Poison

The visual effect of a poisoned character : a revolving ring of green mist around the waist

The visual effect on the health bar of a poisoned character : pale green color and four arrows of degeneration

Condition. While suffering from this injury, you lose Health over time.

Concise description: You have -4 Health degeneration.

— In-game description

Related skills

Skills that cause poison

• Apply Poison — while not wielding a staff or wand.
• Poison Arrow (elite)
• Poison Tip Signet
• Poisonous Bite
• Viper's Nest
• Chilblains — on yourself.
• Death Nova — if target ally dies.
• Envenom Enchantments — if target has remaining enchantments.
• Fetid Ground — if target is knocked down.
• Necrotic Traversal — Exploits a corpse.
• Oppressive Gaze — if target is already suffering from a condition.
• Poisoned Heart — on yourself and adjacent foes.
• Toxic Chill (elite) — if target is hexed or enchanted.
• Virulence (elite) — if target is already suffering from a condition.
• Black Spider Strike — target must be hexed.
• Entangling Asp — target must be first hit by a lead attack.
• Falling Spider — target must be knocked down.
• Viper's Defense

Skills with poison-dependent effects

• Toxicity
• Signet of Toxic Shock

Skills that remove poison

See also: List of condition removal skills

• Antidote Signet

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki also has an article on Poison.

• Poison is a condition that causes 4 pips of health degeneration on a character. The visual indication of poison is a revolving ring of green mist around a character's waist. The health bar for the affected character also turns pale green.
• Like disease and bleeding, poison only affects fleshy creatures.
• Poisonous weapon upgrades lengthen the duration of poison by 33%.
• A Rune of Purity or the Inscription "Pure of Heart" can be used to reduce poison duration by 20% each.

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