Guild Wars 2

Hi!

So I started playing again a couple days ago after a pretty long break (~1.5 years) and I’m sort of overwhelmed by the changes since I’ve left. I was just wondering what the typical methods of getting gold were currently? All I remember is farming dungeons like CoF and doing world boss events. I had only done a couple fractals or so before I stopped playing, and my current armor is from the Arrah dungeons I believe.

Thanks so much!

You can still do dungeons and world boss events. Depending on how long ago you left, doing dungeons might even be more profitable than it was before, as straight-up coin rewards were added for completing individual paths as daily rewards. Doing CoF1 will give you 1.3 gold, for example. You can’t repeatedly run CoF1 like you used to, but doing it once and then doing other quick dungeons like SE1, CM, etc. will give you direct injections of gold, along with whatever loot drops in the dungeon.

Champion enemies also drop special loot bags now, which may have already shown up before you left the game (they’re around 1.5 years old themselves), so killing champions is now more rewarding than it was in the past.

And the world boss train is still the world boss train. Most world bosses are on set schedules now, making it easier to know where to be when, but also meaning there’s occasionally some waiting between spawns.

On the note of world bosses, Tequatl the Sunless was revamped around the time you quit. That encounter is much tougher now, but players are experienced at it and can usually win (particularly if you show up early to get an organized instance). Killing Tequatl will reward you with two gold in outright coin, plus over 20 pieces of equipment, including three guaranteed rares or better. You might want to check out Tequatl as a result!

Alright cool, thanks so much! Glad to know that dungeons and world boss events are still options. I’ve also heard that the new map Silverwastes is a good place to farm while also saying that the farming was nerfed or something?