Items are assigned to a single member of the party (which could be a henchman or a hero, in which case the item never manifests in the world), but guild wars gold is shared equally between all party members. The main usage of collectable drops is to trade them in for collector rewards (such as Weapons, Focus Items, Insight Scrolls or Armor) at one of the many collectors around Tyria, Cantha and Elona. They stack in the inventory. Every species or group in the game will usually drop the same collectable drop across all its units.

When a party kills a creature, it often drops loot in the form of items or guild wars gold.Collectable drops have a few characteristics: There is, for the overwhelming majority of them, a Collector that is offering something for them. Hence the name. They have a fixed price (you will see the value in the item description without identifying them). In addition different species that share the same type will drop similar collectable drops. Check the details of the individual collectable drops to find out the name and location of the collector(s) for it. For some collectable drops there is more than one collector.

Normal foes can generally only drop a single item, while bosses can generally drop up to three items for guild wars gold. Note that quest items and festival item drops are independent of normal drops. Loot can also be obtained from chests. Some of the most coveted drops in the game are rare and unique items. A Collectable drop (or Trophy) is an item that drops from a specific species of foes when they are slain.