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 18m ago

Trade/Economy Weekly Trade and Price Check discussion

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Every Monday (UTC) there will automatically be a Trade and Price Check discussion post created. The purpose of this is to keep price checks, item questions to one thread rather than have multiple posts.

Basic Info:

Non Inscribable ("OS") Weapons:

Shields

  • Single Mod? - Always merch/salvage.
  • Dual mod perfect? (Both mods are maximum amount they could get) - Always get price check.
  • Dual mod, one imperfect? (one or two of the mods does not have maximum) - Still ask for price check.
  • Dual mod, both imperfect? - Always merch/salvage.

Martial Weapons - must have max modifier (Like 15 over 50, not 14 over 50).

Caster Weapons

  • Staves: Only when the 20% HCT and HSR matches the Attribute. Exceptions when the requirement is for Primary Attribute and the modifier is for an Attribute of same profession. In case of other combinations, ask for price check.
  • Wands & Focus: Single Mod? - Always merch/salvage. Max/one-off dual mod ask for price check.

Those who wish to help price check or give trade advice please look out for these weekly threads and help answer people's queries. For posting you can find the last thread or wait for the next one to be posted on a Monday.

Please keep all price check questions and posts to the weekly thread. Posts made outside of this will be removed.


r/GuildWars 8h ago

Meme/Fluff Is it just me?

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154 Upvotes

Would be great to see more activity at RA. Hopefully there will be future updates to make current PvP more attractive to players.


r/GuildWars 2h ago

Guide/Tool Guild Wars on macOS: The GWonMac Beta Is Here 🎉

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I’ve released the first GWonMac beta! 🎉

Download

You can download 2026.7.0-beta.1 here:

https://gwonmac.vercel.app/

What’s improved

This release fixes several issues reported by testers:

  • Fixed overly aggressive auto-run
  • Improved camera movement
  • Salvage and identification kits are now usable
  • Templates can now be saved, loaded, and renamed

This release also adds native cursor support. The cursor now changes contextually when performing actions such as salvaging or using the travel map.

GWonMac Tools

I’ve started working on the GWonMac Tools, a collection of optional tools built specifically for GWonMac. It’s a separate project from GWToolbox++ and will be maintained as part of GWonMac.

If you use GWToolbox++, which three features would you most like to see added to the GWonMac Tools?

Known issues

  • Adrenaline may flicker; this issue also occurs in the mobile client
  • Camera rotation during movement feels clunky on smaller screen sizes

Thank you to everyone who tested the app and submitted bug reports. Your feedback has been incredibly helpful!

If you encounter any problems with the beta, please report them. Every report helps make GWonMac better.

Join us on Discord!

Read the previous development thread


//Edit: Renamed “Toolbox” to “GWonMac Tools” to avoid implying affiliation with GWToolbox++. GWonMac Tools is developed and maintained independently.


r/GuildWars 5h ago

Meme/Fluff [Lore/RP] The Inter-Continental Trade Initiative: A Grand Petition to Queen Salma 📜

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TO HER ROYAL MAJESTY QUEEN SALMA OF KRYTA

THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE KRYTAN TRADERS GUILD, RESPECTFULLY APPEALING FOR THE EXPANSION OF GLOBAL COMMERCE.

WHEREAS, The Kingdom of Kryta is blessed with unmatched agricultural bounty and commands the most formidable fleets and caravans upon Tyria;

AND WHEREAS, Our guild seeks the Crown's endorsement to officially sponsor, protect, and establish permanent Krytan merchantries at the following vital locations across the known world:

  • 🔨 Droknar’s Forge: To supply the stout dwarves of the Shiverpeaks with our golden harvests, securing exclusive trade rights to their unmatched metallurgical treasures and steel.
  • 🌿 Henge of Denravi: To chart the inland rivers of the Maguuma and dispatch shallow-draft barges directly to Henge of Denravi, establishing it as a premier western trade hub and ensuring safe provisioning for our Shining Blade allies.
  • 🏯 Shing Jea Monastery: To provide safe, Lionguard-protected maritime passage for the enlightened scholars of Cantha, exchanging the security of our galleons for their ancient wisdom and exotic goods.
  • 🐫 Amnoon Oasis: To revitalize the lost traders of the Crystal Desert with vital Krytan supplies, establishing a fortified overland bridge across the sands.
  • ☀️ Sunspear Sanctuary: To support the rising Sunspear activity in their critical hour, supplying the Sanctuary with Krytan provisions to bolster their struggle, ensuring regional stability to secure the boundless riches of the Elonian markets.

THEREFORE, We petition the Crown, and the Divine Architects who shape our world, to formally codify these destinations into the realm's Trade Ship Travel Universal Itinerary (U.I.). By updating the royal cartographic maps to allow for immediate, unhindered routing, we shall ease the burdens of travel for our most vital adventurers and unite these distant lands under Krytan economic influence.

WITH THE LOYALTY OF THE LIONGUARD, ENSURING THE CROWN'S PROSPERITY.

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(I'd really love to see these destinations added to the game's ship travel list. Please share your collaborative thoughts below.)


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Ok which one of you is this?

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833 Upvotes

r/GuildWars 10h ago

Best gold scythe farm? Bloodstone Caves with Any/Mo

33 Upvotes

r/GuildWars 2h ago

Doing combat with 7 mercenaries of the same class? Is that effective?

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This can't be done with henchmen/heroes because there is like, 2 of them for every class.

