Upcoming changes and features

The following features have been mentioned by ArenaNet staff and are expected to be part of future game updates and releases.

Calendars

• Release calendar — calendar of known current and future releases
• Events — events calendar on the official Guild Wars 2 forum

Content updates

Announced

The following features have been mentioned by ArenaNet staff and have been confirmed to be part of future game updates and releases.

Secrets of the Obscure Major Updates
	Update 1 (Through the Veil)	Update 2 (The Realm of Dreams)	Update 3 (Upcoming)
Expected release	November 7th, 2023	February 27th, 2024	May 21, 2024
Story	Secrets of the Obscure story Continues	Story Continues	Story Concludes
Maps	Inner Nayos (Final Map) Introduced	Final Map Extended	Final Map Completed
Instanced Combat	Cosmic Observatory Challenge Mode	Temple of Febe Challenge Mode	Fractal with Challenge Mode
Weapon		New Weapon Proficiency for Each Profession
Masteries	Inner Nayos Masteries	Astral Ward Mastery Extended	Mastery Updates
Wizard's Vault	Wizard’s Vault Seasonal Refresh	Wizard’s Vault Seasonal Refresh	Wizard’s Vault Seasonal Refresh
Armor	Oneiros-Spun armor	Obsidian Legendary Armor Tier 1	Obsidian Legendary Armor Tier 2
Relics	Additional Expansion Relics	Legendary Relic	Additional Expansion Relics
Rift Hunting	Convergences with Legendary Enemies, Rift Hunting Map Rotation Completed	New Legendary Enemies	New Legendary Enemies

General

• Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion cycle — three quarterly updates as part of the expansion content, to be released from late 2023 to mid-2024.
  • See Secrets of the Obscure article for more details.
• Fifth expansion pack — announced on August 22, 2023, set to be released in 2024.
• Sixth expansion pack — set to be released in 2025

World vs World

• WvW World Restructuring system — population balance

Mentioned

These changes have been mentioned by ArenaNet, but lack specific details and/or a release date.

General content

• 6th Guild Slot when World Restructuring is turned on full-time

Living World

• Possible return of the Southsun Cove/Consortium story arc from Living World Season 1.

Fractals of the Mists

• New fractals and challenge modes.
  • A new five-player Fractal of the Mists, along with its challenge mode, will become available as part of the planned content updates for Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.

Player versus Player

• No announcements.

World vs World

• Adding Next Lockout Deadline timer to in-game UI

Super Adventure Box

• World 3 and World 4 were stated in 2020 to be unlikely to be added within the next year or two, but ArenaNet was "chipping away at it behind the scenes".
  • A World 3 Test Zone was released in 2023.

Strike Missions

• No announcements.

Raids

• No announcements.

Legendary Equipment

• Obsidian armor tier 2 as part of the planned content updates for Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.

Automated changes

Primary article: Server reset

Daily reset occurs at 00:00.
Weekly resets occur at:

• Monday 07:30
  • Wizard's Vault weekly reset.
  • Weekly limit on gold transfer via mail or guild bank is reset.
  • Guild mission rewards reset and new random missions are given to guilds.
  • Raid rewards and progress reset.
  • Weekly Fractals achievements rewarding Fractal Fighter's Caches are reset.
  • Weekly World vs. World achievements are reset.
  • Vigil Emissary Chest in Eye of the North.
  • A Black Lion Chest Key may only be obtained from the level 10 personal story once per account per week.
  • Weekly Festival Merchants reset their inventory.
• Monday 23:30 — The three weekly Bjora Marches strike missions rotate.
• Thursday 20:00 — Map bonus rewards reset.
• Friday 18:00 (roughly) — World versus World reset for EU servers. (The exact time varies from week to week.)
• Saturday 02:00 (roughly) — World versus World reset for NA servers. (The exact time varies from week to week.)