You have to go to the Trahearne Memorial in The Grove. After talking to the NPC there, you get another mail to go to your home instance. For the purposes of all these events, you can use any home instance, you don't necessarily need to use your own racial city home instance.

In your home instance is an NPC called Ridhais to whom you have to give the Broken Caladbold from the HoT story rewards. If you trashed it, you can buy a new one for 10 elonian wine at Miyani at the Mystic Forge (you first need to talk to Ridhais to be able to do this).

You then have to bring a Vision Crystal to Ridhais, after which you are directed to Kessex Hills for a small instance in which you have to fight 2 NPCs.

Then you have to do two Current Events collections to receive the next parts of the quest to reforge Caladbolg.

In the first collection you have to collect 5 shards of Caladbolg. The first one you got from the mini instance earlier.

The four others are located at:

Corpse Grove in VB (at the west end of the area)
The Falls in AB (in a cave under the waterfall)
the underwater HP in TD (north of the Dragon's Stand waypoint)
the top of the moving spiral of the last HoT story instance.

After the first collection you can hand in the collection reward, Spiritwood Scion, to Ridhais in your home and you will be directed to the Pact Encampment waypoint in Verdant Brink for another mini instance.

For the second collection you have to collect 11 'motes'. The first one you received from the same mini instance.

1: Received from the mini instance
2: In The Grove on the bottom floor, you can dive in the water through a small cave to a secret garden
3: Secluded Glen, north-west in Fields of Ruin
4: God's Hand in Fireheart Rise
5: Oasis in Dry Top
6: Anya's Strawberry Patch south-west in Diessa Plateau (you have to go through the hidden open pipe)
7: Hidden Ourobon (giant's cave) east in Harathi Hinterlands
8: Melandru's Cenote, near HP, south-west in Gendarran Fields
9: Just north-west of the waterfall in Kessex Hills at Cereboth waypoint
10: At Caer Brier waypoint in Sparkfly Fen
11: Aurora's Remains south-west in Brisban Wildlands

After doing the second collection, you hand in the collection reward, Orb of Natural Essence, to Ridhais. You then have to go to Artesian Waters in Orr for the final mini instance.

After the final mini instance you can choose an ascended weapon of your choice in the style of Caladbolg: Sword (Caladbolg Rosa), Greatsword (Caladbolg Orchida), Scepter (Caladbold Iridi), Shield (Caladbolg Astera), or Dagger (Caladbolg Solana). The weapon will have selectable stats (including HoT stats).

Choosing one opens a collection, Sword Taxonomy, to collect all 5 weapon skins (see below for additional skin collection, it is not necessary to repeat the quest). The reward for completing the collection is a skin for a reforged Caladbolg greatsword, named Caladbolg Origin, and 20 AP.

At the daily reset following completion of the quests and the acquisition of your first ascended weapon, you will receive another mail on that character: the Pale Tree has healed slightly and asks your presence in the Omphalos Chamber. The Pale Tree has a very short conversation with you and blesses you. You receive the achievement 'Knight of the Thorn', worth 25 AP, and a title, "Knight of the Thorn".

After this, you can take your ascended Caladbolg weapon back to your home instance and talk to Ridhais to exchange it for a Regrown Caladbolg, from which you can choose another version of the ascended weapons (for example, if you chose a scepter you can hand it in and choose a greatsword, or any of the 5 weapons). The cost is 1000 unbound magic and the weapon you are handing in (it will thus destroy any upgrades you put on it, infusions and sigils). Therefore, if you just want to complete the collection for the Sword Taxonomy achievement, you only need one weapon and 4000 unbound magic. If you are using this method to complete the collection, and you want a specific ascended weapon type, make sure not to pick that weapon in the quest, and make sure to unlock that weapon last, so you don't need to spend another 1000 unbound magic.

You can also repeat the quest on your other characters to collect as many ascended weapons as you want or have characters. Obviously those characters also need to have completed the HoT story to receive the first mail. You'll need to craft the 2 collection items for each additional ascended weapon:

The Spiritwood Scion you receive from the first collection for free will cost you for each additional weapon:

5 Spiritwood Planks
2 Deldrimor Steel Ingots
30 Fulgurite

The Orb of Natural Essence you receive from the second collection for free will cost you each time:

1 Maguuma Lily
2 Flax Blossoms
3 Passion Flowers
5 Evergreen Lodestones.

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Sword Taxonomy

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 05:50 PM PST

Hello everyone. I am still working on the video for this but I wanted to share with everyone here now. The achievement sword taxonomy can be completed without completing the quest again. You only need to do the quest once.

Once you have completed it and you have your reforged ascended caladbolg weapon, take it back to any home instance. (will have to wait for reset - get your mail about the pale tree - then you can find Ridhais)

Talk to Ridhais and for your ascended weapon and 1k unbound magic she will allow you to choose another weapon. Reapeat until the achievement is done.

