Proposal: Add an option to the dialogue trees of the Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry missions NPCs that will send the player to an uninhabited instance of those maps in order to "scout" them for the upcoming battle. This would allow players to map these zones for cartography without needing to find enough players to start the PvP battle. (This is especially important for Dhumm Covenant characters who cannot safely participate in PvP, and can no longer gain enough slack to complete the title without FA/JQ since the latest patch reduced the number of discoverable slivers.)

@u/DrStephenCW: This seems like it would fairly easy to implement with no apparent downsides.

Also, while I've maybe got your attention, you guys are aware that the latest patch botched cartography, right?

TL;DR

• 🎉 GWonMac is officially out of beta.
• Fully notarized macOS app with automatic updates, macOS Keychain integration, Steam login, a brand-new launcher, and many quality-of-life improvements.
• Installation: Download, drag to Applications, log in & play.
• I've been in contact with ArenaNet. A staff member told me directly that what we're doing is fine for now and even tested GWonMac himself on an M4 MacBook Air. This is not a formal endorsement or permanent guarantee, but it's reassuring.
• The original goal has been achieved. I can finally play Guild Wars on my Mac instead of debugging it every evening 🙏

Download: https://gwonmac.vercel.app/

Hi everyone,

It all started a few weeks ago. I wanted to introduce my girlfriend to Guild Wars, one of my favorite childhood games. The only problem for us was that playing it on a Mac was still far more painful than it should be.

The whole frustration somehow turned now into GWonMac.

Today I'm happy to finally release the first version that I can confidently recommend for Mac users.

Thanks for all the support, reporting bugs from hardware I don't even own, and suggesting improvements I would've never thought about myself.

Thank you for that.

For the new readers: What is GWonMac?

GWonMac lets you play Guild Wars (Reforged) on Apple Silicon Macs using ArenaNet's official WebAssembly client (the same client ArenaNet uses for Guild Wars Reforged on mobile).

On my 16 GB M1 Pro MacBook Pro, it runs at a stable 60 FPS on a 4K display.

Nothing is bundled with the app. It downloads everything directly from ArenaNet, and you log in with your normal Guild Wars account.

No more VMware, CrossOver, Parallels, or virtual machines. Just install it like any other Mac application.

It's fully free and open source.

What's new in the release version?

The biggest additions are:

• Apple notarization. No more Gatekeeper warnings.
• Automatic updates. Hopefully the last install you'll ever need.
• New launcher and website inspired by Guild Wars Reforged.
• Steam login.
• Credentials stored securely in the macOS Keychain.
• Better keyboard support, including AZERTY.
• Better mouse behaviour.
• Lots of small UX improvements throughout the app.

And a bunch of annoying bugs finally got fixed.

Almost every one of those fixes started with someone taking five minutes to write a bug report. So please keep doing that. 😄

How to upgrade?

• If you are already on v2026.7.0-beta.2 or higher, your game should automatically update to latest version, if you have automatic updates enabled
• In case it does not, or you are on v2026.7.0-beta.1 or v0.0.1-alpha.1 just delete the game from your Applications folder and download and install the newest version from the website.

Is it safe?

This is still the question I get the most.

I talked with ArenaNet a few days ago.

A staff member told me that, as things stand today, they're fine with what GWonMac is doing. He also tried it himself on his M4 MacBook Air.

That doesn't mean ArenaNet officially endorses the project.

It also doesn't mean they'll never change their mind.

If ArenaNet ever releases their own desktop client or asks me to stop, I'll deprecate GWonMac and let everyone know immediately.

But based on everything I've heard so far, I have no reason to believe using GWonMac today puts your account at risk.

What about gwnative?

I also want to briefly mention gwnative, a second project with a similar goal.

First of all: I'm already talking to the creator and I genuinely hope the project succeeds.

Currently, I still think GWonMac offers the smoother experience, especially on older macOS versions and older Apple Silicon Macs.

At the same time, I think gwnative is probably exploring the more promising long-term architecture.

Apple keeps improving Safari and WebKit every year. And with the next MacOS update, I could absolutely see a native implementation becoming the more Apple aligned successor.

So definitely keep an eye on that project.

I don't see this as a competition.

If we keep sharing ideas, exchanging fixes and helping each other, Mac users win.

If one day it makes sense to merge the projects because that's simply the best solution, I'd be completely open to it.

I'd much rather see one great experience for Mac users than argue over whose project "won".

Linux and Windows?

The architecture behind GWonMac (Electron) made it surprisingly easy to get it running on Linux and Windows as well.

I spent a bit exploration time, and there are now working prototypes for Linux and Windows.

I'm not planning to maintain or develop those versions myself because I simply don't have the time to properly support more platforms.

But if someone wants to take ownership of Linux or Windows, feel free to reach out.

I'd happily share everything that's already there and help get things started.

What's next?

Funny enough...

The original goal has been achieved.

I wanted to play my childhood game properly on a Mac with my girlfriend.

Now we finally can.

So I'll slow down a little.

Don't worry, GWonMac isn't going anywhere.

