Guild Wars 2: How To GEAR UP FAST At Level 80 (2023 Guide) 

ATTENTION: Between now and August 23rd (08/02 - 08/23) the Festival of the Four Winds is running! This is one of the ONLY ways to get FREE stat-selectable exotic weapons! To do this simply complete the 'Four Winds Zephyr' daily achievement 5 times. This can be found in your Achievements under 'Daily' > 'Daily Festival of the Four Winds'. You need to complete any of the 3 dailies listed in that tab each day, to complete the daily 'Four Winds Zephyr'. They're super quick and easy, but obviously the whole achievement is timegated (once per day). If you start TODAY you could earn up to 4 FREE STAT-SELECTABLE EXOTIC WEAPONS, so GET CRACKING! Peace :D

Despite knowing the info I still loved every second of it! I love all GW2 content creators, keep up the amazing videos!

Get a 7th rune for your aquabreather if you can - that way you keep the set bonus underwater.

The video I have been waiting for. Thank you!

Please keep making gw2 videos. Your content is such incredibly high quality and enjoyable to watch. i knew all this already and still watched trough to the end. That's how good this video is.

This video is a great resource. I recently got second gear sets to play different builds on classes that I barely touch; having this video around would've been super helpful.

Was looking for a guide like this a while back and surprised nothing modern existed that went into as much detail as this video. I’m excited for the ascended gearing video.

This is probably the best new player gearing guide on RU-vid. GG dude!

This is good stuff. You are becoming one of my favorite gw2 content creators at this point.

Excellent video mate! I always enjoy watching your edits, SO GOOD! Honestly I forget how troublesome gearing can be. Nowadays I have so much PvP currency I can buy whatever whenever xD Cheers due, have a gooden! Keep doing what you do!

Perfect. Been playing this game for 10 years and never really understood gearing and how to get just some standard gear to function in the game. Never really thought about ascended either but I'll check your next video as well. I am just not a hardcore raider or anything.

Also a note to new players: once you get one character geared fully exotic and are able to farm events etc properly you can easily farm ascended gear from there on out. It goes incredibly quick with very easy one time collections as well as wvw or pvp content to get ascended acessories and armor/weapons

Of ALL the GW2 content creators that I've watched so far, you are FAR the best at explaining stuff simply to new players! TYVM for this newb friendly content! Regards, a GW2 newb!

Holy sht TY RU-vid for putting this video of this amazing dude out of the blue, I was trying to understand gladiator gear and boom literally this video start playing and explained everything that I had no idea about gear, my man you deserve this sub and a hug ty ty TY!!!

Thanks for the guide I really found it to be helpful. I found gearing in gw2 to be confusing after playing ff14 where gearing was simpler.

Thanks so much for these guides. I just started last month, am level 80, but still a completely clueless noob so this is exactly what I needed.

Ty for the work my dood.

Bought the game about a year or two ago and played for about a month off and on and I just started getting back into it so this is very helpful information.

Absolute fuckin mad lad! This is just what I was after im a new player currently trying to gear my warrior. Keep up the Lord's work!

Easier way for the named ones is to filter by stats you want, exotic, level 80 of 80 and then sort by price. Fastest/easiest way to find the best priced exotic gear for any slot on the TP. (Great content btw. Love what you're putting out)

Just getting back into the game. This was great thank you!

Amazing guide austin! Having watched your content and the edition you make on shill up's channel now I know it is true when he says that his channel would be dead without you :p lol. But seriously amazing guide, you kind of made me jump into gw2. Keep the good work!

i love your guides its super clear and easy to follow , i will love an updated video on how to make decent gold without burning your self

One small correction. The bladed chest piece box does have a slight chance of dropping on tier 1, it is pretty rare though, highest tier just guarantees it.

Great video, thanks. It took my way too long to figure half of these out on my own and the other half I didn't even know about or connect the dots (e.g. the Machined weapons). Small note though: to be able to buy the Nightmare and Monk runes, one only needs to complete the story mode of the respective dungeon once. I have a fairly new account and only did TA story once, but have full Nightmare runes in my condi gear. Oh, and "Bandit Death Mark" is a second stat-selectable exotic accessory, but requires killing a Bandit Executioner while having the rare trophy of the same name in your inventory. On the other hand it can be obtained prior to level 80. So players should keep the trophy in their inventory and keep an eye on chat for Bandit leaders being killed by a larger number of people while leveling through core Tyria.

I started playing about a month ago. Very helpful!

Thanks for the video! I know it's not really subject hier but some based exotic armor preselected stats(berserk...) in Ore-Temples for Karma. This is were i equipped my first character in free-to-play account👻

I like your Character Outfit choice! Looks dope!

I'm gonna be starting GW2 on Aug 23 when out on steam so keep up the content

Thank you for this! As a newer GW2 player, the game is def confusing when it comes to this. And I'm coming from playing MMO's for the past 20 years

Even though I'm geared to at least exotics on my characters I still like watching these kinds of videos. I'd also like to add even tho it's not in the scope of this video, for new players since they'd probably be going through the story. Do the return to achievements as you go. You'll get basically a good amount of map currencies and a practically free legendary amulet which you'd be able to use across your account.

