Category: Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 Raids Beginner’s Guide

by SaltyChrono You want to start raiding and have no idea where to start? It’s a good place for you. Let’s start by clearing some common incomprehension. Raids in Guild Wars 2 are not...

Guild Wars 2 Ascended Gearing Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ascended Gearing Guide by SconeOfDoom So, recently, my guild and ally guilds have been getting some new members, and while some are experienced, there are also some who have very little. While...

Guild Wars 2 Gathering Run Guide

Guild Wars 2 Gathering Run Guide by Zydico Hello! Zydico here, and I’d like to share my gathering route with you all for those who are interested in making gold while the AB multimap event...

Guild Wars 2 Getting to Level 80 Guide

Guild Wars 2 Getting to Level 80 Guide by GSmaniamsmart So one of your friends has convinced you to try Guild Wars 2 with them. You’ve finally made your character, and finished the tutorial. But...

Guild Wars 2 PvE Farming Guide

Guild Wars 2 PvE Farming Guide by Styke1 Hi I am styke, most people refer to me in game as Tank (for Tank gate, my main char) feel free to let me know any modification...

Guild Wars 2 Large Airship Cargo Guide

Guild Wars 2 Large Airship Cargo Guide by Homeyjojo Large Airship Cargoes Are Lame That’s Why I’m writing a guide for them. They are very similar to normal airship cargo, and require 1 pact crowbar...

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Builds For Raids

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Builds For Raids by NexusSC Hey guys, since i got asked multiple times about which builds i am using on mesmer, i decided to share them with you. I don’t want...

Guild Wars 2 Ways to Level Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ways to Level Guide by Curisu NOTE: This guide is designed to just help new players figure out what they CAN do. This list is NOT the only things you can do,...

Guild Wars 2 Performance Guide

Guild Wars 2 Performance Guide by MadePancakesOnce Read this if you want better performance without spending any money. This can help on any system, not just lower end. In general, if you’re not sure about...

Guild Wars 2 Full AR Guide Without Armor

Guild Wars 2 Full AR Guide Without Armor (Trinkets and Weapons Only) by FelixCarter NOTE: This guide focuses on using three +10 Agony Infusions and could be more expensive than the alternative (Investing in Ascended...

Guild Wars 2 Active Damage Avoidance Guide

Guild Wars 2 Active Damage Avoidance Guide by bigfood8fred I’ve seen a lot of people trying to understand why defensive stats are pointless in instanced PvE that receive the same vague answer of “there is...

Guild Wars 2 Solo Guild Missions Guide

Guild Wars 2 Solo Guild Missions Guide by Bethryn Over the past few months, I’ve been steadily levelling a personal ‘bank’ guild solo, originally just for the extra inventory space. With HoT announced and including...

Guild Wars 2 Chest Farming Guide

Guild Wars 2 Chest Farming Guide by Rawrzberry Hi guys. We’ve all been farming chests in the Silverwastes for quite a while now, but a lot of players don’t seem to realise that there’s actually...

Guild Wars 2 Mordrem Husk Copper Guide

Guild Wars 2 Mordrem Husk Copper Guide by Spyritdragon Greetings, heroes and hero-ettes of the Silverwastes. I feel this could use a little bit of an explanation. I regularly take command during the breach, and...

Guild Wars 2 PvE Beginner’s Guide

Guild Wars 2 PvE Beginner’s Guide by BinxyPrime Goals I am aiming to teach people the basics of how to survive kill and discover the world efficiently so you can have more time to get...

Guild Wars 2 General Options Guide

Guild Wars 2 General Options Guide by cardosy I was giving to a friend of mine that just got into the game a walkthrough about the options found in the General Options (default shortcut: F11)...

Guild Wars 2 Mastery Descriptions List

Guild Wars 2 Mastery Descriptions List by DazedRabbit Heart of Maguuma Gliding 1 Mastery Point: Glider Basics – Gain access to the glider so that you can glide like a squirrel across the highest point...

Guild Wars 2 Why Am I Lagging Guide

Guild Wars 2 Why Am I Lagging Guide by SubPunch Whenever people have issues connecting to the game, there are inevitably posts on this subreddit with… well let’s just say some uninformed opinions on the...

Guild Wars 2 sPvP Rank 80 Guide

Guild Wars 2 sPvP Rank 80 Guide by CaspianR In June of 2014, I decided that I wanted to be Rank 80 in PvP. I thought it would be easy and quick, man, was I...

Guild Wars 2 sPvP Conquest Guide

Guild Wars 2 sPvP Conquest Guide by rodelvr This is an introduction guide to the sPvP gamemode Conquest. Since many new players are coming to sPvP and some older guides are outdated it is time...

