Login screen
The login screen (also called the launcher) appears after the client has checked for updates, and is the first screen requiring user input after Guild Wars 2 is started.
Entering a valid account name and password, followed by pressing both the "Login" and "Play" buttons will take the user to the character selection screen.
Available settings
- Language — The user interface language can be changed (note that this change will require restarting the client)
- English
- French
- Spanish
- German
- Theme — The user interface theme can be selected from supported themes introduced in previous releases, with an option to randomize.
- Does not include the core or Heart of Thorns themes.
- Remember account name — Will cause the client to fill in the account name (email address) field automatically.
- Remember password — Will cause the client to fill in the password field automatically.
- Passwords greater than 6 characters long will be fully remembered, but only 6 asterisks are displayed.
- Auto-Play — Automatically continues to the character selection screen 5 seconds after pressing the "Login" button or after enabling the setting.
Themes
- See also: April Fools' Day 2026#Login screens
- Available choices
- Historical, unavailable login screens
During the original release
During Heart of Thorns
Beta login screen
- This section refers to the appearance and functionality of the login screen prior to the release of Guild Wars 2 in August 2012.
The beta login screen cycled between various images seen through the logo.
The first login colors Background image
The second login colors Background image
The third login colors Background image
The fourth login colors Background image
The fifth login colors Background image
The sixth login colors Background image
The seventh login colors Background image
The screen also played different songs than the current character selection screens:
- Overture (Tyrian Overture, main theme)
- Lornar's Pass
- Trahearne's Reverie
- Settings
Via the settings icon located in the top left corner of the screen, changes could formerly be made to the video settings and audio settings prior to the appearance of the character selection screen.
Video settings
Audio settings
- Account security
A three color image, or Chroma Hash, appeared when a password was entered. The pallet of colors displayed was identical each time the same password was entered. It served as a visual check that the password had been entered correctly.
Chroma hash
Notes
- "Remember password" stores an account specific value. It cannot be used to quickly access a different account even if it uses the same password.
Trivia
- The March 17, 2026 game update added a theme selector allowing multiple old login screens to be selected.
- Googly eyes were added to the characters for April Fools' Day 2026. These can be dismissed by double-clicking them, and re-enabled at any time by entering the Konami Code:
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