How to craft a new underwater helm

Thanks to some work with the Mystic Forge, we now have a decent understanding of how to craft Legendary Weapons.

As Brian mentions above (and as was true in the Beta), Legendary Weapons are created in the Mystic Forge in a complicated, multi-step process. Let's break it down.

1. Level 80 Exotic "Precursor" Weapon. (e.g., Zap for Bolt, or Dusk for Twilight) These can be randomly dropped by enemies in the world, randomly created with 4 high level rares of the same type (70+) in the mystic forge (some folk are assuming there's a Non-Random recipe as well), or bought off the Trading Post.
2. Gift of Mastery. This component is created in the Mystic Forge with Gift of Exploration, A Bloodstone Shard, Gift of Battle, and 250 Obsidian Shards.
   • Gift of Exploration: Receive 2 when you 100% the World Map.
   • Gift of Battle: Bought from WvWvW vendor for 500 Badges of Honor (earned from WvWvW and the 4 jumping puzzles).
   • Bloodstone Shard: Bought from Miyani for 200 Skillpoints.
   • 250 Obsidian Shards: 2100 Karma each. Bought from the Temple of Balthazar in Straits of Devastation. (525,000 total Karma!)
3. Gift of [Legendary Weapon Name]. This component is created in the Mystic Forge with a Gift of Gathering, a Gift of Dungeons, Icy Runestones, and a Superior Sigil unique to the Precursor Weapon.
   • Gift of "Gathering": Dependent on the legendary in question. This is always a Gift of Energy, Metal, or Wood. Requires max level crafting, and a 10g recipe bought from Miyani.
   • Gift of "Dungeons": Also dependent on the legendary in question. This is a different Miyani-bought recipe that will always include Dungeon Tokens from explorable mode dungeons (or items bought with tokens) either 250 or 500, again, depending on the exact recipe. Will also require lots of materials as well, though the exact recipes run the gamut from Steel Ingots to Unidentified Dyes (not from cooking!).
   • 100 Icy Runestones: High-end Crafting mat. Sold by Rojan the Penitent in Frostgorge Sound.
   • Superior Sigil: The exact superior sigil depends on the Legendary.
4. Gift of Fortune: This component is created in the Mystic Forge with Gift of Might, Gift of Magic, Mystic Clovers, and Globs of Ectoplasm.
   • Gift of Magic: Combine 250 each of grade 6 Bones, Scales, Claws, and Fangs
   • Gift of Might: Combine 250 each of grade 6 Blood, Venom, Totems, and Dust.
   • 77 Mystic Clovers: Mystic Clovers can be randomly created in the mystic forge with a non-random recipe that will give random results.
   • 250 Globs of Ectoplasm: Rarely Obtained by salvaging Level 70+ Rare and Exotic Equipment.

Finally, combine the 4 items above in the Mystic Forge.

Voila. Legendary. Easy, right? (On everything but your time and your wallet!)

No! In fact, you can hide those big hulking pauldrons too, if you're so inclined.

The secret is that this option is on the character sheet itself. It was previously a right-click option, but a bit before Launch, Arena Net added a checkbox to the character display itself.

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One thing to note is that, even if you turn off the armor, it will still show up on the character select screen. This was true when Guild Wars 1 launched, and was eventually adjusted, so it's likely Arena Net will do the same for Guild Wars 2 eventually.

As of the Oct 7th, 2012 patch, the character select screen respects your visibility settings.