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Come join us in celebrating Wintersday - Toymaker Tixx has made his annual visit to Divinity's Reach to spread seasonal cheer and festivity! Bring the cheer of Wintersday to the distant north in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen, complete daily achievements to earn fanciful holiday weapons, save Wintersday for the orphans spread around Divinity’s Reach by giving them wrapped gifts, test your snow-throwing skills against other players in Snowball Mayhem, experience the joy of jumping in Winter Wonderland, defend against waves of toys in Toypocalypse, and help keep Tixx’s airship The Infinirarium in order! You will also see Wintersday gifts appearing all around Tyria.

• The Wintersday annual meta achievement 'Wintersday Traditions' has been updated with a new armor reward, the Winter Mittens - keep your sword hand warded from frosty shivers! Last year's meta reward, the Winter Fur Shoulders, can now be purchased at the festival rewards vendors.
  
• A new Plush weapon set is now available! You'll receive your choice of a weapon by progressing the annual Wintersday Traditions meta achievement, or the weekly Wintersday Festivities achievement.
  
• Wintersday Festivities, along with the corresponding weekly achievements in other festivals, now reward their weapon box before their festival material.
  
• The Sacred Solstice weapon set is now available on the Weekly Wintersday vendors.
  
• Four new weapons are now available as a rare drop from Wintersday gifts. They can also be purchased from Sparking Stone in Divinity's Reach.
  
• A new mini pet has been added to Wintersday vendors: the adorable Plush Fox.
  
• Deft Lahar is visiting Divinity's Reach for the festival, and has a variety of Homestead-tailored recipes for your favorite Wintersday decorations to offer.
  
• New winter themed guild decorations have been added:
  
• Jolly Bow
  
• Icicle
  
• Star Light String
  
• Sparkle Light String
  
• The offseason Wintersday Vendor in Hooligan's Route now stocks a much greater amount of Wintersday items for customers who find themselves with excess Snowflakes after Tixx has closed up his workshop for the year, including the recipes for Homestead decorations.
  
• A number of festival-related bugs have been fixed to ensure a happy holiday for all heroes.
  
• To ensure that festivalgoers have ample time to enjoy the holiday, Wintersday will be active until January 2nd at noon PST. See you in Divinity's Reach!
  

• Updated Guild Banners to improve quality of life and reduce buff icon clutter
  
• The Guild Heroes Banner's multiple buffs have been consolidated to a single buff for its reward boosts and a buff for the Swiftness effect
  
• Guild banners whose effect was less than the equivalent effect of the Guild Heroes Banner - for example, the basic Karma Banner's 5% Karma boost - are now increased to match the Heroes Banner.
  
• Interacting with a lesser banner while under the effect of a Guild Heroes Banner will now refresh its duration, if its duration was lower than the banner would provide.
  
• Removed the non-Heroes banners from the Guild Commendation vendors, since they were extremely inefficient compared to the price of the Guild Heroes Banner.
  
• Reduced the recharge time of Guild Banners and Feasts when deployed from the Guild Storage.
  
• Several books have been added to the story instances in Janthir Wilds chapters 11, 12, and 13.
  
• Players who have acquired the four gifts needed to make Klobjarne Geirr and have unlocked the legendary spear's skin can talk to Unending Tribute to fully complete the Legendary Weapon: Klobjarne Geirr Gifts achievement. This is to help players who have had some of the components prior to the introduction of this achievement and did not retroactively check progress.
  
• The "Mini Blue Cuckoo Hatchling" and the "Mini Orange Tigris Cub" have now been added to the Black Lion Chest Merchants for 5 Black Lion Statuettes.
  
• Janthir Syntri: Fixed a bug where small chests at Stricken Plains were not guaranteeing Charged Titan Ore when opened.
  
• Fixed an animation bug on the Ruinshard Shambler Rampage attack so it's not interrupted
  
• Purchasing the Standing Stones Timepiece and Bearkin War Helm remnants progress the respective item in the Legendary Spear: Klobjarne Geirr achievement. Players can also load into Lowland Shore to retroactively check if they have completed the Lowland Shore Mastery or Janthir Syntri Mastery achievements.
  
• Homesteads
  
• Updated the centering and alignment of many weapon skins on the Weapon Display Case decoration.
  
• A cuddly new Homestead decoration is available for players who've completed the Build-a-Quaggan collection.
  

Mount Balrior

• Decima: Focused Fluxlance now only requires three players in the beam instead of five. Because base damage is divided among players, the base damage was also reduced to keep final damage numbers consistent.
  
