List of historical traits

This page lists traits that have been removed from the game.

Traits removed since release

• Many of the effects from these traits were merged with other traits.

Guardian traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Honor
Major Adept	Resolute Healer	60	Generates a Shield of Absorption when you start reviving an ally.
Major Adept	Superior Aria		Reduces recharge on shouts.
Major Adept	Writ of Exaltation		Symbols are larger.
Major Master	Two-Handed Mastery		Reduces recharge on two-handed weapon skills.
Major Master	Writ of the Merciful		All symbols heal allies with each pulse.
Minor Grandmaster	Elusive Power		Deal more damage when your endurance is not full.
Radiance
Major Adept	Shimmering Defense	60	Burn nearby foes when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets.
Major Adept	Blind Exposure		Applying blind also applies vulnerability.
Major Adept	Searing Flames	10	When you apply burning to a foe, remove a boon.
Major Master	Inscribed Removal		Using a signet cures a condition on you.
Major Master	Powerful Blades		Sword and spear damage is increased.
Major Master	A Fire Inside		Spirit weapons cause burning.
Major Grandmaster	Radiant Retaliation		Retaliation damage scales from condition damage instead of power.
Valor
Major Adept	Meditation Mastery		Reduces recharge on meditations.
Major Adept	Defender's Flame		Gain a chance to burn attackers when blocking.
Major Adept	Purity		Lose conditions at a set time interval.
Major Master	Defender's Shield		Gain +90 toughness while wielding a shield.
Major Master	Honorable Shield		Gain toughness when wielding a shield. Reduces recharge on shield skills.
Major Master	Focused Mind		Meditations grant fury.
Major Master	Mace of Justice		Wielding a mace grants additional damage. Wielding a mace also grants healing power (based on level).
Major Grandmaster	Retributive Armor		Gain toughness for a period of time when blocking an attack. Gain ferocity based on your toughness.
Virtues
Major Adept	Improved Spirit-Weapon Duration		Spirit weapons last longer.
Major Adept	Consecrated Ground		Consecration skills use ground targeting.
Major Adept	Vengeful		Retaliation lasts longer.
Major Master	Supreme Justice		Virtue of Justice causes burning more frequently. When activating Virtue of Justice, the burn duration is increased.
Major Master	Elite Focus		Elite skills last longer and Tome skills gain stability.
Major Master	Virtuous Solace		Cast Merciful Sanctuary when you're struck while below the health threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Shielded Mind		Activating Virtue of Courage also breaks stun for any ally affected by the ability.
Zeal
Major Adept	Spirit-Weapon Mastery		Reduces recharge on spirit-weapon skills.
Major Adept	Revenge of the Fallen		Increased damage while downed.
Major Master	Greatsword Power		Greatsword damage is increased by 5%.
Major Master	Focused Mastery		Reduces recharge on focus skills.
Major Master	Eternal Spirit		Spirit weapons are not destroyed when commanded.
Major Master	Scepter Power		Scepter damage is increased.
Major Master	Binding Jeopardy		Immobilizing or blinding a foe also applies vulnerability to them.
Minor Grandmaster	Symbolic Power		Symbols deal increased strike damage.
Major Grandmaster	Wrathful Spirits		Increases spirit weapon damage by 50%.
Major Grandmaster	Expeditious Spirit		Spirit weapons burn foes they strike. Spirit weapon summon and command skills have reduced recharge.

Revenant traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Corruption
Minor Adept	Rampant Vex		Critical hits have a chance to cause torment.
Major Adept	Venom Enhancement	10	When you inflict torment you also inflict poison. Poison lasts longer.
Minor Master	Opportune Extraction		Steal a boon when you inflict torment on a foe affected by at least the threshold stacks of torment. Each foe can only be affected once per interval.
Major Master	Bolstered Anguish		Increased damage for every condition currently on you.
Major Master	Frigid Precision	10	Chance to chill your foe when you land a critical hit.
Major Master	Spontaneous Destruction	25	Use Lesser Banish Enchantment when striking a foe that has at least as many boons as the threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Maniacal Persistence	5	Lash out when you gain resistance, inflicting torment on yourself and nearby foes.
Major Grandmaster	Pulsating Pestilence	10	Invoking a legend transfers conditions from you onto foes.
Devastation
Minor Adept	Mutilate Defenses		Critically striking a foe gives you a chance to apply vulnerability.
Major Adept	Ferocious Strikes		Gain increased ferocity while dual-wielding weapons.
Major Adept	Rapid Lacerations		When you attack while wielding a sword, gain a stack of rapid laceration. This can be stacked up to five times.
Major Adept	Vicious Lacerations		Gain a stack of vicious lacerations on critical strikes or attacks while wielding a sword.
Major Adept	Jade Echo		Use Lesser Jade Winds when you are downed. Deal increased damage while downed.
Major Master	Malicious Reprisal	20	When you block or one of your attacks is blocked, your next attacks will be unblockable and deal increased damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Focused Siphoning		When you strike foes that have vulnerability, siphon life from them.
Major Grandmaster	Dismantle Fortifications		When you disable foes with stability, remove an additional stack of stability and gain might. Disables include: stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, launch, and taunt
Major Grandmaster	Assassin's Annihilation	1	Siphon life from foes when hitting a foe from behind or the side.
Herald
Major Adept	Swift Gale		Gain superspeed when you successfully break a stun.
Major Adept	Radiant Revival	45	Gain infused light when you begin reviving a downed ally. You revive allies faster.
Minor Master	Vigorous Persistence		Gain increased endurance regeneration while you have an active upkeep skill.
Major Master	Bolster Fortifications		Grant protection to nearby allies when using a healing skill. Deal increased damage while you have protection.
Major Master	Harmonize Continuity		When you successfully stun break, you also stun break nearby allies.
Minor Grandmaster	Envoy of Sustenance		Gain increased concentration.
Major Grandmaster	Elder's Force		Increased damage per boon on you.
Major Grandmaster	Soothing Bastion		Activate Crystal Hibernation when struck while below the health threshold. Shield skills increase the duration of boons on nearby allies.
Major Grandmaster	Enhanced Bulwark	1	When stability is applied to you, gain an extra stack.
Invocation
Major Adept	Fierce Infusion	10	Using a healing skill grants you fury.
Minor Grandmaster	Empty Vessel		Invoking a legend will now break stuns.
Major Grandmaster	Shrouding Mists		While your energy is above the threshold, your outgoing healing is increased. While your energy is below the threshold, incoming damage to you is reduced.
Renegade
Major Master	Sudden Reversal	20	Unleash a roar at nearby enemies when you break a stun, knocking them down.
Retribution
Major Master	Eye for an Eye	35	Gain protection when you are disabled. Gain might when you break out of a stun. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, launch, and taunt.
Salvation
Minor Adept	Disarming Riposte	20	Striking a foe while they are using a skill blinds them.
Major Adept	Nourishing Roots		Grant regeneration to allies near Ventari's tablet.
Major Adept	Vital Blessing		The healing orbs that you create now grant vigor to allies they affect.
Major Adept	Tranquil Balance		While above the health threshold, healing to other allies is increased.
Minor Master	Hardened Foundation		Gain toughness. Gain healing power based on a portion of your toughness.
Major Master	Tranquil Benediction		The healing orbs that you create while wielding a staff will now grant swiftness and regeneration when picked up by allies.
Major Grandmaster	Natural Abundance		Create energy fragments around Ventari's tablet when using a legendary centaur stance skill.
Major Grandmaster	Momentary Pacification	45	Using an elite skill attaches vines to nearby foes. After a short duration, vines will immobilize their host.
Major Grandmaster	Selfless Amplification		Gain increased healing to other allies, based on a percentage of healing power.

