Perilous Gift

Cantrip. While active, you take no damage from incoming attacks or conditions. When the cantrip ends, heal based on a percentage of your missing health. — In-game description

Perilous Gift

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Untamed

Slot

Healing

Type

Cantrip

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

63319

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Perilous Gift

Cantrip. While active, you take no damage from incoming attacks or conditions. When the cantrip ends, heal based on a percentage of your missing health.

 Percent: 50%

 Percent: 33%

 Superspeed (3s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

 Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Perilous Gift (3s): -100% Incoming Condition Damage, -100% Incoming Damage

 Perilous Gift (2s): -100% Incoming Condition Damage, -100% Incoming Damage

— In-game description

Related traits

Wilderness Survival

• Child of Earth — Create muddy terrain when you use a healing skill.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Wellspring — Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill. You and your pet gain healing power based on power.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Untamed

• Nature's Shield — Cantrips grant barrier to you and your pet.

Notes

• Although not mentioned in the description, the pet is also affected by this skill.
• Your character may occasionally shout the following line when activating this skill:
  • Owe you one!
  • Thanks, friend.
• In the first beta version of this skill, the ranger would drain half of their pet's health to heal themselves. The voice lines were never updated after the skill was reworked in the following beta.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 07, 2023	Reduced the duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	This skill no longer prevents lethal damage, and instead it prevents all incoming strike and condition damage for its duration.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Perilous Gift has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Perilous Gift was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. This skill now heals a percentage of the player's missing health instead of draining health from their pet. The no-death buff and subsequent heal are also applied to the player's pet. This skill grants superspeed if the player is unleashed, and grants stability if the player is not unleashed.
October 26, 2021	Perilous Gift was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.