Cosmetic infusion
Cosmetic infusion is a type of infusion that grants a unique cosmetic aura when equipped. Functionally identical to standard attribute infusions, most of them provide +5 bonus to an attribute and +9 Agony Resistance. WvW-exclusive cosmetic infusions instead provide +5 to an attribute and a bonus to offense or defense against WvW NPC enemies. Similarly, the attribute of a cosmetic infusion can be changed via Mystic Forge. The visual effects of cosmetic infusions cannot be toggled off.
Most cosmetic infusions are tied to extremely rare chance rewards from their relevant content. Sometimes they are not rewarded directly, but are crafted instead, with the main crafting component being the rare drop. Because of their rarity, costs for cosmetic infusions vary wildly: some are relatively common and cost only slightly more than standard attribute infusions, while the rarest trade for thousands of gold.
Some of these infusions can be obtained directly, avoiding the random drop mechanic and, partially, extremely high costs. This is usually done by fully crafting infusions from more widely available materials, completing achievements, or by purchasing them for the content-specific currencies. This more direct way of acquisition usually comes with some restrictions, like a purchase limit or an account bound-only status. Many of the cosmetic infusions can be also found as rare rewards in Convergences' Weekly Challenge Mote, various timed bonus events, or festivals like Festival of the Four Winds and Dragon Bash.
List of cosmetic infusions[edit]
| Name | Crafted with or extracted from a rare drop item |
Direct acquisition |
Tradeable | TP price of container / rare drop |
Acquisition notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta events | |||||
| Queen Bee Infusion | Preserved Queen Bee | 0 |
1 |
… | Vinewrath Chest after Mordrem Vinewrath meta event in The Silverwastes. |
| Liquid Aurillium Infusion | Vial of Liquid Aurillium | 0 |
1 |
… | Battle in Tarir meta event in Auric Basin. |
| Chak Infusion | Chak Egg Sac | 0 |
1 |
… | Chak Gerent meta event in Tangled Depths. |
| Festive Confetti Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Reward from Stop the choya piñata before it gets away! event in Crystal Oasis. |
| Crystal Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Dragon Chest after Destroy the Death-Branded Shatterer event in Jahai Bluffs |
| Heart of the Khan-Ur | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | "Recovered" Charr Artifact from the Chest of the Khan-Ur and the Glory to the Legions achievements. |
| Frost Legion Infusion | Infusion received directly Scavenged Frost Legion Infusion |
1 |
… | Magnificent Chest from Assault on the Frost Citadel meta event in Drizzlewood Coast or Kinfall Fractal. Crafted directly or through The End of the Road achievement. Account bound version purchased from BLING-9009 after completing Kinfall Fractal challenge mote. | |
| Jormag Left Eye Infusion Primordus Left Eye Infusion |
Pristine Dragon's Left Eye | 1 |
… | Reward from Dragonstorm, an instanced meta event (requires a Dragon Slayer mastery). One infusion per account can be obtained from the "Champions" Mastery meta achievement. | |
| Jormag Right Eye Infusion Primordus Right Eye Infusion |
Pristine Dragon's Right Eye | 1 |
… | Reward from Dragonstorm, an instanced meta event (requires a Dragon Slayer mastery). One infusion per account can be obtained from the "Champions" Mastery meta achievement. | |
| Echo of the Dragonvoid | Glob of Dragonvoid Aether | 0 |
1 |
… | Bounty of Dragon's End — from Dragon's End meta event and other sources. |
| Chromatic Bubbles | Chromatic Bubble Wand | 0 |
1 |
… | Castora Cache — from Secrets of the Weald meta event in Starlit Weald. |
| Seer Transcendence | Mote of Seer Transcendence | 0 |
1 |
… | Steward's Cache — from Shackles of the Ancients meta event in Eternity's Garden and The Temple of Abnegation mini-dungeon.[verification requested] |
| Fishing | |||||
| Ethereal Sea-Life Infusion | Ethereal Aquarium | 0 |
1 |
… | Chance from fishing in Castora maps and rarely contained inside the Illusive Jellycrab fish. |
| Mystic Forge | |||||
| Mystic Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Chance from combining 1 Ectoplasmic Stone + 3 armor or weapon items (Rare or Exotic) in the Mystic Forge. |
| Wizard's Vault | |||||
| Arcane Flow Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
0 |
Bought from the Wizard's Vault legacy rewards for 450 Astral Acclaim. Additional copies can be bought from Sarettokk. | |
| Forest Wisp Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
0 |
Extracted from the Forest Wisp accessory. It is a reward for completing the The Wayward Wisp: Vault Dispatch achievement, unlocked by purchasing Wayward Wisp Quest License for 600 Astral Acclaim. Additional copies can be bought from Sarettokk. | |
| Name | Crafted with or extracted from a rare drop item |
Direct acquisition |
Tradeable | TP price of container / rare drop |
Acquisition notes |
| Festivals | |||||
| Ember Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Trick-or-Treat Bags in Halloween festival. |
| Phospholuminescent Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Trick-or-Treat Bags in Halloween festival. |
| Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Gray) | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Trick-or-Treat Bags in Halloween festival. |
| Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Purple) | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Trick-or-Treat Bags in Halloween festival. |
| Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Red) | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Trick-or-Treat Bags in Halloween festival. |