Warrior traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Arms
Minor Adept	Precise Strikes		Chance to cause bleeding on critical hits.
Major Adept	Furious Speed	10	You have a chance to gain swiftness on critical hits.
Major Adept	Deep Cuts		Bleeds you apply last longer.
Major Adept	Furious Reaction	30	Gain fury and vigor when you take damage greater than a certain percentage of your maximum health in a single strike.
Major Adept	Berserker's Fury		Gain adrenaline while in combat. Gain fury when you strike a foe below the health threshold.
Minor Master	Critical Burst		Burst skills have an increased critical chance.
Major Master	Rending Strikes		You have a chance to cause vulnerability on critical hits.
Minor Grandmaster	Attack of Opportunity		Increases damage to bleeding foes.
Major Grandmaster	Last Chance	40	Gain quickness when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Dual Wield Agility		Your attack speed is increased when wielding a sword, axe, or mace in your off hand.
Defense
Major Adept	Vigorous Return		Health and endurance are increased when you rally.
Major Adept	Embrace the Pain		Gain adrenaline when hit.
Major Adept	Turtle's Defense		Gain +200 toughness when crippled, chilled, stunned, or immobilized.
Major Adept	Sure-Footed		Increases stance durations.
Major Adept	Missile Deflection		Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking.
Major Master	Armored Attack		Gain power based on your toughness.
Major Master	Sundering Mace		Stuns, dazes, and knock downs applied by mace skills last longer. Mace skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Rousing Resilience		Gain toughness and health when you break out of a stun.
Discipline
Major Adept	Inspiring Shouts		Gain adrenaline when using a shout.
Major Adept	Thrill of the Kill		Gain extra adrenaline on a kill.
Major Adept	Vigorous Focus		Gain vigor when using a Stance.
Major Adept	Mighty Defenses		You gain might when you block an attack.
Major Master	Sharpened Axes		Critical hits with axes grant extra adrenaline. Reduces recharge on axe skills.
Major Master	Mobile Strikes		Movement skills break immobilize.
Major Grandmaster	Adrenal Reserves		Burst skills cost less.
Major Grandmaster	Quick Bursts		Burst skills recharges 20% faster.
Strength
Major Adept	Short Temper		Gain might and adrenaline each time you are blocked.
Major Adept	Powerful Banners		Banners do damage when summoned.
Major Adept	Death from Above		Damage and launch foes when you take falling damage. Take less damage from falling.
Major Master	Slashing Power		Greatsword and spear damage is increased.
Major Master	Physical Training		Physical utility skills deal more damage. Reduces recharge on physical utility skills.
Minor Grandmaster	Stick and Move		Get a damage bonus when endurance is not full.
Major Grandmaster	Berserker's Might		Gain adrenaline while in combat.
Major Grandmaster	Distracting Strikes		Cause confusion when you interrupt a foe's skill.
Tactics
Minor Adept	Determined Revival		Reduce incoming damage while reviving.
Major Adept	Lung Capacity		Reduces recharge on shouts.
Major Adept	Stronger Bowstrings		Increases longbow range.
Major Adept	Inspiring Banners		Banners apply their bonuses to a larger area. Reduces recharge on banners.
Major Adept	Desperate Power		You deal additional damage while below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Quick Breathing		Warhorn skills have an increased number of targets, grant adrenaline per ally affected, and have reduced recharge.
Minor Master	Reviver's Might		Heal and grant might to nearby allies when you rally or successfully revive someone.
Minor Master	Fast Healer		Increases revive speed.
Major Master	Burning Arrows		Dual shot causes burning and longbow skills recharge faster.
Minor Grandmaster	Inspiring Presence		Gain healing power for each stack of might you have.
Major Grandmaster	Powerful Synergy		When you perform a combo finisher, the effects are doubled.

Engineer traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Alchemy
Major Adept	Acidic Coating	10	You have a chance to inflict blindess on enemies that strike you with melee attacks.
Major Adept	Fast-Acting Elixirs		Reduces recharge on elixir skills.
Major Adept	Blood Injection		Gain condition damage based on your vitality.
Major Master	Deadly Mixture		Deal extra damage with a flamethrower or elixir gun.
Major Master	Potent Elixirs		Increases elixir durations.
Major Master	Cleaning Formula 409		Throwing or consuming elixirs removes conditions from those affected.
Major Master	Inversion Enzyme		Elixir gun abilities that remove conditions now convert them into boons instead.
Minor Grandmaster	Energy Conversion Matrix		Deal extra damage for each boon on you.
Minor Grandmaster	Alchemical Tinctures		Throwing or consuming elixirs removes conditions from those affected. Gain increased concentration
Major Grandmaster	Automated Response		Condition durations are reduced by 50% while below the health threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Purity of Purpose	2	When you would cleanse a condition from an ally, convert it into a boon instead. This can affect multiple targets simuntaneously.
Major Grandmaster	Stimulant Supplier	10	Drop a stim pack when you use a healing skill.
Explosives
Minor Adept	Evasive Powder Keg		Creates a bomb when you dodge.
Major Adept	Forceful Explosives		Bombs and mines have a larger explosion radius.
Major Adept	Empowering Adrenaline		Get a damage bonus when endurance is not full.
Major Adept	Accelerant-Packed Turrets		Turrets explode when killed. When your turrets explode, they push back foes.
Major Adept	Acidic Elixirs		Thrown elixirs cause damage when they land and remove a boon.
Major Adept	Exploit Weakness	15	Cripple foes you hit when they are below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Blasting Zone		Your power is increased. Your blast finishers grant might.
Major Adept	Explosive Descent		Release a barrage of grenades when you take falling damage. You take less damage from falling.
Minor Master	Reserve Mines		Release a number of mines when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Major Master	Enhance Performance	10	Gain might when you use a heal skill.
Minor Grandmaster	Explosive Powder		Improves damage from explosions. Turrets explode and knock back foes when destroyed.
Major Grandmaster	Synaptic Overload	20	Gain quickness when you knock back or launch a foe.
Major Grandmaster	Siege Rounds		Mortar rounds leave a longer-lasting combo field. Orbital Strike hits an additional time 1 second after the first hit.
Major Grandmaster	Orbital Command	15	Damaging a foe below the health threshold calls an Orbital Command Strike on their location.
Major Grandmaster	Thermobaric Detonation	10	Evasive Powder Keg deals more damage and is now a blast finisher.
Major Grandmaster	Minesweeper		Evasive Powder Keg is upgraded to drop a series of mines along your rolling path.
Firearms
Major Adept	Sitting Duck	5	Apply cripple and vulnerability to enemies when you immobilize.
Major Adept	Rifled Barrels		Improves rifle, pistol, harpoon gun, and elixir gun range.
Major Adept	Knee Shot		Cripple targets for 5 seconds whenever you immobilize them. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
Major Adept	Precise Sights		You have a chance to cause vulnerability on critical hits
Major Adept	Hair Trigger		Reduces recharge on rifle, pistol, and harpoon gun skills.
Major Adept	Fireforged Trigger		Reduces recharge on flamethrower and elixir gun skills.
Major Adept	Infused Precision	5	You have a chance to gain swiftness on critical hits.
Major Adept	Heavy Armor Exploit		Your critical hits have a chance to give you swiftness and apply vulnerability to your foe.
Minor Master	Target the Weak		Critical-hit chance is increased against foes that are below the health threshold.
Major Master	Rifle Mod		Improves damage for the rifle and the harpoon gun.
Major Master	Coated Bullets		Pistol shots pierce.
Major Master	Go for the Eyes	10	Critical hits with rifles have a chance to inflict blindness.
Major Master	Pinpoint Distribution	10	While you are in combat, grant might to yourself and nearby allies each interval.
Major Master	Skilled Marksman		You attack faster with a rifle or harpoon gun, and those skills have reduced recharge.
Minor Grandmaster	Target the Maimed		Damage is increased against bleeding foes.
Major Grandmaster	Napalm Specialist		Burns you apply last longer.
Inventions
Minor Adept	Low-Health Response System	10	Gain regeneration when you are attacked while below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Protective Shield	20	Gain protection when you are critically hit.
Major Adept	Metal Plating		Reduces damage dealt to turrets.
Major Adept	Cloaking Device	25	You become invisible when immobilized.
Major Adept	Energized Armor		Gain power based on your toughness.
Major Adept	Stabilized Armor		You take less damage when you are knocked down or stunned.
Minor Master	Heal Resonator		When you use a healing skill, you apply regeneration to nearby allies.
Major Master	Autotool Installation		Turrets are self-repairing.
Major Master	Elite Supplies		Supply Crate has extra supplies; Elixir X gives increased movement speed; and Mortar skills have increased range, reduced recharge, and bonus damage.
Major Master	Power Shoes		Movement speed is increased.
Major Master	Reinforced Shield		Gain toughness when wielding a shield. Reduces recharge on shield skills.
Minor Grandmaster	Performance Enhancement		Gain power based on your healing attribute.
Major Grandmaster	Elixir-Infused Bombs		Bomb explosions heal allies.
Major Grandmaster	Fortified Turrets		Your turrets are surrounded by a reflective shield when created.
Major Grandmaster	Rifled Turret Barrels		Turrets deal more damage and have a longer attack range.
Major Grandmaster	Advanced Turrets		Reduce damage taken by turrets. Turrets create reflective shields when built.
Scrapper
Major Adept	Stabilization Core		When a function gyro is activated, you and the function gyro gain stability.
Major Adept	Shocking Speed	8	Using a leap or blast finisher in a lightning field applies superspeed around you. Well abilities have an increased area of effect and grant superspeed to nearby allies on their final pulse.
Major Adept	Perfectly Weighted	8	Hammer skills deal increased damage. Evading an attack grants stability.
Major Adept	Recovery Matrix		Using your heal skill grants you a barrier.
Minor Master	Decisive Renown	10	When you successfully revive an ally or finish an enemy, you grant barrier and great speed to nearby allies.
Major Master	Damage Dampener		A percentage of all strike damage you take is delivered after a delay.
Major Grandmaster	Adaptive Armor		Barriers you receive are stronger. Reduce incoming condition damage while you have barrier.
Tools
Minor Adept	Adrenaline Pump		Using toolbelt skills partially restores endurance.
Major Adept	Kit Refinement		Equipping a kit creates an attack or a spell.
Major Adept	Speedy Gadgets		Reduces recharge on gadgets.
Major Adept	Speedy Kits	10	Gain swiftness whenever you equip a kit.
Major Adept	Deployable Turrets		Turret skills use ground targeting.
Major Adept	Always Prepared		Drop bandages and oil slicks when downed. Downed damage is increased.
Minor Master	Inertial Converter	90	Your tool belt skills recharge when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Major Master	Leg Mods		Cripple, chill, and immobilize durations are reduced.
Major Master	Packaged Stimulants		Med Kit skills can be thrown and are more effective.
Major Master	Scope		Gain critical-hit chance against targets farther away.
Minor Grandmaster	Enduring Damage		Damage is increased when endurance is full.
Major Grandmaster	Armor Mods	15	Gain aegis when struck.

