Upkeep

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Upkeep is the energy drawback associated with any maintained enchantment. The cost is 1/3 energy per second or one "pip" of energy regeneration.

Contents 1 Limitations 2 List of skills with upkeep 3 Skills which interact with upkeep 4 Notes

[edit] Limitations

• If you cannot afford the upkeep cost (and your energy reaches zero), the most recent maintained enchantments are cancelled until you aren't losing energy anymore (your energy will stabilize at zero) due to energy degeneration.

• You can not maintain enchantments on distant allies (outside the compass range), as soon as their names are greyed-out in the party window or they become un-targetable, the maintained enchantment will be lost.

• A maximum of 14 upkeep enchantments can be maintained.

[edit] List of skills with upkeep

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
	Aura of Displacement	Elite Enchantment Spell. When you cast Aura of Displacement, Shadow Step to target foe. When you stop maintaining Aura of Displacement you return to your original location.	-1	10	0.25 ¼	20		assassina	Z	Factions
	Balthazar's Spirit	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.)	-1	10	2	0		monka	Smiting PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Blessed Aura	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, Monk Enchantments you cast last 10...30...35% longer.	-1	10	2	2		monka	Divine FavorZ	Prophecies
	Divine Boon	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever you cast a Monk Spell that targets an ally, that ally is healed for 15...51...60 Health, and you lose 2 Energy.	-1	5	0.25 ¼	10		monka	Divine FavorZ	Core
	Essence Bond	Enchantment Spell. No Attribute. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy.	-1	10	2	0		monka	Z	Prophecies
	Healer's Covenant	Elite Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, your healing Spells heal for 25% less Health, but cost -1...3...3 Energy.	-1	5	0.25 ¼	5		monka	Healing PrayersZ	Nightfall
	Holy Veil	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, any Hex cast on target ally takes twice as long to cast. When Holy Veil ends, one Hex is removed from target ally.	-1	5	1	12		monka	Z	Core
	Holy Wrath	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 66% of the damage back to the source (maximum of 5...41...50 damage), and you lose 10 Energy.	-1	10	2	10		monka	Smiting PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Life Attunement	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 30% less damage in combat, but gains 14...43...50% more Health when healed.	-1	10	2	0		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Life Barrier	Elite Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, damage dealt to target other ally is reduced by 20...44...50%. If your Health is below 50% when that ally takes damage, Life Barrier ends.	-1	15	2	5		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Life Bond	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target other ally takes damage from an attack, half the damage is redirected to you. The damage you receive this way is reduced by 3...25...30.	-1	10	2	0		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Core
	Live Vicariously	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally hits a foe, you gain 2...14...17 Health.	-1	5	2	0		monka	Healing PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Mending	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains +1...3...4 Health regeneration.	-1	10	2	0		monka	Healing PrayersZ	Core
	Protective Bond	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally cannot lose more than 5% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. When Protective Bond prevents damage, you lose 6...4...3 Energy or the Spell ends.	-1	10	2	0		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Purifying Veil	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, Conditions expire 5...41...50% faster on target ally. When this Enchantment ends, one Condition is removed from that ally.	-1	5	1	6		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Eye of the North
	Recall	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain Recall, nothing happens. When Recall ends, you Shadow Step to the ally you targeted when you activated this skill and all of your skills are disabled for 10 seconds.	-1	15	1	10		assassina	Z	Factions
	Retribution	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 5...17...20 damage).	-1	10	2	0		monka	Smiting PrayersZ	Core
	Shadow Meld	Elite Enchantment Spell. Shadow Step to target other ally. When you stop maintaining this Enchantment, you return to your original location.	-1	10	0.25 ¼	20		assassina	Z	Nightfall
	Strength of Honor	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 3...13...15 more damage in melee.	-1	10	2	15		monka	Smiting PrayersZ	Core
	Succor	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target other ally gains +1 Health and +1 Energy regeneration, but you lose 1 Energy each time that ally casts a Spell.	-1	5	1	10		monka	Z	Prophecies
	Unyielding Aura	Elite Enchantment Spell. Bring target dead party member back to life at full Health and full Energy. If you stop maintaining this Enchantment or if this Enchantment is removed, that party member dies and leaves an exploited corpse. Deaths while enchanted with Unyielding Aura do not incur a death penalty. (50% failure chance with Divine Favor 4 or less.)	-1	5	3	15		monka	Divine FavorZ	Prophecies
	Vital Blessing	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally has +40...168...200 maximum Health.	-1	10	0.75 ¾	2		monka	Protection PrayersZ	Prophecies
	Watchful Spirit	Enchantment Spell. While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains +2 Health regeneration. That ally is healed for 30...150...180 Health when Watchful Spirit ends.	-1	15	1	5		monka	Divine FavorZ	Prophecies

[edit] Skills which interact with upkeep

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
	Blessed Signet	Signet. For each enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 3...20...24 Energy in this way.	0	0	2	10		monka	Divine FavorZ	Core
	Nature's Renewal	Nature Ritual. Create a level 1...8...10 Spirit. For 30...126...150 seconds, Enchantments and Hexes cast by non-Spirit creatures take twice as long to cast, and it costs twice as much Energy to maintain Enchantments. This Spirit dies after 30...126...150 seconds.	0	5	5	60		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core

[edit] Notes

Certain skills (energy denial tactics) or weapon modifications can also cause energy degeneration, since it is not the same as having to pay an upkeep cost, none of these will fail to take effect if your energy is zero or less.

• Zealous weapon modification,
• "Seize the Day" and "Live for Today" inscriptions,
• and the martial weapon enhancement : Damage + 15%, Energy Regeneration -1.