Gem Store Update: Savage Scale Armor and Lightning Wings

Gem Store Update: Savage Scale Armor and Lightning Wings

Savage Scale Package

The time has come. Your body reacts without thinking and base instincts kick in. Embrace your savage nature. Give in to the thrill of battle.

Lightning Wings Backpack and Glider Combo

The College of Synergetics’s latest experiment has resulted in what you see here today: a device that—despite its raw energetic dispersions—has somehow been deemed to be…”safe” for use. Handle with care.

Discounts

For the next two weeks, we’re offering a 20% discount on some frozen favorites: the Ice Reaver armor skins, the Ice Reaver Cape, and the Shiverpeaks Mount Pack.

Returning This Week

Starting this Friday, look for the following items to be added to the Gem Store at a 20% discount:

Awakened Mounts Pack
Canthan Nian Warclaw Mounts Pack
Canthan Tigris Griffon Mounts Pack
Canthan Vulpine Jackal Mounts Pack
Distant Lands Mount Adoption License
Distant Lands Mount Select License
Exotic Breeds Mount Adoption License
Exotic Breeds Mount Select License
Lost Era Mount Adoption License
Lost Era Mount Select License
Warclaw Frontline Mount Pack

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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Gem Store Update: Unyielding Haechi Warclaw and Divine Conqueror Appearance Package

Gem Store Update: Unyielding Haechi Warclaw and Divine Conqueror Appearance Package

Unyielding Haechi Warclaw

This fluffy friend headbutts people who make incorrect decisions—don’t end up on the wrong end of its horns. Adopt the Unyielding Haechi warclaw into your mount collection today.

Divine Conqueror Appearance Package

What? No, it’s just, like, generically divine. Well, I mean, we can’t say Balthazar for…obvious reasons… Look, its regalia fit for a god-king! What more do you want?!

Chair Functionality Update

With the release of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons™, we added the ability for players to unlock the Arborstone Revitalization Mastery, which allows you to gain a Well Rested bonus when spending time in Arborstone. This effect provides up to a 25% bonus to all experience gained for up to four hours. However, unlike other bonuses to experience in the game—those obtained through food or utilities, for example—this effect has very specific requirements for how you obtain it or increase its duration.

We’d like to add more ways for players to take advantage of this bonus and make it available to players who have yet to fully unlock their End of Dragons Masteries. And what better way to let a weary commander rest and recover than taking a seat on their favorite chair?

With this update, we’re adding a new functionality to all chair items. If you’re currently affected by the Arborstone Well Rested bonus, sitting in a chair will increase the duration of that effect . Each minute spent sitting in your chair will increase the duration of the Well Rested bonus by eight minutes, up to a total of four hours.

Additionally, even if you do not have access to Arborstone or its Masteries, you can still take advantage of this new functionality. Resting in a chair anywhere in the world will grant you five minutes of the Resting effect. Remaining in the chair until the Resting effect expires will grant you one hour of the A Little Well Rested bonus, granting you 5% bonus experience for its duration.

Discounts

For the next two weeks, we’re offering a 20% discount on various weapon skins we’ve added over the years!

Arcane Marksman Rifle
Aspect Master’s Greatsword
Devil-Rending Axe
Dreamwalker Scythe Staff Skin
God-Slayer Bow Pack
Shrine Guardian Bow Pack
Spellfire Torch Skin
Venom Warblade

Black Lion Chest Update

Black Lion Exclusive: Seven Reapers Breastplate

Complete the Seven Reapers armor set with this final piece. Embody the ancient heroes who once served Grenth in the battle against the former God of Death, Dhuum. Available exclusively from Black Lion Chests.

Black Lion Guarantee

In every Black Lion Chest you open for the next two weeks, you’ll find a Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Red, which can be exchanged for the following four exclusive red dyes:

Garnet Dye
Watermelon Dye
Infernal Dye
Red Lion Dye

Returning This Week

Starting this Friday, look for the following items to be added to the Gem Store at a 20% discount:

Aurene Dye Kit
Charr Dye Kit
Kralkatorrik Dye Kit
Lion’s Arch Commemorative Dye Kit
Lion’s Arch Survivors Dye Kit
Mordremoth Dye Kit
Norn Dye Kit
Vibrant Dye Kit

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Living World Season 1 Return: “Battle for Lion’s Arch” Is Now Live!