Ranger traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Beastmastery
Minor Adept	Instinctual Bond	50	When you are downed, your pet gains quickness.
Major Adept	Speed Training		Reduces recharge on pet skills.
Major Adept	Commanding Voice		Pet skills (F2) recharge faster.
Major Adept	Compassion Training		Pet healing attributes are increased.
Major Adept	Shout Master		Reduces recharge on shouts.
Major Adept	Master's Bond		Your pet has a bond with you that increases its attributes each time you kill a foe. When it is defeated or deactivated, the bond is reset.
Major Adept	Mighty Swap		You and your pet gain might when they are activated.
Major Adept	Companion's Might		Your critical hits grant might to your pet. Critical strikes from your pet's basic attack cause bleeding.
Major Adept	Potent Ally	1	You and your pet each grant might to the other when critically striking a foe.
Major Master	Intimidation Training		Activated attack abilities (F2) for pets cause cripple. This effect will only occur once on each target affected by abilities
Major Master	Rending Attacks		Pets inflict bleeding when they critically hit with their basic attacks.
Major Master	Stability Training	10	Pets gain stability when disabled.
Minor Grandmaster	Nature's Wrath		Gain power based on your healing.
Druid
Major Adept	Primal Echoes	8	Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff.
Major Master	Natural Stride		Reduces duration of movement-impairing conditions. Your movement speed is increased as long as you have none of these conditions.
Major Grandmaster	Ancient Seeds	10	Striking a stunned, dazed, knocked down, launched, or defiant foe summons roots to entangle them.
Marksmanship
Major Adept	Keen Edge	45	Use Sharpening Stone when you strike a foe below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Beastmaster's Bond	60	Gain fury and might when your pet's health reaches 50%.
Major Adept	Malicious Training		Increases duration for conditions applied by your pets.
Major Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets.
Major Adept	Enlargement		Use Signet of the Wild when your health drops below the threshold.
Major Adept	Predator's Instinct	30	Apply cripple to foes you hit while they are below the health threshold.
Minor Master	Alpha Training		Pets have Opening Strike.
Major Master	Beastmaster's Might		Activating a signet grants might.
Major Master	Piercing Arrows		All arrow attacks pierce targets.
Major Master	Eagle Eye		Increases longbow and harpoon gun range. Longbow and harpoon gun damage is increased.
Major Master	Brutish Seals		Activating a Signet grants might and fury to nearby allies.
Major Master	Steady Focus		Damage is increased when endurance is full.
Major Grandmaster	Read the Wind		Longbow and harpoon gun projectile velocity is increased. While wielding a longbow, your attack speed is increased.
Major Grandmaster	Signet of the Beastmaster		Active effects of signets also affect you.
Nature Magic
Major Adept	Nature's Protection	30	Receive protection when you take damage greater than a percentage of your maximum health.
Major Adept	Nature's Bounty		Regeneration you apply lasts longer.
Major Adept	Concentration Training		Boons applied by your pets last longer.
Major Adept	Strength of Spirit		Gain power based on your vitality.
Major Adept	Vigorous Spirits		Spirits have increased health and a greater chance to trigger their benefits.
Major Adept	Circle of Life		Create a healing spring when you are downed.
Major Master	Spiritual Knowledge		Spirit bonuses have a 35% better chance of providing their benefits.
Major Master	Spirits Unbound		Spirits can move and follow you.
Major Master	Vigorous Training		Pets grant vigor to nearby allies when you swap pets.
Major Grandmaster	Survival of the Fittest		Remove conditions and gain fury when using a Survival skill.
Major Grandmaster	Nature's Voice		Shouts apply regeneration and swiftness to allies.
Skirmishing
Major Adept	Agility Training		Pets move faster.
Major Adept	Trapper's Defense		Create a Spike Trap while reviving an ally.
Major Master	Carnivorous Appetite		Pets gain health on critical hits.
Major Master	Spotter	10	While you are in combat, grant fury to yourself and nearby allies each interval.
Major Master	Strider's Defense	5	Evading an attack grants quickness. Sword skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Trap Potency		Conditions caused by traps last longer. Reduces recharge on traps.
Major Grandmaster	Most Dangerous Game		While your health is below the threshold, you gain might.
Untamed
Major Grandmaster	Fervent Force	0.25¼	Disabling a foe reduces the cooldowns of all your equipped skills. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Wilderness Survival
Major Adept	Vigorous Renewal		Gain vigor when using a heal skill. Healing Spring grants vigor to affected allies.
Major Adept	Healer's Celerity		Grant swiftness to yourself and your ally when you revive them. Increases revive speed.
Major Adept	Taste for Danger		Gain increased vitality. You and your pet gain expertise based on vitality.
Major Master	Hide in Plain Sight	30	Applies camouflage when you are disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, or launch).
Major Master	Off-Hand Training		Reduces recharge on off-hand skills. Off-hand skills have longer range.
Major Master	Martial Mastery		Reduces recharge on sword, greatsword, and spear skills.
Major Master	Refined Toxins	5	While you are above the health threshold, your strikes inflict poison. While your pet's health is above the health threshold, its strikes inflict poison.
Major Master	Shared Anguish		After you swap pets, you and your pet gain stability.
Minor Grandmaster	Peak Strength		Deal extra damage while your health is above the threshold.
Minor Grandmaster	Bark Skin		You and your pet take less damage while your health is above the threshold.