Guild Wars 2 Bioluminescence Collection Guide

Guild Wars 2 Bioluminescence Collection Guide by fur_tea_tree This guide became longer than I though it would, hopefully it is useful for someone. I’ve used a title that should make searching for it easier. Edit...

Guild Wars 2 Newbie’s PvP Guide

Guild Wars 2 Newbie’s PvP Guide by cactuspuncher Hello, this is a PvP guide for beginners. If you’re not sure what you should do in PvP this guide will hopefully help you. Reasons as to...

Guild Wars 2 Silverwastes Survival Guide

Guild Wars 2 Silverwastes Survival Guide by SnickyMcNibits Defending Forts Common Features Forts will start out without any unique features. As more and more supply caravans arrive they will start to build siege equipment or...

Guild Wars 2 Silverwastes Guide

Guild Wars 2 Silverwastes Guide by rashdanml I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the Silverwastes, and I think I have a fairly decent grasp of the map and how the events work....

Guild Wars 2 Cursed Shore Guide

Guild Wars 2 Cursed Shore Guide by Defarus Over the last bit of days I’ve noticed a big group of people wanting to know what this magical gold fest called ‘Cursed Shore’ is and have...

GW2 Dungeon Class Roles Guide

GW2 Dungeon Class Roles Guide by rich-platinum-ore Without traditional roles like tank/healer in Gw2 PVE, there is however the ‘trinity’ of: DPS (Group Buffs, Rotations, Gear/Traits, Nourishment) Control (Conditions, Disables, Positioning, Area Denial) Support (Boons,...

Guild Wars 2 Trash Collector Guide

Guild Wars 2 Trash Collector Guide by Hopeless-Guy Hi today i did the “Trash Collector” achievement with a friend and since there is no real guide and the wiki doesnt say anything for most items...

Guild Wars 2 Party Politics Achievement Guide

Guild Wars 2 Party Politics Achievement Guide by intrepia Sneaky Sleuth – Complete the party investigation without arousing any suspicion. 1. Noble #1 (closest to start) – (laugh) If you’ve seen one minister, you’ve seen them...

Guild Wars 2 Dry Top Timers Guide

Guild Wars 2 Dry Top Timers Guide by Ruised BEFORE SANDSTORM XX:00 Tendril, Race, Moa XX:05 Serene, Froggy, South Mine, Queen (Serene might spawn early I noticed it during one MS instance at 2 minutes...

Guild Wars 2 Quick Daily Guide

Guild Wars 2 Quick Daily Guide by Incendirax Good evening, afternoon and what ever time you may be reading this at. This is just a little helping hand to those who are having trouble doing...

Guild Wars 2 Combat System Guide

Guild Wars 2 Combat System Guide by DreamyAbaddon  GW2’s Combat System is based on: Damage/Control/Support Every class must learn how to deal Damage while staying in Control and being able to Support themselves to stay...

Guild Wars 2 Profession Choosing Guide

Guild Wars 2 Profession Choosing Guide by Deniara Devious After completing the personal story many times and playing all 8 professions and doing quite a lot of WvWvW, I decided to make a guide, which...

Guild Wars 2 New Player Tips

Guild Wars 2 New Player Tips by greg 1. Purchase your gathering items asap. That’s a pick, an axe and a sickle that only cost a few copper and allow you to loot resource...

Guild Wars 2 Engineer Comprehensive Guide

Guild Wars 2 Engineer Comprehensive Guide by Sleepy Hello everyone, I’m vVv Sleepy and welcome to “So you wanna be an Engineer?”! Today I’ll be teaching you everything you need to know about one...

Guild Wars 2 Mining Routes Guide

Guild Wars 2 Mining Routes Guide by SuperHeroGeorge Kessex Hills Iron Mining route How to do this route – Simply run the route from blue portal to purple portal and start over again. As...

Guild Wars 2 Cooking 0 to 400 Guide

Guild Wars 2 Cooking 0 to 400 Guide by Hatberg Special thanks to: Simeon, bordot, Mattspire, ZeiMyName, Synvilla, Zygorian, Cassium Vanderbilt, Washi and others “SPOILER” WARNING: A lot of the joys of Cooking (and...

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Complete Guide

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Complete Guide by Jerich Over the past three beta weekends, I leveled each crafting discipline (All except huntsman over 100).  I also spent a ton of time mapping zones and...

Guild Wars 2 Acronyms List

Guild Wars 2 Acronyms List by Kamatsu 123 1 – The number one is commonly used as a sign that you are “ready” while in a group. 1337 – Leet is an alternative alphabet...

Guild Wars 2 Equipment Attributes Guide

Guild Wars 2 Equipment Attributes Guide by Terra Introduction This FAQ explains what you need to know about gear and how its attributes are distributed. I’ll predominantly aim this at level 80 equipment as...

