The whole GW2 story in order...

[Crunchbone.7341]

  Just a quick question. I started playing during beta, but quit for a while before LWS1 was even 1/2 way done, so I did not play out the story. I have finished everything else since (not exactly in order as I skipped ahead to get POF mounts.... no mounts was why I did not keep playing at the start).

  I have made a new character, gotten them to level 80 & did all the HP trains & got my exotic gear & builds down, but I only did the level 10 personal story. I remember later in the personal story dealing with the unhappy split of our races & their guild, & never quite understood what happened there.

  I want to do everything in order this time around on my fresh character. Is LWS1, then personal story, then LWS2, HOT, LWS3, POF, LWS4, IBS, EOD going to be the best order chronologically? Thanks for any input. I enjoy the story very much & want to see it in order :)

  Also Happy Easter everyone!

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

1 hour ago, Crunchbone.7341 said:

  I want to do everything in order this time around on my fresh character. Is LWS1, then personal story, then LWS2, HOT, LWS3, POF, LWS4, IBS, EOD going to be the best order chronologically? Thanks for any input. I enjoy the story very much & want to see it in order 🙂

Almost right. Personal Story -> Season 1 -> Season 2 etc.

However, that's just the overall Story Journal. There's other story content happening, including dungeons, raids, and short stories that happen concurrently or preceeding certain story parts. I recently made an extensive full list on reddit so here's a copy/paste of that:

Spoiler

The full chronological story order (including gw1, novels, short stories, side stories, and festival stuff) would be at best placement:

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1. Dungeon: Cliffside Fractal
2. Dungeon: Solid Ocean Fractal
3. Short Story: The Family Business
4. Guild Wars 1: Turai's Story (Bonus Mission Pack)
5. GW1 Story: The Battle for Kyhlo
6. Guild Wars 1: Togo's Story (Bonus Mission Pack)
7. Guild Wars 1: pre-Searing (Prophecies)
8. Dungeon: Urban Battlegrounds Fractal
9. Guild Wars 1: Saul's Story (Bonus Mission Pack)
10. Guild Wars 1: Prophecies (Concurrent GW1 Story: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6 & The Protectors of Kryta)
11. GW1 Story: Chapter 7: The Rift
12. Guild Wars 1: Titan Quests (Prophecies)
13. GW1 Story: Chapter 8: Chasing a Legend
14. GW1 Story: Sorrow's Furnace
15. Guild Wars 1: Sorrow's Furnace
16. Guild Wars 1: Fissure of Woe
17. Guild Wars 1: Tomb of the Primeval Kings
18. Guild Wars 1: Factions
19. Guild Wars 1: Urgoz's Warren
20. Guild Wars 1: The Deep
21. Guild Wars 1: Nightfall
22. Guild Wars 1: Domain of Anguish
23. Guild Wars 1: Gwen's Story (Bonus Mission Pack)
24. Guild Wars 1: Eye of the North
25. Guild Wars 1: Slavers' Exile
26. Guild Wars 1: Zinn's Task
27. Guild Wars 1: War in Kryta
28. Guild Wars 1: The Underworld
29. Guild Wars 1: Hearts of the North
30. GW1 Story: Miku's Tale
31. Guild Wars 1: Winds of Change
32. Dungeon: Swampland Fractal
33. Dungeon: Underground Facility Fractal
34. Dungeon: Volcanic Fractal
35. Dungeon: Sunqua Peak Fractal
36. Dungeon: Twilight Oasis Fractal
37. Dungeon: Snowblind Fractal
38. Novel: Sea of Sorrows
39. Dungeon: Siren's Reef Fractal
40. Dungeon: Deepstone Fractal
41. Dungeon: Aquatic Ruins Fractal
42. Dungeon: Uncategorized Fractal
43. Short Story: What Scarlet Saw
44. Short Story: A Shipwreck: How Ellen Met Magnus
45. Short Story: Braham's Story
46. Novel: Edge of Destiny
47. Short Story: The Trek of the Zephyrites
48. Short Story: Evon Gnashblade Disembarks
49. Short Story: Mr. Sparkles, A Tale of the Asura
50. Short Story: Rox's Tale
51. Short Story: Marjory's Story: The Last Straw
52. Novel: Ghosts of Ascalon
53. Dungeon: Thaumanova Fractal
54. Personal Story: Chapters 1-4
55. Dungeon: Ascalon Catacombs
56. Dungeon: Caudecus' Manor
57. Dungeon: Twilight Arbor
58. Personal Story: Chapters 5-7
59. Dungeon: Sorrow's Embrace +
60. Dungeon: Citadel of Flames
61. Dungeon: Honor of the Waves
62. Dungeon: Crucible of Eternity
63. Personal Story: Chapter 8
64. Special Event: Shadow of the Mad King (partially unavailable)
65. Season 1 (Scarlet's War): The Lost Shores
66. Dungeon: Fractals of the Mists
67. Special Event: The Wonderous Workshop of Tixx (partially unavailable)
68. Season 1: Flame and Frost (VotP: Retake Cragstead; VotP: The Hatchery; Dungeon: Molten Facility Fractal; Dungeon: Molten Boss Fractal)
69. Short Story: Shadowbox
70. Special Event: Super Adventure Box
71. Short Story: Canach's Story: An After-Hours Meeting
72. Short Story: Welcome to Paradise
73. Season 1: Secret of Southsun + Last Stand at Southsun (VotP: Canach's Lair)
74. Season 1: Dragon Bash + Sky Pirates of Tyria (Dungeon: Aetherblade Fractal; Dungeon: Captain Mai Trin Boss Fractal)
75. Short Story: Aetherblade Pirates: Look up!
76. Season 1: Bazaar of the Four Winds + Cutthroat Politics
77. Short Story: Delegation
78. Season 1: Queen's Jubilee + Clockwork Chaos + Tequatl Rising
79. Short Story: A Message from Queen Jennah
80. Special Event: Super Adventure Box: Back to School (partially unavailable)
81. Short Story: Twilight Preparations
82. Dungeon: Twilight Arbor's Aetherpath
83. Special Event: Blood and Madness (unavailable)
84. Season 1: Tower of Nightmares + The Nightmares Within + The Nightmare is Over (VotP: The Nightmare Incarnate)
85. Season 1: Fractured!
86. Festival: Wintersday
87. Season 1: The Origins of Madness + The Edge of the Mists
88. Season 1: Escape from Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath
89. Short Story: Lionguard Security Force
90. Special Event: Festival of the Four Winds (no longer available)
91. Season 2 (Glint's Prophecy)
92. Special Event: Mordremoth's Minions Invade! (no longer available)
93. Festival: Halloween (pre-Joko stuff)
94. Heart of Thorns
95. Knight of the Thorn
96. Raid: Forsaken Thicket
97. Short Story: Notes from Rata Novus
98. Short Story: An Interview with Queen Jennah
99. Short Story: Tyrian Travels
100. Side Story: Conservation of Magic
101. Season 3 (Glint's Legacy) Episode 1
102. Side Story: Justice of the Blade
103. Dungeon: Chaos Isles Fractal
104. Side Story: Transfer Chaser
105. Season 3 Episodes 2
106. Side Story: Anomalous Occurrences
107. Season 3 Episodes 3-4
108. Raid: Bastion of the Penitent
109. Dungeon: Nightmare Fractal
110. Season 3 Episodes 5-6
111. Dungeon: Shattered Observatory Fractal
112. Path of Fire
113. Raid: Hall of Chains
114. Season 4 (The Rise of Kralkatorrik) Episodes 1
115. Side Story: Portal Panic
116. Season 4 Episodes 2-4
117. Festival: Halloween (post-Joko stuff)
118. Raid: Mythwright Gambit
119. Festival: Festival of the Four Winds
120. Season 4 Episode 5
121. Short Story: All or Nothing: Requiem
122. Season 4 Episode 6
123. Raid: The Key of Ahdashim
124. Festival: Dragon Bash
125. Season 5 (The Icebrood Saga)
126. Festival: Dragon Bash (has some dialogue visible only after completing IBS Episode 5)
127. Side Story: Seasons of Dragons
128. End of Dragons

