r/GuildWars Apr 13 '25

Welcome to /r/GuildWars. Subreddit info, FAQs, and links.

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"Those who will remember, will speak fondly of the warm morning breeze."

Welcome to r/GuildWars this is a subreddit focused on the Guild Wars video game developed by ArenaNet.

For Guild Wars players to discuss, connect, and share in an open environment. While participating, it’s important to keep in mind the Reddit Rules, Reddiquette, as well as our subreddit Rules.

Getting Started:

Checkout the FAQs below and also the Megathread wiki page with links to useful community Tools, Posts (including ones for new/returning players), Guides, and information. There are shortcut links under ‘See More’ / the Sidebar too.

GW Account/Game Support:

Asking about general game/technical problems is fine, but this subreddit is not a way to contact ArenaNet customer support, or report a Technical Issue. Please refrain from asking for help with a specific ticket, Account issue, or Error message. These posts will be removed specially if they are covered by ArenaNet's help articles.

Visit https://help.guildwars.com/ and check their FAQ and Known Issues. If necessary start a ticket through the Guild Wars support portal or email support@arena.net directly. You can find all information the help/support portal.

Community Discord:

We have a community Discord “GW Global” you can join here: https://discord.gg/gw This server is open to all and has ongoing discussion on the game, builds, Guild recruitment, and more!

Use the search!

If you have a question, first try using the search, it is possible your question has already been asked/answered. Example: “Necro builds”. We try not to have frequent posts on the same topic(s) and such posts will be removed.

You can also search by post Flair using “flair:” and the Flair to search.

FAQs:

State of the Game:

GW has been in “Maintenance Mode” (no scheduled updates/development) since May 2013. On 3rd December 2025 ArenaNet "re-launched" GW as GW Reforged. This has breathed some new life into the game and an external company 2weeks has supported development. They are continuing to look at the game to see if it is viable to make improvements/updates. In-game there is bump in player activity. There has always been a good player base for daily Zaishen Quests and Farming as well as in Guild and Alliance communities. You can checkout the What’s New in Guild Wars and Game updates from the Wiki for the changes to the game.

We’re lucky that since 2024 GW Game Director, DrStephenCW is allocating 80% of their time to work directly on GW. Along with support from other ArenaNet staff for various updates, this has included the 20th Anniversary Game Update and Guild Wars Reforged. ArenaNet are now also supported by 2weeks game studio.

PvP still has some activity through player organised events and mAT, however all modes can often see a large amount of botting impacting general gameplay. You can find more on recent PvP threads using Flair:PvP in the search to find posts.

Purchasing Help:

As of 3rd December 2025 Guild Wars is now branded Guild Wars Reforged. This re-release version of the game is available in the GW Store and Steam.

This change has removed the Anniversary Masterpiece Collection and all individual Campaign editions from the GW/Steam Stores. Any purchases made prior to 3rd December retain their game-keys and can be used on email/ArenaNet based accounts.

ArenaNet have had to make a purchasing guide/flow-chart due to the changes in account management: * Purchases on Steam no longer provide game-keys and instead are to be tied directly to your Steam Login/Account. This is in order to be able to link GW accounts through Steam to GW2 accounts through Steam. * Purchases in GW Store provide keys to create a new account using email/ArenaNet account.

As of 3rd Dec 2025 ArenaNet have also changed/reduced prices for all the add-ons and re-branded Eye of the North and Bonus Mission Pack as DLC. Neither DLC are included in the Reforged edition of the game. The Game of the Year upgrade and Bonus Weapons are no longer available and are also not included in the Reforged edition of the game. The Igneous Summoning Stone item is available through purchasing the Eye of the North DLC.

  • Guild Wars Reforged includes Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall. Eye of the North DLC has to be purchased separately.
  • Guild Wars Reforged does NOT include the GOTY content and it is no longer available in the GW Store.
  • Account upgrades such as Xunlai Storage Panes, Mercenaries, Costumes are currently only available through the GW store.

Common Technical Support Questions

  • Mac (Apple Silicon) users: Use the subreddit search with the term "Mac" this will give lots of posts about users asking/getting help with running GW on Mac systems.
  • Graphics error with models stretching off far into the sky or ground: Update/roll-back your Graphics driver. It is likely a Windows update deployed a buggy driver version.

Guild Recruitment and Looking for Guilds

We now have a Weekly Thread on a Wednesday for Guild/Alliance Recruitment and Guild Requests. Please only use this Weekly post to advertise your Guild or seek a new Guild. You can also use the Flair search “Guild recruitment/request” to find previous recruitment posts.

