Currency

Screenshot of the wallet

Currencies are used to buy goods and services from vendors and other players. The lower bar of the inventory panel displays two types of currency: coin and one other type that varies based on the location of the player.

The wallet is a section in the inventory that tracks currency for each account. It can be opened by clicking on the wallet icon in the lower-left corner of the inventory window. The wallet is shared by all characters on the account: currency earned by any character is automatically deposited into the wallet; currency spent by any character is automatically withdrawn from it.

Currency types

Character-based

• Hero points are acquired through completing Hero Challenges and leveling up, and are used to unlock skills and traits.
• Supply is acquired through and used in WvW to build structure upgrades and siege weapons.

Account-based (displayed in the wallet)

• General Currencies
  • coin — The primary currency of Tyria.
  • Gems — Purchased and spent via the Black Lion Trading Company.
  • Karma — Earned through various activities. Spent at vendors throughout the world.
  • Spirit Shards — Earned as loot or gained from XP after completing all masteries for a region. Spent at Miyani and Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs.
  • Laurels — Earned through the Log-in Reward Chest and Achievement rewards. Spent at laurel merchants.
  • Guild Commendations — Earned through Guild Missions. Can be traded with a guild commendation trader.
  • Transmutation Charges — Purchased via the Black Lion Trading Company or earned from Reward tracks. Spent in the wardrobe to change appearance.
• Competitive Currencies
  • Badges of Honor — Earned by participating in World versus World or from Achievement rewards. Can be spent on equipment, food, and siege weapons in WvW maps.
  • 
    WvW Skirmish Claim Ticket — Earned by completing World versus World Skirmish reward tracks. Traded for various rewards at a Skirmish Supervisor.
  • Proof of Heroics — Earned by ranking up in World versus World.
  • Testimony of Heroics — Earned by ranking up in World versus World.
  • 
    PvP League Tickets — Earned when crossing division thresholds during PvP league seasons.
  •   [[Ascended Shard of Glory|]] — Earned by each final chest in each tier League reward tracks.
• Map Currencies
  • Geodes — Earned in Dry Top.
  • Bandit Crests — Earned in the Silverwastes.
  • Airship Parts — Earned in Verdant Brink. Can be exchanged with Itzel Mastery Vendors.
  • Lumps of Aurillium — Earned in Auric Basin. Can be exchanged with Exalted Mastery Vendors.
  • Ley Line Crystals — Earned in Tangled Depths. Can be exchanged with Nuhoch Mastery Vendors.
  • Provisioner Tokens — Earned by helping Faction Provisioners in the Heart of Maguuma.
  • Magnetite Shards — Earned from bosses and events inside Heart of Thorns raids - the Forsaken Thicket and Bastion of the Penitent. Spent at Scholar Glenna inside the raid instances or at Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative.
  • Unbound Magic — Earned in Living World Season 3 maps - Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay, Bitterfrost Frontier, Lake Doric, Draconis Mons, and Siren's Landing.
  • Trade Contracts — Earned in Path of Fire core maps - Crystal Oasis, Desert Highlands, Elon Riverlands, The Desolation and Domain of Vabbi.
  • Elegy Mosaics — Earned in Path of Fire maps for defeating bounty targets.
  • 
    Gaeting Crystals — Earned from bosses and events inside Path of Fire raids - the Hall of Chains. Spent at Scholar Glenna inside the raid instances or at Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative.
  • Volatile Magic — Earned in Living World Season 4 maps - Domain of Istan, Sandswept Isles, Domain of Kourna, Jahai Bluffs, Thunderhead Peaks and Dragonfall.
  • 
    Racing Medallions — Earned by participating in Roller Beetle Races and Roller Beetle Time Trials.
• Keys
  • Zephyrite Lockpicks — Used to open buried locked chests in Dry Top.
  • Bandit Skeleton Keys — Used to open lost bandit chests in the Silverwastes.
  • Pact Crowbars — Used to open airship cargo in Verdant Brink.
  • Exalted Keys — Used to open Exalted chests in Auric Basin.
  • Vials of Chak Acid — Used to open crystallized supply caches in Tangled Depths.
  • Machetes — Used to open noxious pods in Dragon's Stand.
  • Trader's Keys — Used to open trade caches in the Crystal Desert.
  • Mistborn Keys — Used to open Mistborn Coffers in Dragonfall.
• Dungeon Currencies
  • Fractal Relics — Earned and spent in Fractals of the Mists.
  • Pristine Fractal Relics — Earned and spent in Fractals of the Mists. Used to purchase ascended rings.
  • Ascalonian Tears — Earned in Ascalonian Catacombs.
  • Seals of Beetletun — Earned in Caudecus's Manor.
  • Deadly Blooms — Earned in Twilight Arbor.
  • Manifestos of the Moletariate — Earned in Sorrow's Embrace.
  • Flame Legion Charr Carvings — Earned in Citadel of Flame.
  • Symbols of Koda — Earned in Honor of the Waves.
  • Knowledge Crystals — Earned in Crucible of Eternity.
  • Shards of Zhaitan — Earned in the Ruined City of Arah.