VotP == Visions of the Past; content locked behind IBS but in-game

Links for the short stories mentioned:

• GW1 Stories
• GW2 Short Stories

A quick note: Fractals and festivals are all side-content so they're not very relevant to the main plot but I put them here in case you're curious.

 

For a shorter list that focuses on just the main story and novels and doesn't delve into GW1's orderings or less relevant dungeons/raids:

Spoiler

1. Guild Wars 1
2. Novel: Sea of Sorrows
3. Short Story: What Scarlet Saw
4. Novel: Edge of Destiny
5. Novel: Ghosts of Ascalon
6. Dungeon: Thaumanova Fractal
7. Personal Story: Chapters 1-4
8. Dungeon: Ascalon Catacombs + Caudecus' Manor + Twilight Arbor
9. Personal Story: Chapters 5-7
10. Dungeon: Sorrow's Embrace + Citadel of Flames + Honor of the Waves + Crucible of Eternity
11. Personal Story: Chapter 8
12. Season 1: The Lost Shores
13. Season 1: Flame and Frost
14. Short Stories: Canach's Story: An After-Hours Meeting + Welcome to Paradise
15. Season 1: Secret of Southsun + Last Stand at Southsun
16. Season 1: Dragon Bash + Sky Pirates of Tyria
17. Season 1: Bazaar of the Four Winds + Cutthroat Politics
18. Short Story: Delegation
19. Season 1: Queen's Jubilee + Clockwork Chaos + Tequatl Rising
20. Short Story: Twilight Preparations
21. Dungeon: Twilight Arbor's Aetherpath
22. Season 1: Tower of Nightmares + The Nightmares Within + The Nightmare is Over
23. Season 1: The Origins of Madness + The Edge of the Mists
24. Season 1: Escape from Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch + The Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath
25. Season 2 (Glint's Prophecy)
26. Heart of Thorns
27. Knight of the Thorn
28. Raid: Forsaken Thicket
29. Short Story: Notes from Rata Novus
30. Season 3 (Glint's Legacy)
31. Path of Fire
32. Season 4 (The Rise of Kralkatorrik) Episodes 1-5
33. Short Story: All or Nothing: Requiem
34. Season 4 Episode 6
35. Season 5 (The Icebrood Saga)
36. End of Dragons

And an Important Note: Season 1 is currently not available in-game anymore, due to the nature of the original design being temporary, however beginning in two days it will be returning in a 5-episode format in the Story Journal permanently. Episode 1: Flame and Frost launches on Tuesday, while Episode 2 launches May 24.

