Shivers of Dread

Whenever you inflict fear, you also chill. Chill lasts longer. — In-game description

Shivers of Dread

Specialization

Reaper (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Shivers of Dread

Whenever you inflict fear, you also chill. Chill lasts longer.

 Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

 Duration Increase: 20%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deathly Enervation — Sword
•   Gormandize — Sword
•   Devouring Visage — Sword
•   Spinal Shivers — Focus
•   Wail of Doom — Warhorn
•   Chillblains — Staff
•   Reaper's Mark — Staff
•   Sinister Stab — Spear
•   Isolate — Spear
•   Frozen Abyss — Trident
•   Chilling Scythe — Greatsword
•   Grasping Darkness — Greatsword

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dark Path — Death Shroud
•   Doom — Death Shroud
•   Wave of Fear — Death Shroud
•   Lich's Gaze — Lich Form
•   Ripple of Horror — Lich Form
•   Terrify — Reaper's Shroud
•   Executioner's Scythe — Reaper's Shroud

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt
•   Spectral Grasp — Spectral
•   Spectral Ring — Spectral
•   Well of Darkness — Well
•   "Suffer!" — Shout

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Plaguelands — Corruption
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Chilblains — Transfusion
•   Lesser Spinal Shivers — Chill of Death
•   Chilling Nova — Chilling Nova

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Spite

• Bitter Chill — Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability.

Curses

• 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.

Reaper

• Chilling Nova — Critical hits against chilled foes cause an explosion that chills adjacent foes.
• Chilling Victory — Striking a chilled foe grants might and life force. Single attacks can activate this trait more than once before recharging.
• Cold Shoulder — Chilled foes take increased strike damage from your attacks and deal less strike damage to you.
• Deathly Chill — Chill deals damage over time.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Curses

• Chilling Darkness — Blinding a target will also apply chill.

Version history

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Shivers of Dread.

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	This trait now increases chill duration.
April 19, 2016	The chill duration from this trait has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Shivers of Dread has been added to the game.