Gem Store Update: Imperial Wonders Mounts and Comfy Cat Chair
Imperial Wonders Mount Skins
These new mount skins are available exclusively through the Imperial Wonders Mount Select License and the Imperial Wonders Mount Adoption License. The Mount Select License will allow you to pick whichever mount skin you'd prefer from the selection. The Mount Adoption License will unlock a random mount skin from the collection that you do not already own.
The following skins are available in this collection:
"…And not only that, but each stitch is genuine silk, with a stuffing of shredded damask! So, what do you say?"
The salesman's shouts fell on deaf ears, however. The commander had already fallen asleep on the stuffed cat's stomach.
Pick up this adorable chair now and take advantage of the new Rested bonus effect! Take a power nap and wake up feeling refreshed with a bonus to experience gained from kills.
Maximum Bag Slot Increase
We've increased the maximum number of bag slots you can have per character from ten to twelve! This brings the maximum possible inventory size for a single character to 384 slots. Make your dreams of identifying entire stacks of unidentified gear at once a reality.
Discounts
For the next two weeks, we're offering a 20% discount on the World Boss Portal Device and the Maguuma Pact Operation Portal Device! Get notifications of world events happening in Central Tyria and Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns™ maps and teleport straight to the action.
Returning This Week
Starting this Friday, look for the following items to be added to the Gem Store at a 20% discount:
Grand Lion Griffon Skin
Mordrem Alpha Jackal Skin
Mossback Skimmer Skin
Resplendent Avialan Raptor Skin
Shell Surfer Skimmer Skin
Shimmerwing Skyscale Skin
Tremor Armadillo Roller Beetle Skin
Woodland Sprite Springer Skin
The Guild Wars 2 Art Show: November 23
Don't miss the next episode of the Guild Wars 2 Art Show livestream, where our ArenaNet Creative Partners show their latest Guild Wars 2-inspired work, discuss art techniques, and hang out in chat. Let's celebrate art together!
Black Friday Deals: Discounts on Guild Wars 2 Expansions!
Black Friday Sales
Starting on November 22, we will be offering discounts on all Guild Wars 2 expansions through Steam. More details about these discounts will be included in an upcoming announcement.
Additionally, we'll be offering daily sales on in-game items and upgrades from Friday, November 25 to Monday, November 28. Make sure to check out the Black Lion Trading Company daily in the game for more information on these great deals.
Black Friday Bonus Bash
From November 22 to November 29, log in to Guild Wars 2 for the following bonuses:
+50% Experience (All Sources)
+30% Magic Find
+30% to PvP Reward Track Gains
+30% to WvW Reward Track Gains
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
Gem Store Update: Unyielding Haechi Warclaw and Divine Conqueror Appearance Pack
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
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.
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:
ArenaNet's 24-Hour Extra Life Game Day Stream Is Tomorrow!
Team ArenaNet's Extra Life Game Day is tomorrow, November 4, at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7). We'll be streaming for 24 hours straight in support of Children's Miracle Network. If this is your first time hearing about Extra Life, check out our previous announcement regarding the event here.
Since our last update, our running donation total has hit over $13,000 USD! Our goal this year is to raise at least $125,000 USD, bringing our lifetime total funds raised to over $625,000 USD, and we need your help to do it.
Your donations will help children's hospitals across the United States and Canada care for ill and critically injured children whose families need support. To donate to Extra Life now, visit the Team ArenaNet page. If you'd like to help us reach our goal by streaming any game or telling your friends and family about Extra Life, choose to join Team ArenaNet when you sign up! If you want to form your own team, you can select "Create a Sub Team" when you sign up to join the ArenaNet Super Team.
The funds you raise as a member of Team ArenaNet will contribute to our overall donation total. As in previous years, if we reach the $25,000 USD donation goal, we'll match it to bring the total donation to $50,000!
Twitch Drops
Tune in to the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch stream or the streams of any of our official ArenaNet partners for free rewards! Check out more information here.
Keep an eye on our Twitter throughout the event for updates on our fundraising goals and events! Check out the full schedule here.
See you there, The Guild Wars 2 Team
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.
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.
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.
Gem Store Update: Rift Warden Helm
Rift Warden Helm
The Riftstalkers' incursion into Tyria has met with little success, thanks to your efforts. Mark yourself as a Rift Warden, standing guard against the invaders from the Mists, with this armored mask and hood.
Discounts
For the next two weeks, we're offering a 20% discount on the following items.
Temporary Lounge Passes
Try out the incredible convenience of our various lounges—from Armistice Bastion to the Mistlock Sanctuary—for two weeks. For just 120 gems, you'll get a teleport scroll that will instantly take you to a lounge where you can easily access the trading post, bank, merchants, and more. If you like what you see, consider picking up one of the permanent passes!
Black Lion Contract Boards
Add these contract boards to your home instance for daily deliveries of various crafting materials. These are permanent, account-wide unlocks.
Black Lion Garden Plot Deeds
Add up to two additional garden plots to your home instance, each with 4 harvesting nodes that can be customized to grow just about whatever you want and harvested daily. Unlock this permanent, account-wide home instance upgrade for just 800 gems.
Returning This Week
Starting this Friday, look for the following items to be added to the Gem Store at a 20% discount:
Dark Wing Throne
Great Lodge Chair
Legionnaire's Chair
Super Adventure Box Chair
Volcanic Throne
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!
