Exploring the vast and varied lands of Guild Wars is only half of the adventure, to get the most from your travels, you need to understand the world around you. From the ever troubled lands of Tyria travelling far south to Cantha, a kingdom steeped in conflict and locked in battle, your journey will be filled with awe and fraught with danger. Go forth and explore your world…
Locations found in Guild Wars can ultimately be broken down into two types: towns and everything else. Uncertain where you are? Click the right mouse button and look around with your character. Hold down the Ctrl key while you do it. Do you see other players’ names in blue? If so, you are likely in one of the locations collectively called towns which can range from a smaller outpost to a thriving mission hub. Alternatively, do you see red dots on your mini-map and red names onscreen like “Grawl Ulodyte” when you hold down Ctrl? If so, then you are outside of a town in the great, wide, everything else.
Guild Wars Hard Mode Fact Sheet
Getting Around
District Menu
Map Travel
Towns and Landscapes
Map Travel
Timeline
The Mouvelian calendar (named after Grand Patriarch Mouvel, the first high priest of the Church of Dwayna) begins counting years from the moment the gods left Tyria. This event is known as the Exodus. Years before this date are labeled BE (Before the Exodus). Years after this date are AE (After the Exodus).
The Old Gods
The Tyrian gods are worshipped throughout the world. The five greater gods of the pantheon share the heavens with an assortment of lesser demigods comprised of eternal ancestor spirits and legendary heroes granted divine status by the diverse inhabitants of the realm.
