Guild Wars 2®

About Guild Wars 2®

Guild Wars 2 is a free-to-play MMORPG developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft, using a buy-to-play model with in-game purchases. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, it offers five races — Human, Sylvari, Asura, Charr, and Norn — and nine professions. Core gameplay centers on dynamic events: you can join world events with other players without forming a party, and a personal story unfolds based on your choices. Competitive modes include structured PvP, World vs. World cross-server warfare, and raid challenges. Characters have no level cap, all activities grant experience, maps are driven by dynamic events, and defeating hostile forces can change regional control. Expansions expand the world with gliding, mounts, fishing, skiffs, and other mastery abilities.

Guild Wars 2 (激战2) is a buy-to-play MMORPG developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. The base game is free to play, while expansions and some content must be purchased separately. It originally launched in August 2012 and arrived on Steam in August 2022. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the game lets you choose from five races — Human, Sylvari, Asura, Charr, and Norn — and nine professions: Engineer, Revenant, Thief, Elementalist, Warrior, Ranger, Mesmer, Guardian, and Necromancer. Each profession wields different weapons and has its own skill and trait systems. The core mechanic is Dynamic Events: when players help NPCs or complete zone objectives, the world dynamically triggers chains of events. You can join other players' events at any time without forming a party and earn experience. Maps are coordinated by world servers, with players spread across the dynamic events of each zone. The Personal Story unfolds based on your race and dialogue choices. The game offers three competitive modes: Structured PvP, where all players start at max level with normalized gear and stats, making matches a pure test of skill and builds; World vs. World (WvW), multi-server warfare over border territories; and Raid/Fractal challenges. Progression systems include skill unlocks (hundreds of skills and traits), Masteries (abilities introduced with expansions, such as gliding, mounts, fishing, and the skiff), the Wardrobe for character appearance, and a dye system. Six expansions have been released: Heart of Thorns (2015), Path of Fire (2017), End of Dragons (2022), Secrets of the Obscure (2023), Janthir Wilds (2024), and Visions of Eternity (2025). Each expansion provides 9 Elite Specializations with new weapons and skills. Living World is the free and paid story content released between expansions, obtainable through the story journal or the gem store. The game runs on Windows; the Steam version requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later and about 70GB of storage.