Unbound Magic

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Earned by various ways at locations heavily affected by the explosive release of magic into Tyria. Spent at vendors at those locales to purchase unlocks and rewards.

— In-game description

Unbound Magic is a currency stored in the Wallet, introduced for Living World Season 3. It is primarily earned by participating in various activities in Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay, Bitterfrost Frontier, Lake Doric, and Draconis Mons and can be spent at merchants within those zones.

Acquisition

To harvest Unbound Magic from season 3 resource nodes or gather them in the air, it is required to have completed the Reaper of Magic story chapter or to have purchased either Ancient Mursaat Relic or Unbound Magic Gatherer.

Contained in

•  Beetle Loot Box
•  Bitterfrost Frontier Cache
•  Bloodstone Cache
•  Chest of the Bitterfrost Frontier Hero
•  Chest of the Bloodstone Fen Hero
•  Chest of the Draconis Mons Hero
•  Chest of the Ember Bay Hero
•  Chest of the Lake Doric Hero
•  Draconis Mons Cache

•  Elaborate Fur Pouch
•  Ember Bay Cache
•  Lake Doric Cache
•  Magic-Warped Packet
•  Maguuma Knapsack
•  Moa Loot Box
•  Salvaged Debris
•  Unstable Strongbox

Dropped by

Creature	Level	Race	Location
Angered Spirit	80	Ghost	Spirit Vale Haunted Canyons Fragmented Wastes
Bloodstone Elemental Mauler	38, 80	Elemental	Bloodstone Fen Fields of Ruin
Bloodstone Elemental Sprite	38, 80	Elemental	Bloodstone Fen Fields of Ruin
Champion Jade Armor	0	Jade Construct	Bloodstone Maw Caliph's Steps Lake Doric
Champion Jade Bow	80	Jade Construct	Bloodstone Maw Caliph's Steps Lake Doric
Champion Reef Drake	80	Drake	Osprey Pillars Shipwreck Beach
Deranged Spirit	80	Ghost	Spirit Vale Haunted Canyons Fragmented Wastes
Elite Jade Armor	80	Jade Construct	Caliph's Steps
Elite Jade Bow	80	Jade Construct	Caliph's Steps
Elite Reef Drake	80	Drake	Osprey Pillars Shipwreck Beach
Elite White Mantle Necromancer	80	Human	Haunted Canyons
Enraged Spirit	80	Ghost	Spirit Vale Haunted Canyons
Nyle the Compassionate	80	Ghost	Haunted Canyons
Reef Drake	80	Drake	Southsun Cove Ember Bay
Ritualist Josa	80	Ghost	Haunted Canyons
Savant Ehrin	80	Ghost	Haunted Canyons
Subjugated Bloodstone Mauler	80	Elemental	Harvest Cascades Fort Evennia
Thief Lloyd	80	Ghost	Haunted Canyons
Veteran Angered Spirit	80-84	Ghost	Fragmented Wastes
Veteran Jade Armor	80-82	Jade Construct	Caliph's Steps
Veteran Jade Bow	80-82	Jade Construct	Caliph's Steps
Veteran Reef Drake	80	Drake	Dappled Shores Shipwreck Beach Osprey Pillars Zeta Vault
Veteran White Mantle Elementalist	80	Human	Bloodstone Fen
Veteran White Mantle Knight	80	Human	Lake Doric
Veteran White Mantle Mesmer	80-82	Human	Bloodstone Fen Lake Doric
White Mantle Elementalist	80-82	Human	Haunted Canyons Bloodstone Maw Cavern of Unseen Lights
White Mantle Knight	80	Human	Stronghold of the Faithful Bloodstone Fen Lake Doric
White Mantle Mesmer	80-82	Human	Bloodstone Fen Lake Doric
White Mantle Necromancer	80-82	Human	Haunted Canyons Bloodstone Maw Cavern of Unseen Lights

Gathered from

• Ancient Chest
• Bloodstone Chest
• Bloodstone Crystals
• Bloodstone Stalagmite
• Icebound Chest
• Jade Fragments
• Large Bloodstone Chest
• Petrified Stump
• Primordial Orchid
• Winterberry Bush
• Zinn's Stash
• Zinn's Stash (Golemancer's Tomb)

Obtained by consuming

•  Fire Orchid Blossom
•  Fresh Winterberry

Salvaged from

•  Blood Ruby
•  Blood Ruby Backpack
•  Blooming Druid Stone
•  Druid Stone
•  Gilded Orchid Band
•  Icebrood Horn Backpack
•  Jade Shard

•  Lava Skull Backpack
•  Living Druid Stone
•  Petrified Wood
•  The Wayfarer's Henge
•  Wegloop's Air Veil
•  White Mantle Scroll

• Blood Ruby trinkets sold by Scholar Rakka

Other

An Unbound Magic orb.

