Game updates/March 2025

March 2025 updates
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Update - March 31, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the on-use effect of certain guild hall decoration unlock items to be visible to other players.
• The veteran plastic spider transformation has temporarily been removed from the Plastic Spider Tonic while we address a VFX issue.
• Fixed an issue that prevented poses unlocked through the Fashion Poses Emote Tome from displaying correctly when used by norn male characters.
• Fixed an issue that caused the druid elite specialization's astral force meter to display the wrong color.
• To ensure that all players have access to a café console, a non-decoration version will be available near the waypoint of each homestead for the duration of an upcoming event.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Mistburned Barrens Renown Mastery achievement to be categorized as part of the Mistburned Barrens Mastery achievement.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - March 27, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the mesmer illusion meter to fill improperly in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue in which some player characters had automatically learned several homestead decoration recipes but could not craft them. This impacted the Kaineng City Umbrella, Large Canthan Cherry Tree, and Canthan Nian Statue. When characters affected by this issue next log in to any map, these recipes will become craftable for the whole account. Accounts unaffected by this issue can still unlock the recipes normally.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - March 26, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the correct achievement progress from being awarded when completing rifts in Mistburned Barrens.
• To remedy an issue that prevented the Collect 6 Weapons from the Scavenged Obsidian Weapon Set Wizard's Vault objective from progressing if the weapons were destroyed before being account bound, the objective will be completed immediately when players enter a new map or log in after unlocking any 6 Scavenged Obsidian weapon skins.
• Fixed a server crash.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Heart of Maguuma Reward Track in PvP from being repeatable.
• Added a confirmation pop-up for chat links to PvP matches.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update 2 - March 25, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused some legendary mode mechanics to persist if the difficulty was reduced after attempting the Ura legendary mode encounter in Raid: Mount Balrior.
• Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Ura's Eruption Vent shock-wave effects to play at the wrong angle in Raid: Mount Balrior.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to lose eligibility for the More Than a Little Bit achievement if they entered the downed state during the "Keep the areas clear while the golems gather samples" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to lose eligibility for the Be Free, Little Bot achievement if they entered the downed state during the "Program the golems and bring them to the ruins entrance" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused recently added reward item images to appear blurry or low resolution within the Wizard's Vault.
• Fixed an animation issue that occurred when most playable characters equipped an item using the Avian Aspect Helm Skin.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Late Notes - March 25, 2025

• Mistburned Barrens is now listed in the LFG tool under Janthir Wilds.

Update - March 25, 2025

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General

• Commanders who ordered a Café Console during Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons will be receiving it in the mail. Get your homestead set up for next week!
  • You remember ordering this.
• Reduced Decima's and Greer's health by 25% during the Of Mists and Monsters world boss event.
• Improved map marker visibility for the "Eliminate the titanspawn your warclaw has found[sic]" and "Eliminate the foe that your warclaw located" events.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Wildfarer achievement from registering completion of the "Explore all areas in Mistburned Barrens" objective if the player completed the Mistburned Barrens Explorer achievement.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Yagon's defiance bar from scaling properly during the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Agony Flood Incoming bar from being properly displayed when the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event restarted.
• Fixed an issue that caused Rhianwyn and Alya to experience pathing issues after the "Defeat Yagon and the captured jade construct" event failed.
• Fixed an issue that allowed coalesced Mists energy to be repeatedly picked up from the same source during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony.
• Throwing coalesced Mists energy will now damage enemies it strikes during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony, including the champions during the "Keep the jade construct alive by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it as it fights the titanspawn" event.
• The jade armor construct will now be granted 2 seconds of swiftness when coalesced Mists energy is thrown into it during the "Escort the jade construct through the Valley of Agony by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it" event.
• The jade armor construct's base speed has been increased during Survey: Into the Valley of Agony.
• The amount of enemies in the bottom of the valley has been reduced during the "Escort the jade construct through the Valley of Agony by throwing coalesced Mists energy into it" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused enemies to be weaker than intended during the "Escort Priory Scholar Ciana to the southern ruins" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented all conversation options from appearing for players at the field survey coordinator in Mistburned Barrens.

