Astralaria III: The Mechanism is a Legendary Weapons collection achievement to gain the precursor weapon, The Mechanism, for the legendary axe, Astralaria. This collection is the last step to obtain the precursor.
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Achievement[edit]
  Astralaria III: The Mechanism
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Legendary Weapons
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3
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The heavens grant their gifts to Tyria in the form of meteors that streak across our skies. Gather the ore of these fallen stars and use it to craft the spinning armillary
that will eventually rest in the heart of your legendary weapon. Do this to create The Mechanism, the next step of your quest to attain Astralaria.- Prerequisite: Historian of the Armaments
- Unlock Item:
 The Apparatus - Reward:
 Chest of Time and Space
- Collection
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Collected 1 Item
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1
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| Collected 33 Items
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2
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Collection items[edit]
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Collectible
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Type
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Subtype
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Zone
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Notes
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| 1
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The Apparatus
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Item
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Axe
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—
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Salvage this weapon to receive its spirit, needed to craft the next tier of this legendary precursor.
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| 2
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 Astralaria Vol. 3
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Item
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Trophy
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Lion's Arch
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Purchased from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs after training the Historian of the Armaments ability in the Legendary Crafting Mastery Track.
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| 3
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 Ley-Line Bezoar
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Item
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Crafting material
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Tangled Depths
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Looted from the Legendary Chak Gerent map meta event completion chest in Tangled Depths.
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| 4
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 Runed Sphere Casing
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Item
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Crafting material
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Lion's Arch
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Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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| 5
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  Tail of the Star God Fragment
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Item
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Crafting material
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Blazeridge Steppes
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Found on the grawl around the Tail of the Star God in Blazeridge Steppes.
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| 6
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 Wondrous Compass
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Item
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Trophy
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Dry Top
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Take the "Elder Dragons and Star Navigation Theories Vol. III," the Skritt Salvaged Compass, the Damaged Airship Compass and the Ancient Orrian Compass to Scarlet's home in Dry Top, and use her workbench to create the Wondrous Compass.
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| 7
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 Elder Dragons and Star Navigation Theories Vol. III
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Item
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Crafting material
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Fireheart Rise
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Found in the chest inside the treasure room of Vexa's Lab in Fireheart Rise.
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| 8
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 Ancient Orrian Compass
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Item
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Crafting material
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Straits of Devastation
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Looted from the Champion Risen Captain, found inside the Chapel of Lady Glaive in Straits of Devastation.
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| 9
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 Damaged Airship Compass
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Item
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Crafting material
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Auric Basin
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Found inside the wreckage of the airship crashed in Mossheart Walk in Auric Basin.
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| 10
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 Salvaged Compass
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Item
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Crafting material
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Silverwastes
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Found in the chest at the end of Drydock Scratch in the Silverwastes.
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| 11
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 Meteorite Ingot
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Item
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Trophy
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Lion's Arch
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Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch. (Recipe produces 25).
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| 12
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 Ultrahot Sphere
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Item
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Crafting material
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Iron Marches
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Use the Searing Cauldron near Ironhead Lake in Iron Marches to combine the Wyvern's Liquid Fire, Elemental Flames, Destroyer's Heat, a Flame Effigy Embers, and a Fire Imbued Heart, to create the Ultra Hot Sphere.
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| 13
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 Wyvern's Liquid Fire
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Item
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Crafting material
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Verdant Brink
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Gathered by being struck by the Legendary Matriarch Wyvern's Fire Breath at Matriarch's Perch in the canopy of Verdant Brink during nighttime with the Aurillium Capsule in your inventory.
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| 14
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 Aurillium Capsule
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Item
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Crafting material
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Lion's Arch
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The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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| 15
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 Elemental Flames
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Item
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Crafting material
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Metrica Province
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Gathered by looting the Legendary Fire Elemental's chest in the Thaumanova Reactor of Metrica Province with the Thaumanova Flames Siphon in your inventory.
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| 16
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 Thaumanova Flames Siphon
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Item
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Trophy
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Metrica Province
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Offered for purchase by CLEAN Researcher Borpp at the Thaumanova Reactor in Metrica Province after successfully helping the CLEAN krewe.
