Ascended chest
Ascended chests are a special kind of container that allow the player to choose ascended weapons and armor.
They generally come in three flavors:
- Named weapon and armor chests (e.g., Zojja's Weapon Chest or Zojja's Armor Chest) let players choose any weapon or armor type respectively, with the given ascended prefix in the name of the chest.
- Select-stats armor chests (e.g., Healer's Chest of Boots) let players choose any armor weight and a prefix based on the type of chest, but are limited to a particular piece (boots in this example)
- Select-stats weapon chests (e.g. Chest of Longbows) let players choose any ascended prefix of a given weapon type (longbows in this example)
There are also containers that are rewards from certain achievements which let players choose an ascended chest.
Not all ascended weapon and armor drops come in chests. Ascended gear rewards in raids drop directly and let players select stats once - this page does not cover those rewards.
Acquisition[edit]
Named weapon and armor chests[edit]
In general, most of the containers and loot yielding content that awards exotic equipment or/and ascended crafting materials can also award weapon and armor chests. Note that it is impossible to acquire ascended equipment chests from open world content and containers with characters below level 80 (one exception to this is Daily Fractal chests).
Certain content can't award ascended crafting materials, but can award these chests regardless. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Daily Fractal reward chests
- Guild missions
- WvW Rank chests
- PvP reward chests
- Exotic champion loot bags
- World boss chests
- Any open world chest
A few unique ascended boxes have a rare chance to drop from boss chests in certain world boss encounters:
- Tequatl's Hoard from defeating Tequatl the Sunless
- Pile of Regurgitated Armor from defeating any of the three Great Jungle Wurm heads in Triple Trouble
- Gift of Aurene from defeating Kralkatorrik in Dragonfall and Jormag and Primordus in Dragonstorm Arena
- Drakkar's Hoard from defeating Drakkar in Bjora Marches
Further, two Kaiser Snake Weapon Boxes can be obtained from collection achievements:
Select-stats armor chests[edit]
Select-stats armor chests can be obtained from:
- Purchased from the Wizard's Vault for 400 (limit of 3 chests)
- Drop of varying rarity from Daily Fractals reward chests
- Purchased from Priory Scholar in the Spirit Vale raid wing for Magnetite Shards
Select-stats weapon chests[edit]
Select-stats weapon chests can be obtained from:
- Purchased from the Wizard's Vault for 600 (limit of 1 chest)
- Purchased from Priory Scholar in the Spirit Vale raid wing for Magnetite Shards
Contained in[edit]
- Ascended Armor Chest — completing the Ambrite Weapon Collection achievement
- Ascended Armor Chest — completing the Bioluminescence achievement
- Ascended Armor Chest — completing the Leystone Armor or The Best Offense achievements
- Ascended Weapon Chest — completing the Machined Weapons, Gold Fractal Master or Abyssal Fractal Master achievements
- Ascended Weapon Chest — completing tier 1 of the Seasons of the Dragons achievement (introduced in Living World Return) or purchased from the Wizard's Vault.
List of ascended chests[edit]
Armor chests | Choose one of | Standard prefix |
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Ahamid's Armor Chest | Ahamid's armor | Soldier's |
Angchu Armor Chest | Angchu armor | Cavalier's |
Beigarth's Armor Chest | Beigarth's armor | Knight's |
Ferratus's Armor Chest | Ferratus's armor | Rabid |
Forgemaster's Armor Chest | Forgemaster's armor | Rampager's |
Gobrech's Armor Chest | Gobrech's armor | Valkyrie |
Hronk's Armor Chest | Hronk's armor | Magi's |
Keeper's Armor Chest | Keeper's armor | Zealot's |
Leftpaw's Armor Chest | Leftpaw's armor | Settler's |
Morbach's Armor Chest | Morbach's armor | Dire |
Occam's Armor Chest | Occam's armor | Carrion |
Pile of Regurgitated Armor | Wurmslayer's armor | Selectable |
Saphir's Armor Chest | Saphir's armor | Assassin's |
Tateos's Armor Chest | Tateos's armor | Cleric's |
Veldrunner Armor Chest | Veldrunner armor | Apothecary's |
Wei Qi's Armor Chest | Wei Qi's armor | Sentinel's |
Wupwup Armor Chest | Wupwup armor | Celestial |
Zintl Armor Chest | Zintl armor | Shaman's |
Zojja's Armor Chest | Zojja's armor | Berserker's |
Fractals of the Mists[edit]
The following chests drop in the Fractals of the Mists and allow you to chose a light, medium or heavy ascended armor piece of that type with Assaulter's, Defender's, Healer's, or Malicious stats.