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[Guild Wars 2 Official Site]

Back in July, we announced that a new homestead map would arrive with the launch of Guild Wars 2®: Visions of Eternityâ„¢. Today, we’re thrilled to share more details about it, along with some exciting quality-of-life improvements. These enhancements will be available to anyone with access to homesteads, which requires ownership of Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wildsâ„¢. Players who also own Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity will get a magical new map to decorate called Comosus Isle.

To see everything we’re talking about today—including the new map—join us for a livestream on our Twitch channel this Friday, September 5, at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7).

Your Very Own Private Island Getaway

Looking to take a break from the pressures that come with being the commander and wayfinder? Talk to Deft Lahar in your homestead, and he’ll set you up with your very own private island in a Castoran paradise.

Start your day on Comosus Isle by hanging out at the beach’s fishing spots or by enjoying a guided ley-line tour that takes you on a scenic journey around the dazzling mountain bursting with energy. Thrill seekers can dive through the top of the mountain to the otherworldly caverns below, and explorers looking for a more relaxed time can hike through the hidden tunnels to get there instead. Once there, wash your worries away in the bubbling pool and let the crystal resonance of the area revitalize you.

Your new vacation home is a three-story suite that comes fully furnished with a sitting and dining area, kitchen, bedroom, and a balcony where you can enjoy the ocean view in private. If you’re looking for a livelier time, you can wander over to the attached club hangout area.

If you’d prefer not to have a house on your island, fear not! The house—and every decoration it’s made from—can be removed and stored in your decoration inventory. They’re yours to keep! You can construct a new house just the way you like it or remove it entirely and customize the look of your island getaway.

Home Improvement

So, you’ve decided to pack up all your stuff in Hearth’s Glow and move to paradise? Before you go, consider using the new decoration layout feature to make a record of all your carefully placed decorations. That way, if you get sunburned a little too easily, you can move back and get all your furniture set up again with just a few clicks. Are you a big fan of Wintersday? Save a festive layout for your homestead that you can swap to in seconds when the season arrives!

The best part is that you can share your layouts with others! Layouts are stored as XML files that you can freely share with anyone you like. We can’t wait for the expert interior decorators in our community to share their amazing designs with everyone! Please note that layouts are stored locally, so if you play Guild Wars 2 on multiple devices, you’ll need to copy your layout files over.

When you load a layout into your homestead, it will only place the decorations that you have crafted and own. You’ll also be shown a list of the decorations that you’re missing so you know what you’ll need to go make!

You can also save the layout of a homestead you’re currently visiting. Maybe you aren’t much of a decorator yourself, but you’ve been impressed by all the amazing work you’ve seen in your friend’s homestead? Ask them to enable the Party Layout Saving option while you’re visiting, and you’ll be able to save their layout and import it into your own home!

Finally, we’re adding a new option to make decorating your homestead a bit easier. A Place Duplicate skill will be added to the Modify Existing Decorations mode and will allow you to use an already-placed decoration to guide your alignment of a new decoration. This alleviates the need to manually align decorations when you’re building things like walls or fences.

To utilize this feature, edit an existing decoration and position it to where you’d like your next piece to go. Then use the new Place Duplicate skill instead of Confirm Modification. Assuming you have more of that decoration available in your storage, it will place it in the newly selected area and leave the existing decoration where it was before. This is definitely easier to visualize with a video:

Livestream This Friday

We can’t wait for you to see Comosus Isle and all of the wondrous locations there are to explore within. This gorgeous map and the features we discussed today will be shown in detail during our livestream this week. Tune in to our Twitch channel this Friday, September 5 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) to see it all for yourself. And if this sounds like the all-inclusive resort experience for you, you can prepurchase Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity and unlock some of the digital rewards today!

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