Convergences

Mount Balrior

• Thunder strikes on Mount Balrior will no longer reference Decima when she is not on the map.

Raids

Mount Balrior

• A legendary mode encounter with Ura is now available.
• Decima's challenge mote will no longer appear until the legendary sentient conduit is defeated.
• Respawn locations are now correctly updated when engaging and defeating Decima with the challenge mote active.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed a standard or deadly beam attack to pierce a conduit and hit players taking shelter behind it in Decima's challenge mode.
• Updated Decima's movement behavior during the first and second phases of her challenge mode to reduce cases where she fails to move to a new position.
• Fixed an issue that caused one of Decima's beam attacks in the second phase of her challenge mode to fire in the wrong direction.
• Fixed an issue in Decima's normal and challenge mode encounters that prevented Fluxlance Fusillade target indicators from properly disappearing. The skill will now fire a beam attack and the target indicator will disappear, even if the targeted character is dead.
• Fixed an issue in Decima's normal and challenge mode encounters that could cause dancing sparks to begin moving again even when enough players were within range of a spark's damage aura.

Personal Story

"Repentance"

• Fixed an issue that caused dialogue to replay at the end of the Into the Valley of Shadow story chapter.

Items

• The April Fools off-season vendor in Lion's Arch has been updated with new inventory for the year, including the Invisible Cat Cape, the Chatoyant Infusion, a secret new equipment item (discerning commanders will wait for a week to see if they can get it for free), and the Golden Sink homestead decoration recipe (caveat emptor).
  • The Chatoyant Lens's vendor cost has been updated to be slightly cheaper and slightly funnier.
• The April Fools items Fool's Dog Treat, Fool's Tall Tonic, and Serious Potion can no longer be sold to merchants.
• Fixed an issue that caused the forest wisp accessory's stats to be lower than expected.

World vs. World

Reward Tracks

Reward tracks in World vs. World and structured PvP are being condensed to lower the total number of repeatable tracks. All final reward choices from the old tracks can be found in the new ones.

The following reward tracks will each be condensed into a single track per category:

• Living World Season 3 reward tracks
• Living World Season 4 reward tracks
• Region-based reward tracks (the Silverwastes Reward Track's final reward will be included in the final reward choice for the condensed track)
• Dungeon reward tracks
• Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons reward tracks
• Triumphant Armor, Hero Weapon, and Legacy Armor reward tracks

The old tracks will be available for one-time completion for any players still working on them. These will be removed at a later date.

Map currencies and materials needed to craft generation 2 and 3 legendary weapons have been added to the Heart of Maguuma Reward Track, the Crystal Desert Reward Track, and the Canthan Reward Track.

• The Heart of Thorns Currency Choice^? that gives a choice of Airship Parts, Lump of Aurillium, or Ley-Line Crystals can now be traded in bulk to skirmish supervisors.
• The (Weekly) Stonemist Castle Conqueror achievement can now be progressed by capturing Stonemist Castle once or defending it three times.
• The Emblem of the Conqueror achievement can now be progressed by successfully capturing or defending objectives.
• The time required to hold an objective before tactics can be added has been lowered from 10/30/60 minutes to 10/15/20 minutes for tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 tactics respectively.
• Tier 3 tactics (Emergency Waypoint, Airship, and Siege Dampener) in keeps and Stonemist Castle can now only be activated while the objective is under attack. Tier 3 tactics applied to towers are unchanged.
• Keep lords' base health has been lowered by 12.5%, and tower lords' base health has been lowered by 25%. Maximum scaling for objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle has been lowered by 16%.
• The drop rate for siege equipment from the Unsealed Mist-Hardened Lockbox has been increased.
• Piles of recycled siege can drop from objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle, as well as from defeating players. Additionally, these items are now tradeable.
• A new Kurzick weapon set now has a rare chance to drop from objective lords in towers, keeps, and Stonemist Castle, as well as from players. The item will be a tradeable chest containing a selection of account-bound exotic weapons.
• The warclaw mount's ability to detect damaged walls and gates when using the Sniff skill has been split into its own skill. Detect Vulnerabilities will appear on the heal skill slot when mounted in WvW.
• Some additional test golems have been added to the Armistice Bastion lounge.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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• Decima's health during the challenge mode has been adjusted from 97,020,176 to 116,424,224. This has later been reverted back to 97,020,176 health.
• Added missing voice acting for female sylvari Pact Commander and Queen Jennah for Godspawn and Repentance story chapters.

