Game updates/July 2025

July 2025 updates
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Update - July 18, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Players who prepurchase Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity through the Epic Games Store will now receive the intended Chromatic Resin Weapon Skin Choice Box.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the "Eternal Alchemist" title from being awarded properly.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - July 16, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the Scavenged Frost Legion Infusion to be sold for an incorrect price.
• Fixed a crash in PvP matches that occurred when wave respawning was enabled.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update 2 - July 15, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Chromatic Resin weapon skins from persisting after changing maps.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Exalted Mining Tool to cost more Black Lion Statuettes than intended.
• Fixed a client crash.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 184,034

Update - July 15, 2025

Note to users of third-party programs: The game may not launch or work properly after we release a new build if you use a third-party program, due to possible incompatibilities. ArenaNet cannot offer support if a third-party modification breaks, interferes with, or prevents you from playing Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2. Our policy regarding third-party programs can be found here.

Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity Prepurchase

The next expansion for Guild Wars 2 begins October 28! Prepurchase the Standard, Deluxe, or Ultimate edition of Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity before release to unlock the exclusive Plumed Commodore's Hat Skin and "Eternal Alchemist" title, plus a Chromatic Resin Weapon Skin Choice Box. Learn more and purchase the expansion from our official store, in the game, or through Steam, EGS, and other official retailers.

General

• Fixed an issue that caused a missing or incorrect name to appear in the combat log for attacks sourced from a titanic lung or vascular nodule in Bava Nisos.
• Fixed a rare client crash that could occur when docking a skiff.
• Fixed an issue that caused significantly reduced performance when facing certain directions in the Wizard's Tower, Amnytas, Skywatch Archipelago, and Inner Nayos maps.

Open World

Homesteads

• The decoration density limit for homesteads has been increased, allowing twice as many decorations to be placed within the same area.
• Fixed a visual issue that prevented the decoration limit from increasing in the UI if the decoration palette was open while a decoration limit upgrade was purchased.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Super Adventure Box homestead recipes from being available for purchase from the year-round vendor in Hooligan's Route.

Items

• Black Lion Chest merchants now offer some returning outfits in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes.
• Fixed an issue that prevented underwater weapon skins from appearing in Vintage Black Lion Weapon Boxes.

Fractals

Kinfall

• In challenge mode, the whispering shadow now channels Guttering Light more quickly and gains pulsing barrier during Glacial Midnight. Additionally, Frozen Teeth is now higher priority when the boss recovers from being stunned. This should reduce situations in which high party DPS can allow players to skip mechanics.
• Fixed an issue in normal mode that caused the boss to skip Guttering Light and start casting Glacial Midnight without stealing life-fire from players.
• Fixed an issue that prevented BLING-9009 from displaying any new items after completing challenge mode.

Player vs. Player

• The wave respawn timer is now unique per team and begins with player death.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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• Fixed the Vintage Black Lion Weapon Box listing Embellished weapons twice and missing the Bloodstone weapon set.

Update - July 8, 2025

Update

• The Black Lion Chest now guarantees a Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Yellow instead of a Gnashblade Dragon Coffer.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - July 1, 2025

Profession Skills

Elementalist

•  Frozen Ground: Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.

Tempest

•  Elemental Bastion: Reduced the healing power scaling from 0.7 to 0.6 in PvP only.

Mesmer

•  Dune Cloak: Reduced the cooldown reduction from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvE only.
•  Phantom Pain: Reduced the condition damage increase from 6.25% to 5% in PvE only.
•  Split Surge: Secondary beams from this skill no longer deal damage to enemies between the user and the target.

Necromancer

•  Alchemic Vigor: Reduced the healing per second from 13 to 10 in PvP only.
•  Transfusion: Reduced the base healing from 404 to 280, reduced the vigor duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds, and reduced the Chilblains healing from 1,302 to 822 in PvP only.

Ranger

•  Bumble (Juvenile Janthiri Bee): Reduced the knockdown duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
•  Bumble (Soulbeast): This skill no longer evades.
•  Griffon Stance: Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
•  Spiritual Reprieve: Reduced the base healing from 3,600 to 2,400 in PvP only.

Relics

•  Relic of Bloodstone: Reduced the damage coefficient from 5.0 to 3.0 and reduced the damage multiplier from 15% to 10% in PvE only.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

•  Transfusion Fixed the stability skill fact in the description listing the wrong duration.
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