Guild Wars Reforged

Guild Wars Reforged is a series of updates first announced on November 18th, 2025, with the first of these updates going live on December 3rd, 2025. These updates will be free to existing players.

Guild Wars Reforged is also the name of the compilation containing all three campaigns, replacing the Guild Wars Trilogy and individual campaigns.

Digital Contents

When purchased digitally, you will receive the following:

• Guild Wars Prophecies
• Guild Wars Factions
• Guild Wars Nightfall
• 8x Character Slots
• 4x Xunlai Storage Panes
• The M.O.X. PvE Hero, and its related quest.

Features

GuildWars Reforged as represented in the Online Store.

Initial release

This patch was released on December 3, 2025.

• Support for controllers and Steam Decks.
• A new quest tracking and direction system.
• An updated UI featuring HD skill icons and larger text options.
• Native support for high DPI displays.
• Rendering improvements for occlusion, bloom, and anti-aliasing.
• A new audio system with improved environmental effects.
• Repricing of Eye of the North and other DLC.
• Any owners of one of the campaigns were automatically upgraded to all three campaigns.
• Individual purchase of each campaign was discontinued; all three were bundled at a lower price point.
• The Game of the Year Upgrade and its associated bonus items were discontinued.
• The Igneous Summoning Stone was made available to any account that has purchased Eye of the North.
• Steam players will be able to link their Hall of Monuments to Guild Wars 2 Steam accounts.

Q4 2025

Wintersday 2025

This patch was released on December 18, 2025 and coincided with the beginning of Wintersday.

• Two new optional game modes available at character creation.
  • Reforged Mode (Alpha Testing): provides access to a revised Prophecies experience, including the new Piken Square outpost in Pre-Searing Ascalon and rebalanced henchmen skill bars.
  • Dhuum's Covenant (Beta Testing): provides a badge next to your character name until they die.
• Increased party sizes (4) in Pre-Searing Ascalon.
• Access to past character selection screens.

Q1 2026

Canthan New Year 2026

This patch was released on January 28, 2026, shortly before the beginning of the Canthan New Year.

• A new optional game mode available at character creation.
  • Melandru's Accord (Beta Testing): an "Ironman" style game mode that requires the character to progress through Tyria without access to external assistance such as storage or trading.
• Further changes to Reforged Mode.
• Improvements to touch screen controls.

Balance pass Update

This patch was released on February 5, 2026 (See page for balance notes). Additional skill balance was included in the February 9, 2026 and the February 25, 2026 game updates.

• Rebalancing of various lesser used skills.
• New Steam-based in-game store.

The Bastion Update

This patch was released on February 25, 2026.

• A Bastion In the North — A new quest available in pre-Searing for Reforged Mode players.
• New Start Mission Button — Start Mission button moved to a more visible location at the top of the screen.
• Reforged Mode added for Factions and Nightfall Characters.
• Godly Accoutrement Shrines — New shrines added to major cities (Ascalon City, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan) that allow you to make changes to selected optional game modes after character creation.
• Stylist Gilderoy Le Fleur added to Pre-Searing Ascalon City.

Q2 2026

Forsaken Tunnels Update

This patch was released on April 1, 2026.

• New pre-searing dungeon, Forsaken Tunnels, added for Reforged Mode players.
  • New dungeon quest chain (Long Thought Forgotten→Charr in the Tunnels→The Scourge Beneath).
  • Devona can now be unlocked as a Hero in Reforged Mode through the new dungeon or in Lion's Arch.
• Inventory quality-of-life updates: one-click item identification and material transfer to storage.
• April Fool’s additions include “Nostalgia Mode” (CRT-style 800×600 visuals) with a temporary themed login screen.

21st Anniversary Celebration Updates

These updates were released on April 22, 2026 and April 28, 2026.

• Players can now name their characters single word names (three characters or more).
• Post-Searing version of the Forsaken Tunnels dungeon, called Tunnels of the Forsaken added for Reforged Mode players.
  • New dungeon quest chain (Elegy for Those Left Behind→The Cost of Survival→The Dreamer and the Zealot).
  • Ghost of Althea can now be unlocked as a Hero in Reforged Mode through the new dungeon.
• Additional skill balance (See update page for balance notes).
• Announcement of Guild Wars Reforged coming to mobile devices (iOS & Android) in summer 2026.

Development

Guild Wars Reforged is being co-developed by ArenaNet and 2weeks, a small studio co-founded by past ArenaNet employees Brandon Dillon and Richard Foge, and joined by Matthew Moore.

On April 28 2026, it was announced that Guild Wars Reforged was also in development for mobile devices (iOS and Android).. The mobile game will allow cross-play with PC and select parts of the game on mobile will be free (ad-supported). A global launch is planned for summer 2026.

External links

Guild Wars Reforged FAQ on help.guildwars.com