Guild Wars 3 Species Reveal
ArenaNet has officially revealed the first four playable Species coming to Guild Wars 3 in their latest blog post! Three have already been announced, while the fourth will be revealed later! ArenaNet uses the term species instead of races in an attempt to emphasize the biological differences between them.
What are the Guild Wars 3 Species?
Guild Wars 3 will offer the following four species at launch to pick from:
- Human (returning)
- Asura (returning)
- Kodan (playable for the first time)
- Unknown (to be revealed later)
All the above species will have a strong connection to the game’s story and ArenaNet aims to make them feel deeply rooted in the world.
The most exciting announcement is that Guild Wars 3 is being built with the intention to support adding new playable species later. This is something that will happen for the first time in the franchise’s history.
The unique animations, models, armor fitting and other details for every race in Guild Wars 2 made it impossible to add new races after launch. To avoid this in Guild Wars 3, the developers are redesigning animation systems, character rigs, armor and clothing systems and in general technical foundations. But even with all this work certain species will still not be suitable as playable options.
Additionally, species in Guild Wars 3 will be a purely cosmetic choice! There will be no statistical or mechanical differences between different playable species, so you can play what you love!
Launching with four playable species makes it easier to expand the roster later and gives ArenaNet more flexibility when adding new species in future expansions and updates. ArenaNet developers will share more info about the four starting races in future blog posts!
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