WvW Reward Track

WvW Reward Tracks tab.

WvW Reward Tracks is an account-wide World versus World rewards system based on earning points in 5 minutes intervals ("ticks") while participating in WvW activities. A reward track is activated in the World vs. World panel and provides rewards in tiers when sufficient number of points ("pips") is accumulated for each tier. These reward tracks are independent from the Skirmish reward track, which is always active and can be viewed in the Match Overview tab of the World vs. World panel.

Each reward track provides different types of rewards, from currencies and crafting materials to equipment. Some rewards are exclusive to WvW, like the Warclaw Reward Track, which unlocks the mount Warclaw. Many tracks are released alongside the expansions and Living World releases, providing an alternative source to earn their respective PvE rewards. Some reward tracks can be repeated infinitely, other – only completed once.

Reward track progress

Each WvW Reward Track has 8 tiers, with each tier containing 4 minor and 1 major reward. Each reward track contains 40 rewards in total: 32 minor and 8 major, where the last reward is generally the most valuable. To complete a reward track 20,000 points are needed, and a reward is received every 500 points. The progress in reward track is awarded at the end of each 5- minute scoring tick based on the player's current participation tier (see the table below), and whether the player is in a core WvW map.

Points per tick	Participation tier
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Core WvW maps	+0	+25	+60	+95	+125	+160	+195
Edge of the Mists	+0	+19	+46	+76	+90	+120	+146

The minimum time for completing a reward track (without boosters) is 8h 35m (103 ticks), where 195 points are earned per tick. Factoring in the skirmish rewards (with potions of instant reward progress, see below), starting at 0 pips and gaining a minimal of 4 pips per tick: By the 77th tick you would have gotten silver 2 and a total of 5000 points extra, bringing the time down to 6h25m. The overall minimal time to complete a reward track is 3h 50m (46 ticks), where all available boosters increases the points per tick from 195 to 439. Including pips at the maximum of 18 pips per tick, with the highest reward rate being Diamond with 0.127 (0.145 for final chest) instant reward potions per pip, one can complete a full reward track in the exact time it requires to complete the full Diamond track at 19 ticks (1h35m) and totalling 20117 points.

Reward tier (no. of chests)	instant reward potions per pip	instant reward potions per pip (final chest)
Wood (4)	0.04	0.08
Bronze (4)	0.0667	0.1
Silver (5)	0.0857	0.114
Gold (5)	0.1	0.15
Platinum (5)	0.111	0.133
Mithril (6)	0.12	0.14
Diamond (6)	0.127	0.145

Progress is also awarded on consuming Potion of WvW Rewards, Potion of Mist Rewards, or receiving Instant Reward Track Progress. Potion of WvW Rewards could previously be obtained from Daily and weekly WvW achievement reward chests and grant 250 points. Instant Reward Track Progress is obtained on opening a chest from the Skirmish reward track, granting 250 points each. Both potions grant points to the currently selected reward track, and are not affected by boosts. For the completion of a reward track 80 Potion of WvW Rewards or 80 Potion of Mist Rewards are needed, though both items are discontinued.

Players can only make progress on a single reward track at a time, with one exception. Switching between tracks will save any progress made, and players can return to where they left off. There is no known way to reset a reward track without finishing it. Upon completion of a reward track, the next reward track will be one with 0 progress, or if all have at least some progress then with the most progress is automatically activated. If all tracks have identical progress then a random one is chosen. You can force the same track to repeat instead by pressing the autorepeat icon (shaped like an infinity sign).

Reward track modifiers

There are several ways to increase the amount of reward track progress earned. These modifiers do not affect Potion of WvW Rewards and Instant Reward Track Progress.

Effect	Source	Duration	Bonus	Notes
Consumables and Enrichment
Guild Enhancement: World Reward Tracks	Nathan the Bartender	Indefinite	3-10%	Bonus depends on level of guild research.
Experience Booster	Experience Booster and Heroic Booster	30m or 2h	50%	Stacks duration up to 48hrs. Can be used alongside the Guild Enhancement.
Black Lion Boost	Black Lion Booster	30m	25%	Stacks duration. Can be used alongside other buffs.
Festival Gobbler Boost	Snowflake Gobbler and Zhaitaffy Gobbler	15m	25%	Stacks duration up to 24hrs. Can be used alongside other buffs.
Celebration Bonus	Celebration Booster and Birthday Booster	1h or 24h	10%	Stacks duration. Can be used alongside other buffs.
WvW Reward Track Enrichment	WvW Reward Track Enrichment		5%
Total			+125%	This total does not include time-specific bonuses
Time-specific bonuses
Call of War	Automatic	Event	25%	World vs. World Weeklong Bonus during special events.
Greater Call of the Mists (WvW)	Automatic	Event	25%	World vs. World Weeklong Bonus during special events.
Extra Life Bonus	Automatic		3%	7 stacks applied account-wide after the conclusion of the 2018 Extra Life event.
Extra Life Bonus	Automatic		3%	10–12 stacks applied account-wide after the conclusion of Extra Life events (annually, from 2019 onwards).
New Hero Jump Start Boost	Automatic	Event	30%	Given to all characters during the Welcome Back event.

Therefore, the maximum progress per tick is +439 (487 during Call of War events) for the core WvW maps and +329 for Edge of the Mists.

Increasing Participation

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Your participation level determines the number of reward track points you will earn each tick. Participation is earned by participating in a variety of WvW activities, such as capturing and defending objectives, completing events, and killing enemy players.

— Participation

Participation can be increased in two ways:

1. By actively participating in events, securing objectives, and killing enemies. The amount of participation depends on the task and current participation tier, as shown in the table below.
2. By joining a squad and being marked to receive shared participation, a player can receive participation from their entire squad. One player can be marked to receive shared credit for every five players in the squad. This feature allows players to focus on scouting and defending while still making progress.

Every 100% participation will increase the player's participation tier. Participation beyond 100% will roll over to the next level with the remainder scaled down according to the next level. For example, joining WvW at participation tier 0 and defeating two invaders will award 150% participation, promoting the player to participation tier 1 with 16.67% participation towards tier 2. While under the effect of Outnumbered, participation gains are increased by 50%.

Participation has a variable inactivity timer, which obeys the following rules:

• The exact time remaining is visible on the participation bar, which also changes color as follows:
  • When more than 90 seconds remain on the inactivity timer, the participation bar is green.
  • When 90 seconds or less remain on the inactivity timer, the participation bar will turn orange.
  • When 60 seconds or less remain, it will turn red.
• Once the timer reaches 0, participation will rapidly decay to 0%, and then through any remaining tiers.
  • At this point, the timer will show how much time remains until participation decays to tier 0 at 0%. The timer will always start at 15 minutes, regardless of participation.
• The decay can be stopped by gaining participation, as shown in the below table. The timer can be reset in the same way.
  • When participation is gained, if its participation period is more than the time left on the inactivity timer, then the timer is reset to that participation period. There is otherwise no effect. For instance, if a player captures a ruin and then captures a tower, their inactivity timer will be reset to 10 minutes, even though it started at 2 minutes. Similarly, if a player captures a tower, and then captures a ruin 2 minutes later, their inactivity timer will not be reset, and it will continue to tick downwards from 8 minutes.
• The timer will be paused while outside of any WvW map.

Participation is kept when traveling between the core WvW maps or when switching characters, but reward track progress is not awarded at each scoring tick unless you are present in the core WvW maps at the moment the tick rewards are processed.

Edge of the Mists has a participation meter that works the same way but is independent of core WvW participation.

