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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Guild Wars 2

Is it worth getting into?

Guild Wars 2 has been around since 2012, but it's still going strong!

ArenNet is currently finishing up The Icebrood Saga for us, which is also known as Season 5.


Looking ahead, the GW2 Expansion Pack 3 is in active development!

Huge Advantages

The following are advantages GW2 provides to players over other MMORPG's.

  • No monthly subscription fees.
  • Free-to-play accounts allow you to reach the maximum level.
  • A max-level booster is awarded when you upgrade your free account to paid by buying Path of Fire. (aka PoF / Expansion 2) Kinguin Level-80 Boost
  • Player-vs-Environment (PvE), Player-vs-Player (PvP) and World-vs-World (WvW) content.
  • Extremely low cover-charge for paid accounts. Upgrading your free account to Path of Fire costs only about $15-$20 when you buy a “CD Key” online, and automatically gives you the Heart of Thorns expansion. Kinguin
  • The Guild Wars 2 player base is HUGE and it has remained among the top-10 MMO's. MMO Populations
  • Almost no bans! ArenaNet will almost always suspend accounts rather than issuing permanent “bans”. If you get caught cheating, suspension times usually start at a week or two, and progress to a maximum of nine months after you've been caught cheating many times. Those who purchase gems seem to have reduced suspension times, so you should do that even if for no other reason than to support the game. Kinguin

These advantages make choosing GW2 as your MMORPG an easy decision for everyone.

Beginner's Guide

NOTE: The beginner's guide below came out before the HoT expansion was included for free when you buy the PoF expansion.


What profession should I play?

Consider not one profession, but the set of three professions you like the most by armor weight.

  • [Light Armor] Elementalist / Mesmer / Necromancer
  • [Medium Armor] Thief / Engineer / Ranger
  • [Heavy Armor] Guardian / Revenant / Warrior

You'll spend a lot of time and gold getting into full legendary armor, and being able to switch that set of armor around between your characters is really important.

Can I bot GW2 Free-To-Play (F2P) accounts?

Yes, but you should be aware that F2P accounts are restricted in every possible way from enriching anyone else.

It's best to spend a few bucks to upgrade your Free-To-Play accounts immediately with cheap CD Keys purchased online. This will start the timer towards removing restrictions, as the restrictions are not lifted immediately upon upgrade. Kinguin

How can I safely and anonymously upgrade accounts?

You can Google “GW2 CD Key”, which will return sites like Kinguin.

Popular Searches:

  • Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire Digital
  • Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire Digital Deluxe
  • Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns
  • Guild Wars 2 2000 Gems Code
  • Guild Wars 2 1200 Gems Code

You should also use these sites to buy 2000 Gem Cards when you need gems, so that you remain anonymous.

You can give your new accounts a huge boost by buying two items from the gem store.

These items will allow you to free up a ton of inventory space and prevents having to visit vendors often.

Licensing

How many accounts and keys do I need to buy?

You want one Minion account and one key per GW2 account that will be botting simultaneously.

Licensing Option 1 (multiple keys, botting simultaneously)

  • Minion Account (Provides access to all addons)
    • GW2 Account 1
      • Minion Key 1
    • GW2 Account 2
      • Minion Key 2
    • GW2 Account 3
      • Minion Key 3

Licensing Option 2 (single key, different time slots)

  • Minion Account (Provides access to all addons)
    • GW2 Account 1
      • Minion Key 1
        • Schedule: Bots from 00:00 to 08:00 (12am - 8am)
    • GW2 Account 2
      • Minion Key 1
        • Schedule: Bots from 00:00 to 016:00 (8am - 4pm)
    • GW2 Account 3
      • Minion Key 1
        • Schedule: Bots from 16:00 to 00:00 (4pm - 12am)

Purchases and Trials

When I attempt to buy a key code, it says "please refresh the page to try again".

Try a different browser.

Also disable any ad or script blockers.

I bought a key code but it wasn't e-mailed to me. Where can I find my key code?

Your key code is found on the “Keycodes” tab of the launcher.

Key codes are not e-mailed.

Can I get a free trial key?

Ideally just buy a trial key… they're super cheap.

With that said, you can also visit ElitePvPers and reply to this thread for a free trial key.

