Guild Wars 2 – September 12, 2023 Update Notes | Fractal Rush Event Live

Game Update Notes: September 12, 2023

Fractal Rush

The Fractal Rush bonus event is underway this week! To promote Tyria's hottest historical-simulation getaway, your friends at the Consortium are sweetening the deal with extra loot and achievements for just one week. You'll find Fractal Rush trophies in your favorite fractals' final reward chests at any difficulty level; these will automatically progress the Fractal Rush Champion achievement. Complete Fractal Rush Champion tiers to earn various useful items and currencies for your fractal journey! To get started, speak with Assistant Subdirector Rannu in Lion's Arch to learn more about the event. Fractal Rush will be available for one week and end on September 19.

World Polish

Skywatch Archipelago

• Added more traversal options between western Skyward Marches and Shattered Atoll, Droknar's Light, and Jade Mech Habitation Zone 03.
• The timer duration before players are removed from the area after completing the Unlocking the Wizard's Tower meta-event has been increased from five minutes to ten minutes to allow more time for listening to optional conversations, reading books, and looting chests.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Alchemist Briella to enter a conversation from an unintended location.
• Fixed an issue that caused Alchemist Briella's dialogue to be displayed throughout the entire map.

Amnytas

• Fixed an issue that caused bundles of concoctions to fall on the floor if the player was already holding a bundle while mounted during the "Escort Zizel and the concoctions to the greenhouse" event in Amnytas.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Sticky Concoction special action skill to display the wrong skill facts for applied conditions in Amnytas.
• Updated the icon for the Reinforced Armor effect to better represent the mechanic's overall functionality and help distinguish it from other enhancements.
• Fixed an issue that caused some informative dialogue lines to repeat frequently during Amnytas events that require players to defeat tentacles and close rifts.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the boss's name from displaying properly in the "Defeat the avatar before it steals the relics" event.
• Fixed an issue that could cause possessed researchers in the "Exorcise the possessed researchers" event to be killed by damage in excess of their health threshold.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Kryptis turrets from awarding participation during the "Help Livia escort the relics by shooting at Kryptis from the magic platforms" event.
• Fixed some visual issues in the "Prepare for the Kryptis assault on the gates" event.
• Fixed an issue that caused Head Cartographer Pavish to spawn twice.
• Fixed an issue that caused Peitha to repeat dialogue lines during the "Fight off the Kryptis ambush" event.

General

• Updated an Extra Life pet to display the correct species model.
• Gortho, Son of Mailk, will now offer to sell the player bird whistles for skyscale collection progress if none of his related events are active in Iron Marches.
• Improved enemy placements in Skywatch Archipelago, Wizard's Tower, and Amnytas.
• Added one new achievement to Skywatch Archipelago.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Dadga's initial dialogue from playing for the Sorrow's Lost collection.
• Added new conversations to Dadga in the Wizard's Tower.
• Added new hints for the Sorrow's Lost collection.

General

• New Expand All and Collapse All recipe group options have been added to the Search Filters menu in the crafting interface.
• Fixed crashes related to the improved crafting functionality and re-enabled the following changes:
  • The crafting interface has been revamped to better serve its intended purpose as a library of crafting recipes.
  • The category menu now includes an All Professions category, which is selected by default and will display all the recipes currently available to your character, regardless of their active crafting discipline. Selecting one of the nine disciplines from the menu will filter the results to only display recipes from that discipline.
  • Two new options are available from the menu that appears when right-clicking any material that can be used in a crafting recipe.
    • The Open Crafting Preview with Item option will open the Crafting tab in your Hero panel.
    • The Open Crafting Station with Item option is available when you are near a crafting station, and it will open the station's crafting interface.
    • Both options will display recipes that require the item. For example, when right-clicking mithril ingots in your inventory and selecting one of the new options, the available crafting recipes will be automatically filtered to those requiring mithril ingots as an ingredient.
    • The options will not display crafting recipes that are unavailable at your current crafting level or that you have not learned.

Dungeons

• Added a universal access point for dungeons in Lion's Arch outside the Aerodrome, and moved the dungeon weapon and armor vendors to a location nearby.