Update - March 13, 2025

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Complete 15 Survey Events in Mistburned Barrens objective in the Wizard's Vault from progressing.
• Fixed an issue that caused the forest wisp infusion to give more power and less agony resistance than its description stated.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from being awarded the More Than a Little Bit achievement upon completing the "Keep the areas clear while the golems gather samples" event under the required conditions.
• Fixed an issue that caused titan rifts in Mistburned Barrens to occasionally stall.
• Fixed an issue that prevented shroud status from being properly displayed on the health bars of WvW and PvP opponents.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Lowland Expertise effect duration to count down when logged out. Purchasing the effect multiple times will increase the stack up to a maximum of 7 and add 4 hours to the duration. Continuing to purchase the effect beyond the maximum number of stacks will add 4 hours to the duration, up to a cap of 24 hours.
• Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect text string to be displayed during the "Escort the Kodan Wildstalker" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the "Keep the areas clear while the golems gather samples" event from concluding properly.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - March 12, 2025

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that prevented WvW guild selection from being displayed in the Guild panel.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some relics from functioning after defeat.
• Battle allies summoned by relics will now be dismissed when the associated relic is unequipped.
• Greer, the Blightbringer, will now properly appear as the final boss of Convergence: Mount Balrior on alternating weeks.
• Fixed an issue that caused bloodstone barriers in Mistburned Barrens to teleport players outside the map boundaries.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Countess Anise from appearing at the Alliance Staging Ground during the story chapter Into the Valley of Shadow.
• Fixed an issue that caused an announcement to improperly display for any player who exited the Mistburned Barrens: Hazardous Research adventure play space and wasn't actively participating in it.
• Updated Mastery requirements for interacting with bloodstone in the story chapter A Legacy Damned.
• Fixed an exploitable issue in the "Collect lightning to keep the asura turrets charged" event.
• Fixed an issue which could cause the pulsing damage inflicted when dropping a bloodstone shard in the challenge mode Ura encounter in Raid: Mount Balrior to persist after the shard is picked up.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Complete Convergences or Raids in the Janthir Region objective in the Wizard's Vault from being progressed in raids.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update 2 - March 11, 2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Curious Remedy to be distracted by nearby enemies during the "Survey: Wraith's Pass" event.
• Adjusted event scaling to properly reflect the number of players in the Wraith's Pass region.
• Fixed an issue that caused Priory Scholar Ciana to stall if she was resurrected after the "Help the southern survey team put the ghosts to rest" event.
• Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented golems from spawning during the "Keep the areas clear while the golems gather samples" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with golems in some situations.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the "Help the scout gather relics"[sic] and "Survey: Wraith's Pass" events to be active simultaneously.
• Fixed an issue that prevented overhead markers from being displayed on creatures in the "Eliminate the foe that your warclaw located" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing the Mistburned Barrens: Search-and-Rescue Challenge adventure.
• Greer's Blob of Blight will no longer target wisps in Convergence: Mount Balrior.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from interacting properly with bloodstone shards[sic] in the Mistburned Barrens: Hazardous Research adventure.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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Update - March 11, 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.

