Guild Wars 2: Regions by level

(This list was last updated: August 24, 2022)

I was curious where I could go with my level and found it a bit difficult to spot the level range on the map. I know I can always “downlevel” to zones below my level. That means that the “1-15” does not tell you to leave Plains of Ashford once you’re level 16 or 17. You can stay there as long as you want because your level will be adjusted to the current area you are in. You will not be levelled up in PvE, though! I have already set foot into a high level area with Flummi and she didn’t feel comfortable at all in there. Neither did the poor guy in Kessex Hills with level 16 when he was surrounded by level 24 mobs. Sure, you can enter with level 15, but you should be aware of your surroundings as the mobs can be much higher in level than you are in some corners.

Region	Explorable zone	Level range
Ascalon	Plains of Ashford	1-15
Maguuma Jungle	Caledon Forest	1-15
Maguuma Jungle	Metrica Province	1-15
Shiverpeak Mountains	Wayfarer Foothills	1-15
Kryta	Queensdale	1-17
Ascalon	Diessa Plateau	15-25
Kryta	Kessex Hills	15-25
Maguuma Jungle	Brisban Wildlands	15-25
Shiverpeaks Mountains	Snowden Drifts	15-25
Kryta	Gendarran Fields	25-35
Shiverpeak Mountains	Lornar's Pass	25-40
Ascalon	Fields of Ruin	30-40
Kryta	Harathi Hinterlands	35-45
Ascalon	Blazeridge Steppes	40-50
Shiverpeak Mountains	Dredgehaunt Cliffs	40-50
Kryta	Bloodtide Coast	45-55
Ascalon	Iron Marches	50-60
Shiverpeak Mountains	Timberline Falls	50-60
Maguuma Jungle	Sparkfly Fen	55-65
Ascalon	Fireheart Rise	60-70
Maguuma Jungle	Mount Maelstrom	60-70
Ruins of Orr	Straits of Devastation	70-75
Shiverpeak Mountains	Frostgorge Sound	70-80
Ruins of Orr	Malchor's Leap	75-80

Level 80 content:

Region	Explorable zone	Level
Ruins of Orr	Cursed Shore (accessible to everybody) and Siren's Landing (requires the Heart of Thorns expansion)	80
Ascalon	Grothmar Valley (requires the Path of Fire expansion)	80
Sea of Sorrows	Southsun Cove (accessible to everybody)	80
Heart of Maguuma	Auric Basin, Bloodstone Fen, Dragon's Stand, Tangled Depths and Verdant Brink (all require the Heart of Thorns expansion)	80
Maguuma Wastes	Dry Top and The Silverwastes (all require the Heart of Thorns expansion)	80
Ring of Fire	Draconis Mons and Ember Bay (all require the Heart of Thorns expansion)	80
Shiverpeak Mountains	Bitterfrost Frontier (requires the Heart of Thorns expansion), Thunderhead Peaks, Bjora Marches and Drizzlewood Coast (require the Path of Fire expansion)	80
Kryta	Lake Doric (requires the Heart of Thorns expansion)	80
Crystal Desert	Crystal Oasis, Desert Highlands, Domain of Istan, Domain of Kourna, Domain of Vabbi, Elon Riverlands, Jahai Bluffs, Sandswept Isles, The Desolation and Dragonfall (all require the Path of Fire expansion)	80
Cantha	Seitung Province, New Kaineng City, The Echovald Wilds and Dragon's End (all require the End of Dragons expansion)	80

 

I have mostly played through the starting areas so far (sylvari and asura) and ran through the human starter area to grab a few waypoints. I really loved Skrittsburgh in Brisban Wildlands, but haven’t seen or been to much other areas there. Looking at this list makes me realize how much I have missed already and I am only level 23. There’s definitely enough content to run through the zones again with another alt or two… and then there are dynamic events which means I probably haven’t seen everything anyway. Very nice! This game is making me want to explore and do nothing else and it rewards me with everything I need to reach max. level.