Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Items

This article forms a basic guideline on how to create and format articles about items. Some sections in the article structure should only be there if they are appropriate for that item.

Acquisition
Drop research is ongoing, and can be found here.
 * Campaign
 * Region
 * Monster



 * Purchased from material traders.
 * Salvaged from:
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Armor crafted using (see below).
 * See Category:Contains for other items.
 * For known creatures that drop see Category:Drops.


 * Purchased from rare material traders.
 * Campaign artisans will craft one  for.
 * Expert salvaged from:
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Armor crafted with.
 * See Category:Contains for other items.
 * For known creatures that drop  see Category:Drops.

Quests

 * Campaign
 * Quest 1
 * Quest 2

Crafting

 * Armor
 * Armor 1
 * Armor 2


 * Weaponsmiths
 * Weaponsmith 1
 * Weaponsmith 2


 * Rare Materials
 * Rare Material 1
 * Rare Material 2

Drop research
Observed drops for

or

Observed drops for or

Observed drops for

Expert salvage research
Expert salvage research for

or

Expert salvage research for

Article header
The following should always be placed at the beginning of the article.

If the item article is a stub, use the template to add the page to Category:Item_stubs.

Item infobox template
Use the Template:Item infobox to create the info box. This info box does not auto-link, so please be sure to wikify appropriate contents. See the template page for detailed instructions. Example usage:


 * name : The name of the item. This may be omitted as it will default to the page name.


 * image : The inventory icon of the item. The image should be .jpg format. This may be omitted as it will default to.


 * type : The type of the item. This may be omitted in some cases as the field will attempt to auto-type (see the template page for details).


 * value : The Merchant value of the item. Specify as 'Can't be sold' in the case of quest items.


 * campaign : The campaign this item is available in. Defaults to Core.


 * commonsalvage: The common crafting materials this item can be salvaged into. Omit if the item cannot be salvaged, or the materials are not known.


 * raresalvage: The rare crafting materials this item can be salvaged into. Omit if the item cannot be salvaged, or the materials are not known.

The item info box contains many other parameters for use with different types of items, see the item infobox for details.

Acquisition
List all places or monsters where the item can be obtained. Drop information lists should generally follow this format:

* Campaign Drop research is ongoing, and can be found here.
 * Region
 * Monster

Include the following on the talk page of the item (N for Normal Mode, H for Hard Mode; second table for weapons/items with multiple skins; third table for materials

==Drop research== Observed drops for

or

Observed drops for or

Observed drops for

Farming
Make a heading for each good area to farm for this item.


Write a description of the area or route to follow for farming for the item. Include a link to a map if necessary, but don't put the image on the page.

If the item is a common crafting material, the following format should be used:

* Purchased from material traders.
 * Salvaged from:
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Armor crafted using (see below).
 * See Category:Contains for other items.
 * For known creatures that drop see Category:Drops.

If the item is a rare crafting material, the following format should be used:

* Purchased from rare material traders.
 * Campaign artisans will craft one  for.
 * Expert salvaged from:
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Armor crafted using.
 * See Category:Contains for other items.
 * For known creatures that drop  see Category:Drops.

Quests
List the quests the item is involved in. Use the following format:

* Campaign
 * Quest 1
 * Quest 2

Omit this section if the item is not a quest item. Add Category:Quest items to the category section.

Collectors
Include the collector sub-pages of collectors that collect this item. Using the following format will ensure that collector details are included:

Omit this section if the item is not a trophy. Add Category:Trophies to the category section.

Crafting
List the armor, weapons and rare materials the item is used in. Use the following format:

*Armor
 * Armor 1
 * Armor 2


 * Weaponsmiths
 * Weaponsmith 1
 * Weaponsmith 2


 * Rare materials
 * Rare Material 1
 * Rare Material 2

Omit this section if the item is not a common or rare crafting material. Add Category:Common crafting materials or Category:Rare crafting materials to the category section.

Trivia
Mention any known or suspected trivia about the item. If there is nothing in this section it should be omitted.

Article footer
The following should always be placed at the end of the article.

Categories
See Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Categories. For items, most of the relevant categories to consider can be found as descendent subcategories of Category:Items. Add the appropriate Category:Contains entries.
 * Note that the item infobox template automatically does some of the categorization.