Edited April 17, 2022 by Konig Des Todes.2086

[ugrakarma.9416]

15 minutes ago, Konig Des Todes.2086 said:

 

The full chronological story order (including gw1, novels, short stories, side stories, and festival stuff) would be at best placement:

holy gods man that index is amazing, i feel like reading a book index.

my utopia is that one day gw2 have a decent ingame codex(nothing too big, just a "summary" cards) like Dragon Age Inquisition.

come on Anet, surprise us!

https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex_(Inquisition)

https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex:_Places_(Inquisition)

Edited April 17, 2022 by ugrakarma.9416

[kharmin.7683]

16 hours ago, ugrakarma.9416 said:

 

my utopia is that one day gw2 have a decent ingame codex(nothing too big, just a "summary" cards) like Dragon Age Inquisition.

 

I'd rather them spend resources elsewhere.

[ugrakarma.9416]

2 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said:

I'd rather them spend resources elsewhere.

theres no more "elsewhere" to spend.

also if the company can't make a codex, its signal is a on budget mode.

Edited April 18, 2022 by ugrakarma.9416

[kharmin.7683]

1 hour ago, ugrakarma.9416 said:

theres no more "elsewhere" to spend.

 

Seriously?

[Crunchbone.7341]

  Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories. In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up .

  It seems that the personal story ends at 1325 (year), & LWS2 starts in 1327 (year), so LWS1 fills in between 1325 & 1327 from what I can see. I had not been sure if I should play through the personal story or LWS1 first, but you have kindly answered that for me!

  Thank you so much Konig Des Todes! Personal story, then LWS1 :)

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

1 minute ago, Crunchbone.7341 said:

  Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories.

The short stories were all on the gw2 website and can be found on the wikis that I listed.

1 minute ago, Crunchbone.7341 said:

In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up .

The events that caused Destiny's Edge to break apart is in the novel Edge of Destiny which details its formation to breaking in 1319-1320 AE, though the key parts are covered in the core dungeons' story mode (specifically Sorrow's Embrace story) which is why it's important to do them while playing through the personal story as the dungeons are the story of DE reuniting and why they show up in Victory or Death (finale to PS) as a working guild again.

[Crunchbone.7341]

  Thanks again. Being 65 & with severe vision disability, I have always avoided anything that requires alot of skill in any group because I would not be at all helpful. I just solo things & engage in OW Metas where I can participate & enjoy the group setting. Are the dungeons available in a solo story mode? That would be awesome. Anything that says dungeon or fractal is no place for me if the group needs every player at high skill.

  I find a great deal to enjoy in GW2 with casual OW groups & solo play 🙂

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

25 minutes ago, Crunchbone.7341 said:

  Thanks again. Being 65 & with severe vision disability, I have always avoided anything that requires alot of skill in any group because I would not be at all helpful. I just solo things & engage in OW Metas where I can participate & enjoy the group setting. Are the dungeons available in a solo story mode? That would be awesome. Anything that says dungeon or fractal is no place for me if the group needs every player at high skill.

  I find a great deal to enjoy in GW2 with casual OW groups & solo play 🙂

Dungeons are technically not solo available, however due to powercreep and most dungeons being balanced for low levels, most of them are. The ones that are hardest to solo would be Honor of the Waves and Crucible of Eternity. And those can be easily duo'd if you can find a guildie or something, no high skill really needed.

[Markus.6415]

3 hours ago, Crunchbone.7341 said:

  Thanks for the chronological order of things! I have no novels or short stories, just playing through the game & the stories. In the personal story early chapter somewhere, there is mention of dislike between Rytlock, Logan, Eir, etc. I do not know the story behind that & thought maybe playing LWS1 when it comes out would clear it up .

  It seems that the personal story ends at 1325 (year), & LWS2 starts in 1327 (year), so LWS1 fills in between 1325 & 1327 from what I can see. I had not been sure if I should play through the personal story or LWS1 first, but you have kindly answered that for me!

  Thank you so much Konig Des Todes! Personal story, then LWS1 🙂

Living World Season 1 happened after the personal story though. The events around Rytlock, Logan and the Destiny's Edge happened actually before the personal story began 🙂 there was a book before the launch of GW2 that covered that (also the dungeon stories give some input about that i think).

 

LWS1 on the other hand will cover how you, the commander, met Braham, Rox, Marjory, Taimi, Kasmeer and Canach.