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Shadow of the Mad King
From Guild Wars 2 Wiki
Shadow of the Mad King is a Halloween-themed release and the first major update for Guild Wars 2 that went live on 22 October 2012. It includes a number of new features, new content to explore and see, and a week-long Halloween event.
- Halloween event
- Costume Brawl [1]
- PvP paid tournaments
- New events
- New jumping puzzles
- New mini-dungeons
- New and updated achievements
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[edit] Halloween Event
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Halloween Event Trailer has a video on YouTube. |
- See also: Halloween 2012
The Halloween event began on October 22nd and lasted until 3:00 AM on November 2nd, 2012 (UTC). The event was presented in four different acts which focused on the return of Mad King Thorn and delved into his backstory.
[edit] Events
Over 50 events were introduced in this update, involving two specific enemies[2][3]:
[edit] Jumping Puzzles
- Hidden Garden - Located in Mount Maelstrom.
- Tribulation Caverns - Located in Dredgehaunt Cliffs.
- Coddler's Cove - Located in Timberline Falls.
- Hexfoundry Unhinged - Located in Sparkfly Fen was added as an achievement.
[edit] Mini-dungeons
- Forsaken Halls - Located in Dredgehaunt Cliffs
- Vexa's Lab - Located in Fireheart Rise.
[edit] Achievements
- Added karma rewards to daily and monthly achievements.
- Added 19 new exploration achievements to the Explorer achievement list, including “Dive Master,” which tracks unique diving goggle uses.
- Added a new Jumping Puzzles achievement category.
- Moved all existing jumping puzzle achievements from the “Explorer” category to the “Jumping Puzzles” category.
- Added 4 additional jumping puzzle achievements.
- Added a new Bosses achievement category.
- The Crash Landing achievement has been moved from the “Explorer” category to the “Bosses” category.
- Added 7 new boss achievements.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Costume-Brawl-for-All
- ^ http://www.twitch.tv/mmorpgcom/b/337726366
- ^ https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Update-Notes-November-01-2012
[edit] External links
- Shadow of the Mad King on official website
- GW2 Forum: Update Notes - October 22, 2012
- Shadow of the Mad King teaser trailer (courtesy of mmorpg.com)
- Act 3 cinematic cutscene (courtesy of mmorpg.com)