Thanks all and happy adventures in GW!

If you have feedback/suggestions to this new introduction post please reply below. If you’d like to get in contact with the Moderators please use the ModMail.

This content is subject to change and some may get moved into the subreddit Wiki as things develop.

edit: 2025-Dec-08 Updates to the post made following the Reforged game update. edit: 2025-Dec-16 Updates to add Common Tech Support Questions


r/GuildWars 54m ago

Weekly Guild Request / Recruitment thread

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Every Wednesday (UTC) there will automatically be a Guild Request / Recruitment post created. The purpose of this is to keep Guild Advertising and Requests to one weekly thread rather than have multiple posts.

Those who wish to post a Guild Advertisment or find a new Guild to join, please look out for the Weekly thread.

Please keep all Guild Recruitment posts/requests to the weekly thread. Posts made outside of this will be removed.


r/GuildWars 7h ago

Son. I am disappoint

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128 Upvotes

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r/GuildWars 2h ago

Feedback:Game updates/20260901

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Skill updates

  • Mirage Cloak: Adjust additional block chance to 4..10 (so that Earth investment is required) and fixed a bug where damage from enchantment removal was getting improperly multiplied.
  • Focused Shot: Removed errant cast time.
  • Soul Twisting (PvP): Fix typos in in-game description.
  • Animate Flesh Golem: Pull the (somehow) living Vabbian peasant from the corpse pool.
  • Symbols of Inspiration: Reduce recharge from 15 to 10 and increase duration from 1..31 to 6..40. (This change was in the original update notes, but the game data wasn't properly updated.)
  • Mistrust: Fix bug where original target was being treated as an AoE target.
  • Overload: Fix bug where original target was being treated as an AoE target.

r/GuildWars 12h ago

Meme/Fluff GWA 6

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139 Upvotes

r/GuildWars 9h ago

Spear of lightning bugged

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42 Upvotes

The description states that this attack now hits all foes between you and your target.
The damage seems to be the basic spear damage, the additional from the skill is not applied. Anthem of flame only applies on last target hit. The foes inbetween are never critically hit.

Unlike barrage, no extra adrenaline is generated per target it.


r/GuildWars 8h ago

Devil's Advocate

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I've seen a ton of posts about the new update and the selling of the infinite Ident/salvage kits being bad along with the reforged coin.

I don't get it. Prior to this update I saw tons of people literally say how they'd pay for infinite lots cause it's just a straight QoL not having to worry about the kits breaking.

I hear a bunch of people raising the concern of " it ruins the economy." So what? The economy has been in outright shambles with the amount of bot farming that takes place. The game isn't about the economy, it's about running around with friends or randos, smashing monsters, saving the world, and the biggest thing I think people forget, having fun.

Not everyone can afford the time or in game money to get the consets consistently themselves. They take a lot of work to get yourself. Making them more available only helps players. If you don't want to make the game easier, don't use them. But stop hating on people that enjoy the easier time.

Now the most controversy I've seen surrounding this is Pre-Searing.

I see so many people complaining about Pre being this time capsule that needs to be absolutely preserved. That no changes should happen to it and that making it easier in any way is an insult and that once again, they ruin "The Economy"

People complain about charr kits being made irrelevant. That isn't that case either. Charr kits still are a challenge to get and still remain for anyone who doesn't want to get the new salvage/Ident kits. But now players who either couldn't get one themselves due to lack of time or skill can now enjoy the benefits of runes without having to worry about collecting a ton of play in pre.

And all I can think is, "When did preserving the Capitalistic economy in pre become more important than people being able to have fun? Maybe actually be able to get a title they may have thought was out of reach of their abilities or time?"

What part of other people running around in their own instances; away from other players, pisses people off so much?

"Oh they can get things easier than I had them!"

"Oh, those consets cost a ton/require a ton of work so it invalidates the work I put in!"

"Oh, I'm losing money cause I can't sell as many consets cause people can get them for free!"

So. Fucking. What??

If your enjoyment of the game comes from policing other players, trying to gatekeep high end things, or trying to force things to stay the same for the sake of a profit, you really need to rethink your ideals. If you don't like things being easier, don't use the accessibility items provided.


r/GuildWars 2h ago

Missing Dwarf at Ice Caves

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If i had an ecto every time this happens, i'd have two ectos... which isn't a lot, but funny that it happened twice. 😅


r/GuildWars 2h ago

Fashion Wars - Round 2!

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Hey folks,

The next round of fashion wars is live on the GWR website. This time its autumn themed!

