Ice Preserves Beauty with the Frostblossom Staff Skin
Frostblossom Staff Skin
A beautiful flower preserved in ice is a statement of eternity. This frozen staff will fortify your look.
Discounts
For the next two weeks, we're offering a 20% discount on the following items:
Copper-Fed and Silver-Fed Salvage-o-Matics
Tired of stopping in the middle of RIBA to go pick up some more salvage kits? Tire no longer! Salvage at your leisure with these unlimited salvage kits.
Build and Equipment Template Expansions
If you're the person with a build for every situation, we've got something special for you. Expand your combat options with these discounted template slots!
Returning this Week
Starting this Friday, look for the following items to return to the Gem Store at a 20% discount:
Abaddon's Glider
Crystal Arbiter Glider
Cube Matrix Glider
Cute Demon Wings Backpack and Glider Combo
Desert King Backpack and Glider Combo
Electromagnetic-Descender Glider
Eternal Mandala Backpack and Glider Combo
Exalted Glider
Giant Shuriken Backpack and Glider Combo
Golden Feather Wings Glider Combo
Hawk Wings Glider Combo
Inquest Overseer Chair Glider Combo
Ironclad Glider
Legion Jetpack Backpack Glider Combo
Magic Carpet Glider Combo
Stained Glass Wings Backpack and Glider Combo
Super Adventure Glider
Super Cloud Glider
Super Holo-Copter Glider Combo
Tanglewood Backpack and Glider Combo
Timekeeper Glider
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!
The Guild Wars 2 Art Show: September 21
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!
A Beacon of Hope Comes With the Shrine Guardian Skiff Skin
Shrine Guardian Skiff and Fishing Rod Skins
"What? You want to take me fishing? Fine. I'll help, but don't expect me to eat any of those wretched things. I'm not a cat, after all."
Pointed Ears Package
Become a magical being with these adorable pointed ears—pick from three unique styles!
What's in Stock
Returning Today
For the next two weeks, we're offering 20% off on Shared Inventory Slots.
Returning This Week
Check out the Gem Store over the next week for the following items:
Mini Kormeerkat
Mini Shrine Guardian
Mini Arrowhead
Mini Sabetha
Mini Sand Giant
Mini Beetle
Mini Outlaw Puppy
Mini Super Trio
Mini Super Trio—World 2
Mini Super Trio—Series 3
Mini Super Trio—Series 4
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!
Living World Season 1 Return: "Tower of Nightmares" Is Now Live!
The fourth episode of Living World Season 1 is now playable for free in your Story Journal! Living World Season 1 content is back in Guild Wars 2 for the first time since 2013, along with new and returning rewards and achievements. Episodes are free, permanent additions to the base game and available to all players.
New trouble is growing in Kessex Hills. Carefully hidden by magic, the krait have been working tirelessly on a terror unlike anything seen before in Tyria. Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade are investigating the illusory curtain that's cloaking part of Viathan Lake, and they need your help! What secret lies behind the veil?
Siege Dragon’s End with the Crested Dragon Siege Turtle
Crested Dragon Siege Turtle Skin
Don't let the spiky look of this siege turtle intimidate you—it's a fierce ally to ride into battle, but it will be sweet tempered toward your friends!
Devil-Rending Greataxe Hammer Skin
Red stained and fear inducing, this greataxe will make your ruthless side come alive. The same can't be said about the foes in your path.
What's in Stock
Returning Today
For the next two weeks, we're offering 20% off on Character Slot Expansions.
We've got a few special items returning this week.
Season 1 Memory Box—Flame and Festivals
Season 1 Memory Box—Scarlet vs. Lion's Arch
Each box contains three items from Living World Season 1 and a guaranteed Black Lion Commemorative Sprocket that can be exchanged for various items.
Returning This Week
Check out the Gem Store over the next week for the following items:
Mad Scientist Outfit
Slayer's Outfit
Ironclad Outfit
Nature's Oath Outfit
Gwen's Attire
Pirate Captain's Outfit
First Follower Desmina Outfit
Forged Outfit
Inquest Exo-Suit Outfit
Mist Stranger Outfit
Mage Knight Outfit
Primal Warden Outfit
Lyssa's Regalia
Balthazar's Regalia Outfit
True Assassin's Guise Outfit
Marjory's Shrouded Outfit
Infused Samurai Outfit
Exemplar Attire Outfit
Spring Promenade Outfit
Crystal Savant Outfit
Astral Scholar Outfit
Elegant Canthan Outfit
Shiro's Legacy Outfit
Profession Balance Update Preview Livestream This Friday
Please join us this Friday, September 16 at 12:00PM Pacific Time (UTC-8) on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel for a preview of the October 4 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 be posting the full balance preview notes on our official forums. We're looking forward to reading your feedback!
As we mentioned last week, the October 4 balance update will be primarily focused on improving combat balance in the WvW and PvP game modes. After October 4, our next major profession balance update will drop on November 29.
As a small teaser ahead of our stream on Friday, we have prepared a carefully cropped screenshot for you:
Your Draconic Heart Awakens with the Water Dragon Crest Helm Skin
Water Dragon Crest Helm Skin
Heed the call of ancient dragons and embellish yourself with these sleek horns.