Living World Season 1 Return: “Battle for Lion’s Arch” Is Now Live!

The fifth and final episode of Living World Season 1 is now playable for free in your story journal. This chapter brings Season 1 to a close and finally bridges the longstanding gap between the core game and Living World Season 2. The complete saga of Guild Wars 2—from the original release to End of Dragons™—is now fully playable from start to finish.

This content returns for the first time since its initial release in 2014, along with new and returning rewards and achievements. This episode and all other Season 1 episodes are free, permanent additions to the base game and are available to all players.

To begin this content, navigate to the story journal in your Hero panel, select “Living World Season 1,” then select “5. The Battle for Lion’s Arch.” Click “Play This Episode,” and you will receive a letter from Logan Thackeray requesting your presence at Lornar’s Pass.

The archvillain Scarlet Briar now descends upon Lion’s Arch with all her deadly forces. Rally together and defend the besieged city in the new publicly joinable instanced battle, the Battle for Lion’s Arch. Join the fight now by speaking to Lionguard Peltgnaw in the Gendarran Fields, just outside the gates of Lion’s Arch.

Rewards

Lion Captain and Lion Champion Gear

Complete new achievements to earn new cosmetic rewards: the Lion Captain’s Cape, the Lion Captain’s Mantle, and the Lion’s Champion weapon set.

Lion’s Memory

Completing the Lion’s Memory achievement—a meta-achievement that includes content from all of Living World Season 1—will also unlock the Lion’s Pride, a permanent teleportation item that will allow you to visit a Lion’s Arch that has yet to be visited by Scarlet Briar’s destruction.

Check out the full notes for this release on the official Guild Wars 2 forums.

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November 29 Profession Balance Update Preview Livestream Friday

November 29 Profession Balance Update Preview Livestream Friday

Please join us this Friday, November 11 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-8) on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel for a preview of the November 29 profession balance update!

We’ll have Skills and Balance Team Lead Cal “cmc” Cohen and Associate Game Designer Roy “Roy” Marks on stream to walk you through the details of the upcoming changes. Following the stream, we’ll post the full balance preview notes on our official forums. We’re looking forward to reading your feedback!

As a small teaser ahead of our stream on Friday, we have prepared a carefully cropped screenshot for you:

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Twitch Drops are returning for Extra Life!

Twitch Drops are returning for Extra Life!

We’re activating Guild Wars 2 Twitch Drops once more to celebrate our Extra Life Game Day stream! From Friday, November 4 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) to Sunday, November 6 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), you’ll be able to earn in-game rewards for Guild Wars 2 by watching the official Guild Wars 2 Extra Life Game Day stream or the streams of any of our ArenaNet partners.

Watch Time (Hours)
Item

0.5
Self-Style Hair Kit

1
Teleport to Friend

1.5
Dye Kit Pack

2
Dragon Emblem Balloon

How to Participate

You simply need to link your Twitch account with your Guild Wars 2 account, log in to Twitch, and watch any Guild Wars 2 broadcast with the “Drops Enabled” tag while the campaign is active.

Account Linking Instructions

Log in to the ArenaNet Account Management Site and navigate to the “Applications” tab.
In the “Account Linking” section, click “Connect” next to Twitch.
Follow the prompts to connect your Guild Wars 2 and Twitch accounts*.
You’re ready to watch!

Once you’ve linked accounts and met the watch-time goal for a reward, you’ll need to claim the reward on Twitch before it will be delivered to you in the game. You’ll get a notification in Twitch chat to claim it after you’ve met a goal, or you can claim your rewards from your Drops inventory on Twitch. Once you claim the reward on Twitch, it will be delivered to your in-game mail. You can learn more about Twitch Drops on Twitch’s help site.

*Note: Only one Twitch account can be associated with a Guild Wars 2 account for each Twitch Drops campaign.

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