Dragon Festival 2009

The Dragon Festival 2009 is an event taking place over the weekend of July 2, 2009. It was announced in the Guild Wars login announcements:

Cantha Commemorates the Dragon Festival ''This weekend, Canthans celebrate the historic Dragon Festival. Enjoy quests and games and prizes, oh my! Visit the Boardwalk, jump into the Dragon Arena, score cool prizes, too. The event takes place in Shing Jea Monastery starting at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Thursday, July 2 and it wraps up at 11:59 PM Pacific on Sunday, July 5.''

Redecorated towns

 * Shing Jea Monastery
 * Kaineng Center

Minigames
1. Note: The Boardwalk games did NOT end at occurrence of Final Event but continued for 12 more hours until Monday July 6th at Noon PDT (3pm EDT or 7pm UTC) when all players where kicked out of area back to main part of Shing Jea Monastry.
 * Dragon Arena
 * Rollerbeetle Racing
 * Shing Jea Boardwalk 1
 * Dragon Nest
 * Nine Rings
 * Rings of Fortune

Quests
Imperial Guard Hanso (in Shing Jea Monastery)
 * The Rampaging Yetis
 * The Shrine of Maat
 * A Strange Request
 * Darkness at Kaitan

Missions
The missions, which are available for 30 minutes from the times listed, are obtained from Captain Rujiyo in Shing Jea Monastery.

All times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time, which is -7 GMT. Missions will be available for 30 minutes.

Dragon Festival 2009 Finale
The Dragon Festival Finale (2009) took place on the 5th of July 2009 and once again Emperor Kisu returned to give his annual speech. If during the previous days you had managed to collect 250 Victory Tokens, you were able to exchange them for this years Dragon Festival mask, "The Imperial Dragon Mask".