Legendary armor

This article is about legendary armor. For the achievement category, see Legendary Armor (achievements). For the PvE armor set, see Perfected Envoy armor.

Legendary armors are sets of armor of HLegendary rarity. Like all legendary equipment, these armor sets allow freely changing their attribute combinations and swap runes, and can be equipped simultaneously on all characters on the account through Legendary Armory. Additionally, they allow changing their skins without spending Transmutation Charges, with some of the armor sets featuring unique appearance and visual effects. Legendary armor has the same level of attributes as ascended armor.

All armor sets except for the open world one require the ownership of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion, either to access raids or to purchase multiple required items.

PvE armor sets

Open world set

Armor: Obsidian armor

The Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion features a legendary set that doesn't require heavy investment into raids or competitive experiences—instead, the various crafting components come from open-world gameplay in the expansion.

Once obtained, the armor's apperance can be upgraded into Suffused Obsidian armor, which has extra visual and combat effects.

Each piece of Open world armor requires the following:

Primary component	Secondary components	Tertiary components / Cost / Acquisition	Quaternary components / Cost / Acquisition
Gift of Mighty Prosperity (Hand/Leg/Foot only)	9 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 29 Mystic Coins, 29 Globs of Ectoplasm, 29 Obsidian Shards and 17 Spirit Shards PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Bought weekly with a 10 per week per vendor limit (except Nikki the Lost, whose limit is 5) using 2 Mystic Coin + 2 Globs of Ectoplasm + 2 Spirit Shards, and an additional currency depending on the vendor: 150 Fractal relics from BUY-4373, 30 Magnetite Shard from various raid vendors, or 30 Green Prophet Shard from Nikki the Lost
	Gift of Condensed Might	Gift of Fangs	100 Vicious Fangs 250 Large Fangs 50 Sharp Fangs 50 Fangs
		Gift of Scales	100 Armored Scales 250 Large Scales 50 Smooth Scales 50 Scales
		Gift of Claws	100 Vicious Claws 250 Large Claws 50 Sharp Claws 50 Claws
		Gift of Bones	100 Ancient Bones 250 Large Bones 50 Heavy Bones 50 Bones
	Gift of Research	250 Hydrocatalytic Reagent 250 Hydrocatalytic Reagent 250 Thermocatalytic Reagent 250 Essence of Luck (exotic)
	Gift of Craftsmanship	50  Provisioner Tokens (sold by Faction Provisioners daily or earned weekly from raid challenge modes)
Gift of Magical Prosperity (Head/Shoulder/Chest only)	9 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 29 Mystic Coins, 29 Globs of Ectoplasm, 29 Obsidian Shards and 17 Spirit Shards PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Bought weekly with a 10 per week per vendor limit (except Nikki the Lost, whose limit is 5) using 2 Mystic Coin + 2 Globs of Ectoplasm + 2 Spirit Shards, and an additional currency depending on the vendor: 150 Fractal relics from BUY-4373, 30 Magnetite Shard from various raid vendors, or 30 Green Prophet Shard from Nikki the Lost
	Gift of Condensed Magic	Gift of Blood	100 Vials of Powerful Blood 250 Vials of Potent Blood 50 Vials of Thick Blood 50 Vials of Blood
		Gift of Venom	100 Powerful Venom Sacs 250 Potent Venom Sacs 50 Full Venom Sacs 50 Venom Sacs
		Gift of Totems	100 Elaborate Totems 250 Intricate Totems 50 Engraved Totems 50 Totems
		Gift of Dust	100 Piles of Crystalline Dust 250 Piles of Incandescent Dust 50 Piles of Luminous Dust 50 Piles of Radiant Dust
	Gift of Research	250 Hydrocatalytic Reagent 250 Hydrocatalytic Reagent 250 Thermocatalytic Reagent 250 Essence of Luck (exotic)
	Gift of Craftsmanship	50  Provisioner Tokens (sold by Faction Provisioners daily or earned weekly from raid challenge modes)
Gift of Stormy Skies	Gift of the Astral Ward	Gift of Skywatch Archipelago Gift of Amnytas Gift of Inner Nayos
		Gift of Persistence	Purchased from Lyhr for: 250 Ancient Coin 250 Static Charges 250 Pinches of Stardust 250 Calcified Gasps
	5 Cases of Captured Lightning
	5 Pouches of Stardust
	5 Clots of Congealed Screams
Gift of Expertise	12 Amalgamated Rift Essences	400 crafting: 3000 Fine Rift Essence 1200 Masterwork Rift Essence 600 Rare Rift Essence 600 Globs of Ectoplasm
	Eldritch Scroll	50 Spirit Shards (sold by Miyani)
	50 Obsidian Shards	Purchased for or converted from various currencies PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks
	Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy	500 crafting: Ball of Dark Energy 75 Stabilizing Matrices
Precursor piece Arcanum of Astral Thought Arcanum of Astral Bearing Arcanum of Astral Heartbeat Arcanum of Astral Grasp Arcanum of Astral Stride Arcanum of Astral Footprints	After completing the respective collection (Astral Thought, Astral Bearing, Astral Heartbeat, Astral Grasp, Astral Stride, Astral Footprints) each piece can be bought from Lyhr for a Lesser Vision Crystal.

