Birthday Presents for Your Guild Wars Characters!
A birthday is a special time. And that applies not just to players, but to their characters, as well! We’re happy to announce the introduction of Birthday Presents into Guild Wars. Here are some details about your gifts, or your gifts yet to come.
Birthday Presents
Once a year, on your character’s birthday (or the first time you log in with that character after its birthday), the character will be given a Birthday Present.
- Each of your characters will receive a Birthday Present on the yearly anniversary of that character’s creation.
- A Birthday Present is a one-use inventory item.
- It appears in your inventory as a wrapped and beribboned package.
- When used—that is, when you double-click the Birthday Present—it turns into a randomly selected Miniature Creature.
- Birthday Presents can be transformed into a Miniature Creature only in town.
- To learn how close your character is to a birthday, simply type /age into the chat interface, and the number of months the character has been in existence will be displayed for you.
Miniatures
Miniature Creatures are collectible, tradable items that are revealed upon opening a character’s Birthday Present. Each type of miniature has an icon that looks like the portrait of a creature from within Guild Wars or Guild Wars Factions. When the inventory icon is double-clicked, it spawns a miniature version of that creature near the player.
- Miniatures can only be used in Explorable Areas.
- A character can own multiple Miniatures but can only show one at a time.
- Miniature Creatures have no collision, do not take damage, do not participate in combat, and do not trigger Soul Reaping when they disappear.
- Miniatures will follow their owner.
Rarity
Not all Miniature Creatures are equally common. Rarity is denoted by the colour of the name. The colours, in increasing order of rarity, are:
- White. There are eight different white miniatures in each series.
- Purple. There are three different purple miniatures in each series.
- Gold. There are two different gold miniatures in each series.
- Green. There is one type of green miniature in each series.
No Miniature Creature will appear in more than one annual series of Birthday Gifts.
Creature Types
And here is a list of the various Miniature Creatures that you may find in your inventory, when each of your characters reaches its first birthday:
Green
Bone Dragon
Gold
Prince Rurik
Shiro
Purple
Charr Shaman
Burning Titan
Kirin
White
Necrid Horseman
Jade Armor
Hydra
Fungal Wallow
Siege Turtle
Temple Guardian
Jungle Troll
Whiptail Devourer
