The Best Items in the Gem Store! - Guild Wars 2 Tier List

[@Ines-lb9nh]

Me: "Ok, I'm finally saving up for that cool upgrade on the gem store" *Shiny mount skin winks at me* Me: "Uh? Where did my gems go?"

[@UmbralScythe]

me rn with skyscale 😂

[@UmbralScythe]

me with skyscale currently xD

[@vvmadbullvv]

Same

[@whcnoland09]

Added note to the part about gathering tools: the vermilion tool set thats on the store right now includes 3 glyphs that are selectable, so you can choose volatile, unstable, bounty, whichever you want.

[@Laranity]

That's super cool, and something I didn't know! Thank you for commenting :)

[@didoma73]

Didn't know that; but would still pass because they're not on sale

[@BorderFreak]

​@didoma73 think it maths out if you were doing gold to gems a volatile glyph costs like 1500 gems so the fact you can pay for that set with 2 glyphs meaning you get 1 glyph free and the infinite tools free fun fact

[@KaedysKor]

It's actually more than just the Vermillion ones. The Choya, Elemental, Glacial, Skyscale, and Cosmic tools also come with glyph selection boxes if purchased as a set.

[@kaisahl]

Are the glyphs swappable? Like if you choose a volatile glyph and an alchemy glyph can you swap those in and out of the tools?

[@_XR40_]

An "inventory cleaning guide" would unquestionably be useful. I tend to have so many "books", "scraps of paper" and piles or rubbish that I don't know what to do with....

[@creativedesignation7880]

Absolutely. Only last week I realized I was dragging around some books I could have safely thrown out months ago...

[@TimesConflux999]

As a brand new player coming from ESO and New World, your videos made me decide on GW2 ❤😊

[@jmwinn3]

Welcome! The community is glad to have ya! And Lara's streams, vids and community are top-notch!

[@TimesConflux999]

@@jmwinn3thank you so much ❤

[@xemtubex]

Yay, fresh meat hehe

[@TimesConflux999]

@@xemtubex😂

[@medivh1035]

Man.... These unbreakable gathering tools should just be "legendary" So l don't have to deal with the pain of swapping

[@maxzett]

Meh. Honestly gathering is pretty point less in the game. Got my unbreakeables SUPER late and I wouldn't say they are thaaaat relevant tbh.

[@sanguin3]

Same, I just left them on my main and never remember to swap.

[@CuddleCakez]

@@maxzett I've heard they'll take years to break even, should I bother with them?

[@stephenmisener1659]

@@CuddleCakez If you view it as "how many gems can i earn by using unbreakable tools vs breakables" to cost ratio? it would take a LONG time. You are buying it as a quality of life, but i feel they are way too expensive.

[@mana_surge]

I personally LOVE the world boss teleporters. The main reason is that, for alts, you can easily teleport to a zone that is active, especially if you haven't entered it yet. It's like, my ezmode way of quickly unlocking areas for alts, especially in zones that are very far apart (and especially for the HoT zones for fresh 80s. Most of the time i don't even do the world bosses for either one unless I need them for something, just helps with shortcuts for alts, as long as the bosses are active)

[@Baard5Szomoru]

I find thousand seas pavilion lobby an easier alternative to TP alta everywhere without having to wait for the world bosses activity

[@cattysplat]

If you love to do metas and world bosses, the savings for teleporting does add up into many golds over time.

[@GlassMaster_Jae]

Teleport to Friend being dropped to a 10min cooldown is such a win!

[@Nitidus]

I've owned it for over a year because a guildie had one and it seemed really practical. At that time, it was on sale at least. But I tell you, without the recent changes I would have put it in F tier, even in this list that only goes down to D. It sucked so hard and cost me more than 5€. Since the update, though, I've been using it quite a lot and I'm really happy with it now.

[@cattysplat]

Now if only I had a friend...

[@nekovibe]

It's 5 minz now

[@dpv007]

In regards to Hero Point Scrolls: They're doubly worthless if you're an avid WvW player, as you can acquire tons of 'Notarized Scroll of [X] Heroics' with some of the currency you constantly acquire by playing the mode. A genuinely baffling addition to the gem store, specially now that the dev team has decided to step away from Elite Specs for the time being.