Thief traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Acrobatics
Major Adept	Descent of Shadows		Release a blinding powder when you take falling damage. You take less damage from falling.
Major Adept	Assassin's Retreat	5	Gain swiftness when you kill a foe.
Major Adept	Power of Inertia		Gain might whenever you dodge.
Major Adept	Master Trapper		Reduces recharge on traps.
Major Adept	Fleet Shadow		Move faster while in stealth.
Major Master	Fleet of Foot	10	Dodging removes conditions from you.
Major Master	Quick Recovery		Gain bonus initiative over time.
Minor Grandmaster	Fluid Strikes (historical)		Damage is increased when endurance is not full.
Major Grandmaster	Assassin's Equilibrium		Gain stability when striking an enemy from stealth.
Critical Strikes
Major Adept	Furious Retaliation	30	Gain fury when your target falls below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Pistol Mastery		Deal additional damage with pistols.
Major Adept	Side Strike		Gain bonus critical-hit chance when hitting a foe from behind or the side.
Minor Master	Opportunist	5	Critical hits have a bonus chance to restore initiative.
Major Master	Signet Use		Gain initiative when activating a signet. Reduces recharge on signets.
Major Master	Critical Haste	30	You have a chance to gain quickness on a critical hit.
Major Master	Combo Critical Chance		Dual skills have increased critical-hit chance.
Major Master	Sundering Strikes		Critical hits have a chance to cause vulnerability.
Major Master	Ankle Shots	8	Critical hits with pistols and harpoon guns cripple foes. Deal bonus damage to crippled foes; damage is increased when wielding a pistol or harpoon gun.
Minor Grandmaster	First Strikes		Damage is increased while your current initiative is over the threshold.
Daredevil
Major Master	Escapist's Absolution	1	Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
Deadeye
Major Master	Unforgiving		Your first attack stuns if it hits a newly marked target.
Major Master	Peripheral Vision		Stolen skills apply their boons to allies near you and apply their conditions to foes around your marked target.
Minor Grandmaster	Perfectionist		Gain boons upon reaching maximum malice stacks.
Deadly Arts
Major Adept	Venomous Strength		Venoms grant might when activated.
Major Adept	Back Fighting		You deal bonus damage while downed.
Major Adept	Corrosive Traps		Traps apply vulnerability when triggered.
Major Master	Combined Training		Dual skills deal more damage.
Major Master	Quick Venoms		Reduces recharge on venom skills.
Major Grandmaster	Residual Venom		Applied venoms last an additional strike.
Shadow Arts
Minor Adept	Concealing Restoration		Gain stealth when you use a healing skill.
Major Adept	Slowed Pulse	20	Grant regeneration if you have two or more stacks of bleeding.
Major Adept	Master of Deception		Reduces recharge on deception skills.
Major Adept	Infusion of Shadow		Gain initiative when you enter stealth.
Major Adept	Last Refuge		Use Lesser Blinding Powder when your health reaches a certain threshold or when you take falling damage. You take less falling damage.
Major Adept	Concealed Defeat		Cast Lesser Smoke Screen when downed. Deception skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Master	Patience		Regain initiative faster while in stealth.
Major Master	Power Shots		Short bow and harpoon gun damage is increased.
Major Master	Shadow Protector		When you grant stealth to an ally, they gain regeneration.
Major Master	Flickering Shadows		Strike damage taken is reduced while you are revealed.
Minor Grandmaster	Resilience of Shadows		Stealth effects that you apply reduce incoming attack damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Hidden Assassin		Gain might when you gain stealth.
Major Grandmaster	Venomous Aura		When you use a venom skill, you apply the effects to all nearby allies as well. Venom recharges are reduced.
Trickery
Major Adept	Instinctual Response		If you take damage greater than the health threshold in a single strike, you release feathers to blind nearby enemies and gain stealth.
Major Adept	Long Reach		Increases the range on stealing.
Major Master	Ricochet		Pistol shots have a chance to bounce to an additional target. Pistol range is increased.
Major Master	Initial Strike		Attacks with the first weapon-skill slot have a chance to regain initiative.
Major Grandmaster	Hastened Replenishment		You receive initiative when using a heal skill.

Elementalist traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Air
Major Adept	Soothing Winds		Gain healing based on your precision.
Major Adept	Zephyr's Focus		Your endurance regenerates faster while channeling skills.
Major Adept	Quick Glyphs		Reduces recharge on glyphs.
Major Master	Arcane Lightning		Gain more critical-hit damage for a short time when you use an arcane skill. Does not stack.
Major Master	Air Training		Deal more damage while attuned to air.
Major Master	Aeromancer's Alacrity		Reduces recharge on all your air weapon skills.
Major Master	Tempest Defense	25	Cast Shocking Aura when disabled. Deal increased damage to stunned or knocked-down foes. Disables include stun, daze, knock back, pull, knock down, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Minor Grandmaster	Weak Spot		Chance to cause vulnerability on critical hits.
Major Grandmaster	Grounded		Deal 20% more damage to knocked down and stunned foes.
Arcane
Minor Adept	Arcane Fury		Gain fury when you switch attunements.
Major Adept	Arcane Mastery		Reduces recharge on arcane skills.
Major Adept	Blasting Staff		Area attacks with staff are larger.
Major Adept	Windborne Dagger		Move faster for each dagger that you wield.
Major Adept	Vigorous Scepter		Endurance recharges faster while wielding a scepter.
Minor Master	Lingering Elements		Attunement bonuses linger after leaving that attunement.
Major Master	Arcane Energy		Arcane and signet skills restore endurance when used.
Major Master	Arcane Retribution	45	Gain Arcane Power when your health drops below the threshold.
Major Master	Elemental Contingency	10	Gain a boon when you are struck, based on your current attunement.
Earth
Major Adept	Stone Splinters		Deal more damage when you are within a range of 600 of your target.
Major Adept	Salt Stone		Deal 5% more damage to bleeding foes.
Major Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets.
Major Adept	Obsidian Focus		Gain toughness while using a channeled skill.
Major Master	Geomancer's Freedom		You recover from crippled, immobilized, and chilled faster.
Major Master	Geomancer's Alacrity		Reduces recharge on all earth weapon skills.
Minor Grandmaster	Enduring Damage		Deal more damage when your endurance is full.
Minor Grandmaster	Geomancer's Defense		You receive less damage from nearby foes.
Evoker
Major Master	Soothing Evasion		Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you dodge. Heal allies when you grant them regeneration. Healing is increased if you have the otter.
Fire
Minor Adept	Flame Barrier		You have a chance to cause burning whenever a foe attacks you in melee. Only triggers when attuned to fire.
Major Adept	Spell Slinger		Cantrips grant you might when used.
Major Adept	Internal Fire		Deal more damage while attuned to fire.
Major Adept	Lava Tomb		Create a Lava Font when downed. Deal more damage while downed.
Major Adept	Ember's Might		Burns you apply last longer.
Major Master	Pyromancer's Alacrity		Reduces recharge on all fire weapon skills.
Major Master	Fire's Embrace		When you activate a signet, you gain a fire shield.
Tempest
Minor Master	Speedy Conduit		Overloads grant swiftness.
Major Master	Earthen Proxy		Damage is further reduced when you are under the effects of protection.
Water
Major Adept	Vital Striking		Deal extra damage when your health is above the threshold.
Major Adept	Shard of Ice		Arcane and signet skills cause vulnerability when activated.
Major Adept	Soothing Wave	10	Gain regeneration when critically hit.
Major Adept	Cantrip Mastery		Reduces recharge on cantrips.
Major Master	Aquamancer's Alacrity		Reduces recharge on all water weapon skills.
Major Master	Icy Mist		Deal damage and inflict chill and vulnerability to nearby foes while in mist or vapor form.
Minor Grandmaster	Aquatic Benevolence		Increase healing to other allies.

