August update: everything about the new items!

Today, a huge balance update went live for the game - the list of changes can be found on the wiki.

However, this update also introduces a few new items to the Guild Wars Store that merit some explanation and information about how these work - so let's get to it.

Merchant Summoning Item - Purveyor's Bell (6.99 USD)

The Purveyor's Bell is in essence a permanent mercantile summoning stone that does not fight. There's a few more things to it, but it is an item that when activated (in explorable zones) will spawn the Purveyor which is a merchant NPC that sells every key (and lockpicks) in the game - however, no other items (so there are no salvage kits, for example). You can trade him any item.

Upon purchasing this, you will also receive a Reforged Coin daily when interacting with the Purveyor (who you can find next to the Shrine to Godly Accoutrements).

Reforged Coins

A Reforged Coin is an item that gets placed in your inventory - the only way to currently get them is from interacting daily with The Purveyor in one one the locations next to the Shrines. Other ways might be added in the future.

The only merchant that takes them is The Purveyor itself, by using the "Exchange Reforged Coin" option.

At this moment, there are 2 items available for purchase, in 3 options;

• 10 x Empowering Feasts
• 10 x Heroes' Trifectas
• 5 x Empowering Feasts and 5 x Heroes's Trifectas

These items are NOT tradeable to other players.

Empowering Feasts

Empowering Feasts instantly activate these boosts for 30 minutes on your character only:

• Birthday Cupcake (+100 HP, + 10 energy, 25% increased movement speed)
• Candy Apple (+100 HP, + 10 energy)
• Golden Egg (+ 1 to all attributes)
• Candy Corn (+ 1 to all attributes)
• Slice of Pumpkin Pie (increase attack speed by 25%, skill activation time reduced by 15%)
• War Supplies (+5 armor and +1 health regeneration pip)

This effect gets lost upon death. These all activate in the same way as activating all of these items on their own, so they add 6 items in your effects monitor.

You do not get these items, instead, the effects instantly activate.

Empowering Feasts are not tradeable to other players.

Heroes' Trifecta

Heroes' Trifectas instantly activate these boosts for 30 minutes for your entire party:

• Grail of Might (+ 100 HP, + 10 energy, + 1 to all attributes)
• Armor of Salvation (immunity to 50% of critical hits, + 10 armor, + 1 health regeneration, damage reduction of 5)
• Essence of Celerity (20% faster movement and attack speeds, reduce skill activation and recharge times by 20%)

The effects does not get removed upon death. These all activate in the same way as activating all of these items on their own, so they add 3 items in your effects monitor.

You do not get these items, instead, the effects instantly activate.

Heroes' Trifecta are not tradeable to other players.

Infinite Identification and Salvage Kit Bundle (9.99 USD)

This bundle gives you access to an Infinite Identification Kit and a Infinite Superior Salvage Kit. Each of your characters can get a set by interacting with The Purveyor near the Shrines.

There is no usage cost for using these items - identification and salvaging becomes free.

Some important questions:

• Both of these can be created and used in pre-searing, so you no longer need Charr Salvage Kits to extract runes in pre-searing.
• The Infinite Superior Salvage Kit is not perfect, so items can still break (like with a regular Superior Salvage Kit).
• These have green item rarity.
• They work identically to their non-infinite counterparts.