Can we only create one of each Legendary?

I've heard this, and the evidence seems to support it, but just want to be sure.

I am not 100% certain of this but I think it is true for gen 2 lengendaries that you can only make one. However gen 1 legendaries can be made multiple times. That is the collection/crafting of the pre-cursor can only be made once, but the pre-cursors can drop or be bought on tp and so you can make more.

Can we only create one of each Legendary?No.

There's no limit to how many legendary weapons of each kind one can forge, with the exception of the first four Generation 2 weapons (axe, staff, pistol, shortbow).

You can only do each precursor collection once.

So gen 1 legendaries (the original set which were in the game at release) can be made as many times as you like because you can buy or (very, very rarely) find additional precursors. But the ones introduced with HoT and later have account bound precursors so those can only be made once.

You can near-enough duplicate any legendary though by making an ascended weapon of the same type and then using the wardrobe to change the skin. The only difference will be that you can't change the stats as easily - you'll have to go to use the mystic forge recipe.

@Graymalkyn.8076 said:the evidence seems to support itWhat evidence?

The wiki is quite clear on the topic

In addition to the limit on four of the Gen2 weapons, there are also these limits:

• Generation 1: you can only make one precursor of each weapon, which are collection based. However, there's no requirement to obtain the precursor that way. You can also purchase off the TP, hope to get a lucky drop, use the mystic forge to get lucky.
• That's it; nothing else except currency & mats & gifts of exploration limit how many you can make.

@Illconceived Was Na.9781 said:

@Graymalkyn.8076 said:the evidence seems to support itWhat evidence?

• Generation 1: you can only make one precursor of each weapon, which are collection based. However, there's no requirement to obtain the precursor that way. You can also purchase off the TP, hope to get a lucky drop, use the mystic forge to get lucky.
• That's it; nothing else except currency & mats & gifts of exploration limit how many you can make.

I missed that part of the wiki, so that's on me. Sorry.

The evidence I was basing it on is that I had created the Perfected Axe a year ago or so and then, rather than keep going, I simply bought the precursor. Now I've decided to go about finishing the Pre, but lost the Axe somewhere along the way so was unable to get the necessary parts. However, it looks like, with some gold and mats I can go back a level or two and remake it.

To support the above statements, only

Chuka and ChampawatNevermoreAstraliaH.O.P.E.

Are one time only crafting for the entire legendary process due to being locked behind one time collections for the precursor which cannot be obtained any other way

All legendaries from the original set are craftable multiple times, but the precursor can only be crafted once ever. The precursor otherwise needs to be obtained by purchase, forge or drop. The legendaries can also be bought outright

All second gen legendaries which do not require a collection (ie all but the above 4) can be crafted multiple times because there is no restrictions on crafting the precursor. None of the second gen precursors or legendaries can be mystic forged or bought.

So basically, you heard wrong (mostly)

@Graymalkyn.8076 said:

Can we only create one of each Legendary?

I've heard this, and the evidence seems to support it, but just want to be sure.

But does it even matter? Once you made the legendary in question you also unlock its skin so you can just get another legendary of the same weapon type and there you go.

Dunno about Aurora tho.

@Tails.9372 said:

@Graymalkyn.8076 said:

Can we only create one of each Legendary?

I've heard this, and the evidence seems to support it, but just want to be sure.

Aurora can neither be made again or transmuted

@Randulf.7614 said:Aurora can neither be made again or transmuted

obviously

@Danikat.8537 said:You can only do each precursor collection once.

This. Each Gen 1 and Gen 2.1 weapon precursor can only be crafted once per account. But, as mentioned, you can purchase them from the TP.

@Randulf.7614 said:To support the above statements, only

Chuka and ChampawatNevermoreAstralia

Are one time only crafting for the entire legendary process due to being locked behind one time collections for the precursor which cannot be obtained any other way

All legendaries from the original set are craftable multiple times, but the precursor can only be crafted once ever. The precursor otherwise needs to be obtained by purchase, forge or drop. The legendaries can also be bought outright

All second gen legendaries which do not require a collection (ie all but the above 3) can be crafted multiple times because there is no restrictions on crafting the precursor. None of the second gen precursors or legendaries can be mystic forged or bought.

So basically, you heard wrong (mostly)

You forgot H.O.P.E.

