Map navigation
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Map navigation refers to moving around Guild Wars 2's zones. There are many different methods that can be used to get across Tyria, ranging from unlockable map icons and mounts, to consumable items and infinite gizmos.
Map travel nodes
Guild Wars 2 features multiple ways to quickly or instantaneously travel to areas; the primary methods include traveling via waypoints and using asura gates. There are also other secondary methods such as using the Guild menu to travel to your guild hall and traveling through lounges, as they often provide portals to certain zones and cities. Many zones and regions include travel methods exclusive to them.
| Location | Icon | Description |
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| Player can be anywhere | 
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Waypoints |
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Jade Bot: Personal Waypoint | |
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Captured points in Drizzlewood Coast[1] |
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Uncaptured points in Drizzlewood Coast[1] [2] | |
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Unlocked Shrines in Siren's Landing and Dragonfall | |
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Asura gates |
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Nuhoch Wallows in the Heart of Maguuma zones and Jahai Bluffs | |
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Skritt Tunnels in The Silverwastes | |
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Thermal Tubes in Bitterfrost Frontier, Draconis Mons, Ember Bay, and Dragonfall | |
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Mursaat Mirrors in Mistburned Barrens and Bava Nisos |
Customizable travel features
The following features require their respective expansions and can be customized with skins through the Fashion tab:
Local movement gadgets
- For similar skills available to specific professions, see: Portal
These items do not allow cross-map travel, instead improving movement within the current map. They are commonly used to assist in completing jumping puzzles, and some also place an object that nearby players can interact with to be teleported. None of these can be unlocked in the Wizard's Portal Tome, and none can be used while defeated.
| Name | Destination | Acquisition | Interactible by others |
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 Experimental Teleportation Gun [1]
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Leaps a fixed distance of 900 units, creates a portal between starting and ending points |  Merchant (Danka)
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1
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 Experimental Rifle [1]
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Leaps to targeted area within 900 units | Merchant (Agent Livilla)
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0
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 Prototype Position Rewinder
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Indefinite range within 30 seconds, returns to previously marked position |  Renown Heart vendor (Hafren)
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0
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 Watchwork Portal Device [1]
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Up to 5000 units away, creates a portal between starting and ending points | Crafting after learning the recipe (Recipe: Watchwork Portal Device) | 1
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 White Mantle Portal Device
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Up to 5000 units away, creates a portal between starting and ending points | Random drop from Xera in Stronghold of the Faithful. Can be purchased from Scholar Glenna after defeating Xera once. |
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Teleportation devices
There are various consumables and gizmos that teleport the character to a specific location. Some lead to major cities or Living World maps, while others will teleport the character back to story-related locations and special instances. As most items are account-bound, they allow other characters to enter a map without having to complete the specific story steps. Living World Season 3, Living World Season 4, and Icebrood Saga also have condensed Portal Tomes available for purchase, reducing the inventory slots needed to have immediate access to all. The Wizard's Portal Tome condenses items further into one single slot.
- Legend — Usability while defeated
- 1 The item can be used while defeated and will revive the character (if used as an item and not through portal tomes).
- 1
The item can be used while defeated, but offers degraded functionality compared to being alive. - 0 The item can be used while defeated, but only shows its dialog, it does not allow teleportation.
- 0
The item cannot be used while defeated.
- Legend — Availability in the Wizard's Portal Tome
- 1 This teleportation option can be unlocked.
- 0
This teleportation option is unlocked through a related item. - 0 This teleportation option is not available.
Lounge passes
Lounge passes are primarily Gem Store items which teleport the character to a hub location containing most of the services found in cities. None of these can be unlocked in the Wizard's Portal Tome.
| Permanent pass | Destination | Acquisition | Temporary versions | Usable while defeated (permanent/temporary) |
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 Armistice Bastion Pass
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Armistice Bastion | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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 Captain's Airship Pass
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Havoc's Heir | Gem Store |  Two weeks• Single use [1] |
0
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 Champion's Rest Pass
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Champion's Rest | Structured PvP tournaments | Two weeks |
? / ? [2] |
 Invitation to "Lily of the Elon"
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Lily of the Elon | Path of Fire Deluxe or Ultimate Edition | — | 1[3]
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 Lava Lounge Pass
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Lava Lounge | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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 Mistlock Sanctuary Passkey
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Mistlock Sanctuary | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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 Noble's Folly Pass
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Noble's Folly | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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 Royal Terrace Pass
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Royal Terrace | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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 Thousand Seas Pavilion Pass
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Thousand Seas Pavilion | Gem Store |  Two weeks |
0
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Special event scrolls
Some special events provide a consumable enabling quick access to the event's host. None of these can be added to the Wizard's Portal Tome.
