Twitch Drops are available starting now, so tune in to your favorite Guild Wars 2® streamers (or discover a new one!) to earn rewards between now and August 2. Join us Wednesday, August 5 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on our Twitch channel as our partner, EngleburtMeow, cosplays as a homestead and hosts a casual tour of some of the community’s most imaginative homesteads. Yes, you read that correctly. She will become one with the architecture, dressed in one of her signature cursed cosplays.

As a final part of the celebration, we have a discount on the Digital Deluxe upgrades for both expansions with a homestead map, Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds™ and Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity™. Discounts are available in-game and in the official store until August 6, 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7).

Check out our official Discord for more details and enjoy the week of homestead homages!

These are the unbelievable community homesteads that will be toured during our livestream. Images courtesy of ArenaNet partner: United Arts of Tyria

—The Guild Wars 2 Team

Join us next week for a celebration of our Guild Wars 2® homesteads! Ever since Homesteads were released with Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds™, we’ve been in awe of the community’s creative constructions. To celebrate that creativity and encourage new designs, we’re holding the Homestead Design Contest on our official Discord channel starting July 30!

Conjure your best designs in either homestead map and start snapping some screenshots. There’s no specific theme, so let your creativity run wild! Then, submit your screenshots for peer review and a chance to win gem prizes via community vote!

Submissions of 1–10 screenshots will be accepted from July 30 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) until August 6 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). Community voting will last from the beginning of the entry period on July 30 until August 11 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). At that point, voting will end and winners will be determined by the total number of emoji reactions received. Full rules and eligibility can be found here.

While the contest is running, there will be other reasons to celebrate Homesteads. We’ll have Twitch drops available for watching your favorite Guild Wars 2 streamers starting on July 30. And we’ll be hosting a homestead livestream on Wednesday, August 5 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on our Twitch channel. Check out Discord next week for more details, but in the meantime, have fun staging your homestead for sharing with the community!

—The Guild Wars 2 Team

Whether you spend your time collecting legendary weapons, decking your many characters out in the most fabulous ensembles, or exploring every secret nook in the vast open world, one thing is certain: there’s no wrong way to play Guild Wars 2.

Today, we invite you to go on a journey exploring the various playstyles of Guild Wars 2 with a video from one of our incredible partner program members, Kroof. And over the next few weeks, stay tuned to our social channels and Discord as we invite you to share with us how you play your way.

Treat yourself or a friend to a new adventure this summer! Our summer sale features a 30% discount on select expansions, bundles, and more in the Guild Wars 2® store:

• Expansion 4—Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ (Standard & Deluxe Editions)
• Expansion 3—Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons® (Standard & Deluxe Editions)
• Expansions 1 and 2—Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns® and Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™
• Guild Wars 2—The Elder Dragon Saga Complete Collection (Complete, Deluxe & Standard Editions)
• Guild Wars 2 Living World™ Season 2
• Guild Wars 2 Starter Pack—a one-time account upgrade with a Raptor Mount Unlock, Basic Gliding Unlock, Bank Tab Expansion, Upgraded Bag Slot Expansion, and Total Makeover Kit.

The sale will be available through the online store, in-game store, Steam, and third-party retailers from June 25 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) until July 9 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). This sale is not available on the Epic Games Store.

Whether you’re just starting off on your Tyrian adventure or continuing your journey, you can unlock new horizons to explore—and save money doing it!

Starting today, you can play Guild Wars® Reforged on the go! Simply download and play for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play. For the first time, you can explore the same shared world of Tyria with players across PC and mobile devices.

Our UI and controls have been redesigned for mobile audiences and offer a deep, strategic MMO experience. Craft unique builds from ten professions and personalize your gameplay by combining armor sets, weapons, and thousands of skills that you’ll collect on your adventures.

Play with Everyone, Everywhere, for Free

If you already own Guild Wars Reforged, log in to your ArenaNet on mobile to progress your characters across PC and mobile devices with no cost, ads, or restrictions! Play on your phone when you’re traveling and then hop on to your PC when you get home.

Brand-new players can download the original Guild Wars: Prophecies™ campaign for free as an ad-supported experience during loading screens, but those ads can be removed with a one-time $6.99 purchase. Additionally, both Guild Wars Factions™ and Guild Wars Nightfall™ campaigns can be unlocked for $6.99 each. The Guild Wars Eye of the North™ expansion and Bonus Mission Pack will also be available on mobile for $9.99 and $5.99 respectively.

