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 minimal 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 Instant Reward Track Progress, see below), starting at 0 pips and gaining a minimum of 5 pips per tick: By the 72nd tick you would have gotten silver 4 and a total of 6500 points extra, bringing the time down to 6h. Note that silver 4 rewards 750 points at the 72nd tick bringing the total gained rewards track points to 20540.
The overall minimal time to complete a reward track is 3h 45m (45 ticks), where all available boosters increase the points per tick from 195 to 454 (without bonus events). Including pips at the maximum rate of 19 pips per tick, with the highest reward rate being Diamond with 31 potions for 330 pips, one can complete a full reward track in 24 ticks (2h) and a total of 21146 Reward Track Points earned (20896 once the repeatable Diamond tier is reached), this equals 456 pips and 9 diamond chests (1.5 repetitions of the diamond tier).

Instant Reward Track Progress will be abbreviated as IRTP in the following table:

Reward Tier	#chests	pips per chest	Minor Chest		Final Chest		Tier Total			Sum
			IRTP	IRTP per pip	IRTP	IRTP per pip	pips	IRTP	IRTP per pip	pips	IRTP	IRTP per pip
Wood	4	25	1	0.04	2	0.08	100	5	0.05	100	5	0.05
Bronze	4	30	2	0.0667	3	0.1	120	9	0.075	220	14	0.0636
Silver	5	35	3	0.0857	4	0.1143	175	16	0.0914	395	30	0.0759
Gold	5	40	3	0.075	5	0.125	200	17	0.085	595	47	0.0790
Platinum	5	45	3	0.0667	5	0.1111	225	17	0.0756	820	64	0.0780
Mithril	6	50	4	0.08	5	0.1	300	25	0.0833	1120	89	0.0795
Diamond	6	55	5	0.0909	6	0.1091	330	31	0.0939	1450	120	0.0828

Note: Pip-Efficiency decreases after Silver tier, with Platinum only being roughly on par with Bronze, but increases again with Mithril and Diamond. While the the Pip-Efficiency in sum increases continuously, because the lower tiers get compensated by an increasing load of more lucrative tiers.

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
Experience Booster	Experience Booster, Candy Corn Gobbler and Heroic Booster	30m or 2h	50%	Stacks duration up to 48hrs. Can be used alongside the Guild Enhancement.
Celebration Bonus	Celebration Booster and Birthday Booster	1h or 24h	10%	Stacks duration. Can be used alongside other buffs.
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.
Guild WvW Reward Track Boost	Guild WvW Reward Track Boost from Nathan the Bartender	Indefinite	3-10%	Bonus depends on level of guild research.
WvW Reward Track Enrichment	WvW Reward Track Enrichment		5%
Rested	Resting in the Homestead for at least 4h	4h	2-8%	Bonus depends on Homesteading mastery level.
Total			+133%	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.
Anniversary Boost	Automatic	Event	30%	Given to all characters during the Guild wars anniversary for 7 days.

Therefore, the maximum progress per tick is +454 (503 during Call of War events) for the core WvW maps and +340 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

