GW2 Guild Missions guide
A general guide to the GW2 guild missions introduced with the Feb 26 Flame and Frost: Gathering Storm patch.
Navigation
- Guild Missions
- Guild Merits
- Guild Commendations
- Guild Bounty (separate page)
- Guild Trek (separate page)
- Guild Rush (separate page)
- Guild Challenge (separate page)
- Guild Puzzle (separate page)
Guild Missions Unlock
There are 5 categories of Guild Missions: Guild Bounty, Guild Treks, Guild Rushes, Guild Challenge, and Guild Puzzle. These Guild Missions can only be activated by first unlocking them in the Guild Upgrades window.
Guild Bounty will be the first Guild Mission guilds can unlock since it requires only influence to unlock. To unlock Guild Bounty, you must have Art of War 5 already researched since it is listed as a perquisite and have 30k influence to spare. The build time is 3 days but if you have influence to spare, you can speed up the build time by 25% by spending 75k influence. This stacks so you can finish Guild Bounty right away if you have 75 x 4 + 30 = 330 k influence.
As you can see in the table below, each Guild Mission other than Guild Bounty requires the previous Guild Mission unlocked. This means that there is a natural order of progression in the sense that you can only unlock Guild Missions in this order: Bounty –> Treks –> Rushes –> Challenges –> Puzzle.
In addition, due to the Guild Merit requirement and the weekly Guild Merit cap, a guild cannot unlock all Guild Missions at once even if they have tons of influence to spare to speed up the upgrades.
| Guild Mission | Category | Influence to Unlock | Merit to Unlock | Build Time | Perquisites | Estimated Unlock Time* |
| Guild Bounty | Art of War | 30k | 0 | 3 days | Art of War 5 | Immediately |
| Guild Treks | Economy | 50k | 30 | 1 week | Economy 6 and Guild Bounty Unlock |
1 week |
| Guild Rushes | Politics | 50k | 80 | 1 week | Politics 6 and Guild Treks Unlock | 3 weeks |
| Guild Challenge | Art of War | 50k | 150 | 1 week | Art of War 6 & Guild Rushes Unlock | 6 weeks |
| Guild Puzzle | Architecture | 50k | 250 | 1 week | Architecture 6 and Guild Challenge Unlock | 9 weeks |
*This is assuming you have all the influence and perquisites needed to unlock that Guild Mission. If you are confused about how this is calculated, see Guild Merits section.
If you are thinking of spending influence to speed up the research for Guild Missions, here is how much extra influence you need to spend.
| Guild Mission | Cost to speed up 25% | Cost to speed up 100% |
| Guild Bounty | 75k influence | 300k influence |
| Guild Trek | 125k influence | 500k influence |
Guild Missions Tiers
- Once you have unlocked a category of guild mission, you will need to build it first before you can activate it in a similar way that you need to build a guild banner first before you can activate it.
- Guild Bounty and Guild Treks have 3 tiers you can build. . For Guild Bounty, each tier cost 200 influence and 12 hrs to build. (cost 500 influence to speed it up every 25%) For Guild Treks, each tier cost 200 influence and 1 day to build. Higher tiers of Guild Missions have a shorter time limit to complete but rewards more Guild Merits.
- Guild Rushes, Challenge and Puzzle only have 1 tier and they all cost 200 influence and 12 hrs to build.
Guild Merits
Guild Merits are earned for successful completion of a Guild Mission. For Guild Mission with tiers, more merits are earned by doing it on the higher tier.Note that doing Tier 1 Guild Bounty repeatedly will only allow you to reach 15 merits. You can only gain more merits by doing Tier 2 or Tier 3.
| Guild Mission | Guild Merits earned |
| Guild Bounty Tier 1 | 15 |
| Guild Bounty Tier 2 | 20 |
| Guild Bounty Tier 3 | 25 |
| Guild Trek Tier 1 | 5 |
| Guild Trek Tier 2 | 7 |
| Guild Trek Tier 3 | 10 |
| Guild Rushes | 15 |
| Guild Challenge | 30 |
| Guild Puzzle | 30 |
There is a weekly cap on earning Guild Merits from each type of Guild Missions. Note that this weekly cap reset every saturday evening at 7pm EST (same time as daily reset time).
- Guild Bounty: 25
- Guild Trek: 10
- Guild Rushes: 15
- Guild Challenge: 30
- Guild Puzzle: 30
As you can see, doing Guild Challenge/Rushes/Puzzle or doing Guild Bounty/Trek on the highest Tier once will reach the weekly merit cap for that Guild Mission type.
Based on the weekly cap, you can figure out how many Guild Merits you earn per weekly and when each Guild Missions can be unlocked.