Action	Participation level							Participation period
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Defeat invader	75%	25%	15%	11.25%	8.75%	7.5%	5.3125%	10 min
Capture Stonemist castle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10 min
Capture keep	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10 min
Capture tower	-	125%	75%	53.75%	41.25%	34.375%	-	10 min
Capture camp	-	125%	75%	53.75%	41.25%	34.375%	25%	10 min
Defend objective	93.75%	41.25%	25%	17.5%	13.75%	11.25%	8.75%	10 min
Defeat Legendary Castle Lord	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Defeat Champion Keep Lord	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Defeat Champion Tower Lord	25%	7.5%	5%	-	5%	2.5%	1.25%	5 min
Defeat Veteran Supervisor	25%	7.5%	5%	-	-	2.5%	1.25%	5 min
Defeat Veteran Creature	75%	25%	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Defeat hostile mercenaries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Siege (destroy structure)	-	41.25%	27.5%	-	15%	12.5%	8.75%	5 min
Destroy siege	-	-	-	7.5%	6.25%	-	-	5 min
Capture sentry	93.75%	41.25%	25%	17.5%	13.75%	11.25%	8.75%	5 min
Capture Shrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Escort caravan	75%	25%	15%	11.25%	8.75%	7.5%	5.3125%	5 min
Complete a dynamic event.1	-	-	-	-	7.5%	5%	-	5 min
Assist mercenaries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 min
Defeat Veteran Guard	25%	7.5%	5%	-	-	2.5%	1.25%	2 min
Defeat Quartermaster	12.5%	3.75%	-	-	-	1.25%	0.625%	2 min
Defeat sentry, scout, or archer	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2 min
Siege (damage structure)	7.5%	2.5%	1.25%	-	1.25%	0.625%	0.25%	2 min
Siege (damage player)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2 min
Stop caravan	75%	25%	15%	11.25%	8.75%	7.5%	5.3125%	2 min
Capture Ruin	75%	25%	-	-	-	-	-	2 min
Revive mercenaries	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1 min
Defeat Champion Overgrown Grub	75%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Defeat Champion Arboreal Spirit	75%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note that capturing the special objectives in Edge of the Mists does not increase participation. It is worth highlighting that some actions - such as defeating Veteran Scouts and Archers - do not award participation progress but still reset the inactivity timer.

¹ Such as Defeat the ghost veterans and Eliminate the centaur threat

Reward track types

Exclusive tracks

The skins or items rewarded by these tracks cannot be obtained anywhere else in the game.

Track	Final reward	Repeatable
Triumphant Armor Reward Track	Triumphant Armor Box	1
Gift of Battle Item Reward Track	Gift of Battle	1
Hero Weapon Reward Track	Hero Weapon Box	1
Legacy Armor Reward Track	Legacy Armor Box	1
Warclaw Reward Track	Warclaw Armor Box	0
Guildrider Warclaw Skin Reward Track	Guildrider Warclaw Skin	0

Region tracks

These offer rewards related to specific regions of Tyria. For example, the Krytan reward track contains loot normally found in Kryta.

Track	Final reward	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Kryta Reward Track	Ceremonial weapons	—	1
Shiverpeak Mountains Reward Track	Etched weapons	Krytan Reward Track	1
Ascalon Reward Track	Legionnaire weapons	Shiverpeak Mountains Reward Track	1
Maguuma Jungle Reward Track	Tribal weapons	Ascalonian Reward Track	1
Ruins of Orr Reward Track	Orrian weapons	Maguuma Jungle Reward Track	1
Maguuma Wastes Reward Track	Pristine Sand-Carved Cache	—	1
Silverwastes Reward Track	Carapace Armor Box	—	0

Heart of Thorns tracks

These tracks require Heart of Thorns to activate.

Track	Final reward	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Verdant Brink Reward Track	Bladed gloves	—	0
Auric Basin Reward Track	Auric weapons	Verdant Brink Reward Track	0
Tangled Depths Reward Track	Chak weapons	Auric Basin Reward Track	0
Heart of Maguuma Reward Track	Mordremoth Cache	Tangled Depths Reward Track	1

Living World Season 3 tracks

These tracks require Heart of Thorns and the corresponding Living World Season 3 episode to activate.

