These days you can get them with 32 slots, even. Surely that must be enoughright? Below is a guide on how to get bigger bags in Guild Wars 2. Getting the most obvious methods out of the way first, you could always buy a bigger bag. There are 20 slot bags that can be obtained from Fractal vendors and WvW vendors. I thought the maximum number of slots one could get per bag was 32? I keep seeing videos on YouTube from GW2 players where in a few instances where they have their inventories up, there's like, almost 100 slots or something like that. Starting Inventory Account. 30 shared bank slots; Crafting Material / Cooking Material / Mini-Pet Storage. You can have 250 of each crafting item stored. 20 slot starter backpack; Four bag slots; You can have up to 5 characters Bags Basics. 4 slot bags can be purchased from vendors for 32 copper.

Things like bags, weapons, and armor can be equipped. Open your inventory with the [I] key, and double-click on equipment to equip it.

— Inventory

The inventory (default I) is a panel which displays all the items and unequipped equipment carried by a character, as well as their supply of coins, gems, and other currencies. Each character starts with a Starter Backpack which offers 20 spaces. This space can be expanded by adding up to nine additional bags. A character starts with five bag slots unlocked ( including the bag slot holding the starter backpack ). The other five bag slots require a purchase of the Bag Slot Expansion via the ingame Gem Store.

• 1Mechanics
• 2Expansion

Mechanics[edit]

• The bar at the bottom of the panel shows your account's assets in a map based currency and coins ( gold, silver, and copper) on the right. Click the Currency button on the left to open your wallet.
• Bags can be collapsed or expanded to simplify navigation.

Buttons[edit]

• Deposit All Materials — Instantly transfer to your account vault all items that have a reserved space in the Material Storage tab there.
• Compact — Move all items to the first available space in inventory.
• Options
  • Show / Hide Rarity — Display a colored border around items depending on their quality.
  • Show / Hide New Item Highlights - Icons of items newly created in a character's inventory will glow when first added or when their stack is increased. The glow will be brighter first, and fade to a dimmer glow, and persist until either the item is clicked in the inventory, or the inventory panel is closed.
  • Show / Hide Bags — Present the storage area as individual bags, or combine all slots into a single group.
  • Embed / Separate Shared Bag - When 'Hide Bags' is turned on, this will control whether or not the shared bag is kept separate or not.

Search[edit]

The inventory has a search function to filter items, similar to the bank. The search term will match any item names containing the term. Players may also search by rarity or item type. You cannot search for common rarity items. For example, 'salvage item' will filter all salvage items.

Interaction[edit]

Double-click an item in your inventory to equip or use. Right-click an item to display other item options (not all options are available for an item, some options may be visible but not usable for some items):

• Equip (if it is equipable by your character — will prompt to confirm for items that are soulbound on use)
• Equip in Off Hand
• Preview (if it is equipment or some containers like the Black Lion Chest)
• Store in Wardrobe
• Use (if it is a consumable)
• Salvage Options for Salvage Kits
  • Salvage all Fine and Lower
  • Salvage all Masterwork and Lower
  • Salvage all Rares
• Item Collection Achievement (Displays the collection of which it is a part)
• Unlock Skin (for equipment new to the account)
• Deposit Material
• Mail item to... (to send it to another player through the mail)
• Sell at Trading Post (to see its value on the Trading Post)
• Buy more at Trading Post (to search for this item on the Trading Post)
• Destroy (Displays Yes/No prompt to confirm/stop destruction)
  • Some items further require that their (case sensitive) name be entered before they can be destroyed. One way^[1] to enter the name (in Windows machines) is:
    • Click Cancel to close the confirmation dialog
    • Shift-Left-Click on the item in inventory. The bracketed name will appear in the chat window.
    • Shift-Home, Ctrl+C to copy the bracketed name to the clipboard
    • Ctrl+V to paste the bracketed name into the name field
    • Backspace to delete the right bracket.
    • Home, Delete to delete the left bracket.
    • Right-Click on the item in inventory and click destroy.
    • Click Yes to PERMANENTLY DESTROY the item.
• Use All (for some consumables)

Drag an item to a bag in the column on the left to put that item in the first empty space in that bag.

