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To celebrate the eighth anniversary of Guild Wars 2, we have a special surprise for you! In the land of Cantha, ancient voices reflect on Tyria’s history—and its future. Watch the teaser video now.

**UPDATED**

[Guild Wars 2 Steam Release News](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/1362952/#Comment_1362952)

On today's anniversary livestream, we announced that Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam in November. We look forward to welcoming even more players to Tyria to join our community!

If you log in through Steam, you'll still play alongside your fellow Tyrians on the same maps and servers (select NA or EU). Whether you choose to log in through Steam or the Guild Wars 2 launcher, everyone plays together! However, please note that you cannot convert an existing Guild Wars 2 account to a Steam account or convert a Steam account to a non-Steam account.

Stay up to date on the latest news by visiting [our official Steam page]( https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284210/Guild_Wars_2/) and wishlisting Guild Wars 2.

# Late Notes: August 25, 2020

# 08/25/2020—Late Notes

## World Polish

- Improved the performance of Brandstorms in Thunderhead Peaks and Jahai Bluffs.

- Improved the performance of Branded Dredge Ratnick's attacks in Thunderhead Peaks.

- Other miscellaneous performance improvements have been implemented in Thunderhead Peaks. We will monitor the results and make additional improvements as needed. Thank you for your continued patience and reports.

## General

- Erik Mathison has ceased roleplaying as a golem and now properly displays his correct name.

- Fixed a bug that prevented the Drizzlewood Coast Portal Scroll from being purchasable when certain conditions were met.

**Bug fix:**

* Fixed an issue that could cause the beginning of the Assault on the Frost Citadel meta-event to stall.

**Bug Fixes:**

Necromancer

* Desert Shroud: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to strike more targets than intended.

Warrior

* Stances: Fixed an issue in which some stance skills didn't register correctly for rune sets.

**Bug Fix:**

* Fixed a client crash that impacted some revenant players. Affected players may have to reselect their skills in some Build Templates.

# Late Notes: June 23, 2020

# 06/23/2020—Late Notes

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

#### Bug Fix

- Fixed an issue in which the visual effects for the Tanglewood Wings Glider were not dyeing or displaying properly when the glider was deployed.

# 06/23/2020—June 23 Release Notes

## Dragon Bash Festival

It's time for Dragon Bash! It wouldn't be a proper celebration without your attendance. Join me in Hoelbrak for another moot for the ages! There will be tests of strength, racing, food, song, and most importantly—ale.

I'll see you there. Unless, of course, you don't enjoy fun.

—Knut Whitebear

- Join the celebration in Hoelbrak! Celebrate Tyria's resistance against the Elder Dragons while engaging in a variety of festive games:

- Dragon Arena: Show off your dragon-fighting prowess against lifelike holograms in the Dragon Arena, or tackle a more difficult gauntlet in Dragon Arena Survival.

- Hologram Stampede: The fighting continues in the Hologram Stampede, a map-wide scramble to clear the Hoelbrak countryside of deadly enemies.

- Pinata Bashing: Master the tradition of destroying dragon pinatas in the Pinata Bashing adventure.

- Dragon Bash Rally: Speed around Hoelbrak in a new mounted race, the Dragon Bash Rally.

- Moa Race: Tigg's famous racing moas return in a moa race event. Put your zhaitaffy on the line and cheer on the winner!

- The festival meta-achievement, (Annual) Dragon Bash Feats, has been updated with a new reward: the Holographic Dragon Shoulders. Last year's reward, the Holographic Dragon Helm, can now be purchased from the Dragon Bash Merchant (Prizes).

- Norn weaponsmiths have crafted a new take on Dragon Bash's signature Holographic weapons, the Imbued Holographic set. Once you have earned a Holographic weapon, visit the Dragon Bash Merchant (Weapons) to purchase an alternate Imbued Holographic form!

- A new home instance node, the Commemorative Dragon Pinata, can now be purchased from the Dragon Bash Merchant (Prizes).

- A new festival invitation, "Invitation to Dragon Bash," will be included in festival announcement mail for easy travel directly to Hoelbrak. If you misplace your invitation, it can be repurchased from Sarettokk in Lion's Arch.

- New Dragon Bash themed guild decorations have been added.

- The party rages for three weeks, from June 23 until July 14 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7). Get bashing!

