Wallet and Main Currencies: Guild Wars 2 Beginner Guide

Where to find the wallet

Open your inventory (I) and click the coin icon at the bottom left. Most currencies accumulate in the wallet without using inventory slots.

Wallet currencies do not take up bag slots

Wallet currencies are deposited automatically when earned. Materials such as Winterberries, Mystic Coins, and ectoplasm enter your bags. Use Deposit All Materials to send them to material storage. Materials stay in your bags if their storage is full.

Basic currencies

The game's main money uses these denominations.

100 copper = 1 silver

100 silver = 1 gold

1 gold = 100 silver = 10,000 copper

Used for Trading Post purchases, NPC vendors, waypoint travel, crafting materials, and more.

Sources:Enemy and event rewards, Trading Post sales, Wizard's Vault rewards, and dungeon, fractal, and raid completions

Spent at renown heart vendors, local vendors, and Orrian armor vendors. It cannot be spent on the Trading Post.

While leveling, you can buy equipment from vendors unlocked by completing renown hearts.

Sources:Open-world events, completed hearts, and karma consumables. Using a Karma Booster increases earnings from sources such as events, but does not increase the amount awarded by karma consumables.

Complete six weekly objectives in the Wizard's Vault and claim the chest for 10 laurels. Separately, the Vault shop offers up to 150 laurels per season. Achievement point rewards also award laurels.

Laurel Merchants sell ascended amulets, rings, and accessories, along with infusions, boosters, and recipes. Accessories cost 40 laurels plus 50 ectoplasm, which is expensive. If you have access to the relevant content, compare Living World map currencies and Guild Commendations first.

Sources:Wizard's Vault weekly chest (10 laurels), Vault shop purchases, and achievement point rewards

Used to buy Gem Store items. Buy them with money or convert gold through the Currency Exchange in the Black Lion Trading Company panel.

Useful beginner purchases include convenience items, such as shared inventory slots, unlimited salvage kits, and bank tabs. Gems also buy skins, outfits, glider skins, and lounge passes. See Gem Store Basics for purchase priorities.

Sources: Buy with money or exchange gold for gems: press O and open Currency Exchange

Special currencies and exchange materials

At level 80, you earn one per 254,000 XP when you cannot fill any more mastery experience bars. All unlocked mastery tracks in your current region must have their XP bars filled; tracks you have not unlocked do not count toward this condition.

Spend them at Miyani and similar vendors for Mystic Forge ingredients. Examples include Anthology of Heroes for changing equipment stats, and legendary crafting materials.

Sources:XP rewards at level 80 when eligible, using Tomes of Knowledge on a level-80 character, and certain enemy drops and achievement rewards

A material used in the Mystic Forge and legendary crafting. Stored in bags or material storage, and traded on the Trading Post. Prices change over time.

Direct sources are limited, so players often buy them on the Trading Post.

Sources:Buy with Astral Acclaim in the Wizard's Vault shop, earn from certain content and achievements, or buy on the Trading Post

A material item used for advanced crafting and vendor exchanges. It can be traded on the Trading Post and stored in material storage. An ascended accessory from a Laurel Merchant costs 50 ectoplasm and 40 laurels.

Normally obtained by salvaging rare (yellow) or exotic (orange) equipment of level 68 or higher. Use a Master's or Silver-Fed kit for rares. Exotics can also yield no ectoplasm, so check the Trading Post price and upgrade value before salvaging expensive equipment.

Sources:Mainly salvaging level-68-or-higher rare and exotic equipment, or buying on the Trading Post

Earned from Wizard's Vault objectives. Holding 1,300 or more blocks further objective claims, so spend some before reaching that point. A claim made below 1,300 can take you over the limit. Currency already collected carries over between seasons.

The Vault shop sells ascended equipment, legendary materials, Mystic Coins, laurels, skins, and other items.

Sources: Wizard's Vault daily, weekly, and special objectives

Salvage eligible crafted items whose tooltip says Salvage: Research with a Research Kit. You can also enable automatic research in the crafting panel. Research consumes the item.

Used for recipes, jade bot parts, and legendary crafting materials, among other purchases. Check the cost of the item you want before collecting notes.

Sources:Salvage researchable items with a Research Kit, or enable automatic research while crafting

Currencies for specific content

Earned in particular game modes and spent on their equipment and upgrades.

Currency	Content	Main uses
Fractal Relics	Fractals	Fractal potions, bags, keys, ascended salvage tools, and more. BUY-4373 also exchanges them plus other materials for Mystic Clovers.
Pristine Fractal Relics	Fractals	Mainly used to buy ascended rings. Claiming all T1–T4 rewards for the three daily fractals plus the three recommended fractals gives 15 per day. Challenge mode rewards are additional.
Magnetite Shards	Raids and raid encounters	Buy ascended armor and weapons. Prophet Shards were merged into this shared raid and raid encounter currency in February 2026.
Badges of Honor	WvW	Stat-selectable exotic equipment, siege blueprints, consumables, and more from WvW vendors.
WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets	WvW	Buy items for WvW legendary armor. Earn up to 365 per week through the pip track.
PvP League Tickets	PvP seasons	Wings and materials for the PvP legendary backpack, legendary trinket materials, miniatures, and more from the League Vendor.
Tales of Dungeon Delving	Dungeons	A shared currency for all eight dungeons since 2022. Buys dungeon armor, weapons, runes, sigils, and crafting materials.
Guild Commendations	Guild missions	Guild ascended accessories and exotic equipment. Earned from completed guild missions: up to two per mission, around 12–15 per week.

Beginner priorities

Currencies to know now

Gold: Used for equipment, materials, and the Trading Post. Earn it from content rewards and selling materials you do not need.
Karma: Spend at renown heart vendors for equipment while leveling.
Astral Acclaim: Wizard's Vault objective rewards. Spend before reaching 1,300, which blocks further objective claims.

Currencies to know after level 80

Laurels: Collected from weekly Vault chests and the Vault shop. Use for suitable ascended amulets and recipes; compare other sources before buying expensive accessories.
Fractal Relics and Pristine Fractal Relics: Earned while playing fractals. Used for ascended rings and infusions.
Magnetite Shards: Buy ascended armor after starting raids and raid encounters.
Research Notes: Used for jade bot parts, recipes, legendary crafting, and more. Collect them when you know what you want to buy and its cost.

More currencies to discover

There are many other currencies and exchange items

Beyond those listed here, the game has many wallet currencies and tokens, materials, and vouchers that are also used for purchases.

Most currencies start accumulating when you play their content. You do not need to memorize them all. When you enter a new area, check its vendors to see what you can buy and what it costs.

Learn the economy as you play, one system at a time.