Mesmer traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Chaos
Major Adept	Retaliatory Demise		Gain retaliation when you are downed.
Major Adept	Chaotic Revival	10	Gain Chaos Armor when you rally.
Major Adept	Debilitating Dissipation		Clones apply a random condition to nearby foes when they are killed.
Major Master	Cleansing Inscriptions		Activating a signet removes a condition.
Major Master	Bountiful Interruption		Gain might when you interrupt a foe, then gain another boon randomly.
Chronomancer
Major Master	Improved Alacrity		Alacrity applied to you is stronger but has a reduced duration.
Domination
Major Adept	Mental Torment		Mind Wrack deals more damage.
Major Adept	Halting Strike		Deal damage when interrupting a foe.
Major Adept	Crippling Dissipation		Clones cripple nearby foes when they are killed.
Major Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets.
Major Adept	Confounding Suggestions		Diversion now stuns foes instead of dazing them.
Major Master	Greatsword Training		Increased power while wielding a greatsword. Reduces recharge on greatsword skills.
Major Master	Confusing Enchantments		Glamour skills cause confusion to foes who enter or exit their areas.
Major Master	Cleansing Conflagration		Torch skills remove conditions. Reduces recharge on torch skills.
Minor Grandmaster	Wastrel's Punishment		Increased damage to foes who are not using a skill.
Major Grandmaster	Empowering Mantras		Gain increased damage for each readied mantra.
Major Grandmaster	Imagined Burden		Greatsword skills other than the Spatial Surge gain recharge reduction and inflict cripple. Phantasmal Berserker summons an additional berserker but deals less damage.
Dueling
Major Adept	Blade Training		Increased precision while wielding a one-handed sword or a spear. Reduces the recharge on sword and spear skills.
Major Adept	Far-Reaching Manipulations		The range of your manipulation skills is increased.
Major Adept	Mantra Mastery		Reduced recharge on mantras.
Major Adept	Retaliatory Shield		Gain retaliation when you block an attack.
Major Master	Protected Mantras		Gain toughness while channeling mantras.
Minor Grandmaster	Confusing Combatants		Your illusions cause confusion to foes around them when they are killed.
Major Grandmaster	Triumphant Distortion	10	Gain distortion upon killing an enemy. Your phantasms gain distortion briefly on creation.
Major Grandmaster	Harmonious Mantras		Mantras can be activated three times before needing to be channeled again. Activating a mantra gives a stacking damage bonus.
Major Grandmaster	Mistrust		Whenever you interrupt a foe, inflict confusion in an area around them.
Illusions
Major Adept	Confusing Cry		Cry of Frustration grants retaliation.
Major Adept	Precise Wrack		Mind Wrack has an increased critical-hit chance.
Major Adept	Masterful Reflection		Distortion grants reflection.
Major Adept	Dazzling Glamours		Glamour skills blind foes at target location.
Minor Master	Illusionist's Celerity		Reduces recharge on illusion-summoning skills.
Major Master	Illusionary Invigoration	60	Recharge all of your shatter skills when your health drops below the threshold.
Major Master	Blinding Befuddlement	5	Cause confusion when you blind a foe.
Major Master	Illusionary Elasticity		Bouncing attacks have one additional bounce.
Major Master	Shattered Strength		Shattering illusions grants you might per illusion.
Major Grandmaster	Illusionary Persona		Shattering illusions creates the shatter effect on you as well.
Major Grandmaster	Imbued Diversion		Diversion hits multiple targets.
Inspiration
Minor Adept	Vengeful Images		Grants retaliation to Phantasms.
Major Adept	Glamour Mastery		Reduces recharge on glamour skills.
Major Adept	Compounding Celerity		Move faster for each active illusion.
Major Adept	Vigorous Revelation		Shattering illusions grants vigor to nearby allies.
Minor Master	Phantasmal Healing		Phantasms grant regeneration to nearby allies.
Major Master	Protected Phantasms		Phantasms spawn with aegis.
Minor Grandmaster	Phantasmal Strength		Phantasms deal more damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Healing Prism	10	When healing yourself, nearby allies are also healed. Gain healing power based on a portion of your power.
Major Grandmaster	Shattered Conditions		Using a shatter skill removes a condition from you and allies around you.
Major Grandmaster	Disruptor's Sustainment		Gain bonus healing power when interrupting a foe.

Necromancer traits

Tier / Line	Trait		Description
Blood Magic
Minor Adept	Full of Life	30	Gain regeneration when your health drops below the threshold.
Major Adept	Dagger Mastery		Reduces recharge on dagger skills.
Major Adept	Vampiric Precision		Siphon health whenever you critical hit.
Major Adept	Bloodthirst		Siphoning health is more effective.
Major Adept	Blood Bond		Cast Lesser Signet of Vampirism on your foe when you inflict bleeding on them that matches or exceeds the threshold.
Major Master	Deathly Invigoration		Heal in an area when you leave death shroud.
Major Master	Ritual Mastery		Reduces recharge on wells.
Major Master	Vampiric Master		Minions siphon health and transfer it to you.
Minor Grandmaster	Blood to Power		Gain additional power when your health is above the threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Fetid Consumption		Each summoned minion draws conditions from their master.
Major Grandmaster	Vampiric Rituals		Wells gain reduced recharge time. They now grant protection to allies when cast, and siphon health with every pulse.
Curses
Major Adept	Toxic Landing		Creates a Corrosive Poison Cloud when you take falling damage. Take less falling damage.
Major Adept	Focused Rituals		Well skills use ground targeting. Cannot be used under water.
Major Adept	Reaper's Precision		You have a chance to gain life force on critical hits.
Major Adept	Hemophilia		Increases inflicted bleed durations.
Major Master	Spectral Attunement		Spectral skills have longer durations and grant life force on use.
Major Grandmaster	Withering Precision	20	Apply weakness on critical hits.
Death Magic
Minor Adept	Reanimator	15	Summon a jagged horror whenever you kill a foe.
Major Adept	Staff Mastery		Reduces recharge on staff skills.
Major Adept	Minion Master		Reduces recharge on minion skills.
Major Adept	Spiteful Vigor		Gain retaliation when you use a heal skill.
Major Adept	Ritual of Protection		Wells apply protection when cast.
Major Adept	Dark Armor		Gain toughness while channeling.
Minor Master	Protection of the Horde		Gain toughness for each minion you control.
Major Master	Greater Marks		Increases area of marks and marks become unblockable.
Major Master	Death Shiver		Constantly apply vulnerability to nearby foes while in death shroud.
Soul Reaping
Major Adept	Path of Midnight		Reduces recharge on death shroud skills.
Minor Master	Last Gasp	50	Gain Lesser Spectral Armor when your health falls below the threshold.
Major Master	Near to Death		Reduces recharge on Death Shroud.
Major Master	Master of Terror		Your fear effects have increased durations.
Major Master	Decaying Swarm		At 25% health, you become surrounded by a locust swarm.
Major Master	Mark of Revival		Create a Reaper's Mark while reviving someone.
Major Master	Spectral Mastery		Reduces recharge on spectral skills. Spectral skills last longer and grant life force on use.
Major Grandmaster	Renewing Blast		Life Blast heals allies that it passes through.
Major Grandmaster	Foot in the Grave		Gain stability and break stuns when you enter shroud.
Spite
Minor Adept	Parasitic Bond	5	Gain health when you kill a foe.
Major Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets. Activating a signet grants might.
Major Adept	Spiteful Removal	10	When you kill a foe, you remove conditions.
Minor Master	Death's Embrace	10	Deal increased strike damage while downed. Inflict vulnerability when you strike a foe below the health threshold. Cannot apply vulnerability to the same target more than once per interval.
Minor Master	Death into Life		Gain healing power based on your power.
Major Master	Spiteful Marks		Marks deal more damage.
Major Master	Training of the Master		Increases minion damage.
Major Master	Axe Training		Reduces recharge on axe skills. Increases damage while wielding axes.
Major Master	Signet Power		Activating a signet gives you three stacks of might for 10 seconds.
Major Master	Rending Shroud		Constantly apply vulnerability to nearby foes while in shroud
Major Master	Unholy Fervor		Reduce recharge of axe skills. Axe skills deal increased damage to vulnerable foes.

Traits removed during beta

This is a list of all traits that were in the trait system before the restructuring seen first during the 2012 Press Beta.