And, if you started playing on mobile first, don’t worry! Once you’ve purchased content with your Mobile ID, you can connect your account to an e-mail address that will allow you to log in and play on other platforms. Unfortunately, Mobile IDs cannot be linked to Steam accounts at this time.

Join our Official Guild Wars Community Discord server to discuss the game and find others to play with. There’s never been a better time to start your adventure, so grab your family and friends and hop into the classic MMO that kicked off the Guild Wars franchise. We’ll see you in Tyria!

Today, we invite you to hear directly from Studio Head Colin Johanson, Guild Wars 2® Game Director Josh Davis, and Guild Wars® Reforged Game Director Stephen Clarke-Willson about the future of the Guild Wars franchise:

Colin and Josh will also be hosting a livestream next week on Twitch to continue the conversation about the future of the Guild Wars franchise. Make sure you tune in to watch on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7).

As Josh mentioned in the video, after Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity™ wraps up in September, we’re turning our attention to improving the foundations of Guild Wars 2 and we want to make the most of it, with your help!

Starting with our first Hall of Monuments update coming later this year, we’re going to spend nearly a full year going back through each era of Guild Wars 2, making meaningful improvements to the player experience.

Head over to the new feedback forum and share your ideas on what you’d like us to address. We’re excited to shape the future of Guild Wars 2 alongside the community and ensure its continued success for many years to come.

In Guild Wars 3, you’ll explore Orr like you’ve never been able to before. You’ll join the Vaelwardens: a guild sworn to protect the land, the people who live beyond the walls of the towns and cities of Orr, and the nature spirits who call Orr home.

For the first time ever, you can experience the world of Tyria on both PC and PlayStation 5. We’ve built a combat system designed to feel incredible no matter how you play, whether you use a controller or a mouse and keyboard.

We have other exciting things to discuss in this blog today, but for more information on the announcement, head over to our shiny new Guild Wars 3 website. Please wishlist Guild Wars 3 on Steam and the PlayStation Store. And to keep up with the latest news—and for a chance to join the Guild Wars 3 beta in the fall of 2027—sign up for the Guild Wars 3 newsletter.

What’s Next for Guild Wars 2®?

With the Guild Wars 3 announcement, we know the community will undoubtedly be wondering what’s next for Guild Wars 2. And we’re going to tell you in detail…tomorrow! Today, we’re celebrating the first brand-new game announcement for ArenaNet in almost two decades, and that deserves its moment in the spotlight. But rest assured, we’re not done making Guild Wars 2—or Guild Wars® Reforged for that matter—and we’re committing to actively developing all three games at the same time.

Tomorrow, June 6, we’ll be releasing a studio update video, and you’ll hear directly from Studio Head Colin Johanson, Guild Wars 2 Game Director Josh Davis, and Guild Wars® Reforged Game Director Stephen Clarke-Willson as they discuss the future of the Guild Wars franchise. Look out for that video here on our blog and on our YouTube channel tomorrow at 09:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7).

Then, next week, on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), join us for a livestream where Colin and Josh will continue the conversation. It’s an incredible time to be a Guild Wars fan, and we can’t wait to show you what we have planned.

Bonus Event: Summer Game Fest

Earlier this week, we kicked off the Summer Game Fest bonus event in Guild Wars 2 to show our appreciation for the Guild Wars community and to celebrate our announcement of Guild Wars 3.

Hop into the game now and earn the Guild Warrior Shoulders Skin, the Guild Warrior Cape Skin, and three Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks by completing events. One of the achievements is earned by completing events in any of the maps in Orr, the setting for Guild Wars 3!

You have until June 16 to unlock these rewards, and as you explore, you’ll benefit from +50% experience gain, +50% magic find, +30% WvW reward track progress, and +30% PvP reward track progress.

Summer Game Fest Sale

We’re celebrating this moment with savings on the entire Guild Wars franchise! For just three days, take advantage of discounts so you and your friends can start exploring the world of Tyria.

