PvE Guides

Guild Wars 2 PvE Guides for Raiding, Strikes, Fractals, Mounts and everything Player vs. Environment related.

Raids
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Hand Kiting
Guide for Hand Kiting at Deimos
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Introduction to Raiding
Raid fundamentals, roles, group requirements, and team composition
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Raid Wing 1 - Spirit Vale
Guides for Vale Guardian, Spirit Woods, Gorseval the Multifarious, and Sabetha the Saboteur
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Raid Wing 2 - Salvation Pass
Guides for Slothasor, Bandit Trio, and Matthias Gabrel
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Raid Wing 3 - Stronghold of the Faithful
Guides for Siege the Stronghold, Keep Construct, Twisted Castle, and Xera
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Raid Wing 4 - Bastion of the Penitent
Guides for Cairn the Indomitable, Mursaat Overseer, Samarog, and Deimos
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Raid Wing 5 - Hall of Chains
Guides for Soulless Horror, River of Souls, Statues of Grenth, and The Voice in the Void
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Raid Wing 6 - Mythwright Gambit
Guides for Conjured Amalgamate, Twin Largos, and Qadim
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Raid Wing 7 - The Key of Ahdashim
Guides for Cardinal Sabir, Cardinal Adina, and Qadim the Peerless
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Simple Raid Builds
Recommended builds for those new to raiding
Strike Missions
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Captain Mai Trin (Aetherblade Hideout)
Guide for Aetherblade Hideout normal and challenge modes
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Boneskinner
Guide for the Boneskinner
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Cold War
Guide for Cold War
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Dagda (Cosmic Observatory)
Guide for Cosmic Observatory normal and challenge modes
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Forging Steel
Guide for Forging Steel
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Fraenir of Jormag
Guide for the Fraenir of Jormag
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Icebrood Construct (Shiverpeaks Pass)
Guide for the Legendary Icebrood Construct
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Kaineng Overlook
Guide for Kaineng Overlook
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Watchknight Triumvirate (Old Lion's Court)
Guide for Old Lion's Court normal and challenge modes
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Cerus (Temple of Febe)
Guide for Temple of Febe normal mode
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Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen
Guide for the Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen
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Whisper of Jormag
Guide for the Whisper of Jormag
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Ankka (Xunlai Jade Junkyard)
Guide for Xunlai Jade Junkyard normal and challenge modes
Fractals
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Aquatic Ruins
Guide for Aquatic Ruins
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Deepstone
Guide for Deepstone
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Introduction to Fractals
Fractal Fundamentals, Mechanics, Team Composition, and Requirements
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Molten Furnace
Guide for Molten Furnace
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Shattered Observatory
Guide for Shattered Observatory challenge mode
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Silent Surf
Guide for Silent Surf
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Siren's Reef
Guide for Siren’s Reef
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Sunqua Peak
Guide for Sunqua Peak (normal and challenge mode)
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Twilight Oasis
Guide for Twilight Oasis
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Underground Facility
Guide for Underground Facility
Mounts
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How to Unlock the Griffon Mount
Guide for unlocking the Griffon Mount
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How to Unlock the Roller Beetle Mount
Guide for unlocking the Roller Beetle Mount
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How to Unlock the Skyscale Mount
Guide for unlocking the Skyscale Mount
Misc
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Daily Super Adventure Box W1Z1
Guide to finishing the daily W1Z1 in SAB
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Daily Super Adventure Box W1Z2
Guide to finishing the daily W1Z2 in SAB
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Farming the Mad King's Labyrinth
Guide to efficiently farming Halloween's Mad King's Labyrinth
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How to Gear a Character
An overview of some of the most efficient methods of gearing a character in PvE, PvP and WvW
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Leveling Up
Basic advice for leveling a character that includes information and options which can make leveling more efficient
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PvE Glossary
List of commonly used terms in our PvE guides as well as in-game
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Tips for Settings
Essential and optional game settings to make your gameplay more fluent in PvE, PvP and WvW
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Ways to Earn Gold
Overview of some of the best and most common ways to earn gold
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What Profession Should I Play?
Help figuring out which Guild Wars 2 profession to try
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What are CC and Breakbars?
Introduction guide to crowd control and defiance bar
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What are Combo Fields?
Introduction guide to combo fields and finishers
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