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To a warden returning from long weeks in the wilds, few sights are as welcome as the banners of Warden's Watch rising over the horizon. Built in and around the bones of a dormant Forgotten tower, the Watch is where Orrian guilds come to rest, resupply, and trade news, and where the farmers, traders, and laborers of this rural reach of Orr make their living alongside them. It is, in every meaningful sense, home—but ask any warden, and they'll tell you they wish it had never needed to...

Welcome to the Marketplace at Warden's Watch, one of Orr's most bustling gathering places. Here, Vaelwardens find respite, resupply, and prepare for their next adventure.

Chief among those rivals are the Mavenwrights: a human-founded guild of builders and industrialists set on capturing the awesome might of the Vael for their own use, firm in their belief that magic will be the engine that uplifts all of humanity into a future beyond imagining. Their rivalry with the Order of the Vael is deadly serious, and it has reached a fever pitch in the months directly preceding the start of Guild Wars 3.

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Gamescom for an early look at #GuildWars3. We've put together some of the reactions and conversations from those who attended. Check out our Gamescom Playlist: https://bit.ly/3UMVZUK

When the Vaelwardens call, will you raise your banner as an ambitious asura, steadfast human, nature-bound kodan, or a yet-to-be-revealed species? Discover the cultures, motivations, and stories that inspire asura, humans, and kodan to join the Vaelwardens during a pivotal era in the history of Orr

While the majority labor to expand their beloved depths throughout the vast subterrane of Tyria, the asura of Orr represent the more adventurous and insatiable of their ilk—an expeditionary lineage who went where their kin dared not go in pursuit of an emerging force that would come to transform their entire civilization: magic.

While longtime Guild Wars 2® players may be well acquainted with their headstrong forebears on the isles of Janthir, the kodan of the Orrian golden age are a unique case in the history of the species—a population called south to the wilds of Orr, prompting a resurgence of belief in an otherwise faithless people. As you set paw onto Orrian soil, you too shall begin your own journey. One that's sure to be retold by the fireside.

As a player taking up the role of a human in this period of Tyrian history, you're surrounded by a wholly new and intensely magical world with unexplored horizons in every direction. Your settlements are growing. Your guilds are rising. With every laid road and raised temple, your steady progress seems to reaffirm the notion that you can make a home here. And yet, everywhere you go, the world seems to ask…can you?

All right, with the setup done, let's begin by confirming one detail: Guild Wars 3 will launch with four different playable species. Two of these species will be ones you've been able to play in previous Guild Wars games: humans and asura. The third is a species you've met before that will be playable for the first time—our awesome bear people, the kodan. The fourth is a new species whose story connects deeply to Orr's past but...

Go behind the music of Guild Wars 3™ with acclaimed game composer Kazuma Jinnouchi. Discover how Kazuma and the ArenaNet audio team collaborate to craft a unique musical landscape for Guild Wars 3, honoring the legacy of Guild Wars® while building the sounds and emotions of an undiscovered era of Tyria. From memorable themes and orchestral storytelling to new ways we bring Tyria to life, enjoy this rare look behind the scenes of Guild...

Greetings, Tyrians! I'm Aaron Linde, narrative lead on Guild Wars 3™. The Vaelwardens were an order chartered during the Orrian golden age to safeguard Orr's unique ecosystem and protect the ancient magic of the Vael.

When we set out to build Guild Wars 3, we didn't start by asking what a sequel should look like. We started with player problems: solving friction in MMOs and building systems that make adventure effortless and rewarding.

Guild Wars 3 | The Setting of Guild Wars 3: Stepping into Ancient Orr

Rather than spreading across multiple regions right away, we've spent time building a version of Orr that's more layered, detailed, and interconnected than anything we've done before. A contiguous space with fewer loading screens.

Guild Wars 3 | Announcement Trailer

Today is the day. It's official. We are developing Guild Wars 3! This is a passion project in every sense, a leap forward for both the franchise and ArenaNet as a studio, set more than a thousand years before the original game.