Profession changer

This article is about a type of NPC service. For the actual NPC in the Battle Isles, see Profession Changer (NPC).

Profession changers are NPCs who can change your character's secondary profession. They will only offer to change your secondary profession once you have fulfilled a one-time requirement for each secondary you want to be able to switch to. In order to change secondary professions, you must be Ascended or Weh no Su, or must have completed the quest Hunted!, although the last option only works for Nightfall characters. Changing to each new secondary profession has a one-time fee of 500 ; characters who want to change their secondary profession to any core profession also have the option of completing a quest in Prophecies. To be able to choose a non-core profession, you need to have the corresponding campaign on your account.

When changing your secondary profession, note that your character will temporarily lose access to all the skills for the old secondary profession. In return, the skills for the new secondary profession will be made accessible. Skills that your character can no longer access are not lost, they are simply hidden. Whenever you switch secondary professions, any previously obtained skill for that secondary profession will again be visible; this includes elite skills. Also, for rangers, any pet that you may have charmed will not be lost when you switch to something other than a ranger.

You are also able to change your secondary profession by using the drop-down menu on the Skills and Attributes Panel, which allows you to choose from all the secondary professions that your character has already unlocked. Hence these NPCs are only necessary for unlocking new secondary professions.

Locations

Profession changers can be found in the following locations, separated by campaign:

Core The Battle Isles Great Temple of Balthazar Profession Changer

Prophecies Crystal Desert Destiny's Gorge Agastos the Brave Eulenias Heroes' Audience Zratha Kor Cembrien Seeker's Passage Telius Nausuan

Factions Kaineng City Senji's Corner Senji

Nightfall Kourna Command Post Zuwarah (only after Building the Base: Prisoners of War)

Skills

When a secondary profession is switched via profession changer, that character automatically gains a small set of skills specific to that new secondary profession. The exact set of skills depends on whether the profession changer is one of those from the Prophecies campaign. Those of the Prophecies campaign gives a smaller set, but you can go to the profession changer in the Great Temple of Balthazar and gain the other skills.

Skills gained for the six core professions from the Prophecies profession changers:

Warrior Frenzy Gash Healing Signet Sever Artery

Ranger Charm Animal Comfort Animal Power Shot Troll Unguent

Monk Bane Signet Banish Healing Breeze Orison of Healing

Necromancer Animate Bone Horror Deathly Swarm Life Siphon Vampiric Gaze

Mesmer Conjure Phantasm Empathy Ether Feast Imagined Burden

Elementalist Aura of Restoration Fire Storm Flare Glyph of Lesser Energy

Skills gained for the six core professions from non-Prophecies profession changers:

Warrior Cyclone Axe Frenzy Healing Signet Mighty Blow Sever Artery Sprint

Ranger Charm Animal Comfort Animal Power Shot Read the Wind Savage Shot Troll Unguent

Monk Bane Signet Healing Breeze Orison of Healing Remove Hex Resurrect Reversal of Fortune

Necromancer Animate Bone Fiend Deathly Swarm Faintheartedness Life Siphon Strip Enchantment Vampiric Gaze

Mesmer Backfire Conjure Phantasm Drain Enchantment Empathy Energy Tap Ether Feast

Elementalist Armor of Earth Fire Storm Gale Ice Spikes Lightning Orb Ward Against Melee

Skills gained for the four non-core professions from non-Prophecies profession changers:

Assassin Dash Death's Charge Fox Fangs Shadow Refuge Twisting Fangs Unsuspecting Strike

Ritualist Brutal Weapon Channeled Strike Generous Was Tsungrai Pain Union Weapon of Warding

Paragon Anthem of Flame Barbed Spear Leader's Comfort Mending Refrain Signet of Synergy Spear of Lightning

Dervish Chilling Victory Crippling Sweep Grenth's Fingers Heart of Holy Flame Pious Assault Vital Boon

Quests

Any character can complete quests in Prophecies to acquire one of the core professions as their secondary. These are:

• The Warrior's Path
• The Ranger's Path
• The Monk's Path
• The Necromancer's Path
• The Mesmer's Path
• The Elementalist's Path

Notes

Once a Tyrian character has gained the ability to change their secondary profession, they can go back to post-searing Ascalon and the Northern Shiverpeaks and do the skill quests of their new secondary there.