Chapter 1: Desert Bloom

Tome. Tales of desert blooms create a wave of healing for your allies. — In-game description

Chapter 1: Desert Bloom

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Firebrand

Parent skill

  Tome of Resolve

Bundle

Tome of Resolve

Type

Tome

Game link

API

45022

“

0.5½  

Chapter 1: Desert Bloom

Tome. Tales of desert blooms create a wave of healing for your allies.

 Healing: 602 (1.1)^?

 Healing: 564 (0.3)^?

 Page Cost: 1

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Honor

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

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 is equal to (26 + Level^2 * 0.09 + Healing Power * 1.1) in PvE.
• The healing done by this skill is equal to (20 + Level^2 * 0.085 + Healing Power * 0.3) in WvW and PvP.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
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: 1 page, no cooldown.
July 07, 2020	Reduced the base healing of this skill by 18% in PvE only. Increased the effect of healing power on this skill by 15% (0.96 to 1.1 coefficient) in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced heal coefficient from 0.7272 to 0.3.
July 10, 2018	Reduced the base healing and healing multiplier of this skill by 9% in PvP and WvW.
March 27, 2018	Reduced healing by 17% in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	Tome of Resolve: Reduced the base healing of all healing skills by 15% in PvP and WvW.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Chapter 1: Desert Bloom has been added to the game.