PvP League

PvP Leagues are seasons of structured PvP ranked arena competitions open to players of PvP rank 20 or greater.

Mechanics[edit]

Season[edit]

A ranked season either is a Conquest Season following the Conquest rule set, or a Deathmatch Mini-season following the Team Deathmatch rule set. Conquest seasons last for many weeks, while a Deathmatch mini-season is usually shorter and run after a Conquest season ends and before a new season starts. Any progression of applicable rewards from a previous season (conquest or deathmatch) is reset and not carried into a mini-season, but either season allows players to earn rating progress in each league, barring a soft reset to rating (see Divisions).

The date range of a PvP season varies and may not always start or end in alignment to content patches and releases. This reduces the time gaps (i.e. time when Ranked PvP is unavailable) between PvP seasons and allows seasons to continue uninterrupted if patches or new content is introduced. ^[1]^[2]

A season's historical and current Start and End Dates are shown below. Start and End Dates follow the dates either announced officially and/or as presented in-game.

Season	Description	Rule Set	Start Date	End Date
1	PvP League Season One	Conquest	December 1, 2015	January 25, 2016
2	PvP League Season Two	Conquest	February 23, 2016	April 18, 2016
3	PvP League Season Three	Conquest	May 17, 2016	July 11, 2016
4	PvP League Season Four	Conquest	August 9, 2016	October 3, 2016
5	PvP League Season Five	Conquest	December 13, 2016	February 6, 2017
6	PvP League Season Six	Conquest	March 7, 2017	May 1, 2017
7	PvP League Season Seven	Conquest	June 13, 2017	August 8, 2017
8	PvP League Season Eight	Conquest	August 22, 2017	October 16, 2017
9	PvP League Season Nine	Conquest	November 7, 2017	January 2, 2018
10	PvP League Season Ten	Conquest	January 16, 2018	March 13, 2018
11	PvP League Season Eleven	Conquest	April 3, 2018	May 29, 2018
12	PvP League Season Twelve	Conquest	June 12, 2018	August 6, 2018
13	PvP League Season Thirteen	Conquest	August 28, 2018	October 22, 2018
14	PvP League Season Fourteen	Conquest	November 13, 2018	January 7, 2019
15	PvP League Season Fifteen	Conquest	January 22, 2019	March 18, 2019
16	PvP League Season Sixteen	Conquest	April 2, 2019	May 27, 2019
17	PvP League Season Seventeen	Conquest	June 11, 2019	August 5, 2019
18	PvP League Season Eighteen	Conquest	August 20, 2019	October 14, 2019
19	PvP League Season Nineteen	Conquest	October 29, 2019	December 23, 2019
20	PvP League Season Twenty	Conquest	January 7, 2020	February 24, 2020
1	PvP League 2v2 Season One	2v2 Team Deathmatch	February 25, 2020	March 23, 2020
21	PvP League Season Twenty-One	Conquest	March 24, 2020	May 18, 2020
1	PvP League 3v3 Season One	3v3 Team Deathmatch	May 26, 2020	June 8, 2020
22	PvP League Season Twenty-Two	Conquest	June 9, 2020	August 3, 2020
2	PvP League 2v2 Season Two	2v2 Team Deathmatch	August 3, 2020	August 17, 2020
23	PvP League Season Twenty-Three	Conquest	August 18, 2020	October 12, 2020
