Vault box

Example of an item storage tab of a Vault box.

The Vault box, better known as Storage, is the inventory repository service offered by the Xunlai Guild. The vault is shared by all characters on the account. Unlimited access to storage costs 50 for roleplaying characters and is free for PvP-only characters (once the vault is unlocked for the account).

You can open the box by speaking with a Xunlai Agent or directly with a Xunlai Chest. There is no access in pre-Searing Ascalon, since neither of these NPCs appear in that part of Prophecies.

Storage details

State of the Vault box after all additional storage panes have been bought

Example of the materials storage tab of a Vault box.

Anything that can be stored in the inventory can also be stored in the Vault box. It can be used to store three types of things:

• Currency: the vault can hold up to 1000 .
• Items: by default, the vault comes with 40 slots for any item that you can carry, much like a character's backpack.
• Materials: after paying an additional 50 fee, you can store up to one stack (250) of each type of rare and common crafting material.

Money

The total amount of gold and platinum currently in the Vault box is shown at the top of the window. Right below it are the buttons used to deposit and withdraw money. Any character may deposit and withdraw money.

Items

The Vault box contains up to nine tabs (or panes) of storage space, each with 20 slots for items. As with your backpack, items that cannot be stacked will take up one slot each.

You can expand your item storage as follows:

• Every account comes with one pane. Every campaign added to the account adds one pane. Thus, an account with all three campaigns will have four panes.
• You can purchase up to four additional panes through through the Guild Wars In-Game Store or NCsoft Store.
• As part of the Fourth Year Anniversary Celebration, players were able to add a ninth slot for free. This limited offer is no longer available to new or veteran players (see Notes for additional details).

Materials

Material storage is an optional in-game upgrade to the Vault box; each PvE character must pay the 50 fee to be able to use it. As noted above, the material pane holds up to 250 of each type of crafting material; any surplus will take up a separate slot in the ordinary storage (or the character's inventory).

As with ordinary storage, PvP characters do not have to pay a fee, but cannot gain access unless that tab is unlocked by a PvE character.

Notes

• Moving away from the Xunlai Chest while the Vault box window is open does not prevent you from using it.
• Trial accounts are not allowed to purchase the material pane upgrade.
• During the 4th anniversary celebration, players were offered a chance to add an additional pane of storage:
  • This promotional offer ran from April 23 through June 30th, 2009 (although it was originally set to expire on May 31).
  • This pane was free of cost and does not count towards the eight basic slots (four from campaigns and four through microtransactions).
  • This tab's icon is a gift box and is always located after the last standard tab (i.e. those marked with a roman numeral). If you move your cursor over the icon, the pop-up text will read, 4th Anniversary Storage.

Anomaly.Although the promotional tab is always the last storage pane, the items stored on that slot will not follow as you add new panes. Instead, they are bound to their physical location, e.g. if you have five panes and purchase a sixth, the items will remain on pane #5, even though they were on the promotional pane, which has become pane #6.

Anomaly.Armor in storage will always appear to be for the gender of the current viewer — not for the gender of the character the equipment was customized for.

Trivia

• The 13th July 2006 game update added the material pane upgrade, reducing the need for mule characters. It was originally made available only to accounts with access to Guild Wars Factions, but after Guild Wars Nightfall was released, all accounts were able to access this upgrade. When the material pane upgrade was first released, it was purchasable from a Xunlai Representative NPC, but they have since been removed from the game.
• Until April 5th 2007, there was only one item storage tab available for the Vault box.
• There was a Guild Vault planned after the release of Factions but never implemented due to technical reasons.
• Prior to the The Fourth Anniversary Content Update on April 23, 2009, players could only have four panes of storage.

External links

• Information about storage on the official website.

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