Nightfall Campaign Rush Guide (Consulate Docks to Abaddon in ~2 hours)

  • Yo sup, I'm Asdf Trash Runner, the fastest trash you've ever seen. I started running when I returned to Guild Wars in early 2024. After I learned all the outpost runs as well as the Factions rush, I started to realize that there was a market for rushing the Nightfall campaign; while a Desolation/Vabbi tour definitely speeds up the campaign, some customers of mine were willing to pay for a full carry through all of the quests and missions. And so I got to work studying Nightfall, and after a few months I had developed tactics for rushing 5 accounts through the campaign from Yohlon Haven to Abaddon in about 2.5 hours (the title of this thread says 2 hours, and for some reason I can't change the title so just pretend it doesn't say that ;)).

    I mainly created this guide to help other runners who want to offer this service. That said, you should be an experienced runner before offering this rush. Be experienced in the Kourna/Desolation/Vabbi tour and also be able to do the Factions rush (Kaineng Center to Divine Path) in less than an hour. Here's a great resource for beginner runners: Relative Velocity's beginner guide to running

    Here's a run I recorded in May of 2025. Be sure to read the descriptions for some notes. It is not a perfect run, and there are some small changes here and there that I'm thinking about making.

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    In the rush, I employ a tech that I call cutscene strats:

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    This tech allows for the customer to simply take primary quests, twiddle their thumbs, and then accept the reward. It is applicable to most primary quests after Consulate Docks. Read the video description for an in-depth explanation. Cutscene strats require an alt account. I use cutscene strats even for very simple quests because I want the customer to do as little work as possible (I want the rush to be as easy for them as possible, and frankly the run is faster when the customer has less to do).

    This rush uses anywhere from 75-100e (June 2024 prices) worth of consets, PCons, summoning stones (mainly Guards), and sometimes seals. With the amount people are willing to pay for this rush, you should absolutely be using these wherever they make sense, and often they are required in order for the builds to function as intended. When you are playing in NM with cons up, enemy AI is very "timid" due to the speed boost from the BU. Additionally, you have significant damage reduction to the armor. Therefore, when you have cons up there are a lot of aggressive moves that you and your heroes can get away with in order to complete missions quickly and you can have a team comp that lacks essentially any prot.

  • Guide updated with videos of modern tactics. I won't be writing up a detailed walkthrough as I don't have time. But fortunately, a picture is worth a thousand words, and videos are just lots of pictures, so these videos should do the trick for anyone who wants to learn this.

    For some reason, I can't change the title. If any mod/admin can change it to the following or something similar, that would be dope: "Nightfall Rush Guide - 5 Accts From Kourna to Abaddon in 2.5 Hours"