Astralaria

This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes. • Superior Sigil of Ice • Unused Infusion Slot — In-game description

Astralaria

Type

Axe

Strength

900 – 1,100

Skin

Astralaria

Prefix

Selectable

Rarity

HLegendary

Req. level

80

Binding

Account Bound

Salvage

None

Item link

Skin link

External links

GW2Efficiency

API

76158

Gallery
Click to enlarge. Stowed. Cosmic footfalls.

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This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes.

Superior Sigil of Ice

Unused Infusion Slot

— In-game description

Astralaria is a legendary axe crafted in the Mystic Forge, through various materials and tasks tied to the Heart of Thorns expansion.

Lore

Astralaria

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Sunsmith Ouissal dreamed she gifted an exquisite axe to a woman with skin like the star-kissed sky above the Astralarium. She woke and ran to her workbench, a delighted laugh lingering in her memory.

Acquisition

Contained in

•   Astralaria (guaranteed, discontinued)
•   Legendary Choice Box (choice)
•   Legendary Choice Box (choice, 2019 variant)
•   Legendary Coffer (choice, discontinued)
•   Legendary Eternal Coffer (choice, discontinued)

Recipe

Astralaria

Source

Mystic Forge

Output qty.

1

Ingredients

1

The Mechanism

1

Mystic Tribute

1

Gift of Astralaria

1

Gift of Maguuma Mastery

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Graphics

Astralaria is an iridescent axe that features the effects of stars and constellations in the night sky seeping into the world, a rotating armillary and a sextant with a moving arm on the pommel.

• The bit (or blade) of Astralaria, similar to Twilight & Sunrise, is a window into the cosmos.
• Like the aforementioned Legendaries, the bit also leaves a trail when swung.
• The constellations shown on the bit look as if they're seeping out into our world.
• The centerpiece is an armillary that glows in a multitude of colors and rotates.
• The pommel is a sextant, that has a moving counterweight that moves along a gear track. You can hear the sound of the weight as it moves.
• The axe has a unique sound effect when swinging with it.

Draw/Stow Effects

• Upon being drawn, the axe emits a subtle tone, (intentionally) similar to skill sounds of the Celestial Avatar. This is accompanied by a burst of blue light that emanates from the character, followed by large, nested, rotating golden rings that are an exact replica of the armature of the armillary, and which will surround the character momentarily.
• Whenever the axe is drawn and held, any arm holding it becomes imbued with the same cosmic background effect as the one on the axe bit, from the hand up to just under the shoulder, and this effect bleeds out into the surrounding air, diffusing out over the nearest several centimeters, particularly near the area of the hand. Additionally, the wrist receives a persistent, embedded replica of the armillary's armature, much like the one displayed momentarily around the character's body at the moment of drawing the axe, and which appears as an ephemeral set of nested, rotating, glowing golden rings. These rings and their glow overlay the arm's cosmic effect.
• When stowing the axe, a tone is played, like that of a device shutting down, as the armillary and the sextant stop moving when stowed.

Footfalls

Astralaria's footfall effect is a white ring, followed by a light blue cloud and underneath is the cosmic effect of the axe on the ground.

Skill effects

• Default class weapon trails are replaced with cosmic trails.
• Ranged skills will throw Astralaria instead of the default projectile. This effect changes the following skills:
  • Warrior: Throw Axe, and Throw Rock (downed skill).
  • Revenant: Essence Sap (downed skill) and Frigid Blitz.
  • Ranger: Path of Scars, Ricochet, Splitblade, Throw Dirt (downed skill), and Winter's Bite.
    • Soulbeast: Any projectile from Soulbeast pet skills such as Narcotic Spores.
  • Necromancer: Dhuumfire, Dark Path and Life Blast.
  • Mirage: Phantasmal axes thrown by Imaginary Axes and the Mirrored Axes trait.

Kill animations

• Default damage type is Ice.
• Enemies killed by Astralaria will display chilled death animations.

Gallery

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  Aura on the arm.

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  Drawn effect.

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  Trail when swung.

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  Projectile effect.

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  The constellation used for the effects.

Full material list

Required item	Primary ingredients	Component materials
Mystic Tribute	2 Gifts of Condensed Magic	2 Gift of Blood (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Venom (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Totems (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Dust (recipe cost: 10 )
	2 Gifts of Condensed Might	2 Gift of Claws (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Scales (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Bones (recipe cost: 10 ) 2 Gift of Fangs (recipe cost: 10 )
	77 Mystic Clovers	Forged from roughly 250 Mystic Coins, 250 Globs of Ectoplasm, 250 Obsidian Shards, and 150  PvP Reward Tracks and WvW Reward Tracks Astral Reward from the Wizard's Vault
	250 Mystic Coins
Gift of Astralaria	Gift of the Mists	Gift of Glory Gift of Battle Gift of War Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy
	100 Icy Runestones	100  total, bought from Rojan the Penitent
	Gift of the Cosmos	Can be obtained by completing the following Legendary Weapon Collection Achievement: Astralaria IV: The Cosmos
	Gift of Metal	Recipe cost: 10 , bought from Miyani Requires 400 Weaponsmith to make. 250 Orichalcum Ingots 250 Mithril Ingots 250 Darksteel Ingots 250 Platinum Ingots
Gift of Maguuma Mastery	Gift of Maguuma	Gift of the Fleet Gift of Tarir Gift of the Chak Gift of the Jungle
	Gift of Insights	Gift of the Itzel Gift of the Nuhoch Gift of the Exalted Gift of Gliding
	Bloodstone Shard	200 Spirit Shard
	250 Crystalline Ingots	250 Crystalline Ore 250 Fulgurites 250 Globs of Ectoplasm 250 Amalgamated Gemstones
The Mechanism	Can be obtained by completing the following Legendary Weapon Collection Achievements: Astralaria I: The Device Astralaria II: The Apparatus Astralaria III: The Mechanism

