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Celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of Guild Wars 2!
It might be the game's birthday, but you're the one getting the presents! From birthday gifts, giveaways, Anniversary Sales and Ascended Cooking over special events to the debut of The Icebrood Saga on September 17, ArenaNet is going all out! Join the festivities and share your love for the game with others.
News & updates
- Current special event
- ▪ Expansion Boost - September 3-17
- Current game status
- ▪ Game updates - Wednesday, 4 September 2019
- ▪ Upcoming changes and features ▪ Release
- ▪ Event timers ▪ Server reset
- August 30, 2019
- ▪ Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Is Free with Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire
- August 29, 2019
- ▪ The Icebrood Saga Begins September 17
- August 20, 2019
- ▪ Party Harder with Ascended Food
- ▪ The Knife Tail Hunting Gang Has Broken into the Black Lion Vaults!
- August 19, 2019
- ▪ Catch Up with the Expansion Boost Special Event
- ▪ PvP League Season 18 Begins Tomorrow
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
- 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 ▪ Raids ▪ Mounts
- 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 weapons
- 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 - Lore ▪ Timeline
- Merchandise
- ▪ Ghosts of Ascalon ▪ Edge of Destiny ▪ Sea of Sorrows ▪ Soundtrack
