Miniature

General

Miniatures, also referred to as "mini pets," are in-game vanity items that can be obtained through various sources. When activated, a small duplicate of the named creature will appear and follow you around. Miniatures were originally created as "birthday presents" to show appreciation for long-time players, but have since become available through many other means.

• Miniatures are activated by double-clicking on the item in your inventory, and can be de-activated the same way.
• Only one miniature can be active per character at a time. If you activate a second one, it will replace the active one automatically. Two identical miniatures in a character's inventory are treated as one miniature for this purpose (if one is active, double-clicking the other will de-activate it, rather than replace it).
• Miniatures can be used in explorable areas, missions, towns, or outposts.
• Only 20 miniatures can be active in the same district.
• Miniatures can be traded, dropped, destroyed, and placed in storage.
• Miniatures cannot be dyed or sold to Merchants.
• A character can carry multiple miniatures in his or her inventory.
• Miniatures exist of creatures from all campaigns, but are not limited by the campaigns unlocked on a player's account. A player who only owns Prophecies can still receive a miniature of a Factions or Nightfall creature.
• Miniatures cannot attack, nor do they have skills or special abilities. They cannot be targeted, do not count as allies for Leadership, and have no collision box.
• Some miniatures make noises in explorable areas.

Bug! Although they are ignored by Leadership, miniatures do count as an ally of the owner's party for many skills and can be hit by AoE effects.

Monument of Devotion

The miniatures a player has collected can be immortalized in the Monument of Devotion part of the Hall of Monuments in the Eye of the North expansion.

• Each miniature may only be added to a single character's monument. Once added, the miniature will be marked as "Dedicated" and cannot be added to any other characters' monuments, although other characters can still carry and use the miniature.
• The Monument of Devotion is considered "complete" when 20 miniatures have been added. You may continue to add more miniatures, but only 20 will be displayed at a time.

Acquisition

Miniatures can be acquired in many ways:

• By opening a Birthday Present.
• By opening a Collector's Edition Present.
  • Players who purchased the Collector's Edition of Guild Wars Factions or Nightfall received a miniature Kuunavang or Varesh, respectively, as a show of appreciation.
• As a promotional giveaway at conventions and through various gaming magazines.
• As a prize in a Guild Wars contest.
• Through various in-game sources.

Details on the acquisition of each miniature are given in the tables below.

List of Miniatures

Birthday Presents

Color	First annual series			Second annual series			Third annual series
	Icon	Name		Icon	Name		Icon	Name
Green		Bone Dragon			Gwen			Mad King Thorn
Gold		Prince Rurik			Lich Lord			The Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh
Gold		Shiro			Water Djinn			White Rabbit1
Purple		Burning Titan			Elf			Freezie
Purple		Charr Shaman			Koss			Nornbear
Purple		Kirin			Palawa Joko			Ooze
White		Fungal Wallow			Aatxe			Abyssal
White		Hydra			Fire Imp			Cave Spider
White		Jade Armor		File:MiniHarpyRanger.png	Harpy Ranger			Cloudtouched Simian
White		Jungle Troll			Heket Warrior			Forest Minotaur
White		Necrid Horseman			Juggernaut			Irukandji
White		Siege Turtle			Mandragor Imp			Mursaat
White		Temple Guardian			Thorn Wolf			Raptor
White		Whiptail Devourer			Wind Rider			Roaring Ether

Other In-Game Sources

Icon	Name	Color	Availability
	Black Moa Chick1	Green	Crafted during Zho's Journal quest
	Mallyx	Green	Coffer of Whispers
	Ghostly Hero	Green	Hall of Heroes victory chest
	Pig	Gold	Lunar Fortune (Year of the Pig) and Celestial Pig's visit during Canthan New Year 2007 event
	Celestial Pig	Gold	Exchange for 5 Miniature Pigs by Chuntao during Canthan New Year 2008 event
	Celestial Rat	Gold	Lunar Fortune (Year of the Rat) from Canthan New Year 2008 event
	Greased Lightning	Gold	Top 100 in Rollerbeetle Racing during Canthan New Year 2007 and Canthan New Year 2008
File:MiniPolarIcon.png	Polar Bear	Gold	Wintersday Chest after completing The Strength of Snow during Wintersday 2007

Other

Icon	Name	Color	Availability
	Kuunavang	Green	Factions Collectors Edition
	Varesh Ossa	Green	Nightfall Collectors Edition
	Vizu	Green	Japan netcafe promotion lucky draw (20 prizes): [1] Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (9 prizes): [2] Europe: Ultra-rare miniature found in magazines across Europe. (10 prizes) North America: Ultra-rare minature found in Mini Madness promotion (15 prizes) 2nd prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest.
	Kanaxai	Green	Guild Wars Championship in Japan #1 team (up to 8 members) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (6 were given) Taiwan region friend introduction event prizes (12 were given) 1st prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest.
	The Frog	Green	Not available to players. The Developer team gave Gaile Gray the only existing Frog miniature as a going-away present.
	The Frog	Green	Not available to players. The Developer team gave Gaile Gray the only existing Halloween Frog miniature as a going-away present.
	Gray Giant	Gold	North America: PC Gamer, US edition, November 2006 issue Europe: Magazines list @ GW Europe
	Ceratadon	Gold	Obtained by downloading the MMOZine #1. Only the first 40,000 people to download the magazine could obtain one.
	Asura	Gold	South Africa: New Age Gaming , May 2007 issue North America: PC Gamer, US edition, May 2007 issue World-wide media partner list showing regional publications, and their shelf dates Europe: Magazines list @ GW Europe and CD-Action (04/07) Taiwan GW official lucky draw (total 20 prizes in various entries) Finalist prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest. (up to 15 prizes) Europe: Found in magazines across Europe. 2
	Destroyer of Flesh	Gold	North America: Special issue of PC Gamer on September the 25th. [3] Finalist prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest. (up to 15 prizes) Europe: In exchange for a duplicate Mini Asura keycode2
	Shiro'ken Assassin	Gold	Japan netcafe promotion lucky draw (40 prizes) Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (10 prizes) Europe: Rare miniature found in magazines across Europe. (20 prizes) North America: Rare minature found in Mini Madness promotion (45 prizes)
	Zhed Shadowhoof	Gold	Japan netcafe promotion lucky draw (40 prizes) Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (10 prizes) Europe: Rare miniature found in magazines across Europe. (20 prizes) North America: Rare minature found in Mini Madness promotion (45 prizes)
	Island Guardian	Gold	Guild Wars Championship in Japan top 3 teams (up to 8 members each) Taiwan region, 50~99th signup to help newbies during first two weeks of Nightfall retail (50 were given) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (61 were given) 3rd prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest.
	Panda	Gold	Guild Wars Championship in Japan top 2 teams (up to 8 members each) Taiwan region, 1~49th signup during first two weeks of Nightfall retail (49 were given) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (61 were given) Taiwan region GW 1st anniversary wallpaper contest prizes (10 total)
	Grawl	Purple	North America: Unlock keys handed out at Comic-Con, Gen Con, and Penny Arcade Expo in July/August 2007. ArenaNet Party 08/30/2008. Europe: Common miniature found in magazines across Europe. (650 prizes) Finalist prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest. (up to 15 prizes)
	Longhair Yeti	Purple	Japanese netcafe promotion (500 were given through lucky draw) Official page Taiwan region Nightfall preview event GM game winning prizes (250 were given) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (61 were given) Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (10 prizes) Brand the Bosses (2007) contest (98 awarded) Europe: Uncommon miniature found in magazines across Europe. (100 prizes) North America: Uncommon minature found in Mini Madness promotion (90 prizes) Honorable mention prize in the Wintersday 2007 Art Contest. (3 prizes)
	Naga Raincaller	Purple	Japanese netcafe promotion (500 were given through lucky draw) Taiwan region Nightfall preview event GM game winning prizes (250 were given) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (61 were given) Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (10 prizes) Brand the Bosses (2007) contest (1 awarded) Europe: Uncommon miniature found in magazines across Europe. (100 prizes) North America: Uncommon minature found in Mini Madness promotion (90 prizes)
	Oni	Purple	Japanese netcafe promotion (500 were given through lucky draw) Taiwan region Nightfall title contest prizes (61 were given) Taiwan GW official blog lucky draw (11 prizes) Brand the Bosses (2007) contest Europe: Uncommon miniature found in magazines across Europe. (100 prizes) North America: Uncommon minature found in Mini Madness promotion (90 prizes)

¹ The Black Moa Chick and the White Rabbit are the only Miniatures whose names do not start with Miniature because they are actual size.

² In both France and Germany, two different magazines distributed codes for a Miniature Asura at different times: the May '07 Joystick and the November '07 PCJeux in France; and the May '07 PC Games and the October '07 GameStar Special in Germany. In both countries, if a player purchased both magazines, the extra code could be exchanged for a Miniature Destroyer.

Notes

Miniature/Birthday Doll with a name and level in an outpost.

Miniature Birthday Doll with a name and party icon in an outpost.

Shield assigned to Minature Gwen.

• While the color of the miniature is indicative of its rarity within each annual series, the rarity does not always carry over to non-birthday present miniatures. Be sure to check current market conditions when buying or selling a miniature.
• Some minipets make sounds whenever they are in an explorable area in PvE, eg. mini Jungle Troll.
• Since the 2007 Canthan New Year Festival, birthday dolls have been seen in outposts with levels of their own, a party icon of anywhere from two to eight, and a name under the miniature itself.
• Due to the massive duplication exploit of 2007, users who bought rare minis with duplicated items were banned. Therefore, many rare minis were deleted from the game permanently; it is unknown how many minipets were deleted from the game this way.
• There are currently 67 different Miniatures in existence, but only 66 are obtainable by players, as the only Frog was given to Gaile Gray.
• Minis have been observed having drops assigned to them. The owner of the mini is able to pick up the drop.

External Links

• The Birthday Present page from the Official site.