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Game Update 2026-04-30
Update April 30, 2026 Added localization for most new text Guaranteed final phase of Tunnels of the Forsaken boss fight Althea's armor is appropriate for a caster Fixed dungeon entrance icon on map
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Game Update - 2024-04-28
Update April 28, 2026 It's Guild Wars 21st anniversary today. We're celebrating with new content and a balance update! Content New Prophecies dungeon - Another new dungeon for the Prophecies campaign! The post-Searing v…
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After 21 years, Guild Wars Reforged now lets you name yourself like a World of Warcraft character, so now I'm just John
The gift of Guild Wars Reforged just keeps on giving. That is, if you're the type to fixate on naming your fantasy roleplay characters something super-specific - or love to find creative ways to link your name to someth…
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21st Anniversary Build
Update April 22, 2026 Today, Guild Wars begins our celebration of 21 years of skill exploration, collection, and camaraderie in the lands of Tyria, Cantha and Elona. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any ot…
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Celebrating 21 Years of Adventures with the Guild Wars Anniversary Sale!
Steam post image Guild Wars ® wasreleased 21 years ago this month, and we're celebrating with a sale. Save during the Anniversary Sale, now through April 9 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific (UTC-7), when you buy or gift Guild Wars…
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Game Update 2026-04-01
Update April 1, 2026 Today we are releasing a significant build on April 1st and in many places around the world today is celebrated as April Fools' Day. There are no fake release notes today, although there are some Ap…
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Discounts Are Blooming with Our Spring Sale!
Save during the Spring Sale—now through March 26 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific (UTC-7)—when you buy or gift Guild Wars ® Reforged, Guild Wars Eye of the North ™,or the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack. · Guild Wars Reforged —40% O…
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Game Update Notes 2026-03-02
Update March 2, 2026 Guild Wars will now always run from the executable directory it was started in rather than trying to run from the "installed" directory as specified in the registry. This helps players keep their fi…
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Game Update Notes - 2026-02-25
Update February 25, 2026 We continue to exercise the content tool chain. Today we're proud to show you our latest experiment. New Content Bastion in the North Quest — A new quest is available in pre-Searing for Reforged…
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Players of this recently revived MMORPG are hoping a short teaser means it's bringing the old band back together
When you suddenly decide to bring a two-decade-old MMORPG back from the brink, nothing is off the table. And with the Guild Wars socials lighting up today with a fairly loaded question backed by the face of its mascot,…
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Game Update Notes - 2026-02-12 - Steam/In-Game Store Grand Opening
Update February 12, 2026 Steam/In-Game Store Grand Opening Today we are pleased to announce the Grand Opening of the Steam/In-Game store with a 20% sale on upgrade items! If you login via Steam, the store button will ta…
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Game Update Note 2026-02-10 - 60/60 PvP Item Exploit items corrected
A bug in the PvP Equipment panel allowed for non-PvP items to be customized, and in some cases would apply item upgrades that were incompatible with the customized item. This resulted in items being created that couldn'…
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Game Update Notes 2026-02-09
Skill refinements: Spirit changes Fixed issue with spirit range increase. Winnowing - Cast time 3s, duration upper bounds increased to 30-240s, range increased to 3500 Primal Echoes - Cast time 3s, duration upper bounds…
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Game Update Notes 2026-02-05
Update, February 5, 2026 We have two updates today. One is a skill update and the other is that we are going to start rolling out the Steam-based in-game store. The first is a special surprise. As some of you know, as a…
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21 years after release, Guild Wars 1 just got an 'Ironman' mode inspired by a venerable community-driven challenge
Guild Wars might look indistinct among the many MMOs that arrived in the wake of World of Warcraft's genre-defining heyday, but it has relatively little in common with WoW or even EverQuest, the Iron Age big dog in the…
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Game Update Notes 2026-01-28
Update - January 28, 2026 Today we're introducing another game mode for those of you looking for further challenges in Guild Wars. Melandru's Accord - A new mode that requires you to earn all the skills and items for yo…
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