Guild Wars 2: Generation Three Legendary Weapons Guide

If you own End of Dragons, then you should already be on your way to crafting Generation Three Legendary Weapons, or what the community would like the call them, Aurene Legendaries.

What are Generation Three Legendary Weapons

Gen 3 Legendary Weapons were introduced with the End of Dragon expansion. This is really when Scion and Champion become one, and players can actually craft Aurene weapons that will make you feel overpowered “not literally”.

By overpowered, I mean functionality-wise. In fact, Ascended and Legendary gear share the same stats, but the difference is that Legendaries can swap those stats at any point in time as long as you are outside of combat.

Moreover, changing the skins of Gen 3 Legendaries costs zero Transmutation Charges, and removing Sigils and Runes can be done without using an Upgrade Extractor.

How to get GW2 Gen 3 Legendaries

To get Generation Three Legendary Weapons, you have to go all over Cantha collecting materials to craft three gifts and a precursor.

• Gift of Jade Mastery
• Draconic Tribute
• Weapon-specific Gift
• Weapon Precursor

Step 1: Getting the Gift of Jade Mastery

Just like any of the GW2 Legendary Weapons, Gen 3 weapons need a Gift of Mastery as well, but this time around, you will have to craft it by exploring maps in Cantha, and collecting other materials while you’re at it.

Here are the materials needed to craft a Gift of Jade Mastery:

• Gift of the Dragon Empire
  • 100 Jade Runestones
    • Can be purchased from the Trading Post
    • Chance to obtain them from Chests all over Cantha, and guaranteed to get from the meta event chests of Echovald Wilds, Gyala Delve, and New Kaineng City.
  • 200 Chunks of Pure Jade
    • Can be rarely found in all Ore Veins across Cantha, but can be mainly farmed from Jadeite Vein nodes that can be found in Dragon’s End and Gyala Delve.
    • If you have the extra gold and are feeling lazy, then you can also purchase them at the Trading Post
  • 100 Chunks of Ancient Ambergris
    • Can be obtained from fishing with a low chance.
    • Can be purchased from the Trading Post (But can be expensive).
    • Can be purchased from local fishing vendors for Ascended 10 Flawless Fish (Requires Local Legend mastery)
  • 5 Blessings of the Jade Empress
    • Can be purchased from Myung-Hee in the Shing Jea Monastery in Seitung Province for 500 Imperial Favor each. (You have to complete The Jade Vault achievement to access her goods)
• Gift of Cantha
  • Gift of Seitung Province (100% Map completion of Seitung Province).
  • Gift of New Kaineng City (100% Map completion of New Kaineng City).
  • Gift of the Echovald Forest (100% Map completion of Echovald Forest).
  • Gift of Dragon’s End (100% Map completion of Dragon’s End).
• Bloodstone Shard
  • One Bloodstone Shard can be purchased for 200 Spirit Shards from Miyani who is located in Lion’s Arch near the Mystic Forge.
• 100 Antique Summoning Stones (Time-gated)
  • Guaranteed from the Dragon’s End: Hero’s Choice Chest that can only be obtained once per day by completing Dragon’s End meta event.
  • Sold by Levias in Arborstone for different currencies, but you can get a maximum of 5 per week, and requires Globalization mastery.
  • Rewarded for completing Challenge Mode Strike Missions, once per week per Mission.
  • Can be purchased from the Trading Post (Can be really expensive)

Once you have the Gift of the Dragon Empire, the Gift of Cantha, the Bloodstone Shard, and 100 Antique Summoning Stones, combine them all in the Mystic Forge and you will then find the Gift of Jade Mastery in your inventory.

Step 2: Getting the Draconic Tribute

Among all the Gifts of Tribute, this costs the least Mystic Clovers, and this is good as Generation Three Legendaries are already a huge investment. Nevertheless, this gift is mostly a gold sink and requires you to own different materials from all over the maps of Guild Wars 2.

