Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I’ve noticed an astounding lack of information in regards to Guild Halls. We have plenty of general statements but few details. I will be posting any tidbits I learn or discover in regards to the Guild Hall Claiming / Upgrading processes, and would love for other people to post anything you’ve learned, or any questions you have;

First; Claiming.
Dulfy has a pretty good guide on this topic, and I only really have one thing to add. Apparently, the scaling threshold from 1 to 2 maw spawns occurs going from 9 to 10 players. This means the best chance for small guilds is to form a 9 person group.

Upgrades!
Current bug! Currently, the Aetherium Mine Booster (100 influence for a minute of increased production) does not work. It will eat your influence and, as of now, we have no confirmed reports of refunds from Anet.

Dulfy also covers the initial upgrades (Tavern, Mine, Mine Capacity, and Workshop) fairly well, but left out some details.

XP / Karma Boosters; purchasing one or both of these will spawn a Barkeep who provides potions corresponding to the bonuses you have unlocked. These potions provide 24 hours of the buff, do not stack, and are infinitely available.

Mining Capacity: This lets you hold 1500 Aetherium at a time. Necessary for most upgrades

Workshop: This provides access to the Scribing profession, Resonance, and schematic processing. The scribing profession introduces a Scribing trainer / merchant, as well as crafting bench (And bank! THANK YOU). One note on scribing; at this moment it is hugely expensive as there isn’t a whole lot to craft, and the things you can craft require new and expensive materials. To open up more designs for this, you must purchase or craft schematics. Banner schematics are available from the tavern, for instance. In the Market there is a Decorator Merchant that will allow you to purchase basic decorations which the scribe can craft up. I just purchased the Workshop and will continue to update as I learn more.

The workshop also opens up the ability to build the Market, PVP arena, and WvW Warroom. I have not yet crafted these, but they provide bonuses to PvE, PvP, and WvW respectively. This includes extra missions.

Final little tidbit: Flax Seed and Linseed oil:
Anet released the easiest method for Linseed Oil which is the Conservation of Resources achievement during the Torn from the Sky mission. This provides 10 Linseed Oil and is very easy.

They also mentioned that there are Flax Seed farms available, but did not specify locations. The first, and easiest, is in Verdant Brink just north of the [Jaka Itzel Waypoint]. If you run due north and jump off the ledge and fall to the bottom there are 4-6 Flax nodes (totaling ~25 flax per character). Gliding is necessary to survive the fall.

There is a second one is harder to get to; it is up in the Great Tree in Tangled Depths. It is also infested with Wyverns. I will update if I find a reliable path up here.

WvW workshop requires items to build.. that can only be purchased in a completed WvW workshop. Anet is aware of this.

Thanks for this info… More specifically the confirmation of a freaking BANK! now ive just gotta get this workshop up n running

GG on WvW.

And yeah, I thought someone would like the news on the bank. I am hoping the Marketplace will include a Black Lion Merchant; I should be able to confirm this midday (EST) tomorrow. I will also be providing info on the Mining Rate upgrade first thing tomorrow.

Should also note; the mining boost 1,000 Aetherium for 10 minute increase is also bugged.

Red Mistress Denna.9804:

Should also note; the mining boost 1,000 Aetherium for 10 minute increase is also bugged.

Yes, I did not see any boost to aetherium when we used it.
Waypoints also are working for us once we got to Guild Level 10.

The waypoints appear to bug out if you ever have multiple copies of your Guild Hall open. The problem appears to then persist even if the extra map closes.

Also, last night I purchased the Mining Rate upgrade for my mine. This has increased our mining rate from 1 per minute to 1 per 50 seconds. This works out to:
20 hours 50 minutes per 1500
13 hours 53 minutes per 1000
6 hours 56 minutes per 500

Red Mistress Denna.9804:

The waypoints appear to bug out if you ever have multiple copies of your Guild Hall open. The problem appears to then persist even if the extra map closes.

Also, last night I purchased the Mining Rate upgrade for my mine. This has increased our mining rate from 1 per minute to 1 per 50 seconds. This works out to:
20 hours 50 minutes per 1500
13 hours 53 minutes per 1000
6 hours 56 minutes per 500

Thanks for the information!

Anet, “Fixed an issue that prevented Aetherium Boosts purchased from the influence trader from applying their full effect.”

I still haven’t seen any real effect after applying 1,000k influence. We’ll probably won’t use this feature unless there is a noticeable change. Especially, since we can’t earn influence anymore.

The Aetherium boost is a 2 second boost per aetherium mined. Rate increase 1 and 2 each shave 10 seconds off per Aetherium. (with rate 2, it’s 40 seconds each, instead of 60) and then the booster cuts another 2 seconds off on top of that. So, with rate 2 and booster active, it’s 38 seconds per.

I read somewhere that the boost from the barkeep scale with the number of them you obtain…ie…if you have xp alone it’ll be 3%…if you have karma, xp, and wxp, they’ll be 5%

Anyone know if that’s true?

Well it’s scaling for with something because ours have gone up although I haven’t looked to see where at yet. It started at 3% and then went to 4. I think it may be based on your guild level.

Also if anyone is interested mining rate 2 decreases production another 10 seconds. I’m curious how long that last because when you hit mining rate 6 it obviously can’t decrease to 0 seconds. So my guess is it scales less later on or goes to 1 or 5 seconds.

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while; had some personal things come up. The Wiki has started catching up to the new info and most of this info is now available on it, so that may be a better place to check. If you have any questions, still feel free to msg me in game and I’ll do what I can to answer.