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A release is a major game update that introduces new content and/or features, ranging from expansion launches and quarterly releases to annual festivals and important feature updates. The releases are often accompanied by other changes to the game, such as bug fixes, profession balance changes, new activities, and themed items in the Gem Store.
List of releases[edit]
This is an overview of all releases and other similar content updates since the original game's launch. Balance changes, Gem Store updates, Current Events and Side Stories, individual items and other similar smaller additions are not included on this page. More details can be found on the features page instead.
Guild Wars 2[edit]
Release | Features |
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Original release 49 story steps per character (313 in total)
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Heart of Thorns[edit]
Post Heart of Thorns | |
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Release | Features |
Special event
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Raid
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Competitive
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Special event
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Quarterly update
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Raid
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Special event
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Quarterly update
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Raid
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Living World Season 3 | |
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Release | Features |
Eir's Memorial in Hoelbrak → Research in Rata Novus → Blood and Stone → Reaper of Magic → A Shadow's Deeds → Confessor's Stronghold
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Taimi's Game → Destroying Destroyers → Igneous Breach → Trip to the Circus → Machine in the Flame → Old Foes, Old Ghosts → Dragon Vigil
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Special event
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Precocious Aurene → Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier → Frozen in Ice → Elixir Recipe → Elixir Cookin' → The Bitter Cold → Frozen Out
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Special event
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A Meeting of Ministers → Eyes on Lake Doric → Sabotage Fort Evennia → Breaking the Siege → Regrouping with the Queen → Confessor's End
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Special event
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Taimi's Pet Project → Arrival and Survival → In Pursuit of a God → Elder Druid Protection → Heart of the Volcano
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Competitive
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"Where's Balthazar?" → Shining Blade Secrets → On Orrian Shores → The Flow of Magic → The Last Chance
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Path of Fire[edit]
Release | Features | ||
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Living World Season 4 | |
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Release | Features |
Special event
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Eye of the Brandstorm → Under the Stars → Champion's Dawn → Convincing the Corsair → The Hero of Istan → The First City
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Special event
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Tracking the Scientist → The Test Subject → A Kindness Repaid → The Road to Rata Primus → The Charge
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Special event
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Seized → Forearmed Is Forewarned → Tactical Triage → I'm Brave, You Know → Be My Guest
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Special event
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A Shattered Nation → Chaos Theory → Legacy → From the Ashes → Storm Tracking
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Special event
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November 13, 2018 |
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November 26, 2018 | |
Special event
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Scion & Champion → Dragonsblood → The Crystal Blooms → Resonance → The Crystal Dragon
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March 5, 2019 |
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Special event
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The End → Landfall → Glory of Dragons → Bleed → Descent
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Raid
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Special event
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Special event
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August 13, 2019 |
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August 27, 2019 |
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The Icebrood Saga | |
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Release | Features |
Coming Home → Revels & Rivals → Bad Blood → Deeper and Deeper → A Race to Arms | |
Special event
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October 29, 2019 | |
Silence → What's Left Behind → The Wind and Nothing More → The Invitation
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Special event
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Special event
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Chasing Ghosts → Still Waters Speaking → Lost Spirits Found → The Hunt Begins → Voice in the Deep
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February 25, 2020 | |
Forging Steel → Darkrime Delves
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Special event
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Pointed Parley → Shoulder to Shoulder → Snapping Steel → Distract, Destroy, Distrust → Turnabout
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Special event
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Behind Enemy Lines → Wrench in the Works → A Simple Negotiation → Pantheon of the Wild → One Charr, One Dragon, One Champion
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Special event
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August 25, 2020 |
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September 15, 2020 |
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Special event
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Primordus Rising → Tidings and Misgivings → Defending Tyria | |
Special event
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Roaring Flames → Jormag's World | |
Special event
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Jormag's Madness → Wildfire → Frozen Tide → Flame vs. Frost | |
Special event
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Dragonstorm → Champion's End
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Special event
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July 13, 2021 |
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Special event
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Special event
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Special event
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Special event
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End of Dragons[edit]
Release | Features | ||
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Return of Living World Season 1 | |
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Release | Features |
Special event
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New Friends, New Enemies → The Battle for Cragstead → Alliance Investigation → Molten Furnace → A Quiet Celebration
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ceremony and Acrimony → Hard Boiled → No More Secrets → Aether Investigation → The Aetherblade Retreat → Case Closed
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Special event
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June 28, 2022 |
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The Opening Ceremony → The Queen's Address → Clockwork Invasion → Scarlet's Playhouse → Picking Up the Pieces
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Special event
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Special event
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The Nightmare Unveiled → Making the Antitoxin → The Tower of Nightmares → The Nightmare Incarnate → The Nightmare Ends → Awake and Allied
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October 4, 2022 |
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Special event
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The Twisted Marionette → Connecting the Pieces → Escape from Lion's Arch → The Battle for Lion's Arch → Battle on the Breachmaker → Scarlet's End → After the Battle → Dawn of the Next Journey
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November 29, 2022 |
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Special event
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Special event
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Post End of Dragons | |
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Release | Features |
A Raw Deal → On the Case → An Air of Mystery → Deep Trouble → Sleuthing a Solution
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Special event
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A Plan Emerges → Bottle Your Emotions → Emotional Release → Entrapment → Full Circle
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Special event
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Interlude: Forward
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Special event
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Secrets of the Obscure[edit]
Release | Features | ||
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Post Secrets of the Obscure | |
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Release | Features |
Special event
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Duress → The Survivors → Heitor's Gate
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Special event
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Special event
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The War Council → Forced Hand → Eventide's March
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Special event
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Desperate Measures → The Eleventh Hour → Sovereign of Nayos
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Special event
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Special event
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Janthir Wilds[edit]
Release | Features |
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Expansion
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Three major quarterly updates will follow the release Janthir Wilds, including:
- New zone in the second and third updates
- New raid in the first update, with challenge mode and legendary challenge mode in the second update
- New fractal in the third update
- New legendary spear and backpack
- New PvP mode planned for beta testing
Post Janthir Wilds | |
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Release | Features |
Special event
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See also[edit]
- Release/Features – In-depth list of new features in each release
- Special event
- Living World Return – Series of bonus events highlighting previous story releases
- Story summary
- Upcoming changes and features
Notes[edit]
- When a new release launches, ArenaNet publishes official release notes on the Game Update Notes forum in a new post. Subsequent patches are added to the post for the most recent major content update, which has almost always been an official release.
- The company generally refers to non-release updates as hot fixes, updates, or patches.
- Releases are generally launched at approximately Tuesday 09:00 America/Los_Angeles, or 09:00 Seattle time, giving Arenanet the full work day to fix any release bugs.