Here is a list of materials needed to craft the Draconic Tribute:

• 38 Mystic Clovers
• 1 Gift of Condensed Might
• 1 Gift of Condensed Magic
• 5 Amalgamated Draconic Lodestone

Mystic Clovers

Luckily, this gift only needs 38 Mystic Clovers, and there are different ways in which you can obtain Mystic Clovers. You have gambling in the Mystic Forge, getting them from the Wizard’s Vault, or obtaining them from PvP and WvW Tracks.

If you want to check a full list of how you can obtain them efficiently, then you ought to check out the dedicated Mystic Clovers Guide.

Crafting the Gift of Condensed Might and Gift of Condensed Magic requires you to purchase some prerequisite recipes. Each recipe costs 10 gold, and you will need eight of them. Those recipes can be purchased from Miyani who is located in Lion’s Arch, and unlocking them once will permanently unlock them on all your account.

Gift of Condensed Might

Gift of Condensed Magic

Amalgamated Draconic Lodestone

Amalgamated Draconic Lodestones are pretty expensive, and there are multiple ways in which you can get them, but there are three ways to get them efficiently. The first way would be the fastest and that is buying them off the Trading Post.

The second way is to obtain the recipes that allow you to craft those Lodestones. Those recipes can only be obtained by completing the collection Master of the Storms. The recipe requires a rating of 400 at any of the crafting stations 

The third way would be to place the following material in the Mystic Forge:

•  10 Destroyer Lodestone
•  10 Crystal Lodestone
•  10 Corrupted Lodestone
• 10 Mordrem Lodestone or 10 Pile of Putrid Essence

Combining all those Materials in the Mystic Forge will net you 1 Amalgamated Draconic Lodestone, but you can also add 250 of each and receive 25 Amalgamated Draconic Lodestone.

Step 3: Getting the Weapon Gift

Every one of the Gen 3 weapons has its own unique Weapon Gift that can be crafted by combining three common items that all weapons will use, and one Themed poem. To craft the Weapon-unique Gift, you will need to place the following items in the Mystic Forge.

• 100 Mystic Runestones
• Gift of the Mists
• Gift of Research
• Themed poem

Mystic Runestones

Mystic Runestones can be purchased from Miyani who is located next to the Mystic Forge in Lion’s Arch, however, each Mystic Runestone will cost 1 gold and requires the Scholar of Secrets mastery.

Gift of the Mists

To craft the Gift of the Mists, you have to bring and combine the following material in the Mystic Forge.

• Gift of Glory
  • Purchased from Miyani in Lion’s Arch for 250 Shards of Glory
• Gift of Battle
  • Obtained from the WvW Gift of Battle Reward Track
• Gift of War
  • Purchased from Miyani in Lion’s Arch for 250 Memories of Battle
• Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy
  • Can be crafted for 1 Ball of Dark Energy and 75 Stabilizing Matrices

Gift of Research

In the Mystic Forge, combine the following items to create the Gift of Research:

• 250 Thermocatalytic Reagents
• 500 Hydrocatalytic Reagents
•  250 Essences of Luck

Themed Poem

To create a Themed Poem, you have to place the following items in the Mystic Forge.

• 10 Tales of Adventure
  • Can be obtained from the End of Dragons story Acts One through Five, or purchased directly from the Trading Post.
• 10 Lamplighter’s Badges
  • Can be found in the Chest of the Jade Explorer that is obtained from the repeatable achievements:
    • Illuminating Seitung Province (Seitung Province)
    • Light These Streets (New Kaineng City)
    • Lighting the Echovald Wilds (Echovald Wilds)
    • Lighting Dragon’s End (Dragon’s End)
• Sheet of Premium Paper
  • Best to be purchased from the Trading Post as this item needs rank 400 Scribe.
• T7 weapon piece
  • Example: Deldrimor Steel Sword Blade – You can see exactly which one in the table below

