List of weapon upgrades

The following upgrade components can be used to modify various weapons.

Inscription bonuses

Most of these bonuses are also available as inherent bonuses.

Name	Bonus	Attaches to	Campaign	Inherent bonus for
"Strength and Honor"	Damage +10...15% (while Health is above 50%)	Weapons	Core	Martial weapons (Core), weapons (Nightfall)
"Guided by Fate"	Damage +10...15% (while Enchanted)			Martial weapons (Core)
"Dance with Death"	Damage +10...15% (while in a Stance)			Martial weapons (Core)
"To the Pain!"	Damage +14...15% Armor -10 (while attacking)			Martial weapons (Core)
"Brawn over Brains"	Damage +14...15% Energy -5			Martial weapons (Core)
"Too Much Information"	Damage +10...15% (vs. Hexed foes)			Martial weapons (Core)
"Vengeance is Mine"	Damage +10...20% (while Health is below 50%)			Martial weapons (Core)
"Don't Fear the Reaper"	Damage +10...20% (while Hexed)			Martial weapons (Core)
"Don't Think Twice"	Halves casting time of spells (Chance: 5...10%)		Nightfall	Spellcasting weapons (Core), weapons (Nightfall)
"I have the power!"	Energy +5	Martial weapons	Core	Martial weapons (Prophecies, Nightfall), Runic Shield (Prophecies)
"Let the Memory Live Again"	Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 5...10%)		Nightfall	Martial weapons (Nightfall)
No corresponding inscription	Damage +10...15% Energy regeneration -1 (AKA Zealous strength)	n/a	n/a	Martial weapons (Prophecies, Factions)
	Damage +10...15% Health regeneration -1 (AKA Vampiric strength)
"Aptitude not Attitude"	Halves casting time of spells of item's attribute (Chance: 10...20%)	Spellcasting weapons	Core	Spellcasting weapons (Core)
"Seize the Day"	Energy +10...15 Energy regeneration -1			Wands (Core), spellcasting weapons (Nightfall)
"Hale and Hearty"	Energy +4...5 (while Health is above 50%)			Wands (Core)
"Have Faith"	Energy +4...5 (while Enchanted)		Nightfall	Wands (Core)
"Don't call it a comeback!"	Energy +5...7 (while Health is below 50%)			Wands (Core)
"I am Sorrow."	Energy +5...7 (while Hexed)			Wands (Core)
"Serenity Now"	Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 7...10%)	Focus items	Core	Focus items (Core)
"Forget Me Not"	Halves skill recharge of spells of item's attribute (Chance: 15...20%)			Focus items (Core)
"Live for Today"	Energy +10...15 Energy regeneration -1			Focus items (Core)
"Faith is My Shield"	Armor +4...5 (while Enchanted)			Focus items (Core)
"Ignorance is Bliss"	Armor +4...5 Energy -5		Nightfall	Focus items (Core)
"Life is Pain"	Armor +4...5 Health -20			Focus items (Core)
"Man for All Seasons"	Armor +4...5 (vs. Elemental damage)			Focus items (Core), Ascalon Aegis shield (Prophecies)
"Survival of the Fittest"	Armor +4...5 (vs. Physical damage)			Focus items (Core)
"Might Makes Right"	Armor +4...5 (while attacking)			Focus items (Core), Bulwark of Balthazar shield (Prophecies)
"Knowing is Half the Battle"	Armor +5 (while casting)			Focus items (Core), Ascalon Battle Staff (Prophecies)
"Down But Not Out"	Armor +5...10 (while Health is below 50%)			Focus items (Core)
"Hail to the King"	Armor +4...5 (while Health is above 50%)			Focus items (Core)
"Be Just and Fear Not"	Armor +5...10 (while hexed)			Focus items (Core)
"Luck of the Draw"	Received physical damage -5 (Chance: 11...20%)	Focus items or shields	Core	Shields (Core), focus items (Nightfall)
"Sheltered by Faith"	Received physical damage -1...2 (while Enchanted)			Shields (Core), focus items (Nightfall)
"Nothing to Fear"	Received physical damage -1...3 (while Hexed)			Shields (Core), focus items (Nightfall)
"Run For Your Life!"	Received physical damage -1...2 (while in a Stance)			Shields (Core), focus items (Nightfall), Longbow (Blankets for the Settlers) (Prophecies)
"Master of My Domain!"	Item's attribute +1 (Chance: 11...20%)1			Focus items and shields (Core)
No corresponding inscription	Attribute +1 (Chance: 11...20%)1	n/a	n/a	Focus items and shields (Prophecies, Factions)
"Not the Face!"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Blunt damage)	Focus items or shields	Nightfall	Focus items and shields (Core)
"Leaf on the Wind"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Cold damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"Like a Rolling Stone"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Earth damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"Riders on the Storm"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Lightning damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"Sleep Now in the Fire"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Fire damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"Through Thick and Thin"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Piercing damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"The Riddle of Steel"	Armor +5...10 (vs. Slashing damage)			Focus items and shields (Core)
No corresponding inscription	Armor +5...10 (vs. <affiliation or creature type>)3	n/a	n/a	Focus items and shields (Prophecies, Factions)
"Fear Cuts Deeper"	Reduces Bleeding duration on you by 20% (Stacking)	Focus items or shields	Nightfall	Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Factions)
"I Can See Clearly Now"	Reduces Blind duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Factions)
"Swift as the Wind"	Reduces Crippled duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Prophecies, Factions)
"Strength of Body"	Reduces Deep Wound duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Factions)
"Cast Out the Unclean"	Reduces Disease duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Prophecies, Factions)
"Pure of Heart"	Reduces Poison duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Factions)
"Soundness of Mind"	Reduces Dazed duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core)
"Only the Strong Survive"	Reduces Weakness duration on you by 20% (Stacking)			Focus items and shields (Core), staves (Factions)
"Measure for Measure"	Highly salvageable	Equippable items		Equippable items (Core)
"Show me the money!"	Improved sale value			Equippable items (Core)

