Caladbolg Guide - Easy Ascended Weapon in 1 hour? - Guild Wars 2

[@koriteviikendrex2759]

You are incredible, I started playing GW2 since 2012, took a break and returned. I am now more involved and have a better understanding of the game because of you! I can't express how grateful I am for your content enough.

[@MuklukYoutube]

I'm glad it helped! 🤗

[@vortexoku5570]

Actually can relate so much!!

[@softballlinguist1801]

Wish I had done this years ago. With this video it took me about 30min since I already had the ascended pieces. THANK YOU !

[@Ralesk]

"This took me ages" - ah yes, same here. I left poor Trahearne... uh, hanging for about 3 or 4 years, because I couldn't bother doing the last few story bits in TD and DS, and they were so quick and easy (and the saladbolging wasn't painful at all either)

[@tosifftom9220]

I appreciate the blurring of one of the Heros you fight. Its a nice touch and shows that you care about the community by protecting against spoilers. Much respect

[@bench_the_kench]

0:00 Introduction 0:25 Requirments 1:13 Dreams of a Thorn 1:20 Radiant Mote 1:29 Serene Mote 1:39 Defiant Mote 1:47 Patient Mote 1:55 Blossoming Mote 2:07 Determined Mote 2:17 Misty Mote 2:28 Pure Mote 2:37 Violent Mote 2:46 Shining Mote 3:03 Shards of a Thorn 3:08 First Shard 3:17 Second Shard 3:30 Third Shard 3:43 Fourth Shard 4:07 Story Instances Bench_the_Kench says Thank You for watching the Video!

[@MuklukYoutube]

Copied into the description, good work!

[@drchaos2000]

this is the best guide i have ever seen on youtube for a somewhat complex quest. no bullshit talking just precisely the info that is needed 10/10

[@chriscarter8593]

except for blossoming mote. that pipe is a huge PITA to find/get to.

[@Crashtoob]

For newer players who aren't overflowing with Ascended crafting materials (like me), it may not be easy to get a Vision Crystal required for this. Easiest way is to get the 28 day reward and get the "Chest of Ascended Crafting Materials" which has it as a guaranteed drop. Unfortunately for me, I completed HoT the day after I got a 28 day reward. Now I'll be farming Dragonite Ore, Bloodstone Dust, and Empyreal Fragments to get this (and other Ascended gear of course). Point is, it's not always as simple as the title "Easy Ascended Weapon in 1 hour" leads you to believe. Even just gathering the motes took longer than that unless you have a flying mount and memorized all the locations in the game!

[@sebastian5742]

Lol i just realize that im prob play way too much... Around 20th day i had to invest time into finding blodstone and dragon ore eaters coz i had to create new charakter to hold it coz i already have my ascended gear and enought of these for next one 😅 Wish i could work that efficiently

[@Elazul2k]

Thank for for mentioning this. I got about half way through this process when I realized I don't have a Vision Crystal nor do I have the means to craft one as I'm a brand new player from the Steam launch so I have zero crafting skills and absolutely NO IDEA how to get this damn thing. Guess this is a bust for me and I'll need to wait nearly another month to get the crystal through the monthly reward.

[@iRoXsOxAlOt]

​@@Elazul2k Focus on full exotic from Verdant Brink, don't worry about ascended gear if you're new.

[@VladTheRad]

Side note: "finishing hot" sounds a bit wrong to me... Maybe it's the isolation...

[@isabellachen3950]

The blurring was masterfully done

[@grim1427]

The filter switching cracked me up!

[@paulgotik]

Thanks muk, I actually didn't knew this way of getting an ascended weapon. It will be extremly usefull for me so I can start trying raiding.

[@bobmatrix1]

THANK YOU! I destroyed mine and thought I was not going to be able to do this quest. Thanks for the help! I'm off to the mystic forge.

[@auderpopstudio]

My revenant now wields Caladbolg in one hand and Broken Caladbolg in the other. Fitting for the character's Orr aesthetic, I think. Thanks for the video!

[@BedrockBlocker]

Absolutely Excellent guide. Nowdays you can get the vision crystal from the wizards vault, removing any difficulty/cost from this method. Relatively new Lv.80 here, and I got the ascended in under two hours, thank you!

