The Binding of Ipos

The Binding of Ipos is a legendary focus crafted in the Mystic Forge.

What it looks like

The Binding of Ipos is a demonic tome. The cover is aged leather adorned with an oval frame with purple demonic runes at the center of which is a purple eye with a yellow iris that moves around as it observes its surroundings. On each of the four corners of the book are decorative metallic demonic hands with three clawed fingers and a thumb. When drawn, the book floats in front of the user and opens to the bookmark, revealing pages with purple glowing text and diagrams.

Aura

• The player grows a purple demonic hand with three fingers and a thumb. A purple aura connects the book with the hand.

Draw/Stow Animation

• Purple mists swirl around you as the book floats in front of you and opens.
• An ominous audio aura and faint unintelligible whispering can be heard while the weapon is drawn.

Footfalls

• The player leaves behind puddles of dark purple viscous liquid.

Projectiles

• Purple spherical eyes with a yellow iris.

Stow Sounds

• Void noise when stowed.

Unlock text

The Binding of Ipos is as mystifying as it is venomous, dripping with ancient knowledge. Any warrior brave enough to carry this tome will be gifted with millennia of sinister magics.

What it takes

Combined in the Mystic Forge, from:

1 × Ars Goetia1 × Mystic Tribute1 × Gift of Ipos1 × 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.

The Binding of Ipos on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki