Celebrate the Year of the Ox in the Guild Wars 2 Lunar New Year Event
ArenaNet celebrates the Year of the Ox in Guild Wars 2 with the launch of the Lunar New Year 2021 event.
ArenaNet celebrates the Year of the Ox in Guild Wars 2 with the launch of the Lunar New Year 2021 Event. The celebrations are slated to last until February 23, when you can join your fellow Tyrians throughout Divinity’s Reach for new celebratory activities, rewards and achievements, and a chance to win a new Lucky Backpack. Ox Lantern.
To get to Divinity’s Reach and participate in this year’s Lunar New Year event, look for the official Lunar New Year Invitation item in your in-game mail. Double-click it to head directly to Divinity’s Reach, and the party can begin! Go visit Phaedra to buy the traditional lucky envelopes, Finolla if you want to be carried to the Dragon Ball Arena and the Celestial Challenge Attendant if you want to try and win favor with one of the celestial animals.
Lots of activities take place during the Lunar New Year event, as it happens every year, and many of them have been updated, reworked for better game balance, and new action skills added. specials they hadn’t had in previous Lunar New Year celebrations. . Depending on the event Release Notes, the biggest draw this year is that the Lunar New Year Customs meta-hit “has been updated with a new reward, Lunar Enchanted Gloves,” which comes with “a new shiny effect to match your festival weapons ”.
Lunar New Year Daily Achievements can be earned to earn Aureate Shiny Weapons. Festival Reward Vendors are willing to take your Lucky Essence in exchange for the Luck Infused Fortune-Shining Aureate Set, which is also available in the “Refitted Aureate No Effect” set. Revised objectives and reward mechanics have been added to the Celestial Challenge, and many events will grant you the Lucky Aura effect, which you can use “to open additional chests during the reward event.”
Heavenly Challenge has multiple events to participate in, and participating in each of them will earn you new achievement. You can also buy new guild decoration just to attend the Lunar New Year event. Almost everything here can reward you with something new. For an insider account of what the Lunar New Year event has to offer, click New Year Festival Achievements Guide by GuildJen, and watch YouTuber Rheyo’s Lunar New Year 2021 preview video embedded below.
Of course, you can log into the game and experience the event for yourself. Guild Wars 2 is available for purchase from the Guild Wars 2 Store.
Source: Arenet