[@rodneyvieira7983]

Thanks for all your videos. My wife and I completed this one yesterday. It took longer than an hour but we were in the low 100's for crafting, had to craft the Vision crystal, had to spend and 1 or 2 hours farming Dragonite to make it. And we had a slight mix up when selecting the weapon so we were very happy with the end of the video to learn how to trade out the weapon. We had to buy some Black Lion Chest keys to get the Untamed Magic for the trade-in as well. The video was excellent. Thanks!

[@JIMRbach193]

Man, I just finished grinding through my griffon collections. Now, im going to have to dive into HoT. Thanks Mukluk!

[@RaviVemula2]

I didn't realize you can change its form. Never completed this because I don't really have a use for GS on my mains, but I'll probably get this one done soonish. Thanks for tur guide, muk!

[@Keeperoffyre]

i do love the scepter form of Caladbolg. this reminds me that i need unlock the other forms; if only for some pretty neat skins (my Scourge is currently wielding the scepter form)

[@Mythical_Being]

The clear pause before "saladbolging" indicates it was a conscious choice to say that joke.... and I appreciate it.

[@seen_n_unseen]

oh thank goodness, this collection quest is daunting when you don’t have all the maps open rofl, nice vid Muk! Got it saved for reference later! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@YukiShine]

And it's also repeatable (minus the collections), so you can get one easy ascended weapon for each character that finished HoT ^^

[@soushi8]

buckin' yeah!! thats great to know i was hoping if it is repeatable. thank you! No I have a legendary-ish weapon that I can change stats whenever new metas come around :D

[@guardiangibbs2663]

I found those NPC fights exceptionally hard as a glass cannon weaver. Thankfully you can respawn close enough to them, they haven't had much of a chance to heal yet and you can keep chipping away at them before all your armor breaks.

[@7851A9]

Thanks Mukluk! I’ll be getting mine tomorrow.

[@ericahess7508]

For anyone who may be newer to the game, and hasn't gotten their crafting up high enough to make the needed Vision Crystal. Another source is from the Chest of Ascended Crafting Materials which is one of the options from the Chest of Loyalty from the daily log in rewards. You just gotta plan ahead if you're gonna use that option though. Since the Chest of Loyalty is the last daily log in reward, before the cycle resets.

[@Methillo]

i think for the first Saladbolg in your account you get the vision crystal for free.

[@ferloulefou5061]

@@Methillo Care to elaborate how to get it for free? I don't feel like waiting for the Chest of Loyalty.

[@Methillo]

@@ferloulefou5061 if i recall correctly, when you get the quest after completing HOT for the FIRST time in your account, you get every material you need from the guy that will reforge the sword BUT just the first time, i'm almost sure of this because i have got Caladbog more than once and the second time i felt like it was faster and just slightly more expensive to just craft any ascended greatsword than farm the ascended materials for a vision crystal (i only have 250 mats slots) You still need to do the quest. Remember that you will need to do another achivement line before you can change the weapon and it will cost 1000 unbound magic, so choose wisely

[@ferloulefou5061]

@@Methillo I looked it more and it would seem like no. The vision crystal is the only barrier for first timer and after that you gotta craft the other pieces giving by Achievement.

[@Methillo]

@@ferloulefou5061 my bad then, but i don't recall to have crafted the Crystal the first time. i apologize for the mistake

[@AdamPierceBrosnan]

1 hour my @$$!! Thanks for the vod!

[@datmanbrooksiehd875]

I love your videos and I appreciate that you speak clearly it makes it easy to follow!

[@amgvra]

My 1st ascended weapon besides the Vault. Thank you for this clear guide!

[@RipleyAtHome]

Yes finally got it! My first ascended weapon! Ty for the guide!

[@BharadwajPS]

I got my ascended longbow in most unexpected way. Got a chest and I was not sure what it gives me. After opening it got a list of ascended weapons! I wasn't even trying to get ascended at that time!

[@GuitaristZep]

Thank you so much, finally got my ascended Greatsword!

[@eduardovillarreal471]

Just what I needed!!! Thanks you Muk

[@fenwayandwrigley]

Thanks for a great guide. A couple of spots I had to watch over again b/c....well getting there. Did it and had the unbound to get the skin as well....love your guides!

[@taa347]

Really appreciate this. My friend and I just got to the point where we could work on this and your video made it an absolute breeze. You're awesome

[@EmanuelRotter]

Thanks for that excellent guide. One hour is pretty sporty. I took me about 3 hours. But I did it with a fresh 80 without any waypoints unlocked.

[@Blacharrt]

your walk-throughs have been really helpful.