In the Guild Wars 2 store:

• All Standard and Deluxe Expansion Editions, Including the Latest Expansion, Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity™—35% Off
• Guild Wars 2—The Elder Dragon Saga Complete Collection (Complete Edition)—50% Off
• Past Guild Wars 2 Digital Deluxe Upgrades—35% Off
• Guild Wars 2 Living World™ Seasons—70% Off

In the Guild Wars store:

• Guild Wars Reforged—40% Off
• Guild Wars : Eye of the North™—40% Off
• Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack—40% Off
• Additional Guild Wars In-Game Items—40% Off

Steam:

• All Guild Wars 2 Expansions—20% Off
• New Limited-Time Guild Wars 2 Expansion and Living World Bundles with Additional Savings
• All Guild Wars Reforged Content—40% Off

On Epic Games Store:

• All Guild Wars 2 Expansions—35% Off

All discounts will run from June 5 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) until June 8 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Summer Game Fest Gem Store Sale

We’re also celebrating this moment with discounts and deals in the Gem Store now through June 16. Log in to the game, use the “O” hotkey to open the Black Lion Trading Company, and check out the Upgrades tab. Character and account upgrades are 20% off, including Character Slot Expansions, Total Makeover Kits, Name Change Contracts, mail carriers, and more!

The Account Jump Start has been discounted by 20% and is the perfect way to boost your inventory space and give your characters more ways to customize their looks. This bundle can only be purchased once per account and includes:

• Bank Tab Expansion (x2)
• Bag Slot Expansion (x2)
• Black Lion Chest Key (x10)
• Transmutation Charge (x15)
• Account-Bound Unidentified Dye (x30)

Need even more inventory space? The Upgraded Bag Slot Expansion bundle has returned for 400 gems and includes a Bag Slot Expansion and a 28 Slot Black Lion Satchel. This bundle can be purchased twice per account and truly lets you hold all the things.

Twitch Drops

Watch your favorite Guild Wars 2 streams from today through June 10 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) to earn the Summer T-Shirt Skin featuring the Guild Wars 3 logo! Check our Twitch Drops website for more information on the other rewards and learn how you can be one of the first to represent our next game!

Thank You

Many of us at ArenaNet have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and we wouldn’t be in this position without you, the Guild Wars community. Your loyalty and passion are unmatched, and it fuels us every single day. Thank you.

We’ll be back tomorrow with the video from Colin, Josh, and Stephen. Until then, join us on our new official Guild Wars Community Discord Server to keep the conversation going.

The Guild Wars 2 community has always had the official forums as a place to chat and meet other players. And while that’s not going anywhere, with Guild Wars® Reforged coming soon to mobile, we feel it’s the perfect time to have a singular shared community space for all fans of the Guild Wars franchise.

We have commissioned some incredible Discord emojis from some of our talented ArenaNet creative partners, and we can’t stop gushing over them. Check out what they made for the community and please click their links to follow their work:

Mabaki:

Malchemist: (These emojis will be animated on the server!)

Ilona:

Reirakiyo:

We’re in awe of their incredible talent and can’t wait to see their whimsical art lighting up our Discord server. And we have plans to add more emojis as time goes on as well!

Our Discord server has various channels for both our games and a community category for all Tyrians to share. Whether you’re looking for a guild or a deep discussion about lore, our Discord server has something for everyone. So come talk to us and your fellow players in the community, share your screenshots, ask questions, help new players, show us your pets, and don’t miss Summer Game Fest on Friday!

You can also read about today’s update in the full release notes.

The Journey So Far

The launch story for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity began with an investigation into a series of secretive Inquest voyages out of Lion’s Arch. Skip down to the next section if you want to avoid story spoilers.

In your pursuit of the Inquest, you and your allies sailed to the island of Castora—a place of great danger and intrigue, where magic and history seep from the soil. While tracing the Inquest’s movements, you gained new allies in the village of Hullgarden and a deeper understanding of your enemies’ goals in this mysterious, lost place. Once refuge to the seers, Castora was a test bed for their magic, and you witnessed firsthand how the Inquest harnessed it for their own means. As you dug deeper, you learned that the Inquest kingpin, Director Vloxx, is on a mission separate from his retinue, and he claims to only be interested in the Inquest as a tool. But in the race to retrieve Ancora, a powerful seer artifact, the director pushed just ahead of your efforts. In the end, you were left questioning the motives of Vloxx, who believes that his plans are the only way to save Tyria. Is he right?

It’s been a few weeks now since Principal Biomancer Sebb’s death. Your pursuit of the Inquest lures you deeper into the thicket of Castora, straight to the heart of Eternity’s Garden, our newest map. Once through the thicket, your mission is simple: find and stop the Inquest at all costs. Forge a path through the garden and close the gap between your allies and Vloxx before it’s too late. The Inquest may have a head start, but you have Isgarren’s ancient knowledge on your side, and word has it that fractures have deepened within the Inquest ranks.

