User:Zorbonkingofpants/Collectable trading
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Most foes in Guild Wars are known to drop some sort of collectable item that you can, well, collect. But why would you want to? Why not salvage them into crafting materials or sell them off at the nearest merchant? Well, because there is a certain class of people - considered by most to be of questionable sanity - called collectors who can be found in various places around the world, waiting for some intrepid adventurer to come by wanting to unload a pile of these collectable items. If you've got the specific collectable that they're obsessed with collecting, they'll gladly give you a reward for helping them feed said obsession.
Still, the question remains: why bother searching out a collector for your items when any old merchant will buy them from you?
The answer: Profit.
Some of these collectors have such a strong obsession with collecting their chosen item that they're willing to give you an item worth significantly more than the collectables you trade for it. This can be used to your very great advantage, if you know which collectors to go to with which collectables. And that's what this article is for.
The following tables list all known collectibles in each chapter, along with all known collectors for each item and the best trade you can make with each collector. In the Profit? column you will find one of two symbols:
- This trade is profitable.
- This trade is not profitable.
The numbers following the mark indicate the margin on the trade - the first number is the total margin, and the number in parentheses (only displayed for profitable trades) is the margin per item. The per-item margin is used to determine the better trade when two collectors for the same item collect different quantities of that item.
Core[edit]
Fissure of Woe[edit]
| Collectible | Sell Value |
Collector | Location | Qty | Item | Trade Value |
Profit? total (per item) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrosive Spider Leg | 60 
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Dark Claw | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Dark Remains | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Gloom Seed | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Shadowy Crest | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Shadowy Husk | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Umbral Eye | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Umbral Shell | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Umbral Skeletal Limb | 60
|
no known collectors | |||||
The Underworld[edit]
| Collectible | Sell Value |
Collector | Location | Qty | Item | Trade Value |
Profit? total (per item) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonic Remains | 20
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Gruesome Sternum | 20
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Obsidian Burrower Jaw | 20
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Phantom Residue | 20
|
no known collectors | |||||
Prophecies[edit]
Pre-Searing Ascalon[edit]
| Collectible | Sell Value |
Collector | Location | Qty | Item | Trade Value |
Profit? total (per item) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Husk | 3
|
Jacobs | Lakeside County | 3 | all items | 9
|
 0
|
| Dull Carapace | 3
|
Rownan | Regent Valley | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
|
| Enchanted Lodestone | 3
|
Mindle | Wizard's Folly | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
|
| Gargoyle Skull | 3
|
Karleen | The Catacombs | 5 | Armor (feet) | 9
|
-6
|
| Grawl Necklace | 3
|
Kaylee | Lakeside County | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
|
| Icy Lodestone | 3
|
Savich | Wizard's Folly | 3 | Armor (hands) | 9
|
0
|
| Skale Fin | 3
|
Brownlow | Lakeside County | 5 | Belt Pouch | 5
|
-10
|
| Skeletal Limb | 3
|
Gwynn | The Catacombs | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
|
| Spider Leg | 3
|
Varis | Regent Valley | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
|
| Unnatural Seed | 3
|
Hatcher | Fort Ranik | 5 | Armor (chest) | 9
|
-6
|
| Walden | Lakeside County | 3 | all items | 9
|
0
| ||
| Worn Belt | 3
|
Humphreys | Lakeside County | 5 | all items | 9
|
-6
|
Tyrian Mainland (Post-Searing)[edit]
Notes[edit]
- Calissa Sedgwick will also exchange Charr Hides for Fur Squares (whose value varies based on market demand), which used to be a lucrative trade back in the early days of Guild Wars. Unfortunately, the demand for Fur Squares is usually very low, and so their market value generally hovers around the equivalent of 4 Charr Hides, or 20
.
