29 gegužės, 2025
Salutations, Tyrians. My name is Gerard Ledda, and I am a game designer here at ArenaNet. We’re always listening to your feedback, and we’ve been hard at work on some game updates that you’ve been asking for. Today, I’m here with the inside scoop on some quality-of-life updates that are coming in next week’s Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™ release, “Absolution.” These changes are designed to alleviate pain points, add convenience, and—most importantly—free up precious inventory space!
Traveling Light with the Wizard’s Portal Tome
The Wizard’s Portal Tome is a new item that will store many of the teleportation devices you’ve earned in game, condensing more than 30 items into a single inventory slot! This tome will work much like the Living World season portal tomes, giving you a list of available destinations to choose from.
When “Absolution” releases on June 3, you can visit Astral Ward Medic Miyrna either in Bloodcoast Ward in Lion’s Arch or in the new map, Bava Nisos, to pick up a new side story achievement, Work Hard for Now. Completing that side story will reward you with the Wizard’s Portal Tome, and the Teleportation Gizmos Collector collection will track the teleportation devices that you’ve earned. Then, just bring the Wizard’s Portal Tome wherever you go, and you can free up all that inventory space!
Gobble Your Way to More Inventory Space
Over the years, we’ve added many portable exchangers—commonly called “gobblers”—to the game that allow players to convert items and currency to more valuable materials. Over time, these gobblers have become so plentiful that they themselves clog up inventory space. The Wizard’s Gobbler is our solution to this problem, allowing you access to multiple exchange items without having to fumble with them individually.
Like the Wizard’s Portal Tome, a collection will track over 20 portable exchanger and gobbler items as you unlock them and offer their functionality in a single item. Visiting Lion’s Arch will retroactively update your progress if you have the item in your inventory, have completed the respective achievement, or have met other conditions. This will determine which options you can access when using the Wizard’s Gobbler. All Guild Wars 2 players can access the Wizard’s Gobbler by heading to Hooligan’s Route in Lion’s Arch and purchasing it from the charr vendor Gharr Leadclaw.
Rift Essence Converting to Wallet Currency
We’ve heard that your bag and bank slots are overflowing with rift essence, and we’ve got a solution coming next week!
Fine, masterwork, and rare rift essence can be converted into a wallet currency beginning June 3. You’ll be able to convert the essence yourself by consuming it or by visiting Rift Researcher Adam at Moon Camp Covert in Lowland Shore or the Rift Hunter Lounge in the Wizard’s Tower. He will be able to mass convert your essence into a wallet currency for free. Recipes, vendor costs, and rewards of rift essence will all be updated to reflect this change.
Easier Acquisition of Research Notes
We’ve also heard your feedback about the challenge of acquiring research notes. After the next update, all crafting disciplines will have access to a new crafting recipe called Peer Reviewed Research. This item does not have a crafting rating requirement, so even novices can make it. When crafted, it grants 150 research notes!
Faction Provisioner Purchase Limits
We’ll be adjusting the purchase limits of provisioner tokens from faction provisioners in Central Tyria and Heart of Maguuma from one purchase a day per tab to seven purchases a week per tab. You’ll be able to buy the same number of items, but in one trip instead of seven!
Commander’s Choice Chest Improvements
During your adventures, you might have accumulated a surplus of Hero’s Choice Chests, and when you finally decide which item to select from them, you were faced with a difficult choice. You could open them one at a time through a time-consuming series of clicks, or you could use a bulk exchange vendor but lose out on some of the valuable loot inside.
With the release of “Absolution,” you can trade Hero’s Choice Chests and karma to the respective exchange vendors in Dragon’s Stand, Eye of the North, Arborstone, the Wizard’s Tower (requires Wayfinder Mastery), or Lowland Shore. You’ll then receive the guaranteed item in addition to a new Commander’s Choice Chest, which allows bulk selection of your choice of items. This functions like the Janthiri Renown Chests and Mistburned Renown Chests.
Homesteads Decoration Limit Increase
Finally, players will be able to double the decoration cap in their homestead from 1,000 to 2,000 after “Absolution” is live next week! Deft Lahar will sell decoration limit increase services to raise the cap by 500, and players can train the Grandmaster Handiworker Crafting tier for another 500.
Deft Lahar will also have new home instance nodes in his inventory, allowing players to purchase new gathering nodes for their homesteads or home instances.
“Absolution” is just around the corner, and we can’t wait for you to experience these new quality-of-life updates. See you in Tyria!
GuildWars2.com
27 gegužės, 2025
Greetings, Tyrians!
The final chapter of Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™ arrives on June 3 with “Absolution,” a climactic update that plunges deep into the haunted heart of mursaat history. Journey into the ruins of Bava Nisos and uncover the truth behind the rift that still threatens Tyria.
Alongside this epic conclusion, “Absolution” also brings a new fractal, a legendary backpiece, homestead upgrades, a suite of quality-of-life changes, relics, goodies in the Wizard’s Vault, and the debut of challenge mode for Convergence: Mount Balrior, along with a Twitch Drops event to celebrate the release. Let’s take a look at what’s coming next for Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds—”Absolution”
When Mabon fell to the Kryptis, an ancient ward cast over the city of Bava Nisos evaporated. All its secrets were free to fester—all its ghosts danced back to life.
At the start of Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, the commander was sent on a mission of diplomacy to befriend the lowland kodan of the Janthir region. But just as we settled into the calming rituals of the delta lifestyle, a darker threat emerged from the shadows. Titans had somehow been released into Tyria once again, and the commander, with the aid of allies old and new, navigated the perilous reaches of Janthir to defeat these otherworldly creatures. Victory was just within reach, too, before Ura revealed with her dying breath that the door that she and her kin used to breach our realm remained wide open.
In the second update for Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, “Repentance,” we chased the echo of an old acquaintance through the ruins of his people’s demise as we searched for this open Mists gate. Now, in the finale of Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, we will reach the core of the titan crisis once and for all.
Bava Nisos
Each of the three survey teams that you helped comb through Mistburned Barrens completed their research and have come to the same conclusion: something vile awaits us within the depths of Bava Nisos. When a path into the city proper is finally revealed at the start of “Absolution,” our final descent begins.
Once a monument to mursaat victory, Bava Nisos was built into the side of a great mountain—its sprawling halls and twisting passages branch in every direction. However, the once-opulent city is now crumbling with decay. When the Door of Komalie was opened and titans spilled out into Tyria, Bava Nisos was sieged by a bloody battle that took down one of Tyria’s most powerful societies. Most of the living mursaat and attacking titans were slaughtered. But despite their defeat and the city’s abandonment, menacing magic still lingers inside of Bava Nisos. Left alone for almost three hundred years, this magic has mutated and warped with time.
As the grand finale of the Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds experience, Bava Nisos contains a climactic map-wide meta-event. You’ll be working alongside factions supporting the Tyrian Alliance—such as Councillor Ludo from Rata Sum and a spirited guest from Divinity’s Reach’s most elusive social club—to fight your way to the Mists gate at the city’s heart. The meta contains three main lanes that players can participate in, where you’ll face various obstacles and threats as you navigate the surreal landscape.
What could possibly await you inside?
New Challenges Await
The battle for Mount Balrior is about to get even more intense. In “Absolution,” we’re adding the third and final Convergences boss encounter as Ura, the titan imperatrix known as the Steamshrieker, at last makes her appearance. This godspawn commands the scalding steam and choking geysers of the mountain, making her unending wrath truly something to be feared. If you’ve fought Ura before, this encounter introduces some new mechanics to make this a fresh twist on the Mount Balrior experience!
And for those seeking an even greater test of skill, we’re also introducing challenge mode for Mount Balrior Convergences, offering greater difficulty, sharper coordination checks, and even more rewarding spoils for those who triumph.
Our newest fractal dungeon, Kinfall, also arrives on June 3. Step into the roles of a small band of lowland kodan as they defend their homeland during the Icebrood invasion of northern Tyria…and as they hear the whispers of the legendary dragon Jormag. In response to player feedback, with Kinfall we’ve intentionally stepped back from the raid-like complexity of more recent fractals in favor of a streamlined and repeatable experience reminiscent of some of our earlier fractals. The challenge mode for Kinfall will release three weeks later, in our June 24 game update.