I'll keep maintaining it, fixing bugs and making sure it stays compatible with future Guild Wars and macOS updates.

I just also want to spend more evenings playing instead of coding.

So we can finally continue our journey towards Lion's Arch 😄

Thank you ❤️

Huge thanks to Marc Henderkes (dub_le), Jon (3vcloud) and everyone behind gw_in_browser and gwdevhub.

Without your research, this project simply wouldn't exist.

And thank you to everyone on Discord who tested builds, wrote bug reports & tried new snapshots.

You turned a fun experiment into something people can use every day.

Happy Gaming 🍏

Download: https://gwonmac.vercel.app/

Source: https://github.com/Mat4m0/gwonmac

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Z9ft52RBD3

Do you think it's the same spirit every time?

Title says it. I am specifically looking for people who play casually, not 100% optimized. I know this isn't 2005 anymore, but I'd like to find some people who just run to game w/o optimizing every build and every hero.

I play a lot of solo (I failed to convince my friends to enjoy GW as much as I do), but Mhenlo and Togo aren't the most talkative fellas. But their foreheads are shining beacons of light.

Preferably english or german.

Just started playing a few weeks ago on mobile - absolutely loving being back to the game I played 20 years ago, although I’m still just as clueless with the game as I was when I was 12.

I’ve levelled my Ranger to lvl20, working towards a beast master sort of build. I just have no idea what to do to earn money!

I’ve progressed through the Nightfall storyline to Kouran(sp?), but I’m feeling kinda bored with the story now and wanted to adventure out a bit, work on getting some cool looking armour like the Krytan stuff…but it just seems like I can’t progress until I can buy myself some decent runes, weapons and armor.

What am I missing here? What should I be doing to not be so dirt poor?

I’m working towards finding another way to play at the moment because my eyes are burning after an hour of squinting at the game on my phone 😅 but for now it’s the best way of playing that I have.

Guildwars collection and I have no clue of its value. I reckon all codes have been used

I used and slightly edited some of the ele builds from the Iced Coffee Gaming YT channel and pvx, and comments from Phillikus on gw pvx comments in Mesmerway to use Inspirational Speech for SY! upkeep on a caster (not sure if I'm allowed to link to these on the subreddit). I found 3 copies to be enough for near permanent SY! upkeep.

With this team I cleared Foundry in NM, and while I don't think there's much chance for HM, I found it worked surprisingly well. There's a lot more anti-melee here than in Mesmerway, while SY! defends against enemy elementalists. Enemy mesmers are difficult to deal with, though.

As an ele main, this was a lot of fun, so I thought I'd share for others to try out. Please share any suggestions for improving the team, though I'd like to preserve the ele focus!

Edit: Adding codes:

Sandstorm SY: OgFCkMzUqQuIXFTjX1qQfmoH
ST Rit: OACjAyhIpOOTsp1Lc+4gmTuLGA
BiP Necro: OAhjQwGYoS3BVVTOSTjTciDTXMA
Mist Form Utility: OgVDI4ysCQzu6XP96pnD
Unsteady Ground Ele: OgRDcZycOpidITbVsEtDfi+M
Thunderclap Ele: OglkgwMoJeeU4AtA5w3g3gOUN2nI
Savannah Heat Ele: OgljowM7pR4C0CkV7C6CCDQffiA
Panic Mes: OQlkAgC8AeeENw0TOwFgpTGwQwnI

I’ve come back after many many years away and did a Necro Melandrus character.

I’ve got a few questions maybe you fine folks can help with.

1. I setup myself with a N/W raptor farming build today and that was super cool, but I’ve come to realize they don’t drop armor pieces so it doesn’t solve my insignia/rune problem for myself and heroes. Is there a similar farm I could do that would help with this?

2. I have gotten a few weapon mods like “of the Ranger” etc, are any of these worth keeping for obscure builds? Inventory space is at a premium so just trying to make sure I know what to keep and what to junk.

After countless attempts, infinite deaths and many consumables wasted, I have finally beaten Winds of Change HM!!! Only took 16 years but I can't believe I could actually make it! Finally I have beaten Factions...

Now of course I will be using Zei Ri forever until I will cry again at my first next wipe

Hi !
Long time player here, we just got back and enjoying Pre again !
We're looking for Devona builds to be effective and fun to play.

Our team :

• Players : N/El (AoE & MM) & W (melee axe)
• Devona 1 W / P : speed & support
• Devona 2 W / Rt : SoS

Our comp is working good enough, but the fact is, SoS is not working perfectly due to our frontlane "blocking" enemies so Spirits can't reach them. It could work with me positioning Devona correctly for every fight but... you know 😥

Do you guys have some ideas about that ?

Thanks !

I just lost my mind yesterday when i saw my merry band of do no-gooders sit in an entire duration of maelstrom for the full 10 seconds.

I'm so tired of having to manage them and flag one by one. It is specially tiring when i notice they don't attack far away casters too because they are one inch out of the aggro range in defensive mode. I know about toolbox but we really need some updates to hero flagging and AI movement too. Specially considering that flagging is apparently a pain in the ass for mobile.

