The Grove

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The Grove

4Waypoint (map icon).png 19Point of interest (map icon).png 6Vista (map icon).png

The Grove map.jpg
Map of The Grove

The Grove loading screen.jpg
Loading screen

Image(s)

Pale Tree.jpg

The Pale Tree

Sylvari awaken in the Grove and consider it their home. The Pale Tree stands at its heart. Also known as the Mother Tree, she gives love and wise guidance to her sprouts.

— In-game description

The Grove is the sylvari capital located within the Tarnished Coast. It is situated at the base of the massive Pale Tree and is formed from her network of roots and branches.

History[edit]

Hundreds of years ago, the Grove was the site of a human village, amongst whom was a Shining Blade member by the name of Ronan. Ronan, a soldier and a warrior, went out to war, and in his travels came across a cavern full of seeds the size of a man's fist. With one of those seeds stowed away, Ronan arrived back home, only to find that the villagers, including his daughter and the rest of his kin, had been massacred by mursaat. In grief, Ronan made a vow of non-violence and planted that seed upon the graves of his family. It was this seed, tended by Ronan and the centaur Ventari in a small sanctuary until their passing, that would later become the Pale Tree that anchors the Grove today.

Locations[edit]

Area Area objectives
Omphalos Chamber
Omphalos Chamber (instance)
Point of interest (map icon).png Ventari's Tablet
Point of interest (map icon).png The Soul of the Pale Tree
Bower
Caledon Path
Waypoint (map icon).png Caledon Waypoint
Constellation Shelter
Point of interest (map icon).png Starbower Nursery
Envoy's Terrace
Great Helix
Marshaling Field
Point of interest (map icon).png Warden's Watchgate
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Asura gate (map icon).png Lion's Arch
Necrolith Bay
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Privet Gardens
The Song Bower
The Quester's Terrace
Point of interest (map icon).png The Envoy's Shelter
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Upper Commons
Waypoint (map icon).png Upper Commons Waypoint
Point of interest (map icon).png Pale Tree's Circle
Terrace
Maker's Terrace
Point of interest (map icon).png The Maker's Path
Order's Terrace
Point of interest (map icon).png Durmand Posting
Point of interest (map icon).png Gardenroot Tunnel
Point of interest (map icon).png The Hidden Shelter
Reckoner's Terrace
Waypoint (map icon).png Reckoner's Waypoint
Scholar's Terrace
Point of interest (map icon).png Backroot Tunnel
Point of interest (map icon).png The Centaur's Path
Point of interest (map icon).png Vigil Shelter
Tender's Terrace
Garden
Dreamer's Terrace (home instance)
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Riannoc
Garden of Dawn
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Aife
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Garden of Dusk
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Kahedins
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Garden of Night
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Caithe (instance)
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Malomedies
Garden of Noon
Point of interest (map icon).png The House of Niamh
Nightshade Garden
Ronan's Bower
Waypoint (map icon).png Ronan's Waypoint
Vista (map icon).png 1 Vista
Seawatcher's Ledge
The Sea Rider's Gate

Interactive map[edit]

Garden

Terrace

Bower

Omphalos Chamber

Pets[edit]

Juvenile Fern Hound
Juvenile Pink Moa

Gallery[edit]

Maps
Screenshots
Concept arts

Notes[edit]

  • Although mechanically counting for the Maguuma Explorer, in lore it is part of the Tarnished Coast.

Trivia[edit]

  • The Grove shares many parallels to Ventari's Refuge in that it was founded on values of peace and mercy, and that it is also the location of a gargantuan tree.
  • Much like the sylvari themselves, The Grove underwent a major redesign very close to the release of the game. In total, The Grove has gone through 3 different iterations.
    • The original appearance of The Grove can be seen on the video that explains the redesign of the sylvari. Guild Wars 2 - Growing the Sylvari (From Guild Wars 2's official YouTube)
    • The second version of The Grove is much similar to the final third version, the live version, but several elements were cut out from it. Some of these changes were the removal of several sunflowers, a sylvari fountain, the recoloring of the leaves of the Pale Tree from soft yellow to pink, and, most importantly, a complete redesign of the plant-staircases and bridges that connected the different levels of The Grove. This second appearance of The Grove can be seen in the video introduction to the sylvari race. Guild Wars 2 - The Home Soil of the Sylvari (From Guild Wars 2's official YouTube)
  • The Gate Assistant and Gate Engineer converse about why the Gate Engineer's golem runs away after the Gate Assistant asks it a some questions. The questions are a reference to Leon's interrogation at the Tyrell Corporation by Holden in the movie Blade Runner.

See also[edit]

Gwwlogo.png The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Ventari's sanctuary.