This allows you to trade in the weapon to reset the stats on that weapon or choose another ascended weapon type from the collection list (dagger, scepter, shield, greatsword, sword). You will lose all sigils and infusions so beware of that.

Enjoy MMO INKS

Edit: You'll need to have completed the achievment "Knight of the Thorns"

Edit: I added a video about the topic as well. You don't need to watch it but would sure help me out or for those who might like to see video of it. Sword Taxonomy

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I play GW2 with a Steam Controller, here's my config! "GW2 Total Control by CoryOp v1"

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 06:23 AM PST

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[Map] Lake Doric - before the attack

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 06:23 AM PST

Hello everybody,

I was wondering how Lake Doric would've looked like before the White Mantle attack so I took some time fixing the damage they've done and refilled it with water.

Enjoy!

Lake Doric - before the attack

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TL;DR Nothing changed for Revenant, still bad

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:56 AM PST

You think adding some alacrity gimmick to an awful legend with no self sustain and tunneling all their healing into healing power gear when healing power only affects a single legend, and a single weapon's autoattack (which heals for 450 HP base with 3 orbs stepped on at the end of an autoattack) will make Ventari good?

How about you revert the nerf to F2 back to 50% boon duration in PvE only and unnerf the sword auto and UA nerfs in PvE?

How about you make the legends other than Glint useful, and remove the ridiculous energy costs off weapons considering weapons already have CD's?

Energy costs should be reserved for utility/elites only. Removing energy costs off weapons would open up more potential for using legend utilities to help the group without wrecking your own output.

You could also make staff be good for something other than be a weapon you use for surge of the mists, or mace could use better condi pressure to open up condi rev builds.

Do something. This is not remotely 6 months worth of balancing.

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I didn't know that Ventari was a chronomancer...

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:55 AM PST

Why alacrity on Ventari?

This doesn't make much sense in any way.

Chronomancer still gives permanent alacrity to the whole party, and you will need a chrono for the quickness, so the Ventari alacrity is wasted anyway.

It only takes the one unique buff that mesmer had, and makes it not unique.

Wouldn't Grace of the Land make alot more sense?

Ventari doesn't seem like a chronomancer at all. He could be a druid though.

One druid doesn't provide permanent 5 stacks of Grace of the Land to the whole party, which means that the extra stacks that revenant would bring, would not be wasted.

And even if Grace of the Land becomes not unique, rangers would still have things like Spotter, Frost Spirit, Sun Spirit and Glyph of Empowerement that no other class has access to.

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Trahearne finally got his memorial! About time Anet! [Thanks for finally including it!]

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 10:09 AM PST

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Devs are reviewing feedback from patch here.

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 01:47 PM PST

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Feb 22 Current Event & Achievements Guide

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 11:04 AM PST

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[Data-Mining] Upcoming features from the February 22 patch

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 10:01 AM PST

Hello everybody,

Apologies for the delay but I had to remove quite a bit of stuff from this post that would definitely spoil a lot of the new living world update. I'll add these new items to the post once people have figured out what this new scavenger hunt is leading up to.

Edit: Looks like people figured the Caladbolg stuff out, I've included links to the new weapons!
Edit 2: That's about it for today!

Enjoy!

Item	Description
	Mini Pet
[&AgHFOwEA]	Mini Wolfblood Braham
[&AgGBOwEA]	Llama Mini Choice Box
[&AgGkOwEA]	Mini Emperor Llama
[&AgHBOwEA]	Mini Fancy Emperor Llama
[&AgFiOwEA]	Mini Elegant Emperor Llama
[&AgFFOwEA]	Mini Lavish Emperor Llama
	Packs
1653797_0375	Braham's Bitterfrost Frontier Pack
	Glider
1653796_0320	Shattered Bloodstone Glider
	Toys
[&AgHWOwEA]	Bloodstone Ascender
	Caladbolg
1635737_0344	Restoring Caladbolg
[&AgHUOwEA]	Regrown Caladbolg
[&AgEyOwEA]	Shard of Caladbolg
	Regrown Caladbolg
[&AgGSOwEA]	Caladbolg Astera
[&AgFlOwEA]	Caladbolg Iridi
[&AgG4OwEA]	Caladbolg Orchida
[&AgFDOwEA]	Caladbolg Origin
[&AgFGOwEA]	Caladbolg Rosa
[&AgFcOwEA]	Caladbolg Solana
	Motes
1519335_0145	Blossoming Mote
1519335_0343	Defiant Mote
1624078_0828	Determined Mote
1624075_0351	Misty Mote
1519335_0382	Patient Mote
1624078_0882	Pure Mote
1519335_0077	Radiant Mote
1519335_0251	Serene Mote
1624076_0789	Shining Mote
1653798_0708	Sprouting Mote
1624077_0273	Violent Mote
	Crafting
1653802_0021	Ascended Token Recipes
1653800_0518	Composite Wood Board
[&AgEuOwEA]	Bolt of Empowered Silk
1653797_0301	Blended Leather Sheet
1653802_0018	Empowered Cured Thick Leather Square
1653801_0767	Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot
[&AgGHOwEA]	Square of Vabbian Silk
1653800_0851	Weaponized Elder Wood Plank
1653797_0301	Blended Leather Sheet
1653798_0333	Spiritwood Scion
1653798_1005	Empowered Mithril Ingot
1653795_0816	Weaponized Cured Thick Leather Square
1653795_0951	Weaponized Mithril Ingot
	Grandmaster Marks
1653796_0613	Grandmaster Weaponsmith's Mark
1653797_0565	Grandmaster Leatherworker's Mark
1653797_0700	Grandmaster Artificer's Mark
1653799_0932	Grandmaster Tailor's Mark
1653800_1016	Grandmaster Armorsmith's Mark
1653802_0390	Grandmaster Huntsman's Mark
	Recipes
1635738_0932	Recipe: Lake Doric Mussels
1635738_0933	Lake Doric Mussels
	PvP
1653796_0999	You cannot join the PvP game in progress because your character has changed.
	Miscellaneous
1653795_0006	Pet Species Enhancement

