The Dragon Festival Begins!

For several weeks ArenaNet has proclaimed the coming of the Summer Dragon Festival in Cantha. Today is the day on which it has arrived! Starting at 7 AM GMT today, the Festival provides fresh new things for gamers to do until it ends on July 5th.

Here's a quick list of things to do:

New Quests. At the Shing Jea Monastery, one can partake in new quests to recieve Jade Wind Orbs that can be traded in for fun Dragon Festival items.

New Mini-Games. Among them, Touch-A-Wurm. For one ticket, you can compete with 5 other people and try to touch as many white wurms that pop out of the ground as you can for Orbs as prizes.

Gambling! Try your luck in several different games that dish out tickets...if you're lucky.

New Titles. Along with your regular Hero, Protector of Tyria, etc., you now have the option to try and go for an Unlucky and Lucky title. 50,000 tickets won for Lucky, 5,000 games lost for Unlucky.

Dragon Arena. Players of any level can go into the Dragon Arena and be paired up with 5 other players. Inside, everyone has 100 health, 60 armor, and a bar of preset skills. Two of these attack, one makes you faster, and the other 5 are resurrection signets. Plenty of fun!

But probably the most sought after item in the Festival are the Dragon Masks. On July 5th, the Emperor will make visits to Shing Jea monastery every two hours where you can trade in 250 orbs to get the mask. If you can't make it that day, his servants will be there from July 6th-10th to collect your orbs and give you the mask.

And, yes, I will be there throughout most of the event. Come find me on Abbas Paterna if you want to join in the fun with me.