Stacking[edit]

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Stackable items can stack up to 250 per inventory space. Most crafting materials, junk, and containers are stackable. To split a stack in two, Alt+Click and drag the item to an empty inventory space. A dialog will prompt you to enter the quantity for the new stack. ( Slot bags do not stack up in Inventory )

On a Mac, same except 'Option Click and Drag'.

Expansion[edit]

Extra bags offer additional storage space (from 4 to 32 spaces per). Bags may be purchased from vendors, found as drops, obtained as Personal story or Living World rewards, or crafted by any of the armor-crafting disciplines: Armorsmith, Leatherworker, or Tailor.

Currently, the maximum number of storage space is 160 without Bag Slot Expansion(5*32). With Bag Slot Expansions the number can be increased by additionally 160, which results in a total of 320 storage space.

Types of bags[edit]

Primary article: Bag

Some bags have special functions:

• Oiled Packs — Looted junk is placed here first. Items in this bag are not affected by inventory sorting.
• Craftsman's Bags — Looted crafting materials are placed here first. Items in this bag are not affected by inventory sorting.
• Equipment Boxes — Looted weapons and armor are placed here first. Items in this bag are not affected by inventory sorting.
  • Fractal Equipment Boxes further refine this by also filtering by rarity (3 versions: Exotic, Rare & Uncommon).
• Invisible Bags/Safe Boxes — Items in the bag never appear in sell lists at vendors and the Trading Post, and are not affected by inventory sorting.
• Equipment Pact Boxes — Looted weapons and armor are placed here first. Items in the bag never appear in sell lists at vendors and the Trading Post, and are not affected by inventory sorting.
• Siegemaster's Satchels — Looted consumables are placed here first. Items in this bag are not affected by inventory sorting.
• Olmakhan Bandoliers — Looted containers and consumables are placed here first. Items in this bag are not affected by inventory sorting.

Shared Inventory Slots[edit]

Shared Inventory Slots can be accessed by all characters on the account. Soul-bound items and equipment that is soul-bound on use cannot be placed in these slots. Players that have purchased any of the Guild Wars 2 expansions (Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns or Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire) are given a free shared inventory slot containing a level-80 boost item for each purchased expansion. The boosts may not be moved out of the slots, but the slots will remain available for use should the boosts be consumed. Additional shared inventory slots are available for purchase in the gem store.

Gw2 How Many Shared Inventory Slots

Notes[edit]

• You cannot equip or unequip items during combat.
• Free to play accounts start with 3 bag slots and can unlock a 4th with gems. Core and HoT accounts start with 5 bag slots and can unlock 5 more with gems.
• The Path of Fire expansion introduced new 24-slot, 28-slot, and 32-slot ascended bags to be acquired through crafting.
• With the October 17, 2017, update, the limit of bags per character has been raised by two for a total of 10 (previously 8)

1. ^Neither Guildwiki nor its contributors are not responsible for any loss of items due to using this procedure

Guild Wars 2 Inventory Space Management Guide by Jerich

I always run out of inventory space in any MMO I play. The main problem is that I love to craft and quest and always have a ton of those items on hand. Here are some things I’ve found out about GW 2 to help me plan my storage space.

Starting Inventory

Account

• 30 shared bank slots
• Crafting Material / Cooking Material / Mini-Pet Storage… You can have 250 of each crafting item stored.

Per Character

• 20 slot starter backpack
• Four bag slots
• You can have up to 5 characters

Bags

Basics

• 4 slot bags can be purchased from vendors for 32 copper
• 8 slot bags can be made by crafters (tailor, leatherworker, armorsmith) with 20 tier 1 materials (jute scrap, rawhide scraps, copper ore)
• Each tier of crafting makes a higher quality bag (10 slots, 12 slots, 15 slots, etc). In addition to raw materials, these higher level bags require an increasingly expensive vendor item called runes of holding.
• 20 slot bags can be made at max level, and they require a superior rune of holding (10 gold) to make.

Specialty Bags

• All three professions can make invisible bags (which don’t show up when selling to merchants)
• Tailors can make 8-20 slot Craftsman’s Bags (New crafting materials are placed here first when looting)
• Leatherworkers can make 8-20 slot Oiled Leather Packs (Junk items are placed here first when looting)
• Armorsmiths can make 8-20 slot Reinforced Padded Equipment Boxes (Weapons and Armor Fill this bag First)

Gem Store Upgrades

Free Storage

• We start with 30 bank slots
• Each Character Starts with a starter pack and 4 bag slots (100 maximum slots)
• We can make 5 characters.
• That means we all have 530 free slots without using the cash store (which is a pretty decent number considering we have seperate storage for crafting ingredients in our bank and can send crafting items to the bank while on the field)

Bank Tab Expansion

• You can expand your bank 7 times for 600 gems each time
• Each expansion adds another 30 slots
• Since gems will most likely sell for 400 for $5.00, this each expansion will cost around $7.50.
• Each extra equpment slot bought this way is therefore 25 cents

Character Slot Expansion

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• You can buy more character slots for 800 gems
• This is about $10.00 US currency
• If you assume you can easily get 20 slot packs, you can get 100 equipment slots this way.
• Each extra equipment slot bought this way is therefore 10 cents.
• Even if we factor in the high price of 20 slot bags and just use 8 slot bags, each slot is still only 19 cents a piece

Bag Slot Upgrade

• You can add an extra bag slot to a single character for 400 gems (Up to 3 times)
• This is about $5.00 US currency
• If you assume easy 20 slot packs, this is 25 cents a slot
• If you use 10 slot packs, this is 50 cents a slot

Tips to Maximizing Your Inventory on the Cheap

How to get by without extra bag slots even if you are a crafter

• Buying salvaging tools should be prioirty #1… Even if you don’t craft, you will want to mine every ore node / chop down every tree you come across for experience and profit. You can buy them from vendors in most starting areas.
• You can buy a crude salvage kit at many renowned heart vendor for a small karma price. Use these kits to break apart trash drops.
• Send any crafting material directly to your bank by right clicking on it and choosing (send to bank)
• You can quickly sell junk items to renowned heart vendors through the sell all junk items button.
• You can post any item you think will selll (crafting ingredients will sell really well until bots ruin the market) by directly opening up the trading house. I will write a guide on this later.
• You can also mail items directly to an alt from the interface if you have a second account (directy from the interface without using a mailbox). Tyr Odinson (on post 51) tested this and calculated you can get 100 extra spots of storage this way. Check out his post here: http://www.guildwars…ap/page__st__50
• Using these steps, the default bag slots should be more than sufficient

Organizing your Bags

• Ideally, I will organize my bags this way… Starter Pack = Overflow and a space for my salvage kits
• Bag #1 Reinforced Padded Equipment Box… All my salvagable loot will come here for me to quickly break apart or sell on auction house
• Bag #2 Craftsman’s Bag … All crafting material will gather here for me to quickly righ click and send to bank.
• Bag #3 Invisible Bag … My Extra gear (extra weapons / armor, buffs, etc) that I don’t want to sell on accident will go here.
• Bag #4 Oiled Leather Pack … Junk items will go here so I never have to sort through them.

Efficient Use of Gems

Gw2 Shared Inventory Slots

• Buy Character Slots First: If you find yourself running out of space… Your best bet is to make sure you are using all five of your character slots and then to buy more character slots
  • First… this is the cheapest use of gems by far (10 cents per equipment slot compared to 25 cents for the other options)
  • Second… It is quite possible that Arena Net will give each of your characters a birthday gift like they did in Guildwars 1. These are usually worth money and on a per character basis.
• Buy Extra Bank Slots Second: I would only buy bank slots if you find the 30 default slots too annoying. While not as good a deal as character slots, they are a quality of life issue and mean you won’t have to mule as much.
• Buy Extra Bag Slots Last: These are not a good deal. I would only buy them if you find yourself running out of working space consistantly and even then only for your main characters.