• Picking up the purple orbs floating around Living World Season 3 zones (2-4 magic per orb, limited to 500 orbs per day per account)
  • Bloodstone Fen
  • Ember Bay
  • Bitterfrost Frontier
  • Lake Doric
  • Draconis Mons
• Achieving map completion for the above zones
• Completing dynamic events in the above zones - given as both a reward for individual events, and as a map bonus reward
• Gathering while using an Unbound Harvesting Sickle, Unbound Logging Axe, Unbound Mining Pick or their infinite uses counterparts (resp. Unbound Magic Harvesting Blast, Unbound Magic Logging Pulse, Unbound Magic Mining Beam)
• Using
  
   Consume Bloodstone Fragment, from Unstable Bloodstone Fragment bundles
• Bonus chests from slaying Bloodstone Crazed creatures around Tyria (limited to once per creature per day, see Bloodstone Sightings for more details)
• Picking up the purple orbs that appear after defeating several bosses:
  • Legendary Ley-Line Anomaly (Gendarran Fields/Timberline Falls/Iron Marches)
  • Legendary Unbound Guardian (Bloodstone Fen)
  • Justiciar Agatha (Lake Doric)
  • Both Earth Elemental Hands that accompany the Champion Crazed Harathi High Sage (Lake Doric)

Vendors

Item	Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost
Bitterfrost Frontier Portal Scroll	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 50
Black Ice Band	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	2,000   +  200
Black Ice Earring	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	4,000   +  300
Blood Ruby Backpack	Scholar Rakka	Haunted Canyons	Bloodstone Fen	200   +  5,000
Blood Ruby Band	Scholar Rakka	Haunted Canyons	Bloodstone Fen	100   +  2,000
Blood Ruby Pendant	Scholar Rakka	Haunted Canyons	Bloodstone Fen	125   +  3,000
Bloodstone Capacitor	Scholar Rakka	Haunted Canyons	Bloodstone Fen	100
Bloodstone Crystal Node	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	10,000   + 50
Bloodstone Empowerment	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	1,000   + 5
Bloodstone Empowerment	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	5,000   + 10
Bloodstone Empowerment	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	10,000   + 15
Bloodstone Fen Portal Scroll	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	1,000   + 50
Cold-Forged Exotic Weapon	Jotun (Weapons Specialist)	Hailstone Floe	Bitterfrost Frontier	3   +  250
Dogfight or Flight	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	750   +  375
Draconis Mons Empowerment	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	10,000   + 15
Draconis Mons Empowerment	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	1,000   + 5
Draconis Mons Empowerment	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	5,000   + 10
Draconis Mons Portal Scroll	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	1,000   + 50
Druid Runestone Fragment	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	1,000   + 0
Element of Aestus	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Air	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Arcanum	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Earth	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Fire	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Ignis	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Water	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of Webby	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Arbor	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Desecrator	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Empire	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Oakhearts	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Saurians	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Wardbough	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Element of the Wurm	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250
Ember Bay Portal Scroll	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	50  +  1,000
Enflame	Flamebearer	Bitterfrost Frontier Drakkar Spurs	-	500
Fire Orchid Garland	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	3,000   +  125
Fire Orchid Node	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	10,000   + 50
Gilded Orchid Band	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,000   +  100
Icebrood Horn Backpack	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	5,000   +  400
Jade Fragment Node	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	10,000   + 50
Jade Pendant	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	3,000   +  125
Karmic Retribution	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	10,000   + 15
Karmic Retribution	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	1,000   + 5
Karmic Retribution	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	5,000   + 10
Karmic Retribution	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Karmic Retribution	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	5,000   + 10
Karmic Retribution	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	10,000   + 15
Koda's Breath	Flamebearer	Bitterfrost Frontier Drakkar Spurs	-	750
Koda's Reach	Flamebearer	Bitterfrost Frontier Drakkar Spurs	-	250
Koda's Rebirth	Flamebearer	Bitterfrost Frontier Drakkar Spurs	-	1,000
Lake Doric Portal Scroll	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   + 50
Lava Skull Backpack	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	5,000   +  200
Magic-Warped Bundle	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	500   + 1
Magic-Warped Bundle	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	500   + 1
Magic-Warped Bundle	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	1,250   + 40
Magic-Warped Bundle	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	500   + 1
Magic-Warped Bundle	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	500   + 1
Magic-Warped Packet	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	250   + 50
Magic-Warped Packet	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	250   + 50
Magic-Warped Packet	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	250   + 50
Magic-Warped Packet	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	250   + 50
Magic-Warped Packet	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	250   + 50
Mini Bloodstone Elemental	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	2,500   + 1
Mini Dragon's Watch Kasmeer	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,500   +  25
