Changes: Location

Latest revision as of 20:40, 12 January 2011

A location is a broad and generic term used by this wiki to describe a named place or area within the Guild Wars world.

Types of location[ | ]

Guild Wars and Guild Wiki use location similar to how it is used in English: it can be used to describe a large area (e.g. zone), a spot on the map (e.g. outpost), or a point of reference (e.g. Landmark).

Lists of locations[ | ]

By campaign

The following pages list locations according to the campaign they belong to:

By other points of view

By type

Sortable table view

Maps

Taxonomy[ | ]

Locations are listed in order from largest to smallest (with some overlapping); if a location type is indented, it also belongs to the unindented type above it. For example, a Guild Hall is a type of Staging Area. From this, it follows that all the types listed below are locations.

Location
- World — Tyria
- Continent — made of regions, corresponds to one or more campaign
- Region — usually encompasses several zones
- Zone — displays a loading screen when you enter
  - Staging area — allows party formation, does not allow player character combat, can have districts
    - Town
      - Port — has access to intercontinental travel
    - Outpost
      - Alliance Battle outpost — allows access to an Alliance Battle
      - Mission outpost — allows access to a mission
    - Guild Hall — doesn't have districts
  - Combat area — has instances, allows combat
    - Explorable area
    - Dungeon — underground area with one or more levels
      - Elite Dungeon
    - Mini-mission
    - Mission / Mission explorable
      - Challenge Mission
      - Elite Mission
    - Arena
      - Challenge
- Landmark — usually located within a zone, usually not named on the map

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 == Types of location ==
-On the whole, the term location is synonymous to the term [[Zone]], although it can be used in a broader sense. For example, a [[Landmark]] is not strictly a Zone as they are located within a Zone, but can be considered a location as it is a named place.
+Guild Wars and Guild Wiki use ''location'' similar to how it is used in English: it can be used to describe a large area (e.g. [[zone]]), a spot on the map (e.g. [[outpost]]), or a point of reference (e.g. [[Landmark]]).
+== Lists of locations ==
-The following are a list of terms that can be encompassed by the term [[location]]; can be considered a ''type'' of location:
+; By campaign
+The following pages list [[location]]s according to the campaign they belong to:
+* [[Locations (Core)|Core, locations common to all campaigns]].
+* [[Locations (Prophecies)|Prophecies]].
+* [[Locations (Factions)|Factions]].
+* [[Locations (Nightfall)|Nightfall]].
+* [[Locations (Eye of the North)|Eye of the North]].
+; By other points of view
-*[[Arena]]
+* [[Locations (by Type)|By type]]
-*[[Dungeon]]
-*[[Explorable area]]
+* [[Location/table|Sortable table view]]
-*[[Landmark]]
-*[[Mini-mission]]
-*[[Mission]]
+* [[Maps]]
-*[[Outpost]]
+== Taxonomy ==
-*[[Port]]
+Locations are listed in order from largest to smallest (with some overlapping); if a location type is indented, it also belongs to the unindented type above it. For example, a ''Guild Hall'' is a type of ''Staging Area''. From this, it follows that all the types listed below are ''location''s.
-*[[Town]]
+* Location
+** [[Tyria (world)|World]] — ''Tyria''
+** [[Continent]] — ''made of regions, corresponds to one or more [[campaign]]''
+** [[Region]] — ''usually encompasses several zones''
+** [[Zone]] — ''displays a [[loading screen]] when you enter''
+*** [[Staging area]] — ''allows party formation, does not allow player character [[combat]], can have [[district]]s''
+**** [[Town]]
+***** [[Port]] — ''has access to intercontinental travel''
+**** [[Outpost]]
+***** Alliance Battle outpost — ''allows access to an Alliance Battle''
+***** Mission outpost — ''allows access to a mission''
+**** [[Guild Hall]] — ''doesn't have districts''
+*** [[Combat area]] — ''has [[instance]]s, allows combat''
+**** [[Explorable area]]
+**** [[Dungeon]] — ''underground area with one or more levels''
+***** Elite Dungeon
+**** [[Mini-mission]]
+**** [[Mission]] / Mission explorable
+***** [[Challenge Mission]]
+***** [[Elite Mission]]
+**** [[Arena]]
+***** [[Challenge]]
+** [[Landmark]]  — ''usually located within a zone, usually not named on the map''
-== List of locations by campaign ==
-The following pages list [[location]]s according to the campaign they belong to:
-*[[Locations (Core)|Core locations common to all campaigns]].
-*[[Locations (Prophecies)|Prophecies campaign locations]].
-*[[Locations (Factions)|Factions campaign locations]].
-*[[Locations (Nightfall)|Nightfall campaign locations]].
-*[[Locations (Eye of the North)|Eye of the North expansion locations]].
 [[Category:Glossary]]