User:Regendo/List of elite skills by Nightfall story progression
This is a list of elite skills available in Guild Wars Nightfall 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 |
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| Throughout this article |
 Istani characters only •  Foreign characters only
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 Margrid the Sly path only •  Master of Whispers path only •  Koss path only •  Melonni path only
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 Primary quest •  Side quest •  or  Cooperative Mission
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| Additional skill information |
only available during a side quest •  unavailable in some circumstances •  you will soon get another opportunity to capture this skill
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Declaration of War[edit]
Ordinarily, Istani characters won't have access to 
Signet of Capture until they reach Yohlon Haven after completion of Consulate Docks and won't be able to capture any of these skills. You can circumvent this by traveling to other continents starting at level 10 or when you reach Consulate Docks (outpost). Keep in mind that regardless of this, Istani characters can't swap secondary professions until they reach Sunspear Sanctuary.
New Areas[edit]
Almost no elite skills are available on Istan. Don't bother with these.
A Land of Heroes[edit]
Foreign characters defend Istan from the Kournan and Corsair threat outside Champion's Dawn. The following skills can be captured during the instance:
Consulate Docks[edit]
In Enemy Territory[edit]
Istani characters can purchase Signet of Capture as soon as you arrive in Kourna. Two free signets are available through Capturing the Signet of Capture after completion of The Great Escape.
No elite skills can be captured during Venta Cemetery.
New Areas[edit]
Completing Consulate Docks grants access to all regions of Kourna except for Bahdok Caverns as well as access to the Dajkah Inlet challenge mission and to a small area of The Sulfurous Wastes. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:
Cleave-
Crippling Slash -
Decapitate 
not during Eavesdropping -
Devastating Hammer not during Eavesdropping -
Magehunter Strike -
"You're All Alone!" 
Ferocious Strike-
Infuriating Heat -
Rampage as One -
Strike as One -
Quick Shot not if traveling with Koss during Drakes on the Plain 
Contagion not always during Weird Waters-
Tainted Flesh 
Glimmer of Light-
Light of Deliverance -
Signet of Removal not during To Kill a Demon 
Crippling Anguish-
Enchanter's Conundrum -
Mantra of Recovery -
Simple Thievery 
Elemental Attunement-
Icy Shackles -
Lightning Surge -
Master of Magic -
Searing Flames 
Hidden Caltrops-
Shadow Meld -
Way of the Assassin 
Destructive was Glaive-
Weapon of Fury -
Wielder's Zeal 
Crippling Anthem-
Defensive Anthem 
Avatar of Balthazar-
Avatar of Dwayna -
Avatar of Lyssa -
Avatar of Melandru -
Avatar of Grenth -
Grenth's Grasp -
Vow of Silence -
Vow of Strength
Hunted![edit]
The Great Escape[edit]
And a Hero Shall Lead Them[edit]
Centaur Blackmail[edit]
Kodonur Crossroads[edit]
Cautery Signet can be difficult to capture. If you choose Margrid, capture it during Pogahn Passage instead. You can also capture it from a boss in the explorable version of this area.
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Smoke Trap only if you let the allied level 24 Veldrunner Centaur die -
Zealous Benediction -
Blood is Power -
Cautery Signet -
Pious Renewal
Prison Break[edit]
You can only do either Margrid's path or the Master of Whisper's path. Of course you can come back for the mission after completing the campaign.
For a Price[edit]
No Me, No Kormir[edit]
Pogahn Passage[edit]
Demon Hunting[edit]
You can only do either Margrid's path or the Master of Whisper's path. Of course you can come back for the mission after completing the campaign.
To Kill a Demon[edit]
Rilohn Refuge[edit]
Capturing Sandstorm from The Drought can be difficult. Consider capturing it here anyways; the only other capture location is after Ruins of Morah.
Moddok Crevice[edit]
No elite skills are available during this mission without failing the bonus objective.
North, in Vabbi[edit]
No elite skills are available during Tihark Orchard, Grand Court of Sebelkeh, and Jennur's Horde.
New Areas[edit]
Completing Moddok Crevice grants access to Bahdok Caverns, to all regions of Vabbi except for The Hidden City of Ahdashim, and to part of Joko's Domain. Reaching the Chantry of Secrets also grants access to the Underworld and the Fissure of Woe. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort.
Keep in mind that completing Grand Court of Sebelkeh changes Garden of Seborhin into Nightfallen Garden until the end of the campaign, denying you access to some elite skills.
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"Charge!" -
Magehunter's Smash -
Escape -
Expert's Dexterity -
Balthazar's Pendulum -
Healer's Boon -
Shield of Regeneration -
Word of Healing not after Grand Court of Sebelkeh, or get it in the Fissure of Woe - Zealous Benediction
- Contagion all spawns in Vabbi are conditional. Get this skill from Terob Roundback outside Rilohn Refuge (outpost) instead.
