NCSOFT and ArenaNet have announced Guild Wars 2 upcoming November content update, that includes the ‘Lost Shores’ weekend event, a new zone, a new dungeon, and a new PvP map.

The Lost Shores


The ‘Lost Shores’ weekend event will run between November 16 through November 18. During the event, Lion’s Arch will be invaded by a new enemy group called the ‘Karka’. Initially, players will be unable to penetrate the Karka’s armor and it’s this roadblock that will kick off a series of events taking players throughout the world as they learn about the Karka’s origins and research a means to get through theseemingly impenetrable armor. Eventually, players will learn how to penetrate the Karka’s armor and this will bring players to the Karka’s home turf on a new island in the Sea of Sorrows called The Lost Shores. While the Karka don’t originally come from The Lost Shores, they have a significant presence on the island, having settled there for some time.

Finally, the weekend event will culminate in a multi-part chain finale event that we’re told will take considerable time and effort for players to progress through.

In the process, players will find a new faction of Lion’s Arch merchants named the ‘Consortium’, that represent a sort of alternative to the Black Lion Trading Company.

The Lost Shores has a lots of events, jumping puzzles, resource nodes, and more. In addition the events of the island will allow players to make a permanent changes on the landscape.

New Dungeon: Fractals of the Mist

The ‘Fractals of the Mist’ is the new dungeon that comes with the update. Players will enter the Fractals of the Mist dungeon via a central hub and once players have gathered their party members, they are going to explore one of the nine ‘fractals’ that will be randomly selected for each group. These fractals will feature a variety of challenges, puzzles, and boss fights, with an emphasis placed on use of the environment. Players can expect each fractal to take anywhere from 15 to 40 minutes to complete and the game will throw you through a series of three fractals, from one to the next, before returning you to town. Every other set of three fractals that players complete will initiate a special boss fight.

Once players return to town, future entries into the dungeon will scale to become harder than the last. The amount of enemies players will face will increase as will their health and damage, for example. Of course, you can also expect commensurate rewards for completing harder versions of the dungeon.

Speaking of rewards, the new Dungeon introduces the new ‘Ascended' gear. This type is a bit more powerful than the Exotic quality items currently found in the game. There will only be a couple of Ascended quality items available initially, but some of the rarer Ascended items will also feature a new Infusion slot that will make players even more powerful so that they can tackle new challenges that ArenaNet plans to throw at them as they continue to expand on the dungeon over the coming months and years.

New PvP Map: Temple of the Silent Storm

The map takes place on and inside a massive iceberg, that is a Kodan Dojo. The PvP map emphatizes a sense of verticality  and will feature conquest gameplay with a series of buffs that will be strewn throughout the map.

Players can meditate at certain areas to acquire buffs that confer bonus points for a variety of activities, ranging from killing other players to capturing objectives. However, the buff that is likely to be contested the most is one that will reset all the capture points throughout the map.

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