[@musicaccount-v2d]

Like 1 percent of the player base plays wvw

[@cattysplat]

Never underestimate how lazy people can be. They want a fresh character ready to go at endgame without grind.

[@crow_buddy]

13:28: Laranity putting Plush Skyscale into S tier, YES! 💯 Based, we love to see it. Plush Turtle, Griffon, all of 'em - adorable, amazing, S tier.

[@sleepycomfyTV]

I would love the inventory cleaning guide! I'm always so paranoid to throw out stuff that miiight have been useful

[@_XR40_]

Same here. I tend to have so many "books" and "scraps of paper" that I don't know what to do with....

[@iUUkk]

There's a great lounge pass in the PoF Deluxe Upgrade. This upgrade is great because it also comes with other good stuff.

[@monurparlak]

Thank you for playing for so long and conveying your knowledge correctly. It's a really useful and logical tier-list. It's impossible not to follow you! You're so good

[@chrisgoal]

I always use obsidian sanctum in WVW as a free lounge spot. It has everything but crafting stations, but everything is right at the entrance. (It also loads quickly and you can leave/character select to get back to your previous map)

[@RaidenX196]

You also get the option to walk through the gate to go back to Lion's Arch which can be massive for a new player. In order to leave back to the map you came from, you must re-access the WVW menu. Another nice niche use is that using the Obsidian Sanctum on alts for banking lets you log out to return to your previous map whenever you load up that character again instead of having to hit the access scroll again, go through loading the previous map, then log out to return later. This is especially useful if you have alts parked at harvesting nodes or chests.

[@Photoloss]

Extra note regarding gathering tools: some of them actually harvest faster and/or more times per sequence. Unfortunately there's no real rhyme or reason to this so you'll have to scour the wiki, but the Consortium Sickle is significantly faster than most and even faster if you cancel the animation. And thanks to the Glyph system you can still get Volatile Magic or other benefits from those tools anyway, at the cost of probably buying a second set of tools.

[@attila0323]

I'd put the additional crafting license under D tier as they are basically useless. At least I'm perfectly fine switching characters for crafting.

[@Dagoth_Ordos]

Лично мне удобнее иметь все профессии на двух персонажах.

[@justinschomaker]

I mean for everyone with more backpackslots it would be very convenient to be able to use them while crafting.

[@StationOfbarny]

The Bag Expansion and Storage Expander did not get a high enough rating, as both enable one to build up a larger oyster salvo to attack Lara's guild bank with.

[@kevinlin92]

Straight to oyster jail.

[@kizzatta]

Great tier list, and THANK YOU for the mention about right clicking the Copper-fed Salvage-o-matic!! While salvaging up to now, I have been using different fingers to mouse click after my index gets sore. What a great piece of knowledge, you've saved my clicker fingers.

[@836823477842]

I typically spend Gems on convenience items. It's a way to support Anet, they give me a ton of fun, so I want them stay in business. So I regularly buy gems with $$$ as you would do with every "hobby"

[@Poki3]

About Lounges: All lounges got updates with a feature to go back to your previous map, since a little while ago they added a "Return to my previous map" option to the portal in the lounge. Unfortunately it's not as handy as doubleclicking the pass again and if you log off the character the game looses track of where you were, so it's just good for an in-and-out.

[@Stinkehund]

At least for Mistlock Sanctuary, it will remember where you were between sessions and between characters.

[@CassandrasBox]

Great video! I totally agree with one exception: The infinite gathering tools are S-Tier in my opinion! Having none on my alt-account nearly drove me crazy and now that I have the tools with voletile magic I greatly enjoy gathering every little plant ;)

[@blackalphadragon96]

I got the recharge teleport to friend on sale and omg i use it all the time now. I didnt realize how convinient it is!

[@NatiDeNut]

As for Revive Orbs - as a mostly solo player, I find I need them often, in locations it is tough to get to, or under time restrictions when my PC is bound to cause some lag while teleporting. They are the very first thing I always stock on from the Wizard's Vault.

