Guild Wars 2 Beginner’s Guide

Table of Contents

• Races
• Locations
• One Handed Weapons
• Two Handed Weapons
• Warrior Basics
• Elementalist Basics
• Mesmer Basics
• Thief Basics
• Ranger Basics
• Engineer Basics
• Necromancer Basics
• Guardian Basics

Thief Basics

1. Thieves are able to steal from essentially every enemy in the game. This includes other players. These items are selected from a group of possible items. What these are specifically depend on the type of enemy, or if you want to be evil, the other player’s profession…
2. Thieves are able to use the Initiative feature and can also go into Stealth mode. In general, they are very mobile and easy to move around without creating much attention.
3. Thieves gain special abilities based off of the combination of weapons they are yielding. This means that the offhand choice of weapon is much more of a focus for Thieves than the other professions.