Trait Guide (elementalist)

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Trait Guide

Item type

Consumable

Binding

Account Bound

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— In-game description

Trait Guides were used to unlock traits.

Acquisition

NPC	Area	Zone
Alva Di Roma	Hall of Memories	Heart of the Mists
Anders Wulffson	Hall of Legends	Hoelbrak
Beppa	Desider Atum	Metrica Province
Bona Windcaller	Village of Smokestead	Plains of Ashford
Churning Earth	Song of Final Exile	Snowden Drifts
Garamel	Stronghold of Ebonhawke	Fields of Ruin
Gerathen	Village of Astorea	Caledon Forest
Grimathra	Borealis Forest	Wayfarer Foothills
Lekka	Postern Ward	Lion's Arch
Mojjo	College of Synergetics	Rata Sum
Olivia	Fort Marriner	Lion's Arch
Oren	Dwayna High Road	Divinity's Reach
Peema	Soren Draa	Metrica Province
Serafina Cassel	Trader's Forum	Lion's Arch
Serinda Hail	Village of Shaemoor	Queensdale
Smedrikk	Venlin Vale	Brisban Wildlands
Steady Ground	Song of Final Exile	Snowden Drifts
Tine	The Quester's Terrace	The Grove
Volara Fumecaster	Perimeter Loop	Black Citadel

