WvW Reward Track

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PvP Reward Track.png 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[edit]

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[1]. 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).

  1. ^ If finishing a track would bring its progress to above 20,000 points, any "extra" points are granted to the next reward track with the next highest amount of points; if there are multiple reward tracks with the same number of points (or if all other tracks are at 0 points), the points will go to a random reward track instead, meaning that any spent points are not wasted.

Reward track modifiers[edit]

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 Bonus (fifty percent).png Experience Booster Experience Booster.pngExperience Booster, Candy Corn Gobbler Pack.pngCandy Corn Gobbler and Heroic Booster.pngHeroic Booster 30m or 2h 50% Stacks duration up to 48hrs. Can be used alongside the Guild Enhancement.
Celebration Bonus.png Celebration Bonus Celebration Booster.pngCelebration Booster and Birthday Booster.pngBirthday Booster 1h or 24h 10% Stacks duration. Can be used alongside other buffs.
Black Lion Booster.png Black Lion Boost Black Lion Booster.pngBlack Lion Booster 30m 25% Stacks duration. Can be used alongside other buffs.
Dragon's Rage.png Festival Gobbler Boost Snowflake Gobbler.pngSnowflake Gobbler and Zhaitaffy Gobbler.pngZhaitaffy Gobbler 15m 25% Stacks duration up to 24hrs. Can be used alongside other buffs.
Nourishment (Birthday Blaster).png Guild WvW Reward Track Boost Guild WvW Reward Track Boost.pngGuild WvW Reward Track Boost from Nathan the Bartender Indefinite 3-10% Bonus depends on level of guild research.
WvW Reward Track Enrichment.png WvW Reward Track Enrichment WvW Reward Track Enrichment.pngWvW Reward Track Enrichment 5%
Resting.png 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
Mist War Summons.png Call of War Automatic Event 25% World vs. World Weeklong Bonus during special events.
Glorious Fervor.png Greater Call of the Mists (WvW) Automatic Event 25% World vs. World Weeklong Bonus during special events.
Ace Racer.png Extra Life Bonus Automatic 3% 7 stacks applied account-wide after the conclusion of the 2018 Extra Life event.
Ace Racer.png Extra Life Bonus Automatic 3% 10–12 stacks applied account-wide after the conclusion of Extra Life events (annually, from 2019 onwards).
Ace Racer.png New Hero Jump Start Boost Automatic Event 30% Given to all characters during the Welcome Back event.
Ace Racer.png 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[edit]

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.[1]

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[edit]

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 Choice Chest
1Yes
Gift of Battle
1Yes
Hero Weapon Box
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Legacy Armor Box
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Triumphant Armor Box
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Warclaw Armor Box 0No
Guildrider Warclaw Skin 0No
Regional
Kryta Weapon Skins Box
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Shiverpeak Mountains Weapon Skins Box
  • Completion of Krytan Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Ascalon Weapon Skins Box
  • Completion of Shiverpeak Mountains Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Tarnished Coast Weapon Skins Box
  • Completion of Ascalonian Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Ruins of Orr Weapon Skins Box
  • Completion of Maguuma Jungle Reward Track This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Pristine Sand-Carved Cache
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Carapace Armor Box
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Tyrian Regions Reward Cache
1Yes
Bladed Glove Box 0No
Auric Weapon Crate
HoT Texture Centered Trans.png
Heart of Thorns
Completion of Verdant Brink Reward Track
0No
Chak Gerent Cache
HoT Texture Centered Trans.png
Heart of Thorns
Completion of Auric Basin Reward Track
0No
Mordremoth Cache
HoT Texture Centered Trans.png
Heart of Thorns
Completion of Tangled Depths Reward Track
1Yes
Bloodstone Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Ember Bay Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Bitterfrost Frontier Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Lake Doric Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Draconis Mons Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Siren's Landing Cache
Living World Season 3 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Living World Season 3 Cache 1Yes
Desert Armor Box
PoF Texture Trans.png
Path of Fire
Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track
1Yes
Istan Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Sandswept Isles Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Kournan Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Jahai Bluffs Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Thunderhead Peaks Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Dragonfall Cache
Living World Season 4 logo.png
War Eternal (Living World Season 4)
Completion of The End story step
This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Living World Season 4 Cache 1Yes
"/Rockout" Emote Tome 0No
Jora's Weapons Cache
Living World Season 5 logo.png
0No
Gilded Reliquary of the Bear 0No
"/Shiver" Emote Tome 0No
Grand Icebrood Saga Cache
Living World Season 5 logo.png
The Icebrood Saga
Completed any of The Icebrood Saga episode reward track
1Yes
Canthan Armor Box
EoD Texture Trans.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag
EoD Texture Trans.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package
EoD Texture Trans.png This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
End of Dragons Reward Coffer
EoD Texture Trans.png
End of Dragons
Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track
1Yes
Amnytas Gear Box
Secrets of the Obscure logo.png
Secrets of the Obscure
Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track
1Yes
Janthir Wilds Gear Box
Janthir Wilds logo.png
Janthir Wilds
Completed non-repeatable to unlock the repeatable track
1Yes
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.
Dungeon Armor Container
Dungeon Weapon Container (3)
1Yes
Catacombs Armor Box
Catacombs Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Caudecus's Armor Box
Caudecus's Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Twilight Arbor Armor Box
Twilight Arbor Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Sorrow's Embrace Armor Box
Sorrow's Embrace Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Baelfire's Armor Box
Baelfire's Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Honor of the Waves Armor Box
Honor of the Waves Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Crucible of Eternity Armor Box
Crucible of Eternity Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
Arah Armor Box
Arah Weapons Box (3)
  • This track will be removed at a later date.
0No
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.
Baubles (288)
Super Weapon Box
1Yes
Dragon Coffers (33)
1Yes
Zephyrite Supply Box (28)
Zephyrite Curio Box
1Yes
Trick-or-Treat Bag (311)
Halloween Pail
1Yes
Wintersday Gift (180)
Ultimate Wintersday Gift
1Yes

See also[edit]

References[edit]