[@Countryen]

I wanna add that most of the utility items are on sale frequentiy. I only buy bank upgrades on sale. Also, sometimes stuff (like keys) are free on the shop - so even if you don't plan to spend money, there might be something for you. Last tip: You can often right click on items in the shop to preview or see a selection of possible items. Great video thanks for the tips. Love that my hubby can now jump to me every 10mins :D

[@helebarda344]

Didn't know about the recharge change for teleport to friend gizmo

[@Angel-ev9kn]

Very nice guide! Would totally agree with all Tier rankings. ♥ Guildwars2 is the best ♥

[@quiquaequod322]

The best thing about the Gem Store--and something that really elevates GW2 above other MMOs--is that you can buy Gems with Gold that you earn in game, and the conversion price is really not too bad. I have a rule that I only buy 1600 Gems per year ($20) as a Christmas stocking stuffer for myself. (Plus I get the Ultimate versions of expansions, which come with 4000 Gems at half-price.) Anything else I want, I buy with Gold, and I have bought a *lot* of skins with gold! I would be rich in the game if skins, and some utilities, weren't constantly catching my eye. My latest purchase was the Kilt skin, which looks fabulous on male and female character of all races (except Sylvari).

[@NatiDeNut]

Thanks for the update about the reduced cooldown of Rechargeable Teleport to Friend. I wouldn't have noticed!

[@Violetawa]

ahhh gosh pls put a warning before those terrible terrible inventories :P

[@victorpetrescu13]

For the hero points, you can also just unlock them using wvw currency. You get ton of extra green tokens that you can just use to unlock stuff (if you like wvw ofc). Personally I unlocked all specs for 5 alts just with those. HP trains are fun, but to do it 5-10-20 times depending on your number of alts is tedious (item is still D tier though).

[@Vietcongster]

Smoothest transition to an ad for a Twitch subscription lol

[@datboi04]

Thousand Seas Pavilion also has a portal to various fishing spots around the world, including areas in Elona and Cantha, making it an easy way for new alts to get to those areas of the world with no waypoint unlocked there yet. It's the best general use PvE pass, and it's usually not so, hmm, full of things that are likely to burn out your retinas.

[@cattysplat]

All can be earned in game thanks to the gems trading tab, where you can trade ingame gold into gems or vice versa from other players, with prices changing based on supply and demand. That way you only have to buy new expansions when they come out. It gives you a reason to make gold ingame too, doing as much content as possible, keeping the game populated.

[@mua4ever632]

Anet: Oh Lara is doing a new video... and is almost edited? ok lets buff stuff in the game so the video doesnt make sense... looking at you recharging teleport to friend.... Lara: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dluxfps4519]

I was just researching about this 😂Talk about great timing❤

[@bobiboulon]

I really don't like the fact that after that (bad idea but I understand where it's coming from) skip-to-level-80 item, A Net doubled down with the gemstore hero points and waypoints unlock. Experienced players don't need them, and new players will skip a valuable learning process (not as much as with the instant lvl80) or at least waste their money on it. Also, it can give the false impression to new players that it's a pay-to-win situtation.

[@Syae22]

Yeah, its really sad I saw many new players who never experienced the world and straight up skip all the story and maps and just run end game content every day its just like work to them, they don't appreciate the world or the beauty never slow down all they do is speed running the content and then complain that the game is boring and how fast they could complete the whole game...

[@Aureels]

I bought the runecrafter in plan to get my legendaries runes somes day since it give a lot of interesting material for it from greens. I don't regret my buy. Before having acces to mistlock sanctuary, I used the Eye of the north as alternative, since his portal permit to teleport even home. It cost a little to develop it but I still use it to go home since my mistlock sanctuary doesn't allow it.

[@stevethedevilnerd2360]

5:45 the eye of the north is also like wizards tower, but you need to extend it with money, crafted stuff etc. and there are merchants for Bjora and Gothmar stuff (not to mention strike, DRMs and the events at the charr copter) but it has no mystic forge doh, you can also buy a scroll to teleport to that place. also if you upgrade arborstone it´s kinda also like that but you need to walk a bit like in a city. Does two and Wizards Tower have also scrolls to teleport there, but sadly not back

[@meninoB]

Season 2 have black lion key as reward per character. This is why its expensive

[@jomarmiravalles3195]

im a long time player that keeps on stopping and keep on comming back i love laranity videos helps alot ingame :">

[@chiefluggus9554]

such a helpful video! im still reltively new with roughly 300 hours and im exactly at the point you described in the beginning. especially the lounge passes are something not really many other people talk about. Thanks for the video! It would be great if I could purchase the QoL feature of the (regular) prices being shown in the video tho xD

[@borali26]

You're super charismatic and explained very well! ❤

[@MasterJ132]

Great video! The floppy-eared shortfang skyscale is S Tier and you cannot change my mind.

