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Bank, Material Storage, and Shared Inventory

Bank · Material Storage · Shared Inventory

At a glance

Keep items in your bank, crafting materials in material storage, and frequently used tools in shared inventory. A lounge pass gives convenient access to banking, trading, and crafting services.

Bank: Account Vault

The bank is shared across your account, so your characters can access the same stored items. You start with one free 30-slot tab and can buy additional tabs with gems.

Item Starting amount Maximum Upgrade cost
Bank tabs 1 tab 19 tabs 600 gems per tab
Slots per tab 30 slots - -
Total slots 30 slots 570 slots across 19 tabs -
Using the bank
  • Drag items into bank slots, or double-click them in the inventory list on the left side of the bank window. Double-clicking in a separate inventory window can use an item instead of depositing it.
  • Hold Alt while dragging a stack to an empty bank or inventory slot to split it.
  • You do not need to find a banker. Crafting stations, such as armorsmithing or tailoring stations, also provide bank access.
  • Only the character bound to a soulbound item can withdraw it.

Wardrobe Storage versus the Hero panel wardrobe

These similarly named screens serve different purposes.

Location Purpose Apply skins?
Bank → Wardrobe Storage Browse the account's skin collection. Locked skins appear gray and can be previewed. No; browsing only
H → Fashion → Wardrobe Apply skins to the current character's equipped items, using transmutation charges where required. Yes; charges may apply

Unlock skins by equipping or salvaging items, or by right-clicking and selecting Unlock Skin. Other characters can use unlocked skins, subject to weapon type, armor weight, racial restrictions, and similar requirements.

Type How to apply Transmutation charges
Armor and weapon skins H → Fashion → Wardrobe; select skins and click Apply Usually one per item; some skins are free
Outfits Equip a full outfit through the separate Outfit slot Free; change outfits as often as you like
Dyes H → Fashion → Dyes; select colors Free
Legendary equipment Change its skin as often as you like Free
Earn transmutation charges without gems
  • City map completion: Complete Lion's Arch and the five racial cities (Black Citadel, the Grove, Hoelbrak, Divinity's Reach, and Rata Sum) for guaranteed charges.
  • Other map completion: Map completion rewards can award charges.
  • PvP and WvW reward tracks also provide charges.

Use city completion and reward tracks first. Buying transmutation charges with gems is not recommended for beginners.

Material Storage

Dedicated storage for gathering materials, cooking ingredients, and eligible crafting components, separate from your bags. It helps keep inventory space free.

Deposit materials together
Click the inventory panel's "Deposit All Materials" button to send eligible materials to storage. Materials are excluded if storage is full or they are in shared slots or invisible bags. Not every crafting component has a material storage slot. You can deposit while out in the world.
Item Starting amount Maximum How to expand
Capacity per material 250 3,000 Buy Material Storage Expanders: up to 11, adding 250 capacity each

Expanding material storage to 1,000 during a sale is a useful convenience. Three expanders raise the base 250 capacity to 1,000. Add more according to how much you keep.

When storage fills up, refine ore into ingots or logs into planks through crafting to consolidate materials. Raw and refined materials use separate storage slots. You can also create an alternate character and use its inventory as temporary storage.

Shared Inventory Slots

These slots are shared by every character on your account. They normally appear above your bags but can be moved below them. Store unlimited salvage kits or travel passes here to avoid moving them whenever you change characters.

Item Details
Slots included with expansions The current HoT + PoF bundle includes one slot in total. EoD, SotO, JW, and VoE each include one, for five if you buy them all. Accounts that bought HoT separately in the past have an additional slot, for six. These slots initially contain level-80 boosts.
Additional slot prices 700 gems for one; 1,890 for three (630 each); 2,800 for five (560 each)
Maximum slots Normally 31: 26 from the store plus five from expansions. Accounts with the old standalone HoT slot can reach 32.
Restrictions Cannot hold soulbound items or items that soulbind on use. Excluded from Deposit All Materials and from NPC and Trading Post sale lists.

Useful items for shared slots

1
Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic: An unlimited salvage kit, convenient if you salvage frequently or use multiple characters. Use it for whites and blues; it can also handle greens. A Basic Salvage Kit is enough to start, so the gem purchase is optional.
2
Lounge passes (such as Mistlock Sanctuary or Royal Terrace): A shared slot lets all your characters use the pass. See the lounge guide below.
3
Silver-Fed Salvage-o-Matic: Convenient when you regularly salvage level-68-or-higher rares. Master's or Mystic kits also work. Check sale prices and installed upgrades before salvaging valuable exotics.
4
Teleport and portal scrolls: Travel items from story rewards or local vendors. Shared slots let several characters use them, but destination expansion and episode requirements still apply.

Storage upgrade costs

These are standard prices before discounts. Wait for a sale if the purchase is not urgent. Sale dates and discounts vary; also check how many upgrades your account can still use.

Item Cost Effect When to consider it
Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic 800 gems Unlimited salvage kit for a shared slot If you salvage often
Shared Inventory Slot × 5 2,800 gems Five shared slots As many as your shared tools need
Bank Tab Expansion 600 gems per tab One bank tab: 30 slots When general item storage is full
Bag Slot Expansion 400 gems per slot One bag slot for one character When needed
Material Storage Expander 800 gems each 250 more capacity per material; up to 11 upgrades When materials frequently overflow

Use another character for storage

If you have a spare character slot, you can make a storage character, often called a mule. Its bags provide additional storage without buying bank tabs.

Paid accounts start with five bag slots per character. Five bags of 18–20 slots provide 90–100 slots. Larger bags and additional bag slots can increase that amount.

Invisible bags

Items in invisible bags are excluded from NPC and Trading Post sale lists, Salvage All, and Deposit All Materials. Use them for important items or unidentified gear. They do not prevent manually salvaging or deleting an item.

Bag Behavior
Invisible Bag Excluded from sale lists, bulk salvage, and bulk material deposits. Manual salvage and deletion remain possible.
Oiled Leather Pack Prioritizes incoming junk to keep it separate
Reinforced Padded Equipment Box Prioritizes incoming weapons and armor
Craftsman's Bag Prioritizes incoming crafting materials