@Etria.3642 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:To support the above statements, only

Chuka and ChampawatNevermoreAstralia

Are one time only crafting for the entire legendary process due to being locked behind one time collections for the precursor which cannot be obtained any other way

All legendaries from the original set are craftable multiple times, but the precursor can only be crafted once ever. The precursor otherwise needs to be obtained by purchase, forge or drop. The legendaries can also be bought outright

All second gen legendaries which do not require a collection (ie all but the above 3) can be crafted multiple times because there is no restrictions on crafting the precursor. None of the second gen precursors or legendaries can be mystic forged or bought.

So basically, you heard wrong (mostly)

I did indeed, well spotted

edited!

@"Randulf.7614" said:Astralia

You ripper!

Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

@"Envy Stadtfeld.5807" said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

It's been tried and tested. You cannot craft those multiple times

@Randulf.7614 said:

@"Envy Stadtfeld.5807" said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

Then why can you buy more of the items? That seems like a weird choice to let you buy things you can't use. If you can buy them again, what stops you from crafting with them? Do you know where these tests were documented?

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

In case you misplace them. There just isn’t a check to make them invisible again after you crafted the legendary.

Isn't even there an achievement - with a title - for crafting the same legendary twice?

@"Perisemiotics.4579" said:Isn't even there an achievement - with a title - for crafting the same legendary twice?

Yes.And you can do it easily with Gen1, less easily with Gen 2.5 (or 2.2 or whatever your preferred jargon ;)). There are four that were intended to be one-time only and ANet's just never fixed it.

The existence of the "Twice Told Legendary" is due to the fact that, prior to the existence of the Wardrobe, the only way to dual wield legendary skins was to build two identical weapons. (Or buy them off TP; either way, a costly endeavor.) As ANet doesn't refund for such changes, they added the achievement as a sop to those who had gone through the trouble.

Recognizing that some people would be interested 25 AP regardless of the cost, they made it generally available. When the second generation of legendaries launched, ANet tried a number of different things: special collections and quests, non-tradeable, and craft-only once... none of which hold true for the last 12 of the HoT legends.

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

That still doesn't answer the question of what stops you from doing all of the crafting again if you have the parts. I've looked at multiple pages on the wiki trying to find an answer to this, but have seen no mention of these supposed tests for crafting it twice. You'd think something so apparently common knowledge on the forums would be documented there too, right? Are we sure that it isn't just assumed that you can't and no one's tried because of costs? Or can someone provide a link to where this is documented?

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

Even that only works half of the time.

If you got the chest then lost it the vendor sells you a replacement and it is fine.

If you got the chest then opened it and then lost the content of the chest it is useless. You can still buy the chest but the game won't let you open it. :/

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

@Khisanth.2948 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

Woooooooooowwwwwwwww, that's one of the stupidest things ever. I get it for the gen 1 legendaries, not wanting to flood the market with them, disregarding the 'easy' fix of just putting some tell in so it auto-account binds it. But why the Gen 2 ones? It's already account bound, why can't we craft it again???

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Khisanth.2948 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Concerning the "Gen 2.1" precursors and gifts, doesn't Hobbs sell you all the collection rewards after you've completed them? Or is that an "only if you lose the original some how" kind of thing? Though, how would it know the difference between using it to craft and accidentally deleting the item? Regardless, to get the precursor would still take a lot since you would be starting from the first tier again, but that's the same with the rest of the Gen 2 ones.

Edit: After some more looking both in game and on the wiki, not only does this seem to be the case, but it also applies to the Gen 1 precursors too. So, yes you can only do the collections once, but that doesn't mean you can't make the weapons as many times as you want.

This is really weird, I thought you'd be able to craft precursor multiple times. Well I guess you just have to buy the precursor the 2nd time.

@"tim.4596" said:This is really weird, I thought you'd be able to craft precursor multiple times. Well I guess you just have to buy the precursor the 2nd time.

For gen 1 I can only think of two reasons why you would craft a second ...

1. You are the type of people attach a lot of sentiments to "crafting things yourself" ... even though you aren't really doing that but we can ignore that minor detail

2. You allergic to gold. You just want to want to spend as much as possible ASAP to get it away from yourself because the majority of the gen1 are more expensive to craft than to buy. In some cases by a ridiculous amount. For the price of crafting The Lover(precursor for The Dreamer) you could have bought 3.

   @Envy Stadtfeld.5807 said:Woooooooooowwwwwwwww, that's one of the stupidest things ever. I get it for the gen 1 legendaries, not wanting to flood the market with them, disregarding the 'easy' fix of just putting some tell in so it auto-account binds it. But why the Gen 2 ones? It's already account bound, why can't we craft it again???

Probably because it becomes much cheaper to craft the second time.

On the other hand this is also true for the ones without collections and you can craft multiples of those, although that wasn't always true either.