The latest Guild Wars 2 Patch notes bring Wintersday event with new Jumping puzzle, minis, PvP Snowball Globe arena, a number of general bug fixes, along with a few profession changes.
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GW2 Snowball Mayhem Wintersday guide
Getting Started Snowball Mayhem
Talk to the NPC Festive Lionguard near Mystic Forge in the Lion’s Arch. Once you enter the snow globe arena, select one of three rolls to play – Heavy Gunner, Support or Scout. Don’t worry you can switch the roles during the match. The match is over when the first team (blue or red) reaches 500 points. If you want to exit Snowball arena there is a exit icon near mini map.
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Waiting for GW2 Wintersday event
The hours may seem very long if you are waiting for the Wintersday patch. According to Anthony Ordon, ArenaNet’s Game Designer – there is no specific time when the Wintersday event will start:
The patch will go live sometime today, but I can’t provide a specific time. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Anthony Ordon
The game update will arrive at sometime today, Pacific Time (which is the time zone in which our development studio is based). We do not have a specific time at which it will go live.
The first event which will occur at a specific time will happen tomorrow, December 15, per the schedule on the website.
Regina Buenaobra
What we know about Wintersday event so far:
- Any rewards tied to a specific day will be attainable when those days are available for replay at the end. Anthony Ordon
- You can be any level to participate in any of the main stage Wintersday content. And yes, there are both level-appropriate and level independent rewards.
- You have two weeks to claim the final reward. – Anthony Ordon
- You will have until January 3rd to enjoy the content. Regina Buenaobra
- I would not expect difficult combat challenges in holiday updates. The reception of including such content with the Halloween update was very poor. Anthony Ordon
- The transition of the airship departing and arriving is at 10 AM PST each day , but all of the actual content is available at-will, all day long. Antony Ordon
GW2 Patch Notes December 3rd
According to the latest Guild Wars 2 Patch notes a number of general bug fixes were made, along with a few profession changes.
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Wintersday is comming to Guild Wars 2
You just can’t have a great Tyrian holiday without the ancient Wintersday event. This holiday is scheduled for December 14th and will continue until January 3rd.
The official announcement for the Wintersday event:
The nights may be long and dark, but Tyrians of all races keep joy alive during the ancient holiday of Wintersday. While each race celebrates Wintersday in their own unique way, children all over Tyria share a common love of one thing: toys.
This year the city of Lion’s Arch will host the asuran Toymaker Tixx as their special guest of honor. Before Tixx arrives in Lion’s Arch in his massive airship toy workshop, he’ll visit every major city in Tyria to deliver Wintersday toys and holiday cheer.
In the gallery below you can find some breathtaking screenshots. I truly hope that ArenaNet learned a few lessons from the previous events, which means the players will be able to enjoy the event without lags, disconnections and unnecessary in-game bugs.
Source: Guild Wars 2 Official page
Create a new look for your Guild Wars 2 character
It would be a great mistake if you are still thinking that you cannot change your character appearance. In the Black Lion Trading Company, under the Services tab, there are two new items: Self-Style Hair Kit and Total Makeover Kit.
With the Self-Style Hair Kit you can modify your appearance settings for hair style, hair color, horns and facial hair. The kit is consumed on accepting a new appearance.
With the Total Makeover Kit you can modify your appearance settings for height, physique, skin color, markings, face, hair, gender. Race and profession will remain the same. The kit is consumed on accepting a new appearance.
The prices are great: 250 Gems for Self-Style Hair Kit, and 350 Gems for Total Makeover Kit. In the video below you can see the new kits in action.
Tell us is your character perfect or you want to change something?
GW2 Black Friday Weekend Sale
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, during the Black Friday Weekend, three different items will be on sale in the Gem Store. The items are on sale for limited-time – each sale lasts only 24 hours.
Black Friday Sale for Sunday- The following items are on sale:
- Black Lion Trader Express: 60% off
Buy 5 for 80 Gems
No sale on any amount lower than that - Karma Booster: 40% off
Buy 1 for 45 Gems
Buy 5 for 165 Gems - Mystic Forge Stone: 30% off
Buy 5 for 175 Gems
Buy 10 for 315 Gems
Black Friday Sale for Saturday – The following items are on sale:
- Evon Gnashblade’s Box o’ Fun: 70% off
Buy 1 for 75 Gems
Buy 5 for 300 Gems - Experience Booster: 30% off
Buy 1 for 105 Gems
Buy 5 for 385 Gems - Revive Orb: 60% off
Buy 1 for 100 Gems
Buy 5 for 360 Gems
Black Friday Sale for FRIDAY – The following items are on sale:
- Black Lion Keys: 50% off
Buy 25 for 1560 Gems.
No sale on any amount lower than that - Black Lion Merchant Express: 60% off
Buy 5 for 50 gems.
No sale on any amount lower than that - Fine Transmutation Stones: 40% off
Buy 5 for 120 gems
Buy 10 for 215 gems
Buy 25 for 480 gems
Source: Guild Wars Official Site
Rewards for those disconnect at the end of GW2 Lost Shores Event
Martin Kerstein, ArenaNet’s Head of Global Community, posted on the official GW2 forum the following explanation:
We have a team looking into disconnection problems that prevented some people from receiving their event rewards.
We will implement a solution so that people who participated will get their rewards, but this takes work on our end, so it will not happen today.
Keep an eye on our forums and social media channels, we will let you know once we have the solution in place.
Thank you, and we apologize that you were unable to claim your rewards.
Source GW2 forum
Reef Drake Ranger Pet
Juvenile Reef Drakes are amphibious pets located in Southsun Cove. Reef Drakes are AoE damage pets that confuse foes with his unique skill Sonic Shriek.
| Reef Drake attributes (lvl 80) | Appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| SKILL SLOT | SKILL | APPEARANCE | |
| Common to Drake |  | Bite | Bite a foe with your jaws. |
 | Chomp | Bite a foe and gain health. | |
 | Tail Swipe | Attack all surrounding foes with a tail swipe. | |
| Unique |  | Sonic Shriek | Emit a cone of discordant sonic energy to confuse foes. |
| Underwater |  | Sonic Barrier | Create a sonic barrier that reflects projectiles. |
| Family: Drake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice Drake |  Marsh Drake |  River Drake |  Salamander Drake |  Reef Drake |
GW2 The Lost Shores Event Phase 3
The third phase The Final Push has begun. Head to the South West part of the Southsun Cove map and then make your way to Karka Hive POI (Bakestone Cavern).
The event starts with [Group Event] Protect the Lionguard demolition squad.
Once the NPCs set the explosives return to camp. The new event Maneuver the ancient karka back towards its nesting grounds will start. You should hit the trees to navigate karka forward, don’t try to kill ancient karka.
The Loot at the End of the Karka Event:
- Ancient Karka Shell Box (20 slot bag)
- Ancient Karka Shell (exotic accessory)
- +25 power/prec/tough/vit +3% crit/mf +25 healing power/condition damage
- 2 random exotics
- The Lover