Raid set

Armor: Perfected Envoy armor

Acquisition of the Raid sets with their unique skins is linked to Heart of Thorns raids; they require collection of Legendary Insights gathered weekly from defeated raid bosses, as well as obtaining various items from raid encounters for  Legendary Armor achievements.

Each piece of Perfected Envoy armor requires the following:

Primary component	Secondary components	Tertiary components / Cost / Acquisition	Quaternary components / Cost / Acquisition
Gift of Prosperity	Gift of Craftsmanship	50  Provisioner Tokens (sold by Faction Provisioners daily or earned weekly from raid challenge modes)
	15 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 48 Mystic Coins, 48 Globs of Ectoplasm, 48 Obsidian Shards and 29 Spirit Shards PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Bought weekly over 2 weeks with a 10 per week per vendor limit (except Nikki the Lost, whose limit is 5) using 2 Mystic Coin + 2 Globs of Ectoplasm + 2 Spirit Shards, and an additional currency depending on the vendor: 150 Fractal relics from BUY-4373, 30 Magnetite Shard from various raid vendors, or 30 Green Prophet Shard from Nikki the Lost
	Gift of Condensed Might	Gift of Fangs	100 Vicious Fangs 250 Large Fangs 50 Sharp Fangs 50 Fangs
		Gift of Scales	100 Armored Scales 250 Large Scales 50 Smooth Scales 50 Scales
		Gift of Claws	100 Vicious Claws 250 Large Claws 50 Sharp Claws 50 Claws
		Gift of Bones	100 Ancient Bones 250 Large Bones 50 Heavy Bones 50 Bones
	Gift of Condensed Magic	Gift of Blood	100 Vials of Powerful Blood 250 Vials of Potent Blood 50 Vials of Thick Blood 50 Vials of Blood
		Gift of Venom	100 Powerful Venom Sacs 250 Potent Venom Sacs 50 Full Venom Sacs 50 Venom Sacs
		Gift of Totems	100 Elaborate Totems 250 Intricate Totems 50 Engraved Totems 50 Totems
		Gift of Dust	100 Piles of Crystalline Dust 250 Piles of Incandescent Dust 50 Piles of Luminous Dust 50 Piles of Radiant Dust
Gift of Prowess	25 Legendary Insights	Weekly raid boss chests or weekly EoD CM Strike Mission chests
	Eldritch Scroll	50 Spirit Shards (sold by Miyani)
	50 Obsidian Shards	Purchased for or converted from various currencies PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks
	Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy	500 crafting: Ball of Dark Energy 75 Stabilizing Matrices
Gift of Dedication	5 Auric Ingots	Dropped from Grand Exalted Chests, Great Exalted Chests and Noxious Pods. Crafted from 30 Piles of Auric Dust and 30 Auric Slivers.
	5 Reclaimed Metal Plates	Salvaged from Reclaimed weapons (rarely from Cfine or Dmasterwork weapons, always from Erare weapons). Chosen from Verdant Brink: Hero's Choice Chest dropped once a day from Verdant Brink bosses.
	5 Chak Eggs	Dropped from Crystallized Supply Caches. Completing events in Tangled Depths, namely from Gerent's Chest and Tangled Depths: Hero's Choice Chest.
	Gift of the Pact	250 Airship Parts + 250 Lumps of Aurillium + 250 Ley Line Crystals (sold by Whispers Keeper).
Precursor piece (Refined Envoy armor)	Completing the Envoy Armor II: Refined Armor collection. Further pieces of any weight can be acquired by crafting from a recipe purchased from a Master craftsman upon completion of Envoy Armor II: Refined Armor. In order to make armor pieces of another weight class, you will additionally need an Envoy Insignia for each piece of crafted Refined Envoy armor.

