Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity

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Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity is the sixth expansion for Guild Wars 2. Its development was confirmed on December 21, 2023.[1] The release date was on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 16:00 UTC+00:00.

According to the expansion announcement, the first quarterly release after the expansion's launch will not include new story or map content. Instead, it will focus on updates to core systems and longstanding features. The second and third quarterly releases will each introduce a larger, more content-rich map and a longer, more fully developed story than in previous mini expansions' quarterly releases.[2]

Purchasing[edit]

The expansion is available through the online store and the in-game Black Lion Trading Company panel.

  • External source — creating a new account or upgrading an existing account requires the redemption of the serial code
  • In-game panel — upgrading an existing account will automatically be applied to the account used to purchase the upgrade
Editions available
  • Standard Edition ($24.99 / €24,99 / £21.99)
  • Deluxe Edition ($49.99 / €49,99 / £43.99)
  • Ultimate Edition ($74.99 / €74,99 / £64.99)
ArenaNet Steam Epic 3rd Party
Standard Edition 1Yes 1Yes 1Yes
Deluxe Edition 0No 0No 1Yes
Ultimate Edition 0No 0No 0No
Items Standard Deluxe Ultimate
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity (expansion) 1Yes 1Yes 1Yes
Shared Inventory Slot 1Yes 1Yes 1Yes
Max Level Boost 1Yes 1Yes 1Yes
Additional Character Slot 0No 1Yes 1Yes
Castoran Tentacled Skimmer skin 0No 1Yes 1Yes
Fairy Dust Gathering Tools 0No 1Yes 1Yes
Identity Repair Kit 0No 1Yes 1Yes
4000 Gems ($50 / €50 / £42.50 value) 0No 0No 1Yes

Upgrading to Deluxe Edition[edit]

Players who have bought the Standard version of the expansion can choose to upgrade to the Deluxe version via the Black Lion Trading Company for 2,400 Gem. You cannot upgrade to Ultimate from either Standard or Deluxe.

Pre-purchasing[edit]

Pre-purchase became available on July 15, 2025 and accounts that pre-purchase any edition receive:[3]

Features[edit]

Plot[edit]

Primary article: Visions of Eternity story

Tyria's leaders are anxious about rumors of covert Inquest voyages launched in search of Castora, an island so remote that it's long been thought to be inaccessible—or even nonexistent. The risks involved prevent all but the most tenacious (and perhaps foolhardy) of pursuers from investigating the Inquest's plan. Sailors believe the place to be cursed, and no one who sails there ever returns. It turns out this situation was largely due to treacherous storms caused by a confluence of elder dragon magic. Now that the elder dragon cycle has ended, the Inquest have taken an interest in unlocking the island’s secrets.[4]

Locations[edit]

Combat features[edit]

Elite specializations (VoE).jpg

Elite specializations[edit]

New elite specializations with one for every profession. Unlike previous releases, they do not have dedicated weapons.[2]

Note that Revenant icon small.png Revenant profession is only available to players who have purchased any of the Elder Dragon Saga expansions: Heart of Thorns, Path of Fire or End of Dragons, and that Visions of Eternity does not unlock the profession.

Relics[edit]

  • 6 new Visions of Eternity Relics in each patch, 24 total by the end of the expansion patch cycle.

Other combat features[edit]

Related external links


Mounts[edit]

  • Two mounts originally from Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire are available via an alternate acquisition method:
    • The Raptor — A hardy saurian, capable of leaping horizontally across long distances, available with only the base unlock
      • The New Player Experience in August 2022 made the raptor permanently available to anyone with an expansion
    • New improved Skimmer
      • New functions to hover, dive, and soar.[3]

Masteries[edit]

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Achievements[edit]

Equipment[edit]

Group Content[edit]

Raids and encounters[edit]

  • Two new raid encounters in Q1 and Q3[3]
    • Guardian's Glade — First encounter coming with a challenge mode[10]
    • Second encounter coming with a challenge and legendary modes[10]

Fractals of the Mists[edit]

Public instances[edit]

  • A new Convergence in Q3[3]

Housing[edit]

  • Players who own both Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds and Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity will get to unlock a whole new homestead map![3]
  • With the arrival of a new homestead map, players will be able to save a decoration layout and freely swap between the Janthiri and Castoran maps with the new Layouts feature.[3]
  • Over 75 new homestead decorations including new building material pieces like walls
  • Introduction of records — new collectables that allows to play any of the game's soundtracks in the homestead using the new craftable Jukebox decoration[11]

New decorations[edit]

Guild Hall decorations
Homestead decorations

Other features[edit]

Bestiary[edit]

Additional releases[edit]

Overview
Expansion launch
(October 28, 2025)		 Raids and Wardrobe
(February 3, 2026)[14]		 Quarterly Update 2 (TBA)
(~May 12, 2026[15]
subject to change[13])		 Quarterly Update 3 (TBA)
(2026)
Story Launch Story Arc (Chapters 1 to 8) — Story Continues Story Concludes
Zones Shipwreck Strand
Starlit Weald
Comosus Isle (Homestead instance)		 — Map 3 Map 4
Instanced Combat — Raid encounter — Guardian's Glade and (three weeks later[16])
a challenge mode		 — Raid encounter with a challenge and legendary modes
1 new Fractal with a challenge mode
1 new Convergence
Features Homestead Layouts
Enhanced Shadow Tech		 Fashion Templates
Unified Raids and Strike Missions system with buffed rewards
Raid Quickplay mode, new UI, leaderboards for challenge modes
Wizard's Vault improvements		 — —
Combat Updates New Elite Specializations for every profession.
6 Exclusive Relics
Juvenile Raptor Swiftwing pet		 6 Exclusive Relics 6 Exclusive Relics 6 Exclusive Relics
Masteries Castoran Survivalist
Skimmer Adaptation
Wild Castoran Magic		 — Mastery Updates Mastery Updates
Major Rewards Legendary spear/staff — Aetheric Anchor (Ancora Bellum/Ancora Pax)
Legendary aquabreather — Selachimorpha
Armor: Alliance Field Operative armor, Extremis armor, Restless Captain's armor
Weapons: Chromatic Resin weapons, Fast Constructor's weapons,
Seer-Enchanted weapons, Strelitzia Crystallinum weapons
Infusions: Chromatic Bubbles, Ethereal Sea-Life Infusion		 Legendary ring — Endless Summer
Weapons: Bleeding Edge Inquest weapons		 Two Legendary accessory (one acquired from WvW)
1 armor set		 Legendary weapon
1 weapon set
1 armor set
Wizard's Vault Seasonal Refresh Seasonal Refresh Seasonal Refresh Seasonal Refresh

Gallery[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

Concept art and wallpapers[edit]

  • Key art.

    Key art.

  • Paragon and ritualist key art.

    Paragon and ritualist key art.

  • "Forest" concept art.jpg
  • Homestead concept art.

    Homestead concept art.

  • "Ship" concept art.jpg
  • "Coast" concept art.jpg
  • Teaser backgrounds contrasted.

    Teaser backgrounds contrasted.

  • Homestead concept art.

    Homestead concept art.

  • Artwork of all elite specializations.

    Artwork of all elite specializations.

  • Launch wallpaper.

    Launch wallpaper.

Promotional material[edit]

Elite specialization teasers
Map teasers
  • October 8, 2025.[31] First fragment teaser

