Towers
Towers are small keeps that offer 10 points per 5 minutes when under your control.
These structures are eligible for upgrades. For more information regarding upgrades search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "Structure Upgrade"
Click this button to toggle all tower markers on the map.
Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific tower.
Supply Camp
Supply camps are small stations that hold "supplies" and offer 5 points per 5 minutes when under your control.
"Supplies" are useful for the following:
--Repairing Walls and Doors
--Building Siege Weapons
Camps send out Dolyaks to deliver supplies to structures that your server controls on the WvW map.
For more information regarding "Dolyaks" and search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "Dolyak"
Click this button to toggle all supply camp markers on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific supply camp.
Keeps
Keeps are major structures offering 25 points per 5 minutes when under your control.
Keeps are maintained by a "Keep Lord" (as opposed to Tower Lords for towers). These Keep Lords are formidable opponents capable of instantly killing the first wave of approachers. For more information regarding "Keeps", search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "Keep" see also "Keep Lord"
Click this button to toggle all keep markers on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific keep.
Spawns
Spawn points (aka. Waypoints) are locations in which you can resurrect when you have been defeated. To use, simply click on their icon in the ingame map.
Spawn points offer no WvW points. On each respective map (eternal battlegrounds, green world, red world, and blue world) there are permanent spawn points. For more information regarding "Spawn Points" search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "World versus World" scroll to "Spawn points"
Click this button to toggle all the permanent spawn markers on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific spawn.
Castles
Castles are the largest structure in WvW and offer 50 points per 5 minutes when under your control.
Currently there is only 1 castle in WvW, that is, Stone Mist Castle in Eternal Battlegrounds. For more information regarding "Castles", search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "Stonemist Castle"
Click this button to toggle all the castle markers on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific castle.
Orbs
Orbs of Power themselves are not structures in WvW, therefore they offer no WvW points.
orb of power starts at the "Cradle of Power" and are guarded by a "Keeper of the Orb". Each orb of power grants 5% bonus HP
For more information regarding "Orbs of Power" search the guild wars 2 wiki.
Wiki Search Phrase: "Orb of Power"
Click this button to toggle the orb of power starting locations on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific orb.
Point Values
Points are obtained by holding a structure in WvW. Ultimately, points determine the winner of server match ups in WvW.
Click this button to toggle the points of each structure on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific point.
Gates
Gates keep enemies from entering your keep but can take damage from enemy attacks and siege weapons. Gates can be repaired any time using supplies.
Each structure in WvW as a different number of gates:
Camps: 0 Gates
Towers: 1 Gate
Keeps: 3-6 Gates
Castles: 6 Gates
Click this button to toggle the gate locations on the map. Click map markers for additional information regarding each specific gate.
Arrow Cart
Weapon: Arrow Cart
Range: 2500
Cost: 4 silver
Supplies Required: 30
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.
Ballista
Weapon: Ballista
Range: 3000
Cost: 6 silver
Supplies Required: 20
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.
Cannon
Weapon: Cannon (upgrade)
Range: ~3000
Cost: 10 silver
Supplies Required: 250
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.
Catapult
Weapon: Catapult
Range: 4000
Cost: 8 silver
Supplies Required: 50
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.
Mortar
Weapon: Mortar (upgrade)
Range: ~10000
Cost: 20 silver
Supplies Required: 500
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.
Trebuchet
Weapon: Trebuchet
Range: 10000
Cost: 16 silver
Supplies Required: 100
Click on this button to place a draggable weapon on the map. Double-click the weapon icon to delete it.