Guild Wars 2: Best Collection Achievements

Key Takeaways

• Expanding storage space for free is possible through specific achievements in GW2.
• Crafting legendary weapons requires completion of item hunt collection achievements.
• Players can unlock prestige mounts through collections, worth the time and gold investment.

Once players hit the level cap in Guild Wars 2, they are hit with an often overwhelming sense of freedom of choice. Continuing the story, chasing a legendary weapon, building up gold, achievement hunting, and so much more are open to them after reaching level 80.

However, while following the story is simple, choosing a legendary is a matter of finding one that looks cool, and finding easy ways to make gold in GW2 is relatively straightforward (with an understanding of currency conversions). However, Guild Wars 2‘s achievements are plentiful, and it isn’t always clear which are worthwhile. These might be a good place to start.

Bags – Bandit Coin Purse, Uncanny Jar, Olmakhan Bandolier, Boreal Duffel

Expanding Personal Storage Space On The Cheap

With so much stuff to collect in Guild Wars 2 (and not just for achievements), bag space remains an expensive premium to those unwilling to buy from the Gem Store. To help maximize space without having to shell out so much gold, players should consider the Uncanny Canner achievement, which awards a free 20-slot bag for hoarding jars of every description in Tyria found at Renown Heart vendors, as well as the Bandit Weapon Specialist, which grants, among other goodies, a 20-slot bag for unlocking all bandit weapon skins.

Finally, the Lasting Bonds achievements in Living World Season 4’s Episode 2′ (Where We Come From, What We Do Here, and What Comes Next) grant a bag that can be upgraded to a 32-slot reinforced Olmakhan bandolier with the final achievement.

Legendaries – First & Second Generations

Placing The First Stepping Stone On A Long Journey

Crafting a legendary weapon is a mark of pride for many players, and thankfully, many legendary weapon precursors can be acquired via an item hunt collection achievement. To unlock the legendary weapon collection, the player must sink ten points into Central Tyria’s Legendary Crafting Mastery line for ten mastery points and an additional nine for the “Heart of Thorns” legendaries.

Completing these collections takes a while, as would be expected in forging the most powerful tier of weapon in the game. The precursors for Envoy legendary armor, as well as an ascended armor set with unique skins, can also be obtained via the Envoy Armor collection.

Trinkets, Armor, Backpacks – Elegy Armor, Banners Of Amnoon

Kitting Out Greater Protection (With Story Beats)

Players who have completed Path of Fire may not be aware that an ascended backpack is up for grabs for relatively little effect, thanks to the Raise the Banners collection. Fans of Asura tech might also consider going for the Rebooting and Redeeming IG-6417 achievement in Living World Season 4 Episode 2 for an animated (and newly morally reformed) Inquest golem backpack.

Those looking for a fun way to obtain a full ascended armor set without crafting can take on Living World Season 4 Episode 4’s A Good Defence and The Best Offence achievement collections and enjoy a nice side story about the Awakened as they work away on it.

Ascended Weapons – Elite Specialization, Knight of Thorns

Getting To Know A New Mode Of Play & Capping Off Heart Of Thorns

“Heart of Thorns” may be one of the best expansions in GW2, but its story did end a little too abruptly for most. The Knight of Thorns achievement acts as a prologue collection achievement of sorts and features an associated story questline that ends with the Commander reforging Trahearne’s Caladbolg into a new ascended-tier weapon.

Caladbolg can be shaped to suit any profession. Speaking of which, the achievements associated with each profession’s elite specialization are equally worth completing, as doing so unlocks an elite-spec-appropriate ascended weapon, all of which are thematically appropriate and snazzy-looking. However, these collections can take a fair amount of time to complete.

Converters – Herta, Gleam Of Sentience, Princess

Finding A Use For All That Sparkling Storage Trash

Converters are highly useful gizmos in Guild Wars 2 that take ascended material (rewarded in just about everything) and turn it into sellable materials with a very slim chance of receiving a highly sought-after item. For example, Princess, which is used to vacuum up dragonite ore, can be obtained by spending around an hour in Lion’s Arch playing a fun game of “shoot the karka” with the “Exterminator of Lion’s Arch” achievement.

A bloodstone converter from “Heart of Thorns” can be obtained via the “A Study In Gold” achievement, which involves running around Tarir and finding tidbits of lore. An item that requires the completion of four collections from Living World season 3 (Token Collector, Conspiracy of Dunces, Cin Business, Lessons Learned) grants the Gleam of Sentience (an item that gobbles all types of ascended material) once each of the four achievement rewards are combined in the Mystic Forge.

Mount Unlocks & Augmentations – Griffin, Beetle, Skyscale

Unlocking The Prestige Mounts

Anyone who has ever handled the mounts in Guild Wars 2 will know how useful and fun they are to ride. It should go without saying that collections that unlock new mounts, the Open Skies set for the griffon in “Path of Fire,” and High Roller and Beetle Juice for Living World Season 4 Episode 3’s roller beetle, are well worth the time and gold investment.

For those who don’t mind spoiling an expansion or two’s worth of content, the original (and fairly lengthy) skyscale collection achievement can be bypassed in favor of the skyscale unlock method from “Secrets of the Obscure.” However, players with patience and a full stock of gold and Living World Season 4 currency will be treated to a delightful storyline about raising a dragon to riding age.