2	PvP League 3v3 Season Two	3v3 Team Deathmatch	October 13, 2020	October 26, 2020
24	PvP League Season Twenty-Four	Conquest	October 27, 2020	December 21, 2020
3	PvP League 2v2 Season Three	2v2 Team Deathmatch	December 22, 2020	January 4, 2021
25	PvP League Season Twenty-Five	Conquest	January 5, 2021	March 1, 2021
3	PvP League 3v3 Season Three	3v3 Team Deathmatch	March 2, 2021	March 15, 2021
26	PvP League Season Twenty-Six	Conquest	March 16, 2021	May 10, 2021
4	PvP League 2v2 Season Four	2v2 Team Deathmatch	May 11, 2021	May 24, 2021
27	PvP League Season Twenty-Seven	Conquest	May 25, 2021	July 19, 2021
4	PvP League 3v3 Season Four	3v3 Team Deathmatch	July 20, 2021	August 2, 2021
28	PvP League Season Twenty-Eight	Conquest	August 3, 2021	September 27, 2021
5	PvP League 2v2 Season Five	2v2 Team Deathmatch	September 28, 2021	October 11, 2021
29	PvP League Season Twenty-Nine	Conquest	October 12, 2021	December 6, 2021
5	PvP League 3v3 Season Five	3v3 Team Deathmatch	December 7, 2021	December 20, 2021
30	PvP League Season Thirty	Conquest	December 21, 2021	February 14, 2022
6	PvP League 2v2 Season Six	2v2 Team Deathmatch	February 15, 2022	February 21, 2022
31	PvP League Season Thirty-One	Conquest	March 1, 2022	April 25, 2022
6	PvP League 3v3 Season Six	3v3 Team Deathmatch	April 26, 2022	May 2, 2022
32	PvP League Season Thirty-Two	Conquest	May 3, 2022	June 27, 2022
7	PvP League 2v2 Season Seven	2v2 Team Deathmatch	June 28, 2022	July 11, 2022
33	PvP League Season Thirty-Three	Conquest	July 12, 2022	September 12, 2022
7	PvP League 3v3 Season Seven	3v3 Team Deathmatch	September 13, 2022	September 26, 2022
34	PvP League Season Thirty-Four	Conquest	September 27, 2022	November 28, 2022
8	PvP League 2v2 Season Eight	2v2 Team Deathmatch	November 29, 2022	December 12, 2022
35	PvP League Season Thirty-Five	Conquest	December 13, 2022	February 13, 2023
8	PvP League 3v3 Season Eight	3v3 Team Deathmatch	February 14, 2023	February 27, 2023
36	PvP League Season Thirty-Six	Conquest	February 28, 2023	May 1, 2023
9	PvP League 2v2 Season Nine	2v2 Team Deathmatch	May 2, 2022	May 15, 2023
37	PvP League Season Thirty-Seven	Conquest	May 16, 2023	July 24, 2023
9	PvP League 3v3 Season Nine	3v3 Team Deathmatch	July 25, 2023	August 7, 2023
38	PvP League Season Thirty-Eight	Conquest	August 8, 2023	October 16, 2023
10	PvP League 2v2 Season Ten	2v2 Team Deathmatch	October 17, 2023	October 30, 2023
39	PvP League Season Thirty-Nine	Conquest	October 31, 2023	January 8, 2024
10	PvP League 3v3 Season Ten	3v3 Team Deathmatch	January 9, 2024	January 22, 2024
40	PvP League Season Forty	Conquest	January 23, 2024	April 1, 2024
11	PvP League 2v2 Season Eleven	2v2 Team Deathmatch	April 2, 2024	April 8, 2024
41	PvP League Season Forty-One	Conquest	April 9, 2024	June 24, 2024
11	PvP League 3v3 Season Eleven	3v3 Team Deathmatch	June 25, 2024	July 1, 2024
42	PvP League Season Forty-Two	Conquest	July 2, 2024	September 9, 2024
Beta 1	PvP League Push Beta Season	Push	September 10, 2024	September 23, 2024
43	PvP League Season Forty-Three	Conquest	September 24, 2024	December 2, 2024

