Decoration

Decorations are Guild Hall or Homestead cosmetic items which can be purchased, earned, or crafted (Scribe for guild halls, Handiworker for Homesteads), and placed in guild halls and homesteads. Each can be placed, rotated, manipulated, and removed to reposition the item. Many decorations have collision, allowing players to stack decorations and climb on top of each. Arena decorations cause combat effects, such as knockback or damage, to players inside the Arena.

Overview[edit]

With the launch of the Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds expansion, the decoration system received a complete overhaul^[1]':
- New manipulations skills were implemented to change the position, rotation, and scale of decorations.
  - The modifications can be restored and copied.
  - The modifications can be relative to the current state of the decoration or the map.
- Decorations can now be placed underground, above ground, and inside other decorations.
- X-Ray Vision has been implemented to allow players to see where decorations are, so they are not lost underground or inside other decorations.
- You can transform into a bee to fly around and decorate more easily.
- Guild Halls and Homesteads share the same decorating skills.

Decorating[edit]

Decoration palette panel

Decorating in both Homestead and Guild Hall uses the same system.
Decorating can be activated through a keybind (default L). In case the keybind is not set, guild hall decorating can be activated by navigating to the Decorations-Section in the Guild Storage, while homestead decorating can be activated by clicking the Decorate button on the top right of the UI screen.
Holding Left Click while placing down a decoration allows player to rotate it.
Holding SHIFT while rotating allows player to rotate in 45-degree increments.
Decorations can be erased after being placed and will return to storage.
To copy size and rotation of an existing decoration. In F2 Modify Existing Decorations > 1 select source decoration and 1 confirm in the same spot, then swap to F1 Place New Decorations > 9 Select new decoration aim and hit 1 place once > 7 Use Last Scale and Rotation.
Once decorating is activated each decoration can be selected, placed, modified and removed through the Place New Decorations, Modify Existing Decorations and Erase Decorations skill bundles and the following skills:

#	Skill			Description
Bundle
F1	Place New Decorations		0.25¼	Show skills related to adding decorations.
F2	Modify Existing Decorations		0.25¼	Show skills related to changing placed decorations.
F3	Erase Decorations		0.25¼	Show skills related to removing decorations.
Place New Decorations
1	Place		0.5½	Add the selected decoration to the environment. Press again to confirm placement, or use Move/Rotate/Scale for more control. The decoration palette will open if no decoration is selected. A warning will display if decoration limits are exceeded.
2	Move		0	Drag the manipulator handles to reposition the decoration. Drag the squares to move in two axes at once.
3	Rotate		0	Drag a manipulator ring to rotate the decoration on its corresponding axis. Press again to toggle the all-axis manipulator ball. Hold SHIFT while clicking on a ring to rotate in 45-degree increments.
4	Scale		0	Drag the manipulator to scale the decoration uniformly in all directions.
5	Toggle Manipulator Alignment (Local/Global)		0	Change the alignment of the manipulator to be relative to either the decoration or the map.
6	Reset Scale and Rotation		0	Remove any rotation and restore the decoration's original scale.
7	Use Last Scale and Rotation		0	Apply the most recently used scale and rotation to the decoration.
8	Flying Mode			Transform into a bee for the ability to fly. Useful for decorating in difficult to reach places.
8	Ground Mode			Leave your wings behind and return to your original self.
9	Select Decoration			Open the decoration palette to choose which decoration will be placed.
0	Stop Decorating			...
Modify Existing Decorations
1	Select Decoration to Modify	0.25¼	0.25¼	Select a placed decoration in the instance for further modification.
1	Confirm Modification	0.25¼	0.25¼	Confirm the new placement of the decoration being modified.
2	Move		0	Drag the manipulator handles to reposition the decoration. Drag the squares to move in two axes at once.
3	Rotate		0	Drag a manipulator ring to rotate the decoration on its corresponding axis. Press again to toggle the all-axis manipulator ball. Hold SHIFT while clicking on a ring to rotate in 45-degree increments.
4	Scale		0	Drag the manipulator to scale the decoration uniformly in all directions.
5	Toggle Manipulator Alignment (Local/Global)		0	Change the alignment of the manipulator to be relative to either the decoration or the map.
6	Reset Scale and Rotation		0	Remove any rotation and restore the decoration's original scale.
7	Place Duplicate	0.25¼	0.25¼	Create a new decoration using the current scale, rotation, and position.
8	Flying Mode			Transform into a bee for the ability to fly. Useful for decorating in difficult to reach places.
8	Ground Mode			Leave your wings behind and return to your original self.
9	Select Decoration			Open the decoration palette to choose which decoration will be placed.
0	Stop Decorating			...
Erase Decorations
1	Erase Single Decoration			Select a single decoration to be returned to storage.
2	Erase Small Area			Target a small area to return the decorations inside to storage.
3	Erase Medium Area			Target a medium area to return the decorations inside to storage.
4	Erase Large Area			Target a large area to return the decorations inside it to storage.
5	Toggle X-Ray Vision			Turn on/off x-ray illumination so decorations can be seen through objects or terrain.
5	Toggle X-Ray Vision			Turn on/off x-ray illumination so decorations can be seen through objects or terrain.
8	Flying Mode			Transform into a bee for the ability to fly. Useful for decorating in difficult to reach places.
8	Ground Mode			Leave your wings behind and return to your original self.
9	Select Decoration			Open the decoration palette to choose which decoration will be placed.
0	Stop Decorating			...