Before February 2012

Guardian traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Altruism	Valor	Major	Virtues recharge faster.
Indiscriminate Smiting	Valor	Major	Every fourth attack causes burning [instead of every fifth].
Protector's Alacrity	Valor	Major	Aegis triggers every 30 seconds [instead of every 40].
Resolution's Renewal	Valor	Major	Gain more health from Virtue of Resolve.
Bond of Devotion	Valor	Minor	You and your allies gain Aegis and Protection.
Bond of Renewal	Valor	Minor	You and your allies gain Regeneration and Vigor.
Bond of Wrath	Valor	Minor	You and your allies gain Might and Smite.
Practiced Resistance	Valor	Minor	Conditions expire more quickly on you.
Shielding Hands	Valor	Minor	Your allies receive Aegis when you revive them.
Defender's Warding	Focus	Minor	Shield of Wrath absorbs more damage.
Indiscriminate Judgment	Focus	Minor	Ray of Judgment hits five foes.
Ray of Weakness	Focus	Minor	Ray of Judgment weakens on a critical hit.
Mace Mastery	Mace	Major	10% damage boost with maces.
Wrathful Reward	Mace	Major	Regeneration on critical hit.
Devout's Protection	Mace	Minor	Protector's Smash grants Protection.
Penitent Reward	Mace	Minor	Faithful Strike (mace skill) heals for more.
Wrathful Prolongment	Mace	Minor	Symbol of Faith lasts longer.
Scepter Mastery	Scepter	Major	10% damage boost with scepters.
Burned by Truth	Scepter	Minor	Applies burning on critical hits.
Fettered by Truth	Scepter	Minor	Chains of Light applies vulnerability.
Recurring Smite	Scepter	Minor	Smite hits extra times.
Redirected Fury	Shield	Minor	Shield of Absorption knocks back when cast.
Staggering Judgment	Shield	Minor	Shield of Judgment knocks back.
Staff Expertise	Staff	Major	Shorter spell cool down with your staff.
Staff Mastery	Staff	Major	10% damage boost with staff.
Brilliant Orb	Staff	Minor	Your Orb of Light blinds when detonated.
Enduring Protection	Staff	Minor	Your Symbol of Protection lasts longer.
Heroic Martyr	Staff	Minor	When you Martyr you draw conditions.
Mending Wave	Staff	Minor	Your Wave of Wrath removes a condition.
None Shall Pass	Staff	Minor	Line of Warding knocks back foes when you cast it.
Steel Curtain	Staff	Minor	Your Line of Warding blocks projectiles.
Courageous Speed	Sword	Major	Critical attacks with your sword grant you Swiftness.
Sword Mastery	Sword	Major	Your sword attacks do 10% more damage.
Flashing Quickness	Sword	Minor	Reduces the recharge on Flashing Blade.
Perfected Form	Sword	Minor	Attacks with Sword of Wrath have a 50% increased chance of being a critical hit.
Protector's Form	Sword	Minor	The shield on Zealot's Defense reflects projectiles.
Mending Burns	Torch	Minor	Cleansing Flame removes two conditions per hit.
Zealot's Swiftness	Torch	Minor	Zealot's Fire gives Swiftness.

Warrior traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Hatred	Power	Major	Increases damage by 25% when health is below 50%.
Improvisation	Power	Minor	Increases damage of environmental weapons by 10%.
Thick Skin	Power	Minor	Reduce bleeding duration by 33%
Thick Skull	Power	Minor	Reduces stun duration by 25%.
Unyielding Pace	Power	Minor	Reduces immobilized duration by 50%.
Superior Armor	Tactics	Major	You have +75 defense.
Armor	Tactics	Minor	Adds 25 armor.
Battle Commander	Tactics	Minor	Increases the duration of banners.
Minor Armor 1	Tactics	Minor	Adds 10 armor.
Natural Leader	Tactics	Minor	Unknown
Sentry	Tactics	Minor	Decreases recharge of signets.
Stance Master	Tactics	Minor	Decrease recharge of switching stances.
Improved Greatsword Damage	Greatsword	Major	You do more damage with greatswords.
Brutal Greatsword	Greatsword	Minor	Your critical attacks make foes vulnerable.
Evasive Whirlwind	Greatsword	Minor	You evade while doing whirlwind attack.
Improved Uppercut	Greatsword	Minor	Your uppercut launches further behind you.
Quick Unleashing	Greatsword	Minor	Your 100 blades recharges faster.
Raider	Longbow	Unknown	Critical hits with a longbow cause burning.
Extreme Evisceration	Main-hand axe	Major	Unknown
Improved Triple Chop	Main-hand axe	Minor	Unknown
Slayer	Main-hand axe	Minor	Increases critical hit chance by 5% when wielding an axe.
Malicious Accuracy	Main-hand axe	Unknown	Throw Axe inflicts crippled on and critically hits fleeing foes.
Swordsmanship	Main-hand sword	Major	Your sword attacks cause bleeding.
Hyper Aggressive	Main-hand sword	Unknown	Unknown
Off-Hand Axe Mastery	Off-hand axe	Minor	Increases the damage of your off-hand axe attacks.
Weapon Master	Unknown	Unknown	Reduce weapon swap cool down.

Engineer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Your Turrets explode when self destructing	Turrets	Major	(new string)[sic]

Ranger traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Agility Training	Beast Mastery	Major	Your animal companion runs faster.
Bounty Hunter	Beast Mastery	Major	Unknown
Natural Healing	Beast Mastery	Major	Your animal companion regenerates health.
Speed Training	Beast Mastery	Major	Unknown
Canine Affinity	Beast Mastery	Minor	Conditions caused by canine pets last longer.
Canine Training	Beast Mastery	Minor	Unknown
Devourer Training	Beast Mastery	Minor	Tunneling skills used by devourer pets cause critical hits.
Drake Affinity	Beast Mastery	Minor	Unknown
Drake Training	Beast Mastery	Minor	Drake pets regenerate health.
Companionship	Beast Mastery	Unknown	You can summon your pet more rapidly.
Nature's Care	Beast Mastery	Unknown	Your pet regenerates health passively.
Improved Trap Deployment	Wilderness Survival	Major	Unknown
Trap Mobility	Wilderness Survival	Major	Your traps become ground targeted throw attacks.
Agile	Wilderness Survival	Minor	Decrease crippled duration.
Nature's Resilience	Wilderness Survival	Minor	Recover faster from poison.
Point Blank Expertise	Longbow	Minor	Point-Blank Shot recharges faster.
Axe Mastery	Main-hand axe	Major	Unknown
Veteran of the Hunt	Off-hand axe	Minor	Cause Path of Scars to do more damage.
Viper's Quickness	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Venom's Sting recharges faster.
Highly Flammable	Torch	Minor	Bonfire lasts longer.
Call of the Hale and Wild	Warhorn	Minor	Cause Call of the Wild to grant health regeneration.

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Cloak of Darkness	Shadow Arts	Major	Blind nearby foes when using stealth.
Mechanically Inclined	Shadow Arts	Minor	Your traps recharge faster.
Sleight of Hand	Shadow Arts	Minor	Daze your foe when you steal.
Dagger Mastery	Main-hand dagger	Major	While wielding daggers, you do 10% more damage.
Dagger Mastery	Main-hand dagger	Major	While wielding daggers, you do 15% more damage when behind your foe.
Ripping Fangs	Main-hand dagger	Major	Twisting Fang has a 50% chance to do two conditions.
Dagger Precision	Main-hand dagger	Minor	All dagger attacks have a higher chance [?].
Death Blossom	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Death Blossom[sic] gains an extra hit.
Improved Backstab	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Backstab deals critical hits from behind.
Sharp Daggers	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Your daggers bleedslast 10% longer.
Snaring Fang	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Twisting Fang can cripple foes.
Pellet Shot	Main-hand pistol	Minor	Unload inflicts bleeding on critical hit.
Trigger Happy	Main-hand pistol	Minor	Unload fires additional bullets.
Improved Dancing Dagger	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Causes bleed if Dancing Daggers scores a critical hit.
Improved Shadow Strike	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Shadow Strike immobilizes your foe on critical hit.
Lingering Shadow	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Cloak and Dagger cloak lasts longer.
Shortbow Mastery	Shortbow	Major	You do 10% more damage with shortbows.
Blinding Arrow	Shortbow	Minor	Shadow Shot blinds foe when it hits.
Potent Preparations	Shortbow	Minor	Poison from Choking Gas lasts longer.
Prepared Precision	Shortbow	Minor	Trick Shot hits more foes.
Prepared Shrapnel	Shortbow	Minor	Cluster Shot creates additional clusters.
Shortened Fuse	Shortbow	Minor	Timed Charge fuse is shorter.
Sitting Duck	Sword	Major	Pistol Whip stuns your foe longer.
Sword Mastery	Sword	Major	You do 10% more damage with swords equipped.
Go For the Throat	Sword	Minor	Dancing Blade lets you Evade when you charge in.

