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Update April 1, 2026

Today we are releasing a significant build on April 1st and in many places around the world today is celebrated as April Fools' Day. There are no fake release notes today, although there are some April Fools' Day related features.

New Prophecies Dungeon

A new dungeon has come to Prophecies pre-Searing!

To reach the dungeon:

• Make sure you’re playing in Reforged mode
• Complete A Bastion In the North
• Travel through the Northlands to reach Piken Square
• Talk to Mullenix inside Piken Square to start the new quest chain

Once completed the dungeon becomes repeatable.

A post-Searing version will be coming in a future update.

Devona is a Hero!

Devona can now be unlocked as a hero for characters in Reforged mode

• by completing the new pre-Searing dungeon, or
• talking to her in Lion’s Arch.

Note: Reforged mode is still in Alpha and there are some known issues, most notably being able to take both the hero and henchman versions of Devona into some missions.

April Fool’s Day Content

• A new graphics setting is available called “Nostalgia Mode” that emulates an oldschool CRT monitor at glorious 800x600 resolution.
• Using Nostalgia Mode on April Fool’s changes the login screen logo to Guild Wars Deforged.
• (Nostalgia Mode will still be available after April Fool’s Day but the logo screen change will not.)
• If Nostalgia Mode doesn't activate after enabling it in the Graphics Settings Tab, be sure to check that post processing is enabled.

Inventory management upgrades

• You can identify all unidentified items in your inventory with a single button press.
  • This will consume identification kits.
• You can transfer all crafting materials in your inventory to your Xunlai material storage with a single button press.

Extra Life Pets Arrive

Pet Rewards from the 2025 Extra Life Live Stream can now be found in specific outposts.

Pet Species	Pet Name	Map Spawned
Lion	Morgann	The Astralarium
Lioness	Thea	The Astralarium
Melandru's Stalker	Boo	Champion's Dawn
Tiger	MeltyMeow	Champion's Dawn
Panda	Odin	The Marketplace
Melandru's Stalker	Knoxx	The Marketplace
Black Wolf	Benji Boots	Blacktide Den
Tiger	Stanley	Blacktide Den
Melandru's Stalker	Comet	Chantry of Secrets
Melandru's Stalker	Ricky Stein	Chantry of Secrets
Panther	Judy	Honur Hill
Panther	Ava	Honur Hill
White Wolf	Nakona	Maatu Keep
Black Wolf	Tilly	Maatu Keep
Black Wolf	Tinker	Henge of Denravi
Melandru's Stalker	Floeckli	Henge of Denravi
Black Wolf	Turbo	Bergen Hot Springs
Melandru's Stalker	Kingston	Bergen Hot Springs
White Rat	Freya	Henge of Denravi
Lynx	Bug	Henge of Denravi
Dune Lizard	Slane	Bergen Hot Springs
Hyena	Ducky	Bergen Hot Springs
Turtle	Horus	The Marketplace
Melandru's Stalker	Ace	Maatu Keep
Black Wolf	Broxigar	Temple of the Ages
White Wolf	Kokos	Temple of the Ages
Melandru's Stalker	Cinnamon	Temple of the Ages
Tiger	Riker	The Marketplace
Melandru's Stalker	Phoebe	Temple of the Ages
Tiger	Tigger	Maatu Keep
White Wolf	Elsa	Temple of the Ages

Balance adjustments

• Decreased cooldown for Smiter's Boon (PvP) by 1 second.

Hotfix

• You can now only recruit Devona as a henchman hero in Lion's Arch if you're a Reforged Mode character (you can opt into Reforged mode via a shrine).
• NPC placement adjustments were made just outside of Piken's north exit.
• Pre-Searing dungeon drop rarities adjusted (some gold items were dropping).

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• Contrary to the update notes, it was initially possible to unlock Devona in Lion's Arch despite not having Reforged Mode active on the character. This was fixed in another update few hours later.
• The portal to Piken Square from the Northlands no longer requires the party to be in Reforged Mode, but will not appear if Across the Wall is active.