Chapter 4: Shining River

Tome. Release a torrent of pages describing the water cycle of the Elon River. Heal allies and grant them swiftness. — In-game description

Chapter 4: Shining River

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Firebrand

Parent skill

  Tome of Resolve

Bundle

Tome of Resolve

Type

Tome

Game link

API

42008

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0.5½  

10

15

15

 

Chapter 4: Shining River

Tome. Release a torrent of pages describing the water cycle of the Elon River. Heal allies and grant them swiftness.

 Healing: 326 (0.35)^?

 Healing: 287 (0.1)^?

 Healing: 464 (0.25)^?

 Swiftness (4s): +33% Movement Speed

 Page Cost: 1

 Page Cost: 2

 Pulses: 5

 Radius: 360

 Combo Field: Water

— In-game description

Related traits

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Force of Will — Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Firebrand

• Legendary Lore — Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards.
• Loremaster — Retain Resolve passive while it is on cooldown. You generate pages more quickly.

Notes

• The healing done by this skill each pulse is equal to (6 + Level^2 * 0.05 + Healing Power * 0.23) with a total healing equal to (30 + Level^2 * 0.2890 + Healing Power * 0.1) in PvE.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the page cost from 2 to 1 in PvE only. Increased the healing coefficient per pulse from 0.23 to 0.35 in PvE only.
January 30, 2024	Reduced the casting time from 0.86 seconds to 0.68 seconds.
May 02, 2023	Reduced page cost from 2 to 1 in PvP only.
February 14, 2023	Increased base pulse heal from 287 to 464 in PvP only. Increased pulse-heal attribute scaling from 0.2 to 0.25 in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	The page mechanic for firebrand tomes has been reworked. Pages are now shared across all tomes and refill at a set interval instead of when summoning a tome. Page cost and cooldown has been adjusted to the following: (PvE) 2 pages, 10 seconds; (PvP/WvW) 2 pages, 15 seconds.
July 07, 2020	Reduced the swiftness duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds. Reduced the base healing by 16% (0.0578 to 0.05) and the effect of healing power on this skill by 14% (0.26 to 0.23 coefficient) in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced pulse heal coefficient from 0.26 to 0.1.
July 10, 2018	Reduced the base healing of this skill by 11% in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	Tome of Resolve: Reduced the base healing of all healing skills by 15% in PvP and WvW.
December 12, 2017	Increased base healing by 50% and heal scaling by 65%; this skill now heals over time in the affected area rather than all at once.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Chapter 4: Shining River has been added to the game.