List of elementalist trait guides

Trait guide	Rarity	Description	Cost	Game link
Fire
Lava Tomb	CFine	"Create a Lava Font when downed. Deal more damage while downed."	10  + 2
Conjurer	CFine	"Conjured weapons have more charges."	10  + 2
Ember's Might	CFine	"Burns you apply last longer."	10  + 2
Spell Slinger	CFine	"Cantrips grant you might when used."	10  + 2
Burning Precision	CFine	"Critical hits have a chance to cause burning."	10  + 2
Internal Fire	CFine	"Deal more damage while attuned to fire."	10  + 2
Pyromancer's Alacrity	DMasterwork	"Reduces recharge on all fire weapon skills."	50  + 5
Burning Fire	DMasterwork	"Use Cleansing Fire automatically when you have a number of conditions on you."	50  + 5
Fire's Embrace	DMasterwork	"When you activate a signet, you gain a fire shield."	50  + 5
Smothering Auras	DMasterwork	"Flame Barrier's chance to burn foes goes up the longer you are attuned to fire."	50  + 5
Persisting Flames	ERare	"Blast finishers you execute on fire fields give fury. Fire fields last longer."	1  50  + 10
Pyromancer's Puissance	ERare	"Each skill you use while attuned to fire grants you might."	1  50  + 10
Blinding Ashes	ERare	"Blind foes that you burn."	3  + 20
Air
Zephyr's Boon	CFine	"Auras grant fury and swiftness when applied."	10  + 2
Zephyr's Focus	CFine	"Your endurance regenerates faster while channeling skills."	10  + 2
Quick Glyphs	CFine	"Reduces recharge on glyphs."	10  + 2
One with Air	CFine	"Gain superspeed when attuning to air."	10  + 2
Soothing Winds	CFine	"Gain healing based on your precision."	10  + 2
Bolt to the Heart	CFine	"Deal more damage when your foe's health drops below the threshold."	10  + 2
Arcane Lightning	DMasterwork	"Gain more critical-hit damage for a short time when you use an arcane skill. Does not stack."	50  + 5
Inscription	DMasterwork	"Grants a boon associated with your current attunement when you cast a glyph."	50  + 5
Aeromancer's Alacrity	DMasterwork	"Reduces recharge on all your air weapon skills."	50  + 5
Air Training	DMasterwork	"Deal more damage while attuned to air."	50  + 5
Tempest Defense	ERare	"Surround yourself with a Shocking Aura when disabled (fear, stun, daze, knockback, knockdown, launch, float, pulled, or sink). Deal more damage to stunned or knocked-down foes."	1  50  + 10
Fresh Air	ERare	"Recharge Air Attunement on a critical hit."	1  50  + 10
Lightning Rod	ERare	"Disabling an enemy causes them to be struck by a lightning bolt."	3  + 20
Earth
Obsidian Focus	CFine	"Gain toughness while using a channeled skill."	10  + 2
Signet Mastery	CFine	"Reduces recharge on signets."	10  + 2
Earth's Embrace	CFine	"Gain Armor of Earth whenever your health drops below the threshold."	10  + 2
Serrated Stones	CFine	"Bleeds you apply last longer; deal more damage to bleeding foes."	10  + 2
Elemental Shielding	CFine	"Gain protection when applying an aura to yourself or an ally."	10  + 2
Stone Splinters	CFine	"Deal more damage when you are within a range of 600 of your target."	10  + 2
Strength of Stone	DMasterwork	"Gain condition damage based on your toughness."	50  + 5
Rock Solid	DMasterwork	"Grant stability to nearby allies when attuning to earth."	50  + 5
Geomancer's Freedom	DMasterwork	"You recover from crippled, immobilized, and chilled faster."	50  + 5
Geomancer's Alacrity	DMasterwork	"Reduces recharge on all earth weapon skills."	50  + 5
Diamond Skin	ERare	"Conditions cannot be applied to you when your health is above the threshold."	1  50  + 10
Written in Stone	ERare	"Maintain the passive effects of signets when you activate them."	1  50  + 10
Stone Heart	ERare	"You cannot be critically hit while attuned to earth."	3  + 20
Water
Arcane Restoration	CFine	"Take less damage from falling. Create a spell when you take falling damage, based on your attunement. Fire: Ring of Fire Water: Cleansing Wave Air: Static Field Earth: Earthquake"	10  + 2
Shard of Ice	CFine	"Arcane and signet skills cause vulnerability when activated."	10  + 2
Cantrip Mastery	CFine	"Reduces recharge on cantrips."	10  + 2
Piercing Shards	CFine	"While attuned to water, your spells deal more damage to vulnerable foes."	10  + 2
Soothing Wave	CFine	"Gain regeneration when critically hit."	10  + 2
Vital Striking	CFine	"Deal extra damage when your health is above the threshold."	10  + 2
Stop, Drop, and Roll	DMasterwork	"Dodge rolling removes burning and chilled."	50  + 5
Aquamancer's Alacrity	DMasterwork	"Reduces recharge on all water weapon skills."	50  + 5
Soothing Disruption	DMasterwork	"Cantrips grant you regeneration and vigor."	50  + 5
Cleansing Wave	DMasterwork	"Remove a condition from you and your allies when attuning to water."	50  + 5
Cleansing Water	ERare	"Remove a condition when granting regeneration to yourself or an ally."	1  50  + 10
Powerful Aura	ERare	"Auras you gain from weapon skills are also applied to nearby allies."	1  50  + 10
Aquatic Benevolence	ERare	"Healing done to allies is increased."	3  + 20
Arcana
Arcane Mastery	CFine	"Reduces recharge on arcane skills."	10  + 2
Renewing Stamina	CFine	"Gain vigor when you deliver a critical hit."	10  + 2
Final Shielding	CFine	"Create an Arcane Shield when your health drops below the threshold."	10  + 2
Vigorous Scepter	CFine	"Endurance recharges faster while wielding a scepter."	10  + 2
Blasting Staff	CFine	"Area attacks with staff are larger."	10  + 2
Windborne Dagger	CFine	"Move faster for each dagger that you wield."	10  + 2
Arcane Retribution	DMasterwork	"Gain Arcane Power when your health drops below the threshold."	50  + 5
Elemental Attunement	DMasterwork	"When attuning to an element, you and all nearby allies gain a boon."	50  + 5
Arcane Resurrection	DMasterwork	"You have increased revive speed. When you revive an ally, you and the revived ally gain an aura based on your attunement."	50  + 5
Arcane Energy	DMasterwork	"Arcane and signet skills restore endurance when used."	50  + 5
Evasive Arcana	ERare	"Create an attunement-based spell at the end of your dodge. Fire: Flame Burst. Water: Cleansing Wave. Air: Blinding Flash. Earth: Churning Earth."	1  50  + 10
Arcane Lightning	ERare	"Based on your current attunement, arcane skills cause a condition to foes that they hit."	1  50  + 10
Elemental Contingency	ERare	"Gain a boon when you are struck, based on your current attunement."	3  + 20

Notes

• This system to unlock traits was removed in the June 23, 2015 game update.