PvE Guides

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

Raids

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.

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.

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

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.

Molten Furnace
Guide for Molten Furnace.

Shattered Observatory
Guide for Shattered Observatory challenge mode.

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.

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.