Maps[edit]

Map selection depends on if the season is a Conquest season or a Deathmatch mini-season. More information on maps used can be found via Structured PvP Maps

Divisions[edit]

Divisions track progress made in leagues for each season. Based on your numerical Skill Rating, you are placed into a division. The divisions determine which badge is available on your nameplate, and even affect the rate at which you earn league rewards.

Every season will start with a soft reset of the previous season’s rating (Your initial rating before the new season's placements get calculated like this: (YourRating + 1200) * 0.5). To obtain your starting skill rating for the season, you must play 10 placement matches.
Inactive players will experience decay that lowers their skill rating over time up to a maximum of -700 rating. Decay can be worked off by playing league matches. Decay only matters for leaderboard purposes; it will not affect matchmaking. You will always be matched at your non-decayed rating.
There are no restrictions on backward progress with skill rating; you can move down in divisions by either losing matches or by being inactive. This will help ensure that players are always moving toward their correct rating and are facing players of similar skill levels.

Badges (Season 7 - Current)

Division	Badge	Skill Rating
from	to
Bronze		0	899
Silver		900	1199
Gold		1200	1499
Platinum		1500	1799
Legendary		1800	2100

Rewards[edit]

Rewards are gained from completing reward tracks. There are six different tracks with increasingly valuable rewards. The last track is repeatable. Each track consists of a number of tiers. To complete a tier, one needs to earn 20 to 30 pips depending on the track. Pips are earned by winning and losing matches and earning top stats. Winning a match will award 10 pips, losing a match will award 3 pips, and earning any amount of top stats will earn 1 pip. Losing a ranked match with a score equal to or greater than 80% of the winning team’s score will award a Near Victory bonus worth 2 pips. Being in the Platinum division will also award you with 2 extra pips after each game and being in the Legendary division will award you 4. This reward track resets once per season, unlike the weekly reset of the WvW equivalent.

Regular season[edit]

Regular seasons historically follow the Conquest ruleset.

Reward Tiers		Required Pips			Rewards
Reward Tiers		Tiers	Per Tier	In Total	Each Tier	Final Reward
Cerulean		3	20	60	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Shard of Glory (5) Unidentified Dye Instant Reward Track Progress (6) 30 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (1) Ascended Shards of Glory (25)
Jasper		4	20	80	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye 45 Transmutation Charge	Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Box of Grandmaster Marks Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box Vial of Liquid Karma (6) PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (3) Ascended Shards of Glory (50)
Saffron		5	20	100	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye 60 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Box of Grandmaster Marks Shard of Glory (20) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (15) 10 Transmutation Charge (3) Ascended Shards of Glory (75)
Persimmon		5	20	100	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Shard of Glory (20) Unidentified Dye 75 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (6) Instant Reward Track Progress (6) Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye (2) Box of Grandmaster Marks (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (15) 10 Transmutation Charge (5) Ascended Shards of Glory (75)
Amaranth		5	30	150	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye 1 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Shard of Glory (30) Unidentified Dye (2) Box of Grandmaster Marks (2) Warlord's Armor Box (2) PvP League Ticket (25) 15 Transmutation Charge (5) Ascended Shards of Glory (75)
Byzantium		6	30	180	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Shard of Glory (30) Unidentified Dye 1 50 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Shard of Glory (30) Unidentified Dye (2) Llama Mini Choice Box Box of Grandmaster Marks (3) Warlord's Armor Box (2) PvP League Ticket (25) 20 Transmutation Charge (5) Ascended Shards of Glory (100)
	For first completion only. Subsequent completions earn the modified Byzantium (repeatable) rewards.
Byzantium (repeatable)		6	30	180	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Shard of Glory (30) Unidentified Dye 1 50 Transmutation Charge	Vial of Liquid Karma (9) Instant Reward Track Progress (9) Box of Grandmaster Marks Shard of Glory (30) Unidentified Dye 20 Transmutation Charge (2) Ascended Shards of Glory (100)

Note: There are a total of 670 pips prior to the repeatable Byzantium Chest.

Total Rewards (prior to the repeatable Byzantium Chest):

Regular season leaderboard rewards[edit]

Ending a ranked season on the leaderboard unlocks a title and achievement depending on your rank. The number of required matches is dependent on the length of the season. Each week during an active season will add a minimum of 15 matches played to be eligible for a place on the leaderboard at the end of the season. For example, a season running for 2 weeks will require a minimum of 30 matches, 3 weeks will require 45, 4 weeks will require 60, etc. Regular conquest seasons usually require a minimum of 120 matches played to be eligible for a place on the leaderboard at the end of the season. Starting with season 17, the following titles are awarded to players on the leaderboard after a ranked season ends:

Rank 1: God/Goddess of the Arena
Rank 2: Demigod/Demigoddess of the Arena
Rank 3: King/Queen of the Arena
Rank 4–10: Prince/Princess of the Arena
Rank 11–25: Duke/Duchess of the Arena
Rank 26–100: Baron/Baroness of the Arena
Rank 101–250: Knight/Dame of the Arena

Mini-season[edit]

Mini-seasons historically follow the Team Deathmatch ruleset.

