Mark of Blood

This article is about the necromancer staff skill. For the trait skill from Mark of Evasion, see Lesser Mark of Blood.

Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies. — In-game description

Mark of Blood

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Type

Mark

Game link

API

19117

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0.75¾  40.75¾  

Mark of Blood

Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.

 Damage: 605 (1.5)^?

 Damage: 133 (0.33)^?

 Regen (6s): 780 Heal

 Regen (2s): 260 Heal

₂ Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Blast Radius: 300

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Curses

• Barbed Precision — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding. Increases bleed duration.
• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Blood Magic

• Transfusion — Marks can be triggered by allies to heal them and provide them with additional benefits. Create Lesser Chilblains at your location when you use your fourth shroud skill.

Soul Reaping

• Soul Marks — Marks become unblockable and generate life force when triggered.

Reaper

• Blighter's Boon — Gain life force when you apply a boon to yourself or remove a boon from an enemy. If you are in reaper's shroud, gain health instead.

Notes

• The mark will last for up to 30 seconds if it is not triggered.
• The mark can also be triggered by allies
• Regeneration is only granted if the mark is triggered.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 09, 2025	Reduced the regeneration duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
August 19, 2025	Reduced the regeneration duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
June 24, 2025	This skill's mark will now also be triggered by allies.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 0.33 to 1.5.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: The area of mark skills has been increased to 240. Mark skill recharges have been reduced by 20%. Mark damage has been increased by 10%. This skill has been combined and now applies 2 stacks of bleeding for 8 seconds in all game modes.
December 10, 2013	Removed 1 stack of bleed when used in PvP.
July 23, 2013	The base radius of this skill has been increased from 120 to 180.
July 09, 2013	Updated the skill fact to display the proper regeneration duration.
November 15, 2012	This skill now uses the standard staff scythe cast effects.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Mark of Blood has been added to the game.