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Grenth's Balance -
Pain of Disenchantment -
Reaper's Mark -
Toxic Chill -
Air of Disenchantment not after Grand Court of Sebelkeh -
Visions of Regret -
Blinding Surge -
Mind Burn -
Obsidian Flesh - Searing Flames
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Stone Sheath -
Fox's Promise -
Shadow Prison -
Wastrel's Collapse not during Rally the Princes or Valley of the Rifts -
Spirit's Strength - Weapon of Fury not during Rally the Princes
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Focused Anger -
"Incoming!" -
Soldier's Fury -
Song of Restoration not after Grand Court of Sebelkeh -
Wounding Strike -
Zealous Vow - Vow of Silence get it in Sulfurous Wastes instead
Rally the Princes[edit]
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Steady Stance - Ferocious Strike
- Blood is Power
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Corrupt Enchantment - Crippling Anguish
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Tease - Master of Magic
- Pious Renewal
All's Well That Ends Well[edit]
You will enter multiple outposts during this quest, allowing you to switch secondary professions and equip fresh Signets of Capture.
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Charging Strike spawn conditions unclear -
Energy Surge
- In The Mirror of Lyss, toward Honur Hill
- Charging Strike spawn conditions unclear
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Anthem of Guidance -
Ebon Dust Aura if you're traveling along the West side of the map
Warning Kehanni[edit]
Rescue the Princes[edit]
You can only do either Margrid's path or the Master of Whisper's path. Of course you can come back for the mission after completing the campaign.
Greed and Regret[edit]
You will enter multiple outposts during this quest, allowing you to switch secondary professions and equip fresh Signets of Capture.
- In The Mirror of Lyss, toward Mihanu Township
- Charging Strike spawn conditions unclear
Dasha Vestibule[edit]
Keep in mind that you can't capture the elite skill of the last djinn you defeat.
- Searing Flames much easier to get in Turai's Procession and Forum Highlands
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Angelic Bond also in The Hidden City of Ahdashim - Zealous Vow also in The Hidden City of Ahdashim and Bahdok Caverns
Hold the Line[edit]
You can only do either Margrid's path or the Master of Whisper's path. Of course you can come back for the mission after completing the campaign.
Calling the Order[edit]
Dzagonur Bastion[edit]
Capturing the elite skill of the last margonite boss you fight, likely the elementalist, might be difficult. Other than Magehunter's Smash, you can also capture these skills during Nundu Bay.
Pledge of the Merchant Princes[edit]
Heart over Mind[edit]
You can complete both Koss's path and Melonni's path and in whichever order you choose. Only one needs to be completed to continue the campaign.
No elite skills can be captured during Jennur's Horde.
Mind over Heart[edit]
You can complete both Koss's path and Melonni's path and in whichever order you choose. Only one needs to be completed to continue the campaign.
Ronjok in Danger[edit]
Nundu Bay[edit]
Uneasy Allies[edit]
No elite skills are available during Ruins of Morah.
New Areas[edit]
Completing Gate of Desolation and A Deal's a Deal grants access to all regions of the Desolation except for the central area of The Ruptured Heart. It also allows travel to the Crystal Desert via Crystal Overlook, but only if your character already has normal access to the Crystal Desert through their Prophecies story progression. In addition to skills easily accessible during your campaign playthrough, you can also capture the following skills with some additional effort:
- TODO
Crossing the Desolation[edit]
- Strike as One
- Glimmer of Light
- Mantra of Recovery only after a long chain of sidequests starting with Centaur Concerns
- Searing Flames
Gate of Desolation[edit]
A Deal's a Deal[edit]
Horde of Darkness[edit]
Into Darkness[edit]
No elite skills are available during Abaddon's Gate.
New Areas[edit]
Completion of Ruins of Morah grants easy access to the full the Ruptured Heart map and to the first Realm of Torment areas: Nightfallen Jahai and the The Shadow Nexus challenge mission. Inside the Realm of Torment, map progression is heavily gated behind story progress.
- TODO
Uncharted Territory[edit]
Gate of Pain[edit]
Kormir's Crusade[edit]
All Alone in the Darkness[edit]
Gate of Madness[edit]
Post-Story Content[edit]
| Elite skill lists (edit) |
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| Elite skill • Skill Hunter |
| By profession |
Warrior • Ranger •  Monk • Necromancer •  Mesmer •  Elementalist
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 Assassin •  Ritualist •  Paragon • Dervish •  All
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| By capture location |
By release •  Prophecies •  Factions • Nightfall •  Eye of the North
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| Warrior • Ranger • Monk • Necromancer • Mesmer |
| Elementalist • Assassin • Ritualist • Paragon • Dervish |
| Unlocks by story progress (edit) | |
|---|---|
| Elite skills | Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall • Eye of the North
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