• Decima: Fixed a bug causing players to be miscounted by Focused Fluxlance. The mechanic will now fail consistently if too few players soak the beam.
  
• Decima: Defiance increased by 25%. However, the channel for Flux Nova is now shortened when Decima's Defiance is broken and she gains Fractured Armor.
  
• Decima: Peal of Harmony is now gained every 5% damage taken instead of every 3% damage taken. This will reduce the number of Dancing Sparks generated overall.
  
• Decima: Fixed a few issues causing the telegraphs for Decima's various Fluxlance attacks to be invisible to some players.
  
• Decima: When Decima is defeated any telegraphed Fluxlance attacks will be interrupted and clean up immediately.
  
• Decima: To provide a little extra time to position for Focused Fluxlance, all Fluxlance attacks in Phase 3 now have an extra half-second of warmup time before they fire.
  
• Decima: Characters squashed because they were standing directly under Decima during Earthrend and Seismic Crash are now instead downed and knocked away.
  
• Decima: Fixed a bug preventing Fluxlance in Phase 1 from targeting Downed characters.
  
• Greer: Greer no longer has permanent Resolution.
  
• Greer: Enfeebling Miasma attack region now matches its warning areas, and lingering gas clouds have area warning circles
  
• Greer: Greer's projectiles can no longer be reflected back at him. Those projectiles will instead be destroyed, keeping the protective utility of the affected skills
  
• Greer: Surviving Empowering Beasts are now cleaned up when Greer is slain
  
• Greer: Blob of Blight now correctly stays in place after it hits a targeted player, and smaller projectiles are now properly destroyed on impact
  
• Greer: Greer's first two stomp attacks in his Stomp the Mould skill are now blockable and Dodgeable
  
• Greer: Greer should now attack pets less often
  
• Ura: Fixed an issue which could cause the Sulfuric Acid debuff to persist after defeating the boss
  
• Ura: Added additional telegraphing for players targeted by Ura's Eruption Vent ability
  
• General: Players are now properly notified about the new raid through an alert.
  
• General: Dialogue does not repeat on re-entering the raid if they have progressed past that point
  
• General: Fixed a bug causing unintended scaling on the two Legendary Titanspawn events.
  
• General: Fixed a couple edge cases which could result in the Legendary Titanspawn events stalling.
  
• General: Fixed a bug that allowed characters to leave Greer and Decima's arenas mid fight
  

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• Fixed a bug causing some professions and elite specializations to miss out on having their resources refreshed and cooldowns reset when an encounter begins if the player was mounted at the time of the refresh.
  

• Elementalist
  
• Volcano: Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from creating attacks on certain terrain.
  

As the autumn breeze rolls in, there’s no better time to explore new horizons in Tyria. From November 27 at 10:00 a.m. PT to December 4 at 9:59 a.m. PT, expand your Guild Wars 2® journey with incredible deals on expansions and the Living World™ series. Whether you’re venturing into uncharted lands or experiencing epic stories for the first time, this is your chance to dive deeper into the world of Guild Wars 2.



The following discounted items are available now on the official Guild Wars 2 website, with some of the same exciting deals on Steam! For those looking to add the Living World series to your collection you can find them on sale for 30% off in the in-game store.

[h3]Expansion 4: Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure[/h3]

In a world finally safe from the Elder Dragons’ corruption, new threats rise to seek power. Embark on an epic journey and uncover the mysteries of the Wizard’s Tower as you defend the skies against incursions from the Mists. Unlock access to weapons that were previously exclusive to elite specializations for each profession and an updated path to unlocking your skyscale mount.

Both Standard and Deluxe editions of Guild Wars 2®: Secrets of the Obscure™ expansion are now available at a 20% discount.





[h3]Expansion 3: Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons[/h3]

The future of Cantha is now. The dragon cycle that has sustained and blighted Tyria for ages is collapsing. Mortal hearts and choices will define this moment in history—and echo in the future forever. Unlock new elite specializations, Masteries, and more, including access to fishing and skiffs.

Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons® expansion is available now at a 50% discount!





[h3]Guild Wars 2—The Elder Dragon Saga Complete Collection[/h3]

Experience the entire dragon cycle saga from beginning to end with Guild Wars 2—The Complete Collection. This bundle contains an entire decade’s worth of content! Included are Guild Wars 2 Living World® Seasons 2–5 and the first three expansions: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns®, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire®, and Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons.

You’ll also get two Level-80 Boosts, allowing you to instantly level up two characters and jump straight into our latest content, with two Shared Inventory Slots to easily share items with every character on your account.