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Power Rifle Build Guide

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Power Rifle Build Guide by Zinn I’ve finalized my builds for launch and this is one of the two. http://gw2skills.net…LLXOukctwYUwsAA Playstyle The first thing you need to do is precharge...

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Builds Guide

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Builds Guide by Xovian For me, going through calculators and surmising the various possibilities of the mesmer profession is as fun for me as playing the game itself. I’m a...

Guild Wars 2 Guardian Judgement Build Guide

Guild Wars 2 Guardian Judgement Build Guide by Carrioncrow Build Link: http://www.gw2codex.com/build/515/show Runes: Rune of Divinity x6 Sigils: Hydromancy x2 on mainhand’s and Rune of Air on Focus Amulet: Amulet of the Berserker The...

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Beginner’s Guide

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Beginner’s Guide by Xovian ::Contents:: -Introduction to Boot camp -Profession Abilities -Primary Hand Weapons i. 2hd Weapons ii. 1hd Weapons -Off-hand weapons -Healing Skills -Utility Skill Types -Traits -Final Words...

Guild Wars 2 Cooking Guide

Guild Wars 2 Cooking Guide by Ruse COOKING OVERVIEW While all the crafting professions use a sort of “discovery system,” Cooking is the most complex on this front. There are more materials and more...

Guild Wars 2 PvP Beginner’s Guide

Guild Wars 2 PvP Beginner’s Guide by Sycthrex The Basics Player versus Player, or PvP, is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between two or more live participants. This is in...

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Pet Commands Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Pet Commands Guide by misterdevious Part 1: The Basics Active Mode “Guard” (Default Mode): Your pet will attack targets that attack it or attack you.It will periodically switch to attack...

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Lazy Build Guide

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Lazy Build Guide by CheeseThief Been getting excited for release and into character building mood but I can’t say that I’m a very good player, I missed most of the...

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Ranged Build Guide

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Ranged Build Guide by Wolfar My Way of Building the ‘Ranged Warrior’! I will constantly updating this when Its get more popular and when I find new idea’s and options...

Guild Wars 2 Thief Skills Complete Guide

Guild Wars 2 Thief Skills Complete Guide by PriestessLara I wrote this to give you an overview about all the different thief skills. This includes steal, weapon skills, heals, utilities, and elites. Warning: this...

Guild Wars 2 Thief Might and Mobility Build Guide

Guild Wars 2 Thief Might and Mobility Build Guide by PriestessLara This is a full build I’ve put together after the second BWE with gear. Skills and traits: http://www.gw2tools.com/skills#t;kaa…YVU;Ybbb;bgZcY The skills and traits focus...

Guild Wars 2 sPvP Beginner’s Guide

Guild Wars 2 Structured PvP Beginner’s Guide by Frozire This article is designed to present new players with enough information that will bring them from knowing nothing about the game to doing PvP in...

Guild Wars 2 WvW Professions Guide

Guild Wars 2 World vs World Professions Guide by Silent The Legend Hello guys Im Silent and Im a WvW addict. Being the avatar of arrogance, Im gonna be doing a guide about all...

Guild Wars 2 Jeweling Recipes List

Guild Wars 2 Jeweling Recipes List by Minnie May Washu blue= ingredient must be crafted purple= Non-discoverable (recipe sheet required to learn) Recipe Skill Lv Ingredient #1 Ingredient #2 Ingredient #3 Ingredient #4 Effects...

Guild Wars 2 Getting Glory Guide

Guild Wars 2 Getting Glory Guide by Dsmac Here is a guide on how to get glory points in structured PvP for new players. What are glory points? Glory points is a currency that...

Guild Wars 2 Ascalonian Catacombs Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ascalonian Catacombs Guide by Renegade26 The undead halls of the Ascalonian catacombs are steeped in rich human history, and are the first dungeon encounter for most players in Guild Wars 2....

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Introduction

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Introduction by Asterai Welcome to Guild Wars 2! Whether or not you’ve had experience with crafting systems in other games, it’s likely that you’ll need some trial and error to...

Guild Wars 2 Money Managing Tips

Guild Wars 2 Money Making Tips by Quorra I’ve done a lot of crafting through the beta and stress tests and one thing I’m always trying to manage is having enough money AND having...

Guild Wars 2 Tips and Tricks

Guild Wars 2 Tips and Tricks by Neato I found a few that some may have not noticed and figured I’d share them with the rest of you, and everyone else can add their...

Guild Wars 2 Armorsmith 0 to 400 Guide

Guild Wars 2 Armorsmith 0 to 400 Discovery Guide by Kyzr_Relax Hello, and welcome to Kyzr’s Official GW2 Crafting Guide.  My guild Relax came to the Blackgate server with other SWTOR converts guilds of Maven...