It takes 150 Legendary Insights to obtain the first set of Legendary raid armor. With the weekly cap of 33 Legendary Insights (assuming you complete the weekly Cantha Strikes achievement, and all EOD and SOTO Strike Missions with the challenge mode active once a week), this will take 5 weeks of reaching the required amount. Any subsequent sets of legendary armor cost 300 Legendary Insights, taking 10 weeks each, because crafting additional Refined Envoy armor precursor sets costs 150 Legendary Insights.

• Without completing Cantha and Horn of Maguma Strikes the first armor set will take 6 weeks and subsequent armor sets 12 weeks each.

PvP armor set

Armor: Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor, Ardent Glorious armor, Glorious Hero's armor

This armor retains the visual look of the Ascended PvP armors. Several items needed in the crafting process require the Heart of Thorns expansion unlocked.

Each piece of PvP legendary armor requires the following:

Primary component	Secondary components	Tertiary components / Cost / Acquisition	Quaternary components / Cost / Acquisition
Gift of Competitive Prosperity	Mist Core Fragment	Glorious Armor Box
	15 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 48 Mystic Coins, 48 Globs of Ectoplasm, 48 Obsidian Shards and 29 Spirit Shards  PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Bought weekly over 2 weeks with a 10 per week per vendor limit (except Nikki the Lost, whose limit is 5) using 2 Mystic Coin + 2 Globs of Ectoplasm + 2 Spirit Shards, and an additional currency depending on the vendor: 150 Fractal relics from BUY-4373, 30 Magnetite Shard from various raid vendors, or 30 Green Prophet Shard from Nikki the Lost
	Gift of Condensed Might	Gift of Fangs	100 Vicious Fangs 250 Large Fangs 50 Sharp Fangs 50 Fangs
		Gift of Scales	100 Armored Scales 250 Large Scales 50 Smooth Scales 50 Scales
		Gift of Claws	100 Vicious Claws 250 Large Claws 50 Sharp Claws 50 Claws
		Gift of Bones	100 Ancient Bones 250 Large Bones 50 Heavy Bones 50 Bones
	Gift of Condensed Magic	Gift of Blood	100 Vials of Powerful Blood 250 Vials of Potent Blood 50 Vials of Thick Blood 50 Vials of Blood
		Gift of Venom	100 Powerful Venom Sacs 250 Potent Venom Sacs 50 Full Venom Sacs 50 Venom Sacs
		Gift of Totems	100 Elaborate Totems 250 Intricate Totems 50 Engraved Totems 50 Totems
		Gift of Dust	100 Piles of Crystalline Dust 250 Piles of Incandescent Dust 50 Piles of Luminous Dust 50 Piles of Radiant Dust
Gift of Competitive Prowess	Record of League Victories	30  (sold by Ascended Armor League Vendor)
	Eldritch Scroll	50  (sold by Miyani)
	50 Obsidian Shards	Purchased for or converted from various currencies PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks
	Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy	500 crafting: Ball of Dark Energy 75 Stabilizing Matrices
Gift of Competitive Dedication	Record of League Participation	20  (sold by Ascended Armor League Vendor)
	Glob of Condensed Spirit Energy	100  (sold by Ascended Armor League Vendor)
	Star of Glory	400  (sold by Ascended Armor League Vendor)
	Jar of Distilled Glory	1,000  (sold by Ascended Armor League Vendor)
A piece of either Ardent Glorious armor Glorious Hero's armor Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor	Ascended Armor League Vendor Glorious Victor's Armor Box, received for placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in Kormir's Clash - the monthly Automated Tournament

It takes 300  to obtain a full set of Legendary PvP armor. With the season cap of 120  (100 from PvP League reward chests, 10 from season achievement, 10 from converting Llama Mini Choice Box), this will take 3 seasons of reaching the season cap. It takes 3,200  to obtain a full set of Legendary PvP armor: 2,400  for the Star of Glory and 800  for the full Ascended Glorious armor set.

Players may earn the necessary 300  and 3,200  over any number of PvP seasons they wish, but there are three recommended routes for acquiring these currencies:

• 5610 PvP pips earned over 3 seasons: To finish as fast as possible, the player must complete 3 seasons of the non-repeatable PvP League reward chests. At any time during these 3 seasons, they must also complete the final repeatable Byzantium reward chest 20 times to accumulate the rest of the required.
  • This path requires the most PvP games to be played, because the higher tiered reward chests that are repeated via this pathway provide less per pip than the lower tiered ones, which can be repeated by playing over a greater number of seasons.
• 5310 PvP pips earned over 8 seasons: To finish without completing the repeatable Byzantium reward chest at all, the player must complete all of the non-repeatable PvP League reward chests 8 times.
• 5100 PvP pips earned over 15 seasons: To finish with the fewest number of PvP games played, the player must not complete all of the non-repeatable PvP League reward chests in a single season. Instead, they should stop each season after completing the Persimmon chest. This is because the lower tiers of reward chest provide more per pip earned than the higher tiers. For the 15th season, the player will reach the required number of after completing the Jasper chest.

