Astralaria

Astralaria is a legendary axe crafted in the Mystic Forge, through various materials and tasks tied to the Heart of Thorns expansion.

What it looks like

Astralaria is an iridescent axe that features the effects of stars and constellations in the night sky seeping into the world, a rotating armillary and a sextant with a moving arm on the pommel. The bit (or blade) of Astralaria, similar to Twilight & Sunrise, is a window into the cosmos. Like the aforementioned Legendaries, the bit also leaves a trail when swung. The constellations shown on the bit look as if they're seeping out into our world. The centerpiece is an armillary that glows in a multitude of colors and rotates. The pommel is a sextant, that…

Draw/Stow Effects

• Upon being drawn, the axe emits a subtle tone, (intentionally) similar to skill sounds of the Celestial Avatar. This is accompanied by a burst of blue light that emanates from the character, followed by large, nested, rotating golden rings that are an exact replica of the armature of the armillary…
• Whenever the axe is drawn and held, any arm holding it becomes imbued with the same cosmic background effect as the one on the axe bit, from the hand up to just under the shoulder, and this effect bleeds out into the surrounding air, diffusing out over the nearest several centimeters, particularly…
• When stowing the axe, a tone is played, like that of a device shutting down, as the armillary and the sextant stop moving when stowed.

Skill effects

• Default class weapon trails are replaced with cosmic trails.
• Ranged skills will throw Astralaria instead of the default projectile. This effect changes the following skills:

Kill animations

• Default damage type is Ice.
• Enemies killed by Astralaria will display chilled death animations.

Unlock text

Sunsmith Ouissal dreamed she gifted an exquisite axe to a woman with skin like the star-kissed sky above the Astralarium. She woke and ran to her workbench, a delighted laugh lingering in her memory.

What it takes

Combined in the Mystic Forge, from:

1 × The Mechanism1 × Mystic Tribute1 × Gift of Astralaria1 × Gift of Maguuma Mastery

Each of those breaks down further — often a long way. Track it in the tracker to see the whole list with what you already hold subtracted, and where each missing piece comes from.

Astralaria on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki