Guild Wars Build Templates on Mac

Save, share, and load Guild Wars builds on your Mac with the Build Library, and import or export template files from Windows.

Guild Wars saves each build as a short template code. On your Mac, the game keeps its templates inside its own storage, where Finder cannot reach them. GWonMac's Build Library is the way in and out.

Turn on the Build Library

The Build Library is one of the optional Tools. Turn on Enable Tools, then Build Library. In a game window, press ⌘ B or choose View → Build Library.

Add a build from a code

Copied a code from a guild page, the wiki, or a chat? In the Build Library, choose Import build, paste the code, and give the build a name.

Import and export template files

Guild Wars on Windows keeps each template as a .txt file under Documents\Guild Wars\Templates. To move them, open the Builds tab of the Build Library and choose Template files.

Import: choose Folder… for a whole Templates folder, or Files… for single .txt files. GWonMac shows how many templates it will add and what it skips. Choose Keep existing or Replace for names that are already used, then Import. Skill and equipment templates both work. A Windows subfolder name stays in the template name, because Guild Wars on Mac does not list subfolders.
Export: Export all… saves every skill and equipment template as a .txt file in a folder you choose.

Imported templates go into the game's own template list, not into the Build Library. Open the template panel in the game and choose Refresh List to see them. Guild Wars lists at most 550 templates of one kind.

Video to comeChoosing Template files, importing a Windows Templates folder, and choosing Refresh List in the game. About 20 s.

Use a build in the game

Open a build and choose Save to Guild Wars. The build is written into the game's own template list. Guild Wars reads that list once per session, so open the template panel in the game and choose Refresh List, or restart the game, before the build appears.

Right after a Guild Wars update, Save to Guild Wars can be unavailable for a short time while GWonMac checks the new client. The build stays saved in your library.

Open a build and choose Copy code. Anyone can paste that code into Guild Wars or another build tool.

Find your existing templates

Templates you saved in the game before are still there. Press ⌘ R in a game window to open the Hub, search for Guild Wars templates, and choose Browse templates.

Troubleshooting
Upstream requests to ArenaNet: the client defects behind template saving