Guide to crafting PVP gear

Found a really good guide for crafting PvP gear.

GW2 has some beautiful gear. Way better looking than anything I've seen in WoW!

(Random cool looking armor I saw on a Warrior)

 

 (A Greatsword I crafted in PVP)

I could not find any guides on this anywhere, so I figured I would post something. I think it was Zenku that discovered this originally and introduced me to it. I did some research and I have found what appears to be the formula for making gear in PVP.

First, you will need to buy a PVP Salvage Kit from the Glory Vendor. Next purchase a Copper, Silver, or Gold Chest from the same vendor. Inside the chest you will find a couple of peices of gear, and some random items (bags, ink, coins, transmogs, etc). You can use this gear if you want, but to craft items you will need to salvage them.

Once salvaged, they provide one of 4 things: Arcane Powder, Ranking Token (Rabbit is all I've gotten so far, but once you rank up I assume you get different kinds), Arcane Orbs, Armor token. The Armor token decides the type of item you craft. Throw a couple of each in the mystic forge to receive a new item. Some items require different amounts of each and you will see a red # indicating how many you have vs how many you need (example: 1/5)

You can also simply purchase armor tokens via the second tab at the merchant (pointed out in screenshot). That way you don't have to pray that you get the correct one every salvage.

There seems to be different kinds of Arcane Powder and possibly Arcane orbs as well, which provide different sets of gear.

The difference between Copper, Silver, and Gold is not the quantity. They normally even give the same exact items except for maybe a better bag or ink here and there, but the quality of items that you get once you salvage them will be different.

 

 

There are 3 tiers of arcane tokens:
best-arcane slivers
middles-arcane crystals
worst-arcane orbs
each glory tier has a different set of armor that can be made depending of the arcane token. In order from worst to best the glory tiers go:
Rabbit, Deer, Dolyak, Wolf, Tiger, Bear, Shark, Pheonix, Dragon
and then there are also paid and free tournament sets. except for rabbit, there are 3 tiers of armor AND all the types of weapon per glory tier. As for arcane powder, it is the basic pvp crafting material required by every single recipe so far so there are no other tiers of that. As for the item tokens go, there is one for every piece of gear (gloves, chest) as for every weapon and consumable tokens which can make dies, glory boosters and glory tier finishers.
Here are some known combinations for the mystic forge:

Light Armor-

Rabbit
Arcane Orb = Country, Embroidered
Arcane Crystal = Embroidered
Arcane Sliver = N/A

Deer
Arcane Orb = Magician
Arcane Crystal = Student
Arcane Sliver = Devout

Dolyak
Arcane Orb = Cabalist
Arcane Crystal = Acolyte
Arcane Sliver = Dry Bones

Wolf
Arcane Orb = Conjurer
Arcane Crystal = Priory
Arcane Sliver = Stately

Free Tournament
Arcane Orb = Rubric
Arcane Crystal = Seer, Armageddon
Arcane Sliver = Armageddon

Medium Armor-

Rabbit
Arcane Orb = Superior Studded
Arcane Crystal = Seeker
Arcane Sliver = N/A

Deer
Arcane Orb = Swindler
Arcane Crystal = Outlaw
Arcane Sliver = Rogue

Dolyak (conflicting BWE results on these, live data would be appreciated)
Arcane Orb = Pirate
Arcane Crystal = Leather
Arcane Sliver = Duelist

Wolf
Arcane Orb = Commando
Arcane Crystal = Noble
Arcane Sliver = Cold Leather

Tiger
Arcane Orb = ?
Arcane Crystal = ?
Arcane Sliver = Conquest

Free Tournament
Arcane Orb = Stalwart
Arcane Crystal = Leather
Arcane Sliver = Rugged, Mistwalker

Heavy Armor-

Rabbit
Arcane Orb = Worn Chain
Arcane Crystal = Chain
Arcane Sliver = N/A

Deer
Arcane Orb = Worn Scale
Arcane Crystal = Scale
Arcane Sliver = Superior Duelist

Dolyak
Arcane Orb = Reinforced Scale
Arcane Crystal = Splint
Arcane Sliver = Pit Fighter (Found in Tourney chests now, so may have changed)

Wolf
Arcane Orb = Branded
Arcane Crystal = Priory
Arcane Sliver = Plated

Free Tournament
Arcane Orb = Reinforced Scale, Pit Fighter
Arcane Crystal = Pit Fighter, Armageddon
Arcane Sliver = Armageddon, Heavy Plate (I suspect this might be a bug, as it's a very plain set)

Weapons
Rabbit-

Arcane Orb = Makeshift
Arcane Crystal = Peacekeeper
Arcane Sliver = N/A

Deer
Arcane Orb = Gear, Krait
Arcane Crystal = Krait
Arcane Sliver = Svanir

Dolyak
Arcane Orb = Valley
Arcane Crystal = Forest
Arcane Sliver = Alpine, Fire

Wolf
Arcane Orb = Sylvari
Arcane Crystal = Glyphic
Arcane Sliver = Legionnaire

Free Tournament
Arcane Orb = [Nameless] (probably bugged, eg "PvP Staff")
Arcane Crystal = Priory, Vigil
Arcane Sliver = Vigil, Whispering

Consumables-

Consumables follow a slightly different pattern to both weapons and armor, typically requireing more arcane materials, and less tokens.

Finishers
1 Consumable Token
10 Powder
1 Orb
1 Rank Token (Rabbit, Deer etc)

Random Dye
1 Consumable Token
1 Sliver
1 Orb
10 Powder

Tournament Ticket
1 Consumable Token
8 Orbs
4 Crystals
2 Slivers

Glory Booster
1 Consumable Token
1 Crystal
1 Orb
10 Powder