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[Guild Wars 2 Official Site]

Salutations, Tyrians. My name is Gerard Ledda, and I am a game designer here at ArenaNet. We’re always listening to your feedback, and we’ve been hard at work on some game updates that you’ve been asking for. Today, I’m here with the inside scoop on some quality-of-life updates that are coming in next week’s Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™ release, “Absolution.” These changes are designed to alleviate pain points, add convenience, and—most importantly—free up precious inventory space!

Traveling Light with the Wizard’s Portal Tome

The Wizard’s Portal Tome is a new item that will store many of the teleportation devices you’ve earned in game, condensing more than 30 items into a single inventory slot! This tome will work much like the Living World season portal tomes, giving you a list of available destinations to choose from.

When “Absolution” releases on June 3, you can visit Astral Ward Medic Miyrna either in Bloodcoast Ward in Lion’s Arch or in the new map, Bava Nisos, to pick up a new side story achievement, Work Hard for Now. Completing that side story will reward you with the Wizard’s Portal Tome, and the Teleportation Gizmos Collector collection will track the teleportation devices that you’ve earned. Then, just bring the Wizard’s Portal Tome wherever you go, and you can free up all that inventory space!

Gobble Your Way to More Inventory Space

Over the years, we’ve added many portable exchangers—commonly called “gobblers”—to the game that allow players to convert items and currency to more valuable materials. Over time, these gobblers have become so plentiful that they themselves clog up inventory space. The Wizard’s Gobbler is our solution to this problem, allowing you access to multiple exchange items without having to fumble with them individually.

Like the Wizard’s Portal Tome, a collection will track over 20 portable exchanger and gobbler items as you unlock them and offer their functionality in a single item. Visiting Lion’s Arch will retroactively update your progress if you have the item in your inventory, have completed the respective achievement, or have met other conditions. This will determine which options you can access when using the Wizard’s Gobbler. All Guild Wars 2 players can access the Wizard’s Gobbler by heading to Hooligan’s Route in Lion’s Arch and purchasing it from the charr vendor Gharr Leadclaw.

Rift Essence Converting to Wallet Currency

We’ve heard that your bag and bank slots are overflowing with rift essence, and we’ve got a solution coming next week!

Fine, masterwork, and rare rift essence can be converted into a wallet currency beginning June 3. You’ll be able to convert the essence yourself by consuming it or by visiting Rift Researcher Adam at Moon Camp Covert in Lowland Shore or the Rift Hunter Lounge in the Wizard’s Tower. He will be able to mass convert your essence into a wallet currency for free. Recipes, vendor costs, and rewards of rift essence will all be updated to reflect this change.

Easier Acquisition of Research Notes

We’ve also heard your feedback about the challenge of acquiring research notes. After the next update, all crafting disciplines will have access to a new crafting recipe called Peer Reviewed Research. This item does not have a crafting rating requirement, so even novices can make it. When crafted, it grants 150 research notes!

Faction Provisioner Purchase Limits

We’ll be adjusting the purchase limits of provisioner tokens from faction provisioners in Central Tyria and Heart of Maguuma from one purchase a day per tab to seven purchases a week per tab. You’ll be able to buy the same number of items, but in one trip instead of seven!

Commander’s Choice Chest Improvements

During your adventures, you might have accumulated a surplus of Hero’s Choice Chests, and when you finally decide which item to select from them, you were faced with a difficult choice. You could open them one at a time through a time-consuming series of clicks, or you could use a bulk exchange vendor but lose out on some of the valuable loot inside.

With the release of “Absolution,” you can trade Hero’s Choice Chests and karma to the respective exchange vendors in Dragon’s Stand, Eye of the North, Arborstone, the Wizard’s Tower (requires Wayfinder Mastery), or Lowland Shore. You’ll then receive the guaranteed item in addition to a new Commander’s Choice Chest, which allows bulk selection of your choice of items. This functions like the Janthiri Renown Chests and Mistburned Renown Chests.

Homesteads Decoration Limit Increase

Finally, players will be able to double the decoration cap in their homestead from 1,000 to 2,000 after “Absolution” is live next week! Deft Lahar will sell decoration limit increase services to raise the cap by 500, and players can train the Grandmaster Handiworker Crafting tier for another 500.

Deft Lahar will also have new home instance nodes in his inventory, allowing players to purchase new gathering nodes for their homesteads or home instances.

“Absolution” is just around the corner, and we can’t wait for you to experience these new quality-of-life updates. See you in Tyria!

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