[@ShadeKoopa]

Thanks. I'm slowly getting into GW2. This list is very helpful. Would love a link to the actual tier list please. ^^

[@septimka]

this video is amazing for new players like me, thank you!

[@yakyakgaming1027]

The two rarest items in my S tier: 1. Original GW2 T-Shirt skin. This was only available after release, I dont have it and there is no chance to ever get it. But I want it 2. Gardening License. Allows you plant your own fields of crops in your home instance and some secret places in the open world. I still want it so much!

[@_XR40_]

On the other hand, they _did_ finally bring back the Season 1 missions after a long absence - So there's a remote possibility the shirt might resurface. The gardening thing? I have that and it's seriously over-rated. It's a little plot with 4 plants that one character can farm once a day. Not exactly a field. Just join a Guild and your Guild Hall will have a lot more resources...

[@TheTrueBobee]

This Lara's Brrrr is just the best, i always hear it when i use my flamethrower already and now, i will hear it while salvaging too XD

[@KatjaNX]

9:28 I'm a new player and confused, wouldn't you need to have all the pieces of gear for a specific build in your inventory anyway in order to be able to apply that build by pressing on that template?

[@AwakenedAvatar-pj5hl]

Inventory cleanup video, you say? Much needed as a returning player after a very long absence😜

[@EisenGlas]

i keep hearing "lunch boss" :D great video

[@Darkstar2342]

I actually like the BL salvage kits for getting expensive runes/sigils out of exotic equipment to sell them. Often it's worth more than directly selling the item (especially with the ecto and stuff you also get from salvaging)

[@Saulram91]

Personally like build storage from wizard vault. It gives you two at a time. I always keep one slot open and I can easily swap through builds on it. Bang for the buck id rather fill those out first before character templates since any of my characters can use them and I tend to use one class at a time so which ever I'm using the most tends to use those slots.

[@SubZole]

While its not a must have but i like the world boss and maguuma pact portal stones. You can use them with alt characters to help get to new zones.

[@Ham68229]

Copper, silver, runecrafters, shared inventory, bank slots, material stacks, 1 set of UM and VM harvesting tools, world boss teleporter. tomes with map scrolls for shared inventory slots, recharge TP. Have to disagree about storage slots, I'm maxed at 2500 and many times, come up short on some items. The crafting professions, this was available years ago, just never had the actual item to buy, you just purchased from the "master crafter" at the crafting stations. This is a buy once, cry once thing. The WP unlock, yea, you only unlock 1 WP if you get it for HoT/PoF. I was once in your discord, shame you're strictly EU. Great video as always, cheers :)

[@loudamir7390]

Two things this video doesn't mention It is actually possible to have all crafting professions on a single character and swap between them for 25silver if you want to have a dedicated character for that. Hero points can also be earned by using Testimonies of Jade Heroics from WvW, you can get those by leveling up and choosing them as a reward from skirmish chests

[@purgedome2386]

Another great list. I wished they added/completed the remaining mount(Skyscale) for the Exo-Suit Mounts Pack. From all the skyscale mounts.. I narrowed it down to Synergetics Cyberscale Skin or Plush Skyscale Skin.. but as much as I like the Synergetics one.. I really do love the Plush Skyscale and it's what I'm saving up for..definitely S tier :D I do love the Runecrafter far more than the copper-fed due to charms and also.. for me.. the silver-fed is D tier if you have a lot of unused mystic forged stones to craft Mystic Salvage Kits. My beef with 'most' lounge passes is they reset EoD Off/Def buffs which can be annoying and that goes for home instance and 'most' Guild Halls too.

[@Connie_cpu]

One more free way to unlock hero points, if you do a lot of WvW you can buy hero points with your testimonies of heroics. It's great for quickly unlocking a new spec on an alt.

