The character need only reach the location or point in the storyline

The starting campaign also determines your character's starting location, and the storyline that you will follow earth eternal gold. For an overview of each of the storylines, see the Storyline article.

Note that you cannot create an Eye of the North character, since it is an expansion and not a campaign. A PvP-only character will always appear in the Great Temple of Balthazar, and cannot access the PvE areas of the campaigns.

If you are creating a PvP-only character, you can skip the rest of this section. Aside from the starting location, the rest of this section applies only to role-playing characters.

All characters can access all campaigns (provided you have those campaigns linked to the same account). A character need not complete their starting campaign before being allowed to go to another campaign.

The character need only reach the location or point in the storyline where the access quests are offered. Prophecies characters need to reach Lion's Arch, Factions characters need to reach Kaineng Center, and Nightfall characters need to reach Consulate Docks. It is actually a good idea to switch campaigns before completing your starting campaign.

The Prophecies campaign has quests that offer free skills; the Factions campaign gives early access to max armor and weapons; and the Nightfall campaign gives access to level 15 heroes.