Lunar New Year

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Visit Divinity's Reach to enjoy festive activities and earn special prizes during the celebration! Earn or purchase lucky envelopes for a chance to win gold, luck, or special items.

— In-game description

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Lunar New Year is an event celebrating the Canthan new year and is held in the Crown Pavilion in Divinity's Reach. Celestial Dragons have been added to Lion's Arch and each race's capital city: Black Citadel, Hoelbrak, Rata Sum, and The Grove for easier access. Earn or purchase Lucky Envelopes for a chance to win coin, luck, or special items. Players can also participate in the Dragon Ball Arena activity.

Releases

• Lunar New Year 2015: Year of the Ram (2015-02-15 — 2015-02-24)
• Lunar New Year 2016: Year of the Monkey (2016-01-26 — 2016-02-19)
• Lunar New Year 2017: Year of the Rooster (2017-01-17 — 2017-02-08)
• Lunar New Year 2018: Year of the Dog (2018-02-06 — 2018-02-22)
• Lunar New Year 2019: Year of the Boar (2019-01-22 — 2019-02-12)
• Lunar New Year 2020: Year of the Rat (2020-01-14 — 2020-02-04)
• Lunar New Year 2021: Year of the Ox (2021-02-02 — 2021-02-23)
• Lunar New Year 2022: Year of the Tiger (2022-01-25 — 2022-02-15)

Activities

Activity	Description	Possible rewards
Dragon Ball Arena	A dodgeball-like activity with the goal to kill the opposing team. Traverse the map and find power-ups to further upgrade your special abilities. Speak to Finolla in the Crown Pavilion to gain access to the arena.	Coffer of the Dragon Ball Champion   Little Lucky Envelope
Firecracker Lighting	An adventure requiring you to light all firecrackers spread throughout the city. Use your glider and mounts to collect them all. Using waypoints disqualifies you. Speak to Firecracker Lighting (NPC) to start the adventure.	Firecracker Lighting: Gold   Firecracker Lighting: Silver   Firecracker Lighting: Bronze
Firecracker Lighting 2	A sequel to the previous adventure, requiring you to light all firecrackers spread throughout the city. Use your mounts to collect them all, while using waypoints disqualifies you. Speak to Firecracker Lighting 2 (NPC) to start the adventure.	Firecracker Lighting: Gold   Firecracker Lighting: Silver   Firecracker Lighting: Bronze
Mount race	A mount race around Divinity's Reach, available around every 20 minutes. Players without a mount can rent the Raptor from Festival Mount Rental for 10 .	Little Lucky Envelope  Ace Racer
Race adventure	Adventure version of the mount race. Players without a mount can rent the Raptor from Festival Mount Rental for 10 .	Racing in the New Year: Gold   Racing in the New Year: Silver   Racing in the New Year: Bronze
Celestial Challenge	An instanced activity with several rounds, such as defeating foes and claiming objectives. The more rounds you endure, the more rewards you can get, as each round rewards one  Lucky Aura stack, allowing you to open additional loot chests at the end. Speak to Celestial Challenge Attendant near Central Plaza or the Crown Pavillion to enter.	Chest of the New Year   Token of the Celestial Champion   Little Lucky Envelope   Exotic Equipment Satchel   Mini Essence of Luck

Other activities

• Up to 8   Divine Lucky Envelopes per day might be purchased from Phaedra for gold and another 8 if you have tokens.
• Up to 3   Divine Lucky Envelopes per day might be purchased from Sigurlina Jonsdottir with Guild Commendation.
• Drooburt collects spare Essences of Luck.
• Celestial Pigs are accepting festive food.

Magic Find for Envelopes

See also: Maximizing Magic Find

The Lucky Envelopes from this festival are affected by Magic Find. By using boosters and consumables, players can increase their magic find while opening the envelopes, increasing the chances of getting the best rewards, such as the ornamental figurine worth 8 gold.

Easy Magic Find

•   Celebration Booster from Login rewards gives a cheap 100% Magic Find. The Birthday Booster gives the same boost, meaning these two cannot stack.
• All Lunar New Year food grants 25% Magic Find. Peppermint Omnomberry Bar, Omnomberry Bar, Omnomberry Tart, Cup of Lotus Fries, Dragonfly Cupcake and Spicy Pumpkin Cookies all grant 30% Magic Find. Chocolate Raspberry Cream and Chocolate Omnomberry Cream grant 32% and 40%, respectively, while under the effects of a boon, as well.
• Fireworks from this event grant an effect (changes yearly) which gives 10% Magic Find.
• Guild Banners, such as Guild Heroes Banner provide up to 15% Magic Find, depending on the banner.
• A guild hall with the Guild Tavern upgrade allows "purchase" of a guild enhancement consumable from Nathan the Bartender for a free (up to) 10% Magic Find.
• The Halloween utility consumables from Trick-or-Treat Bags grant 30% Magic Find each, and are cheap to acquire on the Trading Post.
• Having a Magical Enrichment on your character, provides 20% Magic Find.
• During some years, Call of the Mists buff will be active in the PvP lobby and arena, granting an extra 200% Magic Find. However, you must use food and utility buffs before entering the PvP lobby (they will be stripped from your character if you enter PvP combat); going to the PvP lobby will negate the Magical Enrichment if you have it.
• The Silverwastes event chain, 5 stacks of participation for 30% each and 50% for killing the mordrem vinewrath. Additionally, opening the envelopes while opening a bandit chest grants additional magic find. Simply watch your character sheet while opening them.
• Successfully completing the race with either Time Trial or Time Trial—Sprinting grants the Ace Racer effect which grants 25% Magic Find for 15 minutes.

Achievements

•  Daily Lunar New Year
•  Dragon Ball
•  New Year's Customs
•  Lunar New Year
•  The Goldclaw Holiday Collection: A Note on "Celestial Bodies"‎‎

Vendors

• Phaedra [Envelopes]
• New Year Rewards [Weekly]
• New Year Vendor [Prizes]
• New Year Weapons [Weapons]
• Sparking Stone [Weapons]

Rewards and items

For list of all Lunar New Year rewards and items, see: Lunar New Year/items

NPCs and Dialogue

For list of Lunar New Year NPCs, events, dialogue and similar stuff: Lunar New Year/Festival content

See also

• History of Lunar New Year Gem Store Offers
• Food made available during the Lunar New Year

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Canthan New Year.

• This event is based on the Chinese New Year.

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Releases