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

Additional Bag slots should work like the crafting license: For your whole account. Just like Build Storage should not be monetized. It wasn't in GW1. In fact, in GW1, the build were saved and loaded into and from a textfile in the gw1 install folder. But that ship has sailed, Anet is probably too afraid to change this, as not to anger people who already paid.

[@MerrStudio]

9:55 you can just right click the build template and do "Paste Build Template", no need to paste it into the chat

[@stevenzhu4054]

Thank you very much for your advice and it's pretty useful.

[@HarleyMaebry]

They reduced the cooldown on the Recharging Teleport to Friend to 10 minutes. Much less of a pain. However, since I’m the Friend usually being Teleported to, I have a full stack of consumable TtF’s just begging to be used and I therefore have no need for the Recharging one.

[@SQLdb]

Extremely helpful. Thank you

[@Caporai]

Skins is S tier if you are a fashionista and enter fashion contest. There are so many cool combinations you can make to get a pretty look.

[@MissesOneTwo]

Couldn't agree more! Except you forgot the musical instruments, which are obviously also S Tier ;)

[@Dagoth_Ordos]

Давно мечтаю о каком нибудь музыкальном инструменте, но очень жалко отдавать столько драгоценных камней за них, ведь есть ещё много более полезных вещей, которых у меня нет.

[@MissesOneTwo]

If you haven't already, buy a Wintersday Red Musical Bell Case! It's not even 1s on the TP and gives you a nice bell instrument. It's perfect for starting music in GW2! @@Dagoth_Ordos

[@MissesOneTwo]

If you haven't already, get the Wintersday Red Musical Bell Case (not even 1s on the TP)! It gives you a bell instrument that's just perfect for starting music in GW2! @@Dagoth_Ordos

[@steverichardson6120]

Only for those with musical abilities. For me they are D tier

[@elocfreidon]

All passes now have that return option. Use the portal gates in each one and select "return to previous map". If they ever put the Home Portal Stone on sale for 50%, I'm getting it. It just isn't worth $12 to me.

[@Beriorn]

All that ANet has to do to revitalize WvW is to introduce the Plush Warclaw skin. Same for the Plush Roller Beetle and sales of Season 4.

[@nathanielnizard2163]

S++ tier: Candy corn gobbler. It is a everything multiplier including pvp reward tracks, this thing basically puts your account on steroïds S tier: Living world, this is imho the best content in the game and it is above the curve in terms of farming potential. So it is the best fun and it pays for itself A tier: bank, bags: all the convenience you should have that make the game feel like a crappy f2p. And for you it can include things below, for me it was storage that was the issue for a long time A- tier: salvagers. They are nice but actually if you have bag space you do them in chunks anyway and it can be a karma dump B+ tier: temporary boosters. Especially when new content drops, you will farm events, gets lots of xp from exploration etc... Especially when unlocking masteries at the start of an expansion, use every boosts available, it helps a lot B tier: tools, volatile magic is better on gathering, for mining and woodcutting I really like the instant tools but volatile is slightly better money. However normal volatile tools are a karma dump C tier: shared inventory store packs. It is an investment but it feels really good having lw books, lunge, salvagers, gobblers, fractal pot all the time everywhere D tier: a lounge portal, it is convenient and saves a bit of change here or there

[@RyokuYT]

Maybe it’s just me but I actually enjoy exploration in this game like getting waypoints and hero points haha

[@DavidHinrichs-i1i]

I personally have no issue with grinding for stuff (like wvw tickets or fractal relics), but if it is stuff I could buy off the TP (like mats for legendaries) I just cannot shake the feeling of working for less than minimum wage, so I swipe without shame :D

[@iamdotcomm]

7:45 does anyone know which chestpiece this is?

[@Kass1231999]

A little late to see this video, but adding to living world, I would agree getting season 2 last. But I highly recommend newer players get all of them for the Seasons of the Dragons achievement gives you an Ascended Chest which is great for new players, a precursor weapon, a 32 bag which would've cost a few hundred gold to make, and a "free" legendary amulet to boot. I would recommend not to flat out buy them even if you buy the pack with 20% sale (i think), but wait for expansion drops, as it usually would go on an extra sale then

[@rayhoodoo847]

Just bought a bank expansion slot, but my material storage is still at 250. I cant find the item that expands the material storage, what’s it called?