Other teleportation devices
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 This item is consumed on use.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 This information is still missing. If you have this item: please try out, whether it can be used while defeated, and fill in the missing information.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 The character stays defeated after teleporting.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Item is still consumed if used while dead, or when too low level to enter Lion's Arch.
- ↑ Wizard's Portal Tome allows you to store all associated portal scrolls, tracks via the achievement panel. When used, a dialog opens where you can select any location that was stored in the tome to teleport to.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Dialog menu opens but teleportation is disabled.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Living World portal tomes allow you to store all associated portal scrolls from the corresponding Living World season in a single item. When used, a dialog opens where you can select any location that was stored in the tome to teleport to.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 The character is revived upon spawn and can teleport back to the original location by usage of "leave instance" in the lower right corner.
- ↑ This item comes with an Eye of the North portal option by default.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Can only be used while the festival is active. While in the specific festival map, will instead return the character to its race's respective starting area.
- ↑ Using this item on characters below level 80 grants the option to start a trial of max-level play which teleports and confines you to the The Silverwastes; the item can then be used again to decide whether to level up permanently and consume the boost, or to end the trial and keep the boost which will teleport you to your character's racial capital. For characters already at level 80, the item only teleports you to The Silverwastes if you choose to permanently consume the boost.
- ↑ This location must be unlocked before it's available.
- ↑ This item has 5 charges.
Reducing travel costs
In addition to using objects and items listed above, there are other methods of reducing or avoiding waypoint fees:
- Guild upgrades
- Guilds can build upgrades to permanently reduce waypoint costs by 5%, 10% and then 15% for representing members. Currently unlocked upgrades can be viewed by guild members in the Main tab of the Guild panel, section "Attributes".
Avoiding waypoint fees
- To Lion's Arch
You can reduce the fees paid for fast travel primarily by going through The Mists to get to Lion's Arch:
- Open the
PvP panel (no default keybind), click Enter PvP Lobby to travel to the Heart of the Mists.
- Take the
Portal to Lion's Arch near 
Portal to Lion's Arch — waypoint.
- Take the
- Open the
World vs. World panel (default B), enter any of the five Mist War maps or the Edge of the Mists; take the asura gate to Lion's Arch.
- From Lion's Arch
- Asura gates at the
Coriolis Plaza — near Gate Hub Plaza Waypoint — provide free transportation to the following destinations:
- Five major cities (Rata Sum, Black Citadel, Divinity's Reach, Hoelbrak, The Grove)
- Pearl Islet in Southsun Cove
- Arborstone
- The Wizard's Tower
- You can travel back to Lion's Arch using the gate located at your arrival point from Lion's Arch.
Lionguard Aircrew (Transport Facilitator) offers transport to the Free City of Amnoon in Crystal Oasis.
- Requires the Path of Fire expansion and completion of the Sparking the Flame prologue.
- Guilds
- Constructing a guild portal permits free travel to the PvP lobby, Lion's Arch, the Lion's Arch Aerodrome, and the weekly destinations of the Guild Challenge, Race, and Puzzle.
- Guild halls can be instantly teleported to from the Guild panel, allowing quick access to their region.
- Other
- Homesteads contain multiple portals:
- The Wizard's Tower (Secrets of the Obscure) and Lion's Arch
- Either Lowland Shore (Janthir Wilds) or Shipwreck Strand (Visions of Eternity) depending on homestead location.
- See Getting To your Homestead for more information. Note: If one member of your party is in their homestead, you can right click on their portrait and select Join in Homestead from any map.
- To travel to Fort Trinity in Orr, you can use the asura gate in your chosen order's headquarters; this is unlocked during your personal story.
- Stronghold of Ebonhawke can be reached by using the Asura gate at Rurikton in Divinity's Reach.
- When defeated you can always travel to the nearest waypoint.
- If you have insufficient coins to pay the normal waypoint fee, then the fee will be reduced to the maximum that you can afford.
- If you have not yet unlocked a waypoint on a map (for example if you used a Teleport to Friend to get to the map), one waypoint will be unlocked when you are downed.
- If the waypoint is contested, you will have to wait to travel (or have someone mail you the cost to travel to the next nearest waypoint).
- You cannot travel to the Mists while defeated.
- Other free waypoints
- Inside each of the major cities.
- Inside dungeons.
- Inside World versus World. (Contains Merchants, Banks, Trading Posts, and once left will return you to your original location in PvE).
- Inside the Mistlock Sanctuary, Armistice Bastion, and Thousand Seas Pavilion.
Gem store items
These can only be used in Player versus Environment. Waypoint Unlock Box and Central Tyria Waypoint Unlock Package are single-use items, that will unlock waypoints on one character only. There are also various Travel Toys that while do not enhance the player's speed, that, when activated, changes the appearance of the movement animations of a character.
