Skill Charm

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Skill Charm
Image:Skill Charm.png
Type Skill Charm
Stackable No
Campaign Core

Skill Charms were one of the mechanics for learning skills, first seen in the Guild Wars World Preview Event, dropped after a couple BWEs, long before the original Guild Wars (Prophecies) release. Each Skill Charm had one specific skill tied to it, they were named: Skill Charm of Name_of_Skill.

[edit] Acquisition

There were 3 ways of obtaining Skill Charms:

  • Buying them from Skill Charm Vendors who had a limited selection of them,
  • Gambling at an Exotic Skill Charm Vendor who paying him showed a random selection of 3 Skill Charms, then you could buy any of them you wanted.
  • Crafting by players with the help of a Skill Charm Crafter NPC, players could craft only Skill Charms of skills they already had permanently learned Materials used in crafting differed for different attributes and

[edit] Usage:

  • Skill Rings of appropriate profession (found as rare random drops from mobs) were used to permanently learn a skill from a skill charm.
  • Charm Necklaces (bought from merchant) were used to learn a skill temporarily - for 24 hours. Regular necklaces could be only used to learn a skill from one of your professions but there were also Expert Charm Necklaces which allowed you to temporarily learn a skill from any profession.

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