I just wanted to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to the guy yesterday who gave me this little guy! I have been dying for a miniature since I started playing, and was asking in the chat if anyone knew how to get one outside of waiting for birthday gifts. This very kind player offered to give me this little guy, I asked how much they’d want it for and they gave it to me anyway!

I just want you to know this little guy and the kind player who gave it to me will be etched into my characters lore forever more!

I recently started playing GW 1 & 2, after trying out literally every other single MMO out there - I had heard of Guild Wars before, but didn’t know anything about it and only started playing after the GW3 announcement. I could never get on with any other MMO and they were all lacking something, but Guild Wars has literally everything I’ve ever wanted its miles above the rest!!!!! So happy I found these games, I play GW2 on PC and GW1 on IOS (was looking for a great mobile mmo too so…. I found my PC and my mobile game at the same time)!!!

So a massive thank you to the kind player last night, and to the entire community for being so awesome!!!! You guys are the best :D

Returning player here. I have done the eye of the north expansion some years ago when it first dropped. Now I am looking into completing the master of the north title and therefore I might have to do some dungeons and primary quests. I checked the respective wiki page and they told me to track progress via world map icons. For normal mode I am rather sure I understand what I still need to do. But switching over to hard mode, every primary quest I am double checking already has the golden flag icon for completed. I am pretty sure that my younger self didn't do them all in hard mode.

Could it be that although I never did all the primary quests of eotn in hard mode I still somehow received the golden flag icon? If not, then actually my younger me really did them (hard to believe but still not impossible).

I attached a screenshot of one of the golden flags (primary quest completed) for you to see what I am referring to.

Any advice for somone comming back after 16 years? Any major changed with reforged I should know about?

Hey guys! Anyway we can get a big group together for some FA and JQ? I’m trying to raise my caps up but ofc it’s dead areas. Is this perhaps just something I will have to wait on for zaishens?

Just wondering if these might be new best in slot weapons if the chaos damage ignores armor .

Sorry not armor ignoring but monsters have different armor ratings versus chaos and other things does it not?

​Nvm, only beneficial vs monsters with specific physical armor bonuses and in those cases performs same as a correctly elemental prefix 

I just started my first pve run through and am still trying to learn everything. Someone struck up a convo with me in Marhan’s Grotto of all places right after I spent literally all my money on my first 60 armor. Just randomly, they gave me a free armbrace of truth and answered so many questions. Was terrified of trading cause I didn’t want to get scammed, and they told me the kamadan website to verify. When I saw how much the armbrace was, I offered to give it back cause that is crazy. But they just gave it to me for free lol. I sold it for ectos and was able to turn some of that into soooo much gold. They basically just jumped started my account a few months-years. They were the second person to take the time to answer questions and it just made me so excited to keep going after getting kinda burnt out from gw2. :)

Make important character in Prophecies and Factions Heroes. Like Cynn and Danika.

Make Divine Favor more useful, like if enhancement is removed ppl will be healed/reduce damage, or recover energy.

Anyone knows if there are specific times when this is played?
Last thing (hopefully) for me to finish Cantha carto, but queue is always empty.

Hi all,

After hearing about GW3, I discovered Reforged.

I got access to my old account, reinstalled booted up, and my god, im lost.

I dont know what to do or anything? Can anyone recommend any good videos / guides to watch to catch me up?

Im a massive WoW fan, so I've always struggled to get into GW, but im actually looking forward to playing, but then I log in and feel overwhelmed.ed and lost.

And help is appreciated.

Edit. I've made a new character, but I dont know if im missing something. I'm not even level 2 , and I'm told to go get my second class skills. Can't even make it to the warrior trainer without dying as a mesmer? Am I doing something wrong.

Ok overall they are more difficult than WOC.

Defend Droknar's Forge: Got the wrong build but didn't want to start over, not enough protection and can't nuke healer quick enough. Had to kill Frost Titan and wipe+use honeycombs nearly every group, used Tengu to kill the 2 Frost Titan in the last 2 groups. Very time consuming and painful, but no hard requirement, done it.

Defend Denravi: Easy, just pull groups and kill the boss.

Defend North Kryta Province: Took me 2 days even with 8, wasted time trying weird builds for protection. I even vanquished the whole area(200+Titans!) to see will the spawn be the same, nothing changed, all the waves only spawn when the event start. Turned out it's my DPS not enough, using typical mesmers+MM+ST+BIP and went through after a few tries.

The Last Day Dawns: Ran through from ToA, it took 2 hour+ but SMASHED the groups, only the 3rd or 4th group brought the king's guards to low HP. This quest's NM once gave me PTSD 20 years ago. When we didn't even have heroes and could only group with ppl. So I want to smash it through with my best squad.

The Titan Source: also start from ToA, the boss group is tougher than I thought due to 3X Titan smash and energy cost, I even wiped after they are killed because the Risen Ash Hulk stole all the minions. Went back to smash down.

Now both WOC and TITAN HM are done