Glyph (upgrade)

This article is about the gathering tool upgrade. For the skill type, see Glyph.

Glyphs are upgrade components that can be applied to gathering tools to provide bonus effects when gathering.

Acquisition

Glyphs may be acquired via the following methods:

• Gem Store purchase, as part of a bundle with certain unlimited use gathering tools or during Gem Store promotions.
• Exchanging a pre-patch endless Gathering tool at a Black Lion Exchange Specialist for the updated tool. The updated tool contains a glyph of the same bonus type. Note, this only applies to certain defined tools, not all of them.
• A rare drop in a Black Lion Chest. This provides an unused glyph of a random type that can be sold on the Trading Post.
• While purchasing certain Infinite packages, 3 Black Lion Glyph Selection Containers are included with the pack, allowing the selection from multiple glyphs.
• For a limited time players who have purchased the game were given one free Black Lion Glyph Selection Container which allowed players to select Glyph of Flight, Industry, the Leatherworker or the Tailor

Mechanics

• Glyphs may be applied to unused glyph slots found only on gathering tools.
• Glyphs may be swapped in and out freely without using an upgrade extractor.
  • When attempting to apply a glyph to a tool with a glyph, the new glyph will be applied and the old one will be sent to your inventory.
  • To remove a glyph, you can right click and select "Remove Upgrade." (This does not destroy the Glyph)
• Glyphs applied to limited-use tools will return to the player's inventory after the final gathering charge is consumed.

List of glyphs

Glyph (Account Bound)	Description	Included with	Alternative limited-use tools
Material Gathering Glyphs
Glyph of Alchemy	Materials gathered will be instantly converted into one tier above.	Skyscale Hatchling Mining Tool	Alchemist's Harvesting Sickle Alchemist's Logging Axe Alchemist's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Crucible	Replaces gathering results with materials used in lower-level crafting recipes.	Skyscale Hatchling Logging Tool	―
Glyph of the Forester	Grants a 33% chance to receive bonus wood while gathering.	Choya Harvesting Tool Herald of Aurene Harvesting Tool	Forester's Harvesting Sickle Forester's Logging Axe Forester's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Herbalist	Grants a 33% chance to reward bonus harvesting ingredient pouches while gathering.	Choya Mining Tool	Herbalist's Harvesting Sickle Herbalist's Logging Axe Herbalist's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Leatherworker	Gain a 33% chance to receive bonus leather scraps.	Spirit of Wolf Logging Tool Thunderstrike Harvesting Tool	Leatherworker's Harvesting Sickle Leatherworker's Logging Axe Leatherworker's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Prospector	Grants a 33% chance to receive bonus ores while gathering.	Choya Logging Tool Herald of Aurene Logging Tool	Prospector's Harvesting Sickle Prospector's Logging Axe Prospector's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Scavenger	Gain a 33% chance to receive a bonus fine crafting material.	Lucky Dog Harvesting Tool	Scavenger's Harvesting Sickle Scavenger's Logging Axe Scavenger's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Tailor	Gain a 33% chance to receive bonus cloth scraps.	Earthshaker Mining Tool	Tailor's Harvesting Sickle Tailor's Logging Axe Tailor's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Watchknight	Gain a 33% chance to receive a bonus Watchwork Sprocket.	Watchwork Mining Pick	Watchknight's Harvesting Sickle Watchknight's Logging Axe Watchknight's Mining Pick
Enhanced Gathering Glyphs
Glyph of Bounty	Grants a 33% chance to gain an extra strike while gathering.	Herald of Aurene Mining Tool Shifting Sands Mining Pick	Harvesting Sickle of Bounty Logging Axe of Bounty Mining Pick of Bounty
Glyph of Flight	Increases movement speed for 5 seconds after gathering completes.	Spirit of Raven Harvesting Tool	Flying Harvesting Sickle Flying Logging Axe Flying Mining Pick
Glyph of Industry	Gathering completes 50% faster.	Firestorm Logging Tool Spirit of Bear Mining Tool	Industrious Harvesting Sickle Industrious Logging Axe Industrious Mining Pick
Glyph of Overload	Gathering gains charges that are consumed to gain extra gathering strikes.	Glacial Mining Tool	―
Glyph of Reaping	Gather from all nodes associated with the gathering tool within 900 units.	Skyscale Hatchling Harvesting Tool	Reaper's Harvesting Sickle Reaper's Logging Axe Reaper's Mining Pick
Glyph of the Timekeeper	33% chance to complete gathering instantly.	Glacial Logging Tool	Timekeeper's Harvesting Sickle Timekeeper's Logging Axe Timekeeper's Mining Pick
Currency Gathering Glyphs
Glyph of the Unbound	Rewards Unbound Magic while gathering.	Unbound Magic Harvesting Blast Unbound Magic Logging Pulse Unbound Magic Mining Beam	Unbound Harvesting Sickle Unbound Logging Axe Unbound Mining Pick
Glyph of Volatility	Rewards Volatile Magic while gathering.	Volatile Magic Harvesting Tool Volatile Magic Logging Tool Volatile Magic Mining Tool	Volatile Harvesting Sickle Volatile Logging Axe Volatile Mining Pick
Glyph of Virtue	Rewards bonus Karma while gathering, in addition to the gathering results.	Glacial Harvesting Tool	―

Trading glyphs

• Only unused glyphs can be traded.
• Tradeable (unused) glyphs can be obtained from opening Black Lion Chests or purchased from the Trading Post.

List of tradeable glyphs

Tradeable Glyph (Unused)	TP price
Glyph of Alchemy (Unused)	…
Glyph of Bounty (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Crucible (Unused)	…
Glyph of Flight (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Forester (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Herbalist (Unused)	…
Glyph of Industry (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Leatherworker (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Prospector (Unused)	…
Glyph of Reaping (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Scavenger (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Tailor (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Timekeeper (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Unbound (Unused)	…
Glyph of Volatility (Unused)	…
Glyph of the Watchknight (Unused)	…
Glyph of Overload (Unused)	…
Glyph of Virtue (Unused)	…

Notes

• Applying Glyphs to harvesting tools counts towards the Combat Mechanic achievement.

Trivia

• Glyphs were added during the April 10, 2018 game update.

External links

• The Gathering Storm