Guild Wars 2 – Super Adventure Festival Returns

Game Update Notes: April 16, 2024

04/16/2024—April 16 Release Notes

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Super Adventure Festival

Moto's world-renowned Super Adventure Box returns again! Explore two worlds (and one test zone) of excitement, peril, and educational entertainment to earn holographic weapons and a variety of loot. Travelers can visit the Super Adventure Box in Rata Sum—temporary portals have been placed in each major city to facilitate easy travel to the scenic hub of asuran culture!

• Complete the festival's meta-achievement, (Annual) Super Adventure Box Nostalgia, to earn the new Powered Shoulders armor! Last year's reward, the Powered Gloves, are now available from the Super Adventure Box traders.
• The new Golem Buster weapon set is now available! You'll receive your choice of a weapon by progressing the Super Adventure Box Nostalgia meta-achievement, and you can earn additional choices through weekly festival achievements.
• New weapons have been added to the Retro-Forged set! You can purchase these weapons directly from a festival vendor or find them as rare drops in Super Loot Bags.
• The (Annual) Super Adventure Box Nostalgia meta-achievement has been updated with additional goals, including the box's prototype level, the World 3 Test Zone!
• The weekly Super Adventure Festival achievements have been combined into a single achievement, (Weekly) Super Replay.
• New updates have been added to the Test Zone:
  • Shops!
  • Blue oozes!
  • Secret caves!
  • A coin-collecting adventure!
  • And new achievements to go along with them. Delve into the caves of the Test Zone, aid the miner choya, and gain never-before-seen tools for your super adventure!
• The Mega Bomb has been updated to use ammunition charges rather than consuming baubles on use.
• New Super Adventure Box-themed guild decorations have been added! Turn your hall into the cavernous level of your dreams.
  • Super Grand Gate
  • Super Owl Statue
  • Super Red Crystal
  • Jackal Rental Post
• Special objectives are available in the Wizard's Vault to earn extra astral acclaim as you enjoy the festival.
• A number of super adventure-related bugs have been fixed to ensure a safe education for all heroes.
• Festivities begin on April 16 and continue until May 7 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7).

Cosmetic Inspection

• The new cosmetic inspection feature has been added. You can use it to view a targeted player's equipped outfit, armor skins, weapon skins, and dyes.
  • You can bring up the inspection option by right-clicking on a player's portrait or by typing "/inspect" with a player targeted. If no player is targeted, you'll see your own character's information.
  • Weapon information is hidden in competitive maps.
• Many skins will now include information about the primary source for obtaining them when viewed in the Wardrobe or Inspect panels.
  • Due to the number of weapon and armor skins in the vast world of Tyria, the source descriptions are a work in progress that will be completed over time.

World Polish

• Jade Tech Offensive Protocol and Jade Tech Defensive Protocol have received the following updates:
  • Increased the duration of jade tech offensive and defensive overcharge effects per activation from 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
  • Increased the maximum stack duration for jade tech offensive and defensive overcharge effects from 2.25 hours to 3 hours.