Guild Wars 2 Making Money Guide

Guild Wars 2 Making Money Guide by Wicklow As some of you may have noticed that amount of gold you receive in Guild Wars 2 is much less than other MMOs.  I have thought about...

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Longbow/Shortbow Signet Build

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Longbow/Shortbow Signet Build by CharrGaming Build Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fMMQ…lgLLXOukctEZAC Video: Coming Soon! Subscribe to my channel to watch it when it comes out! http://www.youtube.com/user/CharrGaming?feature=mhee Superiority Complex [SC] is recruiting! Check us...

Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Comprehensive Guide

Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Comprehensive Guide by Anlyon Spellrage Hey there fellow and prospective Elementalists! I’m writing this guide to help people who are looking at the Elementalist and arent sure its for them,...

Guild Wars 2 Engineer sPvP Guide

Guild Wars 2 Engineer sPvP Guide by Tagen Hello fellow engineers, this guide was made to help you to gain a deeper understanding of the engineer and help you to make the most out...

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Comprehensive Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Comprehensive Guide by Sycthrex 1. Introduction Hello fellow Rangers! Welcome to my little guide for everything Ranger related. This guide will be mainly looking at the Ranger from a PvP...

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Pet Guide

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Pet Guide by Sycthrex 1. Introduction Hello fellow Rangers and welcome players who are new to the Ranger! Hopefully you will have come here from my Ranger Guide but if...

Guild Wars 2 PvP System Details

Guild Wars 2 PvP System Details by KQ PvP is a competitive game mode occuring between players. In Guild Wars 2, it can be structured or unstructured. Structured PvP provides an even playing field,...

Guild Wars 2 Game Mechanics Details

Guild Wars 2 Game Mechanics Details by Gmr Leon The Hall of Monuments’ Function and Rewards. The Hall of Monuments, as many likely know by now, is a site where players may record their...

Guild Wars 2 FAQ

Guild Wars 2 FAQ by Ryuzaki General: Will GW2 have a subscription fee? No. After buying the game you will be able to play for as long as you like. Will GW2 have micro-transactions?...

Guild Wars 2 PvP Builds Guide

Guild Wars 2 PvP Builds Guide by Isaiah ‘Izzy’ Cartwright Main Build Solo Ranger Weapons: Longbow & Axe/Warhorn Heal: Healing Spring Utilities: Sharpening Stone, Lightning Reflexes, Entangle Elite: Natures Renewal Holds the trebuchet by...

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Information

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Information by Auntie I Overview The warrior is a Soldier profession. They are the masters of a wide range of weapons and use the heat of battle to generate adrenaline...

Guild Wars 2 Thief Information

Guild Wars 2 Thief Information by Alaris OVERVIEW Initiative The Thief uses a separate energy bar called initiative to pay for his weapon skills. This separate energy bar has 10 charges, with skills that...

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Information

Guild Wars 2 Ranger Information by Malhavoc Adhamar The ranger is a nature-themed adventurer profession which combines their use of pets with mobile combat and a focus on ranged attacks. The ranger can use...

Guild Wars 2 Necromancer Information

Guild Wars 2 Necromancer Information by CMEPTb A necromancer is a practitioner of the dark arts who summons the dead, wields the power of lost souls, and literally sucks the lifeblood of the enemy....

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Information

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Information by Thalanor Thornhale Index Prologue Mechanics Armor and Weapons Skills Weapon-Based Skills Shatter Skills Healing Skills Signets Mantras Other Auxiliary Skills Elite Skills Traits and Attributes Domination Dueling Chaos...

Guild Wars 2 Guardian Information

Guild Wars 2 Guardian Information by teina Index Prologue Mechanics Weapons and Armor Skills Weapon-Based Skills Virtue Skills Healing Skills Utility Skills Downed Skills Drowning Skills Elite Skills Traits Zeal Radiance Valor Honor Virtues...

Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Boons Guide

Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Boons Guide by Gorani Please take into account that there seems to be lot of Trait interaction with the boons and Traits are currently a black box we haven’t got...

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Basic Information

Guild Wars 2 Crafting Basic Information by Adrexl I found these videos very informative: There are 8 crafting disciplines that include 3 for armortypes, 3 for weapon types, jewelcrafters, and cooks. Armorsmith – crafts...

Guild Wars 2 Choosing A Profession Guide

Guild Wars 2 Choosing A Profession Guide by IDarko The holy trinity is gone! Every profession has the ability to deal damage, control enemies and support her allies. So to enjoy a profession for...

Guild Wars 2 Complete Skills List

Guild Wars 2 Skills List by Vorsakan Notes: Anything that is unconfirmed will be italicized. Skills are listed in the sequence they appear on the bar, where known. For icons and other information, why...