Grandmaster Mark
Grandmaster Marks are used as currency to exchange for stat selectable Ascended armors and weapons. All prefixes can be selected, but expansion specific prefixes are unavailable unless they are owned.
Acquisition method[edit]
Contained in[edit]
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Box of Grandmaster Marks — Up to three can be obtained once per PvP League season, or purchased using 10 
Grandmaster Mark Shards from the Skirmish Supervisor at any time.
Recipe[edit]
Each mark requires their respective recipe and items from Recipe Book: Grandmaster Craftsman's Components. Both can be purchased from BLING-9009, Ascended Armor League Vendor, Ascended Weapon League Vendor or Skirmish Supervisor. Each mark requires their respective level 500 crafting discipline.
Mechanics[edit]
Each mark can only be used to exchange for stat selectable Ascended items that particular crafting discipline can craft.
Armorsmith - Heavy armor
Leatherworker - Medium armor
Tailor - Light armor
Artificer - Staves, Scepters, Foci, Tridents
Huntsman - Short bows, Longbows, Pistols, Rifles, Torches, Warhorns, Harpoon guns
Weaponsmith - Axes, Daggers, Swords, Greatswords, Maces, Hammers, Shields, Spears
Available stats depend on which expansions are owned.
Each merchant requires a currency unique to that game mode. Certain currencies are heavily timegated.
- BLING-9009 -
Fractal Relics and 
Fractal Research Pages (up to 6 per day or 46 per week)
- Assuming only 3 pages are obtained per day, it will take 30 days to purchase a full set of armor and 8 days per weapon.
- Completing all weekly fractals missions for 25 pages per week will reduce this down to ~3.52 weeks or 25 days for a full set of armor and 7 days per weapon
- With 6 pages a day, it will take 15 days to purchase a full set of armor and 4 days per weapon.
- Completing all weekly fractal missions for 46 pages per week will reduce this to ~1.91 weeks or 14 days for a full set of armor and 4 days per weapon
- Assuming only 3 pages are obtained per day, it will take 30 days to purchase a full set of armor and 8 days per weapon.
- Skirmish Supervisor -
Memories of Battle and 
WvW Skirmish Claim Ticket (up to 365 per week)
- Assuming the maximum amount of tickets per week, it will take 4 weeks to purchase a full set of armor or 1 week per weapon.
- Ascended Armor League Vendor and Ascended Weapon League Vendor -
Shards of Glory and 
Ascended Shard of Glory (up to 400 per season; additional 100 when Byzantium is repeated)
- Assuming only the minimum of 400 per season, it will take 3 seasons to purchase a full set of armor or 1 season per weapon.
- The final reward track will have to be completed an additional 8 times if one is to purchase a full set of armor within 1 season.
List of vendors[edit]
Overview[edit]
| Main vendor | Price | Location | Full armor set cost | Available items | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helm, Shoulders, Gloves, Boots |
Leggings | Coat | Weapon | ||||
| Ascended Armor League Vendor | 150 250  2  3   
|
200 250 2 4
|
400 250 3 4
|
– | Heart of the Mists | 1200 1500 13 20
|
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| Ascended Weapon League Vendor | – | – | – | 400 250 5 3   
|
Heart of the Mists | – | |
| BLING-9009 | 12 400  2 3
|
16 600 2 4
|
24 800 3 4
|
24 800 5 3
|
Mistlock Observatory | 88 3000 13 20
|
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| Skirmish Supervisor | 175 250  2 3
|
260 250 2 4
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350 250 3 4
|
350 250 5 3
|
Any WvW map | 1310 1500 13 20
|
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Available prefixes depend on which expansions you currently own.
- ^ a b Can be upgraded to Legendary armor.
- ^ a b Requires respective Obsidian weapon skin from the Obsidian Weapon Box to be unlocked before purchase can be available.
- ^ Requires respective Triumphant armor skin from the Triumphant Armor Reward Track to be unlocked before purchase can be available.