Guild currencies

• Aetherium — This material is automatically gained over time. The rate depends on Guild Mine upgrades.
• 
  Favor — Used to research guild upgrades and purchase items. Earned when players representing a guild participate in guild missions. A guild's accumulated favor can be seen via the guild panel.
• Influence — Was once used to research guild upgrades and boons; it used to be earned when players representing a guild participated in events, PvP, and the personal story. A guild's accumulated influence can be seen via the guild panel.

Tokens

Primary article: Token

Tokens are physical items that take up space in the inventory and are used to purchase items from certain vendors. Living World releases may include one or more types of tokens that are only available as drops for a limited time. Permanent tokens include Black Lion Claim Ticket Scraps that can be found in Black Lion Chests, and multi-use items, such as Karka Shells and Globs of Ectoplasm, used both as tokens and as crafting materials.

Notes

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Currency.

• Coin can be exchanged for gems (and vice versa) on the Trading Post.
• Currencies and other tokens can be indirectly converted to coin by using them to purchase items that can then be crafted, forged, or otherwise used to produce items that can be sold to vendors and/or on the trading post.

Trivia

• Keys and Competitive Currencies were added to the wallet with the November 28 2017 update.
• 
  Glory was once used to unlock skins for use in Structured PvP; it could only be obtained through participation in the Structured PvP game mode. With the rewards structure change in the April 2014 Feature Pack it was removed from the game.
• Skill points were once used mainly to unlock skills, but were also required to purchase items from Miyani. In the June 23, 2015 update they were replaced with Hero points and Spirit Shards, with unspent Skill points being converted to Spirit Shards.
• Guild Merits were once required to research high-tier guild upgrades and boons; it used to be earned when players representing a guild participated in guild missions. This was replaced with Favor.
• The account vault can no longer be used to store coin.
• Mystic Forge recipes requiring Fractal Relics have been changed to use Piles of Crystalline Dust instead.

The first interface for the account wallet, missing several currencies.

• The wallet was introduced in the Queen's Jubilee release on August 6, 2013. Following this update, all of a character's currencies were automatically deposited into the wallet the first time that character was logged in to the game. Each character had to be logged in separately to deposit any currency held by that character. Currencies in the account vault were automatically deposited after the first login on that account.
• The wallet interface was updated and includes additional currencies from the June 23, 2015 game update.
• When first logging in after the wallet was released, each pre-existing character received the following mail:

Magical Wallet Delivery Enjoy your new wallet! Your new wallet will automatically collect all coins, tokens, and other various currencies from a character's inventory when you log in with that character. The collected currency will all go into one account-wide pool. You can access your currencies through a tab in the Hero Panel or your inventory. All future currency items will automatically be added to the account-wide pool.

References

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