Back item

A back item is a trinket equipped in the back slot in the hero panel. Players may toggle the appearance of a back item off and on.

[edit] Back slot

The back slot is the trinket slot where a player may equip back items. In the hero panel, there is a check box that toggles on and off the appearance of the back item. Back items have an upgrade slot where players may insert a jewel. The level of the gem must be equal to or less than the level of the back item.

Backpacks are available via the storyline, from guild armorers, in Fractals of the Mists and can be found on the trading post. Engineers can choose the Universal Multitool Pack as a starting item. Mad Memoires during Halloween 2012, and Toymaker's Bag during Wintersday 2012 were obtainable by anyone. The Fractals versions are exotic, but can be upgraded to ascended in the Mystic Forge.

[edit] Acquisition

Personal story

No level requirement
- From any of the level 33 quests: Killer Instinct, Down the Hatch, or Bad Blood.
- Choice of: Hearty Back Brace, Enduring Back Brace, or Strong Back Brace.
L80 requirement/Masterwork:
- From completing the personal story quests: Blast from the Past, Ships of the Line, The Steel Tide
- Choice of: Berserkers Spineguard of the Berserker, Clerics Spineguard of the Cleric or Rampagers Spineguard of the Rampager

Vendors

Guild Armorer (coin)
BUY-4373 in Mistlock Observatory (1,350 Fractal Relics)
Gem Store back piece covers come bundled with a white quality account-bound back item.
Karma vendors after the Temple events sell exotic versions for 42,000 per piece. The combination of stats differ from temple to temple.
Guild Commendation Trader: exotic equivalents of those sold by the Guild Armorer.

Drops

Dungeons
- Ascalonian Catacombs: Ghostly Spineguard and Ghost Eater's Hide
- Caudecus's Manor: Bandit Spineguard
- Twilight Arbor: Forest Brace and Arbor's Embrace
- Citadel of Flame: Charred Back Warmer
- Crucible of Eternity: Fiber Splice
- The Ruined City of Arah: Risen Spineguard
- Fractals of the Mists: Various back items
Mystic Forge
- Various ascended back items

Special events

Halloween 2012:
- No level requirement: Mad Memoires for completing the Halloween 2012/Act 1 scavenger hunt.
- No level requirement: Mad Memoires: Complete Edition for completing the follow up quest from Halloween 2012/Act 2.
Wintersday 2012:
- Level 10 requirement: Toymaker's Bag
- Level 10 requirement: PvP Toymaker's Bag
Super Adventure Box
- Super Backpack Cover
The Secret of Southsun
- Sclerite Karka Shell
- Fervid Censer

[edit] Notes

Back items can not be salvaged.
The Halloween items and those from the level 33 quests only accept gems without any level requirement in their upgrade slot.
Many back items have no visible models.

Anomaly.There are no options on the Trading Post pull-down filters that will restrict searches to just back items. Instead, you can search for "spineguard" or "back" or "brace" (Forest Brace) to find nearly all of the tradeable versions.