### Festive Fixes

- Daily hard limits on Dragon Coffers from the Dragon Arena and Dragon Bash Hologram Stampede have been removed.

- Dragon Bash Hologram Stampede's Dragon Coffer rewards have been split into base rewards (1 coffer per successful tier) and a set of daily bonus achievements (1 coffer per successful tier). Participants will receive the same total coffers as last year for their first 10 max-tier completions a day, and they will continue receiving the base coffers afterward rather than receiving none.

- The Dragon Bash event now displays the time until the next Dragon Bash Hologram Stampede.

- Dragon Hologram devices in the Dragon Bash Hologram Stampede now display an individual event when activated and scale their hologram strength with the number of players fighting in their area.

- Dragon Arena has been updated to end after one set of champions rather than repeating after an intermission delay.

- Updated Dragon Bash events in Hoelbrak to be visible throughout the map.

- Fixed a bug that could cause the moa race announcer to declare an incorrect winner.

- Fixed a bug that could cause the Holo Ice Beast's Icy Charge attack to deal incorrect damage.

- Added safety barriers to Dragon Arena for the safety of spectators and to prevent players from being knocked out of bounds.

- Updated the inventory icons for the Minor Potion of Hologram Slaying, Minor Potion of Branded Slaying, Minor Potion of Mordrem Slaying, and Minor Potion of Slaying Scarlet's Armies.

## Strike Missions

- Artillery Strike: Updated the tooltip and description of the Strike Mission version of this skill to better communicate its damage, area of effect, and targets.

## Personal Story

- Artillery Strike: Updated the tooltip and description of the story version of this skill and to better communicate its damage, area of effect, and targets.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Dark Monarch Skyscale Skin is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems.

- The new Zhaitaffy Gobbler Pack is now available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 400 gems.

- To celebrate Dragon Bash, Dragon's Fortune Fireworks are free for a limited time. Dragon's Fortune Fireworks are available in the Toys category of the Gem Store, limited to one per account.

### Black Lion Chest

- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Dragonfire Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.

- The new Evon Gnashblade Dragon Coffer has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of the Dragonfire Chest.

- The new Wyrm's Breath Cape is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The new Dark Monarch Skyscale Skin is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Seven Reapers Grasps return as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Improvised Weapon Collection and the Tempest Weapon Collection are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.

- Unused versions of the Glyph of Volatility and Glyph of the Crucible are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.

- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or redeeming them at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.

- A new selection of hats has been added, including the Swaggering Hat, Fuzzy Panda Hat, and Top Hat, among others.

- The exclusive Kasmeer's Regalia Cape, Dragon Fireworks Package, Fire-Breathing Package, and Hydra Staff are currently available.

- Additional items including Kasmeer's Regal Outfit, Kasmeer's Staff Skin, Marjory's Shrouded Outfit, and Marjory's Axe Skin, have been added, among others.

### Improvements and Updates

- The two time-limited Black Lion Weapons Specialists have been removed from the Vaults area of Lion's Arch.

### Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue in which harvesting tools would fail to harvest all items from a plant in rare circumstances.

- Fixed an issue with the Mordrem Alpha jackal skin's icon ordering within the Hero panel.

**Bug Fix:**

* Fixed a client crash that impacted some revenant players. Affected players may have to reselect their skills in some Build Templates.

# Late Notes: June 9, 2020

# 06/09/2020 - Late Notes

## Living World

- Damage caused by United Legion catapults has been reduced slightly.

- Damage caused by United Legion ballistae has been reduced slightly.

### Drizzlewood Coast

- Damage to base infrastructure caused by the Electromagical Pulse Mastery skill has been reduced significantly.

- Damage to base infrastructure caused by the Remote Charge Mastery skill has been increased significantly.

- Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented staged artillery assaults and accompanying sound effects from playing when the Battle Cry meta-event resets.

- Fixed an issue that prevented a final supply drop from being awarded when the United Legions Readiness bar was completely filled.

- Players will now be airlifted out of the Vloxen Mine if they are inside when the capture or defend events fail.

- Fixed an issue in which the contact NPC for the "Gather intelligence from Dominion recon specialists" event would get stuck and no longer accept the intelligence being gathered.

## General

- Strike Mission: Cold War: Champions' defiance bars now properly react to defiance damage.

- Essence Manipulation Mastery: Fixed an issue that would cause tier-4 Essence Manipulation Mastery skills to not chain to two nearby enemies as intended.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue in which the Glyph of Overload could be used to exploit harvest nodes in specific circumstances.

