Revealed

You cannot stealth — In-game description

Revealed

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You cannot stealth

— In-game description

Revealed is an effect that prevents a character from entering stealth for its duration. It is primarily self-applied when a character breaks stealth by striking an enemy, preventing players from repeatedly attacking and then using stealth before an enemy can respond. Several skills and traits can also inflict Revealed on enemies as a counterplay against stealth in WvW and SPvP game modes. A number of environmental effects and game mechanics apply this effect as well.

Revealed is indicated visually on characters by a pair of shining feline-like eyes above their heads. An "Immune" message pops up if an attempt to stealth is made during that time. When applied as a result of breaking stealth, the effect lasts 3 seconds in PvE, and 4 seconds in WvW and SPvP. When applied to an enemy, Revealed will end the stealth effect and render the target visible immediately. Allowing stealth to expire normally without attacking will not apply Revealed; exception from this is thief's skill Shadow Refuge – leaving its circle before the last pulse will inflict Revealed.

The Thief profession has special interaction with the Revealed effect and is capable of removing it from self or benefit from it.

Related skills

Weapon skills that cause revealed

•   Owl's Flight — Spear
•   Predator's Ambush — Spear
•   Spider's Web — Spear
•   Wolf's Onslaught — Spear
•   Death's Judgment — Rifle
•   Malicious Death's Judgment — Rifle

Transform skills that cause revealed

•   Tainted Shackles — Death Shroud

Utility skills that cause revealed

•   Light's Judgment — Trap
•   Gaze of Darkness — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   "On My Mark!" — Shout
•   Sight beyond Sight — Meditation
•   "Sic 'Em!" — Command
•   Binding Shadow — Cantrip

Profession mechanic skills that cause revealed

•   Spear of Justice — Virtue
•   Detection Pulse — Tool belt, Utility Goggles

Common skills that cause revealed

•   Toxic Unveiling Volley — Arrow Cart

Skills that remove revealed

Elite skills that remove revealed

•   Shadow Meld — Cantrip

Related traits

Trait skills that cause revealed

•   Magebane Tether (Magebane Tether) — Tether yourself to your target. If they move beyond the range threshold, pull them to you. Grants might and reveals your target every second.
•   Controlled Analysis (Lock On) — Analyze a disabled foe, applying vulnerability.
•   Invisible Analysis (Lock On) — Analyze a stealthed foe, applying vulnerability.

Traits that improve revealed

• Revealed Training (Deadly Arts) — Gain power, then gain extra power while you are revealed.

Related effects

Effects that apply revealed

•  Detected!

Related items

• Target Painter Trap
• Target Painter

Notes

• Players are revealed for a brief moment when deploying or stowing their glider in order to keep combat stealth separate from stealth applied by Stealth Gliding.

See also

• Hide in Shadows (effect)

Version history

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the duration in WvW to match PvP.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Undocumented: added a visual effect to Revealed.
September 29, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from removing stealth when multiple stacks were applied to the foe.
April 30, 2013	Reverted duration to 3 seconds in PvE.
March 26, 2013	The duration of Revealed has been increased to 4 seconds when coming out of stealth via an attack.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Revealed has been added to the game.

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