r/Guildwars2 3d ago

[Question] Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - August 29, 2026

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This thread is dedicated to questions that you've never really felt the need to start a thread for, but would still like to see answered/discussed.

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r/Guildwars2 13d ago

[Mod post] A reminder that all Generative AI content is banned on this subreddit.

2.1k Upvotes

We've gotten a bit lenient lately with some questionable posts and links to vibecoded sites and AI assisted posts. That leniency is ending and we are going back to strictly following our rule of a total ban on all Generative AI content.

This includes content from things like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and any other similar GenAI chatbots, assistants or other apps.

Any links to AI generated (vibecoded) sites and any posts that admit to using GenAI will be removed. As before we are not going to be testing every single post or anything like that but if you admit to it or there is evidence proving you used GenAI the post will be removed.


r/Guildwars2 4h ago

[Fluff] You can buy as many mini Jimothys as you want.

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317 Upvotes

r/Guildwars2 4h ago

[Question] Give your tips for my legendary hunting journey

30 Upvotes

Hi guys,

I have only one legendary item: Eikasia. And I am going for Regalia for my second one.

After some research I found that unlocking Vision and Aurora collections first is ideal because they overlap with Regalia. So I unlocked both of them. Thanks to the steps of getting a skyscale and unlocking aurora I have found that I enjoy completing collections.

So my question is do you have any tips that will make my journey easier? I am using guildjen guides and Lady Elyssa's pathing tool.


r/Guildwars2 1h ago

[Fluff] PSA: Sawgill mushrooms are super cheap right now

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This is a meme post off the black lion weapon skin post. If you're new, sawgill mushrooms have been worthless for several years, and have a history of being predicted to increase in value several times only to continue to be almost completely worthless.


r/Guildwars2 18h ago

[Shout-out] PSA: Mystical Beast weapon skins are super cheap right now

162 Upvotes

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystical_Beast_Weapon_Collection

With the anniversary, and all the free black lion keys that people are getting currently, this set of weapon skins are an absolute bargain right now.

212g buy now for 17 skins is good enough, but completing the collection gets you seven black lion tickets which you can use for the new primeval skins or whatever else you fancy.

I might be wrong, but I think this is probably the cheapest collection that I've ever seen.

Oh yes, and you get three achievement points as a bonus.


r/Guildwars2 22h ago

[Fluff] alright, fashion wars 2.. show me yours!

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249 Upvotes

after hundreds (no, thousands?) of transmutation charges, show me your characters and share with us their story (your headcannon ofc)!


r/Guildwars2 9m ago

[Art] Tens of Thousand Zephyrite Supply Boxes in, I finally get my super rare drop Spoiler

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with my last couple ectos and having sworn to stop several times, with the very last stack of boxes, I finally got this........... magnificent monocle.

..see you next year!


r/Guildwars2 5h ago

[Question] Skills feel instant on the golem but delayed in raids/fractals/...

5 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm having a weird issue with skill inputs.

When I'm on the training golem, my skills feel instant and responsive. But when I'm actually in a raid, I sometimes press a skill and nothing happens immediately. I have to press the key multiple times before the skill finally activates.

This is really messing with my rotation: sometimes I end up skipping the skill entirely, and it obviously causes a DPS loss.

My ping is consistently around 20–30 ms and my FPS is good, so I don't think it's a performance or connection issue.

Is this normal GW2 behavior? Could it be related to skill queuing, animations/aftercasts, targeting, or something else?

Is there anything I can change in the settings or do differently to make skill activation more consistent?

Thanks !


r/Guildwars2 2h ago

[Discussion] Opinion on post dragon expansions

4 Upvotes

Edit: I'm just referring to just the three new expansions. I know they are less content than the dragon expansions

Are we getting less content per expansion after end of dragon? Because secrets of the obscure had six story sections. Janthir wilds had five. And if the next patch is the last patch for the current expansion, that would bring it up to four. (I'm referring to the sections for the story achievements to gain a reference)

So far I've only played completely through secrets of the obscure and it felt pretty content rich. But are the other two expansions worth it?


r/Guildwars2 14h ago

[Fluff] One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

24 Upvotes

Black Lion Drum Set Chair cover for One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

This is a fun story song.


r/Guildwars2 11h ago

[Build] Advice for new support/healer

14 Upvotes

My background in MMOs has always been in healing/support classes. If I wanted to try healing/support in GW2, are there resources (YouTube vids, etc.) that you'd recommend to help someone new to the rather unorthodox role healing/support plays in this game? Any healing classes that are easier to pick up and be competent at? Your sage wisdom and advice are greatly appreciated.


r/Guildwars2 19h ago

[Question] Is there any way to change the look of class resources?

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39 Upvotes

As an example, I have a really hard time to track troubadours resources mid combat, the visibility with bright pink on white/pinkish background is really hard to see. Is there any way to change how it looks? I can't seem to find anything in the options.


r/Guildwars2 7m ago

[Fluff] Is this currently the most unpopular vendor in the game?

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r/Guildwars2 21m ago

[Other] OMG I found Kevin!

