The Only Way

It’s been a few weeks now since Principal Biomancer Sebb’s death. Your pursuit of the Inquest lures you deeper into the thicket of Castora, straight to the heart of Eternity's Garden. Once through the thicket, your mission is simple: find and stop the Inquest at all costs. Forge a path through the garden and close the gap between your allies and Vloxx before it’s too late. The Inquest may have a head start, but you have Isgarren’s ancient knowledge on your side, and word has it that fractures have deepened within the Inquest ranks. Though the dangers here are far greater than the Inquest alone, should their missions prove successful, the strength they’ll gain is incalculable. Will you make it in time? — Official website

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It’s been a few weeks now since Principal Biomancer Sebb’s death. Your pursuit of the Inquest lures you deeper into the thicket of Castora, straight to the heart of Eternity's Garden. Once through the thicket, your mission is simple: find and stop the Inquest at all costs. Forge a path through the garden and close the gap between your allies and Vloxx before it’s too late. The Inquest may have a head start, but you have Isgarren’s ancient knowledge on your side, and word has it that fractures have deepened within the Inquest ranks.

Though the dangers here are far greater than the Inquest alone, should their missions prove successful, the strength they’ll gain is incalculable. Will you make it in time?

— Official website

The Only Way is a release that launched on 12 May, 2026 as the second quarterly update for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity.

Features

Visions of Eternity story

Act 3 – The Only Way

• On The Threshold
• Within Your Grasp
• Divitium Nava
• A Bold Strategy
• So It Is Written

New Zone

• Eternity's Garden

New Achievements

Categories

•  The Only Way
•  Eternity's Garden

Individual achievements

•  Explorer
  •  Eternity's Garden Explorer
•  Rift Hunting
  •  Eternity's Garden Rift Hunting
•  World vs. World Collections
  •  Mists Research: Strife Unending
•  Castora
  •  Forge Guard's Armor Collection
•  Renown Hearts
  •  Artificer's Islet Renown Mastery
  •  Pilgrim's Rest Renown Mastery
•  Castoran Culture
  •  The Uplift
  •  Savior of the Gwyldell
  •  An Imperial Inquiry
•  Weekly Rift Hunting
  •  Eternity's Garden Incursions
•  Mastery Insights
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Artificer's Islet
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Gaze of the All Seer
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Ley-Drowned Quarry
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Pilgrim's Rest
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: The Temple of Abnegation
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Under the Shadow of the Spire
  •  Eternity's Garden Insight: Venomgrove Observatory
•  Repeatable
  •  (Repeatable) Eternity's Garden: Artificer's Islet Renown Heart
  •  (Repeatable) Eternity's Garden: Pilgrim's Rest Renown Heart
•  Rare Collections
  •  Glimmering Resin Weapon Collector
  •  Relics—Visions of Eternity Set 3
  •  Songs of Tyria: End of Dragons
  •  Songs of Tyria: Guild Wars 2
  •  Songs of Tyria: Heart of Thorns
  •  Songs of Tyria: Janthir Wilds
  •  Songs of Tyria: Living World Season 2
  •  Songs of Tyria: Living World Season 3
  •  Songs of Tyria: Living World Season 4
  •  Songs of Tyria: Living World Season 5
  •  Songs of Tyria: Metal Legion
  •  Songs of Tyria: Path of Fire
  •  Songs of Tyria: Secrets of the Obscure
  •  Songs of Tyria: Super Adventure Box
•  Black Lion Collections
  •  Synergetics Weapon Collection

New Masteries

• Combat Maneuvers – extension of the Castoran Survivalist track.
• Residual Mirror Magic – extension of the Wild Castoran Magic track.

New Currency

• Shadowstone Fragment

Content Updates

Fashion Templates

• Updates to the Fashion Templates system that add new ways to change individual cosmetics and improve your look in templates.
  • A new Travel submenu in which you can customize the appearance of your gliders, mounts, skiffs, and conjured doorways. They can be edited, saved, and shared in the same way as Wardrobe cosmetics.
  • A new Current Fashion tab in Wardrobe and Travel submenus, which brings back the "old way" to change cosmetics.
    • The cosmetics and dyes can be changed without needing to assign and apply them to a Fashion Template.