Though the dangers here are far greater than the Inquest alone, should their missions prove successful, the strength they’ll gain is incalculable. Will you make it in time?

For a refresher on the expansion story so far, check out our full recap video below:

Eternity’s Garden

Our new map for this release is Eternity’s Garden, a place of worship and innovation utilized by the seers thousands of years ago to forge great weapons and amplify the creatures of the island—and themselves. Though long abandoned, the deep forests and temples still hum with life. Castora’s defenses stand eternally ready, and all eyes are fixed upon you. Unfortunately, the Inquest have taken full advantage of their head start and have been establishing fortifications and ransacking seer ruins to exploit their technology.

Eternity’s Garden features a dense, treacherous jungle where the flora is as deadly as the fauna! It’s a mystical environment enhanced with ancient seer security measures, and surprisingly, not all of them are immediately hostile. While exploring the new map, players will discover seer culture, learn how they utilized their magic, and even befriend their constructs. Eternity’s Garden culminates in a climatic new meta-event against the Inquest, which catches the eye of a more ever-present foe. You can even obtain the rare Swiftwing Raptor mount skin as a reward for participating in the meta-event and group events found in the new zone!

Accessorize with Legendaries

Two new legendary accessories are now available for crafting. Stella Radians is a new legendary PvE accessory that illuminates your character with a celestial halo. Strife Unending is a new legendary WvW accessory; its visual effects scale up in combat as you kill enemies and resets when you are defeated. Strife Unending also applies visual effects to siege equipment that you use. Both accessories can be crafted twice, so you can have a copy in both accessory slots.

Master Castora

Today’s update also expands horizontal progression opportunities for your characters with two new Masteries and six expansion relics to earn and unlock.

Earning the Residual Mirror Magic Mastery provides you with a magic find boon after you complete a magic-mirror challenge. Learn the Combat Maneuvers Mastery to enhance the benefits of Stealthy Survivor and Lucky Shield. With this upgrade, Stealthy Survivor allows you to interact with supply stashes to apply stealth even while in combat. Lucky Shield is enhanced to automatically restore your full health points (and grant you a barrier) when you reach 25% health while on Castora!

Fresh Fashion Updates

We’re also building on the Fashion Templates feature released earlier this year, including new ways to change individual cosmetics and the ability to add more of your look to templates! Now mounts, gliders, conjured doorways, and skiffs can all be managed and dyed through your Fashion Template in a special Travel section. Additionally, the Current Fashion tab has been added to both the Wardrobe and Travel sections of Fashion Templates, so you can change cosmetics and dyes without needing to assign them to a Fashion Template.

New Wizard Vault Rewards and More!

Do you have astral acclaim burning holes in your pockets? Fear not! New rewards are now available in the Wizard’s Vault. This season, you can earn the first three pieces of the Ward Hunter’s armor set: boots, gloves, and shoulders. The new Enchanted Springer Skin adds glowing runes and magical orbs to another of your favorite mounts. Show off your physique with the “/Flex” Emote Tome, and channel the brilliant spirits of Castora with a collection of skins from the Gwyl Monarch’s weapon set.

Beyond the Wizard’s Vault, there’s also new relics, an infusion, a weapon set, and a variety of other rewards for exploring the new content and map to round out the available goodies!

Twitch Drops until May 17

Twitch Drops are running from now until Sunday, May 17 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). Earn a Bloodstone Dye Kit, Mini Orange Kitten, Shattered Bloodstone Ascender Combo, and Pirate Captain’s Outfit by watching participating streams after connecting your Guild Wars 2 and Twitch accounts!

The Road Ahead

As always, this release is just the start of a new quarter full of events:

June

• June 2–23: Dragon Bash
• June 23–30: Fractal Rush Event
• June 30–July 7: Roller Beetle Racing Week

July

• July 7–14: PvP Rush Event
• July 14: Skills and Balance Update
• July 14–21: Dungeon Rush Event
• July 21–28: WvW Rush Event
• July 28–August 4: World Boss Rush Event

August

• August 11–September 1: Festival of the Four Winds
• August 28: Guild Wars 2’s 14th Anniversary

Lastly, we have a new ranger pet we’d like to introduce you to. We think it’s otterly adorable:

We hope you enjoy this latest update to Guild Wars 2. Happy adventuring, and we’ll see you in Tyria!
—The Guild Wars 2 Team

We’ll dive into each of these features in more detail next week, but for now, check out our trailer for next week’s release: “The Only Way.”