[@calvinwilson3617]

Getting into GW2 late and your guides are amazing!

[@BeowulfGaming]

at 4:00 i got both items from both achievements, i go to ridhais, there is quest mark above the head, but i am not shown any map where to go to start first vision, there is no such dialogue

[@leventemolnar1973]

ty for this guide. I just started the game a few weeks ago (wow refugge here, lol :d ) so finishing the main story, killing Zaitan ect is a fresh memory, just finished HoT story yesterday and did this quest chain today... ngl getting the sword came with a few tears due to the connection my characted and Trahearne had in the story :')

[@masterwalpha]

How did you get the vision crystal

[@leventemolnar1973]

@@masterwalpha I crafted that, it takes a bit of time if you don't have the ingredients, but I had most stuff just by passively playing the game

[@Charlie-zt3vy]

Thank you so much for this Muk! I'm still so new to a lot of this game, and other than the LW trinkets and acc, I really didn't know where to start with some other ascended pieces! This really helped

[@im_Dafox]

Thanks a lot ! Gearing up my new virtuoso atm and this was really easy to do and follow. Got my asc dagger in ~1hour also thanks to your video :]

[@tempestive1]

Awesome, thanks so much for the guide! BTW, I tried looking for Warden Leide anyway just after completing HoT, and there she was with the letter!

[@RainbowSkyDancer]

got this a while ago, a certain sense of completion comes with it. it's one of the few things in the entire game -barring leggies - where you can rather cheaply transmute and stat swap to another attribute set. sure it 1K worth of unbound magic per swap. but you can get that casually pretty easily, doing the "fire and forget" method: go to a HoT / LWS3 map, and do stuff there.

[@Vrangor1]

I'm already pretty set on ascended gear, but I wanted to watch this anyways. For anyone who needs it this is an excellent guide! - Vrangor

[@LFdonohue94]

I remember doing this collection a while back. A fun thing as a lore buff I’ve been doing is justifying how a non Sylvari player is able to wield this weapon. I don’t think the game cares to reveal such details. I’m still kinda working on it though. Wintersday has been taking up a lot of time.

[@this.is.a.username]

a human wielded it for years, no reason to think a non sylvari with the pale mother's blessing couldn't get full access to its powers. i'm just sad it's a regular gs for players

[@LFdonohue94]

@@this.is.a.username Yeah ever since I made that post I read more into it. I never found the human wielder in lore, but its never stated it was exclusive to the Sylvari. Not sure where I got that idea. I must have read certain dialogue wrong. So yeah…. My bad lol

[@this.is.a.username]

@@LFdonohue94 it was stolen from its first wielder by a human and used for years after in gladiator fights, he wasn't attuned but still used powerful abilities with it. not a stretch to think that the pale tree and caladbolg could accept a non sylvari and bond with them.

[@LFdonohue94]

@@this.is.a.username No not a stretch at all. Like I said no indication it was ever exclusive to begin with. Lol

[@cdwizzerd]

I was actually in the middle of this, just what I needed. thanks dudem

[@heartlin5875]

Thank you for helping me to get my very first ascended weapon

[@115Reaper115]

and how you did get vision crystal?

[@heartlin5875]

@@115Reaper115 i crafted my vision crystal in the tailoring station

[@TrentMenssen]

Came for the salad pun. Worth the wait.

[@thealterator]

Thanks for this mate. Was great to know i didn't need to farm materials for viper dagger on my necro

[@craftyg2761]

took me way longer than 1 hour, i didnt have vision stone, and I dont have a flying mount...no waypoint in some areas. But I got it and its absolutely worth it!

[@rylie_pylie9426]

How do you get a vision crystal?

[@mane101970]

@@rylie_pylie9426 select “ascended crafting materials” from the monthly Chest of Loyalty

[@generalagony]

Same here. Gotta hope I get lucky and get a vision crystal I guess.

[@toonu]

Thanks! Was trying to figure out just how to start this one :)

[@farerawei2469]

Thanks a lot for this man.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Fun watch, never knew Caladbolg was that easy, looks pretty neat too. THANK YOU Global Icon and Brand Ambassador. You continue to cause many smiles.

[@gbojinov]

Amazing guide, quick and easy, thank you!

[@caiofelipe4939]

That was very useful, thank you!

[@nglyo]

Great vid, only complaint is that the Blossoming Mote path wasnt shown (and not very clear ingame). Spend a few mins looking around until I decided to find it from another youtube video.

