Preparation

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A preparation is a skill type unique to the ranger profession. Preparations involve a character that alters the way in which their arrows are made, allowing them to cause additional effects.

Some preparations can be used on other weapons than bows. These are Apply Poison, Scavenger's Focus and Expert's Dexterity. Trapper's Focus is a preparation that directly affects traps.

A target can only have one preparation on them at a time. Activating another preparation will override the previous one. Once a preparation has been activated, it cannot be removed by foes until its duration expires.

All Preparations take 2 seconds to cast.

[edit] List of preparations

Icon	Name	Description						Attribute	Campaign
	Apply Poison	Preparation. For 24 seconds, foes struck by your physical attacks become Poisoned for 3...13...15 seconds.	0	15	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Barbed Arrows	Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows cause Bleeding for 3...13...15 seconds. You have -40 armor while activating this skill.	0	10	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Nightfall
	Choking Gas	Preparation. For 1...10...12 seconds, your arrows deal 1...7...8 more damage and spread Choking Gas to all adjacent foes on impact. Choking Gas interrupts foes attempting to cast Spells.	0	15	2	24		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Corrupted Breath	Preparation. For 20 seconds, whenever your attacks hit a foe, all nearby foes take 50 damage for each enchantment on your target.	0	5	2	30		Z	Factions
	Disrupting Accuracy	Preparation. For 36 seconds, whenever your arrows critical, they also interrupt your target.	0	5	2	12		MarksmanshipZ	Nightfall
	Expert Focus	Preparation. For 24 seconds, your bow attacks cost 1...2...2 less Energy and deal 1...8...10 extra damage.	0	10	2	12		ExpertiseZ	Eye of the North
	Expert's Dexterity	Elite Preparation. For 24 seconds, all your attack skills cost 150% more Energy and recharge 15...63...75% faster.	0	5	2	12		ExpertiseZ	Nightfall
	Glass Arrows	Elite Preparation. For 10...30...35 seconds, your arrows strike for +5...17...20 damage if they hit and cause Bleeding for 10...18...20 seconds if they are Blocked.	0	5	2	12		ExpertiseZ	Factions
	Ignite Arrows	Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows explode on contact, dealing 3...15...18 fire damage to target and all adjacent foes.	0	10	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Prophecies
	Incendiary Arrows	Elite Preparation. For 3...13...15 seconds, targets struck by your arrows are interrupted and set on fire for 1...3...3 seconds.	0	5	2	24		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Prophecies
	Kindle Arrows	Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows deal fire damage and hit for an additional 3...20...24 fire damage.	0	5	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Marksman's Wager	Elite Preparation. For 18 seconds, you gain 5...9...10 Energy whenever your arrows hit, but lose 10 Energy whenever your arrows fail to strike.	0	5	2	24		ExpertiseZ	Prophecies
	Melandru's Arrows	Elite Preparation. For 18 seconds, whenever your arrows hit, they cause Bleeding for 3...21...25 seconds, and if they hit a target who is under an Enchantment, they do +8...24...28 damage.	0	5	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Prophecies
	Rapid Fire	Preparation. For 5...21...25 seconds, you attack 33% faster while wielding a bow.	0	5	2	12		MarksmanshipZ	Eye of the North
	Read the Wind	Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows move twice as fast and deal 3...9...10 extra damage.	0	5	2	12		MarksmanshipZ	Core
	Scavenger's Focus	Elite Preparation. For 24 seconds, your attacks deal +5...13...15 damage against foes suffering from a Condition.	0	10	2	12		Wilderness SurvivalZ	Nightfall
	Seeking Arrows	Preparation. For 3...12...14 seconds, your arrows cannot be blocked. Seeking Arrows ends if you fail to hit.	0	15	2	20		MarksmanshipZ	Factions
	Trapper's Focus	Elite Preparation. For 5...17...20 seconds, your trap skills are not easily interruptible.	0	5	2	20		ExpertiseZ	Factions

[edit] Skills related to preparations

• Practiced Stance
• Barrage
• Prepared Shot
• Volley