In Guild Wars 2, there are armors with a Celestial
bonus (which have all stats as a bonus), which were introduced some time ago, during an event. I know those are still craftable, but i can't seem to find an organized step-by-step guide to craft an Celestial Ascended piece of armor.
Also, as a bonus, i would like a "Price Comparison" to craft an Exotic Celestial Armor vs a Ascended Celestial Armor (assuming the character already has a leve 500 Armorsmith)
Best Answer
Exotic
Important: This requires Armorsmith, Leatherworker, or Tailor crafting level 400, depending on which type of armor you want. I will use X / Y / Z format from here on to indicate different values for Armorsmith / Leatherworker / Tailor.
Once you have your 30 Charged Quartz Crystals, you'll need to refine your raw crafting materials to craft 6 Celestial Intricate Gossamer Insignias and the tier 6 (Orichalcum / Hardened / Gossamer) crafting components for one of each piece of armor.
This will require the following materials:
Ascended
Important: This requires Armorsmith, Leatherworker, or Tailor crafting level 500, depending on which type of armor you want. I will use X / Y / Z format from here on to indicate different values for Armorsmith / Leatherworker / Tailor.
Once you have your 30 Charged Quartz Crystals, you'll need to refine your raw crafting materials to craft 6 Celestial Intricate Gossamer Insignias, which you will then use to craft six Wupwup Celestial Insignias. You will also need to craft Ectoplasm Refinement materials, which are limited to one per day, but you can bypass the time gate by buying the refined materials. You'll finally need to craft tier 7 (Deldrimor Steel / Elonian / Damask) crafting components for one of each piece of armor.
This will require the following materials. The ones marked with a * can be bought on the trading post to bypass the time gated materials required to craft them.
If you are not looking to bypass the time gate, here are the total materials for each refined ascended material.
Deldrimor Steel Ingot:
Elonian Leather Square:
Bolt of Damask:
As for a price comparison, it's impossible to be exact. The market fluctuates constantly, so the prices of the materials shift. In terms of coins, ascended armor is many times more expensive than exotic. In addition to the monetary cost, a full set of ascended armor costs 120 skill points, and the recipes cost an additional 21,000 karma and 30 laurels.