| Polyluminescent Undulating Infusion (Black) | Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Black) | 0 |
1 |
… | Crafted with the respective Refractor obtained from Halloween festival. |
| Polyluminescent Undulating Infusion (Green) | Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Green) | 0 |
1 |
… | Crafted with the respective Refractor obtained from Halloween festival. |
| Polyluminescent Undulating Infusion (Orange) | Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Orange) | 0 |
1 |
… | Crafted with the respective Refractor obtained from Halloween festival. |
| Polyluminescent Undulating Infusion (Teal) | Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Teal) | 0 |
1 |
… | Crafted with the respective Refractor obtained from Halloween festival. |
| Moto's Unstable Bauble Infusion: Red | Collectable ascended items | 0 |
Extracted from ascended items awarded by The King Toad and The Crimson Assassin achievements in Super Adventure Festival. Additional copies can be purchased from Super Adventure Box Trader after having completed The King Toad achievement. | ||
| Moto's Unstable Bauble Infusion: Blue | Collectable ascended items | 0 |
Extracted from ascended weapons awarded by The Storm Wizard achievement in Super Adventure Festival. Additional copies can be purchased from Super Adventure Box Trader after having completed The Storm Wizard achievement. | ||
| Winter's Heart Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Wintersday Gifts in Wintersday festival or from Defeat Drakkar event in Bjora Marches. |
| Snow Diamond Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Wintersday Gifts in Wintersday festival. |
| Toy-Shell Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | Wintersday Gifts in Wintersday festival. |
| Silent Symphony | Enchanted Music Box | 0 |
1 |
… | From opening few specific containers from the Festival of the Four Winds, Halloween, and Wintersday. |
| Name | Crafted with or extracted from a rare drop item |
Direct acquisition |
Tradeable | TP price of container / rare drop |
Acquisition notes |
| Fractals of the Mists | |||||
| Celestial Infusion (Blue) | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | From Shattered Observatory Fractal challenge mote or Fractal Master's Chest. |
| Celestial Infusion (Red) | Celestial Infusion Chest | 0 |
0 |
From Shattered Observatory Fractal challenge mote or purchased from BLING-9009 after completing the challenge mote once. | |
| Abyssal Infusion | Abyssal Infusion Chest | 0 |
0 |
From Sunqua Peak Fractal challenge mode or purchased from BLING-9009 after completing the challenge mote once. | |
| Mote of Darkness | Lingering Darkness | 0 |
1 |
… | From Silent Surf Fractal challenge mote or purchased from BLING-9009 after completing the challenge mote once. |
| Raids | |||||
| Ghostly Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | From Gorseval the Multifarious encounter in the Spirit Vale raid or purchased from Scholar Glenna after having defeated Gorseval once. |
| Peerless Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
1 |
… | From Qadim the Peerless encounter in The Key of Ahdashim raid or purchased from Scholar Glenna after having defeated Qadim once. |
| Imperial Everbloom | Imperial Everbloom Sprout | 0 |
1 |
… | From the challenge modes of the End of Dragons raid encounters. Account bound infusion purchased from Zazzl or Archaeologist Vorri after completing all challenge motes once. |
| Clockwork Infusion | Ever-Spinning Clockwork | 0 |
1 |
… | From the challenge mode of Old Lion's Court raid encounter. Account bound infusion purchased from Zazzl or Archaeologist Vorri after completing the challenge mote once. |
| Jotun Infusion | Vial of Cosmic Energies | 0 |
1 |
… | From the challenge mode of Cosmic Observatory raid encounter. Account bound infusion purchased from Nikki the Lost after completing the challenge mote once. |
| Possession Infusion | Jar of Dangerous Spirits | 0 |
1 |
… | From the challenge mode of the Temple of Febe raid encounter. Account bound infusion purchased from Nikki the Lost after completing the challenge mote once. |
| Bloodstone Infusion | Chunk of Pulsing Bloodstone | 0 |
1 |
… | From the Mount Balrior raid or purchased from Scholar Glenna or Titan Specialist Tante. |
| Demonic Infusion | Phylactery of Demonic Energy | 0 |
0 |
From the challenge mode of the Bastion of the Penitent raid.[verification requested] | |
| Dragon Response Missions | |||||
| Deldrimor Stoneskin Infusion | Infusion received directly | 0 |
0 |
Deldrimor Supply Box or purchased once per account: from Tactician Erlandson, discounted version — from Tyrn Ironmaw. | |
| World versus World | |||||
| Mistwalker Infusion | Ball of Charged Mists Essence | 0 |
1 |
… | From Tower, Keep and Castle lords in World versus World. Account bound infusion purchased from Dugan after completing Mists Research achievement. |
- Special cases
- Heat Core Infusion — the visual effect works exclusively with the Falling Star spear skin. The infusion is extracted from the Meteor-Wielder's Glove armor piece rewarded as a part of The Falling Star: Vault Dispatch series of achievements. The achievements are unlocked by purchasing Falling Star Quest License for 1,200 Astral Acclaim in the Legacy section of the Wizard's Vault. Additional copies can be bought from Sarettokk.
- Agony Lens group of infusions — the visual effects work when the legendary glove skin Eikasia, Mists-Grasper is applied. The infusions are purchased from the Mist Stranger after completing Incursive Investigation achievements tied to the Fractals of the Mists.
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