This time around, there won't be a top 3 featured, to help with bias. Votes will also be hidden until the round ends and the winner is revealed, and for your vote to count, you have to be a member of the GWR discord as well. The victor will receive a mystery prize, but I promise you, its good!

Is this a 'ploy' to get more people involved with our community? Of course! Because we believe that getting more like-minded individuals who are able to play together is a good thing, so much so that many in the leadership are donating high-value items and materials to encourage people to participate.

I look forward to meeting you in the discord, and seeing your submission on the site!

-Neponde

Site: https://gwrevival.com/fashion-wars

Discord: https://discord.gg/GWR


r/GuildWars 8h ago

What is the most difficult/dangerous thing you've completed on your Dhuum character?

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What is the hardest or most dangerous thing you've done on your Dhuum character?

For me. I think it's Hell's Precipice HM (no cons) so far.

That, or vanquishing some of the areas in Factions....


r/GuildWars 15h ago

Show me your warriors!

20 Upvotes

Hello! I’m looking for some warrior inspiration! Please show me your warriors.

(Also, is there a GW1 fashion page? I would like to look up so e dark knight.)

Thank you!


r/GuildWars 15h ago

Mobile Toilet break farm

10 Upvotes

Like the title, tell me your toilet break farms 😂. I’m doing 2/3 raptor farms as 55hp mo/me and I’m done, the lights go out automatically….

Curious about the speedclear people that have a long s(h)it on the toilet and doing some nice content.


r/GuildWars 14h ago

Reintroduce everlasting henchmen tonics

9 Upvotes

Given whatever contest miniatures were reintroduced previously, why not reintroducing these consumables?

Make them untradable if you wish, most of them are on banned accounts anyways...

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Everlasting_Henchman_Tonic


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Accidentally salvaged my melandru warrior emerald blade

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73 Upvotes

Laugh at me - I'm just glad it wasn't my eternal blade lol

(Anet have already told me they can't assist. back to Rragars i guess)


r/GuildWars 13h ago

Legionnaire Summoning Crystal Stacked

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So I spent my proofs on a summoning crystal with the intention of dropping it into storage for another character. I already had one and now they're stacked.

How do I split the stack to put one in storage?


r/GuildWars 6h ago

Professions post-patch

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Hi! I’m looking to pick up the game again. How are the professions looking? Is warrior on par with Dervish again? Are paragons more playable?


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Pre/LDoA Pre-Searing Ascalon was basically my "cozy" game of choice, before cozy games were even a thing

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I had one of them lightning bolt realization moments scrolling through some old screenshots of OG GW. Holyyy, was everything so much more low res back in the day (lol) but that’s not the point. Point being I still consider it weird how GW was pretty much the only MMO where a community kinda coalesced around the starting zone. And I still hold firm the belief Pre Searing was the perfect starting bubble and perfect starting zone of any MMO ever.

But also, it was my cozy game long before cozy games existed as a label. And it’s label I both despise because of how commercialized it has become but also… (not to put my money where my mouth is) also a genre I’m playing more as I get older. Admittedly because my girlfriend is into these games. I mean the likes of Palia, or the real one we’re interested in playing come launch (Loftia, apparently this autumn if the devs are to believed), but for entirely different reasons from (heavy customization, low stakes no combat etc.) than the spontaneous kind of cozy that Pre Searing kind of naturally evoked. It was also probably the best tutorial zone overall, of its kind, on release.

Of course I would never have described it as “cozy” at the time of course but looking back, it was just that, a condensed cozy bubble in game that’s not otherwise cozy by any means. That perpetualy golden afternoon light over the green hills, the MUSIC OH GOD THAT MUSIC sweet gentle music, and the total absence of any actual threat. Only glimmers… small glimmers of it. It was the perfect sanctuary before the Searing fucks everything up and that contrast is what makes it so good, a kind of escapism and not wanting to move on and the game actually letting you do that if you so want. Something about knowing that catastrophe was coming just made that peacefulness feel so good. 

You were wandering about in a doomed paradise (I think that’s a good way to describe it?) and it was gorgeous man…

If I had to pinpoint, I’d say that was probably my first cozy zone in all of MMOs. Before WoW even (yes) and it’s on par only with The Shire in LOTRO, except with more stuff to do.I think it’s beautiful all this was basically born from one dude’s obsession back in the day of playing in this starter zone ;)

Waxing all nostalgic here because I finally got into Reforged after convincing basically 0 of my friends to come along. Eh, whaddya gonna do. That’s another point however (how good this game is to play solo I mean) so imma stop here. This is kind of a love letter to the starter zone of this map.