Note: With the introduction of mini-seasons, total farming time may vary. Mini-season repeatable chests require more pips per rewarded, but mini-season games also finish faster in real time. The total time required to play Ranked PvP is probably very similar whether you are playing mini-seasons or regular seasons.

To calculate the number of PvP games required to earn the PvP pips above, players can use this formula: (Number of PvP games required) = (Number of PvP pips required) / [A + (7 x B) + C + (2 x D) + 3]

A = 4 if you are in Legendary rank, 2 if you are in Platinum rank, or 0 if you are in any other rank.

B = Your win rate. A 60% win rate is 0.60 in this formula.

C = Your top stats rate. If you get a top stats reward in 75% of games, this number is 0.75.

D = Your near victory rate. If 3% of your games are a near victory that awards bonus pips, then this number is 0.03.

Players can make a copy of this Google Sheet and insert their own personalized data to see an estimate of PvP games and hours required to acquire the pips above.

WvW armor set

Armor: Triumphant Hero's armor, Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor

This legendary armor retains the default visual look of the Ascended World versus World armors, and does not unlock new skins when upgraded into Legendary armor.

To purchase Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor pieces, you need to have unlocked the skin of the equivalent piece of Triumphant Hero's armor, and reached WvW rank 500 for it to be available to purchase. Several items needed in the crafting process also require the Heart of Thorns expansion unlocked.

Crafting pieces of legendary armor out of Triumphant Hero's armor has no WvW rank requirement, and costs fewer WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets and Memories of Battle. The only resulting difference is the default skin that the piece of armor has when equipped.

Each piece of WvW legendary armor requires the following:

Primary component	Secondary components	Tertiary components / Cost / Acquisition	Quaternary components / Cost / Acquisition
Gift of War Prosperity	Gift of Battle	Gift of Battle Item Reward Track
	15 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 48 Mystic Coins, 48 Globs of Ectoplasm, 48 Obsidian Shards and 29 Spirit Shards  PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Bought weekly over 2 weeks with a 10 per week per vendor limit (except Nikki the Lost, whose limit is 5) using 2 Mystic Coin + 2 Globs of Ectoplasm + 2 Spirit Shards, and an additional currency depending on the vendor: 150 Fractal relics from BUY-4373, 30 Magnetite Shard from various raid vendors, or 30 Green Prophet Shard from Nikki the Lost
	Gift of Condensed Might	Gift of Fangs	100 Vicious Fangs 250 Large Fangs 50 Sharp Fangs 50 Fangs
		Gift of Scales	100 Armored Scales 250 Large Scales 50 Smooth Scales 50 Scales
		Gift of Claws	100 Vicious Claws 250 Large Claws 50 Sharp Claws 50 Claws
		Gift of Bones	100 Ancient Bones 250 Large Bones 50 Heavy Bones 50 Bones
	Gift of Condensed Magic	Gift of Blood	100 Vials of Powerful Blood 250 Vials of Potent Blood 50 Vials of Thick Blood 50 Vials of Blood
		Gift of Venom	100 Powerful Venom Sacs 250 Potent Venom Sacs 50 Full Venom Sacs 50 Venom Sacs
		Gift of Totems	100 Elaborate Totems 250 Intricate Totems 50 Engraved Totems 50 Totems
		Gift of Dust	100 Piles of Crystalline Dust 250 Piles of Incandescent Dust 50 Piles of Luminous Dust 50 Piles of Radiant Dust
Gift of War Prowess	Legendary War Insight	1,095  (sold by Legendary Commander War Razor)
	Eldritch Scroll	50  (sold by Mystic Forge Attendants)
	50 Obsidian Shards	Purchased for or converted from various currencies PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks
	Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy	500 crafting: Ball of Dark Energy 75 Stabilizing Matrices
Gift of War Dedication	Certificate of Honor	500  (sold by Legendary Commander War Razor or Legendary Retired Commander Burn Razor)
	Glob of Condensed Spirit Energy	100  (sold by Legendary Commander War Razor or Legendary Retired Commander Burn Razor)
	Certificate of Heroics	250  (sold by Legendary Commander War Razor or Legendary Retired Commander Burn Razor). Players can redeem or for Testimony of Jade Heroics at Heroics Notaries near the spawn locations on each map.
	250 Memories of Battle	Found in World vs. World reward tracks.
A piece of either (ascended) Triumphant Hero's armor Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor	Skirmish Supervisor