"Repentance"

Although the titan threat has been dealt with, Ura was confident to the end, mocking the commander and their allies with an agonizing quandary: "For the door we came through sits wide open." Led by the commander, the Tyrian Alliance, the Astral Ward, and our new allies from Harvest Den team up to survey one of Janthir's northern isles as the specter of Ura's last words still looms. In order to solve the mystery, they'll need to hunt down clues and confront foes from Janthir's past.

Release Highlights

• The second Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™ story update.
• A new map has been added. Explore the treacherous gloom of Mistburned Barrens, the long-abandoned outskirts of Bava Nisos.
• A new Mastery track has been added. Unlock tiers from the Mursaat Shadowcraft Mastery line and wield the arcane magic that still clings to the barrens.
• Challenge motes have been added for the Mount Balrior raid, allowing players to activate challenge mode versions of the Greer, Decima, and Ura boss encounters.
• Twelve new relics have been added based on rune bonuses that were formerly available in the core Guild Wars 2 game.

Wizard's Vault

The Wizard's Vault has been updated for the new season! Last season's unique rewards are now available in the vault's Legacy Rewards panel.

• New special objectives for the season have been added, and more will appear over the course of the season, including special objectives associated with bonus events and festivals.
• When it is possible to purchase more than one of a Wizard's Vault reward item, the UI now displays an adjustable range that will allow you to specify how many of that item you wish to purchase. The number can be adjusted by scrolling up or down with your mouse wheel.
• Legendary Weapon Starter Key—Set 7 is now available with options for two new legendary weapon starter kits and two returning kits.

Trading Post

Quantity input has been updated to match the new Wizard's Vault UI behavior:

• The quantity of an item you wish to purchase can now be adjusted by scrolling up or down with your mouse wheel over the input field, arrows, or quantity range.
• The maximum price for purchasing items and the minimum price for selling items can be adjusted by scrolling up or down with your mouse wheel over the input fields, arrows, or coin images.

General

• To improve client performance, the number of whirlwinds created by the Mistburned valravn's Tempestuous Dive skill have been reduced. The whirlwind visual effects have been adjusted.

Homesteads

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Binding of Ipos from being displayed properly on weapon display case decorations.

Convergences

Mount Balrior

• A new version of Greer, the Blightbringer, will now automatically replace Decima on alternating weeks.
• Increased the interaction range for the Convergence: Mount Balrior brazier in Harvest Den.
• Titan Stench will now display matching icons on the compass and in the game.
• Turning in a single calibrated essence will now give 7 seconds of Wizard's Blessing instead of 6.
• Red circles on the map will now follow the bosses in the Convergence.
• Titanspawn in the "Defend the Maw of Balrior thumper" event will now spawn on the correct side of the breakable wall.
• Dig site markers will now appear after the base camp has been set up.
• Decima's dancing sparks will no longer display a raid marker on the map.
• Ropes will now break at 4 stacks of Rope Tension instead of 3.

Raids

Mount Balrior

• Three challenge motes have been added, allowing players to activate challenge mode versions of the Greer, Decima, and Ura boss encounters.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to sometimes be teleported into Decima's arena while the encounter was resetting.
• The visual effects for Decima's Fulgent Fence skill have been updated to reduce visual noise.
• Entry to the Mount Balrior raid is now consistent with previous raid instances. If the first player to enter the instance has defeated the final boss since the most recent weekly reset, a fresh instance will open instead of a cleared instance.

Rewards

New rewards have been added:

• Story:
  • Woodland Kodan Leather Gloves
• Mistburned Barrens:
  • Salmon of Knowledge Backpiece
  • Mini Barbed Vale
  • Mini Yagon
  • Mini Janthir Warg
  • Mini Rhianwyn
  • Endless Yagon Tonic
  • Scavenged Obsidian weapons
  • True Sight Armor
  • Bloodstone Infusion
• Raids:
  • Bloodstone Infusion
• Master Crafters:
  • 12 core relics, available to all players
• Masteries:
  • New Mursaat Shadowcraft Mastery
  • New Homesteading Mastery tier: Master Handiworker Crafting

Deft Lahar now sells four new resource nodes that can be unlocked for your homestead and home instance:

• Honey Flower
• Lowland Pine Sapling
• Charged Titan Ore
• Rotted Titan Amber

New Homestead recipes have been added with two forms of acquisition:

• Players can complete the respective Home Sweet Homestead achievements found under the Janthir Wilds: Janthir achievement category.
• Players can purchase the recipe from Deft Lahar at a premium instead of completing the achievements.

