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Community Resources

New to end-game content and not sure where to start? A long-time player looking to find new tools to improve? Explore a collection of Guild Wars 2 community resources, groups, and more.

Training groups

Join GW2's best known raid training communities running raids 24x7.
Raid Academy
Guild Wars 2 Raid Academy [NA] is a raid training Discord community that has been operating since June 2017. Our main objective is to offer a non-judgmental environment for new and more experienced players alike.
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Raid Training Initiative [RTI]
[RTI] Raid Training Initiative is one of the largest EU Guild Wars 2 raid training communities, dedicated towards welcoming new raiders into raids and strike CMs in a friendly environment. We have a very active schedule where we offer raids on a daily basis.
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The Crossroads Inn
We are The Crossroads Inn [EU], a raid training community on discord. We run official raid trainings every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 20:00 CE(S)T. No prior raid knowledge needed our trainer and staff team is there to teach you all about raiding!
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Raid Lern Gilde
[RLG] "Raid Lern Gilde" is a german training guild for raids.
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Community resources

Check out these community resources to help you learn and play at your best.
Snow Crows
Community Site
Guild Wars 2 Wiki
Official Wiki
Discretize
Community Site
Gear Optimiser
Web App
arcdps
Community Add-on
dps.report
Log Analysis & Viewer
GW2 TacO
Community Add-on

Featured guides

Explore our collection of guides to get started, learn about the game, and begin clearing encounters.
Vale Guardian
The Vale Guardian (often shortened to "VG") is the first boss encounter of the Spirit Vale. Although Vale Guardian is the first boss you encounter, that might not mean that it is the easiest! Get ready for plenty of movement, mechanics and mayhem.
Spirit Vale
First Steps
Welcome to our series on how to get your first character ready to start clearing raids or strikes. This series assumes that you are a new player who does not have many of the tools, resources, or crafting levels that more experienced players will have to gear a character.
Foundations
Golem Setup
So you've leveled a character or two to level 80, found an interest in engaging in group content, and geared a class up accordingly. But...how do you practice? Welcome to the Special Forces Training Arena.
Starting To Raid
ArcDPS
ARCDPS is a third party add-on developed by deltaconnected.
Starting To Raid