Available prefixes

• The following prefixes can be selected:

Prefix	Stats
Apothecary's	+125  Healing Power +90  Toughness +90  Condition Damage
Assassin's	+125  Precision +90  Power +90  Ferocity
Berserker's	+125  Power +90  Precision +90  Ferocity
Bringer's	+125  Expertise +90  Precision +90  Vitality
Carrion	+125  Condition Damage +90  Power +90  Vitality
Cavalier's	+125  Toughness +90  Power +90  Ferocity
Celestial	+59  Power +59  Precision +59  Toughness +59  Vitality +59  Ferocity +59  Healing Power +59  Condition Damage +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Cleric's	+125  Healing Power +90  Power +90  Toughness
Commander's	+108  Power +108  Precision +59  Toughness +59  Concentration
Crusader's	+108  Power +108  Toughness +59  Ferocity +59  Healing Power
Dire	+125  Condition Damage +90  Toughness +90  Vitality
Diviner's	+108  Power +108  Concentration +59  Precision +59  Ferocity
Dragon's	+108  Power +108  Ferocity +59  Precision +59  Vitality
Giver's	+125  Toughness +90  Concentration +90  Healing Power
Grieving	+108  Power +108  Condition Damage +59  Precision +59  Ferocity
Harrier's	+125  Power +90  Healing Power +90  Concentration
Knight's	+125  Toughness +90  Power +90  Precision
Magi's	+125  Healing Power +90  Precision +90  Vitality
Marauder	+108  Power +108  Precision +59  Vitality +59  Ferocity
Marshal's	+108  Power +108  Healing Power +59  Condition Damage +59  Precision
Minstrel's	+108  Toughness +108  Healing Power +59  Vitality +59  Concentration
Nomad's	+125  Toughness +90  Vitality +90  Healing Power
Plaguedoctor's	+108  Vitality +108  Condition Damage +59  Healing Power +59  Concentration
Rabid	+125  Condition Damage +90  Precision +90  Toughness
Rampager's	+125  Precision +90  Power +90  Condition Damage
Ritualist's	+108  Vitality +108  Condition Damage +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Sentinel's	+125  Vitality +90  Power +90  Toughness
Seraph	+108  Precision +108  Condition Damage +59  Healing Power +59  Concentration
Settler's	+125  Toughness +90  Condition Damage +90  Healing Power
Shaman's	+125  Vitality +90  Condition Damage +90  Healing Power
Sinister	+125  Condition Damage +90  Power +90  Precision
Soldier's	+125  Power +90  Toughness +90  Vitality
Trailblazer's	+108  Toughness +108  Condition Damage +59  Vitality +59  Expertise
Valkyrie	+125  Power +90  Vitality +90  Ferocity
Vigilant	+108  Power +108  Toughness +59  Concentration +59  Expertise
Viper's	+108  Power +108  Condition Damage +59  Precision +59  Expertise
Wanderer's	+108  Power +108  Vitality +59  Toughness +59  Concentration
Zealot's	+125  Power +90  Precision +90  Healing Power

Notes

• It is recommended that you do not attempt to stat change your precursor item with the standard stat swap recipe in the Mystic Forge. While you will be provided with an item with the desired stats, it will have been replaced with a generic ascended item that cannot be used as a legendary precursor.
• You cannot use Gift of Desert Mastery to craft Astralaria.

Trivia

• Astralis is a Latin adjective meaning "of the stars".
• Aria is an Italian noun and in music, it denotes a composed melody or tune to be performed as a solo centerpiece of a movement.
• Hence Astral-aria means "Song/music of the stars"
  • The concept of a "music" produced by celestial bodies is an ancient philosophical concept known as Musica universalis.
  • The "gyroscope" in the middle of the axe is likely modeled after depictions of the Harmony of the Spheres i.e. old representations of the cosmos as a harmonic mechanism.
• This weapon was named after The Astralarium, which first appeared in Guild Wars Nightfall.
• The constellations on both the swing effect and on the user's arm when the weapon is drawn are nearly identical to the constellations embedded within the background of the cogs that comprise the building's entrance façade at The Vaults in Lion's Arch.

See also

• Astralaria I: The Device - the first step towards crafting the precursor.
• Astralaria II: The Apparatus
• Astralaria III: The Mechanism
• Astralaria IV: The Cosmos

References

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Legendary weapons

The Device • The Apparatus • The Mechanism — Astralaria