Living World Guides

GW2. Complete Living World guides for all seasons and all episodes. Guild Wars 2.


What is the Living World?

Living World in Guild Wars 2 is the story and content release between the expansions. These are grouped into seasons and each episode brings new story missions and features like maps, masteries, equipment, achievements, etc.


How do you unlock the Living World episodes?

Each release is an episode and will be unlocked for free if you log in during its release window; otherwise, you must pay a cost (200 Gems) through the story panel to unlock it later. Sometimes there are sales in the Gemstore with discounted season packages.



New releases post End of Dragons

Since the End of the Dragons expansion, the Living World model will be discontinued and each story release after one expansion will be automatically unlocked for you, as long as you own the respective expansion. However, all the existing Living World releases are still very important and relevant so you shouldn’t miss them. You can find here all the Living World guides to obtain all the achievements and rewards.


Season 1: Scarlet’s War


Features

  • Living World Season 1 is available with the base game for free
  • One new map is available: Southsun Cove
  • One new strike mission: Old Lion’s Court
  • Access to Old Lion’s Arch map after completing Lion’s Memory collection

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Season 2: Glint’s Prophecy


Features

  • Living World Season 2 requires the base game only but has a cost to unlock each episode
  • Two new maps are available: Dry Top and The Silverwastes
  • New Armor Sets: Carapace and Luminescent

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Season 3: Glint’s Legacy


Features

  • Living World Season 3 requires Heart of Thorns and has a cost to unlock each episode
  • Six new maps are available: Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay, Bitterfrost Frontier, Lake Doric, Draconis Mons, and Siren’s Landing
  • New Masteries: Ancient Magics
  • New Legendary: Aurora

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Season 4: Rise of Kralkatorrik


Features

  • Living World Season 4 requires Path of Fire and has a cost to unlock each episode
  • Six new maps are available: Domain of Istan, Sandswept Isles, Domain of Kourna, Jahai Bluffs, Thunderhead Peaks, Dragonfall
  • Two new Mounts are available to unlock: The Roller Beetle and The Skyscale
  • New Masteries: Roller Beetle, Skyscale, and Crystal Champion
  • New Armor Sets: Elegy Armor, Requiem Armor, Mist Shard Armor, and Blossoming Mist Shard Armor
  • New Legendary: Vision

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Season 5: The Icebrood Saga


Features

  • Living World Season 5 requires Path of Fire and has a cost to unlock each episode
  • Three new maps are available: Grothmar Valley, Bjora Marches, Drizzlewood Coast
  • New Masteries: Raven Attunement, Resilience Essence Manipulation, Valor Essence Manipulation, Vigilance Essence Manipulation, United Legions Waystation Synchronization and Dragon Slayer
  • New Armor Sets: Raven Ceremonial Armor, Stone Summit Armor, Runic Armor, Bear Ceremonial Armor
  • Six new strike missions: Shiverpeaks Pass, Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen, Fraenir of Jormag, Boneskinner, Whisper of Jormag, and Cold War
  • Ten new Dragon Response Missions with optional challenge mode

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