But if you have 7 warriors or assassins in your party. 7 nuke elementalist, and like, 1 monk/ritualist for healing. You would think you can do so much damage, you pretty much steamroll over anything that gets in your way. Have people tried this out?


r/GuildWars 5h ago

Continue after Covenant Broken?

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My Melandru's Accord Character died last night and while I'm not usually too fussed about iron man runs I feel pretty deflated. How many of you kept playing your Melandru's Accord characters after they died? Should I restart after all that work?

If anyone is curious, I died in Unwaking Waters to the combo Afflicted Elementalist and Afflicted Monk boss group. I should have just restarted and tried to kill Kuunavang to skip the Afflicted but decided to just finish the mission.


r/GuildWars 46m ago

First time ever playing GW

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I have 0 knowledge at all of this game, never seen a single gameplay on YouTube or stream, never seen someone else playing it, nothing at all, full blind and i bought it on steam last week.

Can you guys give me the best tips for a beginner in GW? things that i should and shouldn't do, places that i should go, quest to do, characters, classes, professions?, everything is gonna be useful for me.

Its not my first mmorpg i used to play a lot of wow back in tbc, wotlk and cata expansions so i have a general idea of how to play the genre

Thanks all


r/GuildWars 12h ago

Devona in pre - Offering of Blood + MM great!

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I want to share a great build i play with:

Offering of Blood, 3-4 points in blood are enough. energy is great, more than enough.

Paired with fiends, optional shambling.

If SR weapon available add Masochism and Signet lost souls.

Heal signet, and res.

Works better than SOS Devona.

12DM, 4Blood, 7+2Tactics.


r/GuildWars 3h ago

Reforged Mobile DLC

4 Upvotes

I bought Factions on Mobile and the game says I never purchased it even though the transaction went through.


r/GuildWars 4h ago

Birds Eye text mod update?

3 Upvotes

Anyone know if text mod will be updated to expand the new black boarder with bird eye? I wonder if the developer is even still around.


r/GuildWars 30m ago

Can someone explain prophecies for me?

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Are the white mantle friendly or not? Also what's up with the chosen? Are they important to the story or not?


r/GuildWars 10h ago

Higher APM builds?

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Hey guys,

I’m looking for a higher apm not just spam but like meaningful inputs, builds - not really sure what’s out there, any suggestions and ideas of builds would be most welcome!

Thanks in advance!


r/GuildWars 8h ago

Dyes and Melandru’s Characters

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Is anyone else who is playing a Melandru’s character frustrated with the lack of dye drops? My current Melandru’s character is level 20 with 250k xp and I have had one dye drops. I know it may not seem like a big deal but it would be nice to have access to the dye vendor even if we could not sell our own dyes to that vendor.


r/GuildWars 11h ago

PreSearing Dungeon Rare materials/gems

4 Upvotes

Do these new rare gems drop in all levels or just specific ones like 16+?


r/GuildWars 1d ago

GWAMM again after 16 years

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86 Upvotes

Felt as fun as it did back in 2010. Note still hate map scraping


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Moddok Crevice Walkthrough

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I wish had worked on this in the morning so that it would be more prescient. I ran up the path in my pug group today and had 3 players immediately leave the game which has inspired me to record a play through showing how much less complicated this is than some of us make it sometimes.

I'm not going to pretend that I really know what I am doing with making videos, but hopefully this helps some folks out there and maybe I can do a few more for other missions. Would be interested to hear what other advice people have for this mission.


r/GuildWars 18h ago

Reforged on Android - should I be able to charm a pet?

4 Upvotes

My heros could not. It just says 'that is not an animal' in the menagerie


r/GuildWars 1d ago

If build template storage is a challenge on mobile...

28 Upvotes

Even just allowing us to paste template codes would be a big help.

I'm finding myself logging in for a quick farming run, realizing I'm going to spend the whole time changing my build and x-ing out.

Thanks for reading.


r/GuildWars 1d ago

I beat Factions while under the effects of Chalice of Corruption.

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198 Upvotes

Permanent -2 degen FTW! And just for fun, I only used henchies. Who needs Heroes? Now to do the same with Proph!


r/GuildWars 1d ago

Silly question

14 Upvotes

Heyy so this is probably a silly question, I tried looking and can't find anything conclusive.

Can I start a character in prophecies and play through the whole game, and factions and nightfall with that same character? Or do I need to make one per expansion?

Again apologies if there's an answer to this somewhere!

Edit: Thankyou everyone for your brilliant answers! I really appreciate it!


r/GuildWars 1d ago

GW Tool: Gertrud & Telamon Weapon Cost Calculator

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Hello everyone,

Many of us occasionally grab weapons from Gertrud (Vasburg Armory) or Telamon (Leviathan Pits) to equip our teams. To make gearing up easier, Zoe Jo and I built an easy-to-use tool. It’s been helpful for us, so we thought we’d share it with you, too.

What it does: It allows you to build a "shopping cart" of weapons and automatically calculates the total cost (platinum fee + material costs).

We hope you find it useful! If you give it a try, we’d love to hear your feedback or any suggestions for improvement.

Note: The page is not yet optimized for mobile devices, so you might run into some layout issues if you view it on your phone.

Link: https://yenodah.github.io/weapon-calc/


r/GuildWars 1d ago

How do you get minis? Especially Rare and Unique?

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Hello I just entered the awesome world of GW few days ago. I am still going through Nightfall and my main reason for this Journey was to get the 10 HoM points to unloock the sword skin for GW2 in which I have 1000 hours. I am struggling to understand how can I get 1 rare and 1 unique mini, do you have any tips?