Wanderlust

Shroud. Spirit. Create a powerful blast that damages enemies in the area, then summon a Spirit of Wanderlust at that location. Wanderlust knocks down enemies and creates a lingering area that deals damage and inflicts conditions. — In-game description

Wanderlust

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Ritualist

Parent skill

  Ritualist's Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud, Spirit

Summons

Spirit of Wanderlust

Game link

API

76741, 76961

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Wanderlust

Shroud. Spirit. Create a powerful blast that damages enemies in the area, then summon a Spirit of Wanderlust at that location. Wanderlust knocks down enemies and creates a lingering area that deals damage and inflicts conditions.

Ritualist Attack

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 213 (0.8)^?

Wanderlust Attack

 Damage (4x): 192 (0.72)^?

 Damage (4x): 80 (0.3)^?

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

₄ Vulnerability (6s): +4% Incoming Damage, +4% Incoming Condition Damage

 Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Slow (2s): Skills and actions are slower.

 Knockdown: 2 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Leap

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Bitter Chill — Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability.

Curses

• Insidious Disruption — Disabling a foe inflicts torment on them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• 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

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Sinister Shroud — Shroud skills gain reduced recharge.

Ritualist

• Wandering Spirits — Spirits teleport to you before they perform their autoattack.
• Spirit's Gift — Heal nearby allies when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Explosive Growth — When you summon a creature, deal damage to enemies around that creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Boon of Creation — Gain concentration. Gain life force when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Spirits' Remedy — Remove conditions from nearby allies when you summon a creature. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Empowering Spirits — Grant boons to nearby allies when you summon a spirit.
• Spirit's Strength — Your summoned creatures deal more damage and their healing is increased. Spirits and minions are creatures.
• Lingering Spirits — Gain a bonus for each active spirit. Spirits persist when exiting ritualist's shroud but continue to drain life force. Life force that is gained during this time will not be consumed by spirits.
• Soul Twisting — The first spirit skill you use when entering ritualist's shroud recharges instantly.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the ritualist attack power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.8 in WvW only.
December 09, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 0.09 to 0.075 in PvP and WvW.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Wanderlust has been added to the game. The strike performed by the ritualist no longer inflicts dazed. Increased the power coefficient per strike from 0.09 to 0.18 in PvE only. Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 12 seconds in PvE only.
August 19, 2025	Wanderlust was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.