Gem Store
The Gem Store allows players to purchase various items using gems as currency. It is accessed through the Black Lion Trading Company panel (default O). Most items purchased are immediately delivered through the mail.
Overview[edit]
- Buy Gems: used to purchase gems with real-world money.
- Redeem Code: used to enter a gem card code purchased from various retailers or a promotional item code.
Gems available are displayed in the top left corner.
The Gem Store items are split into different sections that contain various items:
- Home: displays promotional banners, featured new items as well as discounts and items that are leaving the store soon.
- Promotions: includes new additions, items on sale, and information on the duration of sales, availability of items and informs about seasonal swaps and festivals.
- Style: includes armor skins, outfits, glider skins, weapon skins, style combos, mount and skiff skins, fishing rod skins, jade bot skins and emotes.
- Utility: contains consumables and items that provide services, character modifications, boosters, gathering tools and utility combos.
- Toys: includes miniatures, musical instruments, toys and chairs.
- Upgrades: includes account-, home instance- and character-related upgrades, finishers, dye kits, mail carriers, items and bundles tied to unlocking past Living World episodes, and upgrade combos.
- History: displays your account's purchase history.
Gem purchase price[edit]
- Primary article: Gem
Gems can be bought in the following quantities using real world currency:
Gems | 400 | 800 | 1600 | 2800 | 4000 | 8000 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$ or € | 5.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 | 50.00 | 100.00 |
£ | 3.95 | 8.50 | 17.00 | 29.75 | 42.50 | 85.00 |
List of currently available Gem Store items[edit]
The below tables were last edited on October 29, 2024 at 17:28:03 UTC Edits do not always mean a change of offers; they can be e.g. typo fixes instead. As such; even if the time indicated here should lie after the last change of the Gem Store offers in game the below tables may still be outdated by these offers; be it whole or partially. Further; since the below tables are maintained voluntarily and manually there may be a lot of time between changes to the Gem Store and the below tables. Offers may as such also not fully reflect the in game offers; be it they are e.g. missing here but are present in game or are present here still even though they are long gone in game or have other inconsistencies to their in game equivalent. The only truly accurate way to check the offers is to do so in game. Caveat lector.. See this page to edit the data behind the below tables.
Style
Utility
Toys
Upgrades
Gifting[edit]
- Primary article: Gem Store/Gifting
Combos[edit]
- See also: Category:Gem Store combos
Combos, or more often packages or rarely bundles, are offers that contain more than one item. They usually offer a discount on their contents compared to purchasing each of them individually.
[edit]
- Items which are temporarily unavailable for purchase due to being part of a seasonal, theme- or festivities-related inventory can be found at Gem Store/unavailable.
Historical items[edit]
- Items that are permanently discontinued can be viewed at Gem Store/historical.
Special sales[edit]
Recurrent[edit]
- Lunar New Year (January)
- March Sale (March)
- Super Adventure Festival (April)
- Theme Sales (July)
- Anniversary Sales (August)
- Halloween (October)
- Wintersday (December)
Historical[edit]
Gem Store callouts[edit]
- "New!" ― This label indicates new items that have appeared in the store for the first time.
- "Returning!" ― This label indicates items that are available in the store occasionally and are currently on sale after being temporarily unavailable.
- "
{sale}
% Off!" ― This label indicates discounted items whose current price is{sale}
% lower than the regular price. - "Free" ― This label indicates items that can be picked up for free.
- "Free Ending Soon!" ― This note informs that the opportunity to pick up the item for free will soon expire.
- "
{days}
Days Left!" - "Available for
{days}
days only!" - "Only
{time}
left!" — The item is available in the store for a limited time only. When the time elapses the item will be taken off the store. - "Only
{time}
left at this price!" ― The item is currently being offered at a reduced price for a limited time. When the time elapses the item will either revert to its regular price or will be taken off the store, depending on other messages. - "Only
{quantity}
left!" - "Only
{quantity}
left at this price!" - "Sale Ending Soon!" ― The item will stop being available in the store soon. In spite of the word "sale", this message doesn't necessarily mean the item is currently being offered for a reduced price, just that it is available temporarily.
- "Sale Ending!"
- "You can buy
{amount}
more at this price." ― This note informs that the item can only be purchased in a limited{amount}
per account, whether at regular or discounted price. - "Limited time left at this price!" ― The item is currently being offered at a reduced price for a limited time. The time left is currently greater than one day. When the countdown enters the last 24 hours, the message will switch to a
{time}
countdown. - "You have already purchased the maximum number of this item."
Notes[edit]
- The Gem Store is actually a regular website, which the game renders by using a built-in browser engine. If you're having trouble viewing it, check your firewall or antivirus settings and make sure the game is allowed to access ports 80 and 443 (HTTP and HTTPS, respectively).
- When opening the Black Lion Trading Company by interfacing with a Black Lion Trader, the Trading Post, not the Gem Store is the default panel. Switch to the Gem Store using the icon on the navigation bar.
- Gem prices in USD ($) do not include Sales Tax. This is added at the time of gem purchase depending on the State of residence.
- Gem prices in EURO (€) already include 20% VAT.
- Free accounts can neither gift items nor purchase some items, including gliders, passes, and the Plush Quaggan Backpack Set.
- As of the July 11, 2017, update, the store interface was changed to a modern version with a drop-down menu.[1]
- Occasionally, server-side stored images (not retrievable via the API) of offers are not showing properly and may be replaced by the "service unavailable" image shown on the right.
- As of September, 2018, players in Belgium are no longer able to buy loot boxes and related items (such as chest keys, dye kits, and certain packs featuring random content) due to the introduction of an anti-gambling law in games.[2]
- Regionally restricted items have the following notice in the Gem Store: "This item is not available to purchase in your region."
- Around 2016-2017, ArenaNet used to rotate certain items in the Gem Store as a part of "Seasonal inventories", meaning that specific items were available only during spring, summer, or fall/winter. Although items still rotate in the shop, they are no longer bound to specific season of the year.
References[edit]
- ^ Take a Look at Improvements to the Gem Store, GuildWars2.com
- ^ FAQ: This Item is Not Available for Purchase in your Region, help.GuildWars2.com