[@StarvingBum]

Yeah I am finding this guide is trash, fast forwards through important shit and leaves a lot out. Seems to be the normal in every GW2 guide.

[@718muddgutts]

Thank you! This is my first ascended weapon.

[@azurechan]

i'm close to getting my crafting to 500, so I did the other steps first and the last thing I need is the craft the vision crystal. Won't take me much longer. Good to know about the changing form to unlock another glam.

[@Hunny_B]

Thank you so much this was so easy to follow!

[@jerthewise4564]

After the collections, you can still get the other forms as ascended weapons but requires crafting the spiritwood scion and orb of natural essence.

[@ashmaster5852]

kind of feels like this should be a larger quest line to give you a legendary as this is the only weapon in-game that has a really big legend behind it.

[@MuklukYoutube]

There are definately some others: khan-ur, flameseeker prophecies, etc

[@ashmaster5852]

Ya but Caladborg has its own in-game personal story missions, a lot more than the others and it could have had a really cool long unlock quest. (with a lot of HOT achievements in it)

[@coldnova]

Heya Mekluk. Im a returning 'new' player if that makes sense. This video was massively helpful, thanks for making it :).

[@breaker360]

What was that mount wheel at 4:55 and how can i activate it?

[@MFialla]

It comes from an addon called RadialMount. If you wanna try it, I recommend downloading Addon Manager first through which u can easily install it. You can also install some other really useful addons through the manager, such as arcdps (dps meter)

[@taylorgarrett793]

mukluck also has a vid on how to install it and how it works etc as well :)

[@noelic6744]

What the guy above with a long line as a name said. ^ And also check out Muk's video on the Radial mount menu. Not the downloading and installing part, just get the addon manager instead, I'm talking about how to set up your keybinds. I was really confused and wasn't able to get it to work properly by myself because of how I set up my keybinds.

[@MR_Guamo]

I just made it last week and also wish i searched for it before. Its so easy

[@Methillo]

as always, great guide!

[@Satoog]

Excellent, thanks!

[@imadeyoureadthis1]

4:57 that is a genius move for making this video.

[@abnerliborio8764]

do i need to complete living world 1 first? cuz i haven't the Crystal Vision

[@abnerliborio8764]

i've already got the natural essence and the scion item, but Ridhais do not show that messege "here, you can use this vision crystal", it just didn't appear to me, i guess its cuz i haven't the Vision Crystal. How do i get it?

[@MistaWu]

Thank you sooooooo much, took me a little over 5 hours cause I hadn't discovered much of the waypoints and had to fly there but I've finally got it(unfortunately for me I hit the interact button by mistake and I'm now stuck with an ascended weapon I can't use with my Mesmer)....

[@MuklukYoutube]

Remember you can trade it in for one of the others if you get some unbound magic if you need to

[@MistaWu]

@@MuklukKZbin I’m currently looking for a farm for unbound magic, I’ve got about 500

[@softballlinguist1801]

Might also steal your asura outfit scheme for my first ever engi.... :)

[@ShugoSlaya]

thank you so much man!

[@Frezo20]

The only thing that I think you should have mentioned in addition is that you can get more than 1. It takes a lot of crafting, but you can craft the components and go through the fights again to get more.

[@theblackspark2644]

So I was too hasty and clicked too fast and ended up with a scepter instead of a sword, I'm so glad I can change it lol

[@jmfoal]

you forgot one thing. you can get another caladbolg. The items for the achievement can be crafted.

[@Necrolias]

4:35 you can still kinda tell who it is by the shape and color of the icon :D

[@MuklukYoutube]

Nonsense, that's John Sena

[@Necrolias]

@@MuklukKZbin Thats exactly who i meant :P

[@eleosiluvatar7828]

Great guide!

[@bluelinkgames8757]

I finished in like 30 min, thx for the guide

[@MegaThefuture]

Thank you so much!

[@deathcorekid3178]

Thnx for guide!

[@sofiaangelova4218]

It took me 28 hours!!! If you can take it for 1 hour or less than you probably already have full legendary set and 95% of all achivements.

[@freakygoblin3068]

I don't have anything like legendary but the most important things for speed I think are unlocked waypoints and mount, preferably skyscale.

[@TheVanezBlane]

Great video, thank you very much. But, a walk to each item without jumping/ flying mount would be helpful for us newbs.