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Friendly AoEs will have red circles in WvW

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 11:49 AM PST

For some reason after this patch, friendly AoEs (including your own) have red rings around them. This goes for pretty much every AoE skill such as Symbols, Wells, Static Fields, you name it. Any fix incoming soon because this is very confusing during fights cuz I'm dodging over friendly AoE thinking they're all enemy AoEs.

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[QOL Suggestion] Library in Home Instance

Posted: 21 Feb 2017 11:54 PM PST

like Title. Instead of trashing these books with lore or keeping them in inventory for nothing. a library in Home instance would be great, so we can reread whenever we want.

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New Eye colors in Total Makeover Kit

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:23 AM PST

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New Achievement from Part II of today's Current Events

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 04:24 PM PST

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About Maguuma lilies

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 05:54 PM PST

Why would Anet introduce a sink for maguuma lilies when the drop rate is known to be shitty as hell? It's already up to 17g now and it's going to get even worse as people continue buying up supply to get all 5 weapons.

Supply is at 504, all you need is 50 people who want to get all 5 weapons and rip lilies.

I get that ascended weapons shouldn't be easy to attain but with the drop rate of lilies being as they are, farming it on your own will take until legendary armour comes out ^/s

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HoT affix ascendeds on the Fractal vendor!

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:36 AM PST

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[bug] Vault buggy with quickness

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 10:42 AM PST

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Blaine Strikes Again!

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 04:10 PM PST

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Necro Condi SoulReaper DPS Test - PostPatch 30,6K AvgDPS

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 01:07 PM PST

Hey Guys,

I did a few tests for condi necro after the recent balance patch and made a video of the rotation. Hope this helps

Avg DPS without the new Engi Buff: 29.6K
Avg DPS with the new Engi Buff: 30.6K

Video Link

greets Farbstoff

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Undocomented changes, new things, cats -here (mayby spoilers?)

Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:07 AM PST

I know guide is a mess - but it si fast :) for nice, precise and graficly helpfull we have guide guru Dulfy :) and finnaly http://dulfy.net/2017/02/22/gw2-feb-22-current-events-guide/ - better and more precies version is up

You have to be on a character that has done the story this will get you the mail. Then you go to the grove and speak to some fella Then you go to your home instance and speak to another fella Then you speak to Miyani and ask her for the sword Then you speak to another fella in your home instance ( thx r/Carlosthefrog ) -need calabol (you get it from miami for 10 elonian wine -love how they make fun of it)

Parts of sword (collection)

death tree north/west part of verdant brink -on the end of it
second part at [Fahautl Grounds] /big waterfall at AB
third part at jellyfish HP (in dark water tunels) in TD
last part is in story instance - with those two big spiralig thorny "stairs" and NPC on end - the one from where you start last mission of HoT

Second collection

~~hidden garden of course ... but wwhat to do there?~~ ..grove hidden one -bottom wp and then north underwater passage
Secluded Glen field of ruin NW
gods hande in fireheart rise
oasis in dry top
that strawberry field north of black citadel (SW of that map) (nolan WP in Diessa Platou
determined mote is in hidden ourobon in harathi hinterlands (east end of map middle)
(Misty Mote) is Melandru's Cenote, SW corner of Gendarren
(Pure Mote) is Kessex, Cereboth Waypoint, a glide just NW past the waterfall
near teq spawn [Caer Brier Waypoint]
Aurora's Remains in Brisban (SW part of map -next/behind the swamp)

thx all for help :)

back to home and do some stuff (there is instance entry -green star on mpa near the [Shadowheart Site Waypoint] )
back to home and do some stuff
back to home and do some stuff

In the end you getto choose a weapon type. Sword, Greatsword, Shield, Dagger, or Scepter. And unlock new colelction to unlock them all - both colelction item (orb and scion) can be crafted but its costly :

ORB :