Compatibility

GW2 TacO

Minion is compatible with the Guild Wars 2 Tactical Overlay. (GW2 TacO) Feel free to use it while running Minion.

http://www.gw2taco.com/

Windows Insider builds

MMOMinion is not compatible with Windows Insider builds.

Other DirectX hooks

At this time Minion is not compatible with many popular DirectX hooks including…

  • ArcDPS
  • ReShade / GShade
  • DX12 Proxy
  • Radial mount

Software with Known Compatibility Issues

The following software may cause game crashes, performance problems or other issues.

  • AI Suite 3
  • AMD Gaming Evolved
  • Bandicam
  • EVGA Precision
  • FRAPS
  • Guildworks
  • MSI Afterburner
  • Mumble Overlay
  • Nahimic for MSI
  • Raptr Software
  • Razor Software
  • ReShade
  • Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server
  • ROG Game First 3
  • SweetFX
  • Valorant

Can I run GW2Minion on Linux?

Only if you use a VMWare solution to host Windows virtual machines.

Other solutions like Linux Wine will not work.

Can I run GW2Minion on Mac OS?

Guild Wars 2 in Full Screen

Full screen is not supported by Minion. You must play in Windowed mode, although Windowed Fullscreen should work.

DPS Meter Options

You have 3 options to monitor your DPS.

  1. Use Minion's DPS meter, which is fairly accurate for your own DPS. You can find it on the menu. (MMOMinion – GW2Minion –> DPS Meter)
  2. Use ArcDPS on a different account that isn't running Minion.
  3. Use BGDM, a deprecated DPS meter. BGDM Read the FAQ and do NOT ask for help with it from Minion folks, as nobody at Minion has anything to do with it. BGDM FAQ

Troubleshooting Crashes, Errors and Performance

Game crashes on startup or attach

  1. Trying deleting your \GW2\Bin64 folder, which will be regenerated the next time you start the game. This removes all incompatible 3rd party DirectX hooks.
  2. Minion isn't compatible with Windows Insider builds. Don't attempt to run Minion on them.
  3. Double check your installed programs to make sure another game has not secretly installed anti-cheat software.
  4. Uninstall other software that has known compatibility issues.

When all else fails, please read closely and follow the Install Guide.

Game Started: Waiting to attach...

Check the e-mail you used to register your GW2 account. You likely need to authorize the network with the e-mailed passcode.

Unknown Error: (Query/Fail)

This error often results from not having the game fully downloaded or is caused by a VPN / Proxy / bitchy 3rd party antivirus or firewall.

NOTES:

  • Disabled is not uninstalled! → Install Guide
  • You may try to whitelist the whole minionapp folder if you run a 3rd party antivirus software.

Unable To Open Archive File

“Guild Wars 2 is unable to access its archive file Local.dat. Please verify that this file is accessible and writeable, and that no other program is currently using it.”

This error occurs because you have another copy of GW2 running simultaneously.

Run the following from an elevated command prompt to make sure all instances of GW2 are closed before attempting to launch it again.

  • taskkill /IM Gw2-64.exe

Update the Game Client

“Update your game, there is an update available!”

If the launcher tells you to update the game client, but it has already been updated…

  1. Try deleting cache2.dat in the MinionApp\Cache folder.
  2. Some ISP's are caching old data. You can test with a VPN to work around the problem. Private Internet Access is cheap, easy, allows up to 10 connections per account and offers a 7-day money-back guarantee.

Long Download Times

What if the Minion launcher is taking a really long time to update Minion?

The problem could be your ISP. Test with a VPN to Germany. Private Internet Access is cheap, easy, allows up to 10 connections per account and offers a 7-day money-back guarantee.

Low FPS

Minion will reduce your FPS due to its DirectX hook and all core bot framework running in the background. Some FPS loss is unavoidable.

Many addons may cause additional FPS loss if they require a lot of computing power. You can uninstall addons temporarily to see if any are affecting your FPS.

The most important thing you can do is changing the following in-game settings to “Lowest”.

  • Character model limit
  • Character model quality

Setting these to “Lowest” will hide or dull the other players running around with pixel spam.

Resetting Bot Defaults

You can reset the bot defaults by renaming the following folder.

C:\MINIONAPP\Bots\GW2Minion64\MinionFiles\Settings

NOTE: This will not reset addon defaults. To reset addon defaults, delete and reinstall them from the Store in the Minion Launcher.