List of reward tracks

Tracks	Main Reward(s)	Requires	Repeatable
Exclusive	The skins or items rewarded by these tracks cannot be obtained anywhere else in the game.
WvW Exclusives Reward Track	WvW Exclusives Choice Chest	—	1
Gift of Battle Item Reward Track	Gift of Battle	—	1
Hero Weapon Reward Track	Hero Weapon Box	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Legacy Armor Reward Track	Legacy Armor Box	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Triumphant Armor Reward Track	Triumphant Armor Box	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Warclaw Reward Track	Warclaw Armor Box	Path of Fire	0
Guildrider Warclaw Skin Reward Track	Guildrider Warclaw Skin	Path of Fire Purchasing the Guildrider Warclaw Skin Reward Track from Cynara for 200 .	0
Regional	These offer rewards related to specific regions of Tyria. Requires the corresponding Expansions or the Living World episodes.
Kryta Reward Track	Kryta Weapon Skins Box	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Shiverpeak Mountains Reward Track	Shiverpeak Mountains Weapon Skins Box	Completion of Krytan Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Ascalon Reward Track	Ascalon Weapon Skins Box	Completion of Shiverpeak Mountains Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Maguuma Jungle Reward Track	Tarnished Coast Weapon Skins Box	Completion of Ascalonian Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Ruins of Orr Reward Track	Ruins of Orr Weapon Skins Box	Completion of Maguuma Jungle Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Maguuma Wastes Reward Track	Pristine Sand-Carved Cache	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Silverwastes Reward Track	Carapace Armor Box	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Regions of Tyria Reward Track	Tyrian Regions Reward Cache	—	1
Verdant Brink Reward Track	Bladed Glove Box	Heart of Thorns	0
Auric Basin Reward Track	Auric Weapon Crate	Heart of Thorns Completion of Verdant Brink Reward Track	0
Tangled Depths Reward Track	Chak Gerent Cache	Heart of Thorns Completion of Auric Basin Reward Track	0
Heart of Maguuma Reward Track	Mordremoth Cache	Heart of Thorns Completion of Tangled Depths Reward Track	1
Bloodstone Fen Reward Track	Bloodstone Cache	Out of the Shadows (Living World Season 3) Completion of Reaper of Magic story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Ember Bay Reward Track	Ember Bay Cache	Rising Flames (Living World Season 3) Completion of Machine in the Flame story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Bitterfrost Frontier Reward Track	Bitterfrost Frontier Cache	A Crack in the Ice (Living World Season 3) Completion of Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Lake Doric Reward Track	Lake Doric Cache	The Head of the Snake (Living World Season 3) Completion of A Meeting of Ministers story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Draconis Mons Reward Track	Draconis Mons Cache	Flashpoint (Living World Season 3) Completion of Arrival and Survival story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Siren's Landing Reward Track	Siren's Landing Cache	One Path Ends (Living World Season 3) Completion of Shining Blade Secrets story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Living World Season 3 Reward Track	Living World Season 3 Cache	Living World Season 3	1
Crystal Desert Reward Track	Desert Armor Box	Path of Fire Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track	1
Domain of Istan Reward Track	Istan Cache	Daybreak (Living World Season 4) Completion of The First City story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Sandswept Isles Reward Track	Sandswept Isles Cache	A Bug in the System (Living World Season 4) Completion of A Kindness Repaid story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Domain of Kourna Reward Track	Kournan Cache	Long Live the Lich (Living World Season 4) Completion of Forearmed Is Forewarned story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Jahai Bluffs Reward Track	Jahai Bluffs Cache	A Star to Guide Us (Living World Season 4) Completion of A Shattered Nation story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Thunderhead Peaks Reward Track	Thunderhead Peaks Cache	All or Nothing (Living World Season 4) Completion of Scion & Champion story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Dragonfall Reward Track	Dragonfall Cache	War Eternal (Living World Season 4) Completion of The End story step This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Living World Season 4 Reward Track	Living World Season 4 Cache	Living World Season 4	1
Grothmar Valley Reward Track	"/Rockout" Emote Tome	Prologue: Bound by Blood (The Icebrood Saga) Completion of Coming Home story step	0
Bjora Marches Reward Track	Jora's Weapons Cache	Whisper in the Dark (The Icebrood Saga) Completion of Silence story step	0
Drizzlewood Coast Reward Track	Gilded Reliquary of the Bear	No Quarter (The Icebrood Saga) Completion of Shoulder to Shoulder story step	0
Shiver Emote Tome Reward Track	"/Shiver" Emote Tome	Champions (The Icebrood Saga) Purchase Shivering Ice from a recruited vendor	0
Icebrood Saga Reward Track	Grand Icebrood Saga Cache	The Icebrood Saga Completed any of The Icebrood Saga episode reward track	1
End of Dragons Reward Track	Canthan Armor Box	End of Dragons This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Long-Lost Tahkayun Weapons Reward Track	Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag	End of Dragons This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Xunlai Customer Loyalty Perks Program	Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package	End of Dragons This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Canthan Reward Track	End of Dragons Reward Coffer	End of Dragons Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track	1
Secrets of the Obscure Reward Track	Amnytas Gear Box	Secrets of the Obscure Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track	1
Janthir Wilds Reward Track	Janthir Wilds Gear Box	Janthir Wilds Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track	1
Dungeon	Dungeon tracks are available on a two-week rotating cycle. Players can complete the story mode or the explorable mode of the associated dungeon to unlock its reward track. Every two tiers of a reward track, players may choose a weapon and will be given 60 Tales of Dungeon Delving. Completing a reward track gives a total of 240 Tales of Dungeon Delving. At the end of a reward track a player may choose a single piece of armor associated with the dungeon.
Tyrian Dungeon Explorer Track	Dungeon Armor Container Dungeon Weapon Container (3)		1
Ascalonian Catacombs Dungeon Track	Catacombs Armor Box Catacombs Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Caudecus's Manor Dungeon Track	Caudecus's Armor Box Caudecus's Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Twilight Arbor Dungeon Track	Twilight Arbor Armor Box Twilight Arbor Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Sorrow's Embrace Dungeon Track	Sorrow's Embrace Armor Box Sorrow's Embrace Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Citadel of Flame Dungeon Track	Baelfire's Armor Box Baelfire's Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Honor of the Waves Dungeon Track	Honor of the Waves Armor Box Honor of the Waves Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Crucible of Eternity Dungeon Track	Crucible of Eternity Armor Box Crucible of Eternity Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
The Ruined City of Arah Dungeon Track	Arah Armor Box Arah Weapons Box (3)	This track will be removed at a later date.	0
Temporary	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.
Super Adventure Reward Track	Baubles (288) Super Weapon Box		1
Dragon Bash Reward Track	Dragon Coffers (33)		1
Festival of the Four Winds Reward Track	Zephyrite Supply Box (28) Zephyrite Curio Box		1
Halloween Reward Track	Trick-or-Treat Bag (311) Halloween Pail		1
Wintersday Reward Track	Wintersday Gift (180) Ultimate Wintersday Gift		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: Regions of Tyria Kryta Shiverpeak Mountains Ascalon Maguuma Jungle Ruins of Orr Maguuma Wastes Silverwastes
	Heart of Thorns: Verdant Brink Auric Basin Tangled Depths Heart of Maguuma Living World Season 3 Bloodstone Fen Ember Bay Bitterfrost Frontier Lake Doric Draconis Mons Siren's Landing
	Path of Fire: Crystal Desert Living World Season 4 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: Canthan End of Dragons Tahkayun Weapons Xunlai Customer Loyalty
	Secrets of the Obscure: Secrets of the Obscure
	Janthir Wilds: Janthir Wilds
Dungeon	Tyrian 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	WvW Exclusives 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