Weave Fire and Ashes with the Infinite Vermilion Gathering Tools
Infinite Vermilion Gathering Tools
Summon the blazing power of ancient phoenixes to harvest all that you need! This pack includes a Vermilion Mining Tool, Vermilion Harvesting Tool, and Vermilion Logging Tool for unlimited gathering. You'll also receive three Black Lion Glyph Selection Containers, offering flexibility for your new tools!
Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop
Get four shipments of fantastic goods! You'll receive the first, second, and third drops right away if you purchase your supply drop requisition this week. The discount decreases every week, so pick yours up before it's full price!
What's in Stock
We're refreshing our seasonal selection of finishers and lounge passes with a 20% discount starting this Friday. Some of the incredible discounted items include the Permanent Super Explosive Finisher, Thousand Seas Pavilion Pass, Permanent Minstrel Finisher, Captain's Airship Pass, and more!
Reminder: Free Black Lion Chest Key and Revive Orb
If you haven't picked up your free Black Lion Chest Key and Revive Orb from the Gem Store, grab them today! This offer will only be available until September 11.
Returning This Week
Black Lion Garden Plot Deeds, Home Portal Stones, and home instance nodes and node packs are 25% off until September 4. Black Lion Chest Keys, Transmutation Charges, Total Makeover Kits, Self-Style Hair Kits, and Name Change Contracts are 20% off until September 11.
Infinite Skyscale Gathering Tools, Infinite Glacial Gathering Tools, Infinite Elemental Gathering Tools, Infinite Cosmic Gathering Tools, and Infinite Choya Gathering Tools are all discounted until September 11! Each gathering tool pack will include three new Black Lion Glyph Selection Containers that allow you to choose any of the existing glyphs. Don't miss out on these amazing discounts!
Available Now in the Gem Store!
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Succumb to Darkness with the Infernal Envoy Package
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Infernal Envoy Appearance Package
A demonic calling beckons you—harness its power with this intense look! This package includes an Infernal Envoy Outfit, an Infernal Envoy Staff Skin, an Infernal Envoy Backpack and Glider Combo, and a Total Makeover Kit. All of the items are also available for individual purchase.
Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop
Get four shipments of fantastic goods! You’ll receive the first and second week drops right away if you purchase it this week. The discount decreases every week, so pick yours up before it’s full price.
Free Black Lion Chest Key and Revive Orb
Hop into Guild Wars 2 and obtain these free goodies from the Gem Store—available until September 11!
What's in Stock
We're refreshing our seasonal selection of mount and skiff skins with a 20% discount starting this Friday. Some of the incredible discounted items include the Fluffy Samoyed Jackal Skin, Plush Raptor Skin, Lunar Maned Skyscale Skin, Floating Lantern Skiff Skin, and more!
Returning This Week
As summer winds down, we have some hot deals for you: Black Lion Outfit Vouchers, Black Lion Chair Vouchers, Black Lion Glider Vouchers, and Black Lion Musical Instrument Vouchers are 25% off until August 28. Also, Black Lion Instant Level 80 Tickets plus all Living World seasons and episodes are 20% off until September 4. Don't miss out!
Available Now in the Gem Store!
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Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure Launches Today
Note: Originally published at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on August 22, 2023.
Hey, everyone,
It's a big day for Guild Wars 2 and ArenaNet—we get to open the portal to Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ and share the newest chapter in Tyria's journey with you. When the expansion launches in just a few hours, you'll begin the first major Guild Wars 2 story in which Tyria is not overshadowed by the threat of the Elder Dragons. You'll catch up with old friends, make new ones, and together you'll put your strength to the test against the invading Kryptis forces from the Mists. You'll master new build combinations with the weapon access opened up by Weaponmaster Training and the relic system. You'll soar in the skies above Tyria in two new zones that emphasize aerial exploration, with a streamlined method to acquire the skyscale mount and new Flight Training Masteries. You'll fight alongside fellow players in the open world and in two new Strike Missions. And you'll find new events, rewards, and challenges as you go about your adventures.