Gameplay and Skill Manager Issues

When I start the bot on a new character it doesn't attack.

Some of the Skill Manager profiles have a requirement that you've unlocked weapon skill 3+.

Try switching to a two-handed weapon. If that doesn't work, try manually leveling up until you've unlocked a few weapon skills.

Skill Bar “Weapon skills are acquired through levelling, with skill slot 1 being automatically unlocked at level 1 and skill slots 2, 3, 4 and 5 being unlocked at levels 2, 4, 7 and 10 respectively.”

When I start the bot, my character constantly dodges/evades.

Turn off double-tap to evade in the game settings.

Game settings are not saved

Full screen is not supported by Minion. You must play in Windowed mode, although Windowed Fullscreen should work.

To make sure your GW2 in-game settings are saved, load GW2 without Minion first and configure all the settings how you like. Then exit the game and re-launch Minion.

Default Skill Manager Profiles

The default skill manager profiles haven't been updated in quite some time. They're missing a lot of skills and don't work well. The default Skill Manager profiles will not be maintained due to the vast number of added skills and frequent “balance” patches ArenaNet started that change them around.

With that said, one of the best things you can do for yourself is learning how to use Skill Manager. It was created with the intent to make managing skill usage easy for those who are not developers.

Using Skill Manager

Usually just put your heal skill on top, followed by elite/utilities, followed by skills 5,4,3,2,1. It casts in order from top to bottom. It's a “priority list”, rather than a rotation. If something can cast that's higher in the list, it goes first, and so on.

Also remember to create a new skill manager profile from scratch before you start editing. If you modify the default ones, they'll be overwritten the next time Minion updates, and your work will be undone.

By default, Skill Manager Profiles are stored in the following folder.

  • C:\MINIONAPP\Bots\GW2Minion64\LuaMods\GW2Minion\SkillManagerProfiles

If you're too busy to create and maintain your own Skill Manager profiles, you can choose to pay someone to do it for you by purchasing an addon in the store.

  • Mirage Deluxe focuses on PvP, but also has some PvE profiles now.
  • Profile Bundler and Profile Bundler Deluxe focus on PvE/Raiding.
  • Apophis is specifically for Engineers.

Assisted Play Unwanted Movement

The bot is moving for me while in Assisted Play mode. How can I turn this off?

  • MMOMinion –> Main Menu –> Combat Movement (uncheck)
  • MMOMinion –> Main Menu –> AssistMode –> Assist mode –> Move into combat range (uncheck)

Salvage Tools

Which salvage tools should I use for each item rarity?

These are the unlimited salvage tools that you should invest gems in.

These are the rules you should follow by item rarity.

  • Fine - Copper-Fed
  • Masterwork - Depends on the rune/sigil inside. If it contains those that give you the expensive symbols / charms you want to use Runecrafter's, and the rest Copper-Fed. If you don't want to bother checking the runes and want a simple rule, you should use Copper-Fed.
  • Rare - Sell everything above ecto price * 0.815 as you get on avg 0.815 ecto per rare. If below ecto price * 0.815, you want to salvage with Silver-Fed.
  • Exotic - Sell everything unless you have some nice rune/sigil inside. If so, then use a Black Lion Salvage Kit to get the rune/sigil + ectos + insignia / inscription and sell everything.

List Manager (Blacklist)

If you want the bot to ignore a specific mob or event, add it to the List Manager.

  • MMOMinion (Menu)
  • Lists (Sub-menu)
  • Select Type (Drop-down menu)
  • Select Desired Blacklist Item
  • Add Button

Bugs and Known Issues

Why doesn't Minion attack world bosses?

Minion doesn't have LUA API support for detecting world bosses. This has been a longstanding feature request but there is no ETA.

Is the bot destroying my items?

No, it's depositing them in your bank when possible. This feature is on by default.

You may turn this off in the Settings menu.

MMOMinion –> Main Menu –> Settings –> Ingame –> Deposit Items (uncheck)

The Screen is Black

If the entire screen has gone back but you can still see chat and the skillbar, you've turned on “Disable Rendering”.

This option is located on the main menu under MMOMinion –> Main Menu –> Setting –> Ingame –> Disable rendering.

You can also type the following into the console to turn it back off.

Settings.GW2Minion.disablerendering = false

Mouse Buttons Do Not Work

If the bot is in “No Downtime” mode, you might not be able to click things in the game.

Copy/Paste the following line into the console (CTRL+C) to work around the issue until the bot is updated.

GUI:CloseCurrentPopup() gw2minion.versionchecked = true

Gold

Transferring to Main Account

How can I get earnings from my “alt” accounts to my “main” account?

Start your own guild. Have alts deposit gold or high-end stackable items in the bank. Withdraw up to 500g/week or an unlimited number of high-end items from the bank using your main.

You may alternately mail high-end stackable items to your main, but this is riskier than using a guild bank.

It is not recommended to mail gold directly to your main account.

Getting Rich

If the default bot modes, Grind and Gather, are not getting you enough gold per hour, there are a lot of options to choose from in the addon store.

Take the time to review the addons available in the store. Join the Discord channels specifically for those addons or reply to the forum threads for them to see what other users' experience has been and what they recommend.

Most have a trial period, and you have Minion's 3-day money-back guarantee on top of that.

PvP Tracks

Which PvP track makes the most gold?

If you don't yet have a set of full Legendary armor, I'd highly suggest the Glorious track until you have enough Mist Core Fragments to create a set.

If you're just doing it for gold generation to be fed to your main account, there are a lot of opinions.

Suspensions and Avoiding Them

Is Minion detected?

No.

ArenaNet once illegally deployed spyware to catch cheaters and ended up suspending the accounts of many innocent players, resulting in an attempted cover-up and public relations nightmare. Future attempts to catch bots or cheaters based on collecting client-based data are very unlikely to happen again now that better global consumer protections exist such as GDPR and APPI.

With that said, your behavior may be detected server-side. It is generally recommended to not bot 24×7 or do anything repeatedly for many hours.

Are "hacks" detected?

No, but you'll get suspended if people see you using them and you get reported many times within a short time frame.

How can I prevent getting suspended?

  1. Don't bot inhuman hours and certainly don't bot 24×7.
  2. Don't run multiple bots on the same machine.

Multiple Simultaneous Account Suspensions

ArenaNet attempts to tie accounts together and will often suspend them all at the same time if one gets caught.

Here's how ArenaNet ties your accounts together and what you can do to prevent it…

  • Billing Information - All accounts are stamped with your payment information, including your name and billing address. To work around this, never give ArenaNet any of your personal information. Buy a “CD Key” to upgrade free accounts and only use gem cards to purchase gems. How can I safely and anonymously upgrade accounts?
  • Hardware ID (HWID) - All accounts are stamped with the hardware ID of all the machines they played on, so it's best to use virtual machines. VMWare Player is free for personal use and works well with GW2Minion.
  • Phone Number - Never secure your accounts with your phone number or an authenticator.
  • IPv6 Address - If you have an IPv6 address, they consider that to positively identify your machine. Disable IPv6 to work around this. Disabling IPv6 on Network Adapter Windows 10

New Accounts are Auto-Suspended

I was suspended, and now any new accounts I create are automatically suspended too. How can I get around this?

You can try changing your network card's MAC address AND windows machine name to work around this. NOTE: Any accounts that have already been “stamped” are tied together, so do this before creating any new accounts.

Best PvP Strategy

  • Use MadaoPvP. It's smarter than PvPTool and looks less like a bot.
  • Lose your first 10 matches of the season to get into Bronze tier.
  • If you get above Bronze tier, play with stupid/mismatched Runes, Sigils, Traits and Amulets until you're in Bronze.
  • Try to win just under 50% of your matches to stay in Bronze.

Why?

  • There's no bonus reward for playing higher tiers until Platinum, which is difficult to maintain and will generate tons more reports against you.
  • Players in Bronze are noobs, and are less likely to realize they're playing with bots.
  • Players don't tend to care if they win or lose in Bronze tier, so they're less likely to get upset and report bots for being dumb.

Other Advice

  • Please encourage others to file stupid reports in PvP as often as possible. Right now it seems all reports are trashed in this game mode due to 99% of them being false, and we want to keep it that way.
  • It appears playing < 2000 games per season will avoid getting automatic Dishonor (soft ban for 9 months from PvP) on the EU servers.

