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Current release: Battle for Lion's Arch
The fifth and final episode of Living World Season 1 is now playable for free in your Story Journal! Living World Season 1 content is back in Guild Wars 2 for the first time since 2013, along with new and returning rewards and achievements. Episodes are free, permanent additions to the base game and available to all players.
A battle is brewing in Lion's Arch. After a campaign of terror by the sylvari Scarlet Briar leaving scars across Tyria, the terrorist has set her sights on the city. Fight off her alliances and twisted minions in the rubble of Lion's Arch and do battle against her prototype watchknights!
As well as the story, the release includes a strike mission (Strike Mission: Old Lion's Court) and a replayable public instance (The Battle For Lion's Arch).
News & updates
- Current special event
- ▪ Extra Life - October 25 - November 16, 2022
- Current game status
- ▪ Game updates - Thursday, 10 November 2022
- ▪ Upcoming changes and features
- ▪ Releases ▪ Release calendar
- ▪ Event timers ▪ Server reset
Basics
- Running the game
- ▪ Controls ▪ User interface ▪ Worlds
- Characters
- ▪ Character creation ▪ Races ▪ Professions
- ▪ Skills ▪ Traits ▪ Attributes
- ▪ Specializations ▪ Level rewards
- Account
- ▪ Achievements ▪ Dailies ▪ Login rewards ▪ Masteries ▪ Free account restrictions
- Features
- ▪ Gliding ▪ Mounts ▪ Fishing ▪ Skiffs
- Cooperation
- ▪ Party ▪ Squads ▪ Friends ▪ Guilds
- Map
- ▪ Zones ▪ Cities ▪ Home instance ▪ Jumping puzzles
- Glossary ▪ Abbreviations
Gameplay
- Combat
- ▪ Damage ▪ Effects ▪ Defiance bar ▪ Combos ▪ Dynamic level adjustment
- Player versus Environment
- ▪ Story Journal ▪ Dynamic events ▪ World bosses ▪ Dungeons ▪ Fractals ▪ Strike Missions ▪ Raids
- Map completion
- ▪ Renown Hearts ▪ Points of interest ▪ Hero challenges ▪ Vistas ▪ Waypoints
- Structured PvP
- ▪ Conquest ▪ PvP Reward Tracks ▪ PvP Rank ▪ PvP League ▪ Automated Tournaments
- World vs World
- ▪ Objectives ▪ Siege weapons ▪ Skirmishes ▪ WvW Reward Tracks ▪ World Experience
Gear and equipment
- Equipment
- ▪ Armor ▪ Trinkets ▪ Weapons
- ▪ Prefixes ▪ Ascended equipment
- Items and Inventory
- ▪ Consumables (Food, Utility) ▪ Collections ▪ Upgrades (Runes, Sigils, Infusions)
- Appearance
- ▪ Wardrobe ▪ Dye ▪ Outfits
- Crafting
- ▪ Recipes ▪ Materials ▪ Mystic Forge ▪ Legendary equipment
- Commerce and currencies
- ▪ Trading Post ▪ Gem Store ▪ Vendor ▪ Vault
History and lore
- The world of Tyria
- ▪ Tyria ▪ The Mists ▪ Elona ▪ Cantha
- ▪ Bestiary
- Story, Expansions and Living World
- ▪ Personal Story ▪ Season One ▪ Season Two
- ▪
Heart of Thorns ▪ Season Three - ▪
Path of Fire ▪ Season Four - ▪ The Icebrood Saga
- ▪
End of Dragons - Lore ▪ Timeline
- Merchandise
- ▪ Ghosts of Ascalon ▪ Edge of Destiny ▪ Sea of Sorrows ▪ Soundtrack