What’s in Stock
Returning Today
For the next two weeks, we’re offering 20% off on the following items:
Black Lion Instant Level 80 Ticket
Recharging Teleport to Friend
Account Bump
Account Jump Start
Exo-Suit Mounts Pack
Returning This Week
We’re swapping in some fan-favorite armor skins later this week! Check out our new seasonal offerings on Friday.
Abaddon’s Mask
Enchanted Dragon Crown Package
Lawless Boots Skin
Maguuma’s Treads Skin
Pirate Hook Skin
Pyre Circlet Helm Skin
Scarlet’s Spaulders
Shatterspark Gloves Skin
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!
Living World Season 1 Return: “Tower of Nightmares” Arrives Next Week
The fourth episode of Living World Season 1 returns on September 13! Next week, visit your Story Journal to join Marjory and Kasmeer’s investigation into the dark tower looming over Kessex Hills . Climb the tower. Unveil the nightmare.
Living World Season 1 content is free for all players, permanently. Complete the original episode achievements and new achievements to earn unique rewards, including the new Antitoxin Gloves!
This release includes a new instanced group encounter, the Tower of Nightmares. Enter with a premade squad or take on the tower’s challenges in a freely joinable public instance.
Twitch Drops are Live!
Celebrate Guild Wars 2's tenth anniversary and the launch of Guild Wars 2 on Steam with our first Twitch Drops campaign! From August 23 at 12 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) to August 28 at 11:59 p.m. (UTC-7), you can earn in-game rewards for watching any Twitch channel broadcasting Guild Wars 2.
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.
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-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 within an hour. 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.
Happy 10th Anniversary, Guild Wars 2 Community!
The 10th anniversary of Guild Wars 2 is here! It's time to celebrate our incredible community and a decade of adventures in Tyria, so let's jump in to see what's in store.
Guild Wars 2 10th Anniversary Event
When you log in today, you'll find a new series of achievements waiting for you that will take you on a journey to experience the best of Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, world bosses, Living World, World vs. World, Player vs. Player, and more.
As you complete these tasks you'll earn Proofs of Legend, which can be traded in for the new Decade's armor set. Characters who are turning ten themselves will also receive an extra Proof of Legend to kickstart their collection. Speak to an ancient armorsmith in one of the capital cities or Lion's Arch to trade in your Proofs of Legend and collect your rewards. Complete enough achievements and you'll also unlock the Decade's War cape skin and your choice of a weapon from the new Dragon Decade set.
These achievements are permanent additions to the game for all current and future players.
Life Is Better with Friends
Log in and check the Gem Store today to get a free Life with Friends Box, containing five Teleport to Friend tokens and one Revive Orb. And don't forget to log in later this week to claim a free Communal Boost Bonfire. We'll have additional Gem Store giveaways running through the end of August.
To welcome our friends joining us from Steam, we are also offering the following bundles for new players to jump-start their new adventures in Tyria. These are available for purchase by all:
Steam Welcome Pack: Two Bag Slot Expansions, two 20 Slot Black Lion Satchels, five Experience Boosters, five Account-Bound Unidentified Dyes, and ten Merchant Expresses
Steam Elite Jump-Start Pack: Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic, Shared Inventory Slot, Unbreakable Gathering Tools Container, Character Slot Expansion, and Royal Terrace Pass
Steam Is Live
With the release of Guild Wars 2 on Steam, a whole new group of players are joining us on our adventures. Our wonderful Guild Wars 2 community has always gone to heroic lengths to welcome new players to Tyria, and we encourage everyone to offer new commanders a friendly helping hand.
Steam players can experience the entire base Guild Wars 2 game for free! You can upgrade your account with expansions at any time to remove the restrictions placed on free accounts.
Celebrate Guild Wars 2's 10th anniversary and the launch of Guild Wars 2 on Steam with our first Twitch Drops campaign!
Link your Twitch and Guild Wars 2 accounts and earn rewards for watching any Twitch channel broadcasting Guild Wars 2! Tune in to any Twitch livestream with Twitch Drops enabled between August 23 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) and August 28 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) to earn Transmutation Charges, boosters, a mini, a Total Makeover Kit, a Glowing Purple Mask, and your choice of a classic Guild Wars 2 character outfit.
For more details about Twitch Drops, visit this blog post.
Members of the ArenaNet Partner Program will be streaming a wide variety of content during the Steam release week and tenth anniversary (and beyond) to showcase all aspects of Guild Wars 2: story content, raids, Strike Missions, fractals, Player vs. Player, World vs. World, and more. There will be something for everyone.
If you're looking for an exciting broadcast to check out while you collect your loot, tune in to the livestream on the Guild Wars 2Twitch channel on Saturday, August 27 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) for the August monthly PvP tournament finals. MightyTeapot will be shoutcasting the tournament along with ArenaNet Game Designer Roy Marks.
Join us as we support our content creator community on Twitch and welcome a new generation of players!
Seattle Community Event
Celebrate with us at our upcoming community event in and Seattle, Washington. For more details, check out the blog post.
Crucial Sweepstakes
Our friends at Crucial will be hosting a sweepstakes to celebrate the 10th anniversary with the community!
Fans have a chance to win ten amazing prizes from Crucial, including a 32GB Crucial DDR5 RAM Kit, 1TB Crucial X8, 1TB Crucial P5 Plus NVMe SSD, and Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Standard Edition.
For more details and to enter, please visit this link.
Ten Years Young
Thank you for making Tyria your home, and we look forward to many more years of fun and adventures with you!
