How to farm Spirit Shards in Guild Wars 2

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When you hit the end game of Guild Wars 2, it’s all about getting the best possible gear so that you can run various Meta events and even try your hand at Raids. To get this gear, however, is a long and tedious process, made more complex by certain materials that need to be collected in unconventional ways. Spirit Shards are needed to craft both Ascended and Legendary weapons and armor and these are the best ways to farm them.

Foods and boosters can increase your amount of experience gained by quite a bit, and in they’re easily purchased from the Black Lion Trading Post or crafted by a Chef.

While these two modes are certainly challenging and often annoying to play, there are many instances where they prove to be a very good method for generating Spirit Shards. Spirit Shards are gifted to players once they’ve hit the level cap of 80, Mastery notwithstanding, and every level you gain above this grants you a singular Spirit Shard.

When completing various PvP reward tracks, you’ll gain Tomes of Knowledge and Writs of Knowledge which you can spam consume in order to gain Spirit Shards if you’re level 80. WvW is similar in that you can choose which reward track you’d like to run and from there obtain a number of Tomes of Knowledge, however, it’s more tricky you’ll need a good group to run with or you’ll make no progress.

Festivals in Guild Wars 2 are by and far the best way to generate XP, gold, and resources. The Halloween festival is one of the best for this, as it offers access to the Labyrinth. In this mode, you run through a haunting maze led by a Commander, or anyone really, and farm the mobs of enemies who spawn for XP and items.

Doing Meta events such as Dra