Exordium

Exordium is a legendary greatsword crafted in the Mystic Forge.

What it looks like

Exordium is a vibrant crystal-themed greatsword, representing a renaissance of magic and technology in the world of Tyria. It is the first legendary weapon that changes its appearance while using certain weapon skills.

Aura

• Swirls of golden light with floating crystal bits surround the swordsman's arms.

Draw/Stow Animation

• Upon drawing the weapon, a vortex of gleaming light infused with speckles of gold and shards of crystal erupts from the greatsword and attaches itself to the character's upper limbs.
• When stowing Exordium, the swirls and shards dematerialize into air.

Footfalls

• The character leaves quickly dissolving vortexes of orange and blue and pieces of light on the ground. Footfalls act as a faint light source on their own.

Skill effects

• During melee chain attacks, the blade expands before each strike, reaching its largest form on the third strike of the chain.
• Projectiles thrown while wielding Exordium become large four-pointed stars.
• Exordium changes its shape when used with specific skills:
• Features a warping sound upon drawing and stowing the weapon.

Unlock text

Explorers venture into the Mists, and sometimes the Mists venture back. Though far less sentient than the Mist-being Razah, Exordium takes some joy in adapting to its wielder's needs and expectations.

What it takes

Combined in the Mystic Forge, from:

1 × Exitare1 × Mystic Tribute1 × Gift of Exordium1 × 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.

Exordium on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki