UPDATE: Guild Wars Reforged soft-launched - updated!

As if bringing us two new dungeons and two new heroes in a single month wasn't nearly exciting enough, ArenaNet has announced that Guild Wars will be coming to mobile devices in a few months!

This is extremely exciting news, but also raises a lot of questions - I'm going to list everything we know so far.

What is Guild Wars Reforged on mobile?

Guild Wars Reforged will launch on Android and iOS devices this summer. This isn't a stripped-down spin-off, but it's the full Guild Wars experience as you are used to, with a redesigned user interface and control scheme that has been adjusted for mobile usage. The gameplay, quests and everything else stays exactly the same and mobile players will share the same game servers as the PC and Steam Deck, so you can also cross-play with mobile players.

It is absolutely possible to switch from your existing account on your PC over to the mobile version and play a few more minutes in bed, no worries!

If you own an Android device, you can pre-register on the Play Store page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/det…ldwars.reforged. For iOS/Apple devices this isn't yet possible but should this change, we will update this article here.

Free to play - what!?

The mobile version will be a free-to-play ad-supported version. Newcomers can download the full game and play through the entirety of the Prophecies campaign for free. The catch here is that free accounts will have restricted chat options (likely mirroring these from the old trial accounts) and trading will be restricted as well. You will also see ads on the loading screens (this was confirmed by a change in the EULA).

If you want to play the other campaigns and content, you will need to purchase these seperately:

• Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall will each cost 6.99 USD
• Eye of the North will cost 9.99
• Bonus Mission Pack will cost 5.99

The free version does not include PvP access.

Purchasing these add-ons will go through the store on your mobile phone. Purchasing an addon will remove the chat/trading restrictions from your account.
You will need to purchase Prophecies to remove the ads shown in Prophecies, but other restrictions are lifted as soon as you purchase a single campaign.

Buying any campaign does not give you extra character slots.

Ads?

This is how the first ad screen I encountered looked like:

The game waits until the ad is finished before the load screen ends.

Existing accounts

If you have an existing account, you will be able to login on the mobile version, but Steam accounts are not able to log in on mobile.

You can log-in with your existing ArenaNet account. Existing accounts will not see any ads.

New mobile players

When you create an account on mobile, you will create a Mobile ID. You will have the option to convert that into an ArenaNet account later on if you want to play on PC as well or on Steam Decks.

Mobile IDs can, at his point, not link to Steam accounts.

Performance

Performance depends on your device, but an iPhone SE and a Samsung A50s render the game well. It also runs reasonably well on my test tablet which is a Xiaomi Pad 6, but has some stutters.

Mobile HUD

There is a new interface on mobile, and it is intended to be played in landscape mode and uses virtual joysticks. In our initial testing, we found this worked great.

When and where?

Testing will first occur in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Philippines. A full global launch is planned for later in this summer. A precise date has not been given yet.

The soft-launch has started on the 19th of May 2026.

Once we have more information, we will update this article.
This article was last updated on the 20th of May 2026.