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== Update February 25, 2026 ==

We continue to exercise the content tool chain. Today we're proud to show you our latest experiment.

=== New Content ===

* '''[[A Bastion In the North|Bastion in the North Quest]]''' — A new quest is available in pre-Searing for [[Reforged Mode]] players. Talk to [[Ben Wolfson]] after rescuing him in the [[Northlands]].

=== Quality of Life Improvements ===

* '''New Start Mission Button''' — To address a common player progression problem in [[Prophecies]], we've moved the '''Start Mission''' button from the party menu to a more visible location at the top of the screen. You can customize the placement of this button with the UI customization tools in the [[Options]] panel.

* '''Reforged Mode for Factions and Nightfall Characters''' — [[Reforged Mode]] is now available for new [[Factions]] and [[Nightfall]] characters. You can opt into Reforged Mode during character creation for non-Prophecies campaigns. Currently, Reforged Mode affects only skill training costs in Factions and Nightfall campaign content. While there are no balance changes to Factions or Nightfall, this allows you to create a Factions or Nightfall character as a Reforged character and take that character to Prophecies.

* '''[[Shrine to Godly Accoutrements|Godly Accoutrement Shrines]]''' — New shrines are present in major cities ([[Ascalon City (pre-Searing)|Ascalon City]], [[Lion's Arch]], [[Kaineng Center]], and [[Kamadan]]) that allow you to make changes to your covenants after character creation.
** Characters with [[Dhuum's Covenant]] can abandon it. Only characters who have never died may opt into Dhuum's Covenant.
** Characters who started with [[Melandru's Accord]] at character creation can abandon it. Melandru's Accord still cannot be taken after character creation.
** Characters can opt into and out of [[Reforged Mode]]. The Reforged Mode badge will be applied to any titles where any progress toward that tier was made in Reforged Mode.
** '''Important Note:''' Reforged Mode is currently in Alpha. When fully released, we intend to enable Reforged Mode for new characters by default and switch the option to "opt out." We will eventually retire the Reforged badge and introduce a new '''Veteran''' badge (or similar name) for characters not opted into Reforged Mode, applied retroactively. The Veteran badge will only appear on titles where ''all'' progress toward that tier was made without Reforged Mode. This approach allows us to release opt-in Alpha-level code for players to experiment with while we verify the tool pipeline. We continue to monitor adoption of Reforged Mode.

* '''Makeover Vendor in Pre-Searing Ascalon City''' — A new NPC, '''[[Gilderoy Le Fleur]]''', is now available in pre-Searing [[Ascalon City]]. He accepts [[Makeover Credits]] and [[Extreme Makeover Credit]]s, allowing you to change your character's appearance earlier in the game — before reaching [[Anatomical Engineer Llye]] in the [[Great Temple of Balthazar]]. Credits can be purchased from the [[Guild Wars Online Store]], accessible from the character select screen.

=== Skill Updates ===
* {{Skill icon|Consume Soul}} — Cast time increased to 1 second.
* {{Skill icon|Signet of Mystic Wrath}} — Damage per enchantment updated to 25; maximum damage is now a range of {{gr|30|120}}.

<noinclude>[[Category:2026 updates]][[Category:Balance updates]]</noinclude>

==Guild Wars Wiki notes==
* The [[Friends List]] panel verbiage for adding a friend has been changed to "Input name here to add a friend." To ignore a player the verbiage was change to "Input name here to add a player to ignore."
* {{skill icon|Dust Cloak}}'s range was increased to now hit [[nearby]] instead of [[adjacent]] foes.

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