[@Rookie0X]

Another way to get easy hero point is to buy them from heroic notary in WvW. Even low level characters can do it. Better than gem store scrolls.

[@copyc4t64]

Skins on S tier? Subscribed!

[@theplaguesymbiote5747]

Is the elite jump start pack worth it?

[@envyisle]

The tripp pants skin is so worth it imo

[@barkbush8048]

didnt get past first minute. kept replaying asura dabbing.

[@ggpt9641]

If you can manage to stop replaying it to have for yourself, complete Zojja's journal in SOTO to unlock /heroic.

[@barkbush8048]

@@ggpt9641 thx. as soon as I read this I started and now finished it

[@DreamingDolphing]

I've been playing the game for a few years and I didn't realize you could save your build as a link.

[@hqueso]

I think you missed something on the home instance nodes- If I use my volatile gathering tools on the leather node, it pays for itself in 48.23 years, not 50!

[@Beutimus]

Plush skyscale is S tier. Wish I had bought it when it was out, and normally I'm not that big into mount skins!

[@DocOverlord]

TIL - You can switch build templates by clicking the little arrow on the left side of the bar and not needing to open the menu?? This needs to be on one of your 'Things You May Not Kwow about GW2' videos :) Also another alternative to a Lounge Pass is going to the PvP lobby. It doesn't have a Mystic Forge but it does offer a lot of services conveniently close. Also also never saw the line-up of Laranity's alts, wow lol

[@ElDPRoberts]

Never know the additional crafting license was account wide and not character only 😳 Still not worth it for me 🤑 but at least I have to think about it now 😅

[@b.heaven9234]

Home Instance upgrades are tempting for me. Just recently I bought two garden plots (that's $25 worth) just to get 8 carrots and 8 cassavas a day. I'm not even a regular player, I just came back from a long hiatus and I dropped money like that. Meanwhile elsewhere, the Black Lion Contracts are also saying hi to me.5 contracts all worth 5200-ish Gems ($65-ish) to get daily mats just by logging in. It's such a guilty pleasure given that I spend just as much on Mobile games, but I managed to hold my itch on these ones. For me to consider the investment I have to play every day for almost a year for all these to pay off.

[@alexvoyd1132]

Are you using ReShade?

[@KaseyWynne]

Single use items are in the gem store for one purpose: so that when they drop from the black lion chest, anet can claim you got something of equal or greater value for your key as a drop. They don't, necessarily, care if anyone ever buys a merchant express from the gem store.

[@EDC1628]

Girl you are convincing me to return to this game

[@evildark940]

I cant lie the plushy skyscale is sick

[@Jmvars]

I regret getting the normal infinite tools rather than the volatile magic ones. If I do daily full home they do add up.

[@rafaelteles4161]

Hey, was wondering just that and found your video! Nice!

[@UmbralScythe]

is there a way my "salvage all" doesnt hit my unidentified?

[@WormCultist]

just put the stack at the bottom of your inventory and hit escape before it gets to the stack, leaving the inventory window will cancel the salvage.

[@ThichabodCrane]

Going from any video on YT to Laranity's I get a nice eardrum blowout

[@tigress1girl]

I already had the rechargeable tp to a friend and loved it, but 10 minutes cooldown?!...... YAS.

[@kaijuTIVI]

I died on the S tier plushy.

[@tsujack]

Better alternative for hero points. Being carried in world vs world at battleground.

[@Boo-nx4wk]

you can get up to 2750 capacity for storage now.

[@tombocai]

I definetly need the inventory cleaning guide, please help me, I have a problem...

[@joshyookphotography]

So many gem store items i "need" but my work does not pay me fast enough!!!

[@zeeeboss5811]

Ok i just wasted my gems on the copper-fed salvage-o-matic when i always buy master's salavage kits.... damn....

[@steverichardson6120]

The one item you have not mentioned is the garden plot. I make 100 gold every 13 days by growing and selling ascended herbs.

[@juntizon7182]

Update: Tp to friend CD is now 10 min instead of 1 hour

[@maltezz]

weapon skins calls to my wallet. i imagine builds for the soule porpuse of just buying a skin from the store :D