Guild Wars 2 – June 25, 2024 Update Notes | Land Spear Beta Event Announced

Game Update Notes: June 25, 2024

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Land Spear Beta Event

The land spear beta event begins this Thursday! The event runs from June 27 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) until June 30 at 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). Every Guild Wars 2 account in good standing, including Play-for-Free accounts, will automatically get character slots marked "Beta" when the beta event begins. Clicking on one of these slots will allow you to create a character using any of the nine Guild Wars 2 professions.

General

• Added an option to hide or unhide aquabreathers in the equipment panel.
• Fixed an issue that caused some vendors' interfaces to scroll down when purchasing items from them.
• Updated the Sunken Treasure Hunter content in anticipation of an upcoming weekly event:
  • Sunken chests have been added to the end of the Aquatic Ruins fractal and Siren's Reef fractal.
  • Various functionality improvements to opening and resetting sunken chests.
• Lowered the difficulty of the "Help Lucretia get back to Garenhoff" event.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the rockslides encountered in the Missing Brood collection from being in the proper animation state.

Fractals

Lonely Tower Fractal

• Reduced the boon corruption Eparch causes with Envy Empowerment.
• Reduced Eparch's health.

Strike Missions

• Balance adjustments made to the Temple of Febe challenge mode encounter to make it more accessible.

Player vs. Player

• The number of ascended shards of glory required to purchase ascended gear from PvP vendors has been decreased.
• Changes will apply to ranked reward tracks starting with the next PvP league season, Season 42, which begins on July 2.

Items

• Players who misplaced their Saga's End Draconic Core can purchase additional copies from Sarettokk in Lion's Arch after completing all requirements to earn the item.
• Fixed issues related to various skins not unlocking properly in the wardrobe.

Profession Skills

• Elementalists and Guardians received updates, including fixes to skills and increased radius effects.