Elementalist traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Conjurer	Arcane	Minor	Summon more weapons with conjure skills.
Scribe	Arcane	Minor	Utility glyphs recharge faster.
Haste	Air Magic	Minor	Grants swiftness when attuning.
Stormchild	Air Magic	Minor	You recover from stuns 25% faster.
Air of Superiority	Air Magic	Major	Signet of Air and Lightning Flash deal 33% more damage.
Fiery Aura	Fire Magic	Major	Burning caused by Fire Attunement lasts longer.
Pyromancer	Fire Magic	Major	You do more damage with fire.
One with Fire	Fire Magic	Minor	Gain 10 seconds of might after you attune to fire.
Torchlight	Fire Magic	Minor	You recover from Burning faster.
Wave of Flame	Fire Magic	Minor	Cause nearby enemies to burn when you attune to fire.
Hydromancer	Water Magic	Major	Water skills cost less energy.
Frozen Skin	Water Magic	Minor	You recover from being Chilled twice as fast.
One with Water	Water Magic	Minor	Gain regeneration for 10 seconds when you attune to water.
One with the Mists	Water Magic	Major	Gain Mist Form when health reaches 33%.
Improved Flame Wall	Focus	Minor	Unknown
Improved Ice Storm	Focus	Minor	Unknown
Dagger Mastery	Main-hand dagger	Major	While wielding daggers, you do 10% more damage.
Flame Wave	Main-hand dagger	Major	Unknown
Improved Vapor Blade	Main-hand dagger	Major	Vapor Blade heals allies.
Improved Burning Speed	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Cone of Cold	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Drake's Breath	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Lightning Orb	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Lightning Whip	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Lightning Whip does more damage.
Improved Shocking Aura	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Armor of Frost	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Armor of Frost grants protection to nearby allies.
Improved Ride the Lightning	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Unknown
Improved Arc Lightning	Scepter	Minor	Arc Lightning does more damage.
Improved Blinding Flash	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Improved Dragon's Tooth	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Improved Healing Aura	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Improved Ice Shards	Scepter	Minor	Fully charged Ice Shards also stuns.
Improved Lightning Strike	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Improved Phoenix	Scepter	Minor	Phoenix heals for more.
Water Trident Expertise	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Staff Mastery	Staff	Major	While wielding a staff, you do 10% more damage.
Improved Burning Retreat	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Chain Lightning	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Fireball	Staff	Minor	Fireball has a wider area of effect.
Improved Flame Burst	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Frozen Ground	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Geyser	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Healing Rain	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Ice Spike	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Improved Lava Font	Staff	Minor	Lava Font fires projectiles.
Improved Meteor Shower	Staff	Minor	Summon more meteors with Meteor Shower.
Improved Static Field	Staff	Minor	Static Field stuns instead of dazing.
Improved Water Blast	Staff	Minor	Unknown
Stone Boots	Unknown	Unknown	Grants immunity to knockback effects.

Necromancer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Blood Pact	Blood Rituals	Major	Causes your sacrifices to require less health.
Blood Scribe	Blood Rituals	Minor	Mark skills recharge faster.
Leyline Mastery	Blood Rituals	Minor	Wells last longer and recharge faster.
Malevolence	Blood Rituals	Minor	Conditions you inflict on enemies last longer.
Pure Blood	Blood Rituals	Minor	Reduces the duration of poison.
True Blood	Blood Rituals	Minor	Your sacrifice skills do more damage.
Minion Mastery	Minion Mastery	Major	Your minions do 10% more damage.
Necrotic Efficiency	Minion Mastery	Minor	You summon 2 extra Bone Minions.
Death Strike	Soul Reaping	Major	Create a blast of energy when you enter Death Shroud.
Shade	Soul Reaping	Minor	Prevent knocked back, knocked down, launched, slowed or stunned while in Death Shroud.
Soul Stealer	Soul Reaping	Minor	Accumulate life force faster.
Deadly Life Blast	Focus	Minor	Increase the damage of Life Blast.
Death's Door	Focus	Minor	Unknown
Winter's Chill	Focus	Minor	Chill from Spinal Shivers lasts longer.
Axe Mastery	Main-hand axe	Major	Unknown
Improved Rending Claws	Main-hand axe	Major	Critical hits with Rending Claws cause extra bleeding.
Skull Splitter	Main-hand axe	Major	Critical hits cause vulnerability.
Axe Expertise	Main-hand axe	Minor	Increase chance of critical hits with axe.
Leech	Main-hand axe	Minor	Causes axe attacks to steal life.
Longer Ghastly Claws	Main-hand axe	Minor	Increases duration of Ghastly Claws.
Unholy Feaster	Main-hand axe	Minor	Decreases recharge of Unholy Feast.
Necrotic Dagger	Main-hand dagger	Major	Necrotic Bite becomes a ranged attack.
Barbed Dark Pact	Main-hand dagger	Minor	Bleeding caused by Dark Pact lasts longer.
Life Blood	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Mark of Blood heals for more.
Weaken the Blood	Off-hand dagger	Minor	Causes Enfeebling Blood to last longer.
Scepter Mastery	Scepter	Major	10% damage boost with scepters.
Wither	Scepter	Major	Unknown
Desecration	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Raking Hands	Scepter	Minor	Unknown
Virulence	Scepter	Minor	Conditions you apply while wielding a scepter last longer.
Soul Vision	Staff	Major	Your staff attacks will track their targets.
Staff Mastery	Staff	Major	Your staff attacks do more damage.
Otherworldly Grasp	Staff	Minor	Necrotic Grasp cripples on critical hit.
Reaper's Embrace	Staff	Minor	Foes hit by Reaper's Touch will become vulnerable.
Venomous Inscriptions	Staff	Minor	Foes hit by Reaper's Mark will be poisoned.
Winter's Atrophy	Staff	Minor	Chillblains applies weakness.
Winter's Embrace	Staff	Minor	Chillblains has a wider area of effect.
Plague of Locusts	Warhorn	Minor	Causes Locust Swarm to last longer.
Poisoning Doom	Warhorn	Minor	Causes Wail of Doom to create a poison cloud.
Soul Mastery	unknown	unknown	Deal massive damage in Death Shroud.

Universal traits

All profession had access to the following minor traits¹:

• Major Power, Major Precision, Major Toughness and Major Vitality — +25 to the attribute
• Minor Power, Minor Precision, Minor Toughness and Minor Vitality — +10 to the attribute

The superior attribute traits were major traits that gave a +75 bonus to their attribute and were believed to be only available to certain professions

Trait Name	Professions1
Superior Power
Superior Precision
Superior Toughness
Superior Vitality

¹ Each profession had a specific trait line with these traits:

Honor

Power

Inventions

Wilderness Survival

Agility

Arcane

Soul Reaping

Before March 2012

These traits were seen in the February 2012 Press Beta, but were subsequently removed.

Guardian traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Battle Focus	Valor	Major	You do 5% more damage when your endurance meter is full.
Precise Defender	Valor	Major	You have a 10% chance to gain a 3 second protection when you critically hit.
Valorous Protection	Valor	Minor (Adept)	You gain protection when your health reaches 50%.
Meditative Revival	Virtues	Major	All virtues recharge instantly when you revive an ally.
Purifier's Justice	Virtues	Major	Activating justice removes a condition.
Shield of Courage	Virtues	Minor (Master)	You now gain retaliation when you activate courage.
Elusive Power	Virtues	Minor (Grandmaster)	You do more damage at low endurance.
Conciliatory Strength	Zeal	Major	10% of power is given as a bonus to healing.
Writ of Power	Zeal	unknown	Increases the damage done by all your symbols by 10%.
Writ of Precision	Radiance	unknown	25% increased critical chance with symbols.

