Costume

Description from the official Costume FAQ:

Costumes are items that are equipped into a character's costume slots to change their appearance. Costumes are decorative items only. They are worn over a character's existing armor without affecting any stats.

There are slots for costume headpieces and body pieces in the inventory window. A single body piece dresses the whole character's body, except the head, unlike normal armor which is broken down into separate pieces for different body parts. Similar to guild capes and headgear, costume slots have toggles that can be set to show or hide your costume in combat areas or towns and outposts. Costumes are automatically hidden during PvP matches.

There are two categories of costumes: full costumes, consisting of matching head and body pieces, and festival hats. Unlike armor, those costumes pieces that can be dyed are usually not dyed gray by default; the default colors are noted in the individual articles. Most full costume pieces can be dyed, most festival hats cannot be dyed.

[edit] Types

[edit] Full costumes

Full costumes can be purchased through the Guild Wars In-Game Store or the NCsoft store. They are released two or three sets at a time, themed for an in-game event, and can be purchased individually or for a limited time as a discounted combo pack.

To receive a purchased costume see the Costume Maker. These NPCs can be found in Kamadan, Lion's Arch, Shing Jea Monastery and the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Event	Costume
Event	Set	Head piece(s)	Body piece(s)
Wintersday 2009	Dwayna's Regalia	Dwayna's Diadem	Dwayna's Regalia
Wintersday 2009	Grenth's Regalia	Grenth's Visage	Grenth's Regalia
War in Kryta	Shining Blade Uniform	Shining Blade Cowl	Shining Blade Uniform
War in Kryta	White Mantle Disguise	White Mantle Mitre	White Mantle Robes
Halloween 2010	Lunatic Court Finery	Lunatic Court Helm	Lunatic Court Finery Lunatic Court Headless Finery
Halloween 2010	Raiment of the Lich	Aspect of the Lich Cowl of the Lich	Raiment of the Lich
Hearts of the North	Wedding Couple Attire	Wedding Headpiece	Wedding Finery Traditional Wedding Finery
	Formal Attire	Formal Headwear	Formal Outfit
	Dapper Tuxedo	Dapper Top Hat	Dapper Tuxedo
Wintersday 2010	Agent of Balthazar	Horned Helm of Balthazar	Balthazar's Doublet
Wintersday 2010	Disciple of Melandru	Melandru's Helm	Melandru's Vestments
Winds of Change	Dragonguard	Wisdom of the Dragon	Soul of the Dragon
Winds of Change	Aegis of Unity	Unity of Purpose	Unity of Spirit
Halloween 2011	Ravenheart Witchwear	Ravenheart's Gaze	Ravenheart's Clutch
Halloween 2011	Vale Wraith	Wraith Veil	Wraith Shroud

[edit] Festival hats

Festival hats are costume headpieces handed out as a reward during seasonal special events. They can be "registered" at a festival hat maker by showing it to him, and he can then create that hat for all characters on your account.

Historical note: Prior to the Dec. 17^th, 2009, game update, festival hats acted as normal headgear with an armor rating of 0. As such, they could be upgraded with runes and infused. Legacy hats in characters' inventories were not automatically updated to the new system; they have to be deleted and replaced by a new hat from the hat maker.

Most festival hats cannot be dyed. Those that can be dyed are marked with an asterisk (*) in the table below.

	Dragon Festival	Halloween		Wintersday
		Lion's Arch	Kamadan	Grenth victory	Dwayna victory
2005		Pumpkin Crown		Horns of Grenth	Yule Cap
2006	Dragon Mask*	Furious Pumpkin Crown	Wicked Hat	Great Horns of Grenth (LA) Jester's Cap* (Kamadan)	Stylish Yule Cap (LA) Freezie Crown (Kamadan)
2007	Demon Mask	Scarecrow Mask	Mummy Mask	Ice Crown	Wreath Crown
2008	Grasping Mask	Zombie Face Paint	Lupine Mask	Grentch Cap	Rudi Mask
2009	Imperial Dragon Mask*	Charr Hat	Skeleton Face Paint	Ice Shard Crest	Snow Crystal Crest
2010	Sinister Dragon Mask*	Furrocious Ears	Spectercles	Demonic Horns	Divine Halo
2011	Mirthful Dragon Mask*	Tricorne	Reaper's Hood

Other	Lion Mask* (every Canthan New Year) • Tengu Mask* (Day of the Tengu 2006)