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Our annual Wintersday festival arrives next Tuesday, December 13!

Wintersday only comes once a year–don't miss out on our limited-time holiday content! For three weeks, you can access the Secret Lair of the Snowmen strike mission, the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, multiple merry game modes, and a massive list of seasonal rewards exclusive to this festival.

Complete Wintersday activities and open Wintersday Gifts to collect a large assortment of holiday treats and surprises. Many Wintersday activities and events will award progress toward seasonal achievements that unlock unique rewards. You can find more information on these achievements and their rewards in your Hero panel under the Daily and Festivals categories.

We'll have more information about our Wintersday events–including a rundown of the activities and new rewards–next week.

Have a very merry Wintersday!

Don't miss the next episode of the Guild Wars 2 Art Show livestream, where our ArenaNet Creative Partners show their latest Guild Wars 2-inspired work, discuss art techniques, and hang out in chat. Let's celebrate art together!

[h2]The Guild Wars 2 Art Show[/h2]
Wednesday, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. UTC / 12:00 p.m PST Host: DiesVitae Stream: twitch.tv/GuildWars2

Guild Wars 2 has been updated! Take on a souped-up Watchknight Triumverate in Old Lion's Court Challenge Mode or earn the new Primordus legendary skin variant.

Read the full update notes on our official forums.

Strike Missions
• The Challenge Mode for Strike Mission: Old Lion's Court is now available for those looking to face Scarlet's most devious watchknight threat! Players who defeat this challenging encounter can purchase new rewards.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused defiance bars to unlock sooner than intended during phase transitions in Strike Mission: Old Lion's Court.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed Boiling Aether to be created during phase transitions in Strike Mission: Old Lion's Court.
  
  General
• The Primordus legendary variant skin collection is now available. Speak with Leivas after unlocking an Aurene-based legendary weapon to begin this collection!
  
• Equipped items that you have not selected an attribute combination for will display an alert icon to make them easier to identify.
  
• Profession icons in player portraits now display a tooltip to identify the player's profession or elite specialization.
  
• You can now export your custom input bindings to store locally and share them across devices you play on, allowing you to quickly switch bindings by importing them. Exported bindings will be saved in a new folder alongside your screenshots folder. Only currently active bindings are saved to your account.
  
• An option to randomize your character's appearance and armor colors is now available during character creation.
  
• An icon has been added to the world map which will display a tooltip with information about how to use your personal waypoint, leave pings, and draw on your map.
  
• Story Journal Improvements:
  
  • A new "View Next in Journal" button has been added to the pop-up notification after completing an episode or story chapter. Pressing it will open the Story Journal to the next available episode or story chapter. The button will display as "Unlock Next" if you have not unlocked that content yet.
    
  • After you complete the final step of any story chapter, episode, or Living World season, your active story will automatically be set to the beginning of the next chapter, episode, or season instead of your next personal story objective.
  World Polish
• The existing exotic Primordus weapon set has been renamed to the Destroyer weapon set. Associated achievements and collections have been updated to reflect the new name.
  
• During the Living World Season 1 episode "Sky Pirates," the Hard Boiled and Case Closed missions can now be played out of order when replaying the storyline.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to receive rewards for Group Effort IV and V more than once per completion of the Battle for Lion's Arch meta-event.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Tower Purifier 2 achievement from progressing.
  

Y'know, with how many plushies we've got lately, I'm gonna need a bigger bed to keep them all on. I've been sleeping on my Comfy Cat Chair instead…



We know that some of you like to make yourselves as bright and sparkly as possible, and we're happy to enable your moth-attracting habits. To that end, we've stuffed as many sparkles as we can afford into this bad boy.


For the next week, we're offering a 20% discount on the Recharging Teleport to Friend and the Cozy Wintersday Mounts Pack! Dress your mounts up for winter with a festive set of scarves and hats.


[h2]Black Lion Exclusive: Infernal Flail Mace Skin[/h2]
You might think that having a spout of flame constantly emitting from the end of an object intended to be flung around as hard as possible is potentially hazardous to the user. We think that not looking as cool as possible at all times is even more hazardous, don't you agree?

[h2]Black Lion Guarantee: Gnashblade's Exotic Weapon Grab Bag[/h2]
In every Black Lion Chest you open for the next two weeks, you'll find a Gnashblade's Exotic Weapon Grab Bag. Each of these bags has a small chance of containing an exotic precursor weapon—perfect for giving you a head start on crafting your own legendary weapons!


Wintersday is coming soon, and we're bringing all of your Wintersday favorites back to the Gem Store! Deck yourself out in festive attire or pick up a gobbler for all the snowflakes you'll be earning during our Wintersday festivities.

Here's everything that'll be coming back, available until January 2:

• Candy Cane Chair
  
• Festive Hat
  
• Freezie Crown
  
• Glacial Gathering Tools
  
• Permanent Gift Finisher
  
• Permanent Snowman Finisher
  
• Plush Griffon Skin
  
• Plushy Raptor Skin
  
• Shiverpeaks Mount Pack
  
• Snowflake Gobbler
  
• Winter Antlers Set
  
• Wintersday Earmuffs

Starting this Friday, look for the following items to be added to the Gem Store in the Seasonal Swap section at a 20% discount:

• Armistice Bastion Pass
  
• Noble's Folly Pass
  
• Permanent Choya Finisher
  
• Permanent Llama Finisher
  
• Permanent Sandshark Finisher

We're starting our Black Friday sales early this year! For the next week, we'll be offering major discounts on Guild Wars 2 expansions. You'll have until next Tuesday, November 29 to take advantage of these sales.

We'll also be offering daily sales on popular in-game items and account upgrades starting on Black Friday itself, November 25. Make sure to check the Gem Store daily for information on these discounts, including a free Heroic Booster that you can claim anytime between November 25 and November 29.



The following discounted items are available now on the Guild Wars 2 Steam store page!



Experience the entire dragon cycle saga from beginning to end with Guild Wars 2—The Complete Collection. This bundle contains every piece of story content we've released since the game's launch in 2012 to date, including all three expansions and all purchasable Living World episodes.

You'll also get two Level-80 Boosts, allowing you 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.



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.



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.


From November 22 to November 29, log in to Guild Wars 2 for the following bonuses:

• +50% Experience (All Sources)
  
• +30% Magic Find
  
• +30% to PvP Reward Track Progress
  
• +30% to WvW Reward Track Progress

Log in to Guild Wars 2 now and get to level 80 faster than ever! This bonus applies to all game modes, so play however you want and bring yourself straight to the endgame.