In PvP also the Glorious Armor Box rewards provides you a piece of armor gear with level 80 exotic selectable stats each time you complete the path (repeteable). The ranked competition also provides tokens for ascended gear (both armor and weapons) which in the case of armor pieces can be later upgrade to legendary (you need 20 tokens for a full armor set, which means ~year and half doing ranked seasons, since the max number of tokens is 3 x season and 1 x mini season).

The pvp shout is a great point. I'm a casual PvP enjoyer, and I have 10+ warlord boxes most of the time

For a lot of players exotics is where they stop. I have a friend who has been playing for more than 3 years on and off and he's never bothered to get anything beyond exotic gear simply because there's no need. If you're a casual player that only does open world content and the occasional low-level fractal, you're fine with exotics. I'm going to be honest though, nobody should do that much work to get exotic weapons as you have mentioned in the video. Here's how you get exotic weapons fast. Farm RIBA for 2-3 hours, buy em.

GGZ -- fantastic video. I always forget about those plated weapons, and now realize I have not finished that collection. XD

This is the best gearing video with cost effective walkthrough that saves gold and time. PVP stuff I'm not scuuurd! I heard there is a way to also get these from the WvW tracks? Also I confess I have had to watch this video multiple times, it is a ton of information. However is was more so I could keep listening to your voice...very pleasant to listen to the explanations while I get ganked.🥳

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I really have forgotten about the named gear, that was a life saving advice! (more like, gold saving advice)

great vid, I guess now is the time to start Heart of Thorns for me :)

thanks a lot

exotic weapons from the dungeons reward track in pvp/wvw are usually the easiest to get for some of the core stats like berserker

for trinkets, i think its easier to obtain ascended ones from the laurel vendors. they dont have stat slectable ones but they have almost every stat combo so you would just need to buy the one that suits you (plus theyre account bound so you can put them on any character you want and freely switch them out)

Just came from skillup video have my sub ;)

If you show up to verdant brink at reset +5 monday, wednesday, or sunday night on NA, there will be an organized group running the meta. You can also get stat-selectable exotic gear for cheap if you run a tiny amount of WvW from the vendor TIED-07 Unified Vendor System. This vendor didn't exist when this video was made, and I would argue its far and away the easiest way after being rich.

3:14 The Night Bosses also have the chance to drop the chest piece^^ The wiki says it can be looted from the 2 legendary Wyvern night bosses but I think I got one from a non-wyvern night boss ;D 3:50 Ss..s...s..s.sssure......QAQ Ah thank you so much, I learn a lot from this vid

Hey man, your game looks awesome! Mind sharing your reshade presets? What about making a video guide about how to get better graphics in gw2? Thanks in advance!

i think you should dragonfall in living season 4 map because you can get ascended stats selectable trinket in there. it might not friendly for new player but it's great map and people run train in lfg quite often.

I’m over here just debating on what class to play lmao

Is the new expac better for fresh 80 ? (End of dragons) I want to know if the gearing are better in the newest dlc in comparison to old ones. Thanks.

Note for helmet only: "Ice Golem's Maw Box" on trading post is a bit over a gold and has most stats (aside from the couple eod stat combos that arent generally in stat selectables) Saves you one piece from whatever you are farming

i boosted and elementalist and the only weapon it gave me was a staff. i prefer the other ele weapons so but im stuck using staff cause my daggers are way weaker

what if you don't have heart of thorns? i am trying some challenge with end of dragons only account and the restrictions are.. massive

what is the cheap name for the viper gear?

Thanks for the video. I think I'll just stop leveling now...

Not sure if this message will reach you, but i've been struggling to get Exotic Aquatic Gear and a level 80 Exotic Backpack, do you know any tips or tricks for that?

How to do u do that with your mouse cursor?

what armor set is that?

it's more efficient to go straight into ascended weapons imo, especially for power based builds, a lot are tied into achievements which are pretty easy to do and gives a sense of progression.

Wow this is a great resource. My big takeaway from this video and your GW2 has a Gearing Problem video is that major changes need to happen in this area. For a game that is praised for QOL and getting players straight to the fun this end game gearing issue is a sore spot. I hope they take a look at this along with the new player experience before the steam release.

Just as a note on the Sigils: Impact Sigil is basically staple for almost all power builds in tandem with Force and makes a very good Sigil to get. For condi Geomancy and Earth make extremely good budget options that are very widely used in endgame meta builds (although Geomancy requires you to actually change your weapon regularly so if you're a one weapon set andy it's not for you).