1. Only for the purposes of a skill's green numbers, the inherent effects of primary attributes are not affected.
2. Available for all Monk and Ritualist attributes, as well as all Necromancer, Mesmer and Elementalist attributes except for Soul Reaping, Fast Casting and Energy Storage.
3. Available for Charr, Demons, Dragons, Dwarves, Giants, Ogres, Plants, Skeletons, Tengu, Trolls and Undead (the same affiliations and creature types as of slaying). The Ascalon Aegis shield (Prophecies) and focus items and shields from Jonathan Blunt (Eye of the North) come with Armor +10 (vs. Charr). Four green shields Aegis of Terror, Aegis of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh, Stygian Defender and Stygian Aegis with inherent Armor +10 (vs. Demons) bonus are available as drop in Nightfall.

Prefix bonuses

Prefix bonuses are available through prefix upgrade components. They are also available as inherent bonuses on certain unique items and non-unique items.

Name	Description	Available for
		Axe	Hammer	Sword	Daggers	Scythe	Bow	Spear	Staff
Barbed	Lengthens Bleeding duration on foes by 33%
Crippling	Lengthens Crippled duration on foes by 33%
Cruel	Lengthens Deep Wound duration on foes by 33%
Heavy	Lengthens Weakness duration on foes by 33%
Poisonous	Lengthens Poison duration on foes by 33%
Silencing	Lengthens Dazed duration on foes by 33%
Ebon	Earth damage
Fiery	Fire damage
Icy	Cold damage
Shocking	Lightning damage
Furious	Double Adrenaline on hit (Chance: 2-10%)
Sundering	Armor penetration +20% (Chance: 10-20%)
Vampiric	Life Draining: 1-5, 1-3 Health regeneration: -1
Zealous	Energy gain on hit: 1 Energy regeneration: -1
Adept	Halves casting time of spells of item's attribute (Chance: 10-20%)
Defensive	Armor +4-5
Hale	Health +10-30
Insightful	Energy +1-5
Swift	Halves casting time of spells (Chance: 2-10%)

Suffix bonuses

Suffix bonuses are available through upgrades for martial weapons and staves. Suffix bonuses are available as inherent bonuses on Prophecies and Factions wands, shields and focus items, and through upgrades for Nightfall and PvP wands, shields and focus items. Suffix bonuses are also available as inherent bonuses on unique items.

Name	Description	Martial weapons	Wands	Staves	Shields	Focus items
of Defense	Armor +4-5
of Shelter	Armor +4-7 (vs. physical damage)
of Warding	Armor +4-7 (vs. elemental damage)
of Enchanting	Enchantments last 10-20% longer
of Swiftness	Halves casting time of spells (Chance: 5-10%)
of Aptitude	Halves casting time of item's attribute spells (Chance: 10-20%)
of Fortitude	Health +10-30		4
of Devotion	Health +30-45 (while Enchanted)
of Endurance	Health +30-45 (while in a Stance)
of Valor	Health +45-60 (while Hexed)
of <Attribute>	Attribute +1 (10-20% chance while using skills)	1		1
of Mastery	Item's attribute +1 (10-20% chance while using skills)
of Quickening	Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 5-10%)
of Memory	Halves skill recharge of item's attribute spells (Chance: 10-20%)
of <affiliation or creature type>slaying	Damage +10-20% (vs. <affiliation or creature type>)2	3

1. • Versions for martial weapons always correspond to the weapon's own attribute (e.g. Axe Haft of Axe Mastery).
   • Inherent versions for shields have been observed with caster attributes (e.g. a Tactics shield with a chance to boost Illusion Magic).
   • Staves have been observed with this suffix for all spellcaster attributes except for Fast Casting, Energy Storage, and Spawning Power.
2. The following "of slaying" suffixes have been observed:
   • Charr: of Charrslaying
   • Demons: of Demonslaying
   • Dragons: of Dragonslaying
   • Dwarves: of Dwarfslaying
   • Giants: of Giantslaying
   • Ogres: of Ogreslaying
   • Plants: of Pruning
   • Tengu: of Tenguslaying
   • Trolls: of Trollslaying
   • Undead: of Deathbane
   • Skeletons: of Skeletonslaying
3. Only for axes, bows, hammers, and swords (i.e. excludes items introduced with Factions and Nightfall: daggers, scythes, and spears). Daggers, scythes, and spears are only available with inherent of Charrslaying from Jonathan Blunt.
4. Available only as inherent bonus from the Prophecies collectors Nicanor Gannel and Ouran Odwin and as reward for quest White Mantle Wrath: Demagogue's Vanguard.

Notes

• Information on perfect weapon upgrades can be found here.
• List of salvageable upgrades from collector rewards.

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