User:Regendo/List of elite skills by Factions story progression

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This is a list of elite skills available in Guild Wars Factions organized by their capture location as you follow the campaign's story. This article primarily focuses on skills you can capture without real time investment; other skills available if you stray further from the main path or complete long quest chains are also listed but in less detail.

Legend[edit]

The following icons are used throughout this article:

  • Factions Mission Canthan characters only
  • Nightfall Mission Foreign characters only
  • Kurzick.png Kurzick path only
  • Luxon.png Luxon path only
  • Primary quest Primary quest
  • Quest Side quest
  • Factions Mission Mission

Skills are listed with their profession icon and skill icon. Additional information behind the skill name might include the following icons:

  • Quest only available during a side quest
  • No unavailable in some circumstances
  • Repeatable quest you will soon get another opportunity to capture this skill

Playthrough[edit]

Arrival in Kaineng[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Arriving in mainland Cantha grants access to Bukdek Byway, Wajjun Bazaar, The Undercity, and Shadow's Passage. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Nightfall Mission Primary quest Welcome to Cantha[edit]

Foreign characters arrive directly in Kaineng Center and quickly make their way through Bukdek Byway. The following skills can be captured easily without diverting far from the primary quest. Don't take Quest Chasing Zenmai or some bosses No won't spawn.

Factions Mission To Kaineng Center[edit]

Canthan characters arrive in mainland Cantha at the Marketplace. No elite skills are available on Shing Jea. Canthan characters should travel North to Kaineng Center as soon as they arrive in Kaineng, but can't capture any elite skills on the way. Once in Kaineng Center, you can purchase Signet of Capture Signet of Capture. Two free signets are available through the quest chain starting with Quest Capturing the Orrian Tome. Keep in mind that Canthan characters can't swap secondary professions until completion of Factions Mission Nahpui Quarter at the end of this section.

Factions Mission Primary quest A Master's Burden[edit]

Factions Mission Primary quest Mayhem in the Market[edit]

Don't take Quest Chasing Zenmai or some bosses No won't spawn.

Factions Mission Vizunah Square[edit]

Bosses for half the professions spawn at random. Take a signet with you if you can, but don't expect to capture any specific skill. The same skills are also available during the Dragon's Throat challenge mission, which is unlocked after completion of Vizunah Square.

Primary quest Finding the Oracle[edit]

Don't take Quest Chasing Zenmai or some bosses No won't spawn.

Factions Mission Nahpui Quarter[edit]

Keep in mind that you can't capture the elite skill of the last boss you fight.

Weh no Su[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Completing Factions Mission Nahpui Quarter allows Canthan characters to swap secondary professions. You also gain access to Nahpui Quarter (explorable area), Xaquang Skyway, Shenzun Tunnels, and Pongmei Valley†. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

† Skills from Pongmei Valley are listed in the next section instead. Most players won't access the area this early.

Primary quest To Tahnnakai Temple[edit]

Factions Mission Tahnnakai Temple[edit]

Capturing Vizu's elite skill, Shroud of Silence, can be difficult.

New Allies[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Completing Factions Mission Tahnnakai Temple grants access to The Underworld and The Fissure of Woe. You also gain access to Tahnnakai Temple (explorable area), parts of Sunjiang District (explorable area), and Pongmei Valley. Completing Factions Mission Arborstone and Factions Mission Boreas Seabed grants access to their respective explorable areas. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Primary quest The Count's Daughter[edit]

Factions Mission Arborstone[edit]

Primary quest The Convocation[edit]

Factions Mission Boreas Seabed[edit]

Primary quest City Under Attack and Primary quest Battle in the Sewers[edit]

Factions Mission Sunjiang District[edit]

Bosses for half the professions spawn at random. Take a signet with you if you can, but don't expect to capture any specific skill. Six of these skills are also available in the left half of the explorable area, which is unlocked after completion of this mission.

Keep in mind that you can't capture the elite skill of the last construct you defeat.

Kurzick.png Choosing Sides[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Entering Kurzick.png House zu Heltzer grants access to Ferndale, Drazach Thicket, and Melandru's Hope. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Kurzick.png Primary quest The Defenders of the Forest[edit]

Kurzick.png Factions Mission The Eternal Grove[edit]

Kurzick.png Toward Unwaking Waters[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Completing Kurzick.png Factions Mission The Eternal Grove grants access to The Eternal Grove (explorable area), Mourning Veil Falls, and Morostav Trail. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Kurzick.png Primary quest Into the Whirlpool[edit]

Luxon.png Choosing Sides[edit]

No skills are available in Luxon.png Factions Mission Gyala Hatchery.

New Areas[edit]

Entering Luxon.png Cavalon grants access to Mount Qinkai, Archipelagos, and Maishang Hills. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Kurzick.png Primary quest Stolen Eggs[edit]

Luxon.png Toward Unwaking Waters[edit]

New Areas[edit]

Completing Luxon.png Factions Mission Gyala Hatchery grants access to Gyala Hatchery (explorable area), Silent Surf, and Rhea's Crater. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Luxon.png Primary quest Journey to the Whirlpool[edit]

Facing Shiro[edit]

No skills are available in Factions Mission Imperial Sanctum.

New Areas[edit]

Completing Factions Mission Unwaking Waters and Factions Mission Raisu Palace grants access to their respective explorable areas. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:

Factions Mission Unwaking Waters[edit]

Bosses for only three of the professions spawn at random. Take a signet with you if you can, but don't expect to capture any specific skill.

Factions Mission Raisu Palace[edit]



Elite skill lists (edit)
Elite skill • Skill Hunter
By profession
Warrior Warrior • Ranger Ranger • Monk Monk • Necromancer Necromancer • Mesmer Mesmer • Elementalist Elementalist
Assassin Assassin • Ritualist Ritualist • Paragon Paragon • Dervish Dervish • Profession All
By capture location
By release • Prophecies MissionProphecies • Factions MissionFactions • Nightfall MissionNightfall • Eye of the North MissionEye of the North
Warrior • Ranger • Monk • Necromancer • Mesmer
Elementalist • Assassin • Ritualist • Paragon • Dervish
Unlocks by story progress (edit)
Elite skills Prophecies Mission Prophecies • Factions Mission Factions • Nightfall Mission Nightfall • Eye of the North Mission Eye of the North
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