Thieves Guild

Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat. — In-game description

Thieves Guild

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Slot

Elite

Type

Deception

Summons

Thief, Daredevil, Deadeye, Specter, Skritt

Training cost

9 Hero points

Game link

API

13082

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10.5½  

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180

 

Thieves Guild

Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat.

 Number of Thieves: 3

 Duration: 24 seconds

 Duration: 30 seconds

— In-game description

Summons

Primary article: Thief (summon)

This skill always summons one male dual-pistol thief and one female dual-dagger thief, while the third thief varies depending on the equipped elite specialization in either gender.

• During underwater mode, male thieves wield spears and female thieves wield harpoon guns.
• When cast underwater, this skill activates in 1 second.

Summons			Profession / Elite Specialization
#1	#2	#3
Male thief wielding dual pistol	Female thief wielding dual dagger	Thief wielding a sword	Thief
		Daredevil wielding a staff	Daredevil
		Deadeye wielding a rifle	Deadeye
		Specter wielding a scepter	Specter
		Skritt wielding a sword and dagger	Antiquary

Related traits

Acrobatics

• Instant Reflexes — Gain evasion when you use an elite skill.

Deadeye

• Payback — When Renewing Gaze triggers, this trait restores a portion of the recharge time needed by your healing, utility, and elite skills. Excludes racial skills.

Antiquary

• Magpie's Defense — Grant yourself barrier when you use a healing or elite skill. The cooldowns for this trait are separate for healing and elite skills.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 29, 2022	This skill will now summon a specter if the player has that elite specialization equipped.
August 07, 2018	Fixed a bug that allowed players to recast thief summons and have more thieves summoned than intended.
May 08, 2018	Reduced the cooldown of this skill from 180 seconds to 120 seconds, and reduced the duration that allied thieves assist the player from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in PvE and WvW.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: The thieves summoned by this skill will now use chatter lines that match their race. Increased the number of thieves summoned to 3.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This ability is now classified as a deception.
September 09, 2014	Increased the speed of the ranged thief's unload skill by 20%.
July 01, 2014	Added creature descriptions for the summoned thieves.
July 23, 2013	This skill now displays a duration skill fact.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Thieves Guild has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The summoned thieves wear Sneakthief armor, and wield weapons with the bandit/makeshift skin.
  • For most races, the armors are dyed Deep Pine and Midnight Ice, but sylvari thieves have a different set of colors.