Six new titles have been added to the game. Players will be able to display the following titles if they have already completed the achievement requirements:

• Snaff Savant: Title from the Legacy Code achievement.
• Warband Legionnaire: Title from the Bloodying the Past achievement.
• Hero of Shaemoor: Title from the Family Reunion achievement.
• Slayer of Issormir: Title from the Things Best Left Behind achievement.
• Valiant of the Wyld Hunt: Title from the A Season of Growth achievement.
• Pact Commander: Title from the Savior of Tyria achievement.

Items

• The Portable Wizard's Tower Exchange no longer closes the conversation window when the player selects Gharr Leadclaw's inventory from different regions.

World vs. World

General

• The guild roster UI has been updated to display members who have selected your World vs. World guild in a WvW Guild column.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes allow players to enter a WvW map on the wrong team or on no team at all.

Profession Skills

General

•  Relic of the Stormsinger: Reduced the power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.36 in PvP and WvW.

Mesmer

•  Mind the Gap: Increased the cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP only.
•  Mental Collapse: Increased the cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds and reduced the power coefficient per hit from 0.6 to 0.4 in PvP only.

Mirage

•  Fractured Glass: Reduced the power coefficient from 0.3125 to 0.285 in PvP only.

Virtuoso

•  Bladesong Harmony: Reduced the power coefficient from 0.55 to 0.45 in PvP only.

Ranger

•  Instinctive Engage: Reduced the power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0 in PvP and WvW.
•  Falcon's Stoop: Reduced the power coefficient from 1.375 to 1.25 in PvP and WvW.

Untamed

•  Neurotoxin Burst: Reduced the power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP and WvW.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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• Re-enabled the Dune Roller in WvW.
• The twelve added relics are:
  •  Relic of Altruism: Grant might and fury to nearby allies after using a healing skill.
  •  Relic of Fire: Gain fire aura after using a healing skill. Fire aura now increases your outgoing strike damage.
  •  Relic of Surging: Gain shocking aura after using an elite skill.
  •  Relic of Thorns: Gain stacking condition damage when you are hit by a poisoned foe.
  •  Relic of Vampirism: Siphon life from nearby foes when you use a healing skill. Restore a portion of your maximum health upon killing a foe.
  •  Relic of the Eagle: Deal increased strike damage to low-health enemies.
  •  Relic of the Earth: Grant protection and magnetic aura to nearby allies after using an elite skill.
  •  Relic of the Golemancer: Summon a golem while in combat.
  •  Relic of the Holosmith: Create a laser disk after you use an elite skill.
  •  Relic of the Lich: Summon a jagged horror while in combat.
  •  Relic of the Ogre: Summon a rock dog while in combat.
  •  Relic of the Privateer: Summon a parrot while in combat.
• Titan Specialist Tante and Scholar Glenna (Mount Balrior) had their prices updated.
• Black Lion Weapons Specialists are selling a new Shimmering Aurora Spear Skin.
• The following undocumented changes were made to the Mount Balrior raid:
  • A 10 minute enrage timer and the corresponding The World Ends in Decay skill have added for the normal mode Greer boss encounter.
  • The health for the Legendary Sentient Conduit has been reduced.
  • Blob of Blight now despawn upon being blocked or evaded.
  • Greer's pre-event no longer spawns 2 additional Elite Empowering Beasts when a new player enters the raid after they mobs were initially killed.
  • Ura's Create Titanspawn Geyser will spawn the geyser even if her defiance bar is broken and the attack is interrupted.
• The Convergences encounter from Secrets of the Obscure has been renamed to Convergence: Outer Nayos.