The Realm of Dreams Free Update Is Out Now on Guild Wars 2, Adding New Story, Weapon Proficiencies and More
As promised last week, ArenaNet has released The Realm of Dreams, the second major free content update for Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure expansion.
This new patch for the PC MMORPG adds several content pieces and new features, such as new weapon proficiencies for each profession (class). These are:
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- Guardian: Pistol (main and off-hand)
- Revenant: Scepter (main hand)
- Warrior: Staff
- Engineer: Short bow
- Ranger: Mace (main and off-hand)
- Thief: Axe (main hand)
- Elementalist: Pistol (main hand)
- Mesmer: Rifle
- Necromancer: Sword (main and off-hand)
There's a lot more, though. Two new legendary Convergences bosses are being introduced with The Realm of Dreams: the Hell Sister and the Dreadwing. You can get acquainted with them in the sneak peek video below.
The four available Convergences bosses will be active on a weekly cycle. This week, players will be able to tackle the newly released Hell Sister and the Dreadwing; next week, it'll go back to Demon Knight and Sorrow, and so forth.
ArenaNet is also adding a new legendary armor set for all three armor types. The Obsidian Legendary Armor is unique in Guild Wars 2 because, unlike the others, it won't require players to dive into PvP modes or high-end PvE endgame activities like raids.
The Wizard’s Vault now offers refreshed rewards, such as Solar Astrolabe weapon skins, Skysage’s armor skins (gloves, helm, and boots), Leaf Glider, and a Cat Tree Chair.
Endgame Guild Wars 2 players are getting the Challenge Mode for Temple of Febe. ArenaNet said this is meant to be a rather difficult encounter. Compared to the regular mode, it will be a lot less tolerant of any mistakes. Here, the Aspects from the split phases, which usually only appear at 80% and 50% of the boss's health, will also be there periodically throughout the rest of the fight to make things harder. Moreover, in the Challenge Mode, you can only kill one
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