Poem	T7 Weapon Piece	Crafting
Poem on Axes	Deldrimor Steel Axe Blade
Poem on Daggers	Deldrimor Steel Dagger Blade
Poem on Maces	Deldrimor Steel Mace Head
Poem on Pistols	Deldrimor Steel Pistol Barrel
Poem on Scepters	Spiritwood Scepter Core
Poem on Swords	Deldrimor Steel Sword Blade
Poem on Foci	Spiritwood Focus Core
Poem on Shields	Deldrimor Steel Shield Boss
Poem on Torches	Deldrimor Steel Torch Head
Poem on Warhorns	Deldrimor Steel Horn
Poem on Greatswords	Deldrimor Steel Greatsword Blade
Poem on Hammers	Deldrimor Steel Hammer Head
Poem on Longbows	Spiritwood Longbow Stave
Poem on Rifles	Deldrimor Steel Rifle Barrel
Poem on Short Bows	Spiritwood Short-Bow Stave
Poem on Staves	Spiritwood Staff Head

Once you’re done collecting 100 Mystic Runestones, a Gift of the Mists, a Gift of Research, and a Themed poem, take them to the Mystic Forge and combine them to create the Weapon-gift.

Step 4: Getting the Generation Three Precursor

You can get a free Gen 3 precursor by completing Tier 2 of Seasons of the Dragons achievement and getting the Fragment of Primatic Light, then exchanging it at Levias in Arborstone.

Apart from the free one that you get from Seasons of the Dragons, you can also get Gen three precursors by buying them off the Trading Post or crafting them yourself. Before we get into the materials needed to craft one, you have to have the recipe for it, and it can be obtained in the following ways:

• Completing The Cycle, Reborn story rewards you with a Codex of Dragon’s Weapons, and with this chest, you can select a precursor recipe of your own choosing. However, keep note that this can only be done once per account.
• You can purchase any of the recipes from Levias in Arborstone for 10 Tales of Adventure and some Karma.

Unlocking the precursor recipe will also unlock the crafting recipes for both Fortified Components and the Transcendent Crystal.

Now that you have the recipe, here is the list of materials you need to craft it:

• Fortified Precursor Component 1
  • Can be crafted at crafting stations that are tied to the weapon, but requires a rank of 500.
• Fortified Precursor Component 2
  • Can be crafted at crafting stations that are tied to the weapon, but requires a rank of 500.
• Transcendent Crystal (Level 500 )
  • 10 Globs of Ectoplasm
  • Eldritch Scroll
    • Can be purchased at Miyani for 50 Spirit Shards
  • 100 Hydrocatalytic Reagents
  • 10 Amalgamated Gemstones
• 100 Memories of Aurene
  • More information can be found below.

Memories of Aurene

Memories of Aurene are special items that you can get even if you don’t have the End of Dragons expansion unlocked, and they can either be purchased from the Trading Post or obtained by completing the following Events or Living World Episodes.

Finally, with the Fortified Precursor Components 1 and 2, the Transcendent Crystal, and the 100 Memories of Aurene in your inventory, head over to the crafting station and craft that Gen 3 precursor.

Step 5: Creating the Aurene Legendary

Once you have everything in hand, the final step would be to pay Miyani a visit, but this time just to say hi, and use the Mystic Forge instead. Combine the Gift of Jade Mastery, the Draconic Tribute, the precursor, and the Weapon-specific Gift and press the Forge button.

Now, you are finally a Champion! Congratulations on your Aurene Legendary.

This is not the end though, because you can still use this Legendary Weapon to unlock reskins of any of the Elder Dragons that exist in Guild Wars 2. You can get Zhaitan weapons, Primordus weapons, Jormag weapons, Mordremoth weapons, Kralkatorrik weapons, and Soo-Won weapons; continue reading to find out how.

How to get other Elder Dragon Legendary variants

By using Aurene Weapons, you can unlock a skin that matches any of the Elder Dragons that exist in Guild Wars 2. To do that, you have to complete a specific collection and get a Charged Fragment that you can then take to Levias and use to buy the respective Elder Dragon Variant.

Below is a table that shows which Fragment you need, and which collection you have to complete to obtain it.

You can’t access any of the collections before completing the Arms of a New Cycle achievement.

That’s all for Aurene Legendary Weapons, you can always check out how to get Generation Two Weapons, or even Legendary Armor.