Grandmaster Mark

Grandmaster Marks are tokens used to acquire stat-selectable GAscended armors and weapons, crafted by their respective disciplines. They provide an alternative method of obtaining ascended gear through certain content and game modes compared to full ascended crafting. Combination of Grandmaster Marks and the content-specific currencies is used to purchase ascended items from the vendors, with currencies replacing part of the crafting costs.

Grandmaster Marks are currently accepted by vendors in Structured PvP and World versus World game modes, as well as Fractals of the Mists dungeon. Ascended armor purchasable with Marks allows selecting any prefix, but the expansion-specific attributes are available only if the relevant game editions are owned.

Acquisition method

Contained in

• 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.

Crafting

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.

Type	Crafting discipline	Mark	Materials
Armor	Armorsmith	Grandmaster Armorsmith's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Armorsmith's Mark	2 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 1 Square of Vabbian Silk 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Empowered Mithril Ingot
	Leatherworker	Grandmaster Leatherworker's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Leatherworker's Mark	1 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 1 Square of Vabbian Silk 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Empowered Cured Thick Leather Square
	Tailor	Grandmaster Tailor's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Tailor's Mark	1 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 2 Square of Vabbian Silk 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Bolt of Empowered Silk
Weapon	Weaponsmith	Grandmaster Weaponsmith's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Weaponsmith's Mark	1 Composite Wood Board 1 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Weaponized Mithril Ingot
	Huntsman	Grandmaster Huntsman's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Huntsman's Mark	1 Composite Wood Board 1 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Weaponized Cured Thick Leather Square
	Artificer	Grandmaster Artificer's Mark Recipe: Grandmaster Artificer's Mark	1 Composite Wood Board 1 Carbonized Mithrillium Ingot 1 Blended Leather Sheet 1 Weaponized Elder Wood Plank

Mechanics

Each mark can only be used to exchange for stat selectable GAscended 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, Spears
• Weaponsmith - Axes, Daggers, Swords, Greatswords, Maces, Hammers, Shields, Spears

Note: while Spears are crafted only by Weaponsmith, Skirmish Supervisor and Ascended Weapon League Vendor require Grandmaster Huntsman's Marks to purchase ascended spears. BLING-9009 requires the expected Grandmaster Weaponsmith's Marks.

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
• 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

• Ascended Armor League Vendor
• Ascended Weapon League Vendor
• BLING-9009
• Skirmish Supervisor

Overview

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	Ardent Glorious armor with selectable stats
Ascended Weapon League Vendor	–	–	–	400 250 5 3	Heart of the Mists	–	Any predefined Antique weapon Mistforged Obsidian weapons Mist Lord's weapons
BLING-9009	12 400 2 3	16 600 2 4	24 800 3 4	24 800 5 3	Mistlock Observatory	88 3000 13 20	Illustrious armor with selectable stats Cobalt Antique weapons with selectable stats
Skirmish Supervisor	175 250 2 3	260 250 2 4	350 250 3 4	350 250 5 3	Any WvW map	1310 1500 13 20	Triumphant Hero's armor Mistforged Hero's weapons with selectable stats Mistforged Obsidian weapons Mist Lord's weapons

See also

• Ascended crafting