[@obli123]

Anyone else has issues with that Ridhais doesnt register that you have the vision crystal in you inventory? I cant seem to progress. I have both the Spiritwood scion and Orb of Natural Essence in my bag, I just finished Heart of Thorns a few hours ago. Do I need to wait to proceed?

[@kane28tyberium]

I only wish You said at the beginning that you need to be max crafting to get this vision crystal. I did all the mots and shards just to learn I will not get the sword until I power level my crafting

[@TheFattyBoi]

Hi Mukluk, if i want to get a second Caladbolg, how do i get second set of spiritwood scion&orb of natural essence?? do i run the these achievement again using an alt character??

[@MuklukYoutube]

When you get the spiritwood scion and the orb of natural essence you also get the recipes to carft them. To get caladbolg a 2nd time on another character you will need to craft them since you already have the achievements.

[@TheFattyBoi]

@@MuklukKZbin oh thankyou, didnt notice i learnt the recipe oredi!!

[@velkanzi]

@@MuklukKZbinThank you so much. After watching this, that is the answer to the exact question that first came to mind. Does the next char have to complete HoT as well?

[@MuklukYoutube]

@@velkanzi I've only made it once but I've been told by others that yes, each character would have to do the HoT story.

[@josephreagan9545]

LOL, I wondered why you had to fight a Random Asura, and then I realized it was a doppleganger.

[@purplerain3688]

wow, thank you so much :D

[@Shpoony]

Sorry for stupid question (I'm a returning player since 2015). But is this possible to do once per character once they each complete the HoT story or is it locked to once per account? :o

[@MuklukYoutube]

Once per toon, but its cheaper the first time because some ingredients are given to you.

[@zealous404]

do I need to have crafting levels for my first caladbolg? I saw vision crystal required crafting

[@atticaqw]

You can buy the crystal for 150 astral acclaims in the wizard's vault as an alternative method

[@velkanzi]

@@atticaqw It is the lesser vision crystal in the Wizard's Vault.

[@lizzymouse86]

I did this a while back. So now I wanted to change my septer for a greatsword, but I can't find the npc in my charr home instance. Do I need to be on the same char where I first obtained the caladbolg weapon with or can it be with any other, or isn't it possible anymore to swap the weapon

[@arristo4860]

OP VIDEO, ty !

[@mazzyelf]

Thank you for the guide, I got a new account and forgot how to get it X'D

[@nv_spartan1771]

Hey Muk, have you considered doing a video explaining key runs?

[@Potjandorie]

I cant seem to find Ridhais anywhere, did this a long time ago and just recently started playing again. Now I want to change it to a different weapon, but I have been to all her spots as given in the wiki, but she is in none of them.

[@jmbrady1]

one question, can you do the quest again on other characters for multiple copies?

[@MuklukYoutube]

Yes, however a couple of the quest items which are given to you for free for the first character will need to be crafted for the additional ones.

[@jaketstephens3932]

I didnt think that Vision Crystal would be so annoying to get. I think Im just gonna wait for that chest of loyalty.

[@elocfreidon]

You can make this weapon for each character who finished HoT. Instead of doing the AP hunt, you craft the two parts to do the lore things. Fighting yourself I think is the most exciting spoiler, spoiled by ours truly. Also without mounts, it takes A LOT longer than an hour to do. =b

[@SuttonSantiniPaulo]

I got the letter stating to meet ridhais at your home but ridhais is not there. I mean i wouldnt of got that letter if i hadnt completed HoT right? And i beat hot 5 days ago.

[@rogersong9406]

I finished dreams of a thorn and shards of a thorn, but when i head back to my home instance, Ridhais isn't there, any idea why?

[@velkanzi]

You first meet him/her at inside the entrance to the Grove. Close to the portal that takes you out to the forest.

[@franzcarpio6671]

I followed your guide and completed the achievements for the shard and dream of thorn, but when I was going to Ridhais, there is no option to submit the quest items. could be a bug? Thanks for the guide btw.

[@edmras4306]

a recommendation.. it takes only 1 sec to zoom out a bit more for plebs like me who do not have map completion, it took me 5 minutes just to search for each waypoint location :(

[@MuklukYoutube]

Message received, I'll try to include more map info in the future!

[@ZangheZeng]

Where did he used the Vision Crystal? And also it can only be crafted?

[@MuklukYoutube]

4:07 we turned in the vision crystal. it can be salvaged from ascended weapons or armor or crafted