Overview. Power Mechanist is a very simple and straight forward build. Armed with the sturdy CJ-1 mech that will tank almost everything for you, power mechanist is a very safe and reliable open world build, and has good crowd control and damage. The build has one annoying downside named. Ascended Salvage Tool. Double-click to salvage crafting materials from an ascended item in your inventory. Stabilizing Matrices can be salvaged from rings. Dark Energy and other items can be salvaged from weapons, armor, and other trinkets. Ascended Salvage Tool is a one-use salvage kit used to salvage ascended equipment . Crafting components are combined with an ascended insignia to craft Ascended Illustrious armor. 29 variations of each armor piece are possible, and their recipes must be purchased from a master tailor . Note: The recipe sheets for Keeper's and Ventari's armor are obtained as loot. Armor. Component 1. Component 2. Component 3. Illustrious Masque. Participate for free in our monthly lottery to win ever-changing prizes! gw2efficiency is your helpful companion for everything Guild Wars 2 related. If you already have 2 Vision Crystals proceed to Step 6. To create a Vision Crystal first you must make some Ascended materials. For this you'll need either 425 skill level in Chef or 450 skill level in either Armorsmith, Artificer, Huntsman, Leatherworker, Tailor or Weaponsmith . As a general rule, ascended gear is prioritized as trinkets>weapons>armor, at least as far as ease of access. Weapons make the biggest difference in stats, but trinkets are much easier to get, and make better short-term goals. First things first: get yourself a full set of exotic gear. That means armor, weapons and trinkets. Fractals are one of the primary sources of ascended equipment and provide materials for crafting infused equipment and attuned equipment. They are one of the core pillars of Guild Wars 2's endgame. The Fractals difficulty scale ranges from 1 to 100, and can be selected prior to entering the fractal. 1.3k. Posted August 11, 2018. To get ascended gear you dont need crafting at all. For raids (like training discord I am part of) you only need ascended weapons and trinkets. Armor can be exotic. You can get ascended trinkets from ls3 maps and ascended weapons from specialization and caladbolg collections. BLVUyom.