# 06/09/2020—June 9 Release Notes

## World Polish

- Players can no longer airdrop into bases in Drizzlewood Coast while in combat, in water, or in a downed state.

## General

- Characters inspired by the [Friend/Ships 2020](https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-friend-ships-2020/) grand prize winners have made their home in Hoelbrak. Stop by the Trade Commons and welcome Haeldra and Sera Longstride!

- Increased the amount of experience gained in the tutorial.

## Strike Missions

- Cold War: Fixed an issue in which some objects and enemy abilities were not removed after the event succeeded or reset.

- Cold War: Fixed an issue that prevented Mastery points from the Morale Breaker achievement from properly unlocking inside the Strike Mission map. Any players who have previously earned the Mastery points but do not yet have them unlocked will acquire them on entering the Drizzlewood Coast or Cold War maps.

## Items

- The Chilly Chaise: Fixed an issue in which the chair was not orienting to the slope of the terrain.

- The Chilly Chaise: Fixed a clipping issue that occurred with asura sitting in the chair.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Mordrem Alpha jackal skin is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Crystalline Dragon Wings Backpack Glider Combo and Golden Feather Wings Backpack and Glider Set return to the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems each.

- For a limited time, the weapon skins for Eir's Legacy Longbow, Braham's Mace, and Braham's Shield return to the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems each. Additional weapon skins will return throughout the week.

### Bug Fixes

- The Thresher-Sickle 5000 now properly aligns with resource nodes.

- Updated the unlock text for the Choya Finisher and Sandshark Finisher to accurately describe the unlock conditions.

**Bug Fix:**

* Strike Mission: Cold War: Fixed an issue that allowed players who were not present when the Strike Mission succeeded to loot reward chests.

**Bugs Fixes:**

* Fixed an issue in which the Salvage Pile Home Instance Node would not appear in some home instances.

* Deer in the Vloxen Mine and Fort Defiance areas now drop loot and grant experience when defeated.

* Special Mission Documents and individual legion-focused mission documents can now be sold to merchants for 5 silver each.

* Fixed an issue that allowed champions to exit the fighting area in Strike Mission: Cold War, causing them to lose aggression toward players.

* Fixed an issue that prevented the bonus chest counter from correctly updating in Strike Mission: Cold War.

# Late Notes: May 26, 2020

# 05/26/2020—Late Notes

## Profession Skills

### Ranger

- Slash (Bird): Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.38 to 0.25.

- Chilling Slash (Owl): Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.66 to 0.475.

- Blinding Slash (Raven): Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.66 to 0.475.

### Thief

- Shadow Strike: Reduced the number of torment stacks from 4 to 2 in PvP and WvW.

- Spider Venom: Reduced the number of venom stacks from 6 to 3 in PvP and WvW.

- Sneak Attack: Reduced bleeding duration from 6 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP and WvW.

- Prepare Shadow Portal: Reduced preparation duration from 60 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.

# 05/26/2020—May 26 Release Notes

## Living World

### New Episode: No Quarter

Mass defections to Bangar's army have resulted in a charr civil war that will destabilize the United Legions and thwart all efforts to contain the Ice Dragon's awakening. Head to Drizzlewood Coast and quell the insurgency before all is lost.

## World Polish

- Added the ability to recruit vendors from Grothmar Valley and Bjora Marches to the Eye of the North if a player has the corresponding episode unlocked.

- Added the ability to unlock Sun's Refuge as a destination from the Eye of the North asura gate.

## General

- Exploiter: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill's visual effect to shift around more than intended on some enemies.

## Profession Skills

### Engineer

- Jump Shot: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to do inconsistent damage based on height difference.

### Necromancer

- Necrotic Slash: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Necrotic Stab: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Necrotic Bite: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Life Rend: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Life Slash: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Dusk Strike: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

- Fading Twilight: Removed unnecessary hit effects on the necromancer when they successfully strike an enemy.

### Thief

- Vault: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to do inconsistent damage based on height difference.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Spellweaver Glider is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

- For a limited time, the Etherbound Gauntlets, Etherbound Greaves, and Etherbound Pauldrons are available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 400 gems each, a savings of 20%.

- For a limited time, the new Ice Reaver Weapon Collection is available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket. Black Lion Claim Tickets are available from Black Lion Chests, and keys are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.

