gww>TikkaLeFem: needed Corporal Bane and his KT29-Moahawk

2026-07-05T22:13:07Z

needed Corporal Bane and his KT29-Moahawk

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[[April Fools' Day]] is a [[special event]] that occurs annually from April 1, 07:01, to April 2, 07:01 UTC ([https://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Template_talk%3ASpecial_events_lookup&action=historysubmit&diff=2559921&oldid=2559054 source]), in which [[ArenaNet]] sometimes creates an elaborate practical joke. Since [[April Fools' Day 2013]], the two Annihilator quests are available every year.
[[File:KT29-Moahawk.jpg|320px|right|[[KT29-Moahawk]]]]
[[File:Corporal Bane.jpg|80px|left|[[Corporal Bane]]]][[File:Corporal Bane rifle.jpg|80px|center|[[Corporal Bane]]]]
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==Quests available==
*[[Embark Beach]]
**"Lvl 20 [[Corporal Bane]]"
***[[Annihilator]]
**"W20 Corporal Bane"
***[[Annihilator 2: Searing Day]]

==Pranks and features==
[[Image:stickyfest.jpg|thumb|Players characters were changed into stick figures on [[April Fools' Day 2008]].]]
Between 2005-2013, every year Arenanet would change something elaborate about the game to play a joke on players. This usually involved changing the player character's apperance in some way, or adding novelty features to the game. These stopped for some time in 2013, until 2026 when "Nostalgia mode" was added as a part of [[Guild Wars Reforged]].

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|- style="background:lightgray;"
! Year !! Celebrated in... !! Prank
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| [[April Fools' Day 2007|2007]] || [[Lion's Arch]], [[Shing Jea Monastery]], and [[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan|Kamadan]] || Gender reversal of player [[character]]s
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| [[April Fools' Day 2008|2008]] || Everywhere || [[Level]] 20 player characters changed into stick figures; [[Game updates/20080401|prank developer update notes]] published.
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| [[April Fools' Day 2009|2009]] || Non-[[PvP]] [[outpost]]s || Level 2 and above player characters changed to [[Gwen-chan]]; [[Game updates/20090401|prank developer update notes]] published.
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| [[April Fools' Day 2010|2010]] || Outposts || Player characters changed to [[miniature]] size; miniatures changed to player size; [[Feedback:Game updates/20100401|prank developer update notes]] published.
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| [[April Fools' Day 2011|2011]] || [[Embark Beach]] || [[Annihilator]], a prank quest; [[Feedback:Game updates/20110401|prank developer update notes]] published.
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| [[April Fools' Day 2012|2012]] || Embark Beach || Annihilator and [[Annihilator 2: Searing Day]] quests; [[Feedback:Game updates/20120401|prank developer update notes]] published.
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| [[April Fools' Day 2013|2013]] onward || Embark Beach || Annihilator and Annihilator 2: Searing Day quests; on the login screen announcements there is a ''"*CLASSIFIED INFORMATION*"'' message.
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| 2026 onward || Everywhere || A new graphics setting called “Nostalgia Mode” that emulates an oldschool CRT monitor at 800x600 resolution. Using Nostalgia Mode on April Fool’s changes the login screen logo to 'Guild Wars Deforged'.
|}

== Notes ==
*There are two Corporal Banes in Embark Beach that can be distinguished by selecting one of them and viewing your [[User interface#Target display|target display]]. One is identified by "Lvl 20" and the other "W20".
*The login screen announcement is [[w:Base64|Base64]] encoded text and can be decoded to ''"Listen, and understand. That [[Annihilator Golem|Annihilator golem]] is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until [[Sarah]] and [[Gwen]] are dead."'' This is based on [[w:Kyle Reese|Kyle Reese]] dialogue in [[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]].

== Trivia ==
* On April Fool's day of 2004, during alpha testing game, Hakewood was allegedly overrun by 'Gnomes' saying phrases like "There’s no place like Gnome.", as mentioned by an alpha tester in the Photics e-zine Issue #10 of November 2004<ref>https://photics.com/issues/issue10.pdf</ref>.

== References ==
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gww>TikkaLeFem: needed Corporal Bane and his KT29-Moahawk