Silver Lining

Evolve no longer inherits bonuses from strains. Morph skills grant their strain bonuses. — In-game description

Silver Lining

Specialization

Amalgam (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Silver Lining

Evolve no longer inherits bonuses from strains. Morph skills grant their strain bonuses.

 Duration Decreased: 50%

— In-game description

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Evolve
•   Defensive Protocol: Cleanse — Morph
•   Defensive Protocol: Protect — Morph
•   Defensive Protocol: Thorns — Morph
•   Offensive Protocol: Demolish — Morph
•   Offensive Protocol: Obliterate — Morph
•   Offensive Protocol: Pierce — Morph
•   Offensive Protocol: Shred — Morph

Notes

• The traits decreases the duration of the effects gained from now activating morphs by a 50% only in PvP and WvW. Morphs grant their effect to their intended full duration in PvE.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Silver Lining has been added to the game. This trait no longer reduces strain effects in PvE only. This trait now grants reduced might stacks instead of might duration with Offensive Protocol: Obliterate.
August 19, 2025	Silver Lining was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.