a Guild Hall and the related upgrades in the War Room. A scribe with the required level can then craft Schematics which are automatically placed into the Aetheric assembly device to be queued for assembly. Once assembly is completed the blueprint can be accessed from the guild inventory panel.

Item	Rarity	Discipline(s)	Rating	Ingredients
Arrow Cart Blueprints	CFine	Scribe	200	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Seasoned Wood Pulp 1 Steel Reinforcing Plate
Ballista Blueprints	CFine	Scribe	200	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Seasoned Wood Pulp 1 Steel Reinforcing Plate
Catapult	CFine	Scribe	300	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Elder Wood Pulp 1 Mithril Reinforcing Plate
Flame Ram Blueprint	CFine	Scribe	300	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Elder Wood Pulp 1 Mithril Reinforcing Plate
Shield Generator Blueprint	CFine	Scribe	400	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Ancient Wood Pulp 1 Orichalcum Reinforcing Plate
Siege Golem Blueprint	CFine	Scribe	400	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Ancient Wood Pulp 1 Orichalcum Reinforcing Plate
Trebuchet Blueprints	CFine	Scribe	400	1 Badge of Tribute 1 Ancient Wood Pulp 1 Orichalcum Reinforcing Plate

• Flawed Guild Catapult Blueprints are available as a rare loot drop in World versus World or purchasable from Sigurlina Jonsdottir. ^{[verification requested]}

Infinite Siege Blueprints

See also: World vs. World Collections, Infinite Siege Tool

Infinite Siege Blueprints can be earned by completing each siege weapon's respective collection, found in the WvW Collections section under the WvW Achievements tab in the Hero panel. Each of infinite siege achievement required the similar achievement objectives:

1. Siege Token (Pile of Recycled Sieges)

• Bought from Skirmish Supervisor for:
  • 100 Piles of Recycled Siege Equipment (total of 25,000 siege blueprints of any type)

2. Siege Mechanism

• Bought from Skirmish Supervisor for:
  • 5,000 Badges of Honor
  • 3,000 Skirmish Claim Tickets
  • 1,000 Testimonies of Jade Heroics
  • 25 Grandmaster Mark Shards

3. Siege Part (Box of Scavenged <Siege> Parts)

• Bought from a difference vendors for each siege type for:
  • 100 Emblems of the Avenger (10,000 Players Defeated)
  • 3 Emblems of the Conqueror (300 Objectives Captured)
  • 5 Gifts of Battle (5 Reward tracks)

4. Salvage Part

• Interact with the broken siege in difference locations for each siege type.

5. Siege Expertise

• Required siege-specific achievement.

6. Extra Objectives

• Some siege requires an extra objective.

#	Objective 3		Objective 4		Objective 5	Objective 6
Type	Vendor	Location	Object	Location	Expertise	Extra
Arrow Cart	Wyvern Admirer	Emberfang Crag (RBL NE corner)	Broken Down Arrow Cart	Top of a Green/Blue Garrison	Damaged 500 Players and Siege with Arrow Carts.	-
Ballista	Grub Hunter	In the tunnel in front of the Blue World Keep (EBG Blue keep)	Broken Down Ballista	North inner wall Shadaran/Askalion Hills	Damaged Siege Equipment 30 Times with Ballistae.	Knock a gliding player out of the air or dismount them with the   Antiair Bolt ballista skill.
Catapult	Yellow Catmander	Yellow Catmander#Getting there	Broken Down Catapult	SE outer wall Ascension/Dreadfall Bay	Damaged 50 Walls with a Catapult.	Capture Stonemist Castle without being hit by the castle lord's Meteor Shower ability.
Flame Ram	Roy	Obsidian Sanctum arena	Broken Down Flame Ram	Molevekian Delve (EBG Dredge tunnel)	Damaged 20 Gates with a Flame Ram	Enter the Obsidian Sanctum jumping puzzle through a mystic portal in one of the keeps in Eternal Battlegrounds.
Shield Generator	Old Centaur	Brownmane Camp/Eboneigh Camp (Alpine BL Centaur camp)	Broken Down Shield Generator	South inner Osprey's Palace (RBL Air keep)	Blocked 50 Enemy Projectiles with a Shield Generator.	-
Siege Golem	Old Quaggan	South of Green/Blue Garrison	Broken Down Siege Golem	North inner gate Blistering Undercroft (RBL Fire keep)	Damaged 100 Walls or Gates with a Siege Golem.	Capture Stoic Rampart without being hit by Prototype B-055's Shockwave ability.
Trebuchet	Blue Catmander	Mistwrought Vault (Alpine BL Jumping puzzle)	Broken Down Trebuchet	Third floor Stonemist Castle	Damaged Walls or Drained Supply 100 Times.	Visit Canis in north camp Alpine Borderlands and bow to him.

