WvW Objectives

1. Overview & PPT

WvW objectives are the structures and points of interest your world captures and defends. Each objective contributes Points Per Tick (PPT) to your world's score every few minutes. Holding more and better-upgraded objectives means more PPT — and ultimately more Victory Points at the end of each skirmish window.

2. Capture Times & Guard Types

Capturing an objective requires players to stand uninterrupted inside the capture circle for the full duration. Interruptions (being knocked out, leaving the circle) reset progress.

3. Castle — Stonemist

There is only one Castle in all of WvW: Stonemist Castle on Eternal Battlegrounds. It is the most valuable, most complex, and most contested structure in the game. See the full Stonemist siege guide for tactics.

4. Keeps

Keeps are the second-most valuable objectives and serve as the primary defensive anchors for each team. Each map has multiple Keeps; EBG has four (three corner Keeps + Stonemist). Keeps have:

• An outer wall and outer gates
• An inner wall and inner gates
• A Lord room with a champion NPC that must be killed to flip the Keep
• Upgradeable Waypoints that allow allied respawning
• Supply depots that store and distribute map supply

Keep Waypoints

Once a Keep reaches Tier 3 (Fortified), an upgradeable Waypoint becomes available. A built waypoint lets allies port instantly to the Keep — but it switches to contested the moment any wall or gate falls below 98% HP, blocking the port until the contest ends.

5. Towers

Towers are smaller than Keeps but still require organised effort to capture. They serve as forward staging points, provide PPT, and — when upgraded — offer waypoints for rapid allied reinforcement. Towers are the most commonly flipped objective type and are central to harassment tactics.

6. Supply Camps

Supply Camps are relatively easy to capture but strategically vital. They are the source of all supply on the map. Every few minutes, camps dispatch Dolyak caravans to nearby objectives, restoring their supply reserves. Each Dolyak that arrives delivers approximately 10 supply per crate to the destination structure. (Source: GW2 Wiki — Supply Camp.)

Controlling your own camps keeps your Keeps and Towers supplied. Disrupting enemy camps (flipping them or killing their dolyaks) starves their upgrades and siege weapon capacity. See the dedicated Supply mechanic page for cap, costs and dolyak rules.

7. Dolyak Caravans

Dolyaks are supply-carrying pack animals that automatically travel from Supply Camps to nearby objectives on a fixed route and timer. Each dolyak that successfully arrives delivers supply to the objective it is headed to, fuelling upgrades and repairs.

• Killing an enemy dolyak denies their objective supply — one of the highest-value roaming activities.
• Escorting your own dolyaks (by killing enemy players trying to intercept them) is rewarded with WvW XP.
• WvW Abilities allow you to upgrade your dolyak's supply capacity and speed.

8. Sentries

Sentries are minor objectives — small guard posts held by a few NPCs. Capturing a Sentry reveals nearby enemies on the minimap for your entire team. This intelligence value is disproportionately high in roaming and havoc contexts. Sentries provide no PPT but their vision advantage can prevent ambushes and reveal enemy rotations.

9. Ruins & Shrines

These secondary objectives provide buffs rather than PPT.

10. Objective Tiers

Every objective (except Sentries and Ruins) can be upgraded through three tiers. Higher tiers mean more PPT, stronger NPC guards, more defensive fortifications, and faster automatic upgrades. The map icon for each objective changes with its tier — at a glance you can see how upgraded an enemy structure is.

Tiers advance automatically via automatic upgrades fuelled by supply delivered from camps. You do not need to manually spend supply on upgrades — the system handles it as long as camps are feeding the objective.

11. Automatic Upgrades

Each objective has a queue of automatic upgrades that unlock over time as supply is delivered. Key upgrades include:

• Waypoint (Keeps/Towers) — allows allied respawn inside
• Cannons & Mortars — stationary siege weapons on walls, powerful vs attackers
• Guild Upgrades — requires a guild claiming the objective; enables traps, banners, and superior auto-upgrades
• Emergency Waypoint (Garrisoned objectives) — temporary waypoint during attacks

12. Siege Weapons

Siege weapons are player-built devices that serve offensive and defensive roles. They require supply and a Siege Blueprint (dropped from chests or purchased from WvW vendors) to deploy. Each weapon has its own dedicated guide — see the Siege Weapons hub for tactics, placement, and counterplay.

Supply costs and ranges per the in-game tooltips. Click a weapon name for the dedicated guide with placement, counters, and tactics.

Defensive Wall Siege (Auto-upgrade)

Cannons, Mortars, and Burning Oil are built into Tier 2+ walls and gates as objectives upgrade — they do not need to be placed manually. Defenders can hop onto them to repel attackers.

13. Full PPT Reference Table