Ring of Fire Islands[edit]
| Collectible | Sell Value |
Collector | Location | Qty | Item | Trade Value |
Profit? total (per item) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Flame Fang | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Fiery Crest | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Igneous Hump | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Igneous Shell | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Igneous Spider Leg | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Mahgo Claw | 30
|
Collector Gabrian | Perdition Rock | 3 | Scroll of Berserker's Insight | 400
|
 +310 (+103.3)
|
| Molten Claw | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Molten Eye | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Molten Heart | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Seared Ribcage | 30
|
Collector Corbis | Perdition Rock | 12 | Scroll of Slayer's Insight | 400
|
+40 (+3.3)
|
| Searing Burrower Jaw | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Smoking Remains | 30
|
no known collectors | |||||
| Unctuous Remains | 30
|
Collector Terra | Perdition Rock | 7 | Scroll of Hero's Insight | 400
|
+190 (+27.1)
|
Factions[edit]
Shing Jea Island[edit]
Notes[edit]
- The Animal Hide collectable, once reported to drop from Sickened Animals in Minister Cho's Estate, seems to have vanished from the game. The collector for these items, Xuwei Diyi, still exists in Kinya Province, however. Because the sell value of Animal Hides is unknown, they are not listed in the table.
Canthan Mainland[edit]
Nightfall[edit]
Istan[edit]
| Collectible | Sell Value |
Collector | Location | Qty | Item | Trade Value |
Profit? total (per item) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunk of Drake Flesh | 15
|
Apida | Yohlon Haven | 1 | Drake Kabob | 0
|
-15
|
| Chef Lonbahn | Kamadan | 1 | Drake Kabob | 0
|
-15
| ||
| Sheltah | Mehtani Keys | 1 | all items | 50
|
+35 (+35)
| ||
| Copper Shilling | 10
|
Ahchin | Lahtenda Bog | 3 | Armor (head) | 50
|
+20 (+6.7)
|
| Yahya | Cliffs of Dohjok | 3 | Armor (chest) | 30
|
0
| ||
| Fledgling Skree Wing | 10
|
Mau | Cliffs of Dohjok | 3 | Armor (feet) | 30
|
0
|
| Pehrub | Lahtenda Bog | 3 | Armor (feet) | 50
|
+20 (+6.7)
| ||
| Iboga Petal | 3
|
Chef Volon | Champion's Dawn | 2 | Pahnai Salad | 0
|
-6
|
| Insect Appendage | 10
|
Gundok | Lahtenda Bog | 3 | Armor (hands) | 50
|
+20 (+6.7)
|
| Iyemab | Issnur Isles | 3 | all items | 20
|
-10
| ||
| Lohfihau | Issnur Isles | 3 | all items | 20
|
-10
| ||
| Juvenile Termite Leg | 3
|
Kushau | Plains of Jarin | 3 | Machete | 10
|
+1 (+0.3)
|
| Nenah | Kamadan | 2 | Belt Pouch | 5
|
-1
| ||
| Mandragor Carapace | 5
|
Timahr | Plains of Jarin | 3 | all items | 10
|
-5
|
| Mandragor Swamproot | 15
|
Chormar | Lahtenda Bog | 2 | Armor (legs) | 50
|
+20 (+10)
|
| Zukesha | Zehlon Reach | 1 | Armor (head) | 30
|
+15 (+15)
| ||
| Rinkhal Talon | 10
|
Uhisheh | Cliffs of Dohjok | 1 | Armor (hands) | 30
|
+20 (+20)
|
| Sentient Root | 3
|
Adhitok | Plains of Jarin | 3 | Salvage Kit | 20
|
+11 (+3.7)
|
| Sentient Seed | 12
|
Paljab | Fahranur | 3 | all items | 20
|
-16
|
| Sehyal | Sunspear Great Hall | 3 | all items | 50
|
+14 (+4.7)
| ||
| Silver Bullion Coin | 15
|
Damak | Lahtenda Bog | 3 | Armor (chest) | 50
|
+5 (+1.7)
|
| Ehiyah | Mehtani Keys | 3 | all items | 30
|
-15
| ||
| Skale Claw | 15
|
Hoanjo | Issnur Isles | 3 | all items | 20
|
-25
|
| Skale Fin | 5
|
Chef Panjoh | The Astralarium | 2 | Bowl of Skalefin Soup | 0
|
-10
|
| Skale Tooth | 8
|
Dzajo | The Astralarium | 3 | Armor (legs) | 30
|
+6 (+2)
|
| Skeleton Bone | 12
|
Danton | Jokanur Diggings | 3 | all items | 50
|
+14 (+4.7)
|
Elonian Mainland[edit]
Notes[edit]
- The Kournan Pendant collector Yartu is only available immediately upon completion of the quest Old Woman River.
- While Jidun is technically an Istan collector, Water Djinns are very rare there but are (relatively) more common on the mainland.
