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[edit] A Special event is an in-game festival of an in-game holiday, although they tend to closely follow some real world celebration. These events are commemorated with special fete-related drops and/or activities, including minigames, quests, and decorations of towns and NPCs. Players categorize these events into major events, which offer festival mini-games, items (including a festival hat), and a finale; and minor events that might include decorations or seasonal drops, but lack a finale.

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[edit] Recurring events

Event Introduced Approx Annual Date1 Size2 Finale in... Redux3 Notes
Canthan New Year 2007 January (late) / February (early)
(Chinese New Year) 		Major Shing Jea Monastery No New miniature introduced. Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Multiple quests. Special drop: Lunar Token.
Lucky Weekend 2007 March (mid)
(St. Patrick's Day) 		Minor No No Special drops: Four-Leaf Clover and Shamrock Ale
April Fools' Day 2007 April 1
(April Fools' Day) 		Minor No No Multiple quests.
Sweet Treat Weekend 2007 April
(Easter) 		Minor No No Special drops: Chocolate Bunny and Golden Egg
Birthday Celebration 2006 April (late) Minor No No New Birthday Present released. Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Special drop: Birthday Cupcake.
Dragon Festival 2006 July (early) Major Shing Jea Monastery 2007 Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Multiple mini-missions and quests. Special drop: Victory Token.
Wintersday in July 2008 July (mid) Minor No No Same as Wintersday (excluding quests).
Talk Like a Pirate 2008 September (mid)
(Talk Like a Pirate Day) 		Minor No No NPCs talk like a pirate (and some will look like one). Special drop: Bottle of Grog.
Halloween 2005 October/November
(Halloween) 		Major Lion's Arch
Kamadan 		2008
20114		 Special drops: Trick-or-Treat Bags. Multiple quests. Costume Brawl. Scarred Psyche.
Special Treats Weekend 2007 November (late)
(American Thanksgiving) 		Minor No No Special drops: Hard Apple Cider and Slice of Pumpkin Pie
Wintersday 2005 December (late) Major Lion's Arch
Kamadan 		2009 Snowball Arena. Multiple quests. Special drops: see Wintersday item list.

1 Includes the corresponding real-world event in parentheses; events are marked in italics when the in-game dates sometimes vary from the non-game celebration.
2 Major events offer a finale and one or two festival hats. Minor events might include decorations and/or drops, but lack a finale.
3 A redux event repeats most or all of the festivities; they are offered to make up for a bug or service interruption that prevented a notable proportion of the community from enjoying the original event.
4 A Halloween 2011 encore was arranged to provide festival hats to those unable to join the finale due to power outages on the East Coast of the United States. [1]

[edit] Special occasion events

These events took place to commemorate a special occasion.

Event Date Celebration of Size
Day of the Tengu April 27, 2006 Pre-release of Factions Major
Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event July 28 - 30, 2006 Three-day beta of Nightfall available to all GW players Major
Visit Eye of the North for the Holidays Winter 2007 Five-hour trial of EotN available to all GW players Minor
Farewell to Gaile April 4 - 6, 2008 Gaile Gray's tenure as community manager Major

[edit] Player-organized events

[edit] Past player-events

There have been too many player-organized events to list them all.

Annual player-events

These events were organized by the same group and held more than once.

Other events

[edit] See also

Special events
Canthan New Year 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
April Fools' Day 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
Birthday Celebration 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th
Dragon Festival 2006 • 2007 (Redux) • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Wintersday in July 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Halloween 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 (Redux) • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Wintersday 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 (Redux) • 2010 • 2011
Other annual events Lucky Weekend • Special Treats Weekend •
Sweet Treat Weekend • Talk Like a Pirate Event
One-time only events Day of the Tengu • Farewell to Gaile
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