Collector

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Throughout the world of Guild Wars there are collectors scattered about the landscape, searching for a load of Bleached Shells or Fetid Carapaces, or what have you. Why do we deal with these nincompoops? Free swag, of course. Due to the huge number of collectors throughout the world, we've separated them into the following categories:

As you're searching for who-takes-what, keep in mind that collectors ONLY take drops from the geographical region they're in (with exceptions explained below); Jade Mandibles from the Crystal Desert zones are never going to be accepted by a collector in Lion's Arch. If you can't remember where you got a drop from, a helpful hint is that the value of collectable drops usually stay the same throughout one region, with only two known exceptions (though multiple regions might have the same value). Be warned that some drops which match the profile of what you would expect for a collectable might not have a collector at all.

• Collectors broken up by region:

Campaign	Location	Value	General Collectors	Armor Collectors
Core	The Underworld	20	None	None
	The Fissure of Woe	60	None	None
Prophecies [edit]	Pre-Searing Ascalon	3	General collectors (Pre-Searing)	Armor collectors (Ascalon Pre-Searing)
	Ascalon	5	General collectors (Ascalon)	Armor collectors (Ascalon)
	Northern Shiverpeaks	8	None	Armor collectors (Northern Shiverpeaks)
	Kryta	12	General collectors (Kryta)	Armor collectors (Kryta)
	Maguuma Jungle	20	General collectors (Maguuma Jungle)	Armor collectors (Maguuma Jungle)
	Crystal Desert	25	General collectors (Crystal Desert)	Armor collectors (Crystal Desert)
	Southern Shiverpeaks	8	General collectors (Southern Shiverpeaks)	Armor collectors (Southern Shiverpeaks)
	Sorrow's Furnace	30	General collectors (Sorrow's Furnace)	None
	Ring of Fire Islands	30	General collectors (Ring of Fire Islands)	None
Factions [edit]	Shing Jea Island	3-20	General collectors (Shing Jea Island)	Armor collectors (Shing Jea Island)
	Kaineng City	15-30	General collectors (Kaineng City)	Armor collectors (Kaineng City)
	Echovald Forest	25-30	General collectors (Echovald Forest)	None
	Jade Sea	25-30	General collectors (Jade Sea)	None
Nightfall [edit]	Istan	3-20	General collectors (Istan)	Armor collectors (Istan)
	Kourna	15-30	General collectors (Kourna)	None
	Vabbi	20-30	General collectors (Vabbi)
	The Desolation	25-30	General collectors (The Desolation)
	Realm of Torment	30	General collectors (Realm of Torment)

[edit] Notes

• Collector rewards cannot be salvaged, however any runes or upgrade components used on them can be recovered at a chance of destroying the item.
• Charr Carvings and Charr Hides are dropped by Charr who first spawn in the Pre-Searing Ascalon region but also have a dominant presence in Post-Searing Ascalon. Carvings are 3 each, Hides are 5 , and the only collectors for them are in Post-Searing Ascalon.
• The collectable drops in the Ruins of the Tomb of the Primeval Kings, accessed through the Crystal Desert, are the same as the collectable drops in the Underworld.
• Alpine Seeds and Stone Summit Badges drop in both the Northern Shiverpeaks and Southern Shiverpeaks, and there are collectors for them in both regions.
• White Mantle Badges, White Mantle Emblems, Augmented Flesh, Putrid Cysts, Pulsating Growths and Soul Stones drop from monsters in multiple regions, but only have collectors in one region each.

[edit] See also

• Collector rewards - grouped by profession and weapon type, if you are looking for a weapon with a certain property, as opposed to being from a certain location.
• alphabetical list of Collectors.
• alphabetical list of Collectable drops.