This collection is available now at a 50% discount until December 4. For players only interested in the expansions and that created their accounts through the  official Guild Wars 2 website, the Standard and Deluxe editions of the  Elder Dragon Saga Collection are discounted by 60%.





[h3]Expansions 1 and 2—Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns and Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire[/h3]

Unlock mounts, gliding, and more with the first two expansions for Guild Wars 2. This package grants you access to a new profession, the revenant, as well as eighteen elite specializations to change the way you play. Experience the joy of movement with the best mounts in MMOs.

This expansion bundle is available now at a 75% discount!





[h3]Guild Wars[/h3]

In addition to the Guild Wars 2 sales detailed below, we’re also discounting the original Guild Wars ® and all its expansions and editions by 75%! Now is the perfect time to experience the game that started it all. Fill your Hall of Monuments and unlock bonus items and titles that transfer to Guild Wars 2!







Our expansion sales are also available from the following third-party retailers:

Americas:

• Amazon
• Guild Wars 2 Steam
• Guild Wars Steam
• Nuuvem
• Hype Games (Brazil)

Europe:

• CDgalaxis (Hungary)
• Gameliebe (Germany)
• Gamecardsdirect (EUROPE)
• Gamecardsdirect (France)
• Gamecardsdirect (Netherlands)
• Key4you (Czech)

New ancient artifacts have been uncovered since the fall of the Elder Dragons. This curious relic symbolizes rebirth, a soul awaiting its purpose to follow and protect. The Naga Spirit Backpack and Glider Combo are available for 700 gems.



Evon Gnashblade is celebrating his "birthday" with deals you won't want to miss! To participate, head to Lion's Arch and check out the newly renovated Vaults.

From November 25 until December 2, a brand-new vendor will be available to trade select materials for limited Black Lion rewards. Evon is slashing prices by 30% on Black Lion Chest Keys until December 2, so make sure you celebrate his "birthday" with savings! Check out the announcement blog for full details on the event.







Our in-stock selection is changing, be sure to check out which items we've selected for you! Starting November 29 and continuing for the next few days, select permanent finishers and lounge passes will be 20% off, including the Permanent Choya Finisher, the Permanent Llama Finisher, the Armistice Bastion Pass, and the Noble's Folly Pass.

Returning This Week

From today until December 3, Black Lion Instant Level 80 Tickets and all Living World seasons are on sale at an amazing 20% discount. The world of Tyria has much to offer; explore all of its incredible stories and maps!



Log into Guild Wars 2 and press 'O' to access the Black Lion Trading Company for these great offers and more!

Mark your calendars for a special Black Lion Trading Company event as Captain Evon Gnashblade invites you to a unique “birthday” celebration in Lion’s Arch. You don’t give Evon gifts on his “birthday”—instead, he provides deep discounts and spectacular offers!

From November 25 to December 2, the Black Lion Vaults will open with exclusive offerings and a chance to trade materials for a few limited-time surprises. There will also be new vendors, new displays, and a whole new look to the Vaults, so get ready to head over to Lion’s Arch next week.





Players logging in during the event will receive their “birthday” invitation in the mail encouraging them to visit the Vaults in Lion’s Arch. The message comes with a cinematic highlighting the location, setting the stage for the festivities. Here’s what you can expect during the event:

• 30% Off Black Lion Chest Keys: What savings! As part of the celebration, Black Lion Chest Keys are discounted by 30%, giving you the chance to unlock even more of the treasures Evon has carefully curated. The discount runs through the event dates, so be sure to take advantage of it before time runs out. Isn’t Evon so generous?
  
• Material Exchange: Evon also wants to help you clean out your cluttered inventory! During the event, you can exchange select materials for limited rewards, such as 250 Large Claws for a Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock, and 150 Vicious Fangs for 3 Black Lion Chest Keys. Head to the Black Lion “Birthday” Manager vendor in the Vaults to see everything that is available.
  
• Wizard Vault: For those looking to earn a little extra recognition, completing a Wizard’s Vault objective will reward you with a little bonus of Astral Acclaim. It’s Evon’s way of showing you how much he cares about you on his “birthday.”
  The Vaults Get a Fresh Look

Evon’s “birthday” isn’t just about discounts—it’s also an opportunity to experience the permanent changes in Lion’s Arch. Evon has literally blown the doors off the Vaults to make room for more inventory and show you the incredible items he has in stock!

The Vaults will now have new displays showcasing mounts, outfits, and other items in Evon’s inventory. These displays give a peek at what’s available for your character’s wardrobe and collections. Expect these displays to be updated every season, offering new looks as the items rotate.

