What races are playable in Guild Wars 3?

ArenaNet has not confirmed a playable race list for Guild Wars 3. Because the game is set over a thousand years before the original Guild Wars, the Guild Wars 2 roster does not map directly. The sylvari, for example, did not exist until 1302 AE, long after this game is set.

Are humans playable in Guild Wars 3?

Humans existed in Tyria before the original Guild Wars, so the timeline does not rule them out. ArenaNet has not confirmed the race roster.

Are kodan and asura playable in Guild Wars 3?

Not confirmed. The reveal art appears to show kodan and asura alongside humans, and the asura look furrier than in Guild Wars 2, but ArenaNet has not named any playable race for Guild Wars 3.

Are charr in Guild Wars 3?

Charr were present in pre-Searing Ascalon during the original Guild Wars, which itself was set over a thousand years after the Guild Wars 3 timeline. Whether charr appear this far back is not confirmed.

Guild Wars 3 races

Short answer: Guild Wars 3 (GW3) has no confirmed playable race list, though the reveal appears to show at least three: humans, kodan, and asura. It is set over a thousand years before the original Guild Wars, so not every Guild Wars 2 race existed yet.

Which races look likely

None of this is confirmed, but the reveal trailer and concept art point to at least three playable races: humans, kodan, and asura. Humans fit the timeline cleanly. The kodan and the asura both turn up in the reveal art, with the asura drawn far furrier than their Guild Wars 2 selves.

A furry character from the Guild Wars 3 reveal art — Reveal art of the furrier asura look. A confirmed race roster has not been shared.

Treat this as an early read of the reveal, not a confirmed list. ArenaNet has not named a single playable race yet.

Why the timeline matters

ArenaNet placed Guild Wars 3 in Orr, over a thousand years before the events of the original Guild Wars. Not every Guild Wars 2 race existed that far back.

The sylvari are the youngest playable race in Guild Wars 2. The first of them did not sprout from the Pale Tree until 1302 AE, more than a thousand years after this game is set.

Race and timeline background from the Guild Wars 2 wiki: Sylvari ↗ and Guild Wars 2 wiki: Playable races ↗, used under CC-BY-NC-SA.

What is confirmed

Only the role is confirmed, not a race roster. You play a Vaelwarden, a guardian of Orr who protects the people and spirits of the land. ArenaNet has not said which races a Vaelwarden can be. Any race list circulating now is unconfirmed.

Is a fourth race hiding in the reveal?

Jay Oddity's video makes the case that the Guild Wars 3 reveal points to a fourth playable race. It is a community read of the evidence, not confirmed information.

Where to follow the facts

ArenaNet has not revealed a playable race roster. For everything confirmed so far, see what we know, and for the setting, the world of Orr page.