Everything confirmed about Guild Wars 3 — roadmap, species, beta date, and hype data. Sourced from ArenaNet. Updated 17 Sep 2026.
What is Guild Wars 3? Guild Wars 3 is an action-adventure MMORPG set in ancient Orr, over 1,000 years before Guild Wars Reforged. Players are Vaelwardens — guardians of Orr's oldest guild, defending magical Vael spirits against the industrialist Mavenwrights. Beta opens Fall 2027 on PC and PS5. Buy-to-play, no subscription.
A people drawn from beyond the Mists, shaped by faith in the Six Gods and the urgency of survival in ancient Orr.
Confirmed · Spotlighted 13 Aug 2026
An expeditionary lineage who left the Depths in pursuit of magic, founding the surface outpost of Rata Pten — rougher, taller and furrier than their evolved descendants.
Confirmed · Spotlighted 27 Aug 2026
A faithless people of Janthir called south to Orr and into a resurgence of belief in Koda the Creator, whom they hold to be Tyria's sole fashioner.
Confirmed · Spotlighted 20 Aug 2026A fourth playable species not yet revealed by ArenaNet — the asura spotlight states the reveal is coming late in 2026.
Unannounced · Reveal expected late 2026The frontline archetype — heavy weapons, sustained pressure, and the natural home for a tank build.
A death-magic caster trading life, minions and conditions — the franchise's oldest source of attrition.
A ranged skirmisher fighting alongside a companion beast, reading terrain rather than holding a line.
Hold the line and control a fight's shape from the front.
Keep a group standing through long, punishing encounters.
Convert opportunity into the burst that ends a phase.