New Rewards

Legendary items

• New PvE legendary accessory — Stella Radians
• New WvW legendary accessory — Strife Unending

Skins and equipment

• Adventurous Gourmand's Basket
• Aureate Partisan
• Beaded Spear
• Castoran Diver's Mask Box
  • Light Castoran Diver's Mask (light)
  • Medium Castoran Diver's Mask (medium)
  • Heavy Castoran Diver's Mask (heavy)
• Castoran Explorer's Rebreather Box
  • Light Castoran Explorer's Rebreather (light)
  • Medium Castoran Explorer's Rebreather (medium)
  • Heavy Castoran Explorer's Rebreather (heavy)
• Castoran Researcher's Mask Box
  • Light Castoran Researcher's Mask (light)
  • Medium Castoran Researcher's Mask (medium)
  • Heavy Castoran Researcher's Mask (heavy)
• Dredge Halberd
• Forge Guard's armor
  • Headgear:
    • Forge Guard's Light Helmet (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Helmet (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Helmet (heavy)
  • Shoulders:
    • Forge Guard's Light Pauldron (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Pauldron (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Pauldron (heavy)
  • Chest:
    • Forge Guard's Light Cuirass (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Cuirass (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Cuirass (heavy)
  • Gloves:
    • Forge Guard's Light Gloves (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Gloves (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Gloves (heavy)
  • Leggings:
    • Forge Guard's Light Leggings (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Leggings (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Leggings (heavy)
  • Boots:
    • Forge Guard's Light Boots (light)
    • Forge Guard's Medium Boots (medium)
    • Forge Guard's Heavy Boots (heavy)
• Forge Guard's Surprise Dagger
• Glimmering Resin weapons
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Axe
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Dagger
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Focus
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Greatsword
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Hammer
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Longbow
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Mace
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Pistol
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Rifle
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Scepter
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Shield
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Short Bow
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Spear
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Staff
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Sword
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Torch
  • Berserker's Glimmering Resin Warhorn
• Glyphic Javelin
• Inquest Aquabreather Box
  • Light Inquest Aquabreather (light)
  • Medium Inquest Aquabreather (medium)
  • Heavy Inquest Aquabreather (heavy)
• Inquest Bident
• Molten Spear
• Morph-o-Matic Weapon Box
  • Morph-o-Matic Hammer
  • Morph-o-Matic Mace
• Royal Ascalonian Spear
• Vial of Liquid Shadowstone

Mount skin

• Swiftwing Raptor Mount Skin

Wizard's Vault

• "/Flex" Emote Tome
• Enchanted Springer Skin
• Gwyl Monarch's Selection Box
  • Gwyl Monarch's Axe Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Dagger Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Focus Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Greatsword Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Hammer Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Longbow Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Mace Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Pistol Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Rifle Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Scepter Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Shield Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Short Bow Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Spear Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Staff Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Sword Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Torch Skin
  • Gwyl Monarch's Warhorn Skin
• Legendary Weapon Starter Key—Set 1
• Ward Hunter's Boots Skin
• Ward Hunter's Gloves Skin
• Ward Hunter's Shoulder Skin

Relics

• Relic of Galdra
• Relic of Watch
• Relic of the Cruel Overseer
• Relic of the Director
• Relic of the Doyen
• Relic of the Sacred Grounds

Minis

• Mini Adventurous Castoran Choya
• Mini All Seer
• Mini Apprentice Steward of Galdra
• Mini Augmented Steward of Galdra
• Mini Castoran Choya
• Mini Cyborg Spineshell
• Mini Enchanted Spell Guardian
• Mini Gwyllian
• Mini High Steward of Galdra
• Mini Horror Crab
• Mini Kitshark Adult
• Mini Kitshark Pup
• Mini River Otter
• Mini Sea Turtle Hatchling
• Mini Steward of Galdra

Decorations

Guild Hall decorations

• Iron Door
• Iron Doorway 240 x 240
• Iron Floor 960 x 600
• Iron Floor 960 x 840
• Iron Stairs 120 x 120
• Iron Stairs 120 x 60
• Iron Wall 120 x 240
• Iron Wall 240 x 240
• Iron Wall 60 x 240
• Iron Wall 600 x 240
• Iron Wall 960 x 240
• Iron Window
• Jungle Log Arched
• Seer Bed
• Seer Chest Large
• Seer Doorway
• Seer Floor
• Seer Lamp
• Seer Mirror Small
• Seer Painting
• Seer Pillar
• Seer Storage Cauldron
• Seer Table Large
• Seer Table Small
• Seer Wall

Homestead decorations

• Iron Door
• Iron Doorway 240 x 240
• Iron Floor 960 x 600
• Iron Floor 960 x 840
• Iron Stairs 120 x 120
• Iron Stairs 120 x 60
• Iron Wall 120 x 240
• Iron Wall 240 x 240
• Iron Wall 60 x 240
• Iron Wall 600 x 240
• Iron Wall 960 x 240
• Iron Window
• Jungle Log Arched
• Seer Bed
• Seer Chest Large
• Seer Doorway
• Seer Floor
• Seer Lamp
• Seer Mirror Small
• Seer Painting
• Seer Pillar
• Seer Storage Cauldron
• Seer Table Large
• Seer Table Small
• Seer Wall
• Teleporter Entrance
• Teleporter Exit

Recipes

• Homestead Recipe Book: Seer Catalogue Volume 1
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Axe
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Dagger
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Focus
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Greatsword
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Hammer
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Longbow
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Mace
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Pistol
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Rifle
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Scepter
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Shield
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Short Bow
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Spear
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Staff
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Sword
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Torch
• Recipe: Glimmering Resin Warhorn
• Recipe: Seer Painting
• Recipe: Teleporter Entrance
• Recipe: Teleporter Exit

