Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is an open-world game set in Tyria, where you explore at your own pace and encounter characters with their own stories and goals. Help them or thwart their plans by completing renown hearts and dynamic events, and earn experience for activities such as gathering herbs, rescuing soldiers from the Risen or reviving defeated players.

Explore with others

You can help other players in the open world without joining their party, whether you are investigating a secret jumping puzzle or facing a deadly world boss together. The content guide suggests places to explore, while your compass points out landmarks; you can also choose a direction and see where it leads.

Build your character

Each profession uses weapons in its own way, and each weapon type has a distinct playstyle. Unlock and equip hundreds of skills and traits to customize your build. In structured PvP, all players compete at the same level and have access to max-level gear and build options.

Customize your look

Equipping new weapons and armor unlocks their skins in your wardrobe. You can combine these skins in thousands of ways and choose from a large collection of dyes.

Expansions and story

Expansions and Living World seasons add story that takes you to new maps, along with skills and Masteries that extend your character’s abilities. Masteries expand what your character can do. Expansion features include:

• Heart of Thorns: unlock and upgrade a glider.
• Path of Fire: befriend mounts with powerful movement skills.
• End of Dragons: fish and pilot a skiff.
• Secrets of the Obscure: hunt down demon rifts.
• Janthir Wilds: wield a spear and build a private Homestead instance.
• Visions of Eternity: discover new potential for your skimmer mount and build on the Homestead system with a tropical plot.
• Revenant: select this profession during character creation and channel power from Tyrian legends in combat.

Living World seasons continue the story between expansions. Seasons 1 and 2 follow the aftermath of the core game campaign. Seasons 3 and 4 continue the story between expansions and add explorable zones, rewards and Masteries; season 5 follows Path of Fire. Living World episodes also unlock explorable zones, rewards and Masteries, and become playable at level 80.