Track	Final reward	Episode	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Bloodstone Fen Reward Track	Bloodstone Cache	Out of the Shadows	Reaper of Magic story step	1
Ember Bay Reward Track	Ember Bay Cache	Rising Flames	Machine in the Flame story step	1
Bitterfrost Frontier Reward Track	Bitterfrost Frontier Cache	A Crack in the Ice	Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier story step	1
Lake Doric Reward Track	Lake Doric Cache	The Head of the Snake	A Meeting of Ministers story step	1
Draconis Mons Reward Track	Draconis Mons Cache	Flashpoint	Arrival and Survival story step	1
Siren's Landing Reward Track	Siren's Landing Cache	One Path Ends	Shining Blade Secrets story step	1

Path of Fire tracks

These tracks require Path of Fire to activate.

Track	Final reward	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Crystal Desert Reward Track (unrepeatable)	Desert Armor Box	—	0
Crystal Desert Reward Track (repeatable)	Desert Armor Box	Crystal Desert Reward Track (unrepeatable)	1

Living World Season 4 tracks

These tracks require Path of Fire and the corresponding Living World Season 4 episode to activate.

Track	Final reward	Episode	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Domain of Istan Reward Track	Istan Cache	Daybreak	The First City story step	1
Sandswept Isles Reward Track	Sandswept Isles Cache	A Bug in the System	A Kindness Repaid story step	1
Domain of Kourna Reward Track	Kournan Cache	Long Live the Lich	Forearmed Is Forewarned story step	1
Jahai Bluffs Reward Track	Jahai Bluffs Cache	A Star to Guide Us	A Shattered Nation story step	1
Thunderhead Peaks Reward Track	Thunderhead Peaks Cache	All or Nothing	Scion & Champion story step	1
Dragonfall Reward Track	Dragonfall Cache	War Eternal	The End story step	1

The Icebrood Saga tracks

These tracks require Path of Fire and the corresponding The Icebrood Saga episode to activate.

Track	Final reward	Episode	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Icebrood Saga Reward Track	Grand Icebrood Saga Cache	Living World Season 5: The Icebrood Saga	any Living World Icebrood Saga episode reward track	1
Grothmar Valley Reward Track	"/Rockout" Emote Tome	Prologue: Bound by Blood	Coming Home story step	0
Bjora Marches Reward Track	Jora's Weapons Cache	Whisper in the Dark	Silence story step	0
Drizzlewood Coast Reward Track	Gilded Reliquary of the Bear	No Quarter	Shoulder to Shoulder story step	0
Shiver Emote Tome Reward Track	"/Shiver" Emote Tome	Champions	Purchase Shivering Ice from a recruited vendor	0

End of Dragons tracks

These tracks require End of Dragons to activate.

Track	Final reward	Requires completion of	Repeatable
End of Dragons Reward Track (unrepeatable)	Canthan Armor Box	—	0
End of Dragons Reward Track (repeatable)	Canthan Armor Box	End of Dragons Reward Track (unrepeatable)	1
Long-Lost Tahkayun Weapons Reward Track (unrepeatable)	Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag		0
Long-Lost Tahkayun Weapons Reward Track (repeatable)	Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag	Long-Lost Tahkayun Weapons Reward Track (unrepeatable)	1
Xunlai Customer Loyalty Perks Program (unrepeatable)	Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package	—	0
Xunlai Customer Loyalty Perks Program (repeatable)	Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package	Xunlai Customer Loyalty Perks Program (unrepeatable)	1

Secrets of the Obscure tracks

These tracks require Secrets of the Obscure to activate.

