Blessing

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Skill Type. Blessings are often a special temporary bonus granted by an NPC.

Contents 1 Acquisition 2 Characteristics 3 List of Blessings 3.1 Unseen Ones Blessings 3.2 Avatar Blessings (Cantha / Elona) 3.3 Avatar Blessings (Prophecies) 3.4 Kurzick / Luxon Blessings (Factions) 3.5 Bounty (Nightfall) 3.6 EotN blessings 4 Notes

[edit] Acquisition

Blessings are granted by the following NPCs, typically against a payment in gold:

• Avatars of gods, summoned at a statue of the respective god.
• Luxon Priests and Kurzick Priests, found in Cantha near Resurrection Shrines of their respective home region.
• Sunspear Scouts, found in Elona near Resurrection Shrines.
• Asura, Norn, Beacon of Droknar, Ebon Vanguard Scouts & Ascalonian Refugees found in GW:EN near Resurrection Shrines.

[edit] Characteristics

• A blessing is not an enchantment, which means it can not be removed (shattered, stripped, etc.) or otherwise be abused by foes. On the downside, it also doesn't count to provided bonuses granted "while enchanted".
• A blessing does not end when you die.
• A blessing ends when you zone.
• Most blessings granted by gods' avatars expire after 20 minutes.
• Blessings of the same type do not stack.

[edit] List of Blessings

[edit] Unseen Ones Blessings

• Cleansed

[edit] Avatar Blessings (Cantha / Elona)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
All Avatars [edit]	Favor of the Gods	You gain 2% Morale Boost. Not technically a Blessing.	75
Champion of Balthazar [edit]	Battle Fervor	For 20 minutes, you attack 10% faster.	50
	Warrior's Might	For 20 minutes, your attacks have +10% armor penetration.	100
	Disciple of Fire	For 20 minutes, your Fire Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Warrior of Balthazar	For 20 minutes, all your Warrior attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Blade	For 20 minutes, your Scythe Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Command	For 20 minutes, your Command attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of the Spear	For 20 minutes, your Spear Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
Avatar of Dwayna [edit]	Aura of Light	For 20 minutes, you have +1 health regeneration.	50
	Cloak of Faith	For 20 minutes, you have +10 armor.	100
	Monk of Dwayna	For 20 minutes, all your Monk attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Air	For 20 minutes, your Air Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Wind	For 20 minutes, your Wind Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Leadership	For 20 minutes, your Leadership attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Motivation	For 20 minutes, your Motivation attribute is raised by 1.	150
Voice of Grenth [edit]	Unnatural Resistance	For 20 minutes, Conditions you receive end 20% sooner.	50
	Dark Aura	For 20 minutes, whenever you hit with an attack, you steal 3 health from that foe.	100
	Necromancer of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Necromancer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Ice	For 20 minutes, your Water Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Ritualist of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Ritualist attributes are raised by 1.	150
Lyssa's Muse [edit]	Chaotic Power	For 20 minutes, you have +10 maximum Energy.	50
	Chaotic Ward	For 20 minutes, Hexes cast on you end 20% sooner.	100
	Dervish of the Mystic	For 20 minutes, your Mysticism attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Mesmer of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Mesmer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Energy	For 20 minutes, your Energy Storage attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Assassin of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Assassin attributes are raised by 1.	150
Melandru's Watcher [edit]	Strength of the Oak	For 20 minutes, you have +50 maximum health.	50
	Shielding Branches	For 20 minutes, you have +20 armor against elemental damage.	100
	Ranger of Melandru	For 20 minutes, all your Ranger attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150

[edit] Avatar Blessings (Prophecies)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
All Prophecies Avatars [edit]	Holy Blessing ('To Conquest')	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration.	50
	Morale Boost ('To Courage')	Provides a 2% Morale Boost. Not technically a Blessing.	100

[edit] Kurzick / Luxon Blessings (Factions)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
Kurzick Priest [edit]	Blessing of the Kurzicks	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Kurzick faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100
Luxon Priest [edit]	Blessing of the Luxons	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Luxon faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100

Note: it is possible to get both blessings in an area that is contested (currently crossed by Kurzick-Luxon border), in which case the blessings stack. The number of kills are counted separately. However, getting both factions at the same time will result in wasting opposite factions when you get a faction reward on one side.

[edit] Bounty (Nightfall)

Bounties, also commonly known as "hunt" or "conscription order", are special blessings that allow you to collect double XP and Sunspear Promotion Points or Lightbringer Points for killing creatures or certain species.

For all further details, see: Bounty

[edit] EotN blessings

The several factions existing in the Eye of the North expansion give blessings that allow you to raise your reputation rank for that specific faction to increase their standing toward you.

• The Beacons of Droknar give the Dwarven Raider blessing to increase your Deldrimor rank.
• The Ascalonian Refugees and Ebon Vanguard Scout give the Vanguard Patrol blessing to increase your Ebon Vanguard rank.
• The various Asuran Krewe members give the Asuran Bodyguard blessing to increase your Asura rank.
• The Norn give the Norn Hunting Party blessing to increase your Norn rank.

[edit] Notes

• It is possible to temporarily get 1 point of your secondary profession's primary attribute with blessings.
• It is possible to get 1 point in attributes from professions that are neither your primary nor secondary with these blessings, even if your account does not have access to that profession.
• All other Blessings are campaign-specific.
• Holy Blessing in Prophecies is applied to all living Heroes and Henchmen and does not expire until you leave the current map.
• Maintained Enchantments are also referred to as blessings in some tooltips.
• For a list of available blessings, see also: Category:Blessings.