PvE Guides

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

Raids

Hand Kiting
Guide for Hand Kiting at Deimos

Introduction to Raiding
Raid fundamentals, roles, group requirements, and team composition

Raid Wing 1 - Spirit Vale
Guides for Vale Guardian, Spirit Woods, Gorseval the Multifarious, and Sabetha the Saboteur

Raid Wing 2 - Salvation Pass
Guides for Slothasor, Bandit Trio, and Matthias Gabrel

Raid Wing 3 - Stronghold of the Faithful
Guides for Siege the Stronghold, Keep Construct, Twisted Castle, and Xera

Raid Wing 4 - Bastion of the Penitent
Guides for Cairn the Indomitable, Mursaat Overseer, Samarog, and Deimos

Raid Wing 5 - Hall of Chains
Guides for Soulless Horror, River of Souls, Statues of Grenth, and The Voice in the Void

Raid Wing 6 - Mythwright Gambit
Guides for Conjured Amalgamate, Twin Largos, and Qadim

Raid Wing 7 - The Key of Ahdashim
Guides for Cardinal Sabir, Cardinal Adina, and Qadim the Peerless

Simple Raid Builds
Recommended builds for those new to raiding

Strike Missions

Captain Mai Trin (Aetherblade Hideout)
Guide for Aetherblade Hideout normal and challenge modes

Boneskinner
Guide for the Boneskinner

Cold War
Guide for Cold War

Dagda (Cosmic Observatory)
Guide for Cosmic Observatory normal and challenge modes

Forging Steel
Guide for Forging Steel

Fraenir of Jormag
Guide for the Fraenir of Jormag

Icebrood Construct (Shiverpeaks Pass)
Guide for the Legendary Icebrood Construct

Kaineng Overlook
Guide for Kaineng Overlook

Watchknight Triumvirate (Old Lion's Court)
Guide for Old Lion's Court normal and challenge modes

Cerus (Temple of Febe)
Guide for Temple of Febe normal mode

Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen
Guide for the Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen

Whisper of Jormag
Guide for the Whisper of Jormag

Ankka (Xunlai Jade Junkyard)
Guide for Xunlai Jade Junkyard normal and challenge modes

Fractals

Aquatic Ruins
Guide for Aquatic Ruins

Deepstone
Guide for Deepstone

Introduction to Fractals
Fractal Fundamentals, Mechanics, Team Composition, and Requirements

Lonely Tower
Guide for Lonely Tower

Molten Furnace
Guide for Molten Furnace

Shattered Observatory
Guide for Shattered Observatory challenge mode

Silent Surf
Guide for Silent Surf

Siren's Reef
Guide for Siren’s Reef

Sunqua Peak
Guide for Sunqua Peak (normal and challenge mode)

Twilight Oasis
Guide for Twilight Oasis

Underground Facility
Guide for Underground Facility

Mounts

How to Unlock the Griffon Mount
Guide for unlocking the Griffon Mount

How to Unlock the Roller Beetle Mount
Guide for unlocking the Roller Beetle Mount

How to Unlock the Skyscale Mount
Guide for unlocking the Skyscale Mount

SAB

Daily Super Adventure Box Introduction
Introduction to SAB dailies and guides

Daily Super Adventure Box W1Z1
Guide to finishing the daily W1Z1 in SAB

Daily Super Adventure Box W1Z2
Guide to finishing the daily W1Z2 in SAB

Daily Super Adventure Box W1Z3
Guide to finishing the daily W1Z3 in SAB

Daily Super Adventure Box W2Z1
Guide to finishing the daily W2Z1 in SAB

Daily Super Adventure Box W2Z2
Guide to finishing the daily W2Z2 in SAB

Misc

Farming the Mad King's Labyrinth
Guide to efficiently farming Halloween's Mad King's Labyrinth

How to Gear a Character
An overview of some of the most efficient methods of gearing a character in PvE, PvP and WvW

Leveling Up
Basic advice for leveling a character that includes information and options which can make leveling more efficient

PvE Glossary
List of commonly used terms in our PvE guides as well as in-game

Tips for Settings
Essential and optional game settings to make your gameplay more fluent in PvE, PvP and WvW

Ways to Earn Gold
Overview of some of the best and most common ways to earn gold

What Profession Should I Play?
Help figuring out which Guild Wars 2 profession to try

What are CC and Breakbars?
Introduction guide to crowd control and defiance bar

What are Combo Fields?
Introduction guide to combo fields and finishers