Cauterize

Use a laser to burn off conditions and set yourself on fire for each condition removed. Removes additional conditions if above the heat threshold. — In-game description

Cauterize

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Parent skill

  Coolant Blast

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Game link

API

43845

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30  

Cauterize

Use a laser to burn off conditions and set yourself on fire for each condition removed. Removes additional conditions if above the heat threshold.

 Heat Threshold: 50

 Self Burning per Condition (3s): 393 Damage

 Self Burning per Condition (1s): 131 Damage

 Conditions Removed: 3

 Conditions Removed: 2

 Additional Conditions above 50% Heat: 3

 Additional Conditions above 50% Heat: 2

— In-game description

Related traits

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Incendiary Powder — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.

Inventions

• Automated Medical Response — Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill's associated tool belt skill.
• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.

Alchemy

• Comeback Cure — Grant regeneration when you remove a condition from an ally.
• Purity of Purpose — When you would cleanse a condition from an ally, convert it into a boon instead. This can affect multiple targets simuntaneously.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Holosmith

• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit — Increases maximum heat capacity. While above 100% heat, periodically gain might. Some skills and traits gain additional heat tiers.

Notes

• The self-burning applied by this skill ignores the player's Condition Damage and Condition Duration.
• This skill has an aftercast delay.
• With the trait Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit when above 100% heat this skill removes 6 additional conditions in PvE and 4 additional conditions in PvP and WvW.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	This skill now removes additional conditions when used while above 100% heat.
October 04, 2022	Reduced burning duration from 3 seconds to 1 second in PvP and WvW. Reduced the number of conditions removed from 3+3 to 2+2 in PvP and WvW. This skill now activates instantly.
November 07, 2017	Increased number of conditions removed from 2 to 3. Conditions removed while above 50 heat increased from 4 to 6.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Cauterize has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Cauterization is the act of using red hot metal instruments to close off deadly bleeding wounds.
• This skill bears similarity to the Guild Wars skill Cautery Signet.