Wintersday is not the only exciting new thing coming to Guild Wars 2 next week!

Wintersday is returning to Guild Wars 2 next week with the A Very Merry Wintersday content patch. Players who were around for last year's festivities will recognize their returning favorites as many of them have made their return. Toymaker Tixx is sticking around a little longer this year for a six-week long winter festival starting on December 10th.

Returning Favorites:

• The Wondrous Workshop - Toymaker Tixx is back with his golem-shaped airship, the Infinirarium, once again full of mischievous toys.
• Toypocalypse - Haywire toys are trying to ruin Wintersday! Protect gift-bearing dolyaks and Tixx's toymaking machine from the rampaging toys.
• Winter Wonderland - A multi-path jumping puzzle will have players leaping from snowflakes, climbing stacks of gifts and evading giant snowballs.
• Snowball Mayhem - A gold old fashioned snowball fight, with a few magic skills thrown in.
• Bell Choir - Make music in this fun little mini-game.

A new meta is coming for this year's Wintersday. Players who complete the meta will be awarded a Tixx's Toybox that will let players pick from one of Tixx's toys: Mini Ventari, Mini Plush Griffon, Mini Princess Doll, Mini Toy Golem or Mini Toy Soldier.

Alongside Wintersday is handful of other new and exciting additions. Armorsmith, Leatherworker and Tailor crafting disciplines are being upgraded to level 500 which will allow players to craft Ascended armor. Each profession will be getting a new healing skill and this patch includes the winter balance update.

This patch also includes the first additions to the PvP roadmap that ArenaNet had revealed earlier this week. Players will now earn gold from PvP matches and have new Arena Daily and expanded Slayer and Conqueror achievements to earn.

Matt "Mattsta" Adams

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