Home instance

[Zereqiel.8249]

Can i have an invite? Im a fairly new player having been playing for only 2 months. i have seen multiple vids saying that i should ask veteran players who have full instance, although dont know how it works exactly. help a newbie out?

[Danikat.8537]

You don't need an invite to get into the home instance, all characters have access to it from the point they can enter the city (level 2 on paid accounts, level 10 on free accounts). You'll be sent to your races home instance several times through the personal story and although you won't be sent to other races homes you can enter them whenever you want.

The reason some people recommend getting invites to other players home instances is it's possible to add harvesting nodes for crafting materials and some living world map currencies which anyone can harvest once per day. The nodes are expensive and some only have limited availability so its difficult to get them all yourself, but if someone else has them you can just use theirs. It's not something you need to do - all the materials you can harvest there are available in other ways - but it's a quick way to get some extra gold or materials if you get the chance.

The easiest way to get an invite is to go to a popular city like Divinity's Reach or Rata Sum during a busy time of the day and wait for someone to offer, or ask if anyone can invite you.

[Hesione.9412]

@Danikat.8537 said:The easiest way to get an invite is to go to a popular city like Divinity's Reach or Rata Sum during a busy time of the day and wait for someone to offer, or ask if anyone can invite you.

This! If you're in a home city, then you're really unlucky if someone doesn't offer a spot in map chat within 10 minutes of you getting there.

[TheAgedGnome.7520]

If you are in a guild, ask in guild chat for an invite. Often, guildies will announce in guild chat they have a full instance and ask if anyone wants in. Essentially, the invite is to a party run by the instance owner. By being a member of that party you get access to their home instance. Once the party is formed and invitations are accepted by the party members, then the owner enters the instance; this causes the other party members to get a prompt to enter the instance as well.

[Cuks.8241]

You can also sometimes find groups in looking for group tool under central Tyria, parties (I hope I got that correct)