Guild Wars 2 – November 7, 2023 Patch Notes | New Story Chapters Released

Key Points:

New Story: Three new chapters in 'Secrets of the Obscure'
Explore the new Inner Nayos map
Introducing squad-based rifts with legendary enemies
New rewards including the Oneiros-Spun Armor set
Quality-of-life improvements and various bug fixes

11/07/2023—November 7 Release Notes

Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure

Through the Veil

Cerus of House Nephus is defeated and Isgarren rescued. Tyria has been greeted by a temporary peace. However, the denizens of Nayos haven't had the same luxury. Lady Peitha has finally beckoned the wayfinder to join her across the Mists in the demon realm: the march against Eparch begins now. As the Midnight King hides away in his palace of blood and fear, the wayfinder must travel through the outskirts of an unfamiliar world to collect their allies and carve a path forward. Only when Heitor's Gate has fallen can they march onward. This content is unlocked for free for all owners of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.

Release Highlights

New Story: The Secrets of the Obscure story continues with three new chapters.
New Map: Explore the newly released Inner Nayos map.
New Mastery Line: Master new skills with the Inner Nayos Mastery track.
Convergences: Introducing squad-based rifts with legendary enemies.
Cosmic Observatory Strike Mission: Introducing the challenge mode version of this Strike Mission.
Wizard's Vault: Seasonal rewards and objectives have been refreshed.
New Rewards: Work to earn the new Oneiros-Spun Armor set and three new relics.
Rift Hunting: The rotation for rift hunting has been expanded.
Improvements: New quality-of-life improvements have been implemented.

General

An option has been added to allow players to choose which character-select background is displayed.
New menus to expand all groups and collapse all groups within the Account Vault dialogue have been added.
Added three collection achievements for relics.
- For the Relics—Secrets of the Obscure Set 1 achievement, players can load into Lion's Arch or any Secrets of the Obscure map to retroactively check for progress.
An option to disable griffon and skyscale mounts from flying on ley lines has been added. This function is toggled via the default F1 skill while mounted on either the griffon or skyscale mounts if the player has the Ley-Line Acclimation Mastery unlocked in the Secrets of the Obscure Flight Training Mastery track.
- Disabling or reenabling flying mounts on ley lines persists permanently and is a shared setting for both flying mounts. (For example, if you disable it on your griffon and log out, the next time you log back in and mount your griffon or skyscale, it will be disabled until you reenable it.)
Fixed a bug that caused the Avatar of Regret's Crushing Regret skill to not properly detect if players were stacked in the green circle telegraphs. The damage of the skill will now be appropriately divided between players who stack in the telegraph. Reduced the number of attacks created based on the number of nearby players.
Fixed a bug that could cause oni to become untargetable and unkillable after their ambush event timed out in Cantha.
Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause Zizel to stand around throwing potions in the Concocter's Lab if the Defense of Amnytas meta-event started during his event chain in Amnytas.
Fixed an issue that caused the Banish mechanic to leave residual effects for players who had used Continuum Split before getting teleported during the Defense of Amnytas meta-event in Amnytas.
Fixed a bug in which Efi could have an incorrect dialogue state based on the player's progression of the Olmakhan Bandolier collection.
Fixed a bug that caused Slabs of Wurm Meat to drop during the "Kill the giant plains wurm" event when the "Kill wurms and collect their meat for Sharpwit" event had already been completed.
Fixed a bug in which unbound magic experience wasn't affected by Bloodstone Empowerment.
Fixed a bug in which an interact prompt was being displayed while the corresponding event wasn't active in Amnytas.
Archivist of Whispers: Fixed a bug that could cause this trait to incorrectly set the player's max pages upon starting a PvP game.

Wizard's Vault

The Wizard's Vault's trove of rewards has been refreshed! All-new seasonal rewards can be found in the Astral Rewards section of the Wizard's Vault, and purchase limits on other items have been reset. Last season's Sanctified armor pieces, the Sanctified weapon set, the /bless Emote Tome, and the Enchanted Owl griffon skin can now be found in the Legacy Rewards section of the Wizard's Vault. New Special Objectives have also been added to the Wizard's Vault, with more to appear over the coming season.