Back item

A back item is a trinket equipped in the back slot in the hero panel. Players may toggle the visibility of a back item off and on.

Back slot

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Back items share features with both armor and trinkets. Like armor, it can take damage after being defeated during combat, but it is placed in a trinket slot and can be upgraded with jewels. Some back item skins can be seen by other players and you can toggle their visibility through a check box in the hero panel.

Acquisition

Back items are available as rewards during the Personal Story. They can be purchased from specialty vendors, including Guild Armorers, BUY-4373, and temple vendors. They also drop in a variety of dungeons. They are also available from the Trading Post.

During character creation, Engineers can choose the Universal Multitool Pack as a starting item. Finally, you could earn themed back items during certain Living Story events, including Mad Memoires (Halloween 2012) and the Toymaker's Bag (Wintersday 2012).

Trading Post

• There is no easy way to search for back items on the trading post, since they do not appear under trinkets or armor. Instead, search for any of the following: spineguard, brace, splice, or back.

Personal story

• No level requirement
  • From any of the level 33 quests: Killer Instinct, Down the Hatch, or Bad Blood.
  • Choice of: Hearty Back Brace, Enduring Back Brace, or Strong Back Brace.
• L80 requirement/Masterwork:
  • From completing the personal story quests: Blast from the Past, Ships of the Line, The Steel Tide
  • Choice of: Berserkers Spineguard of the Berserker, Clerics Spineguard of the Cleric or Rampagers Spineguard of the Rampager

Vendors

• Guild Armorer (coin)
• Guild Commendation Trader: exotic items sold for 5 plus 5  Guild Commendations
• BUY-4373 in Mistlock Observatory (1,350  Fractal Relics)
• Gem Store back piece covers come bundled with a white quality account-bound back item without stats.
• Karma vendors after the Temple events sell exotic versions for 42,000 per piece. There are five stat combinations available, depending on the temple: Soldier, Cavalier, Rabid, and Magi.

Drops

• Dungeons
  • Ascalonian Catacombs: Ghostly Spineguard and Ghost Eater's Hide
  • Caudecus's Manor: Bandit Spineguard
  • Twilight Arbor: Forest Brace and Arbor's Embrace
  • Citadel of Flame: Charred Back Warmer
  • Crucible of Eternity: Fiber Splice
  • The Ruined City of Arah: Risen Spineguard
  • Fractals of the Mists: Various back items
• Mystic Forge
  • Various ascended back items

Special events

• Halloween 2012:
  • No level requirement: Mad Memoires for completing the Halloween 2012/Act 1 scavenger hunt.
  • No level requirement: Mad Memoires: Complete Edition for completing the follow up quest from Halloween 2012/Act 2.
• Wintersday 2012:
  • Level 10 requirement: Toymaker's Bag
  • Level 10 requirement: PvP Toymaker's Bag
• Super Adventure Box
  • Super Backpack Cover
• The Secret of Southsun
  • Sclerite Karka Shell
  • Fervid Censer
• Dragon Bash
  • Holographic Dragon Wing Cover
  • Holographic Shattered Dragon Wing Cover
• Bazaar of the Four Winds
  • Sun Catcher
  • Lightning Catcher
  • Wind Catcher
• Cutthroat Politics
  • Desert Rose
  • Zephyr Rucksack
• Super Adventure Box: Back to School
  • Plush Moto Backpack
• Tequatl Rising
  • Wings of the Sunless

Notes

• The Halloween items and those from the level 33 quests only accept gems without any level requirement in their upgrade slot.
• Many back items have no visible models.
• The Fractals versions are exotic and can be upgraded to ascended in the Mystic Forge.

See also

• Gallery of back items

Trivia

• Before the 2013-02-26 game update, back items had an empty line instead of the "Back Item" entry in their descriptions.