The GAscended Triumphant Hero's armor requires Grandmaster Marks matching the armor weight. The marks can be crafted, found in PvP Reward Chests, or found in the Box of Grandmaster Marks purchased with Grandmaster Mark Shard at the Skirmish Supervisor. Shards may also be found in final rewards chests for Bronze, Silver and Gold divisions of the skirmish reward track and Defending Tier 3 Keeps and Stonemist Castle .

Full set costs

WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets

	Triumphant Hero's armor	Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor
Exotic armor (tier 2) unlock	0	4 x 175 + 350 + 260 = 1,310
Ascended armor (precursor)	4 x 175 + 350 + 260 = 1,310	4 x 350 + 700 + 520 = 2,620
Legendary War Insights (x6)	1095 x 6 = 6,570	1095 x 6 = 6,570
Total cost	7,880	10,500
Approximate time for total tickets	18 weeks @ 455 tickets per week	24 weeks @ 455 tickets per week

• 365 WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets are obtained each week by completing the Diamond chest on the Skirmish reward track.
• 90 WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets are obtained each week by completing Weekly World vs. World achievements. (Mist War Hero doesn't count)
• Additional WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets can be received by capturing and defending a Keep or Stonemist Castle, with increasing rewards for higher tier objectives.

Memories of Battle

	Triumphant Hero's armor	Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor
Exotic armor (tier 2) unlock	0	250 x 6 = 1,500
Ascended armor (precursor)	250 x 6 = 1,500	500 x 6 = 3,000
Gift of War Dedication (x6)	250 x 6 = 1,500	250 x 6 = 1,500
Total cost	3,000	6,000
Approximate time for total memories	22 weeks @ 135 memories per week	44 weeks @ 135 memories per week

Memories of Battle can be acquired from three sources:

• Chests on the WvW Skirmish reward track
• Progress on a WvW Reward Track (accelerated by using WXP boosters or Potion of WvW Rewards)
• Purchased directly from the Trading Post

Obtaining the Diamond chest on the Skirmish reward track acquires 105 , and completing a reward track usually gives 15  (depending on the track chosen). For a Silver rank player then two reward tracks will typically be completed in the same time it takes to reach Diamond skirmish chest (about 14 hours, no boosters used). This gives a total of 135  per week (105 + 2 * 15).

Gallery

PvE armor galleries

Obsidian armor

• Obsidian armor (light)
• Obsidian armor (medium)
• Obsidian armor (heavy)

Perfected Envoy armor

• Perfected Envoy armor (light)
• Perfected Envoy armor (medium)
• Perfected Envoy armor (heavy)

PvP armor galleries

Ardent Glorious armor

• Ardent Glorious armor (light)
• Ardent Glorious armor (medium)
• Ardent Glorious armor (heavy)

Glorious Hero's armor

• Glorious Hero's armor (light)
• Glorious Hero's armor (medium)
• Glorious Hero's armor (heavy)

Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor

• Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor (light)
• Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor (medium)
• Mistforged Glorious Hero's armor (heavy)

WvW armor galleries

Triumphant Hero's armor

• Triumphant Hero's armor (light)
• Triumphant Hero's armor (medium)
• Triumphant Hero's armor (heavy)

Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor

• Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor (light)
• Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor (medium)
• Mistforged Triumphant Hero's armor (heavy)

Lore

Primary article: Legendary armor/Lore

Related achievements

• Legendary Armor: Legendary Armorer — Bind 18 unique legendary Perfected Envoy armor skins. (15)
  • Please note that the Legendary Armorer achievement is only advanced by crafting Perfected Envoy armor from raids, not by upgrading PvP or WvW ascended armor to legendary.

See also

• Legendary Collection Related Rewards
• Legendary trinket
• Legendary weapon

Trivia

• Legendary armor was implemented with Living World Season 3 Episode 5 "Flashpoint" on May 2nd, 2017, with the Perfected Envoy armor sets made available for acquisition. Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure will also introduce a new set of legendary armor: Obsidian armor. This will be the first set that doesn’t require heavy investment into raids or competitive experiences—instead, the various crafting components come from open-world gameplay in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.
• Legendary armor was introduced to PvP and WvW with the August 8th, 2017 balance patch.

References

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Equipment by rarity