Homestead decorations[edit]

Decorating inside a homestead and limitations[edit]

Top right: Options icon.
Middle row: Current selected decoration, placed count.
Bottom row: Decorate/Stop Decorating button.

Showcase of maximum of 400 objects per 600 units.

When decorations are crafted via the Handiworker crafting discipline, they are placed directly into the decoration storage, which is not tradable.
- Most crafted decorations have a storage limit of 250, with some exceptions e.g.:
  - Armor Display Case and Armor Display Case—Mannequin — limited to 5 each in storage.
  - Weapon Display Case — limited to 20 in storage.
  - Writable decorations: Basic Commemorative Statue, Basic Grave Marker, and Basic Signpost — limited to 15 each in storage.
    - A maximum of 15 decorations can be placed across all writable decorations.
- Some decorations cannot be crafted and can only be acquired through limited means; they have their own limits. See: #Decoration acquisition
By default, a homestead can hold up to 1,000 decorations. This limit can be increased through the following methods:
- +500 by training to Grandmaster Handiworker Crafting
- +500 by purchasing the 5 Homestead Decoration Limit Increases (+100 each).
- With all available upgrades, the current maximum decoration limit is 2,000.
There can only be a maximum of 400 objects within a 600 unit square bounding box of a single decoration, no more may be placed in that area until some are removed.^[2]
- The decoration that has too many objects around it will show a slight outline.
The instance owner has an options icon on the top right of the UI screen.
- Clear All Decorations — Clear all decorations from the instance at once, including the default decorations.
- Restore Homestead — Restore the instance to its default form, placing all the default decorations back in their original place.
- Enable Party Decoration — Enable the decorating mode for players in the same party. By giving this permission, all the players can place, modify, or erase decorations.
- Enable Party Layout Saving — By giving this permission, all the players can save the current decorated of owner's homestead.
- Load/Save Layout — Open the Homestead Layouts UI panel, the decorations layouts are stored locally on your computer as the XML file format. For further information see, Homestead#Layouts.
Obstacles are placeable in the homestead, but just for decorating purposes — they don't have the same effect as in the guild hall arena.

Acquisition[edit]

Most homestead decorations can be crafted using the Handiworker discipline, with recipes required to unlock them. Crafting typically requires at least one of the three refined homestead materials (Refined Homestead Fiber, Refined Homestead Metal, or Refined Homestead Wood).

Recipe acquisition[edit]

Primary article: Handiworker#Recipe sheets

Complete the third chapter of the Janthir Wilds story, Home Sweet Home will reward a Chest of Homestead Starter Goods, which contains basic decoration recipes.
Progress the Homesteading mastery track to unlock some further decoration recipes.
Achievements
- Home Sweet Homestead
- Build-a-Quaggan
Vendors offering decoration recipes:
- Glenna — raid trophy recipes in exchange for Magnetite Shards (or Gaeting Crystals for the most recent expansion's raid). The trophy's respective raid boss must have been defeated to unlock the ability to purchase it.
- Renown Heart merchants in Janthir Wilds' maps — sells various recipe bundles. The heart must have been completed at least once before on that character to be able to purchase the recipes.
- Homestead Masters — offers various recipes:
  - Basic pedestal and world boss trophy recipes in exchange for trophies acquired by defeating them.
  - Multiple recipes from the Home Sweet Homestead achievements as an option.
  - Deft Lahar temporary offers the festival recipes in the festival location.
- Festival vendors in Hooligan's Route, Lion's Arch offers corresponding festival decoration recipe.
- Research Merchants — offer Jade Bot Workbench recipe.
- Skirmish Supervisors — offer WvW sieges and statues recipe.
- Tyrn Ironmaw — offer Crystal Prism recipe.
- Ward Trader Sampaguita — offer Gilded Lamp and Ornate Armor Stand
Gem Store — offers Black Lion recipe packages.

Material acquisition[edit]

Refined materials — Can be obtained inside the homestead at the Refiners. Players can obtain up to 1600 Refined Homestead Fiber, 1050 Refined Homestead Wood, and 1300 Refined Homestead Metal each week through refinement. 7500 additional materials per type can be bought in the black market tab of each refiner for gold - starting at a price of 6 16 for 25 and increasing with every purchase.

Unique materials — Some decorations require a unique item that does not have a slot in material storage, which can be acquired through gathering, looting, or purchased from vendors or the Trading Post. A list can be found here.

Decoration acquisition[edit]

These decorations cannot be crafted and can be acquired by the unique ways:
- Café theme decorations from the Café Console.
- Legendary Backpack: Orrax Manifested for the Orrax Contained.

List of decorations[edit]

A filterable list of all decorations can be found here: Decoration/Homestead

Categories[edit]

Decorations for personalizing your homestead sort by category.

Theme[edit]

A secondary decoration groups for personalizing your homestead sort by theme.

Gallery[edit]

Primary article: Decoration/Homestead

Guild Hall decorations[edit]