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We're so, so happy to be able to share this with you. In addition to taking the story of Tyria in a fresh direction, Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure represents a new model of expansion content delivery for us. The story that launches today will continue over the next three major releases (roughly one major release per quarter), joined by system updates, additional rewards, new weapon proficiencies, new instanced combat encounters, and more. This new model is meant to ensure that the next major story and content update is never more than a few months away and that the game is supported with a regular cadence of content. We've already started applying lessons from the development of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure to our fifth expansion, which we expect to be released next year.
For a high-level view of what's going live today and our plans for what's coming out over the next several months, head over to our launch blog on our main site.
Celebrating 11 Years of Guild Wars 2
The launch of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure very nearly coincides with the game's eleventh anniversary on August 28. We're deeply grateful for the journey that has unfolded over the last eleven years—a journey that's only been possible because of the Guild Wars 2 community and one that we're excited to continue together. We'll be commemorating the anniversary in the game with birthday presents (distributed according to character age, although some characters will receive birthday presents significantly earlier than August 28 thanks to the launch head-start weekend, leap years, and chronomancy) and Black Lion Trading Company sales.
We'll also be celebrating the game and expansion with our fans on September 1 at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, WA. You can learn more about that event here. This is a free, ticketed event—if tickets are all gone by the time you're reading this, you can still show up for our standby line on the evening of the event.
As a last piece of celebratory news, we recently announced a new line of Guild Wars 2 merchandise, including the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure Collectible Bundle. The bundle features the Shadow of Nayos Statue, made in the image of a member of Kryptis royalty who looms large in the events awaiting you in the expansion story. Take a tour of the current lineup, and be sure to check back for more items coming soon.
Summer/Fall Roadmap Updates
In addition to all of the content going live today, this quarter will also include a skills and balance update, the Halloween festival, a WvW update, and the return of bonus events similar to those we ran in the wake of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons™. That'll keep us busy through the end of October. Not long after that the next batch of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure content will drop, bringing with it a new map, a new season of Wizard's Vault rewards, and more. We're also planning to run a new weapon proficiency beta-event before the end of this year—we'll share more information about that when it's ready.
Thank you for being with us on this journey for eleven incredible years and taking the time to read all about what's coming next. We wish you many joyful moments exploring Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure, and please let us know what you think. Happy adventuring!
DXRacer and Guild Wars 2: Creating Gaming Comfort Together
Do you want to sit in incredible style and comfort while playing Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™? We've once again teamed up with DXRacer to offer a new Guild Wars 2 Edition of their Craft Series gaming chairs—and there's a sweepstakes to win one!
Here are all the details:
DXRacer Craft Series Guild Wars 2 Edition Price: $449.00
DXRacer is offering our fans 5% off when you order here and use the code GW2FAN5!
DXRacer is also running a sweepstakes (for both NA and EU) from now until August 24. Head on over to DXRacer's Twitter for rules and information on how to enter!
Prizes
Grand Prize (1 winner): DXRacer Craft Series Guild Wars 2 Edition
Second Prize (10 winners):Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure Standard Edition
Good luck!
After Five Years, the European Community-Driven Foostival Event Returns!
Originally held in France in 2013, Foostival is a Guild Wars 2 celebratory gathering organized by the community for the community. Foostival not only promises action-packed foostivities, but also the opportunity to get together with Guild Wars 2 content creators, like-minded people, guild members, and friends—both old and new.
The last Foostival took place in 2018, so there’s plenty of fun to make up for this year. What’s better than one Foostival? Two Foostivals, of course! Foostival 2023 will be held in both France and Germany on September 30.
Check out the official Foostival website or one of the organizing community websites. Keep in mind that the number of available tickets is limited, so please only get a ticket if you intend to go—and be sure to grab yours as soon as possible.
Read on or visit the website for more information.
When: September 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CET
Ticket Information: Price: 10€ Total available tickets: 150
Note on Admission: Admission starts at 9:00 a.m. CET. Have your cell phone or printed ticket ready to be scanned.
Foostival 2023—France
Where: 177 Rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, France
When: September 30, 2023, 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CET
Ticket Information: Price: 12.5€ Total available tickets: 80 (An optional 2023 Foostival T-shirt is available for an additional 10€.)
Note on Admission: Admission starts at 1:30 p.m. CET. Have your cell phone or printed ticket ready to be scanned.
