Not an April Fools: new pre-searing dungeon and hero!

It is the first of April, and while you would expect some joke update notes, ArenaNet decided to surprise us instead with a brand new update for Guild Wars: Reforged, which includes the first new dungeon in over 15 years!

So, let us dive in what is new!

New dungeon in pre-searing Ascalon: Forsaken Tunnels

A new dungeon has been added to pre-searing Ascalon, exclusively available for characters that have Reforged mode enabled. Don't have Reforged mode enabled? No worries, later in this article we will explain how to activate it for your pre-searing character.

To reach the new dungeon, you will need to:

• Ensure that Reforged Mode is enabled
• That you have completed Accross The Wall (aka: the quest in the Northlands where you rescue Ben Wolfson).
• Search for Ben Wolfson near the Northland gates and wait until he offers the quest Bastion in the North.
• Complete the quest Bastion in the North, which requires you to battle charr and go to Piken Square. Keep Devona alive and clear out Piken Square and defeat the incoming waves. Collect your reward from Prince Rurik in Ascalon City.
• Return to the Northlands via the Northlands gate and travel back to Piken Square, which should now be an outpost you can enter (warning: all of your team members need to have Reforged mode enabled).
• Talk to Adept Mullenix in Piken Square and accept his quest. Travel out to the Northlands and try and find the entrance to the dungeon...
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• There are 3 levels in the dungeon and each quest in the chain (3 in total, for now) will require you to restart the dungeon and you will be able to go 1 level deeper each time. There are 3 levels.
• There are new bosses and new reward items available.
• Once completed, the dungeon becomes repeatable.
• A post-Searing version will be added in the future!

Activating Reforged mode for an already-existing character

First, go to Ascalon City and walk towards the bridge near Sir Tydus, but walk towards the water. You will find a blue stone, the Shrine to Godly Accoutrements.

Choose Reforged Mode (Alpha) and confirm - you are now in Reforged mode.

A new hero: Devona

You will be able to get a hero - the first one in pre-searing ever. The honor for this goes to Devona.

Unlocking Devona is the reward for the final quest in the chain. Devona is a normal hero that has access to all unlocked skills, including those of all other professions.
You can also unlock Devona by visiting her in Lion's Arch (she is located near the exit to North Kryta Province), but you still need to have Reforged mode enabled.

Keep in mind that there are some strange things, like you being able to bring Devona as henchmen and hero to the same mission.

Guild Wars: Deforged

There is a new graphics setting available called "Nostalgia Mode" which will make the game render like a good old CRT at 800x600. This is a permanent addition to the game.

Play Guild Wars as it was originally intended!

Quality of life updates

Inventory management updates

You are now able to identify all items in your inventory all at once, provided you have identification kits in your inventory. To do so, open up your Inventory by pressing I and you will see a new button, Identify All.

Another update is that you can now transfer all crafting materials to your storage in one click. To do so, open your Xunlai Chest and press the Deposit All Materials button.

Finally, the Extra life Pets have been added to the game and Smiter's Boon has been buffed. Heh.

So, a very exciting update with a new dungeon and another one coming in the future!