Festival of the Four Winds

Festival of the Four Winds is an annual summer festival. It features the combination of most festival content from Bazaar of the Four Winds, launched on July 9, 2013, and Queen's Jubilee, launched on August 6, 2013. The first Festival of the Four Winds event was launched on May 20, 2014 as a celebration for the Chinese release and as a prequel to Living World Season 2. It has returned as an annual event starting with its July 23rd, 2018 release.

During the festival, Labyrinthine Cliffs and The Crown Pavilion are open to visitors from all of Tyria.

Releases

• Bazaar of the Four Winds (2013-07-09 — 2013-07-23)
• Queen's Jubilee (2013-08-06 — 2013-08-20)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2014 (2014-05-20 — 2014-07-01)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2018 (2018-07-24 — 2018-08-14)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2019 (2019-07-30 — 2019-08-20)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2020 (2020-08-11 — 2020-09-01)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2021 (2021-08-31 — 2021-09-21)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2022 (2022-08-02 — 2022-08-23)
• Festival of the Four Winds 2023 (2023-07-18 — 2023-08-08)

Activities

Zones

Loading screen	Zone	Description	Meta event
	Labyrinthine Cliffs Region: Maguuma Jungle	A byzantine system of cliffs used by the Zephyrites for trade, full of activities and adventures, unique merchants, mount and skiff races, fishing events, as well as many achievements and other secrets. Accessed via using the Hot Air Balloons in Lion's Arch, The Crown Pavilion, or any of the major cities.	Participate in the treasure hunt!
	The Crown Pavilion Region: Kryta	A special zone located below the Crown Pavilion area in western Divinity's Reach, offering Queen's Gauntlet and the Boss Blitz, along with various merchants and mount race. Accessed via entering the portal next to the  Crown Pavilion Waypoint — in western Divinity's Reach, or using the Hot Air Balloons in major cities.	Boss Blitz

Activities

Activity	2013	2023	Description	Closest waypoint	Possible rewards
Queen's Gauntlet	1	1	A set of challenging battles that put the players against unique bosses in single-combat. Special gambit conditions are available to further increase the challenge and earned rewards. Speak to a Fight Manager in the Crown Pavilion, found at the top of the area—through any of the six dividing walkways to the outer ring, and futher up through three ramps leading up—to gain access to the arenas.	Crown Pavilion Waypoint (The Crown Pavilion) —	Festival Token
Aspect Arena	1	1	A PvP activity with unique skills based on aspects, where the goal is to collect more points than the enemy team. Speak to Zephyrite [Aspect Arena] on the high cliffs in Sky Docks to join.	Sky Docks Waypoint —	Festival Token
Sanctum Sprint	1	1	A racing activity with unique movement skills and power-ups, where the goal is to race the top of the mountain. Speak to Zephyrite [Aspect Arena] on the high cliffs in Sky Docks to join. The activity is also available on specific days from any Activity NPC outside of the festival.	Sky Docks Waypoint —	Bag of Coins Festival Token
Griffon adventures: Griffon Expert Griffon Master	0	1	Race adventures where you need to race through all the checkpoints as quickly as possible. Only available to players who own the griffon mount and have trained the Aerial Prowess mastery. The master adventure starts on top of the giant stone pillar northwest of the cliff waypoint, and the expert adventure starts on top of the Phoenix Dawn airship, south of the waypoint.	Sky Docks Waypoint —	Master: Gold Expert: Gold Master: Silver Expert: Silver Master: Bronze Expert: Bronze
Labyrinthine Cliffs Crystal Collection	0	1	An adventure where you need to collect crystals in hard-to-reach places while using either the special crystal skills, or mounts. Players without a mount can rent it from any Mount Trainer for 10 . Talk to Lumen in the central area start the adventure.	Bazaar Docks Waypoint —	Crystal Collection: Gold Crystal Collection: Silver Crystal Collection: Bronze
Time Trial: Skimmer Slalom (Event version)	0	1	A mount race where you need to race through all the checkpoints as quickly as possible while using the skimmer mount. Players without the skimmer can rent it from Mount Trainer for 10 , just north of the starting point. Talk to the Time Trial NPC below the cliffs to start the adventure.	Bazaar Docks Waypoint —	Four Winds Race: Gold Four Winds Race: Silver Four Winds Race: Bronze
Time Trial: Flying Dolyak (Event version)	1	1	A race adventure where you need to race through all the checkpoints as quickly as possible while being transformed into a dolyak calf, with unique skills. Talk to the Time Trial NPC near the boat ramp on the dock side near the Bazaar Docks Waypoint.	Bazaar Docks Waypoint —
Time Trial: Labyrinthine Skiffs (Event version)	0	1	A race adventure where you need to race through all the checkpoints as quickly as possible while using a skiff. Players without the skiff can rent one for 10  from the Skiff Rental, Raia Keelbreak, just north of the starting point. Talk to the Time Trial NPC in the south-eastern coast of the archipelago.	Bazaar Docks Waypoint —
Time Trial: Pavilion Pursuit (Event version)	0	1	A race adventure where you need to race through all the checkpoints as quickly as possible using a mount while avoiding foes along the way. Players without a mount can rent the raptor from Mount Trainer for 10 . Talk to the Time Trial NPC in the centre of the Crown Pavilion near the waypoint. The event version starts each time after the Boss Blitz meta event is finished.	Crown Pavilion Waypoint (The Crown Pavilion) —
Fishing Tournament	0	1	A fishing tournament where the goal is to catch the most fish, or fish of the highest quality. Only available to players with the End of Dragons expansion and fishing unlocked. Starts on a timer, which can be seen below.	Bazaar Docks Waypoint —	Bag of Fish  Imperial Favor

PvP and WvW

• Festival of the Four Winds Reward Track - a temporary repeatable structured PvP Reward Track and a temporary repeatable World versus World Reward Track are available for the duration of the festival.

Historical activities

• Beacons of Kryta — only available in 2013, an activity where it was required to light multiple torches around Divinity's Reach.
• Candidate Trials — only available in 2013, a challenge mission activity with multiple waves of enemies.
• Queen's Champion — only available in 2013, a series of champion fights.

Event schedule

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Achievements

•  Daily Festival of the Four Winds
•  Festival of the Four Winds
•  Crown Pavilion
•  Queen's Gauntlet
•  Four Winds Customs
•  Festival Collections
  •  The Goldclaw Holiday Collection: Taking Heart
  •  Festival Frequenter: Invitation to the Festival of the Four Winds

Vendors

Drooburt's Ghost

Festival Rewards Vendor (Festival Rewards)

Festival Rewards Vendor (Weekly)

Gauntlet Ticket Vendor

Sovereign Weapon Vendor

Sparking Stone

Trader

Treasure Hunt Reward Vendor

Zephyrite Weapon Enchanter

Rewards and items

For list of all Festival of the Four Winds rewards and items, see: Festival of the Four Winds/items

Soundtrack

See also: Soundtrack#Living World Season 1, Soundtrack#Festivals, Holidays, and Additional Tracks

Bazaar of the Four Winds
Track	Title	Length	Composer	Download
1	Labyrinthine Cliffs	3:41	Lena Chappelle	SoundCloud
2	Sanctum Sprint	2:32	Lena Chappelle	SoundCloud
Festival of the Four Winds 2018
Track	Title	Length	Composer	Download
1	Buried Treasure	2:08	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud
2	Extinguishing The Effigy	1:40	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud

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Festivals

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Festival and Special Event releases

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