In the table below, Merit Total is calculated by (Previous Week Merit total + Merit Earned – Merit Spent). For example, in week 1, you earned 25 from week 0 + 25 from Guild Bounty. This totals to 50 and allow you to unlock Guild Trek, which cost you 30 Merits. This brings your total down to 20 but you can now gain an additional 10 merits from the Guild Trek you just unlocked, making this total to 30 for week 1.
| Week | Merit Earned | Merit Spent | Merit Total |
| Week 0 | + 25 from Guild Bounty | 25 | |
| Week 1 | + 25 from Guild Bounty + 10 from Guild Trek |
-30 to unlock Guild Trek | 30 |
| Week 2 | + 25 from Guild Bounty + 10 from Guild Trek |
65 | |
| Week 3 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush |
-80 to unlock Guild Rush | 35 |
| Week 4 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush |
85 | |
| Week 5 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush |
135 | |
| Week 6 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush +30 from Guild Challenge |
-150 to unlock Guild Challenge | 65 |
| Week 7 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush +30 from Guild Challenge |
145 | |
| Week 8 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush +30 from Guild Challenge |
225 | |
| Week 9 | +25 from Guild Bounty +10 from Guild Trek +15 from Guild Rush +30 from Guild Challenge |
-250 to unlock Guild Puzzle | 55 |
Guild Merit purchases
In addition to purchase the next Guild Mission unlock, Guild Merits can be used to purchase other upgrades provided you have the relevant Guild Mission unlocks.
- Note: None of the banner effects stack with other banners that give similar effects (i.e. 10% karma and 10% experience banner does not stack with any other karma or experience banner).
| Category | Upgrade | Guild Merit cost | Influence Cost | Perquisites |
| Economy | 5% gold from kills banner (30 mins) | 2 | 400 | Economy 6 |
| Economy | 10% kill gold and 15% magic find banner (30 mins) | 3 | 500 | Guild Rushes Unlock and Economy 6 |
| Economy | +10% crafting critical success (24 hrs) | 3 | 200 | Guild Treks Unlock and Economy 6 |
| Economy | 5% increased gold for kills (24 hrs) | 3 | 300 | Guild Bounty Unlock and Economy 6 |
| Architecture | 15% Gathering and 10% Swiftness Banner (30 mins) | 3 | 500 | Guild Challenge Unlock and Architecture 6 |
| Architecture | Spawn Combat Crafting Stations (1 hr) | 5 | 1000 | Guild Challenge Unlock and Architecture 6 |
| Architecture | Spawn Armor Crafting Stations (1 hr) | 5 | 1000 | Guild Challenge Unlock and Architecture 6 |
| Architecture | 15% Reduced Waypoint Cost for 24 hrs | 20 | 2000 | Guild Puzzle Unlock and Architecture 6 |
| Politics | 10% Karma and 10% Experience Banner | 3 | 500 | Guild Bounty Unlock and Politics 6 |
| Politics | Guild Heroes* Banner | 6 | 1000 | Guild Puzzle Unlock and Politics 6 |
| Art of War | 15% Reduced Repair Costs for 24 hrs | 20 | 2000 | Guild Challenge Unlock and Art of War 6 |
*Guild Heroes Banner give 10% Karma, 15% Magic Find, 10% experience from kills, 10% gold from kills, 10% increased movement speed and 15% gathering chance. Does not stack with other banner boosts.
Guild Commendations are earned by participating in Guild Missions. You only earn them if you complete guild missions started by the guild you are currently representing. You earn 0-2 Guild Commendations per Guild Mission category with a weekly reset.
- Guild Bounty: 2/week
- Guild Trek: None
- Guild Rush: 1/week
- Guild Challenge: 2/week
- Guild Puzzle: 1/week
- Total: 6/week
The vendor to purchase items with Guild Commendations is just next to the bank in Lion’s Arch. Here are some of the items he has for sale.
| Item | Guild Commendation Cost | Coin Cost |
| Letter of Commendation | 4 | 20 silver 16 copper |
| Guild Banner Tonic | 1 | 10 silver |
| Endless Guild Banner Tonic | 20 | 20 gold |
| Miniature Red Siege Golem | 25 | 10 gold |
| Miniature Green Siege Golem | 25 | 10 gold |
| Miniature Blue Siege Golem | 25 | 10 gold |
| Class Gear | 2 | 10 silver |
| Summon Guild Vault | 1 | 10 silver |
| Guild Armor Station | 2 | 25 silver 4 copper |
| Guild Weapon Station | 2 | 25 silver 4 copper |
| 3 Guild Exp Banner | 1 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Gathering Banner | 1 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Karma Banner | 1 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Magic Find Banner | 1 | 10 silver |
| Guild Banquet | 1 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Heroes Banner | 3 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Gathering and Swiftness Banner | 2 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Gold and Magic Find Banner | 2 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Gold from kills banner | 2 | 10 silver |
| 3 Guild Karma and Experience banner | 2 | 10 silver |
| Guild Caretaker Backpack | 5 | 5 gold |
| Guild Assassin Backpack | 5 | 5 gold |
| Guild Defender Backpack | 5 | 5 gold |
| Ascended Accessory | 12 | 5 gold |
Feb 27, 2013 @ 08:47:00
awesome info, clarified alot 🙂
Guild Challenge at Mount Maelstrom, between the vista and Irlem Isle WP (treacherousdepths).
Mar 01, 2013 @ 16:19:00
I found a rush challenge, sort of near the Durmond Priory headquarters.
Feb 27, 2013 @ 09:24:00
Any idea when weekly guild merit limit resets? I mean, with respect to build time, are we able to do the bounty mission this week? just asking to know how many additional influence i have to use to speed up the build time …
Feb 27, 2013 @ 09:25:00
I honestly have no idea. Asked around and no one knows 🙁
Mar 01, 2013 @ 16:17:00
I’m assuming its Friday since that’s when WvW resets, right?
Feb 27, 2013 @ 13:39:00
what about small guilds ? 🙁 guess ill have to join a larger one..
Mar 06, 2013 @ 00:23:00
As with the original GW, I keep expecting them to add some form of Alliances so that the smaller guilds can somehow earn for themselves while contributing to the larger guilds. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Mar 09, 2013 @ 23:56:00
Anet really needs to add Alliances back into the game. In the context of unlocking Guild Missions, the only way for small guilds to remain viable and healthy is through an alliance with a larger guild. Anet needs to make content that doesn’t minimize a portion of its player base.
Feb 27, 2013 @ 14:10:00
hi dulfy, you need research first economic tier 5 , then tier 6, and then guild trek
Feb 27, 2013 @ 14:17:00
To get to economy 6 don’t you need to already have economy 5? if so that is redundant
Feb 27, 2013 @ 16:27:00
Is there economy 6?
Feb 27, 2013 @ 17:43:00
there is, you won’t see it until you have researched economy 5 though
Feb 27, 2013 @ 14:33:00
right now, we are start 3 upgrades in guild(Golden Horde, Desolation):
bounties 3 days,
economy tier 5 7 days,
politics tier 6 10 days.
if economy tier 6 will take 10 days for research like politics tier 6, estimate unlock time for guild treks will be 7+10+7=24 days
Feb 27, 2013 @ 14:39:00
Well, you can spend influence to speed up these upgrades. So in a large guild with tons of influence, the influence part wouldn’t be an issue. Rather, the merit weekly cap is what is preventing the progression.
The estimated unlock time is what the unlock time would be like without any influence barrier.
Mar 01, 2013 @ 12:03:00
bounty>trek>challenge allows you to start guild challenge in week 5. it’s less efficient than your build-up because you miss out on 3 weeks of guild rush rewards.
but if you have guild A following your build-up and guild B going for bounty>trek>challenge, guild B members can rep guild A for guild rush during weeks 3 to 5 and guild A members can rep guild B for guild challenge during week 5.
that way you get an additional set of rewards than you normally would following your build-up
Mar 01, 2013 @ 12:30:00
Guild Challenge unlock requires Guild Rush unlock. How would your method work without having Guild Rush unlocked? http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gw2-guildchallenge.jpg
Mar 01, 2013 @ 13:40:00
you are right, i did not know about that pre-requisite.
Mar 01, 2013 @ 16:42:00
After building Guild Bounty, each mission of these needs 200 influence and 12 hours of build time. Does anyone know how much does it cost to accelerate this last build time?
Thx.
Mar 01, 2013 @ 22:40:00
4 x 500 influence to speed it up to completion
Mar 03, 2013 @ 08:13:00
dulfy, can you clarify one issue?
So the 1st guild event takes 3 days to build (1st time) and at 2nd/3rd/4th time.. will it take 12h or 3 days again each try?
Mar 03, 2013 @ 08:17:00
12 hrs. It is like it takes 3 day to research it. Once you have it, then you need to spend 12 hrs to build everytime you want to activate it.
Mar 03, 2013 @ 08:36:00
thanks 🙂
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Mar 05, 2013 @ 10:30:00
I have a question. Since the weekly cap depends on which tier the guild completes, would spending the merits on consumables then afterwards completing tier 3 before the weekly reset still make sure the guild is maximizing its merit earnings?
For example complete Tier 2 Bounty, receive 20 merits, spend 20 merits on 15% reduced repair costs, then complete Tier 3 Bounty to receive a full 25 merits all before the weekly reset. Would that work? Or would the 20 merits spent leave the guild with only 5 merits earned total for the week?
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Only 5 I think
Mar 06, 2013 @ 01:43:00
dulfy those commendations are account or per character earned?
I heard you must kill at least 1 of npc’s to earn it, or just have to stay online at the moment the Bounty happens? So much ppl saying different stuff, I preffer to confirm here 😀
Mar 06, 2013 @ 02:01:00
Need to kill 1 NPC in the bounty to get guild commendations. They are account bound
Mar 06, 2013 @ 03:24:00
thanks 🙂
Apr 19, 2013 @ 10:50:00
Dulfy will you make guild challenge guide : [
Apr 20, 2013 @ 10:00:00
Any guild have guild challange?
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