    October 8, 2025.[31]
    First fragment teaser

  • October 10, 2025.[32] Second fragment teaser

    October 10, 2025.[32]
    Second fragment teaser

  • October 10, 2025.[33] Third fragment teaser

    October 10, 2025.[33]
    Third fragment teaser

  • October 11, 2025.[34] Full map teaser

    October 11, 2025.[34]
    Full map teaser

Lore drops[35]
Rewards and features
  • Exclusive pre-purchase rewards

    Exclusive pre-purchase rewards

  • Expansion rewards

    Expansion rewards

  • Legendary rewards

    Legendary rewards

  • Wizard's Vault seasonal refresh

    Wizard's Vault seasonal refresh

  • New Raids UI concept

    New Raids UI concept

  • New Raids UI

    New Raids UI

  • New Raids UI

    New Raids UI

  • Raid Leaderboards

    Raid Leaderboards

Note[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Fashion templates were initially announced to also save the appearance of trinkets and cosmetic infusions, but this line was changed in the blog a few hours after the announcement, likely because the aesthetic features of those items are tied to the equipment.
  • For the Chinese version of Guild Wars 2, the elite specialization teasers were accompanied by short poems.[36][37] The following are the original poems accompanied by possible interpretations[38] of them:
    • Teaser #1 - 浮生鸣弦 心寄流云 "In this fleeting life, the strings resonate; heart entrusted to the drifting clouds."
    • Teaser #2 - 铁胄化羽 千嶂凝锋 "Iron helmet transforms into feathers; a thousand mountain ridges condense into blades."
    • Teaser #3 - 银流千形 募影塑倾 "Silver flows into a thousand forms; shadows gather to mold and pour."
    • Teaser #4 - 千诡计藏 斗转入彀 "A thousand cunning schemes concealed; as the Big Dipper turns, they fall into the trap."
    • Teaser #5 - 锐意破风 狩影惊澜 "With sharp resolve, breaking through the wind; hunting shadows, startling the waves."
    • Teaser #6 - 引祭通玄 英芒灼霜 "Invoking rites to reach the profound; brilliance scorch the frost."
    • Teaser #7 - 唤野归元 愈世循疆 "Summoning the wild to return to the origin; increasingly, the world follows its boundaries."
      • The character "愈" could have been the simplified form of "癒" which means to heal or to recover; in that case, the translation would be "Summoning the wild to return to the origin; healing the world by following its boundaries."
    • Teaser #8 - 神风敕云 岚聚贯穹 "Divine winds command the clouds; mist gathers, piercing the firmament."
    • Teaser #9 - 熔光铸壁 辉甲永峙 "Molten light forges the wall, radiant armour stands eternal."

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guild Wars 2 Q&A – ArenaNet on Switch to Yearly Expansions, Secrets of the Obscure Learnings, and 2024 Updates, https://wccftech.com/
  2. ^ a b From The Wilds to What’s Next, GuildWars2.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Announcing Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, GuildWars2.com
  4. ^ a b c Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Visions of Eternity, MassivelyOP.com
  5. ^ Shipwreck Strand Map Flythrough | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, Youtube.com
  6. ^ Home Improvement: A New Homestead Arrives with Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, GuildWars2.com
  7. ^ a b Legendary Rewards Preview | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, YouTube.com
  8. ^ Visions of Eternity: Raid System Updates Preview, Twitch.tv
  9. ^ Legendary Ring - Endless Summer | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - “Raids & Wardrobe”, YouTube.com
  10. ^ a b c Combining Raids and Strike Missions in 2026, GuildWars2.com
  11. ^ Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity Isn’t Making A Huge Splash, But That Might Be Okay, ThisWeekInVideoGames.com
  12. ^ From the Wilds to What’s Next, GuildWars2.com
  13. ^ a b Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity launches today!, GuildWars2.com
  14. ^ 2025 Holiday Studio Update: A Message from the Guild Wars 2® Team, GuildWars2.com.
  15. ^ Wizard's Vault - Remaining time on the special objectives in game and the associated API endpoint.
  16. ^ New Raid Encounter, Quickplay, and Raid System Improvements Coming February 3, GuildWars2.com,
  17. ^ [1] bsky.app - [2] x.com
  18. ^ [3] bsky.app - [4] x.com
  19. ^ [5] bsky.app - [6] x.com
  20. ^ [7] bsky.app - [8] x.com
  21. ^ [9] bsky.app - [10] x.com
  22. ^ [11] bsky.app - [12] x.com
  23. ^ [13] bsky.app - [14] x.com
  24. ^ [15] bsky.app - [16] x.com
  25. ^ [17] bsky.app - [18] x.com
  26. ^ a b c Elite Specializations Are Back: Mesmer, Ranger, and Guardian, GuildWars2.com
  27. ^ a b c Elite Specialization Reveal: Thief, Necromancer, and Warrior, GuildWars2.com
  28. ^ a b c The Final Three Elite Specializations: Elementalist, Engineer, Revenant, GuildWars2.com
  29. ^ Official post, x.com
  30. ^ Elite Specialization Livestream: Evoker, Amalgam, and Conduit | Visions of Eternity - Evoker, Twitch.com
  31. ^ ArenaNet Partners posts on bsky.app and X.com
  32. ^ [19] bsky.app - [20] x.com
  33. ^ [21] bsky.app - [22] x.com
  34. ^ [23] bsky.app - [24] x.com
  35. ^ Official short videos, bsky.app, Facebook.com, YouTube.com, X.com
  36. ^ Guild Wars 2 Official Bilibili Account bilibili.com
  37. ^ Poem #1, Poem #2, Poem #3, Poem #4, Poem #5, Poem #6, Poem #7, Poem #8, Poem #9, bilibili.com
  38. ^ Poetic Riddles #1-9 Explained
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