Item nomenclature

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Item nomenclature refers to a standardized set of words to describe common traits among items. For example, the word "Hearty" means toughness and vitality bonuses, and applies to any item type.

An item's prefix is determined when it is created and cannot be changed; for crafted items, it is based on the activator used to produce the item. Some unique items don't display normal prefixes, but follow the same patterns for their attributes.

An item's suffix is determined by its current upgrade component, which can be replaced. Gemstones, jewels, and "generic" upgrade components (marks, talismans, seals, medallions, and crests) generate suffixes that generally follow the same naming conventions and attribute distributions as the prefixes. Runes and sigils follow their own rules, which are not discussed on this page.

Single attribute

Items with the following affixes provide a bonus to the corresponding attribute:

Attribute	Standard Prefix	Standard Suffix	Gemstone	Craftable	Increases
Power	Mighty	of Might	Garnet	1	Attack damage
Precision	Precise	of Precision	Tiger's Eye	1	Chance of a critical hit
Toughness	Resilient Giver's (armor)	of Resilience	Malachite	1	Armor
Vitality	Vital	of Vitality	Turquoise	1	Maximum health
Condition Damage	Malign	of Festering	Amber	1	Damage done by conditions
Condition Duration	Giver's (weapon)	-	-	weapons	Duration of conditions
Healing Power	Healing	of Compassion	Pearl	1	Outgoing heals
Magic Find	-	of Winter of Luck	Snowflake Doubloon	trinkets	Chance to receive rare loot drops

Dual attribute

Items with the following affixes provide a bonus to 2 attributes (available starting at level 21):

Attributes		Standard Prefix	Standard Suffix	Gemstone	Craftable	Marks and Talismans
Major	Minor
Power	Precision	Strong	of Strength	Carnelian	1
Power	Vitality	Vigorous	of Vigor	Amethyst	1
Power	Critical Damage	Honed	of Honing	Peridot	1
Power	Condition Damage	Potent	of Potency	-		1
Power	Magic Find	Pillaging	of Pillaging	Sunstone	1
Precision	Critical Damage	Penetrating	of Penetration	-		1
Toughness	Precision	Stout	of the Stout	-		1
Toughness	Condition Damage	Enduring	-	-
Toughness	Healing Power	Giver's (armor)	-	-	armor
Vitality	Toughness	Hearty	of Heartiness	Lapis	1
Condition Damage	Precision	Ravaging	of Ravaging	Topaz	1
Condition Damage	Vitality	Lingering	of Lingering	-		1
Condition Duration	Vitality	Giver's (weapon)	-	-	weapons
Healing Power	Power	Rejuvenating	of Rejuvenation	Spinel	1
Healing Power	Vitality	Mending	of Mending	-		1
Magic Find	Healing Power	-	of Winter	Snowflake	trinkets

Triple attribute

Items with the affixes below provide a bonus to three attributes (available starting at level 55/60). This table describes prefixes for PvE equipment; PvP equipment with the same prefix does not necessarily improve the same attributes.

For information on acquiring equipment with a specific prefix, see Equipment acquisition by stats (if you're looking for the dungeon list that used to be here, see this subsection).

