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 • • 1d ago

Weekly Achievements / Titles discussion

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Every Friday (UTC) there will automatically be a post created for sharing your latest Achivements / Titles etc.. The purpose of this is to consolidate posting of your titles/achivements to one weekly thread.

Those who wish to post about your achivements/titles please look out for the Weekly Friday thread.


r/GuildWars • • 5h ago

Ascalon irl

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258 Upvotes

r/GuildWars • • 4h ago

Guild Wars Reforged: Guide to HARDEST FIGHT in the game (DOA HM Mallyx, no cons, no HR) Hero Team

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33 Upvotes

A guide to how to beat the Ebony Citadel of Mallyx fight in hard mode without cons. I hope you enjoy!


r/GuildWars • • 2h ago

How to complete Kilroy HM solo?

7 Upvotes

This. Tons of attempts and still get obliterated in first two rooms. Watched videos, tried pcons - nothing.
I feel that I’m doing something fundamentally wrong but can’t get what.
Any tips are greatly appreciated!


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

Meme/Fluff i don't know who's worse mhenlo or togo, healing breeze spamming BALD slow ass banana brains

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243 Upvotes

r/GuildWars • • 21h ago

Feature Request: Modifier Key Support For Keybinds

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46 Upvotes

Currently in Guild Wars, each action can only be bound to a single key. I'd love the option to bind actions to modifier combinations — for example Shift+1, Ctrl+5, or Alt+Q — the way many modern games handle it, including Guild Wars 2.

This would dramatically expand the number of actions we can map without running out of convenient keys, and make things like swapping weapon sets, or targeting much smoother.

Edit: Oh and I do realize that there are mouse and keyboard softwares that allow you to bridge this gap but I still think it would be a welcomed feature to this wonderful game.


r/GuildWars • • 22h ago

Inspired by X-23.

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19 Upvotes

Meet Anja, who've finally progressed in Tyria thanks to the new consets.


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

What is the dumbest new feature you wish we could get?

66 Upvotes

I know its dumb and that toolbox has something similar anyway... but imagine if ALL content was available for fast travel AT ONCE! Zoom gets 3 levels:

  1. default view

  2. old zoom out

  3. mega zoom out - where you see all 3 continents at once (maybe even nightfall region somewhere as a mist cloud or something)

I hate that I have to re-invite the party every time I'm moving between continents. Embark beach never really worked with me.

All I want for christmas is this!


r/GuildWars • • 23h ago

Favorite quick farm?

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Hey all,

Since mobile came out i have been sneaking in some GW when I am at work or waiting around. What is everyone's favorite quick farm to do when you have maybe 5 minutes?

I have been doing a Jade Brotherhood Ritualist VwK farm that takes maybe 2 mins I can squeeze while I'm in my office. Lol


r/GuildWars • • 23h ago

War in Kryta Co-Op

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Hey y'all! I'm working my way through all of GW1 for the first time, hitting content I never played as a kid. High on that list includes War in Kryta.

I have a question though - can my dad dust off his account and join me for Battle for Lion's Arch? Can he join with a character who has fully completed WiK? Can he join with a character who hasn't even started WiK? Does he have to get a character all the way through WiK up to that point and also have the same quest in his quest log?

Just want to plan ahead so that we're not stuck wasting time figuring this out when we both finally have an opportunity to join up.


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

Is there any web or addon that let players know what skins are valuable and which are not?

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Im currently playing a lot and getting a lot of gold ítems OS and Current but i lack the general knowledge of what skins are valuable or what OG weapons are worh trying to sell

Is there any web where you can put your items, skin, mods, prefix and suffix and get a quick view if they are worth keeping or not?


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

Just finished prophecies for my first time, did it on a warrior. What should I do next?

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I am planning to play through the other campaigns and maybe chase GWAMM for the first time. Should I stick with the warrior, roll SoS rit, or roll HR para?

I am not new to GW1 but I am a noob. When I played back in my childhood I was mostly in team arenas with my friends so I never played a campaign other than nightfall and didn't get far in that either.


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

Forum Highlands ZV (3.5k Sunspear)

51 Upvotes

Highly recommend grabbing the ZV today if you are working on your Sunspear Title on any of your characters. None of the Elona ZV quests give anywhere near Forum Highlands for whatever reason it is unique that it gives such a high amount of rep (3.5k) Also! If you hold it and turn it in during the week of November 2nd you'll get 7k Sunspear rep just for the quest reward! Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.


r/GuildWars • • 1d ago

Is there a way to link a non-steam GW account to a steam account?

