Secret GW2 Features you ACTUALLY didn't know about! 

Phew... thank god that on screen text is there, I wouldn't have known who i was watching ;)

I had no idea about clicking the target bar to target them... that may well make SEVERAL meta's so much easier.

0:48 Someone mentioned this and said it's useful in the Twilight Oasis fractal as it allows you to select the right Amara and ping her to your squad. Been doing it ever since.

here are 2 more good things for your list of good 2 know things. 1: when you sell something on TP, you can hold the mouse over the "Total Price amount" and you get a small popup that tells you the Actual profit after listings fee and tax .. 2: if you hold down Shift and hold down Left mouse on your minimap, you will get some combat icons that you can guide your squad with.

Have to admit, I was skeptical at first, but you genuinely blew my mind with the Evon Gnashblade mode and the reordering of the watched achievements! Another great video, keep them coming!

1:41 After all this time, I never thought to click on the gear and check out the achievement filters, thanks Lara! This is gonna make MP/title collecting somewhat easier

You can also call target with the health bar, if you have bosses with illusory copies and need to find the right one, just CTRL + Click the healthbar and you'll put a nice red target over that tricksy fractal mesmer boss head or the proper shadow clone to go slap.

The siege turtle teleport also works with the jade bot personal waypoints! So you can teleport a friend to hard to reach places like hero points, vistas, etc.

Great list! Here's another: All skills that require a target (or mention one) will show a subtle red bar under the skill icon. The red bar means your target is "out of range" or "too far away" for that skill to hit them. Click an ally/enemy to target them. If you walk close enough to the target, the bar will go away. When you know to look for it, you'll notice many of your skills have red bars that appear and dissappear as you run around enemies.

The PvP lobby can also work for taking you back to your same location on a map. Very useful if you don't have a level 60+ toon on your account to get into WvW. Also you can get tier 3-4 mats with laurels which aren't available with WvW laurel venders. And if you are worried about losing Pip participation, Obsidian Sanctum does count against you. Also if you want to do a mystic forge and return to your location, you can often access them on your home WvW map. Learned a lot and love your videos. Thanks Lara 😍

most of them i didn't know, but i give you an additional hint for the first feature about clicking the event HP bar. You can do this for bosses like Amala in the fractals during the opening phase with all her clones to find the real one

One random tip from me: if you play gw2 in another language as English. Holding right shift will put every on screen text of your game into English. Helps a lot if you play international.

The hover to find what you’re missing on a map thing, realized the other day that, if you are in one zone, but curious about what is left in another zone, zoom into the other zone map and hover over the stuff on the left side and it will show you what you are missing. I always assumed it only worked on the map for the zone you’re in!

I finally started playing gw2 and I'm so glad it's at the same time Lara is finally making more guides n stuff btw the emotelist is SUPER useful for someone like me who came from FFXIV and relied on the emote menu

I've been playing since launch, and more than half of these were new to me! Thanks for the tips! Especially the event UI targeting will be super handy. 😁

I knew several of these, specifically clicking event healthbars, snap ground target, right clicking chests and skills, map completion mouseovers, siege turtle teleport, hiding the commander tag, and map drawing. Everything else was a complete surprise, and some of those seem very useful. Thanks for the info!

The obsidian sanctum thing is super useful! I'll definitely be sharing that around. As for my contribution, something I learned from a griffon flying guild is that if you're on your springer and you press dismount right at before the bar empties for the charged jump, you'll be flung into the air without your springer, letting you glide or mount your griffon at the apex, with or without bond of faith. More of a bug or exploit than hidden feature but it's useful nonetheless

Another amazing video! I did not know the minstrel thing, would have sold it otherwise I think... And I learned the other stuff in years of playing, knowing that up front would have been amazing ^.^ I really like those more regular videos! (The Laranity arrow is interesting, who else would be sitting there? We now for certain it wont be Silverdiscs skeleton^^)