Attributes			Standard Prefix	Standard Suffix	Gemstone	Other Names	Craftable	Crest
Major	Minor	Minor
Power	Precision	Critical Damage	Berserker's	of the Berserker	Ruby	(Charr)	1
Power	Toughness	Vitality	Soldier's	of the Soldier		Invader's, Vigil, (Norn)		1
Power	Vitality	Critical Damage	Valkyrie	of the Valkyrie	Beryl		1
Precision	Power	Toughness	-	of the Knight	Emerald
Precision	Power	Condition Damage	Rampager's	of the Rampager	Coral	Lionguard, (Human)	1
Toughness	Power	Precision	Knight's	-	Emerald		1
Toughness	Power	Critical Damage	Cavalier's	-	-
Toughness	Boon Duration	Healing Power	Giver's (armor)	-	-		armor
Vitality	Power	Toughness	Sentinel's	-	Azurite		1
Vitality	Power	Healing Power	-	of the Shaman	-			1
Vitality	Condition Damage	Healing Power	Shaman's	-
Condition Damage	Power	Vitality	Carrion	of Carrion	Chrysocola	(Asura)	1
Condition Damage	Precision	Toughness	Rabid	of the Rabid	-	Whispers, (Sylvari)		1
Condition Duration	Precision	Vitality	Giver's (weapon)	-	-		weapons
Boon Duration	Healing Power	Magic Find	-	of Winter	Snowflake		trinkets
Healing Power	Power	Toughness	Cleric's	of the Cleric	Sapphire		1
Healing Power	Precision	Vitality	Magi's	of the Magi	-	Priory		1
Healing Power	Toughness	Condition Damage	Apothecary's	of the Apothecary	Passiflora		1
Magic Find	Power	Precision	Explorer's	of the Explorer	Opal	of the Traveler	1	1
Magic Find	Power	Condition Damage	Traveler's	-	-
Magic Find	Toughness	Vitality	Wayfarer's	-	-
Small Bonus to:			(Celestial)	-	-

Level 80 attribute values

• Boon Duration, Critical Damage, Condition Duration and Magic Find follow a different pattern than that shown below.
• Ascended trinkets come with gem stats already on the item, and an infusion slot which can have 5 Agony resist and 5 of another stat applied to it.
• Currently, only rings, necklaces, accessories, and back items come in ascended quality, but ArenaNet has stated that more will be added in later patches.
• Ascended equipment only gives Agony resist and one extra stats once directly infused via the mystic forge, for a total of 10 Agony resistance per item (Infused and Infusion gem).
• It is currently unknown if ascended necklaces or accessories will have an infused version with +5 agony resist.

Equipment Slot	Ascended			Exotic		Rare		Masterwork		Fine
	Major	Minor	Agony	Major	Minor	Major	Minor	Major	Minor	Major	Minor
2h Weapon	(179)	(128)		179	128	158	113	147	105	135	97
1h Weapon (x2)	(90)	(64)		90	64	79	56	73	52	68	48
Chest	(101)	(72)		101	72	89	64	82	59	76	54
Legs	(67)	(48)		67	48	59	42	55	39	51	36
Head	(45)	(32)		45	32	40	28	37	26	34	24
Shoulders	(34)	(24)		34	24	30	21	27	20	25	18
Gloves	(34)	(24)		34	24	30	21	27	20	25	18
Boots	(34)	(24)		34	24	30	21	27	20	25	18
Necklace	126	85		90	64	79	56	73	52	68	48
Ring (x2)	103	68	5	67	48	59	42	55	39	51	36
Accessory (x2)	91	60		56	40	49	35	46	33	43	31
Back Item	56	35	5	22	16	20	14	18	13	-	-
Jewel (x6)	5	-	5	25	15	20	14	18	12	-	-
Total Armor	(315)	(224)		315	224	278	197	255	184	237	168
Total Trinkets	570	376	15	358	255	315	224	293	223	256	182
Total Jewels	30	-	30	150	90	120	84	108	72	-	-
Total Equipment (2x 1h)	1095	728	45	1003	698	871	617	802	583	626	416

Comparison of numeric vs. percentage attributes

Power, precision, toughness, vitality, condition damage, and healing power all follow the same pattern of bonuses. Boon duration, condition duration, critical damage, and magic find follow different patterns. The table below shows a comparison of the bonuses different attributes receive from a given piece of level 80 exotic equipment:

Equipment Slot			Condition Duration				Critical Damage				Boon Duration				Magic Find
	Major	Minor	Major		Minor		Major		Minor		Major		Minor		Major		Minor
			Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio
2h Weapon	179	128	10%	1:18	-		-		9%	1:14	-		-		3%	1:60	-
1h Weapon (x2)	90	64	10%	1:9	-		-		5%	1:13	-		-		3%	1:30	-
Chest	101	72	-		-		-		5%	1:14	-		1%	1:72	3%	1:34	-
Legs	67	48	-		-		-		3%	1:16	-		1%	1:48	3%	1:22	-
Head	45	32	-		-		-		2%	1:16	-		1%	1:32	3%	1:15	-
Other Armor (x3)	34	24	-		-		-		2%	1:12	-		1%	1:24	3%	1:11	-
Amulet	90	64	-		-		-		5%	1:13	1%	1:90	-		3%	1:30	3%	1:21
Ring (x2)	67	48	-		-		-		3%	1:16	1%	1:67	-		3%	1:22	3%	1:16
Accessory (x2)	56	40	-		-		-		3%	1:13	1%	1:56	-		3%	1:19	3%	1:13
Back Item	22	16	-		-		-		1%	1:16	-		-		3%	1:7	-
Jewel (x6)	25	15	-		-		-		3%	1:5	1%	1:25	-		4%	1:6	3%	1:5
Maximum Possible	1003	698	20%	1:9	-		-		62%	1:11	11%	1:44	6%	1:37	66%	1:15	33%	1:10

Notice that the bonuses for the "percentage" attributes are not in proportion to the bonuses the "numeric" attribute receive. For example, Soldier's and Valkyrie's equipment differ only in that one of them raises toughness while the other raises critical damage. If you replace a Soldier's jewel with a Valkyrie's jewel, you lose 15 toughness and gain 3% critical damage (or 1% critical damage for each 5 toughness you gave up). However, if you replace a Soldier's accessory with a Valkyrie's accessory, you lose 40 toughness and still only gain 3% critical damage (roughly 1% critical damage for each 13.3 toughness you gave up).

Ascended equipment

Primary article: Ascended equipment

Ascended items have similar attribute distributions to the triple attribute prefixes, but the attributes bonuses for a jewel are included in the base item, and they have an infusion slot instead of a regular upgrade slot.

The attributes of the "prefix" and "suffix" portions of an ascended item do not necessarily match. See List of ascended equipment.

The percentage-based attribute ratios for ascended items are as follows. Note that, due to the limited variety of ascended items, it may not be possible to obtain one bonus without taking the same bonus in another slot.

Equipment Slot					Critical Damage								Magic Find
	Major	Minor	Jewel Major	Jewel Minor	Major		Minor		Jewel Major		Jewel Minor		Major		Minor		Jewel Major		Jewel Minor
					Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio	Amount	Ratio
Amulet	94	67	32	18	-		5%	1:13	-		4%	1:5	5%	1:19	-		5%	1:6	-
Ring (x2)	71	50	32	18	-		4%	1:13	-		4%	1:5	5%	1:14	-		5%	1:6	-
Accessory (x2)	59	42	32	18	-		4%	1:14	-		3%	1:5	5%	1:12	-		5%	1:6	-
Back Item	24	17	32	18	-		1%	1:17	-		4%	1:5	5%	1:5	-		-		-
Maximum Possible	378	268	192	108	-		20%	1:14	-		24%	1:5	30%	1:13	-		25%	1:6	-

Celestial-type items which have stats in all categories typically have superior ratios overall, but they lack focus and will incorporate stats which may be of little or no use to a build.

Equipment Slot
	Piece	Jewel
Amulet	42	12	7%	4%
Ring (x2)	31	12	6%	4%
Accessory (x2)	26	12	5%	4%
Backpiece		NA *
Maximum Possible	156	60	29%	20%

• As a 'Celestial backpiece' doesn't exist at present, values for any desired other backpiece could be included for comparison against forementioned 3 stat trinkets.

Example: Ascended Backpieces would add a combined 126 more attribute points devided in normal Major/2x Minor item+jewel fashion, or 91 attribute points + 5% crit dmg.

Sum of all bonuses over all slots
	Piece	Jewel	Total
Celestial	936	360	1296	29%	20%
Without /	906	408	1314	-	-
as minor	636	300	936	44%	-
as major	536	216	752	-	55%

See also

• Equipment acquisition by stats