Items

• "/Whistle" Emote Tome
• 1,000 "Gold"
• 100 "Gold"
• 100,000 "Gold"
• Abyss Stalker Weapon Box
• Eternity's Garden Renown Token
• Mists-Infused Sharpening Stone Station
• Mote of Seer Transcendence
  • Seer Transcendence
• Preserved Eidolon Hide
• Seer Runestone
• Shadowstone Containment Frame
• Shadowstone Orb

Armor tokens

• Forge Guard's Token: Boots
• Forge Guard's Token: Cuirass
• Forge Guard's Token: Gloves
• Forge Guard's Token: Helmet
• Forge Guard's Token: Leggings
• Forge Guard's Token: Shoulders

Legendary gifts

• Gift of Eternity's Garden Exploration
• Gift of Galdra
• Gift of Regrowth
• Gift of Restoration
• Gift of Shadowstones
• Gift of the Mist Warrior
• Gift of the Mistwalker
• Gift of the Warclaw

Chests & containers

• Kitshark Feeding: Bronze
• Kitshark Feeding: Gold
• Kitshark Feeding: Silver
• Skimmer Relic Scouring: Bronze
• Skimmer Relic Scouring: Gold
• Skimmer Relic Scouring: Silver
• Steward's Cache
• Tropical Jungle Gear Bag

Soundtrack Singles

• Soundtrack Single—Guild Wars 2
• Soundtrack Single—Icebrood Saga
• Soundtrack Single—Living World Season 2
• Soundtrack Single—Living World Season 3
• Soundtrack Single—Living World Season 4
• Soundtrack Single—Metal Legion

Gem Store

• Tenacious Creatures Mount Adoption License
• Tenacious Creatures Mount Adoption Select License
  • Deep Sea Canthan Raptor
  • Specked Pool Canthan Raptor
  • Pyroclast Gecko Springer
  • Aurene's Prismatic Skimmer
  • Charged Wavehawk Skimmer
  • Pathfinder Vulpine Jackal
  • Darkmist Roller Beetle
  • Alloyed Cobalt Warclaw
  • Upland Journeykin Warclaw
  • Plains Heart Tigris Griffon
  • Irascible Noble Skyscale
  • Sand Souled Skyscale
  • Spotted Axolotl Skyscale
  • Racing Siege Turtle
  • Stone Heart Siege Turtle
• New Black Lion Chest — Restful Leisure Chest
  • Picnic Blanket Chair
• New Black Lion Claim Ticket — Synergetics weapon skins
  • Synergetics Axe Skin
  • Synergetics Dagger Skin
  • Synergetics Focus Skin
  • Synergetics Greatsword Skin
  • Synergetics Hammer Skin
  • Synergetics Longbow Skin
  • Synergetics Mace Skin
  • Synergetics Pistol Skin
  • Synergetics Rifle Skin
  • Synergetics Scepter Skin
  • Synergetics Shield Skin
  • Synergetics Short Bow Skin
  • Synergetics Spear Skin
  • Synergetics Staff Skin
  • Synergetics Sword Skin
  • Synergetics Torch Skin
  • Synergetics Warhorn Skin

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  First teaser of Eternity's Garden.

• 

  Eternity's Garden

• 

  Eternity's Garden

• 

  Eternity's Garden

• 

  Rewards

• 

  Rewards

• 

  Swiftwing Raptor Mount Skin

• 

  Juvenile River Otter

Promotional material

• 

  Title reveal.

• 

  Key art with Overseer Kuda, Rytlock Brimstone, Sayida the Sly, and Canach.

• 

  Story recap video cover

• 

  Wizard's Vault seasonal refresh

• 

  Image of Forge Guard's Surprise Dagger

External links

• First title teaser, X.com
• Second title teaser, X.com
• Title reveal, YouTube.com
• The Journey So Far: Visions of Eternity Story Recap, GuildWars2.com
• The Journey So Far… | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, YouTube.com
• Legendary Accessories | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - The Only Way, YouTube.com
• First teaser, X.com
• Second teaser, X.com
• Third teaser, X.com
• Visions of Eternity Continues Next Week with “The Only Way”, GuildWars2.com
• Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity | The Only Way Announce Trailer, YouTube.com
• Eternity's Garden Map Flythrough | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - The Only Way, YouTube.com
• “The Only Way” Is Live: Play the next chapter of Guild Wars 2 now!, GuildWars2.com
• Wizard's Vault Refresh | Guild Wars 2 - Visions of Eternity - The Only Way, YouTube.com
• Eat, fight, and ride like a true hero, YouTube.com
• Adventure hard – snack even harder, YouTube.com

References

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Visions of Eternity major releases

Visions of Eternity Raids and Wardrobe The Only Way 1 release TBA