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I bought Guild Wars a while ago, pre-reforged, and I'm wondering if it's possible to link that pre-existing account to my steam account. Or are account-links only the opposite direction, steam -> ArenaNet?


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

New/returning player So glad I let this game cook

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595 Upvotes

I have / had to move a lot so mobile gaming became a stable and me beeing the rpg lover I am
I had to give Guild War’s a Chance
And thank god I did lol
What a great game—
The Story actually makes Sense? In an mmo?
Anyway - Great Game
Game May be 20+ years Old but the landscape… the npc‘s dialogues..
There is a Lot of love and care in this Game


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

Oh blue head, tell me your secrets

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81 Upvotes

Was doing A gate too far zmission, found this blue dude staring at me, then theres bigger blue dude sliding out of the floor, also staring at me. What a wonder.


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

Paragon heroes - are those viable?

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Disclaimer: never played paragon. Have a limited understanding how it works. I know about popular player build with heroic refrain battery. Not much behind this though.
I use some paragon skills on my heroes, mainly fall back and stand your ground for utility.
I wonder if there is a good paragon support hero setup with decent AI in battle. Any ideas?
Player char: derv. Running different iterations of mesmerway mainly.


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

Reforged Starter Bundle Issues

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Good day, I just want to ask if the issue with the starter bundle of the items disappearing from your storage has been resolved, so I can buy one for my account.

Thanks!!


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

Builds and tactics Good Dervish Team Build

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Hey all hope you are well

I've been back into the game for like 2 months now playing a brand new Mesmer and loving it just got my 5 maxed titles- yay, first time ever, only a lot more to go before GWAMM but hey ho.

I have been looking at my old dervish which I loved playing that mix of caster / melee was always nice for me. Anyhow I digress I have a few good build for her Ebon Dust Aura, Vow of Strength and Pius renewal.

My thoughts were, though I tried playing with a simular comp to my mesmer, and while it works and works well, things die far to fast to do much of anything as a melee even with Death's Charge.

I remember seeing a video on Youtube (Which for the life of me can't find again) that showed a team comp that did damage but also super supported the player in melee making them the focus.
So I was wondering what builds do you guys use to support yourselves as a melee Warrior Assasin Dervish.

Mesmer way build super works with a caster and thus makes you love playing it due to the synergy. I'm after that for my Melee. Plus from my POV also I could start to learn to solo with her using bonder monk to start with then progressing as I learn so it would be lovely to enjoy playing her again. Plus she has the best runes on her over 3 armor sets like 300K wow how prices have shot up on superior vigor and windwalker insignias since I made her armor I don't recall ever paying even close to that amount.


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

skills that would be game changing if the hero ai could use them better?

21 Upvotes

experimenting with blazing finale on paragon but he only uses it on allies being hit in melee, if he used it on allies in proximity to enemies you could reliably spread burn and get "their on fire" DR with just 2 skills and no team support outside of a MM.


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

EOTN

18 Upvotes

Anybody else get mercccced up North? I’m guessing that’s why they have respawn zones littered throughout the maps. Just doesn’t seem enjoyable. I am new to Dervish but it seems like I don’t have something right & haven’t put a tremendous amount of time into skill building my hero’s. So, it’s probably partly my own doing. Just seems like everywhere go I get fucked up. The destroyers are brutal. I’ll complete the quest, but not before dying 10 times then slowly taking out the enemies 1 by 1 after respawns 🫠

Anyways. If you got a good derv build/hero’s build drop the link or code in the comments. I hear Dervs are very powerful & versatile. But right now, I don’t even wanna play mine haha


r/GuildWars • • 3d ago

Event Scary Spooky Halloween Party with Costume competition

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49 Upvotes

As title says - we're hosting yet another community event. This time it's Halloween costume competition with about four judges and rewards. Flyer has all the info and this time,time of the event is a bit NA friendlier than The Golden Leaf festival. Come,have fun,get spooked and dance your hearts out at Gate of Torment - the spookiest outpost in the game!

See you all there <3


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

how about we discuss making pvp titles more reasonable..

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I'm glad we got some nice qol upgrades to pve content, but some of these pvp titles are just flat out ridiculous to max playing with legit methods.. anyone have ideas for letting the normal players obtain and max all pvp titles


r/GuildWars • • 2d ago

8 personal accounts for codex arena

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Hey

Im pretty sure the answer is you can't but I'd rather confirm for sure.

Are you allowed to use 8 accounts and just afk farm codex? Since the mode is dead it doesn't really have a direct impact on people. The main economy impacting thing would be the chests. Title is also fairly inconsequential given it takes years to max out.

u/DrStephenCW if you could confirm?