I have a couple of tips to share as well! First off, something a surprising number of ranger players don't know (even higher mastery players), you can name your pets in the pet menu above your hotbar! Same place you swap out your pets, you can name each one. (Mechanist engineers, you too can change your mech's name, I believe by right clicking on your mech's icon. I think it says how to change their name on their tooltip, in case I'm slightly wrong on that front). And for newer rangers that weren't aware, you find and tame new pets by finding specific "Juvenile" versions of creatures in very specific places throughout the maps. On that note: you can type "/wiki " in the ingame chat, and it'll automatically bring up the official wiki page for the thing! (So for rangers looking for pet locations, I recommend typing "/wiki pet locations" into chat, brings up the page quick and easy) And one final fun fact: The "Not So Secret" JP in Gendarran Fields, has a real devious trick it doesn't tell you on the path to the diving goggles (the diving goggles being a part of the "Dive Master" achievement for a free core tyria mastery point, so it's been the downfall of many, this tricky bit of the JP) On the path to the diving goggles, you have to launch across two spinny platforms in a row, that shoot you across each other. The thing is, usually the first one launches you far over the second, and you fall to your death, and have to climb alllllllll the way back up again. But APPARENTLY, as a kind veteran recently taught me, the platforms launch you half of the distance if you jump on them AS they're spinning, rather than BEFORE they start spinning. This is something you are REQUIRED to know about these platforms if you want to get across them successfully, but the game does NOTHING to tell you this. So, the first platform you jump on AS it's spinning, landing you safely on the edge of the second platform. On the second platform, you have to jump on it BEFORE it spins, or else you don't make the distance. Also, those platforms autotarget onto enemies patrolling the blimp below, and have a tendency to launch you in their direction, all the way to your death. So... also turn off autotargeting when going into that jumping puzzle.

The map completion mouseover tip is huge! I've always opened up the map filters and rapidly check/uncheck whichever filter has the POIs. Then I might be able to see the last POI blinking at me.

Something i learned very early on w/ ground targeted skills is that you can press the skill key twice and it'll fire off wherever your mouse is. I found this waaay faster and more efficient than pressing the hotkey to aim then clicking with my mouse to fire off the skill. Makes it a lot easier to lead those skills against moving targets. Never needed to enable snapping thanks to this.

the snap ground target keybind is gonna be really useful for me. thank you!

I gotta say, I've been playing for 8 years now and the ones I didn't know were the Evon Gnashblade trick and that you can rearrange your watch list...

My first crafted (and sold) legendary was Minstrel, so I can confirm. Also, you can craft (and sell) Eternity and unlock the skin for Twilight and Sunrise this same way.

The thing about the turtle and having someone on board to teleport to and unlock waypoints for them, also works for the teatime chair. Also, it's for waypoints in your current zone only, so you can't teleport bringing your buddy along outside of that zone. But you can do this zone for zone of course.

also for #1 if you scroll over the event health bar it will also highlight the area on the minimap where they are located if you arent there yet similar to how map completion highlight works knew most didnt know the minstrels one though thats neat

Okay, I definitely learnt a lot of these for the first time today. I really enjoy watching all your videos, so more content AND new facts about GW2 was a double win for me this time!

"And sometimes the game doesn't always explain to you these features exist" is pretty much the title of ArenaNet's High-Level Game Design Document for Guild Wars 2. (Taken straight from the Design Document for Guild Wars 1) I *Loved* this video! Thank you so much for making it. I learned something with the very first hint. It doesn't help me much because I often use Action Camera but still I never knew about clicking the boss name and I was in the beta. Many of the other hints were great too, I never knew about the keybind for Snap Ground Target and that I _will_ be using :) Also for your next hints video - you can just click on the objective in the upper left and this will do the same thing as mousing over it (causing it to light up) Excellent video, I'll be sharing this with my friends who play GW2.

Sometimes I like to start a toon just for the fun of leveling it to 80. I always come across something I missed with a previous toon and I've been playing GW2 for years. It is insane the amount of care and work that has gone into the game.

A few things you mentioned I didn't know but I will use them from now on. You made things so much easier. 😄

I've been playing this game off and on for about 7-9 years and i didnt even know HALF of this. Bless you for this information.

There were quite a few I had no idea about. I have been playing gw2 since beta, and am a gw1 player from start as well! Great job! I even added it to my video help channel for my guild's discord!

Tip for keyfarmers: You can skip the tutorial . At level 2, a waypoint unlocks on your map, taking it will skip the tutorial. Easily obtainable if you have tomes of knowledge (golem banker for certain accounts or shared slot)

PVP lobby also has bank, TP, laurel and karma merchants plus others. Click to leave the lobby and be teleported back to where you were. All for free! There is a Lion’s Arch portal if you need to get back to Tyria. I use the PVP lobby multiple times to use the facilities.

clicking the healthbar in the event was something i did on accident a long time ago then quickly forgot about and didn't recall until you mentioned it. i somehow never noticed the achievement filter, always did things the hard way, lol. i definitely never knew about the I Am Evon Gnashblade trick. i didn't know about right clicking skills, did that the hard way too. i didn't know about the portal scroll trick, but i never had to since i keep them in shared slots. thank you for making this video, you are smart, beautiful, and kind

This is amazing, first time a features video actually had many that I did not know about thank you so much!!!

