Guild Wars 2

After chapter 4’s ending left me wondering what this ritual to revive Lazarus was, I heard that it was related to the story of the previous raid, of which I had only finished Spirit Vale, Slothsazor (and explored up to the second boss), the first encounter of wing 3, and the Keep Guardian (without progressing on from there).

Is this chapter like chapter 4 in that regard? Will I end up confused if I play through it before finishing the raids? I don’t want to ruin the story for myself, but finding groups to do them first is difficult.

The actual ritual is only mentioned vaguely, no details are given nor needed. Chapter 4 told you the one important thing you need to know.

Yes, it is okay to play LW Season 3 Chapter 5.

I’ve not played the raids at all. I haven’t found the story around Lazarus to be confusing due to missing info from the raids. I takes a few twists and turns that make it somewhat confusing but not in relation to the revival/the raid, really.

tl;dr play the Living World stories without worrying about raid stories.

If you’ve played the personal story and dungeon stories, you can see ANet’s pattern:

• Similar NPCs are featured
• Parts of the story coincide.
• You can play either PS or dungeons with confusing the story. Or you can play them in roughly the corresponding order (e.g. AC shortly after the L20-30 PS).