Prototype Position Rewinder
“Equip a position rewinder, which can be used to rewind your position to a previously marked location.
— In-game description
Prototype Position Rewinder is a gizmo item that can mark the character's position within the open world zone for 30 seconds, and teleport them back to it. It is purchased from the Renown Heart merchant Hafren in the Sandswept Isles, a Living World Season 4 zone.
Acquisition[edit]
| Vendor | Area | Zone | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hafren
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Eastern Complex | Sandswept Isles | 75  + 175,000 
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Skills[edit]
| # | Skill | 
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|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Location | 1 | Store a location in your position rewinder. | |
| 1 |  Mark Location
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1 | Update the location stored by the position rewinder. | |
| 2 | Rewind | 30 | Return to the location stored in your position rewinder. |
Mechanics[edit]
As it is a gizmo, Prototype Position Rewinder can be reused infinitely. Double-clicking the item equips a bundle that grants the skills Mark Location and Rewind. The skill can be used again at any time to rewrite the stored location to a new one. Rewind is available for 30 seconds after using Mark Location and teleports the character to the marked location. The remaining time is indicated by the 
Position Rewinder effect.
While Position Rewinder effect is active, the bundle can be unequipped without losing the marked location and the Rewind skill.
- Usable notes
- There does not seem to be a distance limit for Rewind. Teleporting over 5000 range will display a loading screen.
- Can be equipped and used while in combat.
- Can be used while also using Diving Goggles.
- Rewind (but not Mark Location) can be used mid-air, while falling, or gliding.
- Changing a trait or build template also triggers a rewind to the stored location, which is useful if the "Rewind" skill is on a cooldown. For example, you can assign different keys to "Build 1" and "Build 2" and use them in rotation instead of Rewind.
- Marked location remains active for 30 seconds even if this gizmo is unequipped (e.g. by using "Drop bundle" or equipping another one) or when its skill set is temporarily replaced (e.g. after mounting). You can still rewind by reequipping it from the inventory or changing the build template when mounting.
- Limitations
- If the character has teleported (instantly moved) by other means, the marked location disappears, preventing the use of Rewind. Examples of teleports resetting the location include: using waypoints, shadowstep skills, Thermal Tubes, Portals, and Continuum Shift skill.
- Cannot be used in most instanced content like Dungeons, Fractals, Raids, guild mission instances, as well as WvW and Structured PvP.
- It does however work in story instances (presumably since the May 12, 2026 update).
- Mark Location is only usable when on the surface or underwater.
Trivia[edit]
- The equipped bundle uses the skin of The Anomaly.
- A similar item, named "Enchanted Hourglass", was accidentally whitelisted to appear in the items API 18 months prior to the release of Sandswept Isles. That item would have reset a character's position 10 seconds after use.