Announcing the New Guild Wars 2 Merch Store!
We're thrilled to be partnering with DPI Merchandising to bring you new official merch that greatly expands the variety of available Guild Wars 2 swag. You can check out the full lineup on the shop page—some of our favorites include:
The Heart of the Obscure Enamel Pin
A Guild Wars 2 Skate Deck
An Aurene Plush Hat (coming soon)
A Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ Mug (coming soon)
Collectibles for Launch
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure launches next week on August 22! To celebrate the launch, we're offering the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure Collectible Bundle, which features four exclusive items related to the expansion. The bundle includes:
Secrets of the Obscure Lithograph—The iconic art from the announcement of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure as a fine art print.
Heart of the Obscure Patch—An embroidered patch in the shape of the Heart of the Obscure.
Skyscale Acrylic Pin—A 2.5" pin featuring the artwork for the in-game skyscale skin reward.
The Shadow of Nayos Statue—A beautiful figurine made in the likeness of an enigmatic character who features heavily in the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure story.
We hope you enjoy bringing a little more Guild Wars 2 into your life and wardrobe with these items! We'll be updating the merch store with new offerings as they become available.
Discover the Wonders within the Wizard's Vault
The Wizard's Vault is a reward system coming in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ that can point you toward content to play. Let's dive into what that means, shall we?
Astral Allies
The wizards are largely unknown to the denizens of Tyria. That'll change—at least for you and the commander—next week, when Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure launches and you get to start on the new adventure we've been preparing for you.
As an ancient, arcane, and acquisitive lot, the wizards have amassed something of a treasure trove. For reasons best known to themselves (our guess: they don't often leave their towers), the wizards have set up a system through which enterprising adventurers can earn astral acclaim by completing certain tasks and trade that acclaim in for rewards from their vault. They've even set it up so that the exchange works whether you can physically reach their location in skies above Tyria or not!
Behold:
New Ways to Earn Rewards
By directing players to various parts of the game with regularly refreshed challenges and rewards, the Wizard's Vault system functions similarly to a seasonal content pass in other games. But we tried to build the Wizard’s Vault from the ground up to be as player friendly as possible: exclusive cosmetics don’t go away at the end of a season, you can choose your reward order, and there’s no cost in gems or real money. Ultimately, our goal with the Wizard's Vault is to help you find things to do in Guild Wars 2 and then reward you for doing those things. Some of the choices that we made about the foundations of the system mean that is a substantially different experience from many seasonal passes:
Reward choice: As you complete Wizard's Vault objectives, you earn astral acclaim. Astral acclaim can be spent to buy specific items offered in the Wizard's Vault shop. Rather than unlocking specific items at specific tiers of progression, you can choose which rewards you want to acquire.
Reward longevity: The rewards in the Wizard's Vault rotate every few months, but any cosmetic rewards introduced through the Wizard's Vault will remain available. When they're no longer part of the most recently updated offerings, those rewards will go into a legacy tab of the reward shop, where they'll remain available for purchase for astral acclaim (although at a higher price). Our goal in doing this is to alleviate player anxiety about timed rewards—if something comes into the vault when it's not a good time for you to be playing much, it'll still be there for you later.
Rewards for gameplay: We do not have a premium tier of the Wizard's Vault that has additional rewards, and players cannot buy astral acclaim with gems or real money.
For this first round of exclusive cosmetic rewards we have the Enchanted Owl Griffon Skin, a new weapon skin collection, and three unique armor pieces. Other items in the Wizard's Vault shop—in-game currencies, crafting components, and more—will be available through gameplay. One item bundle we're debuting is a legendary starter kit, meant to provide a new inroad to the legendary crafting system. These starter kits are a way to turn your playtime into progress toward a specific legendary. We're introducing starter kits for four legendaries in this first round of offerings and intend to rotate in others in the future; we'll be watching feedback and usage to inform future iterations of the starter kits.
Gameplay Direction
One of the goals for the Wizard's Vault as a system is to give suggestions to players looking for something to do in the game. To that end, we have daily, weekly, and special objectives related to PvE, WvW, and PvP. Those three categories are presented as checkbox options so you can choose from one, two, or all three categories. In addition to the daily and weekly objective refreshes, special objectives are refreshed each season when the Wizard's Vault rewards cycle.
