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April 14, 2026

  • Lively Lute: Increased the cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds in WvW only.
Lively Lute.png

Lively Lute

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Specialization
Troubadour icon small.png Troubadour
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Instrument
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  
12 Recharge time
15 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Lively Lute

Perform with your lute, sending out damaging sound waves toward an enemy and healing tones towards allies.
The lute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The lute's duration is extended for each note consumed.

Damage.png Damage (3x): 876 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 438 (1.2)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 438 (1.05)?
Healing.png Healing: 985 (0.6)?
Healing.png Healing: 825 (0.5)?
Lively Lute.png Lute Playing (5s): +10% Healing Increase to Others, +10% Damage, +10% Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Duration.png Additional Time per Note: 5 seconds
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

January 22, 2026

  • Lively Lute: Reduced the damage coefficient per hit from 0.4 to 0.35 in PvP only.
Lively Lute.png

Lively Lute

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Specialization
Troubadour icon small.png Troubadour
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Instrument
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Lively Lute

Perform with your lute, sending out damaging sound waves toward an enemy and healing tones towards allies.
The lute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The lute's duration is extended for each note consumed.

Damage.png Damage (3x): 876 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 438 (1.2)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 438 (1.05)?
Healing.png Healing: 985 (0.6)?
Healing.png Healing: 825 (0.5)?
Lively Lute.png Lute Playing (5s): +10% Healing Increase to Others, +10% Damage, +10% Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Duration.png Additional Time per Note: 5 seconds
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

October 28, 2025

Lively Lute.png

Lively Lute

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Specialization
Troubadour icon small.png Troubadour
Slot
Profession mechanic
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Lively Lute

Perform with your lute, sending out damaging sound waves toward an enemy and healing tones towards allies.
The lute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The lute's duration is extended for each note consumed.

Damage.png Damage (3x): 876 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 438 (1.8)?
Healing.png Healing: 985 (0.3)?
Healing.png Healing: 985 (0.3)?
Lively Lute.png Lute Playing (5s): +10% Healing Increase to Others, +10% Damage, +10% Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Duration.png Additional Time per Note: 5 seconds
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

Beta event version: August 19, 2025

  • Reverberating Lute was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.
Lively Lute.png

Reverberating Lute

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Specialization
Troubadour icon small.png Troubadour
Slot
Profession mechanic
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Reverberating Lute

Perform with your lute, sending out damaging sound waves.
The lute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The lute's duration is extended for each note consumed.

Damage.png Damage (3x): 1,212 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 726 (1.8)?
Lively Lute.png Lute Playing (5s): +4% Healing Increase to Others, +4% Damage, +4% Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Hits: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Additional Time per Note: 5 seconds
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description