Even better idea if you want Berserker/Celestial stats: 1) always pick Chest of Plentiful Laurels so you gain 55 Lauren a Month. You can do this while leveling from 1 to 80. 2) with 170 Laurel you can buy (the best) full Ascended Trinkets with Berserker stats. (Note, you need total 100 Ectoplasm for Accessories) 3) Get First Fractal Mastery unlocked so you can attune your Rings and attune your rings. 4) Buy six +9 Agony Infusions from Fractals of Mist for your trinkets (You can buy the +1 Agony infusions from Trading Post and this is cheaper than buying +9 from trading post) 5) You can buy the Agony Resistance potion from Fractals of the Mist to get extra +10 Agony Resistance to do Fractal 45 which requires 61 Agony Resistance. You just skipped T1 Fractalswithout doing T1 Fractals To enter T2 you need Fractal level 26 and you gain Fractal levels to do the same fractal as your level or higher one You can join someone who can do T2 Fractals and go with them. People on T2-T3 only care you have enough Agony Resistance to join. Some people might seek "HFB / HAM" which are healers or just ask Heal because fractals are easier with healers. If they ask some roles like Alac/Quick/Heal/HFB/HAM skip em if you don't have them. If they ask DPS yay that is what you want to hear :D

but Viper and assasin dont have cheaper options? I bought full viper NAMED set.. I'm poor now

damn, the more i read about GW2 gearing and look at this guides the more confused I get. So much stuff to get and from all over the place, these coins there those coins here, that item from over there, then do that over somewhere else to get something else thats needed to get something needed for your 1 item thats not even asendent =)) its nuts... im just gonna play map completions till Throne and Liberty comes out and just call it a day, the gear I got from using my lv 80 boost should be enough , I hope. lol...

Can I buy my way out of this grind?

Is dungeon gear from the pvp reward tracks good ?

I don’t see no mention of dungeons! They’re super easy to farm

What a nightmare...

Hey mate, I run a WoW Classic podcast named Countdown To Classic that sometimes touches on other MMO's, just reaching out to see if you'd ever be keen for an interview on the show re: GW2 and the potential GW3 news, if so, let me know, would love to chat!

Do you still play New World?

Sadly lost me at 'Heart of Thorns', maybe mention somewhere that this excludes free-to-play players?

there is no E in bits

i am new to GW2 i crafted all my own Ascended gear within 30 days of starting. It was very confusing to even get my head around at first but i pull up the wiki an followed that step by step. Also got every mount in that 30 days bar the turtle, that wasn't out at that time. Busy busy mth indeed.

jesus fucking christ. got my character up to 80 but man honestly i cannot for the life of me be arsed with all of this xD

i was ready to play GW again but because of your video i will deinstall it. I am not gonna do all that just for some exotics. Why cant we just get them out of a dungeon. WTF

So Gold. In GW2 you just buy your gear. No drops from content, just buy it...thats depressing

honestly why is it so complicated! 😂 (new player here)

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Maybe the REAL best gear was the stuff we didn't know what tf to do with and trashed along the way :')

Hello, is this this video still valid today 2024 or something changed :) ?

In short: Just grind for ascended. It's easier, takes less time and it's way funnier

Markiplier's lost son?

You sound like SkillUp 👁️👄👁️

….. so I gotta go buy heart of thorns now? Come on man

Ugh. I miss the game being fun. This is to much work. But good video.

Why is pvp bazinga moment jajajaja?

How is your UI so clean when you’re in boss fights lmao.

Guys seriously, for the amount of time you spend doing everything in this video.. you might as well pick a meta or 2 and farm gold.Then just buy exotic from the trading post. 100g-120g should cover all the items.. For trinkets use lurens and buy from vendor.

While this is a good way to get gear, it is by no means quick.

jeeze this game is way too needlessly complicated

bloomer coming in to bridge the elitist gap

this might be a bit out of the blue and kinda way off track. ive been searching extensively for guides and ways to obtain better gear for the gap between 1-80 that is a bit dull with the gear i manage to find and God forbid those gear things actually give me anything better than masterwork that is actually useable by my profession. anyways my question is why is it so impossible to find any guides that have any information that is actually useful before level 80. i see so many new player guides that always seem to just feed you stuff that will help you, once you reach level 80. (i understand this isnt a new player guide, this is just where i ended up before giving up and becoming curious)

Pvp is fun wdym xd

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand i'm done. reached level 80, explored the whole base game map, i'm done. it was fun while it lasted, but i'm not going to suffer through such a terrible end game gearing system. especially not after coming back from a 4 year hiatus.

Man, I want to dive in to GW2 endgame but I feel more lost by every guide. Too much information. FFXIV? Knock yourself out, you’ll get gear by doing stuff. WoW? Literally do any PVE/PVP content and slowly climb the ranks. ESO? Oh, you’re CP160? You or others can literally craft/buy something that you’ll use for years then you can focus on monster/trial sets. GW2? Here’s 2 15mins guide that might be enough.

Getting gear in this game ... sounds horrible

That is exactly why people stop playing this game. Simplest things like getting gear is 10 time more complex that it should be with zero guidance how to do it.