Home Improvement
In “Absolution,” we’re doubling the homestead decoration cap to 2,000, giving builders and dreamers the space they’ve been craving. Players can train the new Grandmaster Handiworker Crafting tier to increase the decoration limit by 500, and Deft Lahar will sell decoration limit increases to raise the cap by an additional 500. This release also introduces new decorations and adds two new resource nodes to Deft Lahar’s inventory.
But we’re not stopping at structural upgrades; we’re elevating the vibes as well. On June 3, the Black Lion Trading Company will debut a brand-new customization option that lets you change the appearance of your homestead’s sky. First up is a dazzling aurora borealis display that turns Hearth’s Glow into a northern dreamscape. Later this year, you’ll also be able to personalize the entrance to your homestead with skins for your conjured doorway.
Look forward to even more updates to homesteads in our next expansion later this year. Homesteads are beginning to rival fashion wars for the most expressive corner of Tyria!
Quality of Life
We’ve got a hefty round of quality-of-life updates coming your way in “Absolution.” From the Wizard’s Portal Tome to hold your collection of portal scrolls to the endlessly efficient Wizard’s Gobbler, this update is full of small changes that make a big difference (and free up some much-needed inventory space)! We’ll dive into all the details in a dedicated blog later this week. Stay tuned!
Summer Schedule
While “Absolution” marks the end of the Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds story arc, there’s still plenty to look forward to in the months ahead while you await this summer’s news of our next expansion.
Here’s a look at what’s coming up on the horizon:
June
- June 3—Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds—”Absolution”
- June 17–July 8—Dragon Bash
- June 24—Skills and Balance Update, Kinfall Fractal Challenge Mode
July
- July (TBA)—Expansion Announcement
- July 15–July 29—Return to Secrets of the Obscure Event
- July 22–July 29—WvW Rush Bonus Event
August
- August 5–August 12—PvP Push Beta Event 3
- August 5–August 26—Festival of the Four Winds
Stay tuned to our channels throughout this week and next as we share a deeper look at what’s coming with “Absolution.” As always, thank you for being part of this journey with us.
—The Guild Wars 2 Team
GuildWars2.com
27 gegužės, 2025
Rebel Jacket Skin
This leather jacket makes you feel cool whether you’re intimidating foes or racing roller beetles. This rebellious skin is designed to go with the Rebel Long and Short Boots Package; unleash your inner bad-to-the-bone aesthetic. The Rebel Jacket Skin is now available for 500 gems.
What’s in Stock
On Friday, May 30, we’ll be rotating our stock of permanent finishers and lounge passes! Chill out in your favorite luxurious lounge, or finish off your enemies with a fun, unique animation. The items below are 20% off until June 13:
- Mistlock Sanctuary Passkey
- Lava Lounge Pass Bundle
- Permanent Gift Finisher
- Permanent Snowman Finisher
- Permanent Snow Globe Finisher
Returning This Week
Easily salvage materials with our amazing kits, or organize your account with template expansions. From today until June 3, the Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic, Silver-Fed Salvage-o-Matic, Runecrafter’s Salvage-o-Matic, and Equipment Template Expansions are 20% off, and Build Template Expansions are 40% off.
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20 gegužės, 2025
Greetings, Tyrians!
We’re back with an update on Push, the fast-paced 5v5 PvP game mode first revealed alongside Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™. In Push, teams battle for control of a moving objective, working to escort it into the enemy base while fending off their opponents’ efforts to do the same. It’s a tug-of-war where map control, timing, and team coordination are the keys to victory. Push draws inspiration from “payload” or “escort” modes found in many other competitive games. If you missed the original announcement or want a refresher on how the mode came to be, check out our first Push blog from last year.
Back in September, we hosted the first live beta for Push, featuring a rough prototype of the mode’s mechanics on a placeholder map. While the visuals and UI were in the early stages of development, the goal was to gauge community interest—and the response exceeded our expectations. Your enthusiasm and feedback gave us the confidence to move forward and invest in building Push into a fully realized game mode.