- For a limited time, eighteen weapon collections return and are available from two new limited-time Black Lion Weapons Specialists that have been added to the Black Lion Vaults area of Lion's Arch. Each of the weapon skins is available for either 3 or 5 Black Lion Claim Tickets, depending on the specific collection. Black Lion Claim Tickets are available from Black Lion Chests, and keys are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.

- For a limited time, the Black Lion Garden Plot Deed returns to the Utility category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems.

- For a limited time, the Recharging Teleport to Friend returns to the Utility category of the Gem Store for 800 gems.

### Black Lion Chest

- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Enigmatic Artifacts Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.

- One Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap has been added as the guaranteed items for the duration of the Enigmatic Artifacts Chest.

- The new Seven Reapers Grasps are available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Vermilion Tail Feather returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Etherbound Package returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The War God's Weapon Collection and the Equinox Weapon Collection are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.

- Unused versions of the Glyph of the Forester and Glyph of the Prospector are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.

- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.

- A new selection of NPC weapon skins has been added, including Belinda's Greatsword, Kasmeer's Staff, and Marjory's Dagger, among others.

- The exclusive Whale Spirit Glider, Svanir Gauntlets, Mini Branded Mounts Pack, and Roaring Dragon Glider are currently available.

- Additional items have been added, including the Flame Armor skin sets, Butterfly Wings Backpack Set, and Replica Job-o-Tron Backpack, among others.

### Improvements and Updates

The Vaults area of Lion's Arch has seen the following improvements:

- A new Weapons Display Console has been added to the area next to the Black Lion Weapon's Specialist. Players can interact with the Weapons Display Console to view any of the five most recent Black Lion weapon collections.

- A new map marker for Black Lion Weapon's Specialists has been added.

- The small back rooms of the Vault have been closed off entirely.

- Many of the NPCs have moved to new locations based on these changes.

### Bug Fixes

- The default dyes on Prince Rurik's Vanguard Cape have been updated.

- The colors of the bow strings on the Dark Wing Longbow and Dark Wing Short Bow have been updated.

- Fixed a text issue on the Choya Finisher and Sandshark Finisher.

**Bug Fix:**

* Fixed a client crash that could occur when players equipped Maguuma's Treads along with certain other pieces of armor.

# Late Notes: April 28, 2020

# 04/28/2020—Late Notes

## Items

- Fixed a bug that caused the Glitched Adventure Mace to be too glitched and not animate its chain.

## Profession Skills

#### Elementalist

- Tornado: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 90 seconds in PvP only.

- Lightning Rod: Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.95 in PvP and WvW.

#### Engineer

- Mortar Shot: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.85 in PvP only.

- Poison Gas Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.

- Endothermic Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.

- Flash Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.

- Hard Light Arena: Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 50 seconds in PvP only.

- Emergency Elixir: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 100 seconds in PvP only.

- Transmute: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 100 seconds in PvP only.

- Bomb (Bomb Kit Skill 1): Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.85 in WvW only.

#### Guardian

- Permeating Wrath: Reduced burning duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds in WvW only.

#### Necromancer

- Death Shroud: Increased the life force lost per second from 3% to 4% in PvP only.

- Ritual of Life: Reduced the revive pulse from 4% to 1% in PvP and WvW.

- Fear of Death: Reduced life force gained from 15% to 7% in PvP only.

- Unholy Sanctuary: Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 120 seconds in PvP only.

#### Ranger

- Maul: Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP only.

- Swoop: Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds in PvP only.

- Counterattack: Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.

- Hilt Bash: Increased cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.

- Attack of Opportunity: Reduced damage bonus from 50% to 25% in PvP and WvW.

- Furious Pounce (Tiger): Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.75 in PvP only.

- Kick (Rock Gazelle): Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.31 to 0.2325 in PvP only.

- Charge (Rock Gazelle): Reduced power coefficient from 0.825 to 0.733 in PvP only.

#### Thief

- Choking Gas: Increased initiative cost from 6 to 7 in PvP only.

## Structured Player vs. Player

- Knight Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.

- Cavalier Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.

- Barbarian Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.

- Paladin Amulet: Reduced toughness and vitality from 500 to 400.

# 04/28/2020—April 28th Release Notes

## World Polish

- Fixed a rare bug that could prevent players from being awarded Prophet Shards when completing the Forging Steel mission for the first time in a day.

