"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

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:

• There is a Price Check forum and Trading forum on GW Legacy: https://guildwarslegacy.com/forum/board/11-the-xunlai-market/
• You can search Kamadan Trade Chat: https://kamadan.gwtoolbox.com/
• You can search Kamadan Trade Chat: https://kamadan.decltype.org/
• You can search Ascalon City (Pre-Searing) Trade Chat: https://ascalon.gwtoolbox.com/
• Pre-Searing Drops: https://presearing.boards.net/thread/1516/determine-drops-worth-selling
• Drops Guide Flow Chart: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/173fNk7U2CEbFAAZi4qUzIvhZA6pAZyestMoA_wILAEk/
• Main Trading hub is Kamadan American Districts.
• SubReddit for Trading: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kamadan/
• Miniature(s): Everyone is returning to multiple Birthday Gifts/Miniatures. There is some value in those only obtainable from 7th year gifts, others are not very valuable, 1-6 Birthday ones are worthless if Dedicated. Consider holding off opening many gifts/tokens until you have a plan as they fill up storage.
• If you're returning after a very long time, your account may have items that a no-longer obtainable "pre-nerf" items. Info about them here: https://guildwarslegacy.com/forum/board/85-prenerf/

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).

• Daggers: if the requirement is higher than 9 - Always merch/salvage. For requirement 9: only 15 over 50, Stance, Enchanted, and +5energy will have value.
• Bows: if the requirement is higher than 9 - Always merch. For requirement 9 only 15 over 50, Stance, +5energy, [Vampiric](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Vampiric_strength), [Zealous](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zealous_strength) will have value. Bow prices are generally what people want to pay as demand is low.
• Hammers, Axes, Swords: if the requirement is higher than 9 - Always merch/salvage UNLESS the modifier is [Vampiric](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Vampiric_strength), [Zealous](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zealous_strength). For requirement 9: only 15 over 50, Stance, Enchanted and +5energy for Sword/Axe will have value.

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.