Guild Wars 2

Living World

Halloween

Once again, the gates of the Mad Realm have opened, and Kryta's most infamous monarch, Mad King Thorn, has returned to hold court in Lion's Arch! Loyal vassals of the king are strongly encouraged to enjoy the festivities: meet the denizens of the Mad Realm in events across Kryta; tour the Mad Realm itself in the Mad King's Labyrinth and the fearsome Mad King's Clock Tower; compete with your fellow mortals in Lunatic Inquisition, Reaper's Rumble,...

World Polish

• Optional dialogue in the chapter Coming Home now appears in the chat log.
• Seimur Oxbone will now provide chef vendor services in the home instances of players who have unlocked the Gourmet Training collection.
• Fixed a bug that destroyed ascended herbs growing in players' home instance gardens after they harvested nodes in the same location in another player's garden. ...

Living World

Bound by Blood

The Elder Dragon Kralkatorrik is dead. It's time to celebrate! Imperator Bangar Ruinbringer is hosting an All-Legion Rally in the Blood Legion Homelands. He invites the Pact to join in—and learn to party as only charr can.

General

• Sunken Treasure Achievements: Fixed a bug that prevented the tooltip from displaying when players watched a location zoom-in on the map.

Items

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BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

New Items and Promotions

• For a limited time, the Season 4 Expedition Contract has returned to the Utility category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems.
• The new Heart of Thorns Emblem Clothing Outfit is available at no cost in the Style category of the Gem Store for two weeks to celebrate the next chapter of the Living World story. This is available to players with Heart of Thorns™ or Path of Fire™ accounts. ...

General

• The maximum rating for the chef discipline has been increased to 500.

    - Upon reaching 425 chef rating, players will attract the attention of a notorious chef who will guide them toward grandmaster status.

• Herb nodes across Tyria have had their outputs adjusted. All herb nodes will now have four possible outputs, varying by region and map level.
• Verdant Herbs nodes have been added to Lake Doric. ...

General

• Legendary Collector: This achievement has been updated to clarify that it does not count legendary upgrades and does not require soulbinding.
• Legendary Armorer: This achievement has been updated to clarify that it does not require soulbinding.
• The Customize window now has a search bar to filter options by name.
• Options on the right side of the Customize window are now sorted alphabetically. ...