Location

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:

• Core, locations common to all campaigns.
• Prophecies.
• Factions.
• Nightfall.
• Eye of the North.

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