Whether you “celebrate” by grabbing discounted items or by taking advantage of the more convenient trading post vendor, there’s no better time than Evon Gnashblade’s “Birthday” Celebration to head to Lion’s Arch and check out the Vaults!

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Today we're excited to lift the curtain and launch the first major update for Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™—”Godspawn”! This update contains three new story chapters to continue the expansion's story and set the commander on a difficult journey as they go against the titan forces.

As a reminder, this update—and the other two major updates to follow in 2025—are automatically unlocked for owners of the Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds expansion! expansion! You can check out all the details of today's update in the full release notes on our official forums.

To begin this content, players must have completed up through Chapter 3, “Home Sweet Home” in the Janthir Wilds story journal tab. Once completed, players can choose to skip ahead by selecting “11. Trial and Error,” and clicking “Play This Chapter.





Many of the details for "Godspawn" were discussed in our recent studio update blog. As a quick recap, you can experience the following when you jump into the game today:

• Three new story chapters
  
• A new ten-person raid—our first in five years
  
• A new fifty-person Convergence, with public and squad-based challenges against legendary titans
  
• A new legendary spear, Klobjarne Geirr
  
• A new Mastery tier
  
• A Wizard's Vault seasonal refresh
  
• Additional expansion relics
  
• New homestead decorations
  
• Many new rewards, including minis, guild decorations, armor, weapons, and more
  

In case you missed it, we recently released a trailer for the new legendary spear, Klobjarne Geirr, showcasing it in all its glory! This storied weapon once belonged to the nameless Claw who, thousands of years ago, led the kodan south, guiding his people to safety from the Dragonstorm. With six unique cosmetic styles, the Klobjarne Spear lets you align its appearance with your fashion preference. Its intricate design reflects the legacy of a spear that saved countless lives and its elegance shines in motion. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, it's worth a look to truly appreciate this legendary weapon's full potential!

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The Astral Ward has conjured up a new season of the Wizard's Vault filled with exciting new objectives. Complete them to earn astral acclaim—yours to spend on a trove of new and returning rewards!

This season's treasures include the playful Dog Bench Chair for lounging with a pack of loyal hounds, the Enchanted Warclaw Mount Skin, the shadowy Rot Stalker armor to add an ominous edge to your look, and the spine-chilling Alabaster Spider's weapon set to unleash some real creep factor. And don't worry—rewards from the previous season are available in the Legacy Rewards tab, so you can unlock exclusive cosmetics from previous seasons at your own pace.



The wizards weren't only busy creating new achievements and rewards. Players who purchase a Legendary Weapon Starter Key can use it to teleport to the Mists Vault, where they can choose from a selection of four legendary starter kits and begin their journey toward a legendary weapon. Members of the Astral Ward are also on hand to help explain the road to crafting a legendary weapon and conjure previews of the weapons you'll be choosing from. If you'd like to visit and take in the view of the Mists without a starter key, you can speak with Field Archivist Cierle inside the Mists Vault or Sarettokk in Lion's Arch to obtain a Mists Vault access key.

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'Tis the season to get cozy around the homestead fireplace, and what better way to do it in style than with some festive Twitch Drops! From November 19 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) to November 24 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), you'll be able to watch your favorite Guild Wars 2 stream and snag some awesome regards! Here's what you can unlock when you watch:

• One hour of viewing time: 5 Transmutation Charges
  
• Two hours of viewing time: Festive Hat Skin
  
• Four hours of viewing time: Snowflake Glider
  
• Seven hours of viewing time: Winter Solstice Outfit
  

Here's what's on the horizon for Guild Wars 2, including its exciting debut on the Epic Games Store! The upcoming New Heroes Jump Start event will welcome players old and new, with opportunities to boost their progress and earn extra rewards as they dive into the adventure. Anticipated quality-of-life improvements are also on the way for World vs. World, creating a smoother and more dynamic battlefield experience for all. Early next year, players can expect impactful skills and balance improvements, plus fresh additions to the Wizard's Vault.



Wintersday will bring three weeks of festive cheer, and the Lunar New Year celebration will return early next year, filling the Crown Pavilion in Divinity's Reach with lively activities to mark the Canthan new year. Alongside these seasonal highlights, bonus events focused on returning to past content releases will provide even more ways for players to earn rewards and dive into the action.

There will be some more events and surprises as we head into 2025 and into our next release, so stay tuned to the official Guild Wars 2 channels to stay in the loop!