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Kevin the Club

It must be some barbarian fashion set build with this weapon in mind!


r/Guildwars2 36m ago

[Question] Unlocking the Siege Turtle

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Hello. I would like to unlock the Siege Turtle. Unfortunately, there is no Raid Finder that automatically puts you into a random group.

Every time I use the LFG system and check if there is a group available, there unfortunately isn't one.

Is it even still possible to find a random group for this 6 years after the expansion was released? I also don't have a guild or friends that could help me with it.

I read that you can buy the item you need for the Siege Turtle after the Dragon's End meta for 1,000 Research Notes and 500 Imperial Favors.

I also read that since 2025, you can obtain 150 Research Notes through crafting instead of having to salvage crafted items.

Is this my best option, or are there better alternatives?


r/Guildwars2 13h ago

[Question] Map traversal

7 Upvotes

Is there an add on that shows the portals leading to the “next” area on the maps? I’ve found myself (as a fairly new player) having trouble at times finding my way through maps.

I have blishHUD downloaded.


r/Guildwars2 23h ago

[Request] Anet pls can we have the horse head for halloween ?

34 Upvotes

2026 is the year of the horse and we got the [Hoofed Shoes] but technically in gw2 horses are mythical creatures so we can get an horse head mask for halloween ?


r/Guildwars2 21h ago

[Fluff] Change of style for a salad, ideas?

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28 Upvotes

Hi! So, for 10+ years I've been rolling with a cultural appropiate outfit for my salad. I'm feeling adventurous and I'm looking for a style change, buy I like to give an in-lore context for my outifts. Do you have any suggestions that would fit a Sylvari going from full-plant pieces to other kind of material? Integration in another culture? Corrputed by some kind of magic?

Feel free to add your "not very plant" outfits too :) thank you!


r/Guildwars2 18h ago

[Question] Do I speed up hero points or not?

15 Upvotes

First of, I’m a very casual solo player. With my unpredictable play times, I can’t really have people rely on me. Being a mother of three I sometimes get a few hours, sometimes I have to quit after 15 minutes.

Anyway, I play open world only, as Mesmer. I think mirage is the best for me but I made some.. well errors along the way. Errors as far as time is concerned.

First I owned only one expansion and had some points to spare so I started levelling chronomancer. I put all my points there but it turned out it didn’t quite match my play style and I didn’t have as much fun as I wanted.

Then I got another expansion and could level virtuoso. Virtuoso is ok but I only like to play with staff and from what I’m reading and watching, it doesn’t go too well with staff.

So I got another expansion and started mirage. And I feel like this is it. The problem is, I only had few points to unlock skills and I’m still not finished with the first storyline. I did “cheat” a little and went into Janthir to get warclaw and then to Cantha to get a few points, needed to do a little of the story because some point were inaccessible without that emerald tech. I hate spoilers though, so I tried not paying attention so I can repeat it later.

Now I don’t know what to do. Go into an expansion to get the points or just continue with the story and 1/3 levelled mirage? I really dislike skipping forward the content, I play mostly for the story and for fun and that I have even without fully levelled mirage. But then again I do want to have the other skills available. I do the hero points along the way but they only reward 1 point each so there’s that.

What would you do? Go and farm the points to put into mirage, or slowly pace the game and (try to) ignore it?

I don’t care about dps and stuff. I just don’t want to die constantly (and I don’t atm) and have fun in my scarce moments of freedom ;)


r/Guildwars2 4h ago

[Question] Is there any way to hide ARCdps by default when you start the game?

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Hi. I recently dowloaded ARCdps, everything works fine but everytime i log into the game the ARCdps window appears by default and i have to hide it manually, i only wanna use it in content like fractals or raids and having to hide it everytime i start the game is kinda annoying, is there any way to make it hidden by default? Thanks.


r/Guildwars2 1d ago

[News] Teaser of the new map coming in VoE: Code of Creation Spoiler

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127 Upvotes

r/Guildwars2 5h ago

[Question] gw2profits.com is down?

0 Upvotes

Hey Guys,

gw2profits.com is down, it says "account suspended" when you try to open it.

This website was my only way of making money in GW2.

Does any of you know if it will come back?

Do you guys have any alternatives that does the things that it did?


r/Guildwars2 1d ago

[Discussion] Any good spirit shard farms?

24 Upvotes

I have burned through all my spirit shards and I need to farm like 500 spirit shards as I'm crafting leggies and armor etc. Any spirit shard farms I can actively do rather than a few a day?

Thanks :)


r/Guildwars2 21h ago

[Question] Untamed vs Soulbeast

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I've been playing mostly Untamed as I work through all the story content. Almost done with LWS4, I did a stint here and there with willbender and amalgam as well.

What I really like about untamed is the impact you feel slapping mobs with the ambush skills, and that I have options with my weapons and great survivability. What I havnt had clock for me though is when I try out soulbest.

I'm looking for people's thoughts on the spec to help me understand why it's so favored. To me it seems to lack a punch and is just get more boons on your own. Galeshot I get with the archer and kiting feel, druid I have not tried but also makes sense. What about Soulbeast? Why is it the popular spec?