ArenaNet has released the recently announced Living World Season 3 Episode 3 update for Guild Wars 2. The new story content takes players to the new area Bitterfrost Frontier.
Living World Season 3 follows the aftermath of the game's first expansion Heart of Thorns: a flood of unbound magic, the rise of two Elder Dragons, and the birth of the dragon Glint’s child, Aurene.
In “A Crack in the Ice,” players will follow the story into the Northern Shiverpeaks, territory of the Elder Dragon Jormag. Along with the new story content comes the new Nightmare fractal.
The new area Bitterfrost Frontier is a fitting expansion to the existing Shiverpeaks maps, featuring Svarnir, Grawl and Ice Elemental foes. The new area is connected to the existing level 80 zone Frostgorge Sound.
The update also introduces several new items to the game, including ascended type aquabreathers, a new legendary type shield and a new Endless Kodan Tonic that transforms players into a Kodan creature. The tonic is special because it is one of the few combat tonics that exist in the game.
Last but not least the update also introduces a new quality-of-life feature for the game's World versus World game mode, by allowing players to enable a Simple Nametags options to prevent screen clutter caused by the many server name tags that would be visible otherwise.
As usual with Living World content the new episode is available for free for a limited time only and can be unlocked by simply logging in to the game.