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| 17
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 Destroyer's Heat
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Item
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Crafting material
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Mount Maelstrom
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Gathered by looting the Megadestroyer's chest in Mount Maelstrom with the Quartz Vial in your inventory.
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| 18
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 Quartz Vial
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Item
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Trophy
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Lion's Arch
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The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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| 19
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 Flame Effigy Embers
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Item
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Crafting material
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Fireheart Rise
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Gathered by looting the Champion Flame Effigy in Fireheart Rise with the Obsidian Magma Container in your inventory.
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 Obsidian Magma Container
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Item
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Trophy
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Lion's Arch
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The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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 Fire Imbued Heart
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Item
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Crafting material
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Fractals of the Mists
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Gathered by looting the Legendary Imbued Shaman in the Volcanic Fractal while having the Mists Imbued Jar in your inventory.
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 Mists Imbued Jar
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Item
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Trophy
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Lion's Arch
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The recipe for this is contained in the Heat Containment Units recipes, offered for sale by Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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| 23
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 Rune Enchanted Rings
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Item
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Crafting material
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Lion's Arch
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Purchase this recipe from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.
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| 24
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 Pact Airship Strut
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Item
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Crafting material
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Verdant Brink
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Gained by completing the Flying Circus adventure in Verdant Brink with a rank of silver or better.
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| 25
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 Divinity's Reach's Garden Rings
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Item
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Crafting material
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Divinity's Reach
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Ponder the rings in the central garden in Divinity's Reach.
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| 26
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 Cosmic Mechanism
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Item
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Trophy
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Lornar's Pass
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Take the Mists Enchanted Mechanism, the Technomancy Blueprint, the Ancient Runed Tablet and 10 Meteorite Ingots to the Craftsman's Workbench in the Durmand Priory Library to create the Cosmic Mechanism.
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 Ancient Runed Tablet
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Item
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Crafting material
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Bloodtide Coast
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Found in Admiral Taidha Covington's chest after defeating her on Laughing Gull Island in Bloodtide Coast.
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| 28
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 Mists Enchanted Mechanism
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Item
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Crafting material
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Fractals of the Mists
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Found in the chest at the end of Uncategorized Fractal.
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 Technomancy Blueprint
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Item
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Crafting material
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Lornar's Pass
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Take the Stabilizing Gyroscope, the Aetherblade Gearbox Mechanism, the Steam Cogs, and the Charr Helicopter Gearbox to the Craftsman's Workbench in the Durmand Priory library to create the Technomancy Blueprint.
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 Stabilizing Gyroscope
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Item
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Crafting material
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Fractals of the Mists
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Found in the chest at the end of the Molten Boss Fractal after defeating the leaders of the Molten Alliance.
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 Aetherblade Gearbox Mechanism
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Item
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Crafting material
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Gendarran Fields
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Found in the chest at the top of the Second Aetherblade Site in Gendarran Fields.
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| 32
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 Steam Cogs
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Item
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Crafting material
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—
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Harvested from steam creatures.
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| 33
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 Charr Helicopter Gearbox
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Item
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Crafting material
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Tangled Depths
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Salvaged from the charr helicopter entangled in vines in the northeast of the SCAR Field Operations in Tangled Depths.
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- Extra ingredients required for recipes
Materials cost[edit]
Related collections[edit]
Deldrimor Steel Ingot (x5)
Glob of Ectoplasm (x25)
Spiritwood Plank (x1) (for Runed Sphere Casing)
Orichalcum Ingot (x15) (for Rune Enchanted Rings)
Charged Quartz Crystal (x5) (for Quartz Vial)
Obsidian Shard (x50) (for Obsidian Magma Container)
Vial of Condensed Mists Essence (x3) (for Mists Imbued Jar)
Sheet of Aurillium (x100) (for Aurillium Capsule)
Meteorite Ore
Thermocatalytic Reagent
Quartz Crystal
Orichalcum Ore
Iron Ore
Lump of Coal
Platinum Ore
Soft Wood Log
Seasoned Wood Log
Hard Wood Log
Mithril Ore
Elder Wood Log
