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March 25, 2025

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Update 2 - March 25, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused some legendary mode mechanics to persist if the difficulty was reduced after attempting the Ura legendary mode encounter in Raid: Mount Balrior.
• Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Ura's Eruption Vent shock-wave effects to play at the wrong angle in Raid: Mount Balrior.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to lose eligibility for the More Than a Little Bit achievement if they entered the downed state during the "Keep the areas clear while the golems gather samples" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to lose eligibility for the Be Free, Little Bot achievement if they entered the downed state during the "Program the golems and bring them to the ruins entrance" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused recently added reward item images to appear blurry or low resolution within the Wizard's Vault.
• Fixed an animation issue that occurred when most playable characters equipped an item using the Avian Aspect Helm Skin.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 177,710

Late Notes - March 25, 2025

• Mistburned Barrens is now listed in the LFG tool under Janthir Wilds.

Update - March 25, 2025

Note to users of third-party programs: The game may not launch or work properly after we release a new build if you use a third-party program, due to possible incompatibilities. ArenaNet cannot offer support if a third-party modification breaks, interferes with, or prevents you from playing Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2. Our policy regarding third-party programs can be found here.

General

• Commanders who ordered a Café Console during Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons will be receiving it in the mail. Get your homestead set up for next week!
  • You remember ordering this.
• Reduced Decima's and Greer's health by 25% during the Of Mists and Monsters world boss event.
• Improved map marker visibility for the "Eliminate the titanspawn your warclaw has found[sic]" and "Eliminate the foe that your warclaw located" events.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Wildfarer achievement from registering completion of the "Explore all areas in Mistburned Barrens" objective if the player completed the Mistburned Barrens Explorer achievement.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Yagon's defiance bar from scaling properly during the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Agony Flood Incoming bar from being properly displayed when the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event restarted.
• Fixed an issue that caused Rhianwyn and Alya to experience pathing issues after the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event failed.
• Fixed an issue that allowed coalesced Mists energy to be repeatedly picked up from the same source during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony.
• Throwing coalesced Mists energy will now damage enemies it strikes during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony, including the champions during the "Keep the jade construct alive by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it as it fights the titanspawn" event.
• The jade armor construct will now be granted 2 seconds of swiftness when coalesced Mists energy is thrown into it during the "Escort the jade construct through the Valley of Agony by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it" event.
• The jade armor construct's base speed has been increased during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony.
• The amount of enemies in the bottom of the valley has been reduced during the "Escort the jade construct through the Valley of Agony by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused enemies to be weaker than intended during the "Escort Priory Scholar Ciana to the southern ruins" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented all conversation options from appearing for players at the field survey coordinator in Mistburned Barrens.

Convergences

Mount Balrior

• Thunder strikes on Mount Balrior will no longer reference Decima when she is not on the map.

Raids

Mount Balrior

• A legendary mode encounter with Ura is now available.
• Decima's challenge mote will no longer appear until the legendary sentient conduit is defeated.
• Respawn locations are now correctly updated when engaging and defeating Decima with the challenge mote active.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed a standard or deadly beam attack to pierce a conduit and hit players taking shelter behind it in Decima's challenge mode.
• Updated Decima's movement behavior during the first and second phases of her challenge mode to reduce cases where she fails to move to a new position.
• Fixed an issue that caused one of Decima's beam attacks in the second phase of her challenge mode to fire in the wrong direction.
• Fixed an issue in Decima's normal and challenge mode encounters that prevented Fluxlance Fusillade target indicators from properly disappearing. The skill will now fire a beam attack and the target indicator will disappear, even if the targeted character is dead.
• Fixed an issue in Decima's normal and challenge mode encounters that could cause dancing sparks to begin moving again even when enough players were within range of a spark's damage aura.

Personal Story

"Repentance"

• Fixed an issue that caused dialogue to replay at the end of the Into the Valley of Shadow story chapter.

Items

• The April Fools off-season vendor in Lion's Arch has been updated with new inventory for the year, including the Invisible Cat Cape, the Chatoyant Infusion, a secret new equipment item (discerning commanders will wait for a week to see if they can get it for free), and the Golden Sink homestead decoration recipe (caveat emptor).
  • The Chatoyant Lens's vendor cost has been updated to be slightly cheaper and slightly funnier.
• The April Fools items Fool's Dog Treat, Fool's Tall Tonic, and Serious Potion can no longer be sold to merchants.
• Fixed an issue that caused the forest wisp accessory's stats to be lower than expected.

World vs. World

Reward Tracks

Reward tracks in World vs. World and structured PvP are being condensed to lower the total number of repeatable tracks. All final reward choices from the old tracks can be found in the new ones.

The following reward tracks will each be condensed into a single track per category:

• Living World Season 3 reward tracks
• Living World Season 4 reward tracks
• Region-based reward tracks (the Silverwastes Reward Track's final reward will be included in the final reward choice for the condensed track)
• Dungeon reward tracks
• Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons reward tracks
• Triumphant Armor, Hero Weapon, and Legacy Armor reward tracks

The old tracks will be available for one-time completion for any players still working on them. These will be removed at a later date.

Map currencies and materials needed to craft generation 2 and 3 legendary weapons have been added to the Heart of Maguuma Reward Track, the Crystal Desert Reward Track, and the Canthan Reward Track.

• The Heart of Thorns Currency Choice^? that gives a choice of Airship Parts, Lump of Aurillium, or Ley-Line Crystals can now be traded in bulk to skirmish supervisors.
• The (Weekly) Stonemist Castle Conqueror achievement can now be progressed by capturing Stonemist Castle once or defending it three times.
• The Emblem of the Conqueror achievement can now be progressed by successfully capturing or defending objectives.
• The time required to hold an objective before tactics can be added has been lowered from 10/30/60 minutes to 10/15/20 minutes for tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 tactics respectively.
• Tier 3 tactics (Emergency Waypoint, Airship, and Siege Dampener) in keeps and Stonemist Castle can now only be activated while the objective is under attack. Tier 3 tactics applied to towers are unchanged.
• Keep lords' base health has been lowered by 12.5%, and tower lords' base health has been lowered by 25%. Maximum scaling for objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle has been lowered by 16%.
• The drop rate for siege equipment from the Unsealed Mist-Hardened Lockbox has been increased.
• Piles of recycled siege can drop from objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle, as well as from defeating players. Additionally, these items are now tradeable.
• A new Kurzick weapon set now has a rare chance to drop from objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle, as well as from players. The item will be a tradeable chest containing a selection of account-bound exotic weapons.
• The warclaw mount's ability to detect damaged walls and gates when using the Sniff skill has been split into its own skill. Detect Vulnerabilities will appear on the heal skill slot when mounted in WvW.
• Some additional test golems have been added to the Armistice Bastion lounge.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 177,641
• Decima's health during the challenge mode has been adjusted from 97,020,176 to 116,424,224. This has later been reverted back to 97,020,176 health.
• Added missing voice acting for female sylvari Pact Commander and Queen Jennah for Godspawn and Repentance story chapters.