You did a great job I learnt at least 3 tricks ty Lara. That right click losing target, I've always wondered why I lose focus Sorted now ty.

Playing 6 years so far, never knew about clicking health bars ! Thanks, that will really help a lot, the tab targeting when a boss is surrounded by a ton of adds is awful ...

Awesome list . I knew only 3 of them . emotes , drawing on the map and map completion. After 10 years still learning the game . Thank you for sharing this great list of actual in game impact play for me. Keep on being amazing .

Oh wow, I didn't know that there where quite a few things that I didn't know about. :D Especially the one where you can filter achievements would have been so nice to know, while I still did my mastery completion. What a great video! 🥰❤

Great stuff! I learned several new tips and tricks! I just go to the PVP area when I need to bank/TP/sell items. It also sends you back to where you were. Thanks for the video!

Well done gethering those neat tricks. I think I knew just three of those, after flippin' 10 years of this! Love the event targeting click, the "I am Evon Gnashblade" TP and the achievement filter!

OHMYGODH, I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT INGAME EMOTE LIST WAAAY TOO LONG! Thank you

Reordering the watch list and filtering the achievements list, I had no idea of those to features. A lot has become easier to me now, trying to catch up with all the achievements. Thank you, Laranity!

Thank you for this very useful list. Some i knew already, some i forgot, but some were new to me^^

Of all the things in this list, I only knew 2: map completion mouse over and favouriting stuff on the TP. I have been playing almost non-stop for nearly 8 years now. HOW ARE THERE THIS MANY THINGS I DID NOT KNOW???

I knew a bunch near the end, but nearly half of the stuff was new info! Super cool and useful video :D

Great video! Learned something new with the first tip you shared. TY

cool vid didnt know about the evon gnashblade one. also the teatime chair can also work as a teleport taxi like the siege turtle tip you mentioned.

Wow! You not only surprised me with many things I didn't know, but also got me as a subscriber :D

I've played PVP for 5 years... And I just learnt about the snap ground target. I had no clue that existed! That's how those platinum players constantly hit their AoEs...

As someone who goes between WvW and PvE the keybind to toggle snap ground target was a godsend, thank you so much!

Didn't know about most of these and I've had the game installed (although not super active) for 10 years. Loved the WvW teleport thingy!!

Ty the auction house one and the wallet one really help, the first thing i learned when i started playing gw2 about 2 months ago was the click the HP Bar to target a mob cuz i was doing that fraktal where the boss splits into clones and ppl told me to use that to find the real one :D

I didn't know a handful of these, thanks so much! 💜🍃

I love this! I've been playing gw1 many years and gw2 since launch and there are at least 4 things on this list I didn't know.

Oh hey someone mentioned your video in AB. And here it is in my recommended. Glorious, thanks!

For me, you succeeded on your challenge, and also I had several things on the "I knew I can do that but I completely forgot so the refresher is appreciated" list, so I guess it's a double victory for you xD

Almost all of these I didn't know. I knew about Evon Gnashblade, and about reordering the watch list activities, but only because I just saw them in another video...but that video was only made about 4 months ago, and yours was made 10 months ago from the description. Well done! :)

👌👌 I just started that game two days ago, and this video is therefore very helpful to me. Thank you!

I've been playing since launch. I didn't know any of the obscure ones and only a few of the more common ones. Thank you very much.

Yeah, didn't know the clicking the boss bar in the event window. That's a game changer. Ach filters as well are something new along with a couple others. So thanks for the update :D

I only knew of 5 of the things you mentioned , the rest i didn't and i shall be using them from now on so thank you for sharing 😊😀

I’m going to have to rewatch this video while I can write down the several tips I didn’t know about! Thank you for this!

3:50 you can also go to the PVP Lobby, works exactly the same and has a WP immediately next to the TP/Bank area.

You got me with the gnashblade trick, been playing since launch too!

Always more to learn! Thanks for the tips!

Awesome video! Among the 21 tips, I only knew 7 of them ;) I have been playing GW2 since January-2022.

just found this channel, thx for the tips, wasnt aware of most of them tbh ^^

Awesome video! i didn't know about the emote list.

