Guild Wars 2: The best new skins for mounts – which ones are worth it?
The Guild Wars 2 in-game store can be a bit of a shock to some new players: so many skins, so many deals, and so much content – but if you’re shocked, don’t forget that GW2 comes with no monthly fees. You can play the world of Tyria as a Free2Play MMORPG or as a Pay2Play MMORPG. The costs for playing are therefore significantly lower than with WoW or Final Fantasy 14. How do the developers make money then? Exactly: the shop. The new skins for mounts – one of the absolute highlights of Guild Wars 2 – are of particular interest to the community. This is especially true for the ones that have recently become available “Imperial Wonder” mounts. What are the best skins in this pack? We took a look!
The 6 most beautiful skins for your mounts in GW2: Imperial Wonders
Total are about that “Imperial Miracles”-Pack of 15 new skins for your mounts in Guild Wars 2 (buy now €49.95 ) pick up. You can be lucky 400 gems for a mount adoption license spend and unlock a random skin. Or you pay 1,200 gems for a select license, if you’re aiming for a specific one. To make your decision easier, we present you the six best skins.
Buy gems for mounts: You can also get the shop currency on Amazon
Springer: Beautiful country cuckoo
If you want to give the actually bunny-like Springer a completely new look and like little birds, you’ll be in heaven with this skin: We fell in love with the little fellow straight away – whether with dotted coloring according to your taste…
The coloring possibilities of the “Fair Country Cuckoo” skin: Four color channels allow for a multi-layered appearance – or you can color them all the same way, for example for the yellow chick look!
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… or in the classic chick look, which is wonderfully reminiscent of chocobos from Final Fantasy. The fluffy bouncy ball is also great next to roadrunner (sometimes available in the store, currently not). By the way, the beautiful country cuckoo, like other cuckoo jumpers, has unique idle animations. He then starts cleaning his feathers or starts pecking on the ground for food.
The Fair Country Cuckoo skin for the Guild Wars 2 Leaper alongside the Roadrunner skin (left) for Raptors
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Jackal: Ocean Fox
It gets really crazy with this Jackal. The fact that the developers like to experiment with the models is not new. Finally, there are already tiger, ox and deer variants of the actual sand jackals. But the crocodile-like ocean fox is a real eye-catcher. Especially the detailed sparkling scale textures look fantastic, not to mention the unique head.
As an “ocean fox” your jackal is no longer recognizable in Guild Wars 2.
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Griffin: Star-Blessed Tigris
In general, of course, skins are exciting, which not only give your mount a new coat of paint, but also a new model. Accordingly, we recommend the Tigris variants for the Flug-Mount Griffin. After all, this turns the bird hybrid into a winged kitten! In this regard, the star-blessed Tigris is really sparkly-spatzel-fireworks. He looks almost like a Legendary in mount form (twilight sends regards) – see for yourself:
“Star-Blessed Tigris” skin for your Griffin in Guild Wars 2
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For all those who are skeptical whether the effect is overkill: We hear you. Editor Matze doesn’t like things too over the top either, so he rather tried to lock a magical night sky in the griffin’s fur. It can look like this:
“Star-Blessed Tigris” skin for your Griffin in Guild Wars 2
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Griffin: Skyborne Sprinter Tigris
If you don’t feel like extra special effects, the sky-born sprinter Tigris gets a recommendation. The mixed creature of cheetah and bird relies on a unique model that has never had a mount before. You can leave it classic golden or go for a snow leopard look:
Celestial Sprinter Tigris skin for your Griffin in Guild Wars 2
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Skyscale: Aurene’s Prismatic Nobles
Of course, the queen of mounts remains the skyscale: no other mount is as difficult to get as this flying mount. But you never want to give up the skyscale after activation. Accordingly, you are out and about with her a lot and her look should be correspondingly beautiful. The new skin Aurens Prismatic Nobles is ideal for fans of sparkling action:
The Auren’s Prismatic Nobles skyscale skin.
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This skin is based on the Asian model that other skyscale skins received after the release of End of Dragons. However, Aurene’s Prismatic Noble is much more gorgeous because, like her namesake, she relies on the “Prismatic” look.
The Auren’s Prismatic Nobles skyscale skin in flight
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Skyscale: Spectacled Snake Nobles
Finally, the secret favorite of GW2 fanatic Matze: a cobra as a skyscale! The spectacled snake noble doesn’t need any fancy effects, but makes up for it with the unique head and physique of a graceful cobra.
The Spectacled Snake Noble Skyscale in Guild Wars 2.
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Like all other mounts, you can adjust this skyscale in four different color channels, which means that there are now almost infinitely many possible combinations with over 600 colors in GW2.
The “Spectacled Snake Noble” skyscale with fiery coloring of the mount’s signature idle animation.
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What are your favorite mounts in Guild Wars 2? Do you also buy mount skins in the shop or do you rely on the standard looks of the mounts? Are there specific skins that you’ve been wanting for a while but don’t have yet – like a motorcycle roller beetle, a jade tech skyscale, or a plant jackal? Tell us all about it in the comments!
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