WvW Skirmish Tickets & Pip Cap
Weekly cap at a glance
- 1,450 pips per week is the hard cap.
- Hitting the cap awards 365 WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets.
- You must be at Tier 3 participation or higher to earn pips per 5-minute tick.
- The track resets every Friday at the global WvW reset (US: ~9 PM PT, EU: ~7 PM CET).
Pip tier chart
The Skirmish Reward Track has eight pip tiers. Each tier costs more pips than the last, but every tier you push through awards a chest with materials, tickets and rare drops.
| Tier | Pips required | Chest contents (typical) |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 25 | Badges, materials |
| Bronze | 55 | Tickets begin appearing |
| Silver | 85 | More tickets, ascended mats |
| Gold | 120 | Tickets, Memory of Battle |
| Platinum | 175 | Higher ticket roll |
| Mithril | 240 | Best non-Diamond rewards |
| Diamond | 350 | Top-tier ticket payout |
| Diamond (repeatable) | 400 | Repeats until weekly cap |
Pip thresholds match values reported on the official GW2 Wiki — verify in-game for live values.
Pip bonuses you should care about
- Outnumbered — when your team is outnumbered on a map, you gain extra pips per tick.
- Commitment — the longer you stay on the same week's match, the more bonus pips you earn (resets at weekly reset).
- WvW Rank tier — higher WvW rank brackets (Silver, Gold, Platinum) give bonus pips per tick.
- Loyalty / community bonus — sticking with the same team across resets compounds bonus pips.
What to spend tickets on
Skirmish Tickets are spent at the Skirmish Supervisor NPC found at every WvW spawn:
| Item | Tickets | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Triumphant Heroic Armor box | ~75 | Stat-selectable Ascended armor |
| Warlord's weapons (Ascended) | 60–90 | Stat-selectable Ascended weapons |
| Mistforged Triumphant Armor | ~150 + components | Skin upgrade for legendary path |
| Memory of Battle | 2 ea | Used in legendary armor crafting |
| Conflux components | Variable | WvW legendary ring |
Don't spend below Diamond if you can avoid it
Pushing to Diamond every week takes a lot of hours, but the per-pip ticket payout is significantly higher in Mithril+ than in Wood/Bronze. If you are time-limited, prioritise full sessions over many short ones.
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Plan your weekly cap run
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