- Build Template loading has been disabled in Super Adventure Box to prevent players from regaining class features by switching templates.

## General

- The "Salvage All Masterwork and Lower" right-click option in salvage kits will no longer be highlighted as an available option for players who don't have any masterwork gear, as all gear below masterwork is fully covered by the "Salvage All Fine and Lower" option.

- The "Sell Junk" option in vendor windows will now be grayed out for players who do not have any junk items to sell.

## Profession Skills

### Engineer

- Jump Shot: This skill no longer ignores the immobile condition.

- No Scope: Fixed a bug in which this trait would grant might when triggered.

### Thief

- Vault: This skill no longer ignores the immobile condition.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Eve's Prophecies Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.

- The new Draconic Wings Backpack and Glider Combo is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.

- The new Eve's Prophecies Appearance Package is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems. It contains the new Eve's Prophecies Outfit and Draconic Wings Backpack and Glider Combo, as well as 1 Mythic Weapon Choice and 1 Total Makeover Kit.

- To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the _Guild Wars®_ franchise, the new Prince Rurik's Vanguard Cape from _Guild Wars Prophecies_ is available to all accounts for free in the Style category of the Gem Store.

- To welcome returning players back to Tyria, the prologue episode of the Icebrood Saga, "Bound by Blood," is available for free for all accounts via the Gem Store. This will be available for 7 days.

- For a limited time, the Rival Skies Package is on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 750 gems, a savings of 25%.

- The Chaos Gloves return to the Style category of the Gem Store and are available for 500 gems.

### Bug Fixes

- An adjustment has been made to the timing of Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks so that they sync up with the release of festival items. Festival meta rewards will now join the unlock with the first update following the next year's festival. The unlocking of full festival weapon sets will also be delayed until after they can be fully unlocked through festival gameplay.

- Fixed an issue that caused visual effects on the rear saddle of certain roller beetle skins to no longer change from blue to red as the mount's speed increased.

**Bug Fix:**

* Fixed an issue in which some Heart of Thorns™ accounts were not able to select glider skins.

**Bug Fix:**

* Fixed a client crash.

# 04/14/2020—April 14 Release Notes

## Super Adventure Festival

Moto's world-renowned Super Adventure Box returns again when the Super Adventure Festival kicks off on **April 14**! Explore two worlds of excitement, peril, and educational entertainment to earn holographic weapons and a variety of loot. Travelers can visit the Adventure Box in Rata Sum—temporary portals have been placed in each major city to facilitate easy travel to the scenic hub of asuran culture!

- Festivities begin today and continue until **May 12 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7)**.

- Complete the festival's meta-achievement, (Annual) Super Adventure Box Nostalgia, to earn the reality-augmenting Virtual Box helmet! Last year's reward, the Mini Super Adventure Gourdon, is now available from the Super Adventure Box Trader.

- A new set of Glitched Adventure weapons has been added. Seek out strange glitches off the beaten path of each level to add a bonus chest to the level's rewards for a chance to claim these unusual weapons, or buy them at a high price in Bauble Bubbles from the Super Adventure Box Weaponsmith. Tidy up the glitches in each level to earn new achievements and unlock the Mini Super Choya Miner at the Super Adventure Box Trader!

- An Adventure course has been added to the race in the Super Adventure Box hub. Collect all the coins and compete for the fastest time!

- A new festival invitation, the Invitation to the Super Adventure Festival, will be included in the festival announcement mail for easy travel directly to the Adventure Box. If you misplace your invitation, it can be repurchased from Sarettokk in Lion's Arch.

- The Super Adventure Box Weekly Trader's inventory will be updated with a limited quantity of amalgamated gemstones each week during the festival.

- New Super Adventure Box-themed guild decorations have been added! Revitalize your guild hall with select scenery from the Dark Woods!

## Personal Story

- Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire: Added a checkpoint near the end of the mission in Darkrime Delves.

## Profession Skills

### General

- Daze: Removed incorrect text from the tooltip that indicated this effect stacks duration.

- Stun: Removed incorrect text from the tooltip that indicated this effect stacks duration.

### Engineer

- Reactive Lenses: Corrected the text description of this trait to reflect that Lesser Utility Goggles is granting resistance and not fury.

- Gadgeteer: Corrected the text description of the overcharged Utility Goggles to reflect that they are granting resistance and not fury.