After completing any of the Infinite Siege Blueprint achievements above, the Skirmish Supervisor will offer the Infinite Siege Tool for free, which can be used to gain access to any infinite siege equipment blueprints you've unlocked.

To unlock every Infinite Siege Blueprint you'd have to spend a total of:

• 35,000 Badges of Honor
• 21,000 Skirmish Claim Tickets
• 7,000 Testimonies of Jade Heroics
• 175 Grandmaster Mark Shards
• 700 Emblems of the Avenger (70,000 Players Defeated)
• 21 Emblems of the Conqueror (2,100 Objectives Captured)
• 35 Gifts of Battle (35 Reward tracks)
• 175,000 Blueprints (any type)

Usage

Any player can place a siege weapon by using a blueprint from their inventory, which replaces their weapon skills with:

#	Skill			Description
1	Deploy Siege	1	0	Deploy your siege weapon
2	Cancel Build			Put your blueprint away

Using the deploy siege skill creates a build site at the target location. If the siege weapon cannot be placed at this location nothing will happen and the player will retain the blueprint bundle.

Allied players can then add supply by interacting with the build site. Once the build site is at full health it becomes an operational siege weapon. Enemy attacks can damage the build site before it is completed, increasing the supplies required.

Gallery

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  Blueprints Vendor (merchant) trading UI.

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  Player placing a blueprint in the battlefield.

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  A build site created by placing a blueprint.

Related achievements

• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Arrow Cart — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Arrow Cart. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Ballista — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Ballista. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Catapult — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Catapult. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Flame Ram — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Flame Ram. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Shield Generator — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Shield Generator. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Siege Golem — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Siege Golem. (5)
• World vs. World Collections: Infinite Trebuchet — Complete all tasks to unlock the Infinite Trebuchet. (5)

Notes

• Blueprints used to be Account Bound, but this was changed in the July 9, 2013 patch, retroactively altering all blueprints in existence prior to the patch.
• Before the release of Heart of Thorns, Guild siege blueprints were purchased by guilds for Influence. Any blueprints owned by a guild prior to the update were transferred to the new guild inventory.

Bug:

Stacks of blueprints that existed prior to the patch will still function as account bound until the stack is updated. Acquiring new blueprints will automatically update an existing stack. You can emulate this by using a blueprint in WvW and then canceling deployment. If you have at least 2 items in the stack, you can force an update by splitting the stack and adding the old stack onto the new stack.

• As of the November 19, 2024 update, the blueprint system has been simplified. Guild siege blueprints have been renamed to siege blueprints. Basic and superior siege blueprints are no longer usable.
• As of the November 25, 2024 update, the cost per infinite siege blueprint is reduced as follows:
  • Emblems of the Avenger: Cost reduced from 250 to 100
  • WvW Skirmish Tickets: Cost reduced from 5000 to 3000
  • Badges of Honor: Cost reduced from 10000 to 5000

Trivia

Historical info

• Superior versions of each siege weapon blueprint used to do more damage, and cost more supply to build.
• Guild versions of siege blueprints could be produced by a Guild via the Scribe crafting discipline. Guild siege weapons were functionally the same as superior siege but had the supply cost of regular siege and displayed your guild tag and emblem (except guild siege golems, which were the same as alpha siege golems but had half the supply cost).

See also

• United Legions Siege weapon and blueprints (PvE contents)

References

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World versus World

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Siege weapons, traps, and tricks

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Consumables