2v2[edit]

Reward Tiers		Required Pips			Rewards Season 6
Reward Tiers		Tiers	Per Tier	In Total	Each Tier	Final Reward
Cerulean		3	20	60	Shard of Glory (5) Unidentified Dye 30 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (1) Ascended Shards of Glory (25)
Jasper		4	20	80	Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye 45 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (3) Ascended Shards of Glory (50)
Saffron		5	20	100	Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye 60 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (20) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (15) 10 Transmutation Charge (3) Ascended Shards of Glory (75)
Persimmon		5	20	100	Shard of Glory (20) Unidentified Dye 75 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye (2) Box of Grandmaster Marks Title: 2v2 Contender Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (15) 10 Transmutation Charge (5) Ascended Shards of Glory (75)
	For first completion only. Subsequent completions earn the modified Persimmon (repeatable) rewards.
Persimmon (repeatable)		5	20	100	Shard of Glory (20) Unidentified Dye 75 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye 5 Transmutation Charge Ascended Shards of Glory (25)

3v3[edit]

Reward Tiers		Required Pips			Rewards Season 6
Reward Tiers		Tiers	Per Tier	In Total	Each Tier	Final Reward
Cerulean		3	20	60	Shard of Glory (5) Unidentified Dye 30 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (1) Ascended Shards of Glory (25)
Jasper		4	20	80	Shard of Glory (10) Unidentified Dye 45 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (10) 5 Transmutation Charge (3) Ascended Shards of Glory (50)
Saffron		5	20	100	Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye 60 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye (2) Warlord's Armor Box PvP League Ticket (15) 10 Transmutation Charge (5) Ascended Shards of Glory (75) Title: 3v3 Contender Box of Grandmaster Marks
	For first completion only. Subsequent completions earn the modified Saffron (repeatable) rewards.
Saffron (repeatable)		5	20	100	Shard of Glory (15) Unidentified Dye 60 Transmutation Charge	Shard of Glory (25) Unidentified Dye 4 Transmutation Charge Ascended Shards of Glory (20)

Mini-season leaderboard rewards[edit]

Ending a mini-season on the leaderboard unlocks a title and achievement depending on your rank. The number of required matches is dependent on the length of the season. Each week during an active season will add a minimum of 15 matches played to be eligible for a place on the leaderboard at the end of the mini-season. For example, a season running for 2 weeks will require a minimum of 30 matches, 3 weeks will require 45, 4 weeks will require 60, etc.

2v2 leaderboard reward[edit]

Rank 1-250: Title: 2v2 Elite

3v3 leaderboard reward[edit]

Rank 1-250: Title: 3v3 Elite

Achievements[edit]

Year of the Ascension[edit]

Completing the Year of the Ascension achievements awards components to create Gift of the Competitor, which is a component of the legendary backpack The Ascension. These achievements can only be progressed in Ranked PvP while a season or mini-season is active.

Emblem of Victory[edit]

Completing the Emblem of Victory achievement awards the component Emblem of Victory, which is a component of Salt-Forged Mist Diamond. This is then used for crafting the Gift of the Champion, a component for the legendary trinket Slumbering Transcendence. The achievement can only be progressed in Ranked PvP while a season or mini-season is active and is repeatable.

PvP Conqueror: Emblem of Victory — Win 120 ranked matches during a PvP season. (5)

Mini-seasons[edit]

Completing a mini-season achievement awards a title based on the mini-season. These achievements can only be progressed in Ranked PvP while a mini-season is active.

PvP Conqueror: 2v2 Contender — Complete the final Persimmon chest during a 2v2 mini-season. (0)
PvP Conqueror: 3v3 Contender — Complete the final league chest during a 3v3 mini-season. (0)

Trivia[edit]

In Season 5, ArenaNet decreased the volatility during placement matches. ^[3]
In Season 9, players ranked Platinum 2 (1,600) and above could no longer duo-queue in Ranked matches while seasons are active. ^[4] However, this was reverted in Season 13. ^[5]
After Season 20, ArenaNet introduced mini-seasons with the Call to Glory February 2020 Competitive Update. During this time, a 2v2 Ranked Queue replaced the 5v5 Conquest Ranked Queue which was usually disabled between regular seasons.
The first 3v3 Ranked Queue (mini-season) only ran for 2 weeks as opposed to the normally expected 4 week mini-season. ^[6]. This happened again with 2v2 Season Two, suggesting that mini-seasons may have variable lengths.
3v3 Season One and Conquest Season Twenty-Two were the first mini-season and regular season respectively without a formal news announcement. All previous seasons had a news announcement featured on the site's main page.