Festival

A festival is a celebration event of an in-game or real world seasonal holiday, usually introduced as a major feature of a release. Many of the festivals have been observed ever since the first Guild Wars series and include their own thematic map decorations, activities, rewards, and daily achievements. Recent festivals have lasted for about 3 weeks.

List of festivals

Lunar New Year

Late January to late February.

Lunar New Year is a celebration of the new year in the Canthan calendar and of the particular Celestial Animal which will watch over Tyria during the coming year. It takes place during January or February, corresponding to the real-world Lunar New Year.

It is held primarily in Divinity's Reach and it features lighting of firecrackers or other fireworks, opening Lucky Envelopes for a chance of gold, luck or other seasonal items, and the Dragon Ball Arena.

Super Adventure Festival

Mid April to early May.

Super Adventure Festival's main attraction is the annual opening of Moto's Super Adventure Box in Rata Sum.

Originally created for April Fools' Day 2013, Super Adventure Box is a special dungeon focused on old school platforming, with pixelated graphics and retro soundtrack, designed for both solo and party play. Baubles and various coins can be gathered inside to exchange them for holographic weapon skins and other rewards.

Dragon Bash

Early to Late June.

Dragon Bash is a summer festival celebrating resistance and victories against the Elder Dragons. The first edition of the festival was celebrated in Lion's Arch and then was moved to Hoelbrak, where heroes from all across Tyria challenge themselves against holographic representations of Elder Dragon's minions, compete in races and other events. It also features recurring Hologram Stampedes in the four neighboring Shiverpeak Mountains zones.

Festival of the Four Winds

Late July to late August.

Festival of the Four Winds is a summer festival combining features of the original Bazaar of the Four Winds and Queen's Jubilee releases.

The Zephyrites land on the Labyrinthine Cliffs and bring various activities, mount races, adventures and scavenger hunts. At the same time, Queen Jennah opens The Crown Pavilion with the Boss Blitz events fighting enchanted Watchknights made to look like humanity's main enemy forces, and the Queen's Gauntlet arenas with increasingly difficult 1-on-1 fights against the queen's champions.

Halloween

Mid October to early November.

Halloween, based on the eponymous real-world holiday, is a festival celebrated in October and November.

During this time, the boundary between Tyria and the Underworld—in particular, the realm of the Mad King Thorn—grows thin. Portals open up, spewing out various Halloween creatures into the world, while players can enter the realm for access to many activities, the Mad King's Clock Tower jumping puzzle as well as the Mad King's Labyrinth. The king himself attempts to break free back into Tyria for good and repeatedly visits Lion's Arch, telling his characteristic jokes, playing Your Mad King says while killing anyone who disobeys his commands.

Wintersday

Mid December to early January.

Wintersday is a winter festival celebrating the new year in the Mouvelian calendar. It takes place in December and January, corresponding to the real-world Christmas and the New Year.

The festivities include several winter activities, including the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, Bell Choir Ensemble, Tixx's Infinirarium, Toypocalypse and the Snowball Mayhem. It is the season of giving and receiving gifts, with several donations of food, coins and clothing taking place around Divinity's Reach.

Notes

• Festivals generally start at approximately Tuesday 09:00 America/Los_Angeles and end at Tuesday 12:00 America/Los_Angeles.
• Festivals use a special phasing technology that allows them to start and end without requiring any patch.

See also

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Festival.

• Special event
• April Fools' Day

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