Track	Final reward	Requires completion of	Repeatable
Secrets of the Obscures Reward Track (unrepeatable)	Ammytas Gear Box	—	0
Secrets of the Obscure Reward Track (repeatable)	Ammytas Gear Box	Secrets of the Obscure Reward Track (unrepeatable)	1

Dungeon tracks

Dungeon tracks are available on a two-week rotating cycle. Players can complete the story mode of the associated dungeon—or in the case of Arah, completion of Victory or Death or explorable mode—to unlock its reward track permanently.

Every two tiers of a reward track, players may choose a weapon and will be given 60 dungeon tokens. Completing a reward track gives a total of 240 dungeon tokens. At the end of a reward track a player may choose a single piece of armor associated with the dungeon. For information about specific attribute values granted by different types of equipment, see Equipment acquisition by stats#Dungeons.

Track	Weapon sets	Armor sets			Repeatable
		Light	Medium	Heavy
Ascalonian Catacombs	Royal Ascalonian weapons	Ascalonian Performer armor	Ascalonian Sentry armor	Ascalonian Protector armor	1
Caudecus's Manor	Golden Wing weapons	Council Ministry armor	Council Watch armor	Council Guard armor	1
Twilight Arbor	Nightmare weapons	Nightmare Court armor	Nightmare Court armor	Nightmare Court armor	1
Sorrow's Embrace	Dark Asuran weapons	Forgeman armor	Forgeman armor	Forgeman armor	1
Citadel of Flame	Molten weapons	Flame Legion armor	Flame Legion armor	Flame Legion armor	1
Honor of the Waves	Kodan weapons	Armor of Koda	Armor of Koda	Armor of Koda	1
Crucible of Eternity	Inquest weapons	Inquest armor	Inquest armor	Inquest armor	1
The Ruined City of Arah	Weapons of the Dragon's Deep	Armor of the Lich	Accursed armor	Grasping Dead armor	1

Temporary tracks

These tracks are only available for a limited period of time during the related festival, and as such can be repeated indefinitely during that period. The Lunar New Year festival is the only one without a related reward track.

Track	Final reward	Available	Repeatable
Super Adventure Reward Track	Super Weapon Box	Super Adventure Box 2017 onwards	1
Dragon Bash Reward Track	Dragon Coffer (5)	Dragon Bash 2019 onwards	1
Festival of the Four Winds Reward Track	Zephyrite Curio Box	Festival of the Four Winds 2018 onwards	1
Halloween Reward Track	Halloween Pail	Halloween 2014 onwards	1
Wintersday Reward Track	Ultimate Wintersday Gift	Wintersday 2014 onwards	1

See also

• PvP Reward Track
• Skirmish reward track

References

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World versus World

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World versus World Rewards

WvW Reward Tracks
Regional	Core: Kryta Shiverpeak Mountains Ascalon Maguuma Jungle Ruins of Orr Maguuma Wastes Silverwastes
	Heart of Thorns: Verdant Brink Auric Basin Tangled Depths Heart of Maguuma Bloodstone Fen Ember Bay Bitterfrost Frontier Lake Doric Draconis Mons Siren's Landing
	Path of Fire: Crystal Desert Domain of Istan Sandswept Isles Domain of Kourna Jahai Bluffs Thunderhead Peaks Dragonfall Icebrood Saga Grothmar Valley Bjora Marches Drizzlewood Coast Shiver Emote Tome
	End of Dragons: End of Dragons Tahkayun Weapons Xunlai Customer Loyalty
	Secrets of the Obscure: Secrets of the Obscure
Dungeon	Ascalonian Catacombs Caudecus's Manor Twilight Arbor Sorrow's Embrace Citadel of Flame Honor of the Waves Crucible of Eternity The Ruined City of Arah
Unique	Triumphant Gift of Battle Hero Weapon Legacy Warclaw Guildrider Warclaw Skin
Temporary	Super Adventure Dragon Bash Festival of the Four Winds Halloween Wintersday

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Other reward mechanisms
WvW Ranks	Chest of the Mists
Skirmishes	Skirmish Chest