Range



Attack range, skill reach and/or area of effect.

Range chart
* Projectile weapons (bows, spears, staffs and wands) ranges on the minimap are approximate as their distances are measured 3-dimensionally (whereas the map is 2-dimensional) and are subject to line of sight.

Tips

 * To tell how large the Area of Effect of a certain skill is, check the skill description wording and compare the range to the danger zone or innermost circle in the range circles on the Isle of the Nameless : see table and images above.


 * For a visual reference in the heat of battle, it is useful to note that the shadow cast by your character is roughly the same size as the innermost testing circle (i.e. adjacent to self).


 * Automatic path-finding mechanisms direct your character closer than the intended ranged action strictly requires to succeed, a behavior more noticeable in melee - the difference is estimated to rejoin the adjacent to target distance (innermost testing circle).

Disclaimer
The Guild Wars official website as well as the game manual for Guild Wars Factions contain a section on range information measured in feet. That information is internally inconsistent (notably that Touch range is much shorter than Melee range, and that Flatbow range equals aggro circle range) and should be disregarded.