Warrior traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Marksman	Arms	Major	Increased damage with harpoon gun or rifle.
Sundering Greatsword	Arms	Major	Cause vulnerability on crit with a greatsword.
Sword Mastery	Arms	Major	Sword skills recharge 15% faster.
Natural Leader	Tactics	Minor	unknown
Stance Master	Tactics	Minor	Decreases recharge of switching stances.

Engineer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Armed Kit Damage	Alchemy	Major	Deal extra damage with Flamethrower or Elixir Gun.
Emergency Healing Injection	Alchemy	Minor (Adept)	You gain regeneration when health dips below 25% (90 second cooldown).

Ranger traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Armored Fish Training	Wilderness Survival	Major	Armorfish protection reflects damage.
Deadly Poisons	Wilderness Survival	Major	Poisons applied by you deal more damage.
Off-hand Strength	Wilderness Survival	Major	Thrown attacks from the offhand do 10% more damage.
Cover Me	Beastmastery	Major	Your pet gains might when you dodge.
Lung Capacity	Beastmastery	Major	33% increased warhorn range.
Feline Training	Marksmanship	Major	Feline pets have 50% reduced cooldown on their skills.
Shark Training	Marksmanship	Major	Sharks steal health when they bite or swallow an enemy.
Jellyfish Training	Skirmishing	Major	Jellyfish immobilize their target on crit and apply poison when they are hit.
Targeted Strike	Marksmanship	Minor (Adept)	Opening strike causes bleeding.
Sundering Strike	Marksmanship	Minor (Master)	Opening strike causes vulnerability.

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Last Blind	Shadow Arts	Minor	Release Blinding Powder when health reaches 25% (90 second cooldown).
Quick Traps	Shadow Arts	Major	Reduced trap arm time. (not in yet)
Shadowy Strength	Shadow Arts	Major	When you shadow step you gain might.
Trap Master	Shadow Arts	Major	Your traps do 25% more damage.
Traps Training	Shadow Arts	Major	Traps are instant.
Trigger Happy	unknown	unknown	Unload fires additional bullets.

Elementalist traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Enchanted Evocations	Fire Magic	Major	Conjured weapons deal 10% more damage.

Mesmer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Evasive Animation	Inspiration	Major	+50 vitality when wielding a torch or focus.
Shattered Mind	Illusions	Minor (Master)	Shredding illusions cause confusion.
Mighty Revelation	Illusions	Minor (Grandmaster)	Gain might when you shred your illusions.

Necromancer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Evasive Animation	Death Magic	Major	Summon a Jagged Horror when you dodge roll.
Fast Marks	Death Magic	Major	Faster mark placement.
Fate Weaver	Soul Reaping	Minor	Your signets recharge faster.

Before June 2012 (BWE2)

Guardian traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Vengeful Warding	Honor	Major	Wards deal damage when enemies try to pass through them.

Warrior traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Sweeping Strikes	Arms	Major	Your chain attacks on sword, mace, and axe hit up to 3 foes.
Tidal Spear	Arms	Major	Gain swiftness on crits with a spear.
Physical Mastery	Strength	Major	Recharge on physical utility skills is reduced by 20%.

Engineer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Elixir Endurance	Alchemy	Major	Throwing or consuming elixirs gives endurance to those effected.
Pressurized Elixir Gun	Alchemy	Major	Faster endurance regen while using Elixir Gun.
Demolitions Expert	Explosives	Major	Your turrets explode when killed.
High-Potency Mines	Explosives	Major	Proximity triggered mines knockback.
Personal Propeller	Firearms	Major	Move 10% faster while swimming.
Deployable Camo	Inventions	Major	Turrets and mines are camouflaged while not in combat.
Modified Turrets	Inventions	Major	Turrets do 15% more damage.
Shield Master	Inventions	Major	20% faster shield cooldown.

Ranger traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Deep Breathing	Wilderness Survival	Major	Warhorn skills recharge 15% faster.
Canine Training	Beastmastery	Major	Dogs apply stability to nearby allies when they howl.
Devourer Training	Beastmastery	Major	Your devourer's basic attack pierces.
Drake Training	Beastmastery	Major	Drake pets have passive regeneration and condition removal.
Porcine Training	Beastmastery	Major	Pigs deal extra bleeding.
Screech Training	Beastmastery	Major	Bird screeches cause fear.
Venomous Training	Beastmastery	Major	Spiders and jellyfish cause vulnerability when they attack.

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Combined Tactics	Acrobatics	Major	Dual skills return initiative when completed.
Nimble Landing	Acrobatics	Major	Take reduced falling damage.

Elementalist traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Enchanted Evocations	Fire Magic	Major	Conjured weapons deal 10% more damage.

Necromancer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Reaper's Blast	Spite	Major	Life Blast does more damage.
Spiteful Return	Spite	Major	Cast Unholy Feast when you rally.

Before July 20, 2012 (BWE3)

Guardian traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Protective Spirit	Honor	Adept Major	Aegis gives protection if it expires without activating.
Courageous	Virtues	Adept Major	Virtue of Courage's passive effect triggers every 30 seconds.
Fearless	Virtues	Adept Major	Virtue of Courage grants 3 seconds of stability.
Justice's Wrath	Virtues	Adept Major	When activating Virtue of Justice, the burn duration is increased.
Resolute	Virtues	Adept Major	Virtue of Resolve's passive effect is stronger.
Purity of Resolve	Virtues	Master Major	Activating Virtue of Resolve removes three conditions.
Extended Consecrations	Virtues	Grandmaster Major	Consecrations last longer.
Judgemental	Virtues	Grandmaster Major	Virtue of Justice causes burning every 4 attacks instead of 5.

Warrior traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Victorious Might	Strength	Grandmaster Major	Gain 5 stacks of Might for 10 seconds when you kill a foe.
Sniper	Arms	Grandmaster Major	Rifle and harpoon-gun shots pierce.
Blunt Weapon Master	Defense	Grandmaster Major	Hammer and mace skills recharge 15% faster.
Early Escape	Tactics	Adept Major	Gain 5 seconds of vigor when your health reaches 90% (30-second cooldown).

Engineer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Big Grenade Pouch	Explosives	Master Major	50% chance to throw extra grenades, when using a grenade kit.
Throwing Arm	Explosives	Master Major	Improved range for grenades and mines.
Protective Turrets	Inventions	Master Major	Gain 30 toughness for each deployed turret. (Not affected by Supply Crate.)
Electromagnetic Mines	Inventions	Grandmaster Major	The explosions from your mines remove boons from enemies.
Crippling Wrenches	Inventions	Master Major	Hits with tool-kit wrenches cripple your target.

Ranger traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Long-range Power	Marksmanship	Master Major	Longbow and harpoon gun damage is increased by 5%.
Trapper's Knowledge	Skirmishing	Adept Major	All traps are larger.
Offhand Master	Wilderness Survival	Adept Major	Offhand skills recharge 20% faster.
Shared Restoration	Nature Magic	Adept Major	Heal nearby allies on revive.

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Pickpocket's Revenge	Trickery	Master Major	Increases damage by 25% with stolen weapons.

Elementalist traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Tempest Strength	Air Magic	Adept Major	Deal 5% more damage while moving.

Mesmer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Reviver's Retribution	Chaos	Adept Major	When reviving an ally, grant 5 seconds of retaliation to yourself and the revived ally.

Before August 2, 2012 (Stress test 3)

Ranger traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Master Trapper	Wilderness Survival	Adept Major	Trap recharges are reduced by 20%.

Necromancer traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Fateful Marks	Death Magic	Master Major	Marks are unblockable.

Before August 9, 2012 (Stress test 4)

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Martial Agility	Acrobatics	Master Major	Gain vigor (5s) when landing a critical hit with a sword or spear. This effect can only trigger once every 15 seconds.

Before August 15, 2012 (Stress test 7)

Thief traits

Trait Name	Trait Line	Type	Description
Fast Signets	Critical Strikes	Master Major	Signets recharge 20% faster.
Reviver's Deception	Shadow Arts	Adept Major	Grant 2 seconds of stealth to you and your ally when you revive them.

See also

• List of historical skills
• List of historical attributes