PS I’ll admit I never had a character who did not, at some point, leave pre Searing but after draining it dry this time coming back into the game… I’m sorely tempted to make a perma Pre Searing one and see how long I can take it before the madness wears off.


r/GuildWars 6h ago

Hide Player Names and Keyboard Camera Controls?

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Hey everyone! Playing GW again for the first time since high-school. I’m having a great time so far and I have a couple of questions.

Is there anyway to hide the player names in town? I’d prefer to toggle them on and off when needed. The screen can be pretty cluttered with all the names on screen.

Is there anyway to bind camera movement and zoom to keyboard keys? Playing this game with a trackpad is doable but really cumbersome at times. Binding the camera to the arrow keys and shift + and - for zoom would be what I’m hoping for.

Thanks! Hope to see you all in Tyria.


r/GuildWars 13h ago

What are things worth?

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I just came back after 20 years and I am wondering, how do I know what things are worth?

For example I have like 50 minipets.

But also if a weapon drops, how do I determine the worth?


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Meme/Fluff "I Will Avenge You!"

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173 Upvotes

r/GuildWars 1d ago

Rit finally done !

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77 Upvotes

After my Necro, Mesmer, Ranger, Assa, Ele, my Ritualist is finally done with all PVE titles available.

Next step : Dervish, Parangon, Warrior and Monk (my oldest GWAMMs are missing LDOA)


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Making consets and pcons more accessible was necessary. Not like this, tho.

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Now that things (and people) have calmed down a bit after the introduction of the Reforged Coin, I'd like to take a moment and share my thoughts.

First off, I agree with what many here said in these past few days: Consets and pcons are insanely powerful, and they probably shouldn't have ever been introduced at all. They've been in the game for many years now, people got used to them, so it would probably be much worse to just remove them at this point.

Under that premise, I think making these things a lot more accessible is not just not a bad thing, it was a necessary and long overdue step. People have been playing this game for decades, most of us are adults with jobs. Grinding them the normal way is very time consuming, many of us don't have that time anymore. You can buy them from other players, but then you're likely feeding a market infested by bots. You can just play without them, but then you're giving yourself a hard time for the tougher content. Great if you enjoy the challenge, not so great if you just want to have a good and relaxing time in your favorite game.

However (and that is the obvious bit): Doing it the way they did was questionable to say the least. Selling in game power with real money, especially on the level of what consets and pcons are offering, is always gonna cause a stir, and for good reason. We already have something arguably much more powerful than consets/pcons in the MTX shop, being mercenaries, so it's not exactly something new even for this game specifically, but it's still not great. I'm not gonna make a secret out of the fact that I bought it regardless though. For the convenience of the vendor bell, for the incredible convenience of getting those consumables, and hopefully also to financially support the further development of the game I've been loving so much for nearly 20 years now.

Giving us the option to get these consumables on the masses we get them now with the coins is not the issue IMO, just the way you obtain it. Not because of how pricey it is (because a single 6$ payment for a life time 5 cons per day really isn't much), but just as a matter of principle. I think it would've been cooler if you got the 5 cons/day by achieving something in-game, like finishing all 4 campaigns once, to say "Congrats, you beat the GW story! Now to the end game content with you, here are 5 cons per day to help you out with that!". Not difficult to achieve, but neither is paying 6$ a single time, and that way it would at least be something achieved, instead of simply bought. If the cons are removed from the coin shop, I hope that the daily supply for them is reintroduced in a non-MTX way, rather than just returning to the very grind-heavy way of obtaining them.


r/GuildWars 22h ago

Warrior Doing GWAMM, advice on a sword build. Warrior

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I've used 100b for awhile and wanted to know if it's possible to use Seven Weapon Stance for Swords instead of Hammer and Scythe. Kinda tired of using flail as an IAS and I'm out of alcohol for Drunken Master.

Mostly just something to do for GWAMM really.


r/GuildWars 20h ago

Mobile Mobile app button mapping

3 Upvotes

Just wondering if there's anyway to remap some buttons on the mobile app, the a b x y layout doesn't match my controller layout so i sorta wanna change that up and is there anyway to bind say left stick click to flag on player position or something. as i'm pushing into slavers/doa hm on the phone this is the biggest gripe having to stop flag continue what i'm doing etc.


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Black moa question

8 Upvotes

Hey everyone.
Is there a way to charm black moa if I already completed the quest?
Did not know at the time it is the only way to get this pet for HoM.
Do I need a new char now?