The Wizard's Vault replaces the existing daily login rewards and daily achievements—specifically the generic Daily category. Other categories (like Daily Fractals, Daily End of Dragons, etc.) will still be around in the achievements panel. You'll continue to receive progress toward Daily Completionist by completing Wizard's Vault daily objectives and achievement points from the Wizard's Vault Daily Completionist achievement.
Once one of your characters reaches level 80, the Wizard's Vault UI will be accessible to all characters on your account, regardless of which expansions you own. If you do not have Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure registered on your account, some rewards will be locked, and you will be unable to visit the in-game location of the Wizard's Vault. The system will be fundamentally the same for you otherwise. We'll be keeping an eye on feedback for what we can do in the future to continue to improve the system and bring fun new rewards and experiences to you.
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure launches on August 22, and you'll be able to check out the Wizard's Vault, conquer the sky with your skyscale and Flight Training Masteries, hunt down the demonic Kryptis, and more. If you haven't had a chance yet, there's still time to prepurchase so you're ready to see it all when the expansion comes out!
Collect New Items Every Week with the Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop
Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop (4-Week Pass)
Open up to the secrets of the Gem Store for weekly supplies and more! When you purchase the Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop, the Black Lion Trading Company will send you a package of valuable items each week. The first supply drop will arrive as soon as you've purchased a requisition, and the others will be delivered on the three following Mondays.
This week, the Secrets of the Obscure Launch Supply Drop is available at the discounted price of 2,400 gems. The discount decreases each week, so pick up yours now for the best price—and to get your first shipment of items today! (Limited to one purchase per account. Purchases made after week one will include items from the previous weeks in the first delivery.)
Week One
Amnytas Feathered Raptors Mounts Pack: This package includes the Sky Runner Feathered Raptor Skin, Island Sprinter Feathered Raptor Skin, and Charged Feathered Raptor Skin.
Black Lion Cape Voucher
2 Heroic Boosters
Week Two
Black Lion Backpack and Glider Voucher
"/Readbook" Emote Tome
2 Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks
Communal Boost Bonfire
Week Three
Black Lion Finisher Voucher
Black Lion Weapons Voucher
3 Seven Dragon Dye Packs
Week Four
5 Black Lion Chest Keys
2 Black Lion Miniature Claim Tickets
Golden Black Lion Chest Key
Comfortable Reading Chair
The Tyrian late evenings will become cozier with this lovely chair! Sit down and enjoy a thrilling book.
What's in Stock
We're refreshing our seasonal selection of Mount Adoption Licenses and Packs with a 20% discount starting this Friday. Some of the incredible discounted items include the New Horizons Mount Select License, Shiverpeaks Mount Pack, Canthan Cuckoo Springer Mounts Pack, and more!
Returning This Week Bag Slot Expansions are 20% off until August 28. Get all the space you need!
Available Now in the Gem Store!
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Win a Custom Guild Wars 2 Gaming PC from ORIGIN PC
Are you looking to boost your gaming power against the Kryptis in the expansion next week? ORIGIN PC wants to hook up one lucky winner with a brand-new custom Kryptis Skyscale gaming PC to celebrate the launch of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™!
Click here to enter the sweepstakes and get all the details, but make sure you get your entries in before August 28.
Prizes
Grand Prize (1 winner): ORIGIN PC Custom Neuron Guild Wars 2 PC featuring Kryptis Skyscale art from Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.
Embrace Your Indomitable Spirit with the Leather Straps Package
Leather Straps Package
Find your fearsome spirit in the bold figure of adorned leather—your strength is everlasting! This package includes a Leather Straps Chestpiece Skin and Leather Straps Cingulum Skin.
What's in Stock
We're refreshing our seasonal selection of dye kits with a 20% discount starting this Friday. Some of the incredible discounted items include the Darkest Abyss Dye Kit, Jormag Dye Kit, Soo-Won Dye Kit, and more!
Returning This Week
Character Slot Expansions are 20% off until August 21. Let your creativity flow!
Available Now in the Gem Store!
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