A practical one for Skyscale owners: Angle the camera upwards towards the sky using right mouse button when using the dash skill. The Skyscale will dash upwards giving you increased height. Some folks use the dash while their camera is level or facing the ground without knowing they can instead gain altitude.

You forgot the most important trick. In options turn on Show All Usable Object Names. This will allow you to see every object needed for quests. This even includes hidden items like the coins in the Silver Waste.

There were several that I didn't know about! Thank you! Eye opening!

I did know a lot of these (found them out by accident/curiosity bc I lag a lot and can't see things on the actual screen half the time lmao) BUT! I didn't know about the achievement filters! So you definitely succeeded in your challenge for me! :D Super helpful to know esp since I've been trying to track down titles recently! Thanks Lara!!❤

Well, this was my first time here so the title alone intrigued me but then I learned so much that I went ahead and subscribed. About half of those tips were new to me and I'm a 4 year player. So well done to you. Gold star to you!

Holy crap the map completion tip I did not know! I would pull up the wiki map on my other monitor and compare. This is going to make my map completion so much faster. Also I’m working on Minstrel right now and did not know about the novelty! Awesome video.

knew about snap ground target - sry tried it while beating the golem xD love this vid, didnt know about all the facts !

Super helpful! I only knew about 15% of these tricks! Thanks!

The PvP Lobby works the same as the Obsidian Sanctum and is available from level 2. Just click Enter Lobby from anywhere. Has Bank, BLTC, Vendor etc and when you click Exit Lobby you go back to where you were previously. Also has a portal to Lions Arch for a free ride to there.

I did not know about dragging to reorder Achievements, that's really helpful! Also I never used the TP Favorites, I should start.

I have playd GW2 almost a week and i did not now almost all of them. I only knew the emotes thing :) Very good video, please more of this kind of videos!

Most of those I didn’t know. That siege turtle waypoint trick is going to really come in handy…so frustrating when my husband and I don’t both have the waypoint! Thanks.

This was really good info! Thanks!

I have been playing GW2 for... at least six years, and wow!! there was quite a few I didn't know about!! Thanks!

I only didn't know about 'I am evon gnasblade' one. You win this time lara 🤨! Awesome video 😉

Been playing for many years and thank you for teaching me some new things! Awesome video keep it up!

great video did not know a lot of these, thanks!

Lara, i've been playing since launch, and i didn't know about a few of these :o thank you for this

Nice list. Definatly didnt know at least one :) Thanks

Nice work! There were several new ones in there for me.

I didn't know around 4 or 5 of these tips. Clicking the meta event to select that's event's boss blew my mind.

Thank you so much!!! I have 3 favorites in this video: 1- Snap ground target keybinds OH MY GOD!!!!! I LOVED THIS ONE! ♥ 2- The right click chest to autoloot (Even yesterday I was thinking about how annoying it is to have to open the chest)🤩 3- Right click on the boss name for a quick selection of the boss😃

Knew all of them except the first one nice job, I do have to say though that its worth mentioning snap ground targeting is just plain bad if you ever want to improve. try without snap and use instant targeting if your grenades always miss because of animations here's why. Targeting: Cursor aimed at target > Skill activated > Skill Animation plays > Enemy moves > grenades thrown at where your cursor originally aimed. Instant targeting: Cursor aimed at target > Skill activated > Skill animation plays > Enemy moves > Grenades will be thrown at end of animation to where your cursor is pointing RIGHT NOW What this means is that not only does your skill start to activate on key depression the target where you want to throw the grenades is taken AFTER the animation plays. This is EXTREMELY important for gamemodes like PvP where people can teleport around quickly but can still be useful for pve for quite a few skills. all you have to do is keep your cursor on the enemy as the animation for throwing grenades is playing out.

This all are really useful ! Thanks for that !

You blew me away. I have been playing since launch and most of these were new to me. Great video.

I’ve been playing this game since 2012 and I have watched videos like this before and there were many things in this video I didn’t know!!!!! Nice to arrange watching achievements!!! Nice video!!!!

Amazing trips, lots of new Trix i did not know, and same as allot other mentioned has played plenty from game launch to now

I have been playing this game for almost 10 years and I only knew the toggle about the chat making it translucent and the little eye about the achievements. This game! Omg! The amount of untold details!

I was literally not aware about any of these features)) Many thanks)

OMG I am going to be Evon Gnashblade all the time. That's awesome! Thank you for the video :D I certainly didn't know about all of these.