Tutorials on GW2 MCP Server

Trading Post Mastery

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Trading Post Mastery#

Turn your AI assistant into a Trading Post companion in about 30 minutes.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have:

Looked up live buy and sell prices for any item by name
Compared prices across multiple items in a single conversation
Checked gem-to-gold and gold-to-gem exchange rates
Reviewed your open buy orders and sell listings
Checked your Trading Post delivery box for uncollected items and coins
Browsed your recent transaction history

Prerequisites#

Before starting, make sure you have:

Know Your Account

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Know Your Account#

Explore your Guild Wars 2 account through your AI assistant in about 30 minutes.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have:

Checked your wallet balances across all currencies
Browsed your bank vault, material storage, and shared inventory
Listed your characters and inspected one in detail
Looked up your account unlocks
Viewed your overall account information

Prerequisites#

Before starting, make sure you have:

The Getting Started tutorial complete (GW2 MCP server running with Claude Desktop or another AI client)
A GW2 API key with these scopes enabled: account, characters, inventories, wallet, unlocks

If you are not sure which scopes your key has, check at Guild Wars 2 API Key Management . For details on what each scope enables, see the API Scopes reference .

Crafting Assistant

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Crafting Assistant#

Use your AI assistant as a crafting research companion – look up recipes, check material prices, and figure out whether to craft or buy from the Trading Post.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have:

Looked up a crafting recipe by item name
Retrieved detailed item metadata
Found recipes that use a specific material
Estimated the cost to craft an item
Compared crafting cost against the Trading Post buy price

Estimated time: 30 minutes

Daily Checklist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Daily Checklist#

Use your AI assistant as a daily companion to track Wizard’s Vault objectives, achievements, and instanced content clears – all without leaving your conversation.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have:

Checked your daily and weekly Wizard’s Vault objectives and tracked Astral Acclaim progress
Browsed the Wizard’s Vault reward listings
Looked up today’s daily achievements
Reviewed your raid, dungeon, and world boss completion for the current reset period

Estimated time: 20 minutes

Getting Started

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Getting Started#

Connect Claude Desktop to your Guild Wars 2 account in about 15 minutes.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have:

A running GW2 MCP server inside Docker
Claude Desktop configured to use it
Queried your GW2 wallet, looked up an item, and checked Trading Post prices – all through natural language

Prerequisites#

Before starting, make sure you have:

Docker Desktop installed and running (download here )
Claude Desktop installed (download here )
A Guild Wars 2 account

Step 1: Pull the server image#

Open a terminal and pull the GW2 MCP server Docker image: