The level cap in Guild Wars 2 is 80. Characters will have their power scaled down in areas designed for lower level players, to keep content somewhat challenging. Characters will have their power scaled down in areas designed for lower level players, to keep content somewhat challenging.
In both World versus World and Fractals of the Mists, characters are always scaled up to level 80, but skills and traits that are locked remain so. In Structured PvP, characters are scaled up to level 80. Additionally, all skills and traits are unlocked, and the character is given a separate set of PvP-specific max-level equipment. Exploring.