- Purity of Purpose: Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from affecting taunt.

### Ranger

- Signet of the Hunt: This skill has been updated to use the new Unblockable effect. It now applies 10 stacks of unblockable for 6 seconds to the ranger and pet as its active effect.

### Thief

- Steal: Fixed a bug that could leave stolen items with 0 ammo in the F2 slot.

- Deadeye: Equipping this specialization will now remove any currently active stolen items.

## World vs. World

### Desert Borderlands

- Fixed a bug in which merged soulbeasts would lose access to their weapon skills after using certain launchpads.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Super Outlaw Raptor mount skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Super Adventure Pack is available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Super Cloud Glider is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

- For a limited time, the Mini Super Trio and Mini Super Trio—World 2 are on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 420 gems each, a savings of 20%.

- For a limited time, a free Super Adventure Box o' Fun (limit 1) is available in the Toys category of the Gem Store.

### Black Lion Chest

- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Vermilion Spring Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.

- The new Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Red has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of this chest.

- The new Vermilion Tail Feather torch skin is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The new Super Outlaw Raptor mount skin is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Dreamwalker Wings Backpack and Glider Combo returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.

- The Keepsake and Chaos weapon collections are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.

- Unused versions of the Glyph of Bounty and the Glyph of the Scavenger are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.

- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.

- A new selection of glider skins has been added, including the Exalted Glider, Timekeeper Glider, Geomancer Glider, and Electromagnetic-Descender Glider, among others.

- The exclusive Starlight Wings Backpack Combo Glider, Starborn Outfit, Elemental Sword, and the Mini Exo-Suit Mounts Pack are currently available.

- The bonus collection has been updated to Rox's Pathfinder Outfit, Rox's Quiver Set, Rox's Short Bow Skin, and the Set of 3 Gather-r-Tron Tools.

### Improvements and Updates

- The Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock has been updated to include content released through December 2019.

**Bug Fix:**

* Revenant:

* Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to inflict more damage than intended.

# 04/01/2020—April 1 Release Notes

## Living World

- The Sunbeam Throne reaches out to the heroes of Tyria! A mysterious letter in an unknown language has been sent to the commander; what perilous yet entirely optional distractions await our hero for the week of April 1 to April 7?

## World Polish

- Due to increased popularity, Metal Legion shows will now require tickets. Tickets can be purchased through the Blood Legion Supply Office and are available for shows up to a month in advance.

## General

- Bosses in the open world now add "the II," "Jr.," and so on after their names when respawning to make it clear that the enemies don't just magically return to life.

- Merchants now have a daily gold limit for purchasing items.

## Personal Story

- Home-instance NPCs will now complain that you never call or visit.

- Corrected missing dialogue lines in the asura, norn, and quaggan romance options.

- Norn characters can now choose Jormag as their Spirit of the Wild guardian during character creation.

## Items

- Minis can now be sorted by cuteness in the Hero panel.

- Mostly-Digested Boots can now be consumed.

## Profession Skills

### General

- All professions now have a unique reaction skill that appears for a fraction of a second during certain events.

- The window of time for clicking the reaction skill is decreased based on account age, because OG players should be really good at the game by now.

- The taunt condition now lasts until the player types a retort in the chat panel.

### Elementalist

- Reaction Skill: Surprise Attunement can be used to complete certain event objectives in the open world, including watering crops, partying, and entertaining cows.

- Weavers can now swap from tailoring to a second crafting profession while outside of combat.

### Engineer

- Reaction Skill: Engineering Solution can be used to solve math problems, correct flawed structural designs, or resolve various issues if they occur within close range of the engineer.

- Engineer skills that create or utilize mechanical tools now require scrap metal on use. Scrap metal drops from some enemies when they are defeated.

### Guardian

- Reaction Skill: Virtue of Prudence can be used to automatically select the most morally defensible option in branching dialogues.

- The dragonhunter specialization has been renamed It's Complicated to reflect the Living World story.

- To resolve littering complaints, firebrand tome skills must now be retrieved page by page before reuse.

### Mesmer

- Reaction Skill: An Illusion This Whole Time can be used to restart the current story chapter and leave other characters baffled by your trickery.

- Attempting to use a shatter skill with no illusions now shatters a random character in the current map, prioritizing unnamed and nonplayer characters.

### Necromancer

- Reaction Skill: Fast Resurrection can be used to revive dead story characters if the player finds the body within one story chapter of their demise.