Mini Dragon's Watch Marjory	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,500   +  25
Mini Dragon's Watch Rox	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,500   +  25
Mini Dragon's Watch Taimi	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,500   +  25
Mini Ghostly Justiciar Hablion	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	2,500   + 1
Mini Holographic Taimi	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	2,500   +  25
Mini Jade Construct	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	3,750   + 1  50
Mini Lone Wolf Braham	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	2,500   +  25
Oakheart's Essence	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	5,000   +  25
Obsidian Shard	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	100   + 96
Obsidian Shard	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	100   + 96
Obsidian Shard	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	100   + 96
Obsidian Shard	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	100   + 96
Offering Basket	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	500   + 1
Pacified Magical Storm	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	500   +  250
Petrified Wood Node	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	10,000   + 50
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Adornments	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Eyes	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Frame	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Hide	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Recipe: Gossamer Stuffing	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	1,000   + 5
Recipe: Thackeray's Seraph Inscription	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  10
Recipe: Thackeray's Seraph Insignia	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  10
Regrown Caladbolg	Ridhais	Dreamer's Terrace Hero's Canton Salma District Hunter's Hearth Applied Development Lab	-	1   +  1,000
Regrown Caladbolg	Ridhais	Dreamer's Terrace Hero's Canton Salma District Hunter's Hearth Applied Development Lab	-	1   +  1,000
Regrown Caladbolg	Ridhais	Dreamer's Terrace Hero's Canton Salma District Hunter's Hearth Applied Development Lab	-	1   +  1,000
Regrown Caladbolg	Ridhais	Dreamer's Terrace Hero's Canton Salma District Hunter's Hearth Applied Development Lab	-	1   +  1,000
Regrown Caladbolg	Ridhais	Dreamer's Terrace Hero's Canton Salma District Hunter's Hearth Applied Development Lab	-	1   +  1,000
Ride the Ley Line	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	1,000   +  500
Seraph Armor Recipe Book	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  5
Seraph Intricate Gossamer Insignia	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,250   +  25
Seraph Orichalcum Imbued Inscription	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	2,500   +  50
Seraph Weapon Recipe Book	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  5
Sparking Petrified Wood	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	4,000   +  150
Technomagical Detector	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	1,000   + 1
Thackeray's Armor Recipe Book	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  5
Thackeray's Weapon Recipe Book	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	1,000   +  5
Tribute to Endeavor	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	15
Tribute to Endeavor	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	15
Tribute to Endeavor	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	15
Tribute to Endeavor	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	15
Tribute to Endeavor	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	15
Tribute to Friendship	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	10
Tribute to Friendship	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	10
Tribute to Friendship	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	10
Tribute to Friendship	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	10
Tribute to Friendship	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	10
Tribute to Liturgy	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	10
Tribute to Liturgy	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	10
Tribute to Liturgy	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	10
Tribute to Liturgy	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	10
Tribute to Liturgy	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	10
Tribute to the Man o' War	Scholar Surra	Infernal Cape	Ember Bay	20
Tribute to the Man o' War	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	20
Tribute to the Man o' War	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	20
Tribute to the Man o' War	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	20
Tribute to the Man o' War	Supplymaster Hanjo	Mariner Landing	Draconis Mons	20
Unstable Magic Volley	Natto	Pride of the Pact	Bloodstone Fen	250   +  125
Wegloop's Air Helmet	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	6,000   +  500
Wegloop's Air Mask	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	6,000   +  500
Wegloop's Air Veil	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	6,000   +  500
White Mantle Scroll	Quartermaster Hitchens	Doric's Landing	Lake Doric	5,000   +  200
Winterberry Bush Node	Slooshoo	Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary	Bitterfrost Frontier	10,000   + 50

Related achievements

Reaper of Magic	Out of the Shadows	0
Journey through Bloodstone Fen seeking the secrets of Unbound Magic.Journal: Reaper of Magic	Discovered the Secret to Gathering Unbound Magic	0

Magic Unbound: The Gathering	Out of the Shadows	1  1
Collect 10 units of floating unbound magic in 60 seconds.	Collected Tremendous Unbound Magic Very Quickly	1

Notes

• The player is required to have completed Reaper of Magic in order to gather unbound magic from nodes or floating orbs in the air.
  • From outside Bloodstone Fen, it will display the message "You must obtain an ancient mursaat relic to harvest unbound magic." when you can't obtain the currency. From inside the map, it will display "Complete the "Reaper of Magic" story step to learn to harvest unbound magic".
• If your inventory is full when gathering from a resource node that has unbound magic, it will act like any other gathered object and will not be obtained until you have inventory space available.

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