Explosive Growth

When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature. Spirits and minions are creatures. — In-game description

Explosive Growth

Specialization

Ritualist (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Explosive Growth

When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature.
Spirits and minions are creatures.

 Damage: 319 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Explosive Growth (PvE)			When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
Explosive Growth (WvW, PvP)			When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.

Related skills

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Summon Madness — Lich Form
•   Anguish — Ritualist's Shroud
•   Wanderlust — Ritualist's Shroud
•   Preservation — Ritualist's Shroud

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Summon Blood Fiend — Minion

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Summon Bone Fiend — Minion
•   Summon Bone Minions — Minion
•   Summon Flesh Wurm — Minion
•   Summon Shadow Fiend — Minion

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Summon Flesh Golem — Minion

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this trait.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 09, 2025	This trait no longer grants a bonus to outgoing strike damage.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Explosive Growth has been added to the game. This trait now also grants an increase to outgoing strike damage for a duration after summoning a creature.
August 19, 2025	Explosive Growth was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.