

Experience gain is most efficient when the goal of an event and a renown heart coincide, so make sure you capitalize on these moments when they occur. Leveling in Guild Wars 2 is fairly straightforward - do renown hearts (basically GW2 quests), events, and your personal story. The glider isn't very useful outside of the Heart of Thorns expansion zones when compared to how useful mounts are outside of the Path of Fire expansion zones, so I wouldn't recommend starting Heart of Thorns just to unlock the glider when just starting out. Similarly, if you purchased Heart of Thorns you can do the first chapter and unlock the Glider Basics mastery to unlock the glider. Unlocking the raptor will make getting from place to place much faster. You don't need to do it immediately, but you should at some point tackle the first chapter of the Path of Fire expansion using one of your level-80-boosted characters so you can unlock the raptor for all characters on your account.
Mounts are creatures which are primarily used for mobility, but also offer some basic combat engagement skills. If you purchased the Path of Fire expansion you will be able to acquire and use mounts. (Nerfed pretty hard in the July 10 update)

Combat is a bit more difficult once you reach level 80 content, working up to it is generally easier for new players. This will allow you to get a feel for the game's mechanics and explore the game world naturally as part of the main story progression. When you first start playing Guild Wars 2 it's good to start leveling a character without using your level boost. You can then choose to apply the boost, which will consume it permanently, or undo it - restoring the boost to your inventory for use on a different character.
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The level 80 boost will set a character's level to 80, outfit your character in full exotic gear, and take your character to the Silverwastes so you can test things out. If you purchased either of the Guild Wars 2 expansions you should have recieved a level 80 boost (one per expansion purchased). You will be using LFG regularly in GW2 PvE to find groups for dungeons, fractals, dailies, worldbosses, raids, and meta farms. GW2 offers a handy system (which is called LFG) which allows players to find and advertise groups, which other players can then freely join. LFG is an acronym for "Looking for group".You can freely access Lions Arch at any time by opening clicking "Enter PvP lobby" in the PvP menu, then travelling to the Lions Arch Portal waypoint and travelling through the portal.You need at least 72 hours ingame before the Trading Post will become available to you for buying/selling most items (some cheap materials can be purchased prior to the 72 hour minimum being reached). See the list of elite specs for more information. Elite specs were added by the expansions and are additional skill trees which you unlock by doing content after reaching level 80. GW2 players refer to elite specializations as an extension of character class, and I will do the same throughout this guide.

New to Guild Wars 2 and looking for some basic information on PvE progression? Returning player looking for general PvE advice? This guide will offer a summary of information and advice to help you with your PvE adventure.