Satisfaction Guarantee

You can always purchase from MMOMinion with confidence!

How can I get a refund?

You can always make Minion purchases with confidence thanks to the user-friendly refund policy.

Refund Policy

Support

Discord Server

You can join Minion's primary discord server by clicking this link.

https://discord.gg/0iAWExfcHtob4DtI

How can I get support for an addon?

Support options are typically listed on the information page in the store.

You can also choose to filter addons by developer on the Store page of the Minion launcher.

Some support options by developer are listed here.

Discord Support

Developer: Black117 (aka Hanaumi)
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/K999D9V
http://www.mmominion.com/user-53516.html - User 53516

Developer: DeathCallsYou
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/DXwJuA4
http://www.mmominion.com/user-29489.html - User 29489

Developer: DopeEx
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ktxNQds
http://www.mmominion.com/user-37293.html - User 37293

Developer: Frenkey
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cp3wnBa
http://www.mmominion.com/user-37159.html - User 37159

Developer: Madao
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fd5Ht6D
http://www.mmominion.com/user-48120.html - User 48120

Developer: Modera
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ApqjdWG
http://www.mmominion.com/user-52225.html - User 52225

Developer: Urguwno
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/npFXSUz
http://www.mmominion.com/user-516.html - User 516

Forum Support

Developer: FxFire
Forums: Find and reply to the correct forum page for the addon. http://www.mmominion.com/forum-170.html
http://www.mmominion.com/user-2.html - User 2

Developer: Jorith
Forums: Find and reply to the correct forum page for the addon. http://www.mmominion.com/forum-170.html
http://www.mmominion.com/user-6085.html - User 6085

Developer: MMOAlt
Forums: Find and reply to the correct forum page for the addon. http://www.mmominion.com/forum-170.html
http://www.mmominion.com/user-11004.html - User 11004

I installed an addon but it isn't showing up in game.

  • Try reloading LUA with CTRL+L and/or restarting the game client.
  • Check the addon descriptions to see if they're supposed to show up in the Addons menu (MMOMinion –> GW2Minion –> Addons) or if they only show up as a bot mode in the main menu drop-down.
  • Check the addon descriptions to make sure any prerequisite addons are also installed. (e.g. Modera Base is required for Modera Profile Bundler, Madao Datapack is required for Madao PvP, etc.)

Prime Time Dodger

I purchased Madao's WvW Roamer addon and it doesn't work, telling me that the “Prime Time Dodger” is activated. Why?

Madao is trying to keep WvW botting on the DL so that we can all continue to enjoy it with no action from ArenaNet. So far there have been no suspension “waves” for bots in WvW, and that's likely largely due to the WvW bots not running during prime-time – when they'd get mass-reported far more often. Given that WvW, unlike PvP, has a join limit, ArenaNet would certainly take action if they got a lot of complaints about WvW queues being very long due to bots.

We have to remember that our bots are currently living in relative harmony with ArenaNet… driving sales and the 11+ million player base they constantly boast about. There's no reason to rock the boat by causing them and real players grief. Let their design and dev teams focus on new content, like the upcoming Expansion 3, rather than having to spend dev and customer service cycles addressing bot complaints.

VMWare Optimization

The following recommendations may help you optimize your VMWare virtual machines for the best performance.

Uncategorized Questions

Is there a "God Mode" or Damage Hack?

No. The health and damage output calculations are all server-side.

Does GW2Minion support crafting?

Not at this time, due to a lack of LUA API functions.

With that said, crafting in GW2 is just a matter of throwing a lot of gold at it and spending a few minutes following one of the “fast” guides on the Internet.

https://gw2crafts.net/

Do I have to use Minion's launcher to start the game?

No. You can start the game, then have Minion attach by not filling out your game username and password in the launcher.

How can I write my own addons?

Read up. Also feel free to learn LUA from YouTube University. (i.e. search YouTube)

Minion's LUA API - http://wiki.mmominion.com/doku.php?id=lua_api
LUA Reference Manual - https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/
Outdated Wiki Examples - https://github.com/MINIONBOTS/GW2Minion/wiki
Free Examples in Forum - http://www.mmominion.com/forum-45.html
Minion's GUI API - http://wiki.mmominion.com/doku.php?id=gui_api

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