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, festival quests, and decorations of towns and NPCs. Players categorize these events into major events, which offer festival minigames, items (including a festival hat), and a finale; and minor events that might include decorations or seasonal drops, but lack a finale. Since the introduction of weekly bonuses, all special events have been at least a week long, excluding April Fools' Day.
Recurring events[edit]
All times are UTC:
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Canthan New Year |
2007 |
January 31, 20:00 (Chinese New Year) |
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Shing Jea Monastery |
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Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Different miniature available from that year's Lunar Fortunes. Quests. Special drop: Lunar Token.
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Lucky Treats Week |
2007 |
March 14, 19:00 (St. Patrick's Day) |
Minor |
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Special drops: Four-Leaf Clover and Shamrock Ale.
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April Fools' Day |
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April 1, 07:01 (April Fools' Day) |
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Quests.
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Sweet Treats Week |
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April 10, 19:00 (Easter) |
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Special drops: Chocolate Bunny and Golden Egg.
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Anniversary Celebration |
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April 22, 19:00 (Guild Wars Prophecies release) |
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Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Complete cooperative missions to receive Proofs of Legend. Elite Xunlai Agent Isa Ku and Sadie Salvitas appear. Special drops: Battle Isle Iced Tea, Birthday Cupcake, Bottle Rocket, Champagne Popper, Delicious Cake, Hard Apple Cider, Honeycomb, Hunter's Ale, Krytan Brandy, Party Beacon, Sparkler, Sugary Blue Drink, and Victory Token.
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Dragon Festival |
2006 |
June 27, 19:00 (Dragon Boat Festival) |
Major |
Shing Jea Monastery |
2007 |
Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Mini-missions and quests. Special drop: Victory Token.
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Wintersday in July |
2008 |
July 24, 19:00 |
Minor |
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Dwayna Vs Grenth. Special drops: Eggnog, Frosty Tonic, Fruitcake, Mischievous Tonic, and Snowman Summoner.
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Wayfarer's Reverie |
2012 |
August 25, 19:00 (Guild Wars 2 release) |
Minor |
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Quests. Elonian Support Bonus, Extra Luck Bonus, Faction Support Bonus, Northern Support Bonus active. Special drop: Wayfarer's Mark.
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Pirate Week |
2008 |
September 13, 19:00 (Talk Like a Pirate Day) |
Minor |
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NPCs talk like a pirate (and some will look like one). Special drop: Bottle of Grog.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
2010 |
October 1, 07:01 (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) |
Minor |
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Sadie Salvitas appears.
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Halloween |
2005 |
October 18, 19:00 (Halloween) |
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Lion's Arch, Kamadan |
2008 20114 |
Quests. Costume Brawl. Scarred Psyche. Halloween trophy collectors. Special drops: Trick-or-Treat Bags.
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Special Treats Week |
2007 |
November 21, 20:00 (American Thanksgiving) |
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Special drops: Hard Apple Cider and Slice of Pumpkin Pie.
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Wintersday |
2005 |
December 19, 20:00 (Christmas and New Year's Day) |
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Lion's Arch, Kamadan |
2009 |
Quests. Dwayna Vs Grenth. The Great Snowball Fight of the Gods (PvP). Wintersday trophy collectors. Special drops: Candy Cane Shard, Eggnog, Frosty Tonic, Fruitcake, Mischievous Tonic, and Snowman Summoner.
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1 Source. Includes the corresponding real-world event in parentheses. It is coincidental if the dates match.
2 Major events offer a finale and one or two quests that allow you to acquire a festival hat per quest. 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 (source).
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Special occasion events[edit]
These events took place to commemorate a special occasion.
Player-organized events[edit]
Past player-events[edit]
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.
- Ascalon Royal Family Masquerade Ball, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Blade Radio Wintersday in July 2010, 2011
- Jingle Jangle, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- KISS Maragon Event, 2010
- Mursaat Rally & 2, MantleCon 1079 AE, 1080 AE, 1081 AE
- Pink Day in LA
- Oktoberfest, 08
- Master Over Minions Minion Bash!, 2, 3
- Nights Of The Mini Pets, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Other events
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