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Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity—“Code of Creation”
At last, Vloxx has reached the power he sought in his quest to save Tyria, and now, the commander and their allies must race to find and stop him before reality itself is altered. All the while, Kuda is consolidating the Inquest under her control with ambitions of power and conquest that extend to Tyria as a whole.
To stay on their trail, the alliance expedition and their Castoran allies will journey through ancient passageways forgotten by time, deep into the hidden heart of Castora, to Leyspring Hollows. Among the sprawling caverns and swirling magic, they will face new horrors of Kuda and her Inquest's making, the skittering claws of lurking predators, and the relentless willpower of one who would see existence remade. But to save Tyria, the commander will have to confront uncomfortable truths about their world, their friends, and themselves. The very existence of the world is at stake, and time is running out.
Release Highlights:
- Conclusion to the Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity story
- New open-world map: Leyspring Hollows
- New raid encounter: Nexus of Eternity, with a new boss and unique rewards
- New Convergence: Squad-based instance in the Nexus of Eternity
- New Fractal: Solitary Throne
- New craftable legendary sword: Wages of Stars
- New mastery track: Rift Amplification
- Six new relics
Wizard's Vault
The Wizard's Vault's inventory has been updated for the new season! Last season's unique rewards are now available in the Legacy shop tab.
New special objectives for the season have been added, and more will appear over the course of the season, including special objectives associated with bonus events and festivals.
General
- Party and squad health bars are no longer forced on during raids and World vs. World. The existing options can be used to turn them back on if desired.
Open World
General
- Fixed an issue that caused players to stand on the Meandering Tortoise Chair.
- Reduced how often certain hungry cats will meow at players.
- Fixed an issue that caused only one member of the Rouse warband to spawn in Plains of Ashford, preventing their ambient scenes from playing while out on patrol.
- Updated Wild-Eye Miller's voiceover to match their gender.
- Fixed an issue that caused some of Jimmy Hammerhart's and Jessica Hammerhart's skills to spike in damage for the Hammerhart Rumble world boss event in Shipwreck Strand.
- Juvenile Ley Vampire Bats are now available to be tamed by rangers in Leyspring Hollows.
Gem Store
- Fixed an issue in which the Back button would not go back.
- The Back button now returns to the previous scroll position.
- Fixed an issue in which previewing an item would degrade performance.
Items
- Fixed an issue with the default dyes of the Ward Hunter armor set.
- Fixed an issue causing the Skysage's Throne chair to make unexpected cat noises.
- Updated the name of the "Foggy Forest Homestead Sky" to "Foggy Day Forest Homestead Sky" to clarify the sky's time of day. Cosmetic homestead skies are a static time of day.
Rewards
- A new legendary sword, Wages of Stars, is available for crafting once Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity owners have met all prerequisite conditions.
- Additional seer-themed homestead decoration recipes can be unlocked after purchasing Homestead Recipe Book: Seer Catalogue Volume 2 from map vendors throughout Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity maps.
- Six new relics have been added.
Fractals
- The Solitary Throne fractal is now available at fractal levels 19, 44, 64, and 94.
Raids
- Vendors that can exchange the White Mantle Portal Device for magnetite have moved the option to a unique tab to reduce the chances of trading in your only device while off-loading spare miniatures.
Personal Story
- Improved story location-guidance functionality when leading to or from the Castora region to more helpfully direct players to their active story.