Part 2: Gem Store Upgrades vs 20-Slot Bags
As like any MMO, bags in GW2 get more expensive as you get better and better ones. Here is a table that lets you quickly see the scaling cost per inventory slot for each level of bag:

Note: (For a more detailed listing of how I calculated these numbers… go to http://gaiscioch.com…post_32754.html)

The Price of Bags

• Starter Backpack (20 new slots): Free!
• 8-Slot Bags (32 new slots): 6 copper / slot
• 10-Slot Bags (8 new slots): 3.47 silver / slot
• 12-Slot Bags (8 new slots): 7.38 silver / slot
• 15-Slot Bags (12 new slots): 17.60 silver / slot
• 18-Slot Bags (12 new slots): 75 silver / slot
• 20-Slot Bags (8 new slots): 6 gold / slot

*These costs are assuming 8 slot packs are 50 copper and other packs sell for 1.5 times the cost of the rune

The Price of Gem Store Upgrades

• Extra Character Slot (80 new slots assuming 15 slot bags): 10 gems / slot
• Bank Tab Expansions (30 new slots): 20 gems / slot
• Extra Bag Slot (18 slots assuming 18 slot bags): 22.22 gems / slot

When should you buy gem store upgrades instead of 20-slot bags?

• Extra Character Slots: Buy When Gems are Cheaper than 100 gems = 57 gold
• Bank Tab Expansions: Buy When Gems are Cheaper than 100 gems = 30 gold
• Extra Bag Slots: Buy When Gems are Cheaper than 100 gems = 24 gold

Note: I don’t think the price of 100 gems will reach 24 gold until at least a month after launch. If gems ever go over 57 gold per 100, that will probably be at least a couple months after launch. That means it will most likely be better to purchase gems for inventory upgrades instead of investing in 20 slot packs.

Edit: Shayne Hawke created a rather epic Excel spreadsheet where you can input the current auction house price of bags. It then tells you whether you should update your bag sizes or buy bag slots etc for EVERY type of bag. Definitely worth checking out… Here is the Link: http://www.guildwars…ap/page__st__57

Part 3: Adding Inventory By Purchasing Your Own Private Guildbank

We can be part of multiple guilds at once in Guildwars 2. This means that you could create a dummy guild just for the sake of a guild bank. While I think we should always represent our real guilds so that our task influence go to our guild, it is quite possible to buy the influence you need to purchase a guild bank. Here are the breakdowns…

Cost of Hiring a Guild Promoter

• 10 influence for 10 silver
• 100 influence for 1 gold
• 1,000 influence for 10 gold
• 10,000 influence for 100 gold

Cost of adding a guild bank

• 500 influence to research Architecture Level 1
• 1,000 influence to research Architecture Level 2
• 1,000 influence to add a 50 slot guild bank (requires level 2)
• 5,000 influence to research Architecture Level 3
• ??? influence to research Architecture Level 4
• 5,000 influence to add 100 additional slots to your guild bank (requires level 4)
• ??? influence to research Architecture Level 5
• 10,000 influence to add an additional 100 slots to your guild bank (requires level 5)

Analysis

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This means that it will cost a mere 25 gold to add the first 50 slots to your personal guild bank. That is about 50 silver per slot and is comparable to the jump from 15 slot packs to 18 slot packs.

While we don’t know right now how much architecture level 4 and 5 will cost, let’s assume that they are 10,000 and 20,000 respectively. This means that the next 100 slots would be 200 gold or 2 gold a slot. The final 100 would be 300 gold or 3 gold a slot. Note that both of those are better deals than moving to 20 slot packs (although using this route will probably take over a month of real life time).

Gw2 Max Inventory Slots

I hope this helps!

– Jerich of Gaiscioch / Sanctum of Rall

P.S. Thank you Shayne Hawke for pointing out a minor calculation error (which caused around a 10% error)! I have modified the OP to reflect this.