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The Dragon Bash festival has begun in Hoelbrak! Everyone is welcome to join this event. This yearly festival will be available until June 27—so start smashing those dragon piñatas today! You can check out all the details in the full release notes on our official forums.

Dragon Bash is accessible to players of any level. Even if you're brand new to the game, you can easily take part in all the activities! Read on for a quick rundown of the activities you can participate in during this festival and the rewards you can earn--including the new Dragonrender Weapons and Holographic Dragon Chest Armor!



The Dragon Bash festival is located in Hoelbrak. Check your in-game mail for an Invitation to Dragon Bash and double-click the item to teleport instantly to Hoelbrak. The festivities can be found all over the city.



When you enter Hoelbrak, the entire city will be decorated for Dragon Bash! New activities are also available during this time. There are dragon piñatas all over the city, and you can smash them to obtain zhaitaffy, the main currency used in this festival. So, get to smashing all the candy-hoarding dragons!

If you're looking for something fast and fiery, you can spend time betting on the moa racing! Choose your favorite feathery friend and cheer for them. If you're teamwork oriented, the Dragon Arena is made just for you! Destroy mighty, holographic dragon champions with other players.

There are also two adventures available in the city: Time Trial: Dragon Bash Rally and Piñata Bashing. The former will allow you to race through the city with a time limit. An event where you can compete against others will also pop up from time to time. If you don't have a roller beetle, you can rent one from a nearby race coordinator. The Piñata Bashing is a more rigorous version of dragon smashing, with a time limit and special skills.

Lastly, we have the Hologram Stampede located outside Hoelbrak. This event will occur in Wayfarer Foothills, Dredgehaunt Cliffs, Lornar's Pass, and Snowden Drifts. On the right side of your screen, you can check where it will happen next. In each round of the stampede, you'll have to destroy as many holograms as possible by activating hologram devices spread across the map. This is a public event, and you'll have help from every player also participating in your map!





Trade zhaitaffy or jorbreakers to the Dragon Bash vendors located by the Might and Main Waypoint in Hoelbrak to obtain special goodies! Utility items, food items, armor skins, minis, exotic weapons, and many more rewards are available in exchange for zhaitaffy and jorbreakers.

Complete the annual Dragon Bash Feats meta-achievement to earn the Holographic Dragon Plate chest armor. You can find the festival achievements under the Festivals category in the Achievement tab of the Hero panel.

Check out the full release notes on the Guild Wars 2 forums.

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The story of Guild Wars 2 continues today with "What Lies Within"—a new update that's free for owners of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons™. After investigating troubling rumors surrounding Jade Brotherhood mining operations in "What Lies Beneath," the commander and their allies must now push the crisis in Gyala Delve to its resolution, driving the ravenous wanderer that is plaguing the depths up to the surface and destroying it there.

To experience the new story, navigate to the story journal in your Hero panel, select "What Lies Within," then click "Play This Episode." A letter from Gorrik will arrive to get you started.

This release expands the Gyala Delve explorable zone and meta-event and concludes the post-Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons story. After the epic finale of the meta-event, enjoy some time to explore the whole map—maybe by trying your hand at the downhill roller beetle time trial? The fun continues in previous maps: Seitung Province, New Kaineng City, and the Echovald Wilds are all getting updated with new adventures. Bring a friend along for the first-ever co-op siege turtle adventures, discover new adventures that take advantage of jade bot tech, and test your navigation skills in two permanent skiff races. "What Lies Within" also adds new events to other Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons maps in the form of oni ambushes, so keep your wits about you as you travel through out-of-the-way corners of Cantha.





What Lies Within' will remain permanently free to play for owners of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons. If you haven't logged in to check out the previous story update yet, you're in luck—'What Lies Beneath' is still available to play for free today! That means if you didn't log in for "What Lies Beneath," you're in luck—that content is still available to you today!

We're making that change to reflect how we're thinking of expansions and related content moving forward. If you want to read up on the change and more context behind it, check out our Studio Update posts from February and May of this year.





Episode Rewards

This release comes with new aesthetic rewards for the discerning adventurer:

• Special Ops armor set—a look that can be used on heavy, medium, and light armor
  
• Special Ops Captain's Helmet Skin
  
• Hazard Response Pack back item
  
• Energized Luxon Hunter's weapon set
  
• Mini Phoenix
  

And mining caches now have a chance to drop the following new weapons:

• Xunlai Deep-Mining Hand Drill (mace)
  
• Repurposed Drill Leveler (staff)
  
• Xunlai Nephrite Crusher (hammer)
  

Additionally, Thruster Control Units—one of the items required to unlock the siege turtle mount and previously accessible only through Strike Missions—are now available from Jade Brotherhood Requisitions Specialists in Gyala Delve.

To celebrate the release, we've also activated a new set of Twitch Drops! From now through May 28, you can earn a Warrior Quaggan Backpack Set, Upgrade Extractors, the End of Dragons Emblem Clothing Outfit, and a Bag Slot Expansion just by watching Guild Wars 2 on Twitch! Head here to learn more.

Check out the full release notes on the Guild Wars 2 forums.

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