Luminous Staff

This article is about the luminary skill. For the Luminous weapon skin set's staff, see Luminous Pillar.

Slam your radiant staff into the ground, granting boons to allies and creating a symbol. — In-game description

Luminous Staff

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Luminary

Parent skill

  Enter Radiant Forge

Slot

Transform

Type

Radiant Weapon, Symbol

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

76708

Gallery
Appearance of the created symbol.

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Luminous Staff

Slam your radiant staff into the ground, granting boons to allies and creating a symbol.

 Damage (4x): 484 (1.2)^?

 Damage (4x): 644 (1.6)^?

 Damage (4x): 1,088 (2.7)^?

₄ Resolution (1s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Luminary's Blessing (6s): Reduced incoming strike damage. Heal when this expires.

 Luminary's Blessing (3s): Reduced incoming strike damage. Heal when this expires.

 Symbol Duration: 4 seconds

 Symbol Radius: 180

 Boon Radius: 300

 Combo Field: Light

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Renewing Splendor — Heal yourself when you create a light field or finish a combo in a light field.
• Symbolic Avenger — Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.

Radiance

• Retribution — Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution.
• Righteous Instincts — Resolution increases your chances to critically strike and grants might each interval.

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Virtue of Resolution — Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.

Luminary

• Persistent Blessing — Refresh the duration of your Luminary's Blessing and trigger its healing when you exit Radiant Forge.
• Light's Gift — Gain vitality. Grant Luminary's Blessing to allies when you equip a radiant weapon.
• Resplendent Weaponry — Grant boons to nearby allies when you equip a radiant weapon.
• Empowered Armaments — Gain increased strike damage when you equip a radiant weapon.
• Radiant Armaments — Gain a bonus based on your equipped radiant weapon. This bonus lingers for a period of time after exiting Radiant Forge.
• Illuminating Inspiration — Reduce the recharge of your virtue skills when you equip a radiant weapon.
• Master-at-Arms — Using a virtue skill recharges radiant weapon skills. Justice recharges hammer, Resolve recharges staff, and Courage recharges sword and shield.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the power coefficient from 0.65 to 0.3 in PvE only. Increased the cooldown from 15 seconds to 20 seconds in WvW only.
January 13, 2026	Increased the cooldown from 15 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP only.
November 04, 2025	Fixed an issue that prevented Dazzling Hammer, Luminous Staff, and Gleaming Blade from being in full cooldown when interrupted.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Luminous Staff has been added to the game. Reduced the casting time from 0.933 seconds to 0.633 seconds. Increased the power coefficient per hit from 0.55 to 0.65 in PvE only.
August 19, 2025	Luminous Staff was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.