We’ve made some updates and will be running another live beta event beginning on Tuesday, May 20 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) and running until May 27 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7). We’re also running a PvP Rush bonus event at the same time, so you can collect some extra rewards while you help us test the Push mode!
Pushing Out Some Changes
We have some significant updates prepared for the next beta event that we’d like to share with you. First, we have a first iteration of the new map for the Push mode. We received a lot of positive feedback on the layout of the placeholder map from the initial beta, so we’ve done our best to maintain the general footprint of the old map in the new one—just with a fresh coat of paint and a new theme.
Just like in the first beta, the new map still has a good amount of “gray box” art, but we’re comfortable with the broad layout and want to start getting feedback on more specifics. The Super Adventure Box’s Angry Cloud will be taking a well-earned leave from the game mode, and in its place is a slick jade tech hovercart. This hovercraft objective will display a colored highlight indicating which team has control, for easy readability.
We’ve also made an update to the center secondary objective. During the first beta, this was a channeled objective that would prevent the enemy team from contesting the capture point for a period of time. The feedback around this objective was generally negative, as there wasn’t any counterplay to the negative effect once it was applied. We do like the idea of the center objective creating pressure on the capture point for the enemy team, but we want to do it in a more interactive way.
For the upcoming beta, we’ll be utilizing mechanics from the Skyhammer conquest map. When players successfully channel the center objective, three skyhammer cannon shots will fire on the capture point. These skyhammer shots can be dodged with proper timing, but failing to do so will result in massive damage and a knockdown effect. Internally, we’ve been playing with the new center objective mechanic, and it certainly feels like a step in the right direction, so we’re excited to see what the community thinks about it.
The last main update for the next beta is a first-version implementation of what will eventually become the official scoreboard UI for the game mode. During the first beta, the map didn’t do a great job of representing who was ahead, especially in close games. The new UI gives players an easy view of the current relative position of the capture point along its path in addition to displaying each team’s best push as a percentage of the path traveled.
Looking for Feedback
During the beta event, the Push mode will replace the ranked queue with the same mini-season rewards. You’ll also be able to access the Push mode in custom arena maps and, as we mentioned above, we have a PvP Rush event happening at the same time for extra incentive to get into the action!
Whether it’s your first look at Push or you’re a battle-scarred veteran, we want to hear from you. Head over to our Push feedback forum thread and let us know what you think. We’re specifically interested in feedback regarding the changes we’ve made, but we’d love broader feedback on the Push game mode in general as well. Our goal throughout this beta process is to keep the community involved to make sure that we’re making the best possible version of Push that we can.
We’ll see you in the Mists!
GuildWars2.com
20 gegužės, 2025
Under the Stars Pack
The beauty of the cosmos has captured our hearts for millennia; wear the stars you gaze upon with our starlit pack! This bundle is a collection of our best celestial-themed items packaged at a discount:
- Sorcerer’s Cape Skin
- Sorcerer’s Cape Glider
- Star Caller Warhorn Skin
- Astral Scholar Outfit
- Tranquil Moon Chair
The Under the Stars Pack is available for 1,560 gems.
What’s in Stock
On Friday, May 23, we’ll be rotating our stock of mount skins. Pick up a new fancy companion to explore the wondrous world of Tyria. These mounts are returning to the Gem Store and will be 20% off until June 6! Some favorites to highlight: Panda Warclaw Skin, Steamwork Skyscale Skin, Synergetics Gyrocycle Roller Beetle Skin, Nightfang Griffon Skin, and Primal Spirit Jackal Skin.
Returning This Week
Itching for a completely new look? Take full advantage of our weekly discounts and give your characters a complete do-over! From today until May 27, Black Lion Chest Keys, Transmutation Charges, Total Makeover Kits, Self-Style Hair Kits, and Name Change Contracts are 20% off.
Available Now in the Gem Store!
Log into Guild Wars 2 and press ‘O’ to access the Black Lion Trading Company for these great offers and more!
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