Public instance

Public instances or Convergences (since the release of the Secrets of the Obscure expansion) are squad-based PvE instances of up to 50-80 players for level 80 characters. Unlike open world meta events, public instances offer more challenging encounters while retaining the scale of large group coordination.

As with open world, some public instances are scaled to the number of players present, allowing these encounters to be completed with a low number of players.

Accessing public instances

Players can participate by selecting to join a public group, or joining dedicated groups listed in the LFG tool under the respective zone category.

Eye of the North public instances

• Living World Season 1 public instances are accessible by talking to the Mist Stranger in Eye of the North, or the respective NPC in the open world.
  • Available to all players who have at least one character level 80, no expansions are required.

• Dragonstorm is accessible by talking to Brek Harrowflight in Eye of the North.
  • The Path of Fire expansion is required. The Icebrood Saga is not required, despite Dragonstorm originating from that narrative release.
  • Automatically unlocked account-wide regardless of story completion.

Convergences

• Convergence: Outer Nayos is accessible by interacting with the portal at The Wizard's Tower in Rift Hunter Lounge.
  • The Secrets of the Obscure expansion is required.

• Convergence: Mount Balrior is accessible by interacting with the portal in the Harvest Den in Lowland Shore.
  • The Janthir Wilds expansion is required.

• TBA
  • The Visions of Eternity expansion is required.

Event schedule

Previous 2 hours

Next 2 hours

00:00 UTC

List of public instances

(CM) = Optional Challenge mode available

Name	Encounters	Achievements	Unique rewards	Notes
Living World Season 1
The Twisted Marionette Accessed from: Eye of the North	Twisted Marionette	The Origins of Madness  Revenge of the Marionette	Marionette Chest Hoard of the Marionette Warden I-V Scarlet's Rainbow Mini Twisted Watchwork Moa	Release date: July 13, 2021
The Tower of Nightmares Accessed from: Eye of the North1	3 random Nightmares: Caithe Eir First Mate Horrik Forgal Logan Thackeray Molten Berserker Rytlock Brimstone Sieran Trahearne Twisted Nightmare Tybalt Zojja	The Nightmares Within  The Nightmare Is Over  Tower of Nightmares	Tri-key Chest Air-Filtration Device of Antitoxin Air-Filtration Device of Antitoxin Air-Filtration Device of Antitoxin Mini Toxic Hybrid Recipe: Infinite Toxic Krait Tonic Toxic Spore Skin	Release date: September 13, 2022
The Battle For Lion's Arch Accessed from: Eye of the North2	Prototype Vermilion Prototype Arsenite Prototype Indigo	The Battle for Lion's Arch  Escape from Lion's Arch	Lion Champion's Chest Lion's Champion weapons	Release date: November 8, 2022
The Icebrood Saga (Requires Path of Fire)
Dragonstorm Accessed from: Eye of the North	Primordus / Braham, Champion of Primordus Jormag / Ryland, Champion of Jormag	Dragonstorm	Dragons' Hoard Memory of Aurene Frostsaw Gift of Aurene Pristine Dragon's Left Eye Pristine Dragon's Right Eye Volcanic Stormcaller Weapon Box	Release date: April 27, 2021‎
Secrets of the Obscure
Convergence: Outer Nayos (CM) Accessed from: The Wizard's Tower	Demon Knight Sorrow Dreadwing Hell Sister Umbriel, Halberd of House Aurkus	Convergences: Outer Nayos	Sinful, Abomination, Skyforged or Skyscale weapons Skyscale Weapon Box Supreme Rune of Holding	Release date: November 7, 2023
Janthir Wilds
Convergence: Mount Balrior (CM) Accessed from: Lowland Shore	Decima, the Stormsinger Greer, the Blightbringer Ura, the Steamshrieker	Convergences: Mount Balrior	Blood Moon or Skyscale weapons Mini Hot Springs Bearkin or Mini Warclaw Cub Skyscale Weapon Box Supreme Rune of Holding	Release date: November 19, 2024
Visions of Eternity
TBA Accessed from: TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Release date: TBA

1: Alternately accessible via Vigil Tactician Steelbreaker at the Thunder Ridge camp in Kessex Hills.

2: Alternately accessible via Lionguard Peltgnaw just outside the gates of Lion’s Arch in Gendarran Fields.

Trivia

• ArenaNet has used several other names for public instances, including: squad mission, instanced group encounter, world boss encounter or meta event encounter
  • Since the release the Secrets of the Obscure expansion, ArenaNet has been using Convergence for public instances.

References

---

Instanced PvE content

Party (5 players)

Story • Dungeons • Fractals of the Mists • Dragon Response Missions

Squad

Raids • Strike Missions (10 players) • Public instances (50-80 players)