- Characters in the open world and PvP will now react with terror at the sight of any necromancer pets.

### Ranger

- Reaction Skill: Positive Reinforcement can be used to praise your pet after they do well and ruffle their cute little ears (or whatever they have if it's, like, a jellyfish or something).

- Pets must now be kept on a leash while within any major city.

### Revenant

- Reaction Skill: Legendary Commander Stance can be used to attune the player to their own legendary deeds, freezing the player unless there is a nearby engineer who uses their reaction skill to break the recursive loop.

- Revenant legends now have tag-out dialogue with each other based on which legends are being swapped.

### Thief

- Reaction Skill: Pickpocket can now be used to steal minor items from other characters and players.

- Steal: This skill now requires free inventory space to use.

### Warrior

- Reaction Skill: Dual Wield allows up to two warriors to be wielded at once by another player.

- Berserker armor penalty has been increased to -3,000.

## Structured Player vs. Player

- Following the success of Swiss tournaments, we will be gradually rolling out tournaments in other regions of the world.

## World vs. World

- Matches will now take place between two servers. A third server will act as impartial observers and judges during the match.

# 03/31/2020—March 31 Release Notes

## World Polish

- Mounts are now allowed in the main hall of Eye of the North, with a restriction on flight height.

- Added a repair anvil to Eye of the North.

- Added a map marker to the asura gate in Eye of the North.

- Fixed a bug that prevented several NPCs in Cragstead from appearing.

- Fixed an edge case bug that caused the "Prove your mettle to Cinder by defeating Sons of Svanir within the time limit" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.

- Fixed a rare bug that caused the "Participate in Ranoah's combat training using the TT6-B Devourer's artillery" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.

- Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning gold participation on Vishen's sniping events in the Forging Steel mission.

## General

### Mounts

- Mount movement abilities are now displayed on the skill bar while players are mounted.

## Fractals

### Nightmare

- Reduced the duration of the Exposed effect on bosses after their defiance bars are broken.

- Ensolyss of the Endless Torment's defiance bar can no longer be broken twice in a row during phase transitions.

## Items

- The Icebrood Saga Portal Tome now has an option to travel to the Eye of the North available by default.

- Fixed a bug that caused several gathering tools to fail to gather materials in raids or Strike Missions.

## Profession Skills

### General

- Taunt will convert to 3 seconds of stability instead of 2 seconds of resistance.

### Engineer

- Purity of Purpose: Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from affecting taunt.

- Reactive Lenses: The description of this trait has been updated for accuracy.

- Flame Blast: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.

- Electro-whirl: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.

### Ranger

- Whirling Defense: Updated the description of this skill. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.

### Revenant

- Coalescence of Ruin: This skill is now ground-targeted and the attacks from it are timed further apart to allow better telegraphing.

### Thief

- Signet of Malice: Fixed a display bug that prevented the tooltip from reflecting the thief's healing power.

### Warrior

- Banners: Fixed a bug that caused banners to combo twice.

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

### New Items and Promotions

- The new Dreamwalker Scythe Staff Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Dreamwalker Dagger Skin returns to the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Aviator's Memory Box, Bobblehead Laboratory, and Water Fight Balloon Bucket are available in the Toys category of the Gem Store for 40% off.

- Last day of March sales! Today's sale item is a selection of mount skins at 25% off including the Shrine Guardian Jackal skin, the Sun Temple Gecko Springer skin, and the Magnificent Hummingbird Skimmer skin, among others.

- For 7 days, a Heroic Booster (quantity of 1) is available for free via the Gem Store for all accounts. Press "o" to open the Gem Store and claim it for free today.

### Bug Fixes

- The Whale Spirit Glider's unlock hint in the Wardrobe was inaccurate and has been updated.

- Glacial Mining Tool: Fixed an issue with visual effects when this tool was used underwater.

**Bug Fixes:**

* Fixed a bug that prevented some of Aurene's animations from fully displaying in Eye of the North.

* Fixed an issue that could cause Aurene to be invisible during story scenes in Eye of the North.

* To guide players in unlocking Living World Season 1 missions, the Message in Eye of the North will now display a target Visions of the Past achievement when players interact with it.

* Fixed an issue that prevented currency from the Steel Warband Weapon Box from being granted when chosen inside the Forging Steel mission instance.

* Fixed a server crash.