Miniature

General
Miniatures are received via Birthday Presents or entering a Factions Collectors Edition Key. Each character will receive a present when that character is 1 year old (Type /age in game to see a characters age). Each Factions Collectors Edition Account will receive one special miniature. The miniature is an item which reserves one of your inventory spots. When activated, you can see a small duplicate of the corresponding monster following you everywhere.


 * You will receive a Birthday Present on any character who is one year old.
 * You may keep the present forever; it will not vanish later.
 * You may trade, give, or sell away your present(s) / miniature(s). As with any other item, it will be removed from your inventory if you choose to do so.
 * You will not lose a minature if you recieve one via trading and your character is under a year old.
 * To activate or deactivate a miniature, double-click on it in your inventory.
 * You can only have one miniature active at one time; If you activate a new one, the old one will deactivate automatically.
 * Miniatures only show up in explorable areas.
 * Miniatures do not have any effect other than looking nice. They cannot be targeted and they do not use any skill or have special abilities.

Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition:
''Factions CE buyers, we have great news! To show our appreciation for your support and patience as you wait for your CE to arrive, we decided yesterday afternoon to create a special Collector's Edition Thank You Gift. When you activate your Factions Collector's Edition access key, you will receive an in-game gift box containing a miniature of the dragon Kuunavang! Double click the box to reveal your miniature dragon. The gift will be one per account and will function like a Birthday Miniature. That is, they will be tradable, sellable (for in-game currency only!), or exchangeable between your characters. You will find your gift on the first character you bring into the game after we are able to implement this feature. We anticipate we will have these gifts ready within the next 10 days. And don't worry – all who purchase a Collector's Edition will receive a Thank You Gift!''

Letter From Gaile:
Hey, all,

I'm getting ready to pop into the game, so I apologize for not reading all the posts now (I'll read 'em later), but here is info on the birthday gifts:


 * You will receive a birthday gift on any character who is one year old.
 * Yes, it's character, not account.
 * You may keep that gift forever; it will not expire. (We would not do that to you!)
 * You may trade, give, or (I guess, if you're heartless ) sell your gift(s).
 * If you exchange with a player who has a character who is less than one year old, the gift will not go away. (Again, we would not do that to our players -- they are yours to share!)
 * If you want to see what happens with your 2nd birthday... time will tell!

''I don't know, I have a feeling that some player somewhere might be muttering, "Why didn't they fix the rock on the third mission instead of giving us birthday gifts?" But I know in my heart that this is a huge thing, and will be well loved by just about every single player, PvEer, PvPer, or someone in between.''

And it all started with an in-office birthday party, a My Little Pony birthday hat, and with Mike O'Brien being willing to listen, and to act, during what was probably the most stressful day of the entire development cycle.

Dev Team, you rock!!!

Miniatures
This is a list of known miniatures, sorted by color:

Factions Collectors Edition
 * Kuunavang

Green Gold
 * Bone Dragon
 * Prince Rurik
 * Shiro Tagachi

Purple
 * Burning Titan
 * Charr Shaman
 * Kirin

White
 * Fungal Wallow
 * Jade Armor
 * Jungle Troll
 * Hydra
 * Necrid Horseman
 * Siege Turtle
 * Temple Guardian
 * Whiptail Devourer