ArenaNet has announced details of a new update for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity called “The Only Way”, and it’s coming on Tuesday, May 12th.
The publisher explains that The Only Way is “the second major update for the sixth and latest expansion to the award-winning and critically acclaimed MMORPG Guild Wars 2. This update expands the world with a new explorable zone, continues the epic story of the initial expansion release, and brings in new updates and rewards.”
A new trailer has dropped as well, which gives you a good look at the update. Check that out, below:
The launch story for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity had players investigating a series of secretive Inquest voyages to the fabled island of Castora, a mysterious area rich with ley magic. Ancient secrets were unearthed. The island’s guardians were overcome. And the story now picks up with the Commander tasked with stopping Vloxx, the newly-elevated Inquest leader who thinks his machinations are for the good of Tyria. The next five chapters of the story in this update bring the Commander to the new map of Eternity’s Garden.
There’s more, though, as another video that recaps the story of Guild Wars 2 to date, has also been released. Check it out below, but be warned it has spoilers for the first acts of Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity.
To accompany the story, this release also brings new and updated features. Two new mastery tiers add new account-wide horizontal progression for players. Six new earnable expansion relics bring new combat-augmenting effects to character builds. New legendary accessories, one earned through PvE content and one from World vs. World multiplayer, are available for acquisition. And more elements of players’ look can now be managed through the Fashion Template feature released in February 2026. A refreshed set of Wizard’s Vault objectives, an earnable raptor mount skin, as well as a host of other rewards associated with the new map and content, round out the release.
There will be one more “major update” to complete Visions of Eternity, which will add more quality of life improvements, legendary gear, maps, instances, and of course, new story chapters.
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity is out now on PC.
