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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.

Types[ | ]

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
Set Head piece(s) Body piece(s)
Wintersday 2009 Dwayna's Regalia Dwayna's Diadem Dwayna's Regalia
Grenth's Regalia Grenth's Visage Grenth's Regalia
War in Kryta Shining Blade Uniform Shining Blade Cowl Shining Blade Uniform
White Mantle Disguise White Mantle Mitre White Mantle Robes
Halloween 2010 Lunatic Court Finery Lunatic Court Helm Lunatic Court Finery
Lunatic Court Headless Finery
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
Disciple of Melandru Melandru's Helm Melandru's Vestments
Winds of Change Dragonguard Wisdom of the Dragon Soul of the Dragon
Aegis of Unity Unity of Purpose Unity of Spirit
Halloween 2011 Ravenheart Witchwear Ravenheart's Gaze Ravenheart's Clutch
Vale Wraith Wraith Veil Wraith Shroud

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 Historical note: Prior to the Dec. 17th, 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 CrownPumpkin Crown Horns of GrenthHorns of Grenth Yule CapYule Cap
2006 Dragon MaskDragon Mask* Furious Pumpkin CrownFurious Pumpkin Crown Wicked Hat FWicked Hat MWicked Hat Great Horns of GrenthGreat Horns of Grenth (LA)
Jester's CapJester's Cap* (Kamadan)
Stylish Yule CapStylish Yule Cap (LA)
Freezie CrownFreezie Crown (Kamadan)
2007 Demon MaskDemon Mask Scarecrow MaskScarecrow Mask Mummy MaskMummy Mask Ice CrownIce Crown Wreath CrownWreath Crown
2008 Grasping MaskGrasping Mask Zombie Face PaintZombie Face Paint Lupine MaskLupine Mask Grentch CapGrentch Cap Rudi MaskRudi Mask
2009 Imperial Dragon MaskImperial Dragon Mask* Charr HatCharr Hat Skeleton Face PaintSkeleton Face Paint Ice Shard CrestIce Shard Crest Snow Crystal CrestSnow Crystal Crest
2010 Sinister Dragon MaskSinister Dragon Mask* Furrocious EarsFurrocious Ears SpecterclesSpectercles Demonic HornsDemonic Horns Divine HaloDivine Halo
2011 Mirthful Dragon MaskMirthful Dragon Mask* TricorneTricorne Reaper's HoodReaper's Hood
 
Other Lion MaskLion Mask* (every Canthan New Year) • Tengu MaskTengu Mask* (Day of the Tengu 2006)

Image gallery[ | ]

Costumes[ | ]

The costumes marked with an asterisk (*) have alternative looks, click on the individual galleries to see them.

Dwayna's Regalia Grenth's Regalia Agent of Balthazar Disciple of Melandru
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Dwayna's Regalia F default front Dwayna's Regalia M default front Grenth's Regalia F default front Grenth's Regalia M default front Agent of Balthazar F default front Agent of Balthazar M default front Disciple of Melandru F default front Disciple of Melandru M default front
Lunatic Court Finery * Raiment of the Lich * Shining Blade Uniform White Mantle Disguise
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Lunatic Court Finery F default front Lunatic Court Finery M default front Raiment of the Lich F default front Raiment of the Lich M default front Shining Blade Uniform F default front Shining Blade Uniform M default front White Mantle Disguise F default front White Mantle Disguise M default front
Dapper Tuxedo Formal Attire Wedding Couple Attire *
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Dapper Tuxedo F default front Dapper Tuxedo M default front Formal Attire F default front Formal Attire M default front Wedding Couple Attire F default front Wedding Couple Attire M default front
Dragonguard Aegis of Unity Ravenheart Witchwear Vale Wraith
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Dragonguard F default front Dragonguard M default front Aegis of Unity F default front Aegis of Unity M default front Ravenheart Witchwear F default front Ravenheart Witchwear M default front Vale Wraith F default front Vale Wraith M default front


Festival hats[ | ]

Dragon Festival Halloween Wintersday
2005 Pumpkin Crown gray front Yule Cap gray front Horns of Grenth gray front
2006 Dragon Mask gray front Furious Pumpkin Crown gray front Wicked Hat Freezie Crown gray front Great Horns of Grenth gray front Jester's Cap gray front Stylish Yule Cap gray front
2007 Demon Mask gray front Scarecrow Mask gray front Mummy Mask gray front Ice Crown gray front Wreath Crown gray front
2008 Grasping Mask gray front Lupine Mask gray front Zombie Face Paint gray front Rudi Mask gray front Grentch Cap gray front
2009 Imperial Dragon Mask gray front Charr Hat gray front Skeleton Face Paint gray front Snow Crystal Crest gray front Ice Shard Crest gray front
2010 Sinister Dragon Mask gray front Furrocious Ears gray front Spectercles gray front Demonic Horns gray front Divine Halo gray front
2011 Mirthful Dragon Mask gray front Tricorne gray front Reaper's Hood gray front Festive Winter Hood gray front Stylish Red Striped Scarf gray front
 
Other Tengu Mask gray frontLion Mask gray front
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