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Release Highlights
- Halloween returns!
- Legendary Mode for Nexus of Eternity has landed.
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, and the Mad King's Raceway, attend to the king's whims in his notorious pastime of Mad King Says, and finally, match wits and blades against royalty in Ascent to Madness.
*The Lion's Arch Captain's Council wishes to remind its populace that they are not affiliated with the Krytan monarchy and cannot guarantee the safety of any citizens who choose to dabble in dangerous realms, mad or otherwise.
- The (Annual) Halloween Rituals meta-achievement has been updated with a fashionable new reward, the Primeval King's Wrappings! Earn this regal new armor piece by completing a variety of Halloween activities and showing your respect for the ancient laws. Last year's meta-achievement reward, the Lunatic Jester's Trousers, can now be purchased at Halloween vendors if you missed it.
- A new Fog Machine weapon set is now available, reprised from the classic Grim Machine weapon set of Halloweens past! You'll receive your choice of a weapon by progressing the (Annual) Halloween Rituals meta-achievement or the (Weekly) Halloween Festivities achievement.
- The Unchained weapon set is now available from the weekly candy corn vendors via the Trader's Unchained Chest.
- Everyone's favorite monarch, Plush Mad King, is now available as a backpack, purchasable from the Halloween candy corn vendors!
- A new mini has been added to Halloween vendors, the beast of good fortune, Mini Longhaired Black Cat.
- New Halloween-themed homestead and guild decorations have been added:
- Plush Mad King
- Plush Zhaia
- Foreboding Raven Tree
- Foreboding Raven Roost
- The Wizard's Vault has been updated with Special Objectives for participating in Halloween activities.
- The Grim Machine weapon set has been updated to include the new Grim Machine Spear.
- Fixed an issue that caused some Halloween spider creatures to play effects at too large of a scale, and restored the veteran spider as a random chance from transformation tonics that previously included it.
- Updated the preview UI on the Trick-or-Treat Bag and the Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bag to more accurately reflect their rarity tiers.
- Equalized the chance of gaining individual Halloween-themed weapons from the Trick-or-Treat Bag.
- Slightly reduced the chance of gaining the Endless Halloween Tonic from the Trick-or-Treat Bag to raise the chance of other rare items.
- Slightly increased the chance of gaining Oontz's Necklace of the Spectre from the Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bag to equalize it with Oontz's other items.
- Many small bugs have been polished to ensure a more fun festival than ever for all visitors to the Mad Realm.
The gates to the Mad Realm will be open for three weeks, from October 13 until November 3. Have a happy Halloween!
General
- Fixed an issue that caused some Rift Tears to spawn under the ground in certain maps across Tyria.
Open World
General
- Repositioned a jade lantern near the submerged cathedral.
- Fixed an issue that caused a mushroom to bounce players too close to the edge of a cliff in Leyspring Hollows.
- Fixed an issue that caused the missing items in a gwyl ring to sometimes not appear in the world during the Gwyl Rings collection achievement.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Birdie Benefactor Jumping Puzzle from being completed if the player dropped their bundle early.
- Fixed an issue that caused players to enter Lion's Arch if they mounted a skimmer directly in front of the zone portal.
- Fixed an issue that caused dialogue from Kuda's audio logs to display with white text instead of blue.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the "Protect the ritualists while they repair the shrines" event from restarting.
- Fixed an issue that caused some announcements to display at the wrong time during the Depths of Cruelty meta-event.
- Fixed an issue that caused event dialogue to sometimes cover up meta-event dialogue during the "Escort Seamus the Curious Hullgardener as he explores the cavern" event.
Items
- Four additional Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity homestead and guild decorations have been added and automatically unlocked for all Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity owners.
- A whole album of Soundtrack Single—Visions of Eternity rewards are now available as rare drops throughout Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity open-world content.
Fractals
- Feather Field should no longer show 0 damage when entering or leaving the field.
- The rock hazard between platforms should now display damage correctly in the combat log.
Raids
- Added an option to the challenge mote in the Nexus of Eternity raid to attempt a legendary version of the encounter. Defeating Vloxx with Legendary Mode active will award an exclusive achievement and title.
Personal Story
- Fixed an issue that caused the Rata Sum instance entry to sometimes be inaccessible for the Everything That We Are story chapter.
- Fixed an issue that caused the hypothermia effect to be applied to ducklings in the Everything That We Are: Village of Astorea story instance for sylvari player characters.
