Visions of Eternity

Visions of Eternity is coming !

Rumors are floating around that the Inquest has conspicously launched a voyage in a search of the legendary island of Castora! A perilous race against the Inquests ambitions will lead you through magical lands full of strange creatures!

Visions of Eternity will include two new maps at launch, and two additional maps in later updates. You'll unlock three new Mastery tracks, including new Skimmer abilities. If you own both VoE and JW, you'll also unlock a new Castoran Homestead.

Features

Elite Specializations & Combat Updates

Each class will get a new elite specialization, unlocking new playstyles, traits, and utility skills.

Mesmer | Troubadour

Since the firstborn sylvari emerged from the Pale Tree, many have embodied the saying "where life goes-so, too, should you.", exploring every corner of Tyria they could reach. While on their journeys some have taken to regaling the tales of recent famous and infamous figures.

Sylvari mesmers have returned from abroad and developed the Troubadour tradition. Weaving tales and stories into magic, Troubadours express their mesmeric talents through summoning instruments, enchanting allies, and demoralizing foes.

Ranger | Galeshot

Tengu from the Dominion of Winds are stepping outside of their walls to participate in a cultural exchange with the Tyrian Alliance at the behest of their royal houses. One such house is offering to teach the traditions of the galeshot to interested individuals.

Galeshots are tengu archers that are able to summon the four winds to form a powerful cyclone bow.

Guardian | Luminary

After scattering Bangar's Dominion and ending the charr civil war, the four legions have found the space to work on themselves. The Flame and Iron Legions have combined efforts into a joint project and created the Luminary!

The Luminary bears an enchanted iron brazier with a powerful sacred flame inside. The bearer can enshroud themselves with this flame to wield powerful flame weapons.

Thief | Antiquary

Necromancer | Ritualist

Warrior | Paragon

Elementalist | Evoker

Engineer | Amalgam

Revenant | Conduit

There is an open beta week for elite specs coming August 20-27th.

Skimmer Mastery

The Skimmer will get new masteries, allowing you to hover, dive, and soar faster than before!

New Instanced Content

Raids and Strikes will be combined into the same system, with improvements for access for new players and streamlining rewards.

Two new Raid encounters with CMs and a LCM will come in later updates.

A new Convergence will come in a later update.

A new Fractal with a CM will come in the final update.

New Legendaries

Six new legendaries are coming in Visions of Eternity!

• Three Weapons
• Ring
• Accessory
• Aquabreather

One of the weapons and the aquabreather will come when VoE launches. The ring, accessory, and other weapons will come later.

New Homestead

If you own Janthir Wilds and Visions of Eternity, you will unlock a new Castoran homestead! The new layouts feature lets you save the layout of your homestead decorations. The layout can be used to swap between maps and shared with other players.

This requires owning Janthir Wilds

Fashion Templates

Similar to build and equipment templates, fashion templates allow you to save the aesthetics of your armor, back pieces, outfits and dyes.

This will be a core feature, no expansion required.

Prepurchase Visions of Eternity

You can prepurchase Visions of Eternity at https://buy.guildwars2.com/en-us/visions-of-eternity.

Preorder Rewards

Preordering any edition gets you these:

• Plumed Commodore's Hat helm skin
• "Eternal Alchemist" title
• Chromatic Resin weapon skin choice box

There are 3 editions for the expac: Standard, Deluxe, Ultimate.

Purchase Rewards

These items are included with their respective edition and come to you ingame through the mail. No preorder needed.

• Standard Edition

  • Shared Inventory Slot
  • Max Level Boost

• Deluxe Edition

  Everything in the Standard Edition, plus these extras:

  • Castoran Tentacled Skimmer Skin
  • Set of Permanent Fairy Dust gathering tools
  • Character Slot
  • Identity Repair Kit

• Ultimate Edition

  Everything in the Deluxe Edition, plus 4000 gems.

Sources

1. The Guild Wars 2 Team. "Announcing Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-visions-of-eternity/ (July 15th, 2025).
2. "Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - Announcement Trailer [EN]". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTsj7PnlTgI (July 15th, 2025).
3. "Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity Product Page". https://buy.guildwars2.com/en-us/visions-of-eternity (accessed Aug. 6th, 2025).
4. The Guild Wars 2 Team. "Elite Specializations Are Back: Mesmer, Ranger, and Guardian". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/elite-specializations-are-back-mesmer-ranger-and-guardian/ (July 23rd, 2025).
5. "Elite Specializations: Troubadour, Galeshot, Luminary | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrAOh02l_w8 (July 23rd, 2025).
6. "Elite Specialization Developer Livestream: Troubadour, Galeshot, Luminary". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYdCJKL2ZI (Originally streamed on Twitch July 25th, 2025).
7. The Guild Wars 2 Team. "Elite Specialization Reveal: Thief, Necromancer, and Warrior". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/elite-specialization-reveal-thief-necromancer-and-warrior/ (July 30th, 2025).
8. "Elite Specializations: Antiquary, Ritualist, Paragon | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chNy3gyxmas (July 30th, 2025).
9. "Elite specialization Developer Livestream: Antiquary, Ritualist, Paragon". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0SB3pyYtBE (Originally streamed on Twitch Aug 1st, 2025).
10. The Guild Wars 2 Team. "The Final Three Elite Specializations: Elementalist, Engineer, Revenant". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-final-three-elite-specializations-elementalist-engineer-revenant/ (August 6th, 2025).
11. "Elite Specializations: Evoker, Amalgam, Conduit | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBxqT0_XSfo (August 6th, 2025).