Ritual of Life

Cast Lesser Well of Blood when reviving an ally. Wells of Blood revive allies every pulse. — In-game description

Ritual of Life

Specialization

Blood Magic (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Ritual of Life

Cast Lesser Well of Blood when reviving an ally. Wells of Blood revive allies every pulse.

 Revive Percentage: 3.5%

 Revive Percentage: 1%

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser Well of Blood		30	Summon a well of blood to heal nearby allies.

Notes

• Only the reviver gets the initial self heal.
• The well is created when starting the revival process.
• Revive amount is increased by outgoing healing modifiers.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the revive percentage from 2% to 3.5% in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced revive percentage from 7% to 2% in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	Reduced recharge from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
April 28, 2020	Reduced the revive pulse from 4% to 1% in PvP and WvW.
August 28, 2018	This trait is now split between game modes and will now revive at 4% in PvP and WvW.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait no longer improves revive speed. The skill cast by this trait has been renamed Lesser Well of Blood. This trait now causes Well of Blood and Lesser Well of Blood to revive allies by 7% each pulse.
February 22, 2017	The well created by this trait has been renamed to the Lesser Well of Blood and will continue to use a 35-second recharge.
April 19, 2016	The cooldown of this trait has been reduced from 40 seconds to 35